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Total War: Rome II system specs released

Minimum specification requires a 2GHz dual core processor, 2GB RAM, and a 512MB graphics card.

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Creative Assembly has released the minimum and recommended system specs for the upcoming PC historical strategy sim Total War: Rome II.

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The minimum specs for the game have been designed to stay the same as predecessor Shogun 2's, requiring only a 512MB graphics card, 2GB of RAM, and a 2GHz dual core processor.

  • OS: XP/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8
  • Processor: 2GHz Intel Dual Core processor / 2.6 GHz Intel Single Core processor
  • Memory: 2GB RAM
  • Graphics: 512MB DirectX 9.0c compatible card (shader model 3, vertex texture fetch support).
  • DirectX: 9.0c
  • Hard Drive: 35GB HD space
  • Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Meanwhile, the full recommended specs require a slightly loftier rig:

  • OS: Windows 7/Windows 8
  • Processor: 2nd Generation Intel Core i5 processor (or greater)
  • Memory: 4GB RAM
  • Graphics: 1024MB DirectX 11 compatible graphics card.
  • DirectX: 11
  • Hard Drive: 35GB HD space
  • Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Total War: Rome II will be released worldwide on September 3. Creative Assembly says the game notched up six times more preorders in its first week than Shogun 2..

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Edited By magnusdopus

Industry, can you please provide guidance for people who run Windows on a VM. Will your game run on a top of the end macbook pro running VMWare fusion? Bad enough you only develop for PCs.

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Puh minimum specs.

they mean minimum 'use 40 man per unit and drop all the graphics to low' specs.

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Edited By JALL6710

What can I run it on

IT IS A LAPTOP

i7 3610QM - 2,3GHz

16 gb ram

256 gb sdd

2gb gtx 675

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to those wondering if they can run it you can check on game-debate.com ;)


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can I run it?

i5-2430M 2.40Ghz

AMD Radeon HD6650Mobility 2GB

4GB DDR3

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I hate to add another computer to the list but I would like to double check how my computer would fare against running such a magnificent game:

Processor

Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2310M CPU @ 2.10GHz

Memory (RAM)

6,00 GB

Graphics

Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000

Gaming graphics

1760 MB Total available graphics memory

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@Thompson135 Definitely low graphics setting. If you want more good experience playing this game you must buy another more high spec computer.

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Can I Run It: High, Low??

Dell Inspiron 5520

Windows 7

Intel i7 core-3612QM (duel cores)

DX 11

Memory: 8192MB Ram

Intel HD Graphics 4000

1696MB (on Graphics card)

Thanks



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@Keeganspeelman Yes, you can medium low graphics setting.

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Thanks guys. Can't wait to get this, tried to play the original but couldnt get it to work. Does anyone know if it just isnt compatible with windows 8? Have hard copy of the game, not steam.

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Edited By Jeffa1993

Would my laptop be able to run it on the higher side?

Asus G75 Series G750JW-DB71

Intel i7 4700HQ (2.40GHz)

12GB RAM

Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M (2GB video memory)

Thanks in advance and any advice is appreciated!

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@Jeffa1993 you can run it on high lucky you

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will my laptop run it i3 2.53 ghz m380

ati mobility 5650 1 gb

3 gb of ram i have 4 but i am using 7 32 bits

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Edited By falconhoof87

Hi folks just bought this: core i5 3350p 3.1ghz processor, 8gb ddr3 sdram, nvidia gt630 2gb, 2tb hard drive, windows 8. I assume this will run ok? Wasn't sure about graphics card

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@falconhoof87

I have just about the same rig as you, except I only have 750 gigs of space. Should run fine.

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@falconhoof87 Will run great. Windows 8 is horrible though

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Edited By Amcochran

ive got a mac right now and i plan on getting a new alienware m14 due to the fact rome 2 isnt compatible with mac. I was just curious if I will be able play the game on high settings or higher.. I dont want to play the game on low or medium settings.

Processor: 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4700MQ processor (6MB Cache, up to 3.4GHz)

Memory: 8GB Dual Channel DDR3L at 1600MHz

Hard drive: 256GB mSATA Boot + 750GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s

Video card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 765M with 2GB GDDR5

Operating System: Windows 8, 64-bit


Would I be able to play the game on the highest setting or no?

thanks

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@Amcochran I urge you not to get this. You'd save money by building your own computer.

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Well I need something portable for school. Its either that, the AW 17, or MSI GT70

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@Amcochran Portables are not for gaming.

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or even a sager

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can i run the game??


ati radeon hd 6670 2gb ddr3


core 2 quad q8200 2.33GHZ


8 GB ram

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@jubanemer Yes, but you might probably need to play it on medium-low settings.

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Edited By Damcek

I know almost nothing about computers can someone tell me what is good about it and what is not for this game:

intel(R) core(TM) i5-2310 CPU @ 2.90GHz 3.10GHz

6,00 GB RAM

64 bit

graphic card:

AMD Radeon HD 6670

Advanced Micro Devices, inc.

ATI display adapter (0x6758)

Internal DAC(400MHz)

3817 MB

1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)

Generic PnP Monitor

thanx


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@Damcek I'm pretty sure you'll be able to run the game just fine, however you should upgrade your RAM. Go to this site, http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri and type in Rome II. This site is great for helping you see if you can play games on your PC. Let me know if this helps.

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@echolimaromeo @Damcek

thanks :)


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intel core i7 4770k procsser

16gb ddr3 1600mhz memory

gigabyte ga-z87-hd3 motherboard & 750w psu

clockspeed 3.5ghz

asus amd radeon hd 7870 directcu II 2gb gddr5 graphics card

CAN THIS PC RUN TOTAL WAR ROME 2 AND WOULD IT BE ANY GOOD?? CAN ANY ONE HELP ME PLEASE.MANY THANKS

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35 GIG, men, I remember when games use to be megabytes. But I can't wait for this awesomeness!!!

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Wow, 35GB HD space.

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I remember trying to explain to people how going to digital only would be a pain partly because of how big games are going to get. Some people were saying things like 'games won't get that much bigger blah bleh blah'.

35 gigs!? I'm extremely excited for that kind of content, but that's more than one-third of my data cap!

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Pretty tame recommended, figured it would be higher actually.

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wow with the awesome trailer and gameplay i expect the recommended specs will be need quad processor.

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@bankei recommended specs are a quad core - core i5 is quad. Minimum specs are dual core.

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@Thereisnotri @bankei

Incorrect.

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@sudoDeez @Thereisnotri @bankei Both are correct, Intel makes their i5 in both dual and quad core.

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@bankei no need for quad cores, just get dual core or 1.CA won;t support quad cores.

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@stefanoskalt What do you mean with "wont support" quad cores. Will i still be able to play or do you mean it wont run so good?

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@JeffreyCor @DeKuip Oke thnx dude


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@DeKuip Yes you can and just fine. Supported is meant in terms of how many the engine will make use of.

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WTF needs 35gb of space?

I don't want to see a movie.

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@nzag1971 this is no movie. If you'd played any previous total war game you would know that

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I wish my computer could run this!

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@jrabbit99 sucked in mine can

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@jrabbit99 me too man

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@jrabbit99 Same Here!

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F*ck you SEGA! Give us Shenmue 3 or Sonic Adventure 3 already!

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@ahmed74 yea had could you be so mean and hurtful

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@awax187187 @ahmed74

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@awax187187 @ahmed74

will my amd tm six core 2gb.650.grathics 8g ram run roam tote ll war sos about spelling

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Edited By greasemonkey42

@ahmed74 Direct your hatred elsehwere. Total War is one of the most beloved franchises of PC, and the developer (Creative Assembly) focuses almost entirely on this fantastic franchise and RTS genre.

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