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

**Lord_Phan** · 10-23-2006, 17:12

Originally Posted by Scurvy

what are the minimum specs for the game? - they might have been posted earlier in thread, but i can't be bothered to check

+ how do i find the specs on my system (i am comparatively computer illiterate)

Sorry I can't be bothered to help you right now

**Scurvy** · 10-23-2006, 17:23

heres the best i could do - but these figures mean very little to me

Minimum System Requirements:
English version of Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP.

Celeron 1.8GHz Pentium 4® (1500MHz) or equivalent AMD® processor.

512MB RAM.

8x Speed DVD-ROM drive (1200KB/sec sustained transfer rate) and latest drivers.

11.0 Gigs of uncompressed free hard disk space.

100% DirectX® 9.0c compatible 16-bit sound card and latest drivers.

100% Windows® 2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest drivers.

DirectX® 9.0c.

128MB Hardware Accelerated video card with Shader 1 support and the latest drivers.

Must be 100% DirectX® 9.0c compatible.

Monitor must be able to display 1024x768 resolution or above.

+ again, how do i found out what i'v got

**edyzmedieval** · 10-23-2006, 17:37

My Computer->Right Click->Properties

**Lord_Phan** · 10-23-2006, 21:56

goto Run in the Start Menu, then type in "Dxdiag" then hit enter.

Direct X will tell you what you have

**PwnageBot2000** · 10-23-2006, 23:08

Exactly what i was looking for. Thanks Lord_pham, this will help a lot and in coming years lol.

**Belgolas** · 10-24-2006, 00:38

I currently have a...
2.8 Ghz pentium D 533mhz FSB
NO HT 256KB L2 Cache
ATI 256mb X700 GPU
128-bit
400 VPU clock
250 Mem clock
3g of DDR2 533mhz
Intel® Desktop Board D945PSN

I am thinking of upgrading to a...
3.2 Ghz pentium 4 800mhz FSB
with HT and a 1mb L2 cache

and a...

EVGA GeForce 7950 GT KO SuperClocked
512MB GDDR3
46.4 GB per second memory bandwidth
1450MHz
600 MHz clock
256-bit

Would this be a good setup for M2TW and other games and how much of an improvement is this? Should I wait or buy a different setup? All post are welcome. Or should I just upgrade the CPU or buy a dual core. I would like to keep it cheap. Do I need just to upgrade the GPU?

**PwnageBot2000** · 10-24-2006, 02:16

Hey guys I've been looking on gamespot, which does a 2006 graphics card roundup. It separates cards into high-end, performance, mid, and budget. even looking at the budget cards, I see nothing close to my ATI Radeon x700 (Infact the lowest of the X1000 series hapened to be the x1300, which made me think my card was utter crap). Upon playing the demo however, without any shadows, the game ran quite smoothly. Does this mean i could get superb performance for purchasing budget cards that are $170 at the most?

my comp specs are
Pentium 4 2.99 GhZ
512 RAM
ATI Radeon x700 pro PCI express 256mb

**maestro** · 10-24-2006, 13:09

Originally Posted by Belgolas

I am thinking of upgrading to a...
3.2 Ghz pentium 4 800mhz FSB
with HT and a 1mb L2 cache

and a...

EVGA GeForce 7950 GT KO SuperClocked
512MB GDDR3
46.4 GB per second memory bandwidth
1450MHz
600 MHz clock
256-bit

Would this be a good setup for M2TW and other games and how much of an improvement is this? Should I wait or buy a different setup? All post are welcome. Or should I just upgrade the CPU or buy a dual core. I would like to keep it cheap. Do I need just to upgrade the GPU?

That processor would be OK and the graphics card more than adequate

You didn't say how much RAM you have.. in order to get the most from the rest of your setup you ought to be running at least 1Gb, and 2Gb for the best @D

**redcolor** · 11-09-2006, 20:17

Originally Posted by Belgolas

I currently have a...
2.8 Ghz pentium D 533mhz FSB
NO HT 256KB L2 Cache
ATI 256mb X700 GPU
128-bit
400 VPU clock
250 Mem clock
3g of DDR2 533mhz
Intel® Desktop Board D945PSN

I am thinking of upgrading to a...
3.2 Ghz pentium 4 800mhz FSB
with HT and a 1mb L2 cache

and a...

EVGA GeForce 7950 GT KO SuperClocked
512MB GDDR3
46.4 GB per second memory bandwidth
1450MHz
600 MHz clock
256-bit

Would this be a good setup for M2TW and other games and how much of an improvement is this? Should I wait or buy a different setup? All post are welcome. Or should I just upgrade the CPU or buy a dual core. I would like to keep it cheap. Do I need just to upgrade the GPU?

M2TW would be happy with GF 7950GT. If upgrade CPU to P4 3.2 or Core 2 dual, you may also need to upgrade you mainboard to support the CPU. The cheaper way is upgrade the VGA first to 7950 GT, but first check you 945 PSN on how to support PCI-E x16 first (since the Intel spec just says it has "One PCI Express x16 bus add-in card connector", not sure what exactly means). and 7950GT may not reach its max. performance on a 533 Mhz Bus.