The "Would my PC be able to run M2TW?" thread (all such queries here pls)

[Bob the Insane]

"I have a 8.2 GHz P6 with 6 Gb RAM and the lastest fusion driven graphics card, will it run MTW2 (puffs out juvenile chest)?"

[Vuk]

SSE2 = Streaming "Single Instruction, Multiple Data" Extensions 2.
CPUs supporting SSE2
AMD Athlon 64
AMD Athlon 64 X2
AMD Opteron
AMD Sempron (Socket 754/939/AM2 versions only)
AMD Turion 64
Intel Pentium 4
Intel Pentium D
Intel Pentium EE
Intel Pentium M
Intel Celeron (Socket 478 versions only)
Intel Celeron D
Intel Celeron M
Intel Core Solo/Duo
Intel Core 2 Solo/Duo/Extreme
Transmeta Efficeon
Intel Xeon
Via C7


Notable CPUs not supporting SSE2
Anything from Motorola, or any other CPU manufacturer not listed above
The following CPUs do not support SSE2.

AMD Athlon
AMD Athlon XP / MP
AMD Duron
AMD Sempron (Socket A versions)
Intel Pentium II Xeon
Intel Pentium III Xeon
Intel Pentium II
Intel Pentium III
Intel Celeron (Slot 1, Socket 370)
Intel Itanium
Intel Itanium 2
Via C3
Transmeta Crusoe
IDT Centaurs-Haul Winchip
and any older CPUs.






Help anyone?

[DVX BELLORVM]

I've just played the demo, on medium settings it runs just fine
My machine:
Pentium IV 3GHz
Radeon 9800pro 128MB
1GB RAM

[Incongruous]

Wohoo, just ran the game On the highest setting (super-high, as highest is just a waste of power really)

My specs are
AMD 3200+
X800 XT PLATINUM EDITION 256mb
2 Gigs of DDR2

Plays like a dream, I love the new fighting moves, I love it when my Zwiehanders parry a blow from a Halberdier and then runs him through. Must say though Pavia is awfully easy to win. So is Agincourt, the English are just too overpowered.

[Mount Suribachi]

FWIW I'm playing with

P4 3.0GHz
1 Gig RAM
Radeon X700 Pro with 256MB RAM

And once I turned shadows to low it ran just fine.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

2.8 GHz
512 RAM
Radeon X1300 256MB Card
Windows XP Home Edtion
8-13MB Cable

don't tell me my comp can't run it good, like the .com ppl say.

BF2,1.5 GHz,512 RAM, runs like a charm, with SLIGHT Lag ONCE in awhile
Elder Scrolls IV, 2.4GHz,256RAM, Runs on High Quatily, Little to No Lag.

[Nikodemus]

Okay i think its time too ask for advice here then, if and what i should upgrade too.

my specs

Motherboard:

CPU Type

AMD Athlon 64, 2200 MHz (11 x 200) 3500+

Motherboard Name

MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (MS-7025) (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)
Motherboard Chipset
nVIDIA nForce3 Ultra, AMD Hammer
System Memory
1024 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type
Award (07/28/04)

Display

Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT (256 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
Gainward GS(turns a GT too a Ultra)

Monitor SAMTRON 98PDF/99DF/99PDF [NoDB] (HVAX626653)

Multimedia

Audio Adapter Creative SB0312 Audigy LS Sound Card
Audio Adapter nVIDIA MCP2-S - Audio Codec Interface

Do anyone of you more tech-savy types think if i would be able too play with
huge settings?

[maestro]

Your machine will be fine - certainly not every setting on high, but you'll get good performance and nice enough effects from that setup

[Brighdaasa]

i'd suggest adding another GB of ram, should benefit a game like MII:TW

i have a similar system except a X850XT and 1.5GB DDR400 ram, which ran the demo fine at 1600*1200 with everything maxed except shadows turned off

so at 1280*1024 it should run even huge battles fine

[maestro]

i'd suggest adding another GB of ram, should benefit a game like MII:TW

i have a similar system except a X850XT and 1.5GB DDR400 ram, which ran the demo fine at 1600*1200 with everything maxed except shadows turned off

so at 1280*1024 it should run even huge battles fine

Blimey - what's your framerate at those settings and are you using an FSAA?

[JR-]

Okay i think its time too ask for advice here then, if and what i should upgrade too.

my specs

Motherboard:

CPU Type

AMD Athlon 64, 2200 MHz (11 x 200) 3500+

Motherboard Name

MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (MS-7025) (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)[U]
System Memory
1024 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type
Award (07/28/04)

Display

Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT (256 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
Gainward GS(turns a GT too a Ultra)
[U]

lol, that is identical to my parents PC!

you should be fine with that spec.

[mfberg]

I have just purchased a new low end graphics card for my low end computer it was an ATI Radeon 9250 for a PCI slot for $45. It runs the demo very well on low settings, and with a tiny bit of stuttering with a little detail added. So there is hope for those of us who run the game on low end business computers.

mfberg

[bome99]

I have big trouble running the demo my spec's are:

Intel pentium 4 CPU 2.40GHz

RAM 2GB

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 256 MB

What am I doing wrong, I've updated all drivers as well??

[bome99]

I have big trouble running the demo my spec's are:

Intel pentium 4 CPU 2.40GHz

RAM 2GB

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 256 MB

What am I doing wrong, I've updated all drivers as well??

More spec's

Windows 2000

88,5 GB free diskspace

[Ferret]

My specs are:
Pentinum(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
1024 MB of RAM
HP d330 DT (DC580AV)
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

I have no idea what any of that means, any advice would be greatly appreciated!

[bome99]

Does any one know witch graphic cards are supported?

[LegioScythia]

Does any one know witch graphic cards are supported?

- 128MB Hardware Accelerated video card with Shader 1 support
and the latest drivers. Must be 100% DirectX® 9.0c
compatible*. Nvidia® GeForce 4 Ti 4400 or ATI Radeon® 9800
are the recommended minimum hardware.
as long as it meets these requirements i think it should work

[Fate]

- 128MB Hardware Accelerated video card with Shader 1 support
and the latest drivers. Must be 100% DirectX® 9.0c
compatible*. Nvidia® GeForce 4 Ti 4400 or ATI Radeon® 9800
are the recommended minimum hardware.
as long as it meets these requirements i think it should work

I know youve listed the card types above, but i suck with things like this! I guess a GeForce 4 MX 440 nVida 64mb AGP wouldnt work?

[Phalaxar]

Mfberg, that's weird - I thought I remembered reading that the lowest that could run MTWII is a 9800?

Steinfeld, B&W or B&W2? :P

[Ferret]

Pentinum(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
1024 MB of RAM
HP d330 DT (DC580AV)
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS OC

How would I get on with these specs, Medium settings?

[Slayzer]

I think I already know the solution to my problem, but a second opinion is always nice. Here are my specs fresh from dxdiag:

Intel Celeron D 3.2 ghz
512 RAM
ATI Radeon Xpress 200 (256mb)

I played the demo and I didn't tweak anything graphics wise and the battle of Pavia ran almost, but not quite, like a slideshow. Is there any features in game that I can turn off to make it run faster? I really don't wanna spend more money on memory just yet and everything else i've thrown at it works for the most part.

[maestro]

Pentinum(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
1024 MB of RAM
HP d330 DT (DC580AV)
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS OC

How would I get on with these specs, Medium settings?

I think so...

I think I already know the solution to my problem, but a second opinion is always nice. Here are my specs fresh from dxdiag:

Intel Celeron D 3.2 ghz
512 RAM
ATI Radeon Xpress 200 (256mb)

I played the demo and I didn't tweak anything graphics wise and the battle of Pavia ran almost, but not quite, like a slideshow. Is there any features in game that I can turn off to make it run faster? I really don't wanna spend more money on memory just yet and everything else i've thrown at it works for the most part.

You don't mention what your graphics card is - which is the most important bit

The ATI Radeon Xpress 200 (256mb) of which you speak is a misnomer. Radeon Xpress 200 is a motherboard chipset and it doesn't have any memory. You may well have a 256Mb graphics card, but it ain't a Radeon Xpress 200, i can assure you

[Motep]

i dont feel like sifting through ages of posts...but im pretty sure my geforce nividia 5800 wont cut it.
384 mbs of ram, a virtual ton of memory, and other stuff i cant find out....


p.s. way to go insane bob!

[chopa]

can someone please help me

what to upgrade to play smooth on high details?

PIV 1,4 Ghz
768 DDram
ati radeon 9600 pro 256

as im on tight budget, i planned to buy new processor cause this is realy outofdate

whats the best processor i can get for socket 478?

[hoom]

A 5800! & you actually use it?

[AlJabberwock]

Motep,

We used a GeForce FX 5500 OC to play RTW with most items on high or highest with normal sized units or many things on medium to low for large units. A 5800 will probably still only have 2 to 4 pipes and reduced width and bit compared to more robust 6th Gen. GeForce cards with up to 16 pipelines and better bitrates which seem to be around where the game is playing reasonably... Meaning, I think your card can play the game M2TW, but not much will be on "high" and you may be playing with small units to achieve 'relatively smooth' play. On the other hand, your Ram is barely enough to allow your system to work for much beyond the Windows OS itself, and there is likely an underpowered CPU lurking around there though you didn't tell us what it was. If only your card were on the low side, I might risk saying go for it and see what happens, but "its beginning to look a lot like christmas" will be neccessary (replace your sys- you need a new mobo anyway with PCI Ex interface for the modern gens of vid cards). Only good news is that many cards and system components you will need to make the game run like a dream are a lot less expensive (than when I bought them!!!) now that even newer items are out or coming soon and the dual core competition is in full swing.

Chopa,
I am really sorry, but much of what you have is really out of date, and cpus using the 478 socket will limit you considerably. Best likely to still be around are things like the Prescott single-core P-IV in the 3.0 ghz range. They will still have an L2 cache of 1 mb, and should also come with hyperthreading. Dothans are Pentium Ms, and these single cores are outmodes despite their hefty L2 caches. The Northwoods are cool with the 13 mu process, but lack hyper threading and SSE3 and a few other things. A few Prescott 3 gigs for the 478 are available at Newegg, Monarch, E bay and the like in the under $100 range. Even less if you like open box... Some of these should have hyper threading (which you want) and they will have sse 1,2,and 3 and a few other things you will want along with lower voltage requirements and some other conveniences if you are an overclocker. (I'm not but many are). That said, there is no 64 bit support and these cpus, while adequate to play M2TW, are woefully behind the curve in general since multi cores and some single AMD cores use memory controls right on the chip called Hypertransports which eliminate fsbs altogether... Uh, ok, just trust me, a lot of tech has gone by the boards in the last 18 months, and 478s are as common as top hats and spats in church on sunday.

Your vid card is probably ok but to play to the max it would have to go, and your Ram should be increased, preferably doubled. I am an NVidia enthusiast, so I will make no reccomendations for your video card if you prefer ATI other than it will have to be a little more modern to cope.

Bob the Insane-
Totally cool system dude. Hope to hear how it sings right through the pip-squeak tasks you give it! The "I swear I didn't get it to play the game" comment strikes as just a _little_ forced though don't you think...?

[Bob the Insane]

Motep,
Totally cool system dude. Hope to hear how it sings right through the pip-squeak tasks you give it! The "I swear I didn't get it to play the game" comment strikes as just a _little_ forced though don't you think...?

Thanks, I am totally geeked out over it... It has only taken a years worth of campaigning with my wife and god know how much money in shiny, jewel encrusted bribes to get her to agree...

I grant you M2TW may have re-ignited my interest in updating but the release of the 8800 was a big deal too (getting all Vista and DX10 ready)...

[AlJabberwock]

{grins knowingly}

Heh! Something like that Bob... vacation destinations for mine. (e.g. Portugal in May 07).

My personal camouflage is I always point to one of the kids (hopefully looking innocent and helpless at that moment) and say "look honey, he's going to have to do _homework_ on this thing, there's just no way he can do that with these old technologies... "

The bad thing is I have three kids AND my wife who get upgraded that way before I do so I always have the crappiest danged ramshackle left over rig...

I assume you are putting it together yourself. Let me know what the mobo and all the other component details are and how it all went together for you?
Thanks!

A uh, "g'equal"

Al Jabberwock

[chopa]

al jabber thank you very much

I know im preety much stuck, and new socket is a must (PIV 1,4 Ghz
768 DDram
ati radeon 9600 pro 256)


could you please than advice what best new motherboard and processor can I get for considerably 200-250 euros max?

my video card and my old 768 DDram can go with no problems on new motherboard? (in next few moths new RAM will be my occupattion)

thnx once again on great help, you are the man

[Biggus Diccus]

al jabber thank you very much

I know im preety much stuck, and new socket is a must (PIV 1,4 Ghz
768 DDram
ati radeon 9600 pro 256)


could you please than advice what best new motherboard and processor can I get for considerably 200-250 euros max?

my video card and my old 768 DDram can go with no problems on new motherboard? (in next few moths new RAM will be my occupattion)

thnx once again on great help, you are the man

If you're going to upgrade your mobo and cpu, you'll most likely have to upgrade your ram to ddr2 as well. And you have to get a new graphics card, since new mobos now use PCIE and your card is AGP. I'd save up to afford new mobo/cpu/ram/graphics card if I was you.

If you go for a AMD socket 939 nforce4 system with a dual-core AMD Athlon 64 cpu you should be able to use your old ram on the mobo, but you still have to upgrade to a new PCIE graphics card; nvidia 7600 GT is good value for money.