Hi all, I guess many of you know I frequent these forums and I do hate to start a new thread about this but I am really concerned about my computer's ability to handle Age of Conan. I can run most games well but not great. I can run COD4 on almost max and Crysis on the most basic of settings. Also when I game, thats it - nothing running in the background other than standard Windows processes. My computer set-up is this (and forgive me if I leave out something important): Windows XP 32bit
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ (2.4ghz single core)
Asus Nvidia A8n5x Socket 939 MB
2 gigs Corsair RAM
XFX Nvidia 9600 GT My main concern is the processor. The sad part is that I am about maxed for my motherboard with the processor so that means that I will have to upgrade, MB, RAM, and processor; and lets just say money is a wee bit tight right now. Any thoughts or suggestions would be most appreciated.
Wait and give it a try. The game is zoned. Textures are usually loaded into video memory. The game might run well if tweaked down a bit. There exists an AMD X2-3600 939 which is a dualcore for the 939 socket. Its really cheap (sells in europe for 40 euro), but i am not sure if it will help. Probably the single core is faster.
However. I wouldnt upgrade for a game until i played it and like it enough.
Well, if that beauty cannot run the game, then which notebook can? If you will have problems with that system, then my, kinda old, gaming notebook with 512mb 7900GS and 2GB Ram wouldn't run its demo.
And if such systems will not run the game, I'm sorry but the game will be very marginalized. The most important reason why WoW succeed wasn't about the game or the commercial campaign, but the ability to run in EVERY computer. AoC may not expect to get 8 million players, OK, but still, they somehow need to respect the players. An online game should have low requirements.
Hi all, I guess many of you know I frequent these forums and I do hate to start a new thread about this but I am really concerned about my computer's ability to handle Age of Conan. I can run most games well but not great. I can run COD4 on almost max and Crysis on the most basic of settings. Also when I game, thats it - nothing running in the background other than standard Windows processes. My computer set-up is this (and forgive me if I leave out something important): Windows XP 32bit
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ (2.4ghz single core)
Asus Nvidia A8n5x Socket 939 MB
2 gigs Corsair RAM
XFX Nvidia 9600 GT My main concern is the processor. The sad part is that I am about maxed for my motherboard with the processor so that means that I will have to upgrade, MB, RAM, and processor; and lets just say money is a wee bit tight right now. Any thoughts or suggestions would be most appreciated.
Your computer will do decent on medium settings in most areas except crowded areas of course.
By decent I mean 25-30 FPS at most.
The thing setting you back the most is the CPU yes.
Your memory is fine, your video card is fine but your MB and CPU will slow you down pretty bad.
Also it helps to have a fast hard drive. The game loads alot and its huge. over 25 giga of hard drive pace.
So loading screens tend to be LONG and will happen often. Changing zones, entering/exiting instanced stuff etc.
Your computer will do perfectly fine imo. The processor is the weakest link in the chain however socket am2's are dropping in price like crazy. and if you have an xfx 9600gt that means you spent around $150 dollars. Should you be able to sell a couple things on craigslist or a garage sale, you could get an AMD Athlon 64 x2 6400+ for $160 on newegg and thats the 3.21ghz duel core. All in all, you will be able to play the game on high settings.
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Hey Templarga,
I think you will be fine on a medium setting, so chance for getting into Open Beta soon then we can really see.
The devs have stated that they intend loading screens to be no more than 8 seconds long really, and apparently most of the time they are half that and continue to optimize.
If you had a budget for new parts say, what would be you max spending amount?
Personally I wouldn't bother spending anymore money for a new processor, its just putting money down the drain. I would aim for a new motherboard and CPU there are some great deals out there.
I just put an order in for a new PC for the wife and I'll be ordering myself some parts in a few weeks time for the game, to celebrate new promotion at work ;P
Anyway, if you could suggest a budget then maybe we could help you out a bit? For now im sure you will be fine for AoC but for extra future proofing though...!
It may work just fine, I am worried about your processor but also motherboard, if its an old motherboard even though you have a decent gfx card the mobo and processor have a huge effect on how it runs. But wait and see, im sure you will be able to play it at low - medium settings.
A man dies daily, only to be reborn in the morning, bigger, better and wiser.
-Playing AoC -Playing WoW -Retired- SWG -Retired- EVE -Retired- LotR
Computer (- Phenom 9600 Black Edition @ 2.81 Ghz (Quad Core CPU)- Gigabyte MA790FX-DS5 - 4 Gigs of PC 8500 ram (1066)- EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS PCI Express 2.0 - WD 500GB 7500RPM - Zalman CPU cooler (air cooled) - 24" Widescreen 1080P HD display).
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However. I wouldnt upgrade for a game until i played it and like it enough.
Well, if that beauty cannot run the game, then which notebook can? If you will have problems with that system, then my, kinda old, gaming notebook with 512mb 7900GS and 2GB Ram wouldn't run its demo.
And if such systems will not run the game, I'm sorry but the game will be very marginalized. The most important reason why WoW succeed wasn't about the game or the commercial campaign, but the ability to run in EVERY computer. AoC may not expect to get 8 million players, OK, but still, they somehow need to respect the players. An online game should have low requirements.
Your computer will do decent on medium settings in most areas except crowded areas of course.
By decent I mean 25-30 FPS at most.
The thing setting you back the most is the CPU yes.
Your memory is fine, your video card is fine but your MB and CPU will slow you down pretty bad.
Also it helps to have a fast hard drive. The game loads alot and its huge. over 25 giga of hard drive pace.
So loading screens tend to be LONG and will happen often. Changing zones, entering/exiting instanced stuff etc.
I know its irrelevant but how fast is the corsair ram you have?
Your computer will do perfectly fine imo. The processor is the weakest link in the chain however socket am2's are dropping in price like crazy. and if you have an xfx 9600gt that means you spent around $150 dollars. Should you be able to sell a couple things on craigslist or a garage sale, you could get an AMD Athlon 64 x2 6400+ for $160 on newegg and thats the 3.21ghz duel core. All in all, you will be able to play the game on high settings.
Enhanced for: DirectX 10, 64-bit processors, multi-core
Ok, this is what I could find about Age of Conan system requirments.
I hope they are correct. If that the case then you should have no problem running the game.
Prolly you won't be able to run it at 1280X1024 full detail but around 1024X768 should be fine.
Hope this clears up a bit of your problem.
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Hey Templarga,
I think you will be fine on a medium setting, so chance for getting into Open Beta soon then we can really see.
The devs have stated that they intend loading screens to be no more than 8 seconds long really, and apparently most of the time they are half that and continue to optimize.
If you had a budget for new parts say, what would be you max spending amount?
Personally I wouldn't bother spending anymore money for a new processor, its just putting money down the drain. I would aim for a new motherboard and CPU there are some great deals out there.
I just put an order in for a new PC for the wife and I'll be ordering myself some parts in a few weeks time for the game, to celebrate new promotion at work ;P
Anyway, if you could suggest a budget then maybe we could help you out a bit? For now im sure you will be fine for AoC but for extra future proofing though...!
It may work just fine, I am worried about your processor but also motherboard, if its an old motherboard even though you have a decent gfx card the mobo and processor have a huge effect on how it runs. But wait and see, im sure you will be able to play it at low - medium settings.
A man dies daily, only to be reborn in the morning, bigger, better and wiser.
-Playing AoC
-Playing WoW
-Retired- SWG
-Retired- EVE
-Retired- LotR
Computer (- Phenom 9600 Black Edition @ 2.81 Ghz (Quad Core CPU)- Gigabyte MA790FX-DS5 - 4 Gigs of PC 8500 ram (1066)- EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS PCI Express 2.0 - WD 500GB 7500RPM - Zalman CPU cooler (air cooled)
- 24" Widescreen 1080P HD display).