What are the system requirements for M2TW?

[King Noob the Stupid]

German wikipedia says "Die Minimumanforderungen sind eine 3D Karte mit mindestens 256MB und 1024MB RAM sowie ein mindestens 2,0 GHz schneller Prozessor."
("The minimum requirements are a 3D card with at least 256 MB and 1024 MB of RAM as well as a processor with at least 2.0 GHz"). To me it seems greatly exaggerated but I wonder what the wiki's source is...

[SirGrotius]

The subject of the post explains it all really. What are the system requirements for M2TW? I am eagerly anticipating this game (after all it says on amazon that it wil be historically accurate) yet I do have a low spec PC (256MB RAM, 128MB Nvidia Geforce 4 MX 4000, 1.5 Ghz AMD Athlon Processer). So I really need to knbow whether I can play it before I pre-order it.
Thankyou

You'll need to upgrade for any new game these days.

[Maizel]

German wikipedia says "Die Minimumanforderungen sind eine 3D Karte mit mindestens 256MB und 1024MB RAM sowie ein mindestens 2,0 GHz schneller Prozessor."
("The minimum requirements are a 3D card with at least 256 MB and 1024 MB of RAM as well as a processor with at least 2.0 GHz"). To me it seems greatly exaggerated but I wonder what the wiki's source is...

I dont think 256 MB of Video Memory is the Minimum

Im pretty sure

[Stig]

I dont think 256 MB of Video Memory is the Minimum

Im pretty sure

Yup if 256 is the maximum loads of people can't play it. 128 will be the minimum, pretty sure about that

[DukeofSerbia]

Yup if 256 is the maximum loads of people can't play it. 128 will be the minimum, pretty sure about that

Agree. More important is which card.

[doc_bean]

Those system requirements are insane if they want to target the masses...

They might lie on the box though, civ4 needs 1GB of RAM to play yet they claimed 512mb was enough...

[Lord_Phan]

Those system requirements are insane if they want to target the masses...

They might lie on the box though, civ4 needs 1GB of RAM to play yet they claimed 512mb was enough...

Not true, I have 512 Ram and Civ4 runs perfectly on high settings. Maybe it's a combination of factors or Virtual Memory. But my computer runs it fine with a 128MB Radeon 9600, 512MB ram and P4 2GHZ processor. I'm gonna upgrade for MTW2 though. Which will lead to my next post below.....

[Lord_Phan]

I was thinking of upgrading but I don't even have a PCI-E slot on my computer. Just 512MB ram, P4 2GHZ Processor, 128MB ATI Radeon 9600 XT -AGP.

Windows XP Home Edition and a Soundblaster Card.


But I figure I should just bite the bullet and invest in a new computer.

Saw this computer while searching

http://www1.ca.dell.com/content/prod...HS1&l=en&s=dhs


Very Pricey and only MAYBE I can do it. Is it worth it? Will It last me 10 years? Can I run the game on MAX settings if I buy it?

and what parts are a must? I was told the basic processor on that model a 1.86 GHZ Dual Processor is more power then I'd need? Is that true?

If I can't get the Dual 512 MB card cuz of price would the 1GB non-Dual GPU do me?

And please.... don't say build it yourself... I know what most parts are, how they work and what they do, but didn't even like installing my GPU or Soundcard for fear of breaking something.

Thank you in advance.

[doc_bean]

We have a hardware forum where you should really post something like this, or at least have a look around, since a lot of people seem to be upgrading now.

http://www1.ca.dell.com/content/prod...HS1&l=en&s=dhs


Very Pricey and only MAYBE I can do it. Is it worth it? Will It last me 10 years? Can I run the game on MAX settings if I buy it?

IMHO it's not worth it, it's going to last you a good 5 years probably (if nothing fails). Do you really need a new monitor ? New dvd drives etc ? New Windows ? These things drive up the price a lot, and 3000$ is a small fortune. I you want a whole new system I'd suggest looking at the 1500-2000$ price class. They will last you a little less long (should still be 3-5 years easily) but you'll end up paying less in the long run. With a system like this you really pay for getting the 'best' stuff available, which is usually not that much better than the second best thing and will usually become outdated around the same time, hardware tends to evolve in big steps (in my experience) and when a new generation arrives, the difference between best and average of the previous generation gets pretty small.

But you shouldn't just listen to me of course, go to the hardware forum.

and what parts are a must? I was told the basic processor on that model a 1.86 GHZ Dual Processor is more power then I'd need? Is that true?

Hard to say really, it isn't just about clock speed anymore.

If I can't get the Dual 512 MB card cuz of price would the 1GB non-Dual GPU do me?

I'm not a big fan of dual cards and 1Gb seems a bit much to me for current gen cards, certainly considering the extra cost.

And please.... don't say build it yourself... I know what most parts are, how they work and what they do, but didn't even like installing my GPU or Soundcard for fear of breaking something.

Thank you in advance.

Most shops will build a computer for you for a 'reasonable' price (75€ here), you can ask them if they can still use your old case and perhipals and then just add a new mobo+processor+memory+GPU. $1000 should then be enough to revitalize your computer.

[Sun of Chersonesos]

I was thinking of upgrading but I don't even have a PCI-E slot on my computer. Just 512MB ram, P4 2GHZ Processor, 128MB ATI Radeon 9600 XT -AGP.

You will not be able to play MTW2 with that graphics card, your RAM could just about hold it on Low resolution, but that graphics card is terrible your computer would blow up

[rory_20_uk]

The number of times I've beenstung by "futureproofing" my PC is more that I care to remember. Every time it is such a good idea, then I see that a newer, better, smaller one is there when I upgrade (e.g. My SLI compatible motherboard - cheaper and better to get a new GPU than a second old one).

A PC that lasts 3 is doing well.
And let's not forget Windows Vista is coming out with all new requirements for everything. This type of things will probably repeat every now and again, as happens with standard features in graphics cards. Older ones just don't have them.

IMO get a nice case. Get DVD/CD drives you like, as well as speakers and a monitor, and accept that the CPU, motherboard and graphics card all need to be replaced together.

My brother is going through this: keep the old memory - well, that's a speed bottleneck.
Keep the motherboard: old bus, doesn't have the mdern CPU compatibility.
GPU: too slow
CPU too slow.

But then I like making my PC as then I know what is in there, and have an idea how to fix it.

[Caius]

I bet 512MB of Ram will be the minimum...MTW was 128MB, RTW was 256MB, so probably M2TW will be 512MB of RAM requred...

For MTW my PC was basically at the minimum across the board (I had 350MHz, 128 MB of RAM and a 32MB PCI video card). I could play single player, but at times I would get some lag) I think I was able to play on large units but I am sure I turned down(off) many of the graphics settings.

so as long as you have the minimum you will probably be able to play but I think your 1.5Ghz processer is below the 1.8Ghz required..

I think if you don't play multi player you could get a bottom end computer and it will be fine. I think the main thing is to make sure you have 128MB of video memory. Of course the better card you have the more units you can have on the screen and the higher the graphics settings.

RTW in XP usses 256 MB, but in Windows 98 is 128 MB, so
M2TW consummes 256 MB in W98 SE?or M2TW doesnt works on W98?

[Stig]

M2TW consummes 256 MB in W98 SE?or M2TW doesnt works on W98?

I think it will work, it's not a big difference if I'm correct. But to be sure check, 10 of the latest games and see if they work on 98

[Kourutsu]

I give up. How do you find out your graphic card's specs?

[SirGrotius]

I give up. How do you find out your graphic card's specs?

Start--Control Panel--Display--Settings--Advanced (tab). Your graphics card should be indicated in the upper right tab. If it's integrated you can proceed to cry.

[Stig]

I give up. How do you find out your graphic card's specs?

what you also can do, and what works better for me personally is this:
Start > Run
type dxdiag
hit enter
click save all information

The file you just saved has the information all in it, just scroll down to:
display devices to see what card you have

[timsemand]

I dont think it can run on w98, i have'nt seen a game in the last two years that can run on w98. But anyway who still got w98.

[Stig]

I dont think it can run on w98, i have'nt seen a game in the last two years that can run on w98. But anyway who still got w98.

There are enough people who own it, maybe even more then the amount of people that have dail-up (which is loads of people)

Next to that I can play civ2 on my XP so why can't I play MTW2 on 98?[/n00b question]

[Caius]

GAH!
Acording to the members who posted here, i cant run M2TW
I'm not having an integrated card, I have a Nvidia FX 5200 3D card
1.5 Ghz processor
256 MB ram
Maybe the only solution is playing RTW and play the demo

[Stig]

Well just try the demo, if that works the game works, you may be on utter minimum but sometimes that doesn't really matter, you just get lag, if you want to live with that, you can try it

[Kourutsu]

Okay! Moment of truth here.

Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.60GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2048MB RAM
Card name:256.0 MB RADEON X600XT

Will that suffice? Tell me now, and tell me straight.

[Stig]

Oh that'll work more then fine

[DukeofSerbia]

Okay! Moment of truth here.

Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.60GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2048MB RAM
Card name:256.0 MB RADEON X600XT

Will that suffice? Tell me now, and tell me straight.

Graphics card can be better. If you have money buy GeForce7600GT.

[Kourutsu]

Lets say I keep my card.

Will I be running on minimum, or moderate?

[DukeofSerbia]

X600 is Radeon 9600Pro. I think minimum, no matter how much RAM you have or fast processor. Just look how graphics in MII TW is brilliant.

[Stig]

Lets say I keep my card.

Will I be running on minimum, or moderate?

Depends what you want, personally I don't give that much about shadows and such. So by turning these of you have a change of getting a normal medium. Water reflection, well they can go of to, and some more things. By turning these secondaries of you can go for medium

[Bob the Insane]

I would rather splash out on building myself a monster machine, but the wife is always going on about "saving money", usually after she has picked up some rediculously expensive orniment... I mean honestly, who pays $200 for fossilized mud???

[Incongruous]

Its at times like these that I wish I had one of these monstershttp://www.onsale.com/shop/detail~dpno~7114181.aspx
I want Shader Model 3.0

Istead I got this old boy.
http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/x800xt/

[ciprianrusu]

I know my comp. will not be able to run MTW 2 (1.2 GHZ CPU, 384 DDR,and a GeForce 7500 256 RAM0, but my question is what should i buy:
CPU evidently, but how strong?
RAM's evidently, but how many?
and is my video card good enough?
And if my little knowledge about computers are correct, i also need to replace my motherboard in order that my future new CPU should work, isn't it?

[Maizel]

Err You're better off getting a whole new sytem

Be sure to get plenty of informationf rom websites and retailers before you buy anything.

Also invest some time into checking wether your new-bought system will eb future proof, meaning, that there is some room for expansion/upgrading, cause getting a ceretain socket that is getting phased out in half a year anyway, isn;t worth the while (AMD anyone?)