Minimum specs

[Darkrenown]

Originally posted by Rikzet
Also look into upgrading your CPS to a PIII600 from your 350. I am sure your motherboard would be able to accomodate the changes

Maybe not, back when I had a 350 that was the highest my mobo could handle.

 

[Darkrenown]

Originally posted by kucing
I use 450 Mhz Celeron and EU2 is quite slow. How can you play it in 350 Mhz? It must be extremely laggy then?

To fit more players in a LAN match I've played EUII on a 200Mhz. It ran ok but took ages to load.

 

[Johan]

Originally posted by Frodon
Don't have any problems at all to run either EU2 or HoI. But I have 350 mb's of RAM, and perhaps that is more important than processor speed...

Yes.. memory is far more important than processor speed.
It may be a bit slower on your pc than EU2 was, but the memory you have should be more than enough.

 

[Darkrenown]

Originally posted by Knight_Kin
Try running the game under the minimum processor specs? It won't be playable (if it even loads without crashing, as it will run so slow that frame rates will die a horrible death)
Try installing the game without having enough hard drive space? Can't, as the game can't be installed!.
Try running the game with a video card under the minimum requirements?

Just haveing a video card will meet the min specs and your computer won't work without one so it's impossible to have a working pc which is under spec for vic in the videocard department.

Games will play on an under spec CPU too, I've played EUII on a 200mhz machine and it ran fine (after taking a year or two to load )

But if you try playing an EU engine game on a computer without enough RAM then it slows down a lot, and if you don't have 128mb RAM you probably have a slow HD too making your paging file glacial.

So, assuming you have enough HD space (and if you don't you can just delete some stuff), I'd agree memory was the most important spec to meet for an EU type game.

 

[Darkrenown]

Originally posted by Knight_Kin
Yes but my point is that can be said about any other part. This is the third time i said it, not a difficult concept. No matter what not meeting minimum requirements is rather foolish.

Clearly for you it is a difficult concept. While meeting the min specs is important, having enough RAM is the vital one for EU engine games. Only one point can be the most important one.

 

[Darkrenown]

Originally posted by Knight_Kin

YES RAM IS VERY IMPORTANT AND PERHAPS MORE SO THAN OTHERS BUT WHAT PART ISN'T IMPORTANT IS MY F---ING POINT!

Well why are you getting worked up? That's what everyone has been saying. Being close to all the specs is important, but having enough memory is more so.

However, in your first post in this thread
you say the game will not work at all if under the min CPU specs.

I've played EUII on a 200Mhz/128mb/8mb video card and it ran fine, in MP I might add.