The Official ETW Hardware Problem Solving Thread

[Dvbnocos]

Hello all,

I've got a pretty old rig, and I thought it wouldn't play the game, but turns out it actually worked -- albeit only slightly, and on pretty low settings.

Seeing as my machine managed to play The Witcher decently, as well as Medieval II total war on medium-high settings, this has given me hope in actually improving my machine rather than spending a whole lot of money on a new one.

it's a 3.06 Ghz single core Pentium 4; I guess the weak spots are the RAM (1Gb) and the crappy graphics card (Nvidia GeForce 6200SE turbocache 256 mb).

So my question is, would adding 3 gb of RAM and a decent (say, a Geforce 9800 card or equivalent ATI) allow me to play decently? Is it worth the investment, or should I just get a new machine?

Thank you in advance!

[Barkhorn1x]

Hello all,

I've got a pretty old rig, and I thought it wouldn't play the game, but turns out it actually worked -- albeit only slightly, and on pretty low settings.

Seeing as my machine managed to play The Witcher decently, as well as Medieval II total war on medium-high settings, this has given me hope in actually improving my machine rather than spending a whole lot of money on a new one.

it's a 3.06 Ghz single core Pentium 4; I guess the weak spots are the RAM (1Gb) and the crappy graphics card (Nvidia GeForce 6200SE turbocache 256 mb).

So my question is, would adding 3 gb of RAM and a decent (say, a Geforce 9800 card or equivalent ATI) allow me to play decently? Is it worth the investment, or should I just get a new machine?

Thank you in advance!

Adding RAM and a good card will improve things yes. You may want to check what your mobo can handle in terms of a CPU and buy the most poweful one. I am planning on doing exactly that as I have the RAM (4 Gigs) and the card (9800GT) but my CPU is little faster than yours.

BTW, I do manage to play on medium/high and it is very smooth - I do not check any of the "special" boxes on the bottom of the graphics menu tho'.

[Dvbnocos]

Gee, thanks a lot for answering so quickly! It really helps to get some outside guidance I'll post my impressions once I've upgraded my stuff (hopefully tomorrow -- I might drop by my local hardware store).

Cheers!