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Playable on this machine?
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2 gigs ram
2.20 ghz duo processor
NViDia 6800
Windows XP (Home)
I'm not looking for peak performance, but just enough to get by as I don't have enough funds atm to buy a new computer.
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Pretty sure you can hit the lowest settings, although upgrading your video card may be a wise choice, if you can do that, should only cost ya a couple hundred if you can afford it.
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Getting a new video card would really help getting your computer up to the task for AOC. The rest should be alright... For what we know
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what about me?
processor-2.80 gig intell pent 4
vid card-NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
ram 1022
ty if you respond
I give no mercy
oh yah windows xp home too
I give no mercy
If you are okay playing on the lowest of the low settings in AoC, you'll be fine with a 6800 ultra or a 8600 GT (very close in performance)
I think it's been stated that you need at least a 3.0 single core cpu and at the very least, 1 gig of ram.
If you want to play it without wanting to throw your monitor out of the window, I'd suggest at least upgrading to the new 9600 GT. It's only $180 and will probably run medium settings without too many issues. It's probably the biggest bang for your buck until the GTS and GTX's are released. 2 gigs of ram should be recommended, and maybe more if you would be upgrading to vista.
It's pretty crazy to think that a 6800 Ultra can run LOTRO at high settings with decent framerates, but fails the minimum requirements for AoC. It just goes to show you how good AoC's graphics are.
go here it will give you a good idea where your system is on a lot of PC games.
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest
RB
All I can say is lol, disregard this post.
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All I can say is lol, disregard this post.
I was wondering if you could have been any more useless while increasing your post count.. Try giving some insight next time.
I agree with Das telling Bluealien he's worthless, but I disagree with this speculations about hardware.
6800 Ultra and the 8600 GT is nowhere near the same, you'll have to run the 6k series will be low settings maybe medium here and there at best. 8k series will be great, with the right processor and setup to back it up you can run them on high. AoC looks great but its no more intense than Oblivion and the like.
Comparing the 6800Ultra and the 8600GT is foolish. The 6800Ultra is about equivalent to a 7600GT which is quite a bit slower then an 8600GT when looking at benchmarks.
IIRC the official system requirements haven't been released, only estimates. Saying you need at least a 3GHz Proc isn't exactly great because a 3GHz AMD will be much, much different then a 3GHz Intel. It is only said they are aiming for Sys Req's near Oblivions, which I am guessing means that if you can run Oblivion, you can run AoC, however just because you can run Oblivion on High does not mean you will run AoC on High, it has no indication of what settings you will be able to play on comfortably.
Throwing his monitor out the window while playing with a 6800Ultra/8600GT/7600GT? No way. I expect those cards to do fairly well on medium settings, most definitely not on the lowest of low settings and being barely able to operate, I'm sure the game will do just fine with that card as long as it's not being bottlenecked by the rest of the system. The 8800GS is like 50$ cheaper and runs almost as good as the 9600GT out of the box and can be OC'ed to run even better then the 9600GT, the 9600GT isn't really a great buy.
A 6800Ultra can run LotRO at decent settings, 2xAA, Ultra High GFX with textures knocked down a notch. This doesn't really show how well it will run AoC. I am assuming you are making this statement after looking at SysReqLab. I can do nothing but lol at that website. I barely make it over Minimum because I don't have Windows Vista. This place really shouldn't be taken too seriously.
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Nvidia 8800 series, latest generation of processor and 4 memoru Gb. Otherwise forget to play this supergraphicsnothingelse game.
Whatever
Sure if you want everything turned up to the max at the high end.
Remember to come back at release and try to moan.
Comparing the 6800Ultra and the 8600GT is foolish. The 6800Ultra is about equivalent to a 7600GT which is quite a bit slower then an 8600GT when looking at benchmarks.
IIRC the official system requirements haven't been released, only estimates. Saying you need at least a 3GHz Proc isn't exactly great because a 3GHz AMD will be much, much different then a 3GHz Intel. It is only said they are aiming for Sys Req's near Oblivions, which I am guessing means that if you can run Oblivion, you can run AoC, however just because you can run Oblivion on High does not mean you will run AoC on High, it has no indication of what settings you will be able to play on comfortably.
Throwing his monitor out the window while playing with a 6800Ultra/8600GT/7600GT? No way. I expect those cards to do fairly well on medium settings, most definitely not on the lowest of low settings and being barely able to operate, I'm sure the game will do just fine with that card as long as it's not being bottlenecked by the rest of the system. The 8800GS is like 50$ cheaper and runs almost as good as the 9600GT out of the box and can be OC'ed to run even better then the 9600GT, the 9600GT isn't really a great buy.
A 6800Ultra can run LotRO at decent settings, 2xAA, Ultra High GFX with textures knocked down a notch. This doesn't really show how well it will run AoC. I am assuming you are making this statement after looking at SysReqLab. I can do nothing but lol at that website. I barely make it over Minimum because I don't have Windows Vista. This place really shouldn't be taken too seriously.
If you read his post a little better he said a 3ghz SINGLE core processor or equivelent dual core.
The 8600 isnt particularly better than a 6800 ultra or a 7600 GT. It only runs DX10. The 6800 ultra was a monster cards for it's time. Comparing AoC and Lotro isnt such a good idea. I do know that Vanguard brought my 7600 GT to it's knees. I expect AoC will be similar. They may run it, but I wouldn't expect anything over the lowest settings.
I want to add that I personally still have a 6800ultra and there is little to no difference between that and a 8600GT. It isn't due to running requirementlab, it is due to experience. (my gf has a 8600GT sitting in her rig right next to mine. We also both have LOTRO installed and I've looked at FPS, the 8600GT is only slightly better, but barely significant enough to tell by the naked eye.
I'll thow this out there, I attempted to play Tabula Rasa with my 6800 Ultra and I could only run it on low settings, anything higher gave my GPU fits. The only real difference is that the 8600GT runs at Dx10, however.. with Vista and Dx10 enabled, I bet it performs worse because it can't handle all the lighting and shaders than if it were still at Dx9 on the same settings.
If you look at the videos and screenshots, AoC's graphics are even better than Vangaurds. They are also better than Oblivions graphics as well at full settings. The amount of foilage and texture detail is just downright crazy. That is why I say that a 6800Ultra might work, but only at the lowest settings, and even then, you might still have some problems. The 9600GT is about 80-90% more powerful than it's 8 series counterpart and gets more out of SLI than a 8800GTS, while putting out less heat for nearly the same price. That is why I suggested the 9600GT. I very rarely give advice on an assumption.
A 2.2 duo will do just fine, as I mentioned before, a single core at 3.0 is the minimum. (yes I am talking about intel) If you have AMD, i'm sure you can figure out the equivalent. 2gigs of RAM will work fine, though AoC would prefer Vista due to it's Dx10 features.. and since Vista already eats up mostly half of that, I'd grab another 2 gigs to be safe. I believe that anything above 3gigs running Vista would be great. RAM is cheap.
Lastly, while I also agree that SysReqLab isn't always completely accurate, most of the games on the list are out and only on the new or unreleased games will you see any errors or discrepancies in what you rig can actually run or not. It however, most of the time, will give you a good indicator on what you might need to upgrade. I guess it goes without saying, if you know a bit about computers and you are a gamer.. you already know what you need to upgrade before even looking at that site.
You may laugh at me ... you probably will
But can you run AOC on: 1gig RAM , ATI X700 , 2 mhz CPU.
AOC devs said that computer that can run TES Oblivion , can run AOC. So this junkcan can run Oblivion at medium settings. Would it be able to cope with AOC on LOW SETTINGS ??
p.s.
I am playing LOTRO at medium-high setting
Thanks for the replies! I could play Oblivion on the second highest settings (and Vanguard on medium settings), so I guess I'll give it a shot.
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2 mhz CPU? :P:P
Trust me guys, AoC will run on a mediocre computer.
Sorry but I had to LOL @ the post saying the new 9600 card would run AoC at medium settings at best,Man there are a few people out there just have no idea.
I have dual core 6750,8800gt I run crysis at very high across the board and max on oblivion and I will exepect to run AoC on high-very high settings,To say the newest card could only play a game in pruduction for years at medium setting is nonsense,for a start alot of gamers are still running with the 7600,7900 series cards or similar,there for the devs know that if those guys cant run the game at around medium setting they will lose a hell of alot of sales,Also on my old system 3200+amd with 7600gt I was still running oblivion at a medium-high settings.
So for people worrying if they can run the game dont listen to people saying you will need 9xxx card to run at medium,I think a decent processor of around 3ghz and a card of 7600gt or similar will run the game at a decent and playable setting. /rant off
If someone had came up to me in 1980 when I was on my Atari 2600 and said we will be playing games with thousands of people at the same time.I guess my response would have been,"but I only have 2 joysticks"
http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/235780/page/8
2 mhz CPU? :P:P
Trust me guys, AoC will run on a mediocre computer.
Hehe..my bad
Actually it is AMD Athlon 3000+ , shows under 1.8 GHZ ( plus Ati X700 , 1gig ram )
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I do not expect to run the game at anything but MINIMUM ....
but can I run at minimum ???
I run a Intel Core Duo 6600 (2.4 and 3.24OC'd) an 8800GTX, 2 GB DDR, Windows XP - I expect to run AOC as well as any other game, MMORPG or not coming out within the next 6-8 months on high settings, highest resolution with decent FPS.
If you're getting the same performance between a 6800 and a 8600 then it's because the rest of the computer with the 8600 is holding the rig back from reaching its peak performance. There are plenty of benchmarks that will tell you the 8600 is going to hugely outrun a 6800. If you're testing the quallity on games like World of Warcraft that in itself is a pointless endeavor, a crappy game can only look so good before the game itself is maxed out, not the card.
2 mhz CPU? :P:P
Trust me guys, AoC will run on a mediocre computer.
Hehe..my bad
Actually it is AMD Athlon 3000+ , shows under 1.8 GHZ ( plus Ati X700 , 1gig ram )
....
I do not expect to run the game at anything but MINIMUM ....
but can I run at minimum ???
You won't really know this until release. Also, people difer in what they call "run". Some people accept that the game will load, others want 20+ fps, some won't play under 35. It all depends on your acceptance level. I would suggest 2g ram though. If you can afford it, a 9600 would make a big help too.As for why some people say a 9600 is needed, it's currently the best price/preformance card out there. Why spend $100 on a card thats obsolete, when you can spend $150 on one that's pretty powerful. While a 8600GT will run the game fine, I wouldn't buy one as an upgrade anymore. If you have a nvidia 7300 or 6600, or a radion 9X (besides the 9850) an upgrade to the 9600 would be huge. If you have an AGP board, you probably need a full system upgrade though. The current ATI AGP card is way over priced.
You can put the most powerful hardware into a box and slap a crappy low quality video card on and you'll have a big pile of crap. Your computer can be held back by those components if teamed with a great video card, but it will still blow away a computer with a horrible video card every single time. So, no, it isn't my hardware that is holding me down, nor is it my girlfriends. She has a 2.66 core2duo, 2 gigs of ram and a 8600GT. That's more than enough, it's not as if she's running a half gig and a 2.0 single core with her GPU. As far as holding my rig back is concerned.. I have the same 2.66 core2duo and 8 gigs of ddr2 800, a fatality gamer soundcard, a raptor X HD and plenty of other stuff as well.
Also, I only speculating on the 9600GT that it can run AoC, just like the rest of us are speculating whether our rig will perform up to par playing a game that isn't released yet. Since that card is roughly 80-90% more powerful than a 8600GT and the 8600GT is barely better than my 6800Ultra, and I can only play Tabula Rasa on low, my educated guess is that the 9600GT can run AoC on medium settings at a good frame rate. I'm not saying you can't run it on high, I'm guessing that it won't run at a stable rate and you'll end up having to knock it back down. By the way, 8800GTS and 8800GTX's are both more powerful than the new 9600GT. And also, keep in mind, just because it's a new series doesn't mean every single card that is released will outperform everything in the previous series. the 9600GT is the first and weakest card for the 9 series.