Release Date and Requirements

[dragonchr15]

I was just wondering when RTW is supposed to come out and what the system requirements are. I know everyone here probably already knows but I don't go online very often and I would appreciate an answer or a link to an answer. Thanks

[hundurinn]

Actually no one knows.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Comes out in two weeks http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[tombom]

Quote[/b] (Sasaki Kojiro @ July 04 2004,02:46)]Comes out in two weeks http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
Would you like me to quote you on that? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Jochi Khan]

Latest info:

Amazon.co.uk
Release date 24th Sept 04. now taking pre-orders but as they say release date can vary.

You should be able to run rtw on the same specs as mtw but you may have to upgrade the graphics card.

.....Jochi

[CrackedAxe]

I read in PC Zone that CA aim to make it playable on 800 mhz CPU's (minimum spec (sounds optimistic)). Interestingly enough, they also said that MP games can have more than 2 teams. Hmmmmm.

[bighairyman]

I found these two, with these, will i be able to run RTW at near maximum, with no lags?

hard drive (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=986535)

Graphic Card (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?sourceid=qIq2QO8ZOCLWAnBG-zQH&siteid=0040912639&sku=P450-8503&CMP=AFC-AFFIL&SRCCODE=BFFPC719)

[hoom]

Really really don't get a 5200.
You'll be deeply disappointed if you do.
Or am I just missing out on some sarcasm?

[bighairyman]

Quote[/b] (hoom @ July 09 2004,20:48)]Really really don't get a 5200.
You'll be deeply disappointed if you do.
Or am I just missing out on some sarcasm?

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I don't see what's wrong with it. Am i missing something? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-dizzy2.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

[crazyviking03]

5200 is only 99 bucks at office depot, seems the right price for me. But, is it just me, or have video card prices been dropping over the last few years?

[zelda12]

Well I hope they have been, cos if they havn't and don't continue to I'm well and truly screwed.
*sighs*
Then again with as little cash as I have on me chances are I'll be setting the unit sizes to minimum and praying my system doesn't crash too often.

How much is $94.99 in £'s anyway.

That is cheap
Damn add postage and packaging and the wait for it to arrive and the chances it'll get lost in the post.
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Oh well unit size=minimum
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[Quokka]

A friend of mine that works for Activision says that US stores should have the game Sept 14th 2004.

[PaolinoPaperino]

My cousin's girlfriend,
has an exboyfriend who's dogsitter
has a sister working in IBM.

During a night shifts she has heard from
a security guy, that the company network will be locked
at the beginning of the 3rd week of September,
to avoid the spread of a virus released
by a terrible Asian hacker called C. A.

It looks that the info is almost sure,
the security guy was just coming from a holiday in NZ.

[Swoosh So]

System Requirments: 1 ghz Processor, 128mb ram, 32mb graphics card.

[The Witch-King]

How important is having a good processor (soory, computer ignoramus over here)? I've got an Intel Pentium III 1000 Mhz with 256 MB RAM and a 32 Mb videocard. I intend to upgrade my RAM and videocard to 512 MB and 128 MB respectively, but not my processor. So how will this affect the game's performance on my comp?

[Swoosh So]

Informations sketchy at best at the moment the specifications i gave you were from an iterview with a ca employee at the e3 show, they said that their ulimate aim is to have rome totalwar as playable as cac generals or warcraft III is on systems.

[hoom]

Quote[/b] ]I don't see what's wrong with it.Well, nothing if you want a graphics card that struggles to run modern games at double digit framerates at 1024...
Go check some benchmarks then buy midrange.

[bighairyman]

Quote[/b] (Swoosh So @ July 18 2004,03:18)]Informations sketchy at best at the moment the specifications i gave you were from an iterview with a ca employee at the e3 show, they said that their ulimate aim is to have rome totalwar as playable as cac generals or warcraft III is on systems.
i could run C&C generals smoothly in my PC https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif , does that mean RTW will work good on my PC?

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[Sjakihata]

Quote[/b] (The Witch-King @ July 16 2004,14:58)]How important is having a good processor?
It is very important. However, as it seems now 1 gig cpu (processor) will be sufficiently, however, you might want at least 2 gig to run the battles with max units and no video lag.

I think you should at least get a 2 gig if not more, cpus in the mid range 1.8-2.6 gigs are very cheap, and an added motherboard as well, naturally.

[Swoosh So]

thats what theyre aiming for err big hairy man :) If they achieve it or not is yet to be seen.

[Sir Robin]

Finally coughed up the cash to buy a new pc.

HP Pavilion a600n
2.08 GHz Athlon
512 MB Ram
128 MB Radeon 9600SE
80 GB Hardrive

Best I could afford but this should cover it for a couple of years.

The games I play have been aiming for 1 GHz with 128 MB Ram and a 32 or 64 MB Video Card as minimums.

Its a safe bet that RTW will require the same.

Of course those are minimums, to really enjoy the games you will need more.

The rule of thumb that seems to work for me is to double the minimums of games you want to play.

I was playing MTW on a 800 MHz with 256 Ram and a 64 MB Video Card.

I wanted to make sure I can get more from my RTW experience though I don't need everything.

[jimmy]

Quote[/b] (Sir Robin @ July 19 2004,16:14)]Finally coughed up the cash to buy a new pc.

HP Pavilion a600n
2.08 GHz Athlon
512 MB Ram
128 MB Radeon 9600SE
80 GB Hardrive

Best I could afford but this should cover it for a couple of years.

The games I play have been aiming for 1 GHz with 128 MB Ram and a 32 or 64 MB Video Card as minimums.

Its a safe bet that RTW will require the same.

Of course those are minimums, to really enjoy the games you will need more.

The rule of thumb that seems to work for me is to double the minimums of games you want to play.

I was playing MTW on a 800 MHz with 256 Ram and a 64 MB Video Card.

I wanted to make sure I can get more from my RTW experience though I don't need everything.
how much did this little lot cost?

[Sir Robin]

$1235 purchase price including tax thru a local dealer.

$250 in rebates. Now if I just get off my rear and send them in.

Of course that is including a MX704 17' Flat CRT and a PSC 2175 all-in-one printer.

Didn't want to take the time to build my own.

[jimmy]

Quote[/b] (Sir Robin @ July 21 2004,12:13)]$1235 purchase price including tax thru a local dealer.

$250 in rebates. Now if I just get off my rear and send them in.

Of course that is including a MX704 17' Flat CRT and a PSC 2175 all-in-one printer.

Didn't want to take the time to build my own.
thanx for that.
so i would be looking at about 6/7 hundred quid[ english pounds] i assume it will run RTW at maxium with no slow down and other games like doom 3 and still get couple of years out of it

[Sir Robin]

There no guarantees in gaming but a 2GHz, 512MB, with a 128MB mid-range GeForce or Radeon should be able to run RTW smoothly.

One more thing. I am not sure how much this counts but avoid Celerons. Apparently these are "failed" P4s and are a bit cheaper. However I have heard they do not have the same "abilities" as a true P4. I have had games where my old "Celeron" PC seemed to lock up with disturbing regularity when the minimums suggested a PIII 800 MHz or higher.

Can anybody shed more light on this?

[crazyviking03]

yeah, My computers online specs say Celeron, but when i look on properties for my computer, it says P4, with some weird numbers and letters after it. Sorry, no light,only more darkness...


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[ah_dut]

Quote[/b] (jimmy @ July 21 2004,14:16)]so i would be looking at about 6/7 hundred quid[ english pounds] i assume it will run RTW at maxium with no slow down and other games like doom 3 and still get couple of years out of it
for that if you can take a CRT you can get a 2.8 ghz P4 512 mb ddr pc 2700 an Fx 5200 (despite bad press it's all right really) and 160 gb hard disk the rest is standard, no dvd rewriter though https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/angry.gif

[ah_dut]

Celerons are fine i've got a 1.7 ghz model, it can play medieval very cool with very little lag even on max settings, it's fine, i'm getting a newer 3 ghz machine though as my dad ports my one away... https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif radeon 9800 pro here i come https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[Sociopsychoactive]

I too have been advised to avoid celerons, but for different reasons, these being that the celeron, with equal Mhzs and OS is a small but just noticable amount slower than the equivilant pentium. this is just from a guy in a computer shop though, so unreliable.

[Lord Rom]

From what I read the Celeron is Intel's way of competing with lower priced processors. It is the same as the pentium except for the L2 cache which is what your processor uses to guess which commands are coming next, therefore speeding up the dataflow.

[crazyviking03]

interesting. I have always wondered what the difference was, thanks for the info.


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[Doug-Thompson]

Is it unusual to sell pre-orders to a game before revealing what the system requirements are?

I saw one of those pre-order boxes in the game store and asked what the system requirements are. The salesman got the box, looked at it, flipped it over, looked at it some more, looked at the other sides and finally declared that the requirements were not posted on the box.

Excuse me? We're supposed to buy a game without certain knowledge that we have enough of a machine to run it?

[Chimpyang]

My 2GHz Celeron runs fine until you try 8 sided custom battle with units onto max......then it only stutters when the whole line decideds to move at once.

[dragonchr15]

Quote[/b] (Doug-Thompson @ July 23 2004,13:56)]Excuse me? We're supposed to buy a game without certain knowledge that we have enough of a machine to run it?
Exactly, This is why I posted the original message. The same thing happened at the store I went to. I read in a interview with a developer that they would be "reasonable" with the requirements and they havent released that info yet because they are still tweaking. I dont have the money to keep dropping new parts into my computer and I know I am not the only one. I'm not picky about sound, but they should at least release a rough estimate or at least a range of numbers. If that is too much, just tell us the Video and Processor

[bighairyman]

Quote[/b] (dragonchr15 @ July 24 2004,14:54)]
Quote[/b] (Doug-Thompson @ July 23 2004,13:56)]Excuse me? We're supposed to buy a game without certain knowledge that we have enough of a machine to run it?
Exactly, This is why I posted the original message. The same thing happened at the store I went to. I read in a interview with a developer that they would be "reasonable" with the requirements and they havent released that info yet because they are still tweaking. I dont have the money to keep dropping new parts into my computer and I know I am not the only one. I'm not picky about sound, but they should at least release a rough estimate or at least a range of numbers. If that is too much, just tell us the Video and Processor
and the RAM https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/ceasaryes.gif

[Colovion]

They need to come out with Requirements soon.

Coming out with the demo at the same time would be a great time for them to have some feedback from people to see if their Requirements really do work well with the public. ALso because I need a new computer and would rather get it as soon as possible instead of right around the time that the game comes out.