Processors for Rome

[Aymar de Bois Mauri]

I'd go with an Athlon64; I've been using one in my work machine for the last nine months and the integrated memory controller seems to give it a fair boost over Athlon XP and P4 for playing Rome. And it's probably the best balance of price, performance and future-proofing as well.

I agree. IMHO, today, the AMD 64 is superior to any Intel processor.

BTW, in a Celeron 466, RTW runs!!! Although 3-4 fps isn't very playable...

[JeromeGrasdyke]

In fact, the game will run all the way down to P2's ... there are no real capabilties it needs other than raw power. Graphics cards are a different matter though. We may still try and get it reliably useable on all 32 mb cards (at the moment it's about 90%) as a patch, but unfortunately that's one that got away.

[A.Saturnus]

While we´re at it, can someone tell me what´s the best Athlon still running on a Gigabyte 7VTXE?

[Colovion]

While we´re at it, can someone tell me what´s the best Athlon still running on a Gigabyte 7VTXE?

BaHaha, I have that mobo - so crappy for ocing, but very stable otherwise.

It supports AMD Athlon XP 1500+ - 2000+ @ 266Mhz FSB.

[A.Saturnus]

BaHaha, I have that mobo - so crappy for ocing, but very stable otherwise.

It supports AMD Athlon XP 1500+ - 2000+ @ 266Mhz FSB.

Good, thank you