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

**Ferret** · 11-08-2006, 21:28

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** · 11-09-2006, 01:34

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** · 11-09-2006, 02:11

Originally Posted by Bob_the_great

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...

Originally Posted by 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.

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

**Zharatustra** · 11-09-2006, 04:27

AMD Thorton 2000+ (1.6 Ghz)
768 MB PC2100
Ti 4200 128MB (says its only 4x)

i was worried but this gold demo works great...!

i set unit detail to high and texture to medium...NO PROBS...

just to compare FYI...

**maestro** · 11-09-2006, 11:45

Originally Posted by Zharatustra

AMD Thorton 2000+ (1.6 Ghz)
768 MB PC2100
Ti 4200 128MB (says its only 4x)

i was worried but this gold demo works great...!

i set unit detail to high and texture to medium...NO PROBS...

just to compare FYI...

Crikey, what resolution? I think that's the lowest spec we've had reported so far

**Vicarious** · 11-09-2006, 12:51

Oh happy days..

My specs:
Intel Pentium 4
512 Mb Ram
GeForce 6600 512 Mb Ram

When I tried out the Gold demo, the game was almost unplayable even on the lowest settings, because of heavy lagging.
Yesterday, the original version arrived in the mail. I was of course anxious to the point of breaking down when I started the game. Runs perfectly on medium settings!

I can see two explenations on this:
1. Heavy adjustments on spec demands on the original version compared to gold demo.
2. I adjusted the framerate on my videocard from 60 Hz to 75 Hz.

**maestro** · 11-09-2006, 14:45

Changing your refresh rate from 60Hz to 75Hz would make very little difference unless you were using V-Sync and then only a few FPS.

Maybe they just optimised the code - VERY unusual to make such a big change after a gold release. But hey - if it runs better then w0000t

**Zharatustra** · 11-09-2006, 21:48

Originally Posted by Zharatustra
AMD Thorton 2000+ (1.6 Ghz)
768 MB PC2100
Ti 4200 128MB (says its only 4x)

i was worried but this gold demo works great...!

i set unit detail to high and texture to medium...NO PROBS...

just to compare FYI...

Originally Posted by maestro

Crikey, what resolution? I think that's the lowest spec we've had reported so far

1024x768

my understanding is that i dont have teh SSE2 instruction set...
is this a shader...?