i dont want a pc from nasa but to run this game at good settings. my pc is starting to really show its age and lasted me a good 5 years. is it cheaper to buy a system or try and build one myself.
how much would a pc cost to run this game
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It's usually cheaper to build your own PC if you value your time (labor) at $0/hr. But if you look at the bulk white box OEMs and total the bill of goods they use, the total implied charge for assembly is usually something like $50. It's really small.
To run this game, a fast dual core CPU and lots of memory are probably the keys. For under $900 you can get a 2.93 Ghz i3-530 CPU, 8GB DDR3 memory, Radeon 5670 video card (1GB memory) plus all the normal byproducts (HD, DVD-R, Win7, keyboard, mouse, etc, but no monitor). That setup should have no problems running Vcitoria 2. All the usual OEM suspects would be priced about $900 (HP, Dell, CyberPower, etc.). You can cut corners on the memory and vid card and reduce the price somewhat.
To run this game, a fast dual core CPU and lots of memory are probably the keys. For under $900 you can get a 2.93 Ghz i3-530 CPU, 8GB DDR3 memory, Radeon 5670 video card (1GB memory) plus all the normal byproducts (HD, DVD-R, Win7, keyboard, mouse, etc, but no monitor). That setup should have no problems running Vcitoria 2. All the usual OEM suspects would be priced about $900 (HP, Dell, CyberPower, etc.). You can cut corners on the memory and vid card and reduce the price somewhat.
I don't know where are you from, but with 500€ you have a very decent PC. To run V2 maybe you only need 400€.
If your PC is able to run HOI3 without any major lags you will also be able to play Vicky2. The engine has been optimized since the HOI3 release. So the system requriements should be a little bit lower than they are written on the HOI3 main page.
lablag said:
I'd say you're going to need at least 1.5 electrical gear in there as well, TBH...
thanks for replies
i can play hoi3 okay but by the time it gets to 1944 it slows down to a crawl, i heard that quad core wasnt great for games and dual core are much better since its being developed for them. not sure if thats true or not.
i can play hoi3 okay but by the time it gets to 1944 it slows down to a crawl, i heard that quad core wasnt great for games and dual core are much better since its being developed for them. not sure if thats true or not.
whatever you do get a system with a good videocard that has at least 1 Gig dedicated video memory on the video card itself. the more the graphics can depend solely on the video card memory and not have to take anything from the main system memory, the better overall game performance is likely to be.
I am using an Nvidia Geforce GT 220, and I can run HoI3 perfectly fine, even in later years, with a system that is otherwise : 2.6 GHz processor, 4 GB ram, dual core.
(and personally get an Nvidia card, i've very rarely seen these cards being problems for running Paradox games, while other brands seem to be much more problematic.)
I am using an Nvidia Geforce GT 220, and I can run HoI3 perfectly fine, even in later years, with a system that is otherwise : 2.6 GHz processor, 4 GB ram, dual core.
(and personally get an Nvidia card, i've very rarely seen these cards being problems for running Paradox games, while other brands seem to be much more problematic.)
I can run EU3 fine on the fastest setting for the entire game, is it a pretty good bet I'll be able to run Vicky alright?
I have the same PC, the only difference is the processor. I have 2.5 GHz. I don't have trouble running any game.
Also, if you go with a video board like this, make sure you get a top notch, A-brand power supply to go with it. Those will set you back around $100 (for the power supply unit alone), but it will be worth it.
Both the video chip and the main CPU contain auto-underclocking logic in case the power supply unit can't handle the power usage under full load. You can't see it when that happens, and unless you have another system to compare with, you won't notice it.
But the auto-underclocking means that both the main processor and the video chip will reduce their speed as far as is needed to bring the power usage in line with what the power supply unit can deliver. For video chips, this can be as much as a speed reduction of 95 % (!). That, of course, is an absolute worst case scenario.
I've seen systems where the speed (as in: frames per second in a game) more than doubled with no other change to that system than throwing out the inferior power supply unit, and replacing it with an Enermax. For a Paradox title, which uses the video chip more intensely than most other games, an inferior power supply will impact the games speed also more severely.
A PC able to run Vic2 will be 10,000 times larger, and so expensive that only the five richest kings of Europe will own them.
It will depend on what other games you need this computer to be able to run. If you are just going to be playing paradox games MacroEconomics suggestions look good, although you should only need half that much memory and a slower video card such as a HD4670 or 9600GT would be fine.
The GT220 is a low end graphics card, it wouldn't demand an especially good power supply.
1GB of graphics memory is overkill for low end cards such as the GT220. 512MB will be fine for anything up to HD5770/GTX260 level, both of which are overkill for HOI3.
Also, if you go with a video board like this, make sure you get a top notch, A-brand power supply to go with it. Those will set you back around $100 (for the power supply unit alone), but it will be worth it.
Both the video chip and the main CPU contain auto-underclocking logic in case the power supply unit can't handle the power usage under full load. You can't see it when that happens, and unless you have another system to compare with, you won't notice it.
But the auto-underclocking means that both the main processor and the video chip will reduce their speed as far as is needed to bring the power usage in line with what the power supply unit can deliver. For video chips, this can be as much as a speed reduction of 95 % (!). That, of course, is an absolute worst case scenario.
I've seen systems where the speed (as in: frames per second in a game) more than doubled with no other change to that system than throwing out the inferior power supply unit, and replacing it with an Enermax. For a Paradox title, which uses the video chip more intensely than most other games, an inferior power supply will impact the games speed also more severely.
The GT220 is a low end graphics card, it wouldn't demand an especially good power supply.
1GB of graphics memory is overkill for low end cards such as the GT220. 512MB will be fine for anything up to HD5770/GTX260 level, both of which are overkill for HOI3.
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