cool thanks for reply.
I strongly suspect that I'm going to end up needing a new video card. Technically speaking, the one I have now is enough, but only barely. This is unfortunate, as I'm terrified that a new card won't let me run MTW anymore. I'll wait and see, of course, but I worry nonetheless.
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I have a relatively new card and MTW hasn't escaped me yet.
If things get really desperate you could always put together a system based on cheap older tech that could run Medieval just fine. It wouldn't be very expensive at all really since you would be delibarately using out of date technology
Or if that's out of the question then you can try hoping Empire is so good that you forget completely about Medieval.
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my system is
cpu: AMD athlon 64 X2 dual core processor 5600+
ram: 4 gb ddr2
vga: geforce 8600 GT
is it enough for maximum to play?
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whats your guess for max play? (for AMD cpu)
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Apologies for the repeated post, but I think my previous post might've been missed what with being the second-last on the previous page. I really would appreciate any advice regarding the video card since I'm considering ordering ETW in the next few days and it would make sense to order a new video card at the same time, if I need one.
Well, I am no sure on the proc, but that RAM will need some work, I'd say take it up to 4 or 6 G's just because it is sooo cheap.
The GFX card will need to be changed, ATI and Nvidia have some really, really good card going for low ammounts of monies.
It say one of those Radeon HD 4850 512mb would be a good choice, or an Nvidia 260?
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Any word on multi-core optimisation? I'm trying to decide on upgrades, got 4GB RAM in my system at the moment along with an ATI x1950 XTX and an AMD BE-2300 (1.9GHz Dual Core). I won't need any more RAM and the graphics card will do, it's the processor that really lets the side down.
I've got a few upgrade options available;
Swap the CPU for an AMD 7750 Black Edition, £64
Upgrade to a Core2Duo E7400 with an IP35 motherboard, £180
Upgrade to a Phenom II 920 and 790GX motherboard, £230
Wait for the Socket AM3 Phenom IIs and see how they're priced
Which one i go for is basically down to whether or not the game has multi-core support. If it'll make use of all four of the Phenom's cores then it's a no brainer, otherwise i'll probably go for the 7750 (the C2D probably isn't worth that kind of money over the AMD chip really).
Your processor should have no bother. I'd pop in another 2GB RAM and then replace the video card. Which model you should look at depends on how much you want to spend and what resolution you play at. I'd look at the ATi 4830 or 4850 though, they'll handle reasonably good resolutions (1440x900 easy, might start to struggle at 1080p).
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Call this silly but err... how do I access my system info so I can post it up here so I can have you more tech-savvy gentlemen and ladies ascertain whether or not this system could actually run it?
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umm on windows vista/xp then you go to control panel. then system and maintenance, then under "system" it should have "view how much RAM and processor speed.
Well for RAM and processor speed, you can right click on My Computer and click on properties.
For your videocard, go to
hardware -> device manager
And look under display adapters
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sorry if theres already a thread, but is there even a search button?
Also How will this comp i customized handle Empire TW? im hoping highest.
CASE: XION II Mid-Tower Case 350Watt W/ Mod Side-Panel Window (BLACK COLOR)
CPU: AMD Phenom™II X4 920 Quad-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology
PSU: 650W Logisys ATX12V/EPS12V Silent 12CM Power Supply PS650U12
MOTHERBOARD: GigaByte GA-MA74GM-S2 740G Chipset DDR2/800 SATA RAID PCI-Express MBoard w/ATI 2100 Graphic, GbLAN, USB2.0, & 7.1Audio
MEMORY: 4GB (2GBx2) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair or Major Brand)
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 896MB 16X PCI Express
VIDEO CARD 2: NONE
VIDEO CARD 3: NONE
LCD Monitor: NONE
HARD DRIVE: Single Hard Drive (500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
Data Hard Drive: NONE
Optical Drive: (Special Price)LG 20X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)
Optical Drive 2: NONE
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
Price: $770.00
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ok sorry
looks fine should handle the game fine of course nobody knows for sure yet but its well above the minimal specs
any1 else find this a really random amount of memory for the card to have or is it just me?VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 896MB 16X PCI Express
also the 4gig of ram is overkill, a 32bit system can only utilise bout 3.8 (somewhere round there i think) worth of ram including ur graphics card. mind u ram is so ridiculously cheap these days that i guess it doesnt really matter.
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Processor - amd athlon dual core 4800+
ram - 2gig
video - ATI Radeon xt1650 512mb
still runnin XP
my thoughts - should be more than enough to run Empire, however my worry is my graphics card has had cronic overheating issues. I commonly get VPU recovery errors which basically means the graphics card has stopped running for w/e reason but the pc managed to save it. i have my pc with the side off the case and 2 small desktop fans blowing on it and it still crashes on hot days. i managed to stop it crashing while running M2TW by turnin the graphics right down, but its been so hot lately i doubt that will help.
im going to go get some thermal adhesive and take the heat sync off and reattach it see if it helps. but ye i think i should be able to run it :)
Cheers Knoddy
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well i crrently have a 17 inch wich i will use for most of this year, but i do plan pn upgrading to a 20" or 22" later this year as well. Will the comp i customized above be able to handle both monitors on highest with empire? Ive gotten alot of diffrent opinions from other people on other sites too so.
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Cool, and no not at once, i meant the period i have my 17 inch and my 22 inch. Thanks again btw, im looking at highest for empire!!!!!!!
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uhm yeaaaah, it is a Vista Hoem Premium, 64 bit.
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