Does this have a chance of running RTW?

**Ichiro1234** · 09-04-2004, 02:03

i have a 3 year old computer, with parents who dont seem to understand the use of modern technology and new shiny $500 pieces of silicon, and a job were all my money must be saved, so i am stuck with so pretty low specs, but im hoping with some sweet talking and being the only computer literate in the house, i can get some upgrades. im not hoping for miracle awsome graphics, just enough to get by on

motherboard-MicroStar Ms-6630 2.1 with VIA KT133 chipset
CPU-AMD Athlon thunderbird 1.1GHZ with 100mhz fsb and 200mhz bus speed
Ram- 256 (upgrading to 768) SDRAM PC-133
Video- Geforce 4mx 440 64mb
cd-rom- 16x cd-rom
Integrated sound (i read that a sound card can really help performance)
Direct x 9.0b
Windows Xp Home service pack 1

**Sasaki Kojiro** · 09-04-2004, 02:15

I would think so. I have 768 ram and a 32 mb card, faster processor though, and it runs just fine.

**eadeater** · 09-04-2004, 02:16

Originally Posted by Ichiro1234

i have a 3 year old computer, with parents who dont seem to understand the use of modern technology and new shiny $500 pieces of silicon,

I know what you mean

it's a sad fact of life, our parents just don't know about the need to upgrade

**Colovion** · 09-04-2004, 08:47

it won't be pretty, but you'll be able to run it....

**ah_dut** · 09-04-2004, 11:40

Wasn't Kukrikhan able to run the demo on (no typo 8mb) of vram on his laptop? you'll be fine m8, don't worry. and his laptop's specs weren't that great iirc

**Ichiro1234** · 09-04-2004, 18:40

thanks for the help, if it runs on 8mb video card i have confidence in the big gray box

im dling the demo now, ill see how it is without the ram upgrade so if it works now, it will work when the full game comes out!

**angelofdarkness** · 09-05-2004, 01:37

I have a similar computer to yours. I have an Athlon TB 1Ghz and a GF3. It should play the games but l strongly recommend that you upgrade your CPU. Like my computer your processor is lagging behind. See what other AMD processors your motherboard supports and get the faster processor your motherboard can support. That will boost your performance quite a bit.
Are you also sure you are suing sd-ram? I had the impression that AMD processors work with ddr. Anyway that ram upgrade should help you a lot, too.
As always try getting the latest software. DirectX 9.0c is available and also get the latest drivers from nvidia :)