Empire total war, specs

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#1 thesarge123
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What are the max settings thaticanrun Empire Total War with

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Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @2.13GHz
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @2.13GHz

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NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS (320MB)

2GB of Ram

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#2 IMaBIOHAZARD
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you should be able to run it very well on a medium res, at least high settings, and a decent AF + AA setting. Not quite maxing it, but almost.
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#3 V4LENT1NE
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Medium, maybe some high, at a decent res. ETW is probably the biggest system hog for the PC right now.

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#4 SecretMan12
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Ach. I have a 512mb Nvidia GeForce 8400. Gotta upgrade my card
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#5 duxter1
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More ram, the minimum is 2gb

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#6 BANZAI186
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im getting a GeForce 9500 512mb. that will run it on full wont it.

Question: is the RAM how much space u have left on that drive E.g mines on C:

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#7 Sordidus
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im getting a GeForce 9500 512mb. that will run it on full wont it.

Question: is the RAM how much space u have left on that drive E.g mines on C:

BANZAI186

Only on your dreams lol. And you would be better with HD4670 for around the same price. I don't understand your second question lol.

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#8 BANZAI186
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so a GeForce 9500 wouldnt run the game? i find that hard to beleive.

WHAT IS RAM?

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#9 DanielDust
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ETW is probably the biggest system hog for the PC right now.V4LENT1NE
Not at all Yes, you'' run it on high at a decent res, no AA or AF, or maybe a little AF.
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#10 GodLovesDead
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ETW is probably the biggest system hog for the PC right now.

V4LENT1NE
Definitely not true. It's not even one of the top 3, possibly not even top 5.
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#11 TMallory2482
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How about an E8400 3.0ghz, 3.5GB RAM, and an 8800GTS 512mb?

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#12 GodLovesDead
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How about an E8400 3.0ghz, 3.5GB RAM, and an 8800GTS 512mb?

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Maxed, easily.
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#13 BANZAI186
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wat do u lot think about Ge Force 9500 512mb 1gb RAM. how high would i be able to put it then

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#14 BANZAI186
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anyone know?

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#15 simardbrad
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anyone know?

BANZAI186

a 9500gt is not a very powerful card. It will run the game low, maybe medium. People seem to misunderstand how powerful their PCs are and how much of a performance hog ETW is.

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#16 kemar7856
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u may be able to go high on lower resolutions like 1280x1024

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#17 GodLovesDead
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u may be able to go high on lower resolutions like 1280x1024

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Not a chance with a 9500.
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#18 kemar7856
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[QUOTE="kemar7856"]

u may be able to go high on lower resolutions like 1280x1024

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Not a chance with a 9500.

I might the 8800gts
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#19 BANZAI186
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can anyone recommend a card that will run it on full and isnt that expensive

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#20 Astaroth2k
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can anyone recommend a card that will run it on full and isnt that expensive

BANZAI186
What resolution? in any case i'd wait until ati release their new cards in april,prices for previous cards will go down.ATI owns Nvidia right now...and physx is a passing trend that will die so dont care about that crap.
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#21 Sordidus
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[QUOTE="BANZAI186"]

can anyone recommend a card that will run it on full and isnt that expensive

Astaroth2k

What resolution? in any case i'd wait until ati release their new cards in april,prices for previous cards will go down.ATI owns Nvidia right now...and physx is a passing trend that will die so dont care about that crap.

How does ATI own Nvidia?:| Nvidia has the faster cards:roll: And PhysX it's not all about hardware, Empire Total War and games using Unreal Engine 3 uses PhysX like Source games use Havok do you know...?

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#22 maTH2222
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sorry to tell you, but the other posts to your question are utter **** no offense, but your computer isn't great. When people give the advice on specs they should assume certain things, like in empire, assume the biggest battle. i have a way better computer than you and i run half on medium and half high with AA on 2X so that when I have enormous battles, the performance is there. Things like unit detail and unit size are key, so keep them up. In naval battles, the 2 best things are ship detail and water detail. my comp is intel duo core 3.0 ghz 4gb DDR OCZ fatality Ram nvidia 8800gtx 768 mb vid mem hope i cleared some things up for you
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#23 BANZAI186
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so.. with my 1GB RAM and my rubbish PC im basically F**KED?

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#24 Astaroth2k
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ATI owns Nvidia because you get a far better price to performance ratio.Maybe Nvidia will bite back...the GTX295 certainly didnt..the things cost an absurd amount of money.And physx will die a lonely painful death because it simply divides too much of the game market,developers will still rely on havok in the end,physx will cost more than its worth and nvidia will scrap aegia's idea for its cards.
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#25 Sordidus
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ATI owns Nvidia because you get a far better price to performance ratio.Maybe Nvidia will bite back...the GTX295 certainly didnt..the things cost an absurd amount of money.And physx will die a lonely painful death because it simply divides too much of the game market,developers will still rely on havok in the end,physx will cost more than its worth and nvidia will scrap aegia's idea for its cards.Astaroth2k

I give up:roll: Btw the GTX285 it's a better card than the HD4870x2 and it's cheaper.

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#26 DanielDust
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ATI owns Nvidia because you get a far better price to performance ratio.Maybe Nvidia will bite back...the GTX295 certainly didnt..the things cost an absurd amount of money.And physx will die a lonely painful death because it simply divides too much of the game market,developers will still rely on havok in the end,physx will cost more than its worth and nvidia will scrap aegia's idea for its cards.Astaroth2k

Yes, yes, ok physx will die sure >_> , I don't know why you need to emphasize so much on that part since it's irrelevant and a lie to make you feel better >_>. Physx won't die, it will only be used more, sure Havok will have more titles, but still Physx is being used and in quite a few games, it's not as simple to use as Havok, but it is more advanced.

When it comes to graphic cards it's more about preference since they all are about the same, sometimes ATI is better sometimes Nvidia, as for price performance ration, try looking at mainstream and then talk >_>, but still it's about preference.

Hmph, physix will die because it divides the gaming market >_> like Nvidia cares about that and all the devs that use it...