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

[Burakius]

Im thinking about buying a whole new system. AGP cards suck. I hate my radeon 9800 card. I hate it! PUKE PUKE..

im gonna buy new motherboard and new videocard. my budget is about 700 euros. any suggests?

also how much does a processor cost. I have 2.66 ghz now. Wanna upgrade that mofo.

[Miloshus]

Well I ve got computer about a year old with this hardware
AMD ATHLON 64 3700+ 2.41 MHZ
512 RAM
GAINWARD G-FORCE 6600 256MB

Would the game work on medium performance?

[Comrade Alexeo]

Alright...

So, I've been trying to convince a gamer friend of mine to try out the TW series for a while, and he's finally decided to give the M2TW demo a whirl. He's downloading it now and these are his specs:

2 GB RAM
2.16 gHz Intel Centrino Core Duo processor
256 MB NVIDIA Geforce 7400 Turbocache

Sounds to me like a pretty good system, but his processor concerns me...

I know that on my 512 MB RAM, 2.79 gHz Pentium 4, 128MB Radeon 9800 PRO, I can run detail and textures on medium, grass on, terrain low, buildings high, bloom off (cause its ugly!), reflections on, and largest unit size (in the demo at least) on 1280x1024 resolution with very good performance; the intro-to-battle videos can be a little slow, but once the gameplay starts I seem to have few problems.

Now, I suspect that my friend can do better than me, right?

[Phalaxar]

Well I ve got computer about a year old with this hardware
AMD ATHLON 64 3700+ 2.41 MHZ
512 RAM
GAINWARD G-FORCE 6600 256MB

Would the game work on medium performance?

I think so. I have twice as much RAM but my processor is worse, and mine runs good above medium. Just try the demo.

Alexeo, I should think a Core Duo can handle it? Not entirely sure.

[Belgolas]

I am thinking of buying a new GPU. Any suggestions? Price below $300 Canadian. Would like it around $200-250 Canadian.

I have a 541 3.2 Ghz Pentium 4, 800mhz FSB, 1MB L2Cache
3gigs of DDR2. 533mhz

I can run the demo at good settings but I would like to run it with max.

[Phalaxar]

I am thinking of buying a new GPU. Any suggestions? Price below $300 Canadian. Would like it around $200-250 Canadian.

I have a 541 3.2 Ghz Pentium 4, 800mhz FSB, 1MB L2Cache
3gigs of DDR2. 533mhz

I can run the demo at good settings but I would like to run it with max.

What's your graphics card? Quite often the processor is the bottleneck in such things.

[Ares]

I am thinking of buying a new GPU. Any suggestions? Price below $300 Canadian. Would like it around $200-250 Canadian.

I have a 541 3.2 Ghz Pentium 4, 800mhz FSB, 1MB L2Cache
3gigs of DDR2. 533mhz

I can run the demo at good settings but I would like to run it with max.

Do you have an AGP motherboard or a PCI-E motherboard?

On that note, my 7800GS should arrive tomorrow!

[Belgolas]

I have a PCI-E motherboard. Intel 945PSN. I have a crappy saphire X700. It has only 256MB, 128-bit, GDDR2, 8 pipelines, around 400mhz for both core clock and memory.

I am thinking of the EVGA GeForce 7900 GT KO Price:$387.99 CND
With an HD CRT 19 inch monitor. $274.99

I think I would be happy with that setup.

541 3.2 Ghz Pentium 4
3gigs of ram
EVGA GeForce 7900 GT KO

I hope that will run M2TW at max settings! Do you think that it will? I know that my CPU will be the bottleneck now lol.

[Ares]

I have a PCI-E motherboard. Intel 945PSN. I have a crappy saphire X700. It has only 256MB, 128-bit, GDDR2, 8 pipelines, around 400mhz for both core clock and memory.

I am thinking of the EVGA GeForce 7900 GT KO Price:$387.99 CND
With an HD CRT 19 inch monitor. $274.99

I think I would be happy with that setup.

541 3.2 Ghz Pentium 4
3gigs of ram
EVGA GeForce 7900 GT KO

I hope that will run M2TW at max settings! Do you think that it will? I know that my CPU will be the bottleneck now lol.

I think that setup will run the game very well. Probably at max settings!

[maestro]

Alright...

So, I've been trying to convince a gamer friend of mine to try out the TW series for a while, and he's finally decided to give the M2TW demo a whirl. He's downloading it now and these are his specs:

2 GB RAM
2.16 gHz Intel Centrino Core Duo processor
256 MB NVIDIA Geforce 7400 Turbocache

Sounds to me like a pretty good system, but his processor concerns me...

Now, I suspect that my friend can do better than me, right?

Firstly, his processor shouldn't bother you. Don't be distracted by mere clock speed. That processor is roughly twice as fast as yours! It's his video card that should worry you = it's pants. I suspect what we're dealing with here might be a laptop? If not then some dodgy propriatory system like a Packard Bell or something. The reason I mention it is that the turbocache series use shared RAM (at least the only ones I've seen so far) and they share system RAM with your PC. That's not a mega problem in itself with 2Gb of RAM, but the bandwidth for the RAM will be massively reduced. Not only will his video card be sharing resources with teh CPU, but the time taken to read / write info from the system RAM is waaaay slower than a video card with proper GRAM. For example, the latest ATI cards have a dedicated bus to the GRAM of 2GHz, and I suspect that your 7400TC is sharing space on a 677MHz bus, and it has to get the info over the PCIe bus too. Basically, all in all, the 7400TC are rubbish and should only ever be used when there is no alternative. They're just used to look good when salesmen are trying to sell a laptop. They can tell you how "it's got a 256Mb NVidia graphics card!" but what they don't tell you is that it's pretty pants cause it's a shared resource.


All in all, I suspect that your computer and your friend's computer will perform at very similar framerates in M2TW

[Belgolas]

I think that setup will run the game very well. Probably at max settings!

I think so. I have twice as much RAM but my processor is worse, and mine runs good above medium. Just try the demo.

Alexeo, I should think a Core Duo can handle it? Not entirely sure.

That is what I like to hear. Is the 7950 better or no? It is cheaper, but only just a bit.

[ignacius_magnus]

i need help i cant run the demo i have laptop with a 19" lcd display windows xp
512 of ram pentium 4with 2.66 GHZ proccesor 50 gigabytes of hardisk
and a nvidia gforce 4 GO with the bus being AGP 8X and 64 of memory ..........

what should i do to be able to play the mtw2 demo?
get more RAM?get a new video card ,if so wich one?


need help call 911

oops i forgot when i run the MDTW2 demo it says something about pixel shader does my card support it? is pixel shader a drive or something?

[maestro]

You need a new video card. Just get the best one you can afford although choice will be limited cause you're on AGP.

[ignacius_magnus]

where can i find one online?

[maestro]

That kinda depends which country you're in

[ignacius_magnus]

well im in the caribbean but anything that ship through usa may work 4 me

anyways its just im having a trouble shopping 4 video cards all i seem to find is pc cards and i guess pc cards are different from laptop video cards any help?


anyone/.?

[maestro]

Sorry mate, my bad! I totally missed the point that you had a laptop. Basically, you're stuffed and won't ever be able to play M2TW on that laptop. End of. Really sorry to bare the news to you but that's life. You're gonna need another laptop or a proper PC, I'm afraid

[ignacius_magnus]

whaaaaaaa noooooo........ (outside noises fading)(hearing my own heartbeat)
(everything is getting dark) (out of air)

really man? oh im screwed man......is there no way to buy a motherboard with an enbeded gpu or video card?.......(crossing fingers)

[maestro]

You can only ever really upgrade the memory on a laptop. mYou could always try your manufacturer's website "just in case" but don't hold your breath

[ignacius_magnus]

oh man i would have hoped u were wrong but u were right.....the thing i can upgrade the laptop ram to 2 gigs but im stuck with the crappy videocard cause its integrated to the motherboard........no MTW2 4 me crap!

my only option is to buy a new pc......but i guess ill beter make one from scratch and buy the part separately ........what is the best video card under 300 bucks thats made by Nvidia??? and wich processor should i buy pentium 4 or pentium core DUO?.......anyway thanks in the meantime ill guess the only thing i could play is the crusades mod if its finished someday ...i hope cause thats actually the closest thing to MDTW2 .....and the only thing my laptop can handle right now.... anyway thanks

[Belgolas]

pentium core duo is better but Core 2 Duo is way better. The best graphics card for under $300 american from tigerdirect.com is...

well for $300+ taxes and shipping is the
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...410575&CatId=0

the next best would be

$279+shipping nad taxes
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...541397&CatId=0

both are good cards. It is not that expensive. For a thousand-1300 dollars you could have a sweet computer.

[ignacius_magnus]

thanks dude......hey belgolas ehats the difference between those 2 videocards wich has more raw horse power????


and if it aint much hassle wich is the best motherboard available for pc gaming taking in mind something that wont cost me my right eye hehehe thanxxx

[Belgolas]

I think I am going to go with a XFX GeForce 7600 GT XXX 256MB GDDR3 instead because it is cheap and DX10 is coming soon so I don't want to spend too much money. How well do you think it will run on my system?

XFX GeForce 7600 GT XXX 256MB GDDR3
3.2 Ghz Pentium 4 800mhz FSB 1MB l2 Cache HT 541
3gigs of 533 ram. 2x512mb an 2x1g

Do you think that this should be able to run M2TW at 1280 x 1024 at high settings except shadows? Maybe max at 1280 x 1024? I hope so.

[Ignoramus]

The computer I use has a NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 video card. Will that run Medieval: Total War 2? If it does, what kind of graphics settings would I get with normal sized units?

[JR-]

barely, on minimum settings.

you really should go out and spend at least £70 on a new vid-card.

[maestro]

preferably twice that Just get the best you can afford which will fit in your otherboard

[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

[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...