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

[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?

[PwnageBot2000]

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

[Shaitan]

(Infact the lowest of the X1000 series hapened to be the x1300, which made me think my card was utter crap).

Actually the X1300 is the budget card of the X1x00 series, while your x700 is the mid card of the preceeding Xx00 series. My X850XT for example beats some of the X1800 cards.

So don't judge by the higher model number. Look into performance tets.

Shaitan

[maestro]

i have found a computer to bye taht have everything very good except the video card wich i dont know if its worth it.its a aati radeon x1900 but i dont know if its the pro or the xt?there is a big difference betwen those 2 cards?i have found it o a packadge but how much is the X1900 pro and the xt?

An X1900 of any kind will run the game very well. The difference between the Pro and the XT is simply clock speed.nd fewer pixel pipelines. Basically, they are the same core and so support all of the same fancy features, it's just that the Pro (or GT) run on fewer pipelines and so can't do as many fancy shadings and lightings per second and they run at a slightly slower clock speed so they do everything else a little slower, too. In real world terms, depending on games and graphics settings, the XT will be between 10 and 40 percent faster than either a Pro or a GT.

[maestro]

blah blah blah. If anyone would like to suggest which specs to upgrade that would be nice.

Just read the rest of this thread, dude. Various upgrades have been recommended to enough people already for you to make a rational choice

[maestro]

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

[Belgolas]

I have 3GB of ram. I think I am just going to upgrade the CPU, and am going to wait for Quad cores and DX10 GPU's.

[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

[-oasis-]

Hi all,
I list my system specs:

AMD ATHLON xp 3200
2 Gb Ram Corsair
ATI RADEON 9800 pro 256 mb

Can I run M2tw with a decent detail?

Ps Sorry for my poor english...

Thanks!

thanks for the numerous replies!

[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

[PwnageBot2000]

Actually the X1300 is the budget card of the X1x00 series, while your x700 is the mid card of the preceeding Xx00 series. My X850XT for example beats some of the X1800 cards.

So don't judge by the higher model number. Look into performance tets.

Shaitan

Ok, in what order do these ATI cards come out?? I know your x850 beats my x700, but what about the latest ones such as the x1900 and x1950?! Someone please tell me how my x700 compares to other cards.

thanks.

[R'as al Ghul]

1.8 Ghz AMD Duron
1 Gbyte DDR1 RAM
128 MB Radeon 9600XT Bravo

I can't believe it but the game runs actually very good on this machine. I've no idea how many fps I have nor do I care but with almost all settings turned to low and unit detail on medium it's very playable. No noticeable lag.

R'as

Edit: Correction: When modding custom battles with full armies, it lags mercilessly.

[Steinfeld]

*sigh*
The last time I upgraded my PC for a specific game was for Black&White (talk about a letdown...). For the TW-series this was never necessary...

So, please tell me, how good will it get for me? I have nor problem with "normal" unit sizes, I never actually played huge sizes, even in Shogun back in the day.

Processor Intel Pentium 4 2424MHz
Display Card NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
Memory 1024MB
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Free Disk Space 27.11GB
Display Card Memory 128MB
Display Driver Version 9.1.4.7
DirectX Version 9.0c
Optical Drive DVD
Sound Card SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio [B400]

And be gentle... :)

Thanks and cheers from Vienna,
S.

[Caesar_julii]

how do you check your video card specs?(noob question sorry)

[Caesar_julii]

my specs are
1 gig ram
2.4 mhz processor
9600 radeon video card(256)

[JR-]

should be ok for low/med settings. :)

[gunslinger]

I've been looking at a few bargain cards including the Radeon X850 PRO and the Geforce 6600 and the Radeon X700. All are AGP cards with 256mb RAM. Sometimes I have trouble figuring out whether they have the proper SHADER support, though. If the card supports DX 9, can I assume that it will work? Assuming that the rest of my system is ok, will these cards run M2TW?

Ok, in what order do these ATI cards come out?? I know your x850 beats my x700, but what about the latest ones such as the x1900 and x1950?! Someone please tell me how my x700 compares to other cards.

thanks.

I can answer that one! Check out tomshardware.com. It takes a little bit of navigation, but they have tools showing how tons of vid cards performed on certain games when installed on similar systems. They also have a great little article called "best video cards for the money 2006" which lists their top picks in certain price ranges.

[maestro]

yeah, good point. I was gonna mention that a while back.... so sorry, I forgot totally to post the link

Just click the link below to find out where your card is placed.

Interactive VGA Charts

Do bare in mind, that with everything maxed out, you will get lower frame rates than anything on that chart! For example, the lowest average frame rate for any game on the chart is for Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends. My card (X1900XT) scores about 25fps at 1600x1200 res: everything maxed out but I get more like 15-20 fps average on M2TW at the same settings. So I suggest you use the RoN:RoL chart for the closest comparison and take a little off

[Pindar]

My game computer contains:

Processor: AMD Ahtlon(tm) XP 1900+, MMX, 3D now, 1.5Ghz
Memory: 512MB RAM
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBios v6.00PG
Direct X: Direct X 9.0c

What do you think?

[Drake]

AMD Athlon XP 2600 2.08 GHZ
512 MB
128 MB nVidia Geforce FX 5200 (I think)

I know that card is as old as hell, if anything is gonna trip me up it'll be that. How bad do you tech experts think I'll have it, I appreciate any feedback.

[maestro]

My game computer contains:

Processor: AMD Ahtlon(tm) XP 1900+, MMX, 3D now, 1.5Ghz
Memory: 512MB RAM
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBios v6.00PG
Direct X: Direct X 9.0c

What do you think?

I think you'll struggle - even though you haven't actually posted what video card you have - which is probably the most important info we need

AMD Athlon XP 2600 2.08 GHZ
512 MB
128 MB nVidia Geforce FX 5200 (I think)

I know that card is as old as hell, if anything is gonna trip me up it'll be that. How bad do you tech experts think I'll have it, I appreciate any feedback.

You'er definitely gonna need more horsepower for a video card. I assume you'll be limited to AGP so choice won't be that great.

[Pindar]

I think you'll struggle - even though you haven't actually posted what video card you have - which is probably the most important info we need

I'm not very computer savy. I don't know where to find my video card info.

[maestro]

You could always look in device manager.

Right-Click on "My Computer"
Select "Properties"
Click on "Hardware" tab
Click on "Device Manager"
Click the little plus simbol next to Display Adaptor.

Should tell you there

[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!