System Requirements and Recommendations

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(actually, I got a 8800GT for £65 gotta love ebay)

Bargain, mate! My 8600GTS was £100~ at least, maybe a bit more.

I'm gonna get a 9 series at some point...

 

[jdrou]

its an Intel mobile 945gm thingy, which dell kindly didnt tell me is dire. it runs rome total war on pretty good settings (ie can do 3d) but i cant get it to run EU3, and the rome demo when i tried it displayed fine but CTD'd all the time,

EU3 demo won't load unless you use 3DAnalyze to fake it into thinking you have a real video card. The full game with patch 1.3 will load but you then also need a map graphics mod to make it somewhat playable. From what I've read people run Rome on the GMA 950 without major problems. I'd expect HoI3 to be similar to Rome in this; with the right tweaks and drivers it should work OK (but slow).

 

[unmerged(85800)]

thanks. i'll cross my fingers then. although god willing when hoi3 comes out i'll be at uni, and so wont have much time for games. which is bad obviously but good in that i wont care too much if i cant play the game.

 

[podcat]

the rome demo when i tried it displayed fine but CTD'd all the time, which i wasnt sure if that was anything to do with the graphics.

There were some crashes connected to not having the newest intel drivers. The main ones we worked around on our side in patches (not for demo though afaik), and some rare ones could only be fixed by digging up newer drivers for your card.

 

[zArngrime]

CPU: 10GHz
RAM: 128gb
HD: 5 Tb
GFX: 3x4870x2

Thats should keep you going.....................lol

Seriously, some of you guys who are playing on a ancient computer, maybe this is a signe to upgrade?
Can't even see how you guys can run hoi2 ?? XD

128gb ram?

you are aware that xp only can use 3.4GB right?
and i think vista can use 16 or so (not sure about vista since its a bad os)

 

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10Ghz? Please say that's quad-core. But 128GB? What planet are you from?! If you mean 128mb though, that is VERY disappointing. My ancient laptop has that kind of level of RAM.

BritishImperial, you should be better off with a better graphics card. Basically, if you have say a 6.0Ghz Dual-Core computer, but say a Geforce 5xxx serie card you aren't going to be running too many games. Then, if you have a 3.0Ghz single core processor, but say a Geforce 7600GT you are going to be able to run alot more games. Suffice to say, with my card I can run M2TW perfectly, while with my intel graphics (which I had before I got my Geforce 6200, which was my first bought graphics card 'till I got the 7900GTX which I have now) would probably explore trying to play it.

 

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128gb ram?

you are aware that xp only can use 3.4GB right?
and i think vista can use 16 or so (not sure about vista since its a bad os)

IIRC XP & Vista (32 bit) are limited to 3.? GB
But the 64 bit versions have a much higher limit. 16GB is a common motherboard limitation.

 

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Assuming your machine can handle it, if you have 64-bit architecture and a 64-bit version of Vista (or XP x64 Pro), a PC can theoretically take 128GB RAM.

Good luck getting it in, though.

 

[Elecwaves]

In my experience, Nvidia keeps their cards well up to date with new drivers and support. I have a shitty 512 Mb card. (shitty in the sense of low-end model), got it for $75.00, and I've never, ever had a game not run on it, I've seen no speed difference when running games at appropriate settings, when compared to higher-end models. Also, I've havd 5 Nvidia cards in my life, the only one that broke was overclocked, and ran 8-10 hours a day for 5 years before melting, and I've never had a game not work with an Nvidia graphics card (assuming it has enough memory). If you have a choice, go Nvidia for graphics.

 

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In my experience, Nvidia keeps their cards well up to date with new drivers and support. I have a shitty 512 Mb card. (shitty in the sense of low-end model), got it for $75.00, and I've never, ever had a game not run on it, I've seen no speed difference when running games at appropriate settings, when compared to higher-end models. Also, I've havd 5 Nvidia cards in my life, the only one that broke was overclocked, and ran 8-10 hours a day for 5 years before melting, and I've never had a game not work with an Nvidia graphics card (assuming it has enough memory). If you have a choice, go Nvidia for graphics.

Yeah, I quite agree.

I had a 6600GTX, an 8600GTS, and now a 9800GT. Excellent cards.

 

[Wolf52]

In my experience, Nvidia keeps their cards well up to date with new drivers and support. I have a shitty 512 Mb card. (shitty in the sense of low-end model), got it for $75.00, and I've never, ever had a game not run on it, I've seen no speed difference when running games at appropriate settings, when compared to higher-end models. Also, I've havd 5 Nvidia cards in my life, the only one that broke was overclocked, and ran 8-10 hours a day for 5 years before melting, and I've never had a game not work with an Nvidia graphics card (assuming it has enough memory). If you have a choice, go Nvidia for graphics.

Wow, way to resurrect a... 7 month old thread!

 

[YossarianLives]

...Don't laugh.
I have an Nvidia GeForce 4200.
64 Mb. I can't even play EUIII.

*Cries*
Can you make a special 2D version for us low-tech people?

Damn, and I thought my 6200 sucked. You have my sympathy.

 

[ColossusCrusher]

Thanks. It's alright. HoI2 plays great, and that's all I need at the moment.