Early guesstimate of system requirements?

[Charge]

For minimum playable system I would recommend definately Core 2duo proc (no matter what model, overclock is useful), 1 gig ddr2, and 8800 gts 320 (this for now, but actually than game comes there will be more reasonable hardwares on market)

[hoom]

A 320MB 8800GTS while well behind the bleeding edge is still one heck of a graphics card & certainly way above the 'minimum'.

Minimum for running at max game settings & high resolution with decent AA & AF, maybe.

ETW better not be Vista only & DX10, because I won't be buying it in any kind of hurry if it is.

[Belgolas]

I know well actually I don't know, but it will not be DX10 only. There will be probably an option to allow some DX10 features like all DX10 games right now. Do no worries. The only worry is Vista. Which would lower their market to be very limited.

[Hooahguy]

im actually about to order a new laptop-
windows vista home premium
2 gb of RAM, Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo processor T2450 (2.0 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB)
the 256MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 7400
160GB 5400RPM hard drive.
hows that? the maker is HP.
and only for $828.99!

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

I have

3.0GHz P4
2GB DDR RAM
Radeon 9800 128MB

Do you think this could handle ETW?

What about AGP graphics cards anyway? I would be willing to spend some 200€ on a nicer 512MB AGP graphics card. Could that help much regarding ETW?

[Charge]

Centurio Nixalsverdrus

3.0GHz P4
2GB DDR RAM
Radeon 9800 128MB

Do you think this could handle ETW?

Graphics on lowest, no big battles, etc... Also it may not support needed shader.

What about AGP graphics cards anyway? I would be willing to spend some 200€ on a nicer 512MB AGP graphics card. Could that help much regarding ETW?

AGP is yesterday. If you haven't troubles with money, I suggest you to move on a new platform (fully new comp).

[Belgolas]

I have

3.0GHz P4
2GB DDR RAM
Radeon 9800 128MB

Do you think this could handle ETW?

What about AGP graphics cards anyway? I would be willing to spend some 200€ on a nicer 512MB AGP graphics card. Could that help much regarding ETW?

Well you could probably get a PCI-e mobo and a new video card.

im actually about to order a new laptop-
windows vista home premium
2 gb of RAM, Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo processor T2450 (2.0 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB)
the 256MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 7400
160GB 5400RPM hard drive.
hows that? the maker is HP.
and only for $828.99!

The computer is good but the video card is lacking. You need a better one if you want some eye candy.

[Hooahguy]

The computer is good but the video card is lacking. You need a better one if you want some eye candy.

See if you can upgrade the chip to a T7100 and the video to a Go 8600. Then you should be good to go.

funny- people were saying the same thing over at the official forums....
http://shoguntotalwar.yuku.com/topic/21856
im on the last couple of pages of that thread.....

[Tellos Athenaios]

Centurio Nixalsverdrus: a basic rule of thumb is, if you can play the latest issue in the series (smoothly) at full settings; the next one will be possible (with low settings). So if you've got M2TW you can already test that bit.

EDIT: In all likelihood, you still will have to upgrade your GFX card to something more powerful, though. Since this kind of game mainly seems to consume raw memory & power rather than sophistication; I'd say you should look for a card with a healthy dosage of onboard RAM; of the newer types.

[gardibolt]

im actually about to order a new laptop-
windows vista home premium
2 gb of RAM, Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo processor T2450 (2.0 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB)
the 256MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 7400
160GB 5400RPM hard drive.
hows that? the maker is HP.
and only for $828.99!

See if you can upgrade the chip to a T7100 and the video to a Go 8600. Then you should be good to go.