System Requirements !

[Ravana]

I've come the idea that now that the alpha has been released, and beta testing has begun, that surely people must have an idea of the system requirements needed to play this.

Any idea what we will need? It'd be good to give us some forewarning, so if our pc isnt up to standard we can go out and upgrade it

[Kilrogg-WHA]

Even if some people here were in Beta (and nobody is since it has not started yet), they wouldn't be able to tell you the required specs due to the NDA.

And even if they were able to tell you, the Beta required specs wouldn't be representative of the final requirements at all, because Beta versions of games are not optimized and require much better machines than usual.

I would expect any PC that was top of the line a year ago will be able to handle WAR at medium-high settings fine when it comes out.

[Ravana]

Not to start a comparison 'WoW v WHO' war, but from what the visuals look like, it seems that Warhammer Online will require slightly HIGHER system requirements then WoW.

nonetheless im upgrading my machine anyway, so i can run WHO on full settings and enjoy it in all its splendor. 8-)

[Lost in K-mart]

I heard it might require the power of the Chaos gods to run it. ;O

[markusmad]

So if your computer runs 3 wow applications at the same time then chances are you can play WAR right? =P

[parabola]

I'm guessing 6x00 series for nVIDIA will be the minimum with 256mb of vRAM. Actually since the graphics are scaleable i'm sure it'll be less than that and 128mb of vRAM.

[Sturmer]

Game is released in 1Q 2008.
So I would say something like thats time average gaming comp.

example:
Intel core 2 duo E6300
Nvidia Geforce 7900/8600 (256mt minimum)
2 GB ddr2

If you dont have anything like that... I would recommend you to buy one this fall. Prices are coming down.
Oh and if you like AMD/ATI look for tests and buy something that is same performance.

Why I recommend this kind comp is that you dont have to worry FrameRate in large battles. Btw get good connection also. 512kbps I would recommend.

[Imm0rtal]

Its a Gen (and a half maybe) tech wise ahead of WoW. If you have a "good" machine it'll run it.

[dutch_gamer]

Not to start a comparison 'WoW v WHO' war, but from what the visuals look like, it seems that Warhammer Online will require slightly HIGHER system requirements then WoW.

nonetheless im upgrading my machine anyway, so i can run WHO on full settings and enjoy it in all its splendor. 8-)

Someone has to say it some point. The game is called WAR, not WHO. WAR is the preferred acronym of Warhammer Online. WHO refers to either the band, or to the old version of the game from Climax.

[markusmad]

I highly doubt we are at the age where a decent graphic card (say 6800 nvidia for example) will need 256mb of vram as a min spec. What really ties your computer down is usually outdated hardware that doesn't support new features implemented into directx.

Without SLI (one of mine unplugged) I can operate 3 wow screens at a decent frame rate. I can operate 2 during a raid. With SLI I can operate 4, 3 during a raid decently as you can expect. This all said and done, I highly doubt an upgrade is necessary for WAR. My system should at least live until christmas 2008 where I'll finally be smart and just lease my equipment instead of purchashing!

[Obby]

Game is released in 1Q 2008.
So I would say something like thats time average gaming comp.

example:
Intel core 2 duo E6300
Nvidia Geforce 7900/8600 (256mt minimum)
2 GB ddr2

If you dont have anything like that... I would recommend you to buy one this fall. Prices are coming down.
Oh and if you like AMD/ATI look for tests and buy something that is same performance.

Why I recommend this kind comp is that you dont have to worry FrameRate in large battles. Btw get good connection also. 512kbps I would recommend.
Those are RIDICULOUS minimum specs. MAYBE that would fit for recommended, but even still that's a bit much. Despite what you might think, not everyone has upgraded to LGA775 socket yet for Core 2 Duo (I know I haven't, I'm running a Pentium D 3.4 GHz w/ HT which runs all my games perfectly). And a high 7 series card as a min? Christ. I have a vanilla 6800 and the only game I have tried that I can't run at maxed setting and still get acceptable frame rates is Doom 3. F.E.A.R., CoD2 (except with shadows), BF2 all can run at maxed settings with 25-55 FPS. And those are only the games that actually tax my system. WoW, HL2, DoW, Civ 4, SimCity 4, etc. are all easily ran on my system (aforementioned processor and video card, 2 GB RAM, 320 GB 7200 RPM HD) without any flaws.

What you're describing is most likely going to be what's required to run full scale, epic PvP battles without any hiccups at max settings. I don't know about anyone else, but I'm perfectly happy turning off anti-aliasing or whatever else to increase performance.

If I had to guess at a minimum, I'd say:
Intel Pentium D series 2.6 GHz, or AMD equivalent.
nVidia 6600 series 128MB vRAM, or ATI equivalent
512 MB RAM

With a recommended of:
Intel Core 2 series 2.0GHz, or AMD equivalent
nVidia 7400 series 256 MB vRAM, or ATI equivalent
1024 MB RAM (1 GB)

Now I'm not trying to say anything against high powered systems. If you've got a bad PC, you should be able to have a beautiful game to run on it, which WAR will be. But that doesn't mean that the lower end systems should be excluded from being able to play as well. Just have the visual settings able to scale a decent amount.

[Ravana]

Someone has to say it some point. The game is called WAR, not WHO. WAR is the preferred acronym of Warhammer Online. WHO refers to either the band, or to the old version of the game from Climax.


Well excuuuuuuuuuuuuse me ! :-(

WHO = War Hammer Online ?

But from now on i'll use WAR. thanks for the heads up.;)

Here's what i have atm : -

Intel pentium 4 2.4GhZ
512mb RAM
GeForce FX 5200 128mb

Not the best machine, but it managed to run Guild Wars and WoW. Then again, those are 'past gen' MMO's. ;)

Hopefully we'll have the mythic man pop down soon and give us a hint at what we'll need. I'd like to know just how much cash to save so i can upgrade my pc!

[Imm0rtal]

Not the best machine, but it managed to run Guild Wars and WoW. Then again, those are 'past gen' MMO's.

It should run WAR on low settings then. The man at Games Day told me that if a system will run WoW, it will work for WAR, maybe not well. I'd say if you can put WoW on high, this game will run on medium, if WoW is on medium, WAR will run on lowest. Below that, you'll need to upgrade.

[MinnKota]

I should be pretty covered on the System requirements.

Intel Quad core QX6700
8800GTX x2 SLI
2 GB Kingston Hyper X Memory
140 GB Raptor
Dell 30" Ultra Wide Screen
:D

[Belatucadros]

Well excuuuuuuuuuuuuse me ! :-(

WHO = War Hammer Online ?

But from now on i'll use WAR. thanks for the heads up.;)

Here's what i have atm : -

Intel pentium 4 2.4GhZ
512mb RAM
GeForce FX 5200 128mb

Not the best machine, but it managed to run Guild Wars and WoW. Then again, those are 'past gen' MMO's. ;)

Hopefully we'll have the mythic man pop down soon and give us a hint at what we'll need. I'd like to know just how much cash to save so i can upgrade my pc!

WAR = Warhammer Age of Reckoning

You MIGHT want a 256mb video card, though. And at least a gig of ram.

[Shapechanger]

At least a gig.

[Mbj]

Folks,

We have two very simple rules for machine spec:

1) It must run well on my machine at work and I never, ever have the best machine in the company just for that reason.

2) We take the top of the line machine for the the release period, ignore it and go down a few notches. :)

Thus, WAR will not be one of those games that pushes the envelope in terms of hardware needed to play, just as DAoC wasn't. It won't be as low-spec as WoW but that is the way we wanted it. To do that we would have had to make too many sacrifices that we were just not willing to make.

Mark

[Theal]

Folks,

We have two very simple rules for machine spec:

1) It must run well on my machine at work and I never, ever have the best machine in the company just for that reason.

2) We take the top of the line machine for the the release period, ignore it and go down a few notches. :)

Thus, WAR will not be one of those games that pushes the envelope in terms of hardware needed to play, just as DAoC wasn't. It won't be as low-spec as WoW but that is the way we wanted it. To do that we would have had to make too many sacrifices that we were just not willing to make.

Mark

Kinda already knew about that much from game vids and screenshots, but woot! And being tempted to be greedy, I wonder what are the system specs for the demo machines at the conventions and games days. I'm guessing those would be a bit higher than the recommended specs.

[parabola]

Folks,

We have two very simple rules for machine spec:

1) It must run well on my machine at work and I never, ever have the best machine in the company just for that reason.

2) We take the top of the line machine for the the release period, ignore it and go down a few notches. :)

Thus, WAR will not be one of those games that pushes the envelope in terms of hardware needed to play, just as DAoC wasn't. It won't be as low-spec as WoW but that is the way we wanted it. To do that we would have had to make too many sacrifices that we were just not willing to make.

Mark

Will it have any flashyness or anything extra for people who do have those high end computers? It doesn't have to, so i'm guessing the answer is no. Actually I dont even know why i asked this.

I mean the game looks great as is, style > pure graphics when it comes to fantasy games anyways. One thing WoW did was have a game that looked great due to its style/colour etc... I'm think thats what you're getting at here.

[helixdq]

A minimum system requirement of:
- 1 Gb RAM
- 256 mb ATI/NVIDIA video card (Geforce 6x-7x00 something or better)
- decent processor (P4/AMD64 or better)
- Windows XP (DX9)
- 20-30 Gb space

Would be reasonable i think. Anything above that and they'd shoot themselves in the foot. A MMORPG needs to play well for most of its playbase on release.

[Ravana]

FTW BABY ! Mbj anwered in 3 of my threads now ! RAWR ! :cool:



Now where's my cookie ? :p

Heh, not to worry. I think with so many other cool games coming out, like STALKER : Shadows of Chernobyl, F.E.A.R, Supreme Commander and the like, most gamers will be upgrading their systems.

[Relinquish]

I think the system requirements will be along the same line as LOTRO here is a little guess towards it;

OS: Windows® XP / Vista

Processor: Intel Pentium® 4 2.8 GHz or equivalent

RAM: 512 MB - 1 Gig (I would recomend getting 2gb of ramn though, it helps a lot)

Disc Drive: 8x or faster CD/DVD drive (DVD drive required for DVD-ROM version)

Hard Drive: totally unsure at the moment as I highly doubt it will need 20gb like vanguard but wow on my pc takes up 7gb so Im guessing around 6-12Gb of memory

DirectX: DirectX® 9.0c (I think thats what the new one is called, correct me if Im wrong)

Video: 128 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® FX 6800 or ATI® Radeon® X850

Sound: DirectX 9.0b compatable

Internet: Broadband DSL/Cable

Input: Keyboard and mouse

[Death Raider]

Folks,

We have two very simple rules for machine spec:

1) It must run well on my machine at work and I never, ever have the best machine in the company just for that reason.

2) We take the top of the line machine for the the release period, ignore it and go down a few notches. :)

Thus, WAR will not be one of those games that pushes the envelope in terms of hardware needed to play, just as DAoC wasn't. It won't be as low-spec as WoW but that is the way we wanted it. To do that we would have had to make too many sacrifices that we were just not willing to make.


Mark

Wow I'm so glad you dinged in of this Mark, I was in Vanguard Beta from early on and it was apparent from the start that the spec were too high. I was somewhat gun shy about this game after that disaster, your post gives me renewed hope :) Just remember content is great as long as people can play it, I tried to tell the Devs in VG that for months to no avail. So please take your time and make a great game that we can all enjoy.

[Arbaal]

I'm hoping, nay, PRAYING that it'll run on my rusty AMD 3000+. Thats probably the weakest part of my system, everything else has been upgraded since I bought this machine except for the processor.

And when people say WoW was low spec, it really was low Spec. I remember playing it with a shoddy GeForce 440 MX 64mb, it did fine in the AV zerg. Of course now I have a 6800 GT, which after just 2 years has become out dated. Thats the only thing I hate about PC gaming, its a money sink.

[dutch_gamer]

@ Relinquish. Finally someone who understands the specs needed. Every time the spec question comes up, people are aiming far too high. Even a friend of mine was able to play LotRO but according to the estimates of almost everyone else on here, she wouldn't be able to play WAR (she doesn't have a great computer according to today's standards). I don't believe that to be true. WAR is not as graphic as LotRO. So when you look at the minimum specs of that game, you will most certainly be able to play WAR as well when you meet those specs. And thinking that you would need a 256 MB video card is laughable. Even LotRO can be played with a 128 MB video card.

I'm hoping, nay, PRAYING that it'll run on my rusty AMD 3000+. Thats probably the weakest part of my system, everything else has been upgraded since I bought this machine except for the processor.

My friend was even able to play LotRO with an AMD 2600+ (at least lower than 2800+). So yes, I am certain you can play WAR as well. Check the specs for LotRO and you will get a much better idea of what WAR will need.

[Arbaal]

Thats reassuring, since my 3000+ is almost 5 years old iirc :D.

[malefacus]

The fact that it is such a huge production will defenetely influences de Minimun system specs. WoW have over 8 million suscriber and a lot of them have low specs PC. Anyways, people don't upgrade their PC very often, they want it to last for at least 5 years. I'm talking about low gamer profile, wich are a huge part of the marcket WAR want to conquer. Si it is clear that they will make the graphik custizable as low as possible to get as money as possible. So I bet thet the difference between the minimum and the recommend Specs will be the highest ever seen. That's what technologie is also about, making game customizible in terms of accesibility and beautifullness. I know am right!

[darkblade_the_Great]

I was figuring the specs would be along those lines. Mark has been saying a few notches below "top of the line" for a long time. I think that was his response to my question in the first chat way back when.

I just built a new pc so I know mine will work fine for it.

[erloas]

My brother's girlfriend is playing LOTRO on their PC with a 2.4GHz P4, NVidia 5700 256mb and 1G of RAM. My PC is about the same but with a 6800 128mb video card. Neither PC will run the game great, but using mid to low settings so far both PCs can handle the game.
Really I would be somewhat suprised if WAR didn't run at all on these systems. I wouldn't expect it to run great, probably have to use the lowest settings and might get fairly jumpy in high population areas but overall I would expect it to be playable.

That being said, we are both expecting to pick up new computers within the next 2-6 months. If I get into WAR beta I'll probably be picking up a new PC then, otherwise I'll wait until as close to release as I can so I get the most for my money.

[Netherscourge]

Those are RIDICULOUS minimum specs. MAYBE that would fit for recommended, but even still that's a bit much. Despite what you might think, not everyone has upgraded to LGA775 socket yet for Core 2 Duo (I know I haven't, I'm running a Pentium D 3.4 GHz w/ HT which runs all my games perfectly). And a high 7 series card as a min? Christ. I have a vanilla 6800 and the only game I have tried that I can't run at maxed setting and still get acceptable frame rates is Doom 3. F.E.A.R., CoD2 (except with shadows), BF2 all can run at maxed settings with 25-55 FPS. And those are only the games that actually tax my system. WoW, HL2, DoW, Civ 4, SimCity 4, etc. are all easily ran on my system (aforementioned processor and video card, 2 GB RAM, 320 GB 7200 RPM HD) without any flaws.

What you're describing is most likely going to be what's required to run full scale, epic PvP battles without any hiccups at max settings. I don't know about anyone else, but I'm perfectly happy turning off anti-aliasing or whatever else to increase performance.

If I had to guess at a minimum, I'd say:
Intel Pentium D series 2.6 GHz, or AMD equivalent.
nVidia 6600 series 128MB vRAM, or ATI equivalent
512 MB RAM

With a recommended of:
Intel Core 2 series 2.0GHz, or AMD equivalent
nVidia 7400 series 256 MB vRAM, or ATI equivalent
1024 MB RAM (1 GB)

Now I'm not trying to say anything against high powered systems. If you've got a bad PC, you should be able to have a beautiful game to run on it, which WAR will be. But that doesn't mean that the lower end systems should be excluded from being able to play as well. Just have the visual settings able to scale a decent amount.


I agree - that other guy's specs are high-end. No developer is gonna make a game requiring Muilti-CPUs and Multi-GPUs unless they plan on making the game for 10% of their audience....

Games won't sell if they aren't made for the lowest common denominator of PC configurations.

You figure the standard these days are a 2ghz+ SINGLE CORE CPU, a 12+ Pipeline DX9 GPU with 128MB Vram and 1GB of DDR-RAM, with atleast a DSL connection.

When you start requiring 64-bit, Multi-CPU, SLI/Xfire Video Cards, etc.. etc... you're getting rediculous.

Besides, the graphics of this game are not as flashy as some of the other games coming out - I doubt you need a high-end Video Card for WAR. Unless these guys went to the same school the EQ2 developers went to, in which case they need to go back to school

[Ravanos]

this is good to hear, one of the things i have always said about vanguard is it will fail because not everyone has the ability to upgrade to such a high end machine, and rarely people will want to be forced to upgrade to play a game.

Now does that mean it should run on windows 3.2 or whatever? lol no but you shouldnt need a 2000 dollar machine to run it on either.

for example I recently purchased a new PC for nearly 1200 dollars and STILL couldnt play vanguard with a decent framerate. (didnt buy the game borrowed it off a friend.)

[Relinquish]

I was in lotro beta for a long time with mainly 1gb of ram then i upgrade to 2gb and the difference was massive, i was mainly running on med settings, but with 2gb I was on the ultra high client and it run with no lag apart from the main city at busy times, and even then it was little. I was using a AMD 3800+ which is 2.41 but Im not sure if it is slightly overclocked. The 1 gb of ram was more then enough for med settings but it worked so quickly with 2gb was a bit of overkill but it was nice. My gfx is a Nvidia Geforce 7300gt 256mb which isn't that great but it run lotro on ultra high very nice.

So with all of that put in there. I would recomend getting atleast 1gb of ram if you want smooth gameplay on med settings but if your a detail freak then 2gb is a must have and I would put in the money for a good processor/gfx. But if you have a similar system to me I wouldnt say you really needed to upgrade as I know Ill be able to run on high settings with my spec because if I could run vanguard on high and lotro on ultra high, I would be supprised if war needed higher specs to run.

Dutch_gamer, thanks :) I try to aim to please ;)

[AlienOverlord]

Just another sign that Mythic knows what they're doing. They clearly do not buy into that baloney that high-end systems = high-end games. (From the same line of idiocy that brings up the concept of massive, single servers)

Plus all the computing power in the world won't help if you have bad artists and lifeless models. The videos and screenshots make it clear that WAR oozes style and character unlike some other games that tout their ridiculous system specs but create worlds that look like plastic dolls runnind around cardboard sets.

But the water FX in those dead, lifeless worlds is *so* realistic so that makes it a good game :rolleyes:

[Sturmer]

Those are RIDICULOUS minimum specs. MAYBE that would fit for recommended, but even still that's a bit much.

Yeah its not minimum or even recommend fit...
That fit is meant to people who want to enjoy good framerates in large battles. When elder comps go under 10fps.

Too many times games have way too low minimum specs and mostly recommended is the real minimum.

Atleast my personal oppinion is that when framerate drops to under 20fps gaming becomes pooring slideshow.

[Gronak]

I hope this game runs well on my computer, running an nVidia 6800 gfx card, but the rest of the stuff my computer can handle. It's just the video card i'm worried about.

[Avehearth]

yy my bet for min. req. are
1 gig ram
2,8 ghz cpu
256 mb gfx card

but dunno, maybe u can play with even less ghz and 128 mb gfx, but 1 gig ram is imho a must nowadays

[gandk]

I'm guessing that as far as GPU goes, you'll be able to run it on a 6600gt (128.), atleast, perhaps even an older one. 6600gt was a really (really!) popular card a while back, and alot of people still have those in their machines, and it can run stuff as oblivion and stalker at decent settings. Also guessing 1gig of ram.. A few games have come out with that requirement already and the impact of 1gig over 512 is pretty big.

[dutch_gamer]

I hope this game runs well on my computer, running an nVidia 6800 gfx card, but the rest of the stuff my computer can handle. It's just the video card i'm worried about.

Why are you worried about your videocard? Even LotRO doesn't have such ignorant requirements. From what I have seen so far of both games, I think that LotRO is "slightly" more "next-gen". I played LotRO just fine in beta with a 6600 videocard (in medium settings mostly and even some stuff on high) and a friend of mine with even lower than that. So I really doubt that your 6800 videocard will be an issue in WAR.

Heck, I could even play Oblivion with my 6600. I really doubt that WAR will require more than Oblivion. I know that game came out quite some time ago again, but a company such as Mythic never aims that high. When you can play DAoC and LotRO right now, you can play WAR as well. And you can tell that WAR isn't going to require that much when you look at the screenshots and the footage. I like the graphics, don't get me wrong, but those graphics certainly don't scream high-end to me. Yet I do like the graphics. But that may be due to my age (have been into pc gaming for about 20 years) and being able to appreciate games without shades and lighting techniques.

[Huw_Dawson]

Well, my computer is as old as the dinosaurs... The best tip out there for people like me is get a gigabyte of RAM and a Geforce 6600. Runs pratcially everything, and I doubt WAR will be any different.

- Huw

PS: Yay! First post in a year or so. :p

[Raes]

This beast will eat up WAR np (http://warhammerinfo.com/warhammercase.shtml)

[Heno]

Accroding to the Half Life Steam poll, most of thier players don't even have a gig of Ram. So yeah, I don't expect the sytem requirements to be that high.

[Dagda]

I have a quick question for the mythic guys that populate the board from time to time...

Has there been any discussion on possibly looking at a life time-subscription? There are several games that are now looking at doing something like that.

[moondrain]

I have a quick question for the mythic guys that populate the board from time to time...

Has there been any discussion on possibly looking at a life time-subscription? There are several games that are now looking at doing something like that.


There is a post from Dev/PR on here stating that there will NOT be a lifetime sub.

[Aldwulf]

I am wondering if WAR will be playable on Vista if not ill go with XP since i'm getting a new PC for this.

[XodoK]

I am wondering if WAR will be playable on Vista if not ill go with XP since i'm getting a new PC for this.
yes, I would like to know it as well, since I am making a nice Christmas present for myself =) 4gigs of ram, 512 video, dual core =)) Yummy :p

[LookinGreen]

I will be playable on both Vista and XP

[XodoK]

I will be playable on both Vista and XP
Good to know you will be playable on both Windows OSs ROFL

PS Ty for info.

[Blacklordheaven]

He will be playable...
LoL :D

[Satho Kiaja]

IYO, do you think think this system will be ok for WAR?

AMD Athlon 5400+ Dual-core (2.8 GHz)
ATI Radeon Saphire x1950gt
1g Ram

Also, do you think WAR will be using directx 10? I hope not, because I don't really want to upgrade...

[Snaxx]

Yeah, it better not be DX10 :(

[Zirconium]

I'm pretty sure they will make it very scalable due to the possibility that it might have to be ported one day to PS3 and 360. In other words, I believe it should run quite well on most midrange systems and systems above that, with all the bells and whistles.

[Drowz]

im glad to hear this:

AMD 3200XP
1.2gig of ram
7600GS 512mb nvidia card

[roadkizzle]

I have a:

Pentium 4 2.9 GHz
1 GB of RAM

but, I only have a GeForce 5500 OC.

The best video card that I can get for my computer that I can find on Newegg is only 6200 though, because I don't have PCI-Express on my motherboard.

I really don't have the money to go fork over for a completely new computer though. And, am probably not going to have any opportunity until I'm out of college. I hope that I can play at least sometime within this games lifetime.

[JonoLith]

I heard it might require the power of the Chaos gods to run it. ;O

Crap... I'll have to go get a machine from Wal-Mart then...

[Drowz]

I have a:

Pentium 4 2.9 GHz
1 GB of RAM

but, I only have a GeForce 5500 OC.

The best video card that I can get for my computer that I can find on Newegg is only 6200 though, because I don't have PCI-Express on my motherboard.

I really don't have the money to go fork over for a completely new computer though. And, am probably not going to have any opportunity until I'm out of college. I hope that I can play at least sometime within this games lifetime.
get a 7600gs from bfg like i did. it works fine and has 512 ram. its agpx8 so i think you should be ok.

it doesnt seem that the game is going to take a space shuttle to play.

[erloas]

I have a:

Pentium 4 2.9 GHz
1 GB of RAM

but, I only have a GeForce 5500 OC.

The best video card that I can get for my computer that I can find on Newegg is only 6200 though, because I don't have PCI-Express on my motherboard.

I really don't have the money to go fork over for a completely new computer though. And, am probably not going to have any opportunity until I'm out of college. I hope that I can play at least sometime within this games lifetime.

If you at least have AGP there are a number of better AGP cards out there still. They have the X1950Pro and 7950GT cards in AGP still. Unless of course you don't even have AGP, then its pretty much time for a new motherboard. You should be able to find a new MB for that processor and RAM for only $30-40 that will do at least AGP, some with PCI-E too.

[Karma]

I should be pretty covered on the System requirements.

Intel Quad core QX6700
8800GTX x2 SLI
2 GB Kingston Hyper X Memory
140 GB Raptor
Dell 30" Ultra Wide Screen
:D

Great setup except you should have went with the X6800.. There wont be anything that supports quad core in gaming for a while.
Youve got almost the same set up I do, except your running SLI, and I didnt see the point yet.

[infinityvoid]

For what its worth the test systems used at the Mythic Press Event back in January were Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 Ghz laptops with 2 gigs of ram and a radeon x1600 mobile graphics card. These systems we're operating at near max settings with no antialasing and had no performance problems/slowdowns what so ever.

Given that the client being used was pre-beta and more then likely unoptimized I could see final system specs for "recommended" being the same as above or slightly less at launch. Leaving the "required" specs around 2.2 Ghz Intel single core processor, one gig of ram and maybe as low as a x1300 graphics card or a comparable system. Of course if you have more horse power you'll be able to take advantage of AA, higher saturation of particle effects, and greater detail but WAR will be playable on lower end systems that are a year or two old.

After all mythic is going for a wide audience with WAR, they in no way want to make it overly demanding in the system spec department.

~infintiyv~

[Satho Kiaja]

For what its worth the test systems used at the Mythic Press Event back in January were Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 Ghz laptops with 2 gigs of ram and a radeon x1600 mobile graphics card. These systems we're operating at near max settings with no antialasing and had no performance problems/slowdowns what so ever.

Given that the client being used was pre-beta and more then likely unoptimized I could see final system specs for "recommended" being the same as above or slightly less at launch. Leaving the "required" specs around 2.2 Ghz Intel single core processor, one gig of ram and maybe as low as a x1300 graphics card or a comparable system. Of course if you have more horse power you'll be able to take advantage of AA, higher saturation of particle effects, and greater detail but WAR will be playable on lower end systems that are a year or two old.

After all mythic is going for a wide audience with WAR, they in no way want to make it overly demanding in the system spec department.

~infintiyv~

This is good to hear. So hopefully the only thing I'll need to upgrade is another 1g of RAM, but even then I could probably handle it with just a single gig.

[Drowz]

Basically in the end a company that is targeting teens know that either mom and pop have to provide them with the money for upgraded hardware, they have to work for the hardware to purchase it, or dont have much money to throw around.

So that being said, if i was a company that was targeted such an audience, i would like to make a product that the masses could enjoy and not the ones that have endless cash to throw around on hardware. Lots of people are on budget regardless if you are 30 and have kids or 15 and spend your 300 dollar allowance on whatever you want.

With that in mind, they would also take into consideration that:
A. Most games that are new releases cost in the range of $39.99 - $59.99 (im hoping that WAR is somewhere in between that).

B. A monthly subscription must also be paid which in most MMORPG's range from $10.00 - $15.99 or slightly more (again anticipating that WAR stays below 16 dollars).

C. Some that really want to play might have to upgrade their systems to play the game with better visual entertainment (those that are outdated or will be running at minimm system specs would like to run a little better).

In the end, a final product that appeals to to both the lower end user (minimum system specs) and high end power user (above and beyond the recommended specs).

A company that is looking to create a good product and make money off of it takes these things into consideration before releasing a final product, thus why beta testing is done.

The goal is customer satisfaction. For example take Joe Blow....

Joe Blow has system A with:
2.8 ghz processor
1 gig of ram
and a 128mb vcard.
Frame rate sucks. Makes it unplayable in scenarios. Customer frustrated because he has to either sink money into get a new system or move on. A Large percent leans to the customer moving on and not sinking money into a computer that isnt broken and plays other games just fine.

Customer lost.

Jane Doe has top of the line system. Game runs without a hitch. Customer kept.
Joe Blow either has to gather money to buy a new system to be able to play but if that is going to take longer or unattainable than he will just go to the next product that will be <insert "other" game name here>

I know everyone is full of anxiety about WAR. It is similar to when they announced the release date for DOOM. The infinity question of "Will my system be able to run it" or "I can run such and such game on medium or high, how will this game run on my system" were asked over and over again.

Atleast here developers dont try to keep us in the dark to much and let us know more or less what we are so anxiously waiting for. They feed us not starve us about the game. Most gaming companies with a high anticipated product such as WAR wouldnt give us a sesame seed off the Big Mac until the game went gold and started production for shipping. Mythic has done a great job in feed us information from the get go. This will also show the level of customer service and appreciation they will strive for in the coming year when the final product is release and beyond that.

Sorry for the long post just some personal thoughts I wanted to throw out. I know that I might not be 100% correct on some of my statements so feel free to inform me so that I, too, can be enlightened.

[Porter]

I recently bought DAOC 5th Anniversary Collection and the system requirements for recommended are

P4 3.0 GHZ or AMD equivalent
1 GB RAM
256 MB ATI X800 or Nvidia Geforce 6800 or higher
DirectX 9.0c
Shader 2.X

I wouldn't be surprised if Warhammer's requirements are a little higher. Also its likely Mythic will be raiseing the minimum requirements with every expansion.

[LadyLiete]

Will warhammer be able to use Shader 3.0, or just 2.0?




My current system:

P4 3.2GHZ
2 gigs of ram
XFX GeForce 6200 256 MB (with pixel shader 3.0 support)
160 gig HD

It runs vanguard on medium settings at a reasonable framerate.

[kamikaze]

that should be fine for WAR imo.

[LadyLiete]

I know my system will run it, I was just curious if it uses version 3.0 shaders.

[infinityvoid]

Will warhammer be able to use Shader 3.0, or just 2.0?


While I don't factually know the answer to this question I can't imagine Mythic not not taking advantage of SM3.0. As I said earlier, test systems at Mythic's Press Event made use of Radeon x1600 mobile graphics cards which are part of the x1000 family and all support SM3.0. I know they say that when you assume but I would be willing to go out on a ledge and say yes, WAR will take advantage of SM3.0.

[Doomhowl]

While I don't factually know the answer to this question I can't imagine Mythic not not taking advantage of SM3.0. As I said earlier, test systems at Mythic's Press Event made use of Radeon x1600 mobile graphics cards which are part of the x1000 family and all support SM3.0. I know they say that when you assume but I would be willing to go out on a ledge and say yes, WAR will take advantage of SM3.0.

I don't think there are any games being released anymore that support 2.0. You can easily snag yourself a SM 3.0 card for less than $50 so I wouldn't expect newer games to look like garbage because there are a few people who fail to realize when their hardware needs to be upgraded.

[Black Razor]

Honestly I am becoming terrified of this games requirements based on other games coming out being insanely high. I mean look at Shadowrun (granted FPS which usually have higher requirements and not an MMO). It scares me I cant run some of the games coming out NOW and my system is a whopping 4 monthes old. I am one of those wage slaves who doesnt live in there mom's basement and so have bills and cant afford a super system. My system was concidered pretty good when I got it ..but its already lost alot of its luster ..

AMD Athlon 64 x2 Duel Core 2.2 gig
2 gig of RAM
ATI X1500 256 (Really need to upgrade that.. but it was cheap hehe)
Windows Vista w/ DX 10

I can run all the current MMOs on high settings and get solid 30+ fps even in high traffic settings, and even run games like battlefield 2142 on high with about the same, but it really does worry me that developers are on a 'cutting edge' trend and starting to rapidly out pace the tech. Its seems almost like they expect everyone to have bleeding edge systems. Its not in my budget to get a new system anytime soon. I love this game and reeeally want to play it ..but I am honestly worried its not gonna happen for me. :cry:

[Hatemonger]

Dude, relax. They already said it will run on relatively low-end machines. Think about how well those high-end only MMOs do, and how well low-end accessible MMOs do.

[Shornaal]

How about this one guys just had this system custom made for me
AMD athlon64x2 2.8ghzx2
3gb ram ddr2
2 hard drives 400gb each
2x256 mb nvidia geforce 8600gt sli
550watt power supply
op= windows xp

This should be able to take WAR on when it gets released:p

[Etra]

..but I am honestly worried its not gonna happen for me. :cry:
I know what you mean... I run on a laptop because I travel from college -> home -> college -> Japan -> college, etc. I just bought the thing a year ago, but all these new games are just blowing away my system.

Granted, I can play WoW with a pretty much locked FPS of 69.8 on the field. However, games like Vanguard (I tried to play it and even at mostly low settings my comp was still having seizures when I entered a building or walked through towns) just destroy my PC.

Snippets from my lovely dxdiag:

Processor: Genuine Intel(R) CPU 2.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600
DirectX Version: DirectX 10 (That's news to me. I thought I was still running the 9.0c thing)
Memory: 1022MB RAM
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium

This thing has to last me at least for another year and a half. Yeah. Funfun. :/
I just want to cry.

[Gizmogirl]

How about this one guys just had this system custom made for me
AMD athlon64x2 2.8ghzx2
3gb ram ddr2
2 hard drives 400gb each
2x256 mb nvidia geforce 8600gt sli
550watt power supply
op= windows xp

This should be able to take WAR on when it gets released:p


Yeah, it will run it nicely. Why SLI 8600s though instead of getting an 8800?

[Malus72]

Yeah, it will run it nicely. Why SLI 8600s though instead of getting an 8800?


Don't quite get that either - a single 8800gtx will kick two 8600's sli'd all around - plus avoiding any sli headaches

Same cost also

[Eldrik]

I heard it might require the power of the Chaos gods to run it. ;O

LOL, thanks for making me choke on my drink dude :lol:

[PeterPan]

I think im going to upgrade my Geforce 6600 to a Radeon HD 2600XT just to be sure, there suppose to release the AGP version this september.

[Seprin]

for people like me who dont like to spend a lot of money for a pretty darn good computer i have a piece of advice...find a buddy who really knows computers and have him build you a computer. It's a great idea because the computer that im hoping for is about 1,200 dollars if you bought it all from some random company...but with it being built...the cost is cut in half (600 dollars) for me...but you have to know someone who really knows computers pretty well

[Aqxea]

These are my system specs:

MSI K8N Neo4/SLI
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
2GB Corsair XMS
Geforce 7950 512MB

Will I be able to play WAR with decent settings?

[erloas]

These are my system specs:

MSI K8N Neo4/SLI
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
2GB Corsair XMS
Geforce 7950 512MB

Will I be able to play WAR with decent settings?

Decent settings, most likely. Highest settings is unknown.
It looks like the processor is the biggest bottleneck in that system, its not a bad processor just getting old. Since we don't yet have any idea of how CPU intensive the game is its hard to say for sure. Every game ends up with slightly different balance of hardware for optimal operation and we won't know that until we get very close to launch.

[Ashanor]

My system specs are crap at the moment. It's probably a large reason why I haven't been selected for beta. (my suspicion anyway) I do plan to upgrade significantly before release though. My new PC will be built specifically for WAR and will be overkill for WAR so that I can run on full settings with 100+ people on screen at the same time without a hint of graphic slowdown.

Looking at something like a dual or quad core, 4 gigs of RAM with spreaders, and a 8800 GTX with a cooler.

My current PC is ancient. lol

P4 1.7 Ghz
Radeon 9550 128mb
512 MB SDRAM

It runs WoW pretty flawlessly on low settings. Only really slows down in large cities with lots of people around. I had a 88-92% kill rate in battlegrounds so it must run decently for as old as it is.

[PeterPan]

Upgrade the prcessor to as high as you can for the slot, and up it to 1 gig of ram. The video card needs replaced as well, you need at least a Geforce 6xxx/Radeon X800 series.

[CHOP]

Hey I played at Games Day and those graphics were WAAYY better that WoW and better than guild wars be prepared to upgrade to a much higher lvl on a scale of one to 10

wow .........................................GW....... ...... WAR
/ .............................................../.................../
1-------------------------5-----------7---------------9-10

thats the graphics difference in what ever they had at Games Day LA

Pretend the dots are not there....

[ots3go]

The required specs won't be that high at all.

Considering the amount of stress put on cards by games such as Crysis and Bioshock, the truly graphically heavy games.

Just pray it's coded and optimised well and most average machines should be able to play it.

Just hoping it'll run well at 1920 x 1200 on an 8800GT or I will be heavily disappointed with the programmers.

[Chrismorris]

Mines:

Manufacturer:alienware
Processor:Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6750 @ 2.66GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory:2814MB RAM
Hard Drive:242 GB
Video Card:NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX


Think i will b able to? :confused:

[Ravenwing]

Mines:

Manufacturer:alienware
Processor:Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6750 @ 2.66GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory:2814MB RAM
Hard Drive:242 GB
Video Card:NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX


Think i will b able to? :confused:

Grow up....

[Veridun]

I'd like to ask for opinions if my system would play WAR fine (say like low/mid setttings):

Intel P4 3.2GHz (HT tech)
GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB
2GB DDR Ram

The main thing is my vga card.

Thanks in advance.

[RandomTellGuy]

(Search Function)

My System:

2.0 GHz Intel CPU

ATI Radeon X850 XT AGP (256MB GDDR3, however, i only have a 4x slot so i think i'm missing 2 pipes)


1 GB of RAM

and broadband (HD is 200 Gigs)

I wonder if i can at least play on lowest settings..

[Raegn]

I'm waiting on buying a laptop for WAR. The top one I'm looking at in my price range has these specs:

Acer Laptop
Intel Core 2 Duo T8100(2.10GHz)
3GB DDR2 667 RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 512MB Dedicated Card (up to 1280MB using shared system memory)
250GB HD 5200rpm
800MHz FSB


I know that it's not the best but it's the best that I can afford atm (It's $1100 and pushing my maximum).

I could get one with the same specs but with a 2.4GHz processor for $100 cheaper but it's a really generic brand and makes me nervous (CyberPowerPC).

How do you think this will run WAR?

[RandomTellGuy]

(i think) That will definitely run it. Sheash, that'd play Crysis on lowest-to-medium...

[zer]

I'm waiting on buying a laptop for WAR. The top one I'm looking at in my price range has these specs:

Acer Laptop
Intel Core 2 Duo T8100(2.10GHz)
3GB DDR2 667 RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 512MB Dedicated Card (up to 1280MB using shared system memory)
250GB HD 5200rpm
800MHz FSB


I know that it's not the best but it's the best that I can afford atm (It's $1100 and pushing my maximum).

I could get one with the same specs but with a 2.4GHz processor for $100 cheaper but it's a really generic brand and makes me nervous (CyberPowerPC).

How do you think this will run WAR?


Is there a reason why it has to be a laptop?

[linkz]

Well excuuuuuuuuuuuuse me ! :-(

WHO = War Hammer Online ?

But from now on i'll use WAR. thanks for the heads up.;)

Here's what i have atm : -

Intel pentium 4 2.4GhZ
512mb RAM
GeForce FX 5200 128mb

Not the best machine, but it managed to run Guild Wars and WoW. Then again, those are 'past gen' MMO's. ;)

Hopefully we'll have the mythic man pop down soon and give us a hint at what we'll need. I'd like to know just how much cash to save so i can upgrade my pc!



im running a intel pentium 4 3.0Ghz HT
2gigs of RAM
ATI radeon X1050
pretty bad right?
i would say about 300-500 imo:o

[zer]

Get a beter video card, HD3850 or Nvidia 9600GT/8800GS... If you can overclock that P4, do it!

[Raegn]

Yes. I have a desktop I'll be using to play WAR but a lot of my time is spent in between classes at my college campus. In order to play WAR I'll need a laptop that's able to run it at a playable level.

Again, thoughts on whether a laptop with the following specs will be able to play it?

Acer Laptop
Intel Core 2 Duo T8100(2.10GHz)
3GB DDR2 667 RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 512MB Dedicated Card (up to 1280MB using shared system memory)
250GB HD 5200rpm
800MHz FSB

[whitey_rolls1984]

If i were to wager I'd ber minimum specs will be

Intel P4 3.0 GHZ and AMD equiv
Nvidia 6600GT and ATI Equiv maybe like a 1600
512 mb of ram

Recommended

Intel Dual Core 2.0 GHZ or AMD X2 4000
Nvidia 7900 ATI 1800 XTX
1 gig of ram (for xp, 2 gig for vista)

What you will need to run the game at a high resolution without lag

Intel Core 2 duo 2.0 ghz or amd x2 5000
Nvidia 8800 GT or ATI 3750
3 gigs of ram (for all you people running 32bit windows)

[zer]

Pretty much all C2Ds will run WAR flawlessly... You wont really need much more than a "older" 8800GTS to run it maxed out and silky smooth. 2Gigs of RAM will be plenty for users with a 32Bit O.S. More cant hurt though...

[Umbarg]

Pretty much all C2Ds will run WAR flawlessly... You wont really need much more than a "older" 8800GTS to run it maxed out and silky smooth. 2Gigs of RAM will be plenty for users with a 32Bit O.S. More cant hurt though...

I don't think 2Gb of ram will be enough to run it flawlessly on high resolutions. The huge battles will most probably require 3-4Gb.

[zer]

Resolution is a video card issue and not specific to system RAM for say... Traffic and large scale battles are what affect RAM, not the resolution! Basically put, the application need a heavy memory footprint and the only way that really happens is if there lots on players doing stuff besides you! Resolution in this case has almost no impact.

[8igdave]

the ram is used for everything. While resolution has the biggest effect on VGA ram. It will still effect system ram. 2gb is likely to be peaking quite a bit in big battles i would imagin. 600-750 for the os and back ground apps and that leaves 1.4-1.25 for the game. Not allot really. I beleive assasins creed is coming out with a recomended of 3gb of ram? They are starting to step up.

However, i can also see it being very foolish to make it so everyone needs over 2gb of ram to run the game. But the game may be ruined and really toned down so it can accomidate those without 2gb. Its sad :( If everyone who played games could have midrange and above gaming pcs then we could see so many amazing games that we have yet to see. Crysis is but a taste of what could have been acomplished. however that failed due to them ruhsing it and having terrible optimziation... but tahts a whole new can of worms.

[zer]

Ill have to try a few things out, but the highest Ive ever peaked on RAM was close to 87% usage, with adobe and a bunch of other programs running in the background... WAR, might peak up to 80ish% with 2Gigs... On very large battles, but it should be fine:) More RAM is always better, and since your running a 64Bit O.S 4Gigs is a must!

Everything affects RAM, I was just poiting out that a high resolution had little impact on the memory footprint of the system compared to his surroudings:P Resolution is mostly a GPU thing; take Supreme Commander for e.g, as the battle goes on gets laggy not because of the resolution but the actuall amount of units involved! The combined units take soo much processing power that the CPU/RAM has very little left to drive the GPU/s:P

[8igdave]

do you ahve bf2? i beleive that can peak out at 2gb and will use about 1.6gb if avalible. Of corse its not so easy to test. I mean you need to be in a big server and you need everything happening at once, like artilierty and uav etc. but after playing that game for 4 years id say i happened alot lol.

[zer]

Yeah, back in the days... Never had a issue:)

[cJacoB]

If i were to wager I'd ber minimum specs will be

Intel P4 3.0 GHZ and AMD equiv
Nvidia 6600GT and ATI Equiv maybe like a 1600
512 mb of ram

Recommended

Intel Dual Core 2.0 GHZ or AMD X2 4000
Nvidia 7900 ATI 1800 XTX
1 gig of ram (for xp, 2 gig for vista)

What you will need to run the game at a high resolution without lag

Intel Core 2 duo 2.0 ghz or amd x2 5000
Nvidia 8800 GT or ATI 3750
3 gigs of ram (for all you people running 32bit windows)

To be honest, I agree with you. I am building a new rig for WAR and going with a C2D and a 8800...So this game better run almost flawlessy on 1280x1024 no the biggest but decent.

[SCYTHE_GOD]

hey guys, i am going to be building my new system in the next week but really want to play WAR when it is released on max settings with a 22" monitor.

My specs will be as follows.
Intel E8200 2.66 C2D
4gb ddr2 800 ram
8800GT Graphics card
320 GB Hard drive with 16 mb cache

Do you guys think i will be able to play WAR on max settings when it comes out in 8 or so months on 40+ FPS in large RvR battles without any lag? Or will i have to get a slightly better Graphics card, like one of the new 8800 GTS 512 mb cards?

[Nerror]

hey guys, i am going to be building my new system in the next week but really want to play WAR when it is released on max settings with a 22" monitor.

My specs will be as follows.
Intel E8200 2.66 C2D
4gb ddr2 800 ram
8800GT Graphics card
320 GB Hard drive with 16 mb cache

Do you guys think i will be able to play WAR on max settings when it comes out in 8 or so months on 40+ FPS in large RvR battles without any lag? Or will i have to get a slightly better Graphics card, like one of the new 8800 GTS 512 mb cards?

That should be fine. If it isn't, some of the Mythic coders responsible for optimisation need to be dipped in tar and rolled in feathers and fed to squigs. There's always a chance even a 8800GT will have "spikes" below 40 FPS in large battles though. Many factors involved there.

[GrandOne]

hey guys, i am going to be building my new system in the next week but really want to play WAR when it is released on max settings with a 22" monitor.

My specs will be as follows.
Intel E8200 2.66 C2D
4gb ddr2 800 ram
8800GT Graphics card
320 GB Hard drive with 16 mb cache

Do you guys think i will be able to play WAR on max settings when it comes out in 8 or so months on 40+ FPS in large RvR battles without any lag? Or will i have to get a slightly better Graphics card, like one of the new 8800 GTS 512 mb cards?

You better have a good internet connection too

But anyway, I see no problems for that to not run WAR on everything high, and actually every game on the market on high settings too

[SCYTHE_GOD]

ya i have cable, that should be fine right?

[zer]

Yes. :) -_^

[Prowler]

Well excuuuuuuuuuuuuse me ! :-(

WHO = War Hammer Online ?

But from now on i'll use WAR. thanks for the heads up.;)

Here's what i have atm : -

Intel pentium 4 2.4GhZ
512mb RAM
GeForce FX 5200 128mb

Not the best machine, but it managed to run Guild Wars and WoW. Then again, those are 'past gen' MMO's. ;)

Hopefully we'll have the mythic man pop down soon and give us a hint at what we'll need. I'd like to know just how much cash to save so i can upgrade my pc!

WHO! Stand your ground and call it what feels right...and WHO definitely feels right.

[Rogue4]

Let in some of us laptop people...and not the "it's a laptop the size of a desktop" people, because they're just crazy for buying a desktop and calling it a laptop.

Seriously, though, you gotta test the hardware on laptops other than high-end lap warmers.

I know that my baby has been craving a challenge, so beta me already! *lol* ;-)

[PeterPan]

I'm going to be blunt a Geforce 5200 has no chance of running this game at all. A Geforce 5700 or 5800 would barely be able to handle minimum settings.

I would recommend no less than a 6600GT, but preferably a 6800 or 7600GT or better to be safe

[GrandOne]

WHO! Stand your ground and call it what feels right...and WHO definitely feels right.

WHO was the old game that got cancelled, now were into WAR

[Xoulz]

I don't think 2Gb of ram will be enough to run it flawlessly on high resolutions. The huge battles will most probably require 3-4Gb.


That dependant upon your video card's memory, not system memory....!




-Xoulz

[zer]

That dependant upon your video card's memory, not system memory....!




-Xoulz

Bravo, good to know another person knows what hes talking about!

All thoses players have textures that must be loaded, and in MMOs thats the BIGGSET problem, its such a texture rich environement that devs actually have to cut down on their quality and find ways of loading them as to to create the smoothess gaming experience possible. To those you dont know, textures are loaded into the vRAM, and if it runs out of room, starts to borrows from your system RAM, which is when starts lagging...

the higher the resolution and settings the more room thoses textures need!

[berius]

Well excuuuuuuuuuuuuse me ! :-(

WHO = War Hammer Online ?

But from now on i'll use WAR. thanks for the heads up.;)

Here's what i have atm : -

Intel pentium 4 2.4GhZ
512mb RAM
GeForce FX 5200 128mb

Not the best machine, but it managed to run Guild Wars and WoW. Then again, those are 'past gen' MMO's. ;)

Hopefully we'll have the mythic man pop down soon and give us a hint at what we'll need. I'd like to know just how much cash to save so i can upgrade my pc!


those are my exact specs but mines 2.8ghz and my FX 5200 has 256mb. I plan on getting at least 1g of RAM tho

[xevan]

Well excuuuuuuuuuuuuse me ! :-(

WHO = War Hammer Online ?

But from now on i'll use WAR. thanks for the heads up.;)

Here's what i have atm : -

Intel pentium 4 2.4GhZ
512mb RAM
GeForce FX 5200 128mb

Not the best machine, but it managed to run Guild Wars and WoW. Then again, those are 'past gen' MMO's. ;)

Hopefully we'll have the mythic man pop down soon and give us a hint at what we'll need. I'd like to know just how much cash to save so i can upgrade my pc!

These are REALLY low specs. Youve got a really outdated card and ridiculously low ram. its probably best for you buy a whole new rig

[xevan]

those are my exact specs but mines 2.8ghz and my FX 5200 has 256mb. I plan on getting at least 1g of RAM tho

Your going to have to upgrade your card to 7600 series ro higher, also you want to have at least 2gigs of ram for good performance

[berius]

Your going to have to upgrade your card to 7600 series ro higher, also you want to have at least 2gigs of ram for good performance

my motherboard doesnt support PCI-E and normal DDR is a ton of money

i can run Lotro on low settingbut with my internet connection i experience packet loss

[Nerror]

my motherboard doesnt support PCI-E and normal DDR is a ton of money

i can run Lotro on low settingbut with my internet connection i experience packet loss

I think you have to face the facts, and they are that your system won't be able to handle RvR in WAR. If you start saving now, I predict you'll have 4-5 months to get enough money for a WAR ready PC. You're going to need a new motherboard, CPU, RAM (but DDR2 is cheaper than DDR at least) and video card, and probably also a new PSU. All in all, a new system.

[Donsiku]

Mythic hadn't announced system requirements for this game yet?

I'm pretty sure my gaming rig (I can run AoC on high) will be able to handle this game with ease, just wondering! ;)

[Nerror]

Mythic hadn't announced system requirements for this game yet?

No they haven't.

[Xxpect]

Anyone know of WAR will use PhysX Physics effects?

[Nerror]

Anyone know of WAR will use PhysX Physics effects?

Back in 2005 they announced they are going to use Ageia PhysX: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/ageia-and-mythic-entertainment-sign-licensing-agreement-for-ageia-physx-technology

However, we haven't really heard much about it since then, so who knows.

[Rallashk]

Does anyone know if WAR will be able to run on a 64-bit processor, I currently have a HP Pavilion with:

Intel Core 2 T7200 2ghz
Ram: 2GB ddr2
Video Card: nvidia GeForce GO 7600 256mb (i think)

I am looking into building a new desktop and I wanted to make sure that before I get a 64-bit processor that WAR will be able to run on it. I know Mythic hasn't released any info on this so hopefully someone here will have some ideas/advice about this. BTW I would run Vista on it

[PeterPan]

Does anyone know if WAR will be able to run on a 64-bit processor, I currently have a HP Pavilion with:

Intel Core 2 T7200 2ghz
Ram: 2GB ddr2
Video Card: nvidia GeForce GO 7600 256mb (i think)

I am looking into building a new desktop and I wanted to make sure that before I get a 64-bit processor that WAR will be able to run on it. I know Mythic hasn't released any info on this so hopefully someone here will have some ideas/advice about this. BTW I would run Vista on itI'm pretty sure it will support a 64 bit mode, it would be stupid for them not to.

[Rallashk]

I'm pretty sure it will support a 64 bit mode, it would be stupid for them not to.

Yeah I was thinking the same thing but I wanted to get someone else's opinion before I drop 350 on a new mobo and CPU.

[8igdave]

I very much doubt WAR will be running a 64bit mode. However the way 64bit,32bit and 16bit are programed, they are backwards compatible. I wrote a post up on this, probably should ahve put it in its own thread actually. Anyway basically any 64bit OS will just run the program in 32bit or run two 32bit data packets at once, they are actually split up into 16bits, 32bit is two 16bit data packets (or words as they are called) being passed simaltaniously, 64bit is 4. As you can see they use 16bit packets because that means its backwards compatible with 16bit processes also.

Your cpu will just process the data packets being fed to it and therefore if you have 32bit processor to run 32bit apps, such as WAR. So you have nothing to worry about just because tis 64bit. Infact you are probably on a 32bit OS anyway.

Dunno if i may have just confused you further but heres what i wrote up on the differences between 64bit and 32bit if you intrested in lookign into it further:

http://www.warhammeralliance.com/forums/showpost.php?p=868901&postcount=160

[Rallashk]

I very much doubt WAR will be running a 64bit mode. However the way 64bit,32bit and 16bit are programed, they are backwards compatible. I wrote a post up on this, probably should ahve put it in its own thread actually. Anyway basically any 64bit OS will just run the program in 32bit or run two 32bit data packets at once, they are actually split up into 16bits, 32bit is two 16bit data packets (or words as they are called) being passed simaltaniously, 64bit is 4. As you can see they use 16bit packets because that means its backwards compatible with 16bit processes also.

Your cpu will just process the data packets being fed to it and therefore if you have 32bit processor to run 32bit apps, such as WAR. So you have nothing to worry about just because tis 64bit. Infact you are probably on a 32bit OS anyway.

Dunno if i may have just confused you further but heres what i wrote up on the differences between 64bit and 32bit if you intrested in lookign into it further:

http://www.warhammeralliance.com/forums/showpost.php?p=868901&postcount=160


That all makes sense to me except that last bit about prolly running a 32-bit OS anyways. I can put either a 32bit or 64bit OS on the machine. What OS should I place on the machine?

[Kalea]

Most machines are running 32bit OS's because alot of programs wont run on 64bit. 64bit is only worthwhile putting on a machine over 4GB of ram apprently because 32bit only registers 3GB MAX.

[Nerror]

Most machines are running 32bit OS's because alot of programs wont run on 64bit. 64bit is only worthwhile putting on a machine over 4GB of ram apprently because 32bit only registers 3GB MAX.

Well no, most 32 bit programs run on 64-bit OS, it's mainly drivers and other stuff that interacts with the hardware that requires a 64-bit version. 32-bit games and applications like Office, etc, run fine on 64-bit. A 32-bit OS technically registers 4GB RAM address-space, but some of that address space is used for things like video card and other stuff, so there's only around 3 to 3.5GB left to the user. The exact amount depends on the hardware.

There is no problem with going for 64-bit OSes anymore really, as long as it's relatively new hardware that's being used.

[Rallashk]

Okay so Im gonna try to run a 64-bit OS on the machine once I get it all setup. I'm gonna post the parts and such that I am planning on using and then maybe you could give a definite yes or no.

Mobo- MSI P7N SLI Platinum LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
CPU- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor
RAM-OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC26400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
Video Card- EVGA 512-P3-N862-AR GeForce 9600GT Superclocked 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
Power Supply- COOLER MASTER Real Power Pro RS-650-ACAA-A1 650W ATX Form Factor 12V V2.3 / SSI Standard EPS 12V V2.91 Power Supply 90 - 264 V Nemko / TUV / cUL / CE / BSMI / FCC / CCC / CCC / C-tick / GOST


I think they all work together and they are from newegg.com if anyone cares

[8igdave]

Okay so Im gonna try to run a 64-bit OS on the machine once I get it all setup. I'm gonna post the parts and such that I am planning on using and then maybe you could give a definite yes or no.

Mobo- MSI P7N SLI Platinum LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
CPU- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor
RAM-OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC26400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
Video Card- EVGA 512-P3-N862-AR GeForce 9600GT Superclocked 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
Power Supply- COOLER MASTER Real Power Pro RS-650-ACAA-A1 650W ATX Form Factor 12V V2.3 / SSI Standard EPS 12V V2.91 Power Supply 90 - 264 V Nemko / TUV / cUL / CE / BSMI / FCC / CCC / CCC / C-tick / GOST


I think they all work together and they are from newegg.com if anyone cares

Are you actually gettign sli? youve only listed getting one card. If your not getting sli straight away its probably better to just save money and get a better singel card, new cards will eb coming out this month serposidly. Also all graphics cards are the same and made in the asme factories, the companies overclock them but this means you could get a non overclockedo ne and do it your self. Overclocking a gpu is very easy, you dont need to fiddle with voltages or anything. You download a program like gainward expert tool, or rivatuner and you get 3 sliders which you can move up and it overclocks the card.

As for your psu i suggest you get a 520w corsair instead, or a 550w if your not obtehred about modular cables.

Also dont get a quad core, get the E8400 instead, it is 10% faster clock for clock and if overclocked will run at 4ghz very easly.

Most machines are running 32bit OS's because alot of programs wont run on 64bit. 64bit is only worthwhile putting on a machine over 4GB of ram apprently because 32bit only registers 3GB MAX.

there are more benefits then that, read the link i posted.

[Nerror]

Okay so Im gonna try to run a 64-bit OS on the machine once I get it all setup. I'm gonna post the parts and such that I am planning on using and then maybe you could give a definite yes or no.

Before you commit to anything, read the stickied guide in this forum. Also take note of the part where it suggests you wait unless you absolutely need a new system now. :)

[Rallashk]

So you would recommend a faster non-sli card because I am only planning on getting one now? The only reason I was looking at that card was because it has good reviews and is still pretty good for the price and if I decide to put another video card in then i can just get one more instead of two. Yeah I don't really care that much about overclocking. The reason I wanted to get a quad core was for some work stuff with some massive databases that run faster on a quad. Unless youve heard of some technical issues with quads or something along those lines I'd prefer to get a quad. Thanks for the advice on the psu, know that I think about it 650w is kinda big.


I will read the guide but I wanna build one this summer while I still can before school starts up again, Im gonna wait as long as I can (meaning until I can't control myself anymore and then just buy it)

[Rallashk]

Hey I haven't been following the PC world really that much recently and you mentioned that new Nvidia and ATI cards are supposed to come out this month. Should I at least wait till after they are priced before building a PC?

Thanks for all your help with this techy stuff

[8igdave]

So you would recommend a faster non-sli card because I am only planning on getting one now? The only reason I was looking at that card was because it has good reviews and is still pretty good for the price and if I decide to put another video card in then i can just get one more instead of two. Yeah I don't really care that much about overclocking. The reason I wanted to get a quad core was for some work stuff with some massive databases that run faster on a quad. Unless youve heard of some technical issues with quads or something along those lines I'd prefer to get a quad. Thanks for the advice on the psu, know that I think about it 650w is kinda big.


I will read the guide but I wanna build one this summer while I still can before school starts up again, Im gonna wait as long as I can (meaning until I can't control myself anymore and then just buy it)

Well yes id say wait to see what else comes out before you buy your gpu. There may be price drops or better performing cards for similar prices. Are you looking to have a top end pc for maxing games etc? and what size screen you use.

As for the quad core, they show huge benefits in decoding and encoding. But as for databases im not so sure. What sort of databases are we talking about? I didn't think databases rtaelly use the CPu much as there isn't many calculations going on, but instead hit the hard drive hard due to all the info being gathered. In that case you may wish to go raid if you deal with large databases.

[Rallashk]

Yeah that sounds good. Ill try to hold myself over somehow till new cards come out. Im trying to make a great gaming pc for a decent price, im not looking to go over a grand, and i havent even thought about the monitor yet even though i should. I might be able to get a 21" from my mom and if not then that the size id want.

Yeah i kinda misspoke in a way. Its not just database usage and storage, its gonna have to do some decent encoding and decoding too, in other words, I want to be able to play games at near max but also be able to do some work with databases and some heavy microsoft software. We are setting up a whole crap load of servers that are gonna be backed up by microsoft BPM and I will have to some work from my desktop. I guess I'm just kinda a gear and I want to be able to run some of the newer microsoft software without having to worry about eating my cpu. Im not all that caught up on the abilities of the newer dual cores though, so if a cheaper dual core could do the same for games and still be strong for like a year or two in terms of software then I would get one. Any advice you have on dual vs quad would be great.

I read your article about pc building and it was great btw, just a quick question, you were recommending mid towers correct?

[Rallashk]

Just popped into my mind, would you recommend a Sli or Crossfire enabled mobo or just go for a cheaper one? Along those lines, DDR3 or DDR2, I know you touched on it in your article but in terms of say a year ahead will DDR2 still be okay?

And for the PCI Ex 2.0 x16 will newer cards be able to run on normal PCI Ex x16 or only 2.0, and is there any benefit to getting a mobo with PCI Ex 2.0?

[berius]

Just popped into my mind, would you recommend a Sli or Crossfire enabled mobo or just go for a cheaper one? Along those lines, DDR3 or DDR2, I know you touched on it in your article but in terms of say a year ahead will DDR2 still be okay?

And for the PCI Ex 2.0 x16 will newer cards be able to run on normal PCI Ex x16 or only 2.0, and is there any benefit to getting a mobo with PCI Ex 2.0?

id say just get a mobo that doesnt have SLI or crossfire unless your planning to do some hardcore gaming. Id go with DDR2 because you can get up to 8gb of ddr2 on most boards and i dont see games using more than 8gb RAM

anyways you can always upgrade your board in a year or two.

[Rallashk]

id say just get a mobo that doesnt have SLI or crossfire unless your planning to do some hardcore gaming. Id go with DDR2 because you can get up to 8gb of ddr2 on most boards and i dont see games using more than 8gb RAM

anyways you can always upgrade your board in a year or two.

Yeah thats true, I was kinda thinking about putting one card in now and maybe around fall putting another vid card in so thats why I was leaning towards Sli (not a fan of ATI). I will look around and hopefully the new vid cards will be priced soon so I can find a better card and buy my machine.

[berius]

new cards are gonna cost a lot like $400 and it wont be worth the price at first. What size is your monitor? If you play on a 20" or less i wouldnt go SLI. Also think that in the future when games do require more SLI technology the SLI mobo's will probaly be cheaper

but if you dont have a strict budget like i do than go for it!

[Rallashk]

That makes sense, what price is a good non-sli mobo usually run? I am looking at 150 for a decent sli board

[berius]

in the sticky thread they suggest a GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3L

EDIT: its about $90 It also on the best seller list at newegg...if that means anything

[Rallashk]

okay ill look at it, Im still leanin towards a sli mobo but Ill see especially once the new cards are released

[8igdave]

SLI is pointless on screens smaller then 24". Also its almost always bset to just get the best single acrd you can. Upgrade between single cards and youll get better performance. If you get the best singel card you can when the new ones come out, you will most probably not need sli to max any games out.

Also SLI is never garranteed for any game, and it averages about a 40% increase in frame speed on games, some do better then othesr and some do terribly. On a screen udner 24" it really isn't worth it.

[Rallashk]

oh well then, i wont target an sli mobo or card, does it matter if i want to put a nvidia card onto a non nvidia chipset mobo?

[Saedeas]

You can put an Nvidia card into pretty much any mobo, you just won't have the SLI option on non Nvidia ones. I support the choice of the Gigabyte ep35-ds3l recommended earlier. I have the p35-ds3l (the earlier one without the energy saving feature) and it's great. If you want to spend a little more I would also recommend the Abit IP35 Pro (think that's the name). It's also a very good board.

[Rallashk]

Okay sounds good, ill check them out in a bit and get back to you on those, currently i am looking at that ASUS P5K-E, how does it compare to ABIT IP35 Pro?

[Nerror]

Okay sounds good, ill check them out in a bit and get back to you on those, currently i am looking at that ASUS P5K-E, how does it compare to ABIT IP35 Pro?

They are both good quality. The Abit one is known to be a great overclocking board. It's also more expensive though, so unless you plan on overclocking there's no need.

[Rallashk]

Is there any bonus to overclocking the cpu for gaming?

[8igdave]

overclocking is no longer what it used to be. If you were willing to oevrclock people should really be saying get a E2200 and put it up to 3.8ghz etc saving you about £120 on a cpu. Instead everyone says ooo you gona overclock get a E8400 they overclock to 4ghz. The truth be told you wont see any gaming performance increase from 3ghz to 4ghz because the cpu is not the limiting factor and the GPU is. We are all guilty of this including me. Currently the only benefits of overclocking a E8400 for example will be seen in the future when they are becoming to slow at their stock speeds.

[Belili]

In other words - overclocking a GPU = ftw? :D

I'm giving that one a go with the GTS... assuming it's the best "bang for your buck" after the new releases.

[8igdave]

It wont be the bset back for buck when the new games come out. It most probably wont max some of the heavyer new games at the higher resolutions. Much like the orginal 8800GTS didn't. The GTX was the bset bang for buck.

[Rallashk]

So what im hearing is that basically unless i have a monstrous GPU maybe even two huge GPU cards im not gonna need to overclock my CPU? Ive been reading that article from tweakguides, which rocks btw, Im gonna wait and see but ill prolly end up getting the GPU
EVGA 512-P3-N841-AR GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16

Which looks beastly.

How hard is it to overclock a GPU? And in my case this one?
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[8igdave]

you download a program and get 3 sliding bars, one for shaders, core,memory clocks and you just slide them up to what ever you want and its done.

[Nerror]

you download a program and get 3 sliding bars, one for shaders, core,memory clocks and you just slide them up to what ever you want and its done.

...with some care. :) Yer unlikely to damage the hardware permanently, but do some research first on the card and see what other could get their OCs to while still stable.

[Ayar419]

anyone know if it will be mac compatible?

[8igdave]

probably not on release.

[Rallashk]

...with some care. :) Yer unlikely to damage the hardware permanently, but do some research first on the card and see what other could get their OCs to while still stable.

Okay ill check it out, is the 8800 GTS a good single card that could be OC?

[8igdave]

yeah its a pritty good overclocker, dont bother buyig a preovclocked card if you wana overclock it your self.

[Oddwin]

i always had the the impression that overclocking your gpu without changing the cooler is just going to increase heat and shorten its life. im reluctant to overclock one unless i buy a gpu cooler.

[Rallashk]

Okay thanks for the advice, I dont think I'll OC it to start out and maybe later on if I feel that WAR is too slow then I'll OC it

[8igdave]

It should be fine unless your pushing it to its limits.

[Rallashk]

Is a 640mb-320 bit better than a 512-256 bit considering they are both 8800 GTS cards? I can link them if you want.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130327
for the 640 and
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150261
for the 512

[8igdave]

The 512mb GTS is significantly faster then the 640mb and 320mb. The 512mb is a dye shrink of the orginal, along with extra shader points rops, bus width etc making it far more powerful and it has higher clock speeds to boot because beeing on a smaller die made it easyer to overclock. Tbh its terrible that they are charging those prices for the 640MB, it should only be charging a bit more then the 8600GT as the 9600GT is faster then it therefore it would have to be in between the two.

[Rallashk]

The 512mb GTS is significantly faster then the 640mb and 320mb. The 512mb is a dye shrink of the orginal, along with extra shader points rops, bus width etc making it far more powerful and it has higher clock speeds to boot because beeing on a smaller die made it easyer to overclock. Tbh its terrible that they are charging those prices for the 640MB, it should only be charging a bit more then the 8600GT as the 9600GT is faster then it therefore it would have to be in between the two.

Oh well thanks for the clearification. Is the price for the 512 card decent? I think I'm gonna try to get the 512 unless prices drop like crazy on the GX2. IS there any speculation on when the new cards are supposed to be priced or whatever it was that might make current card prices drop?

[Bac0n]

Here is my predictions, probably not correct, but based off the screen shots ive seen and some of the gameplay i have an idea of what it will require. Please note, these are not the REAL requirements. Im saying these are probably close to what it requires, i may be waaaay off though.

Minimum-
OS - Windows XP SP2
RAM - 1GB
2GHz single core processor(AMD Athlon or Intel equivelent)
Video card - Nvidia 6600 or ATI 9600 128MB VRAM with latest drivers
Sound - Full directX 9.0C compatible sound card.
Hard drive - 20-30GB free
DVD Drive - 4x

Recommended-
OS - Windows XP SP2/Vista
RAM - 2GB
1.8GHz+ intel core 2 duo or AMD equivelent
Video Card - ATI X1900 series or Nvidia 7900 series 256MB VRAM With latest drivers
Sound Card - Creative sound blaster X-Fi
Hard Drive - 20-30GB free
DVD Drive - 4x

[Rallashk]

Yeah I thought as much, but I was wondering if anyone had any incling as to when the new nvidia and ATI cards would be priced. Any thoughts on this?

[Lucretius]

anyone know if it will be mac compatible?

Hahahahahahaha
I love it when Mac users lewz!!!!

[Rallashk]

I have another question if anyone can help. Would you reccomend DDR2 800 or DDR2 1033?

[8igdave]

800mhz, 1066mhz is only required when reaching higher overclocks and will show you next to no improvement in gaming. Get 4gb of 800mhz.

[Rallashk]

Okay cool. I have another question. Do you know how easy/difficult it is to use a TV as my monitor and is there any significant loss resolution or the like? I know this has almost nothing to do with comp but you guys seem smart so I was hoping:)

[HighRelic]

anyone know if it will be mac compatible?

If you have an intel based Mac ;)

[PeterPan]

You can probably run it through sider on mac

[Nonpro]

Think it will be able to run on these specs?

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 2.3GHz x2(Dual-Core)

RAM: 2gb x2(Dual-Core)

Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 6600GT 512mb DDR2

OS: Windows XP Professional

HD: 160gb Western Digital IDE 7200 RPM

Thanks.

[Nerror]

You will most likely have to upgrade the video card. Once the NDA lifts we'll know for sure.

[MetalMatt]

I was wondering if I would be able to run warhammer online. What i have now is 512mb of ram, 128mb graphics card, intel pentium 4, 3.06 GHz, and my internet speed is 48.0 Mbps. I am planing on getting a 512mb graphics card and 2 more gigs of ram before the game comes out tho, so with that being said is their anything else I would need to improve and I was wondering if my internet is fast enough?

[xevan]

If you make your upgrades you will be set, but currently your not going to be able to do that.

[MetalMatt]

Awesome thanks! I am not worried about getting my PC updated because that is easy, I am just worried that even when I update my PC it will not run smoothly because of my internet, would 48.0 Mbps wireless internet be a good enough speed to run the game smoothly? And when you said you will not be able to do that, did you mean I will not be able to do those upgrades to my comp or i currently cannot play the game until i upgrade?

[xevan]

No i meant with the current computer you wont be able to play decently. 48Mps is good. as long at you don't drop below 5 or 6 IMo you'll be good.

[MetalMatt]

Ok thanks again:D

[Xxpect]

No i meant with the current computer you wont be able to play decently. 48Mps is good. as long at you don't drop below 5 or 6 IMo you'll be good.

Actually 5 or 6MBps is still rather excessive. Mythic would not be appealing to the mass audience that they appear to be after if they required such high internet speeds. The majority of people have 1.5MBps internet speeds and even at those rated speeds they usually get throughput that is significantly less due to their distance from the DSLAM (if using DSL) or shared bandwidth (if cable). Even at 768Kkbps you still have enough bandwidth to play todays typical MMO on two computers simultaneously. I know people who have played games such as DAoC, CoH, and WoW over a sub-par dial up connection (around 40kbps) and only experienced minimal lag at the time.

[Stigus]

it's not about the bandwidth, it's about the lag

[MetalMatt]

Now that I know my internet is good enough, im just worried about the ping, usally my ping is 250 - 300 when i played WoW and Guild Wars, will that be ok for WAR?

[Stigus]

Now that I know my internet is good enough, im just worried about the ping, usally my ping is 250 - 300 when i played WoW and Guild Wars, will that be ok for WAR?

ain't perfect but should be decent enough

[xevan]

Id say 300 is max, anywhere over that is going to mess you around.

I played on a eastern server in WoW from the west coast and never got over 150, unless i was downloading something.

[Stigus]

lol i play wow with 300 to 500ms ping, and it's fine. Although PvP wise your would want a lower ping so that your don't lose out due to lag. Oceanic servers FTW :)

[MetalMatt]

Does anyone know how i can improve my wireless internet ping from 300 to 150?

[Stigus]

Does anyone know how i can improve my wireless internet ping from 300 to 150?

use an ethernet cable? lol

kidding, although that would actually work too

hmm, well, first thing is lower your bandwidth overhead. If you are using WEP, i would suggest turning it off and use MAC filtering to determine which computers can use your wifi network, also not broadcasting your SSID will help with sercurity as well. WEP eats bandwidth and could cause some lag.

You could also try setting up QoS for the game that your are using. This should prioritize the packets specifically related to the game and this drop lag even more there too.

Lastly try upgrading to a N network. Faster WiFi network speed = faster response time for packet checks = less lag.

but to be honest, with WiFi, chances are you are going to see around maybe 200ms down from 300ms at the most? If you want to get it really low, best way is still to have an actual ethernet cable connected instead, although i do understand this might not be ideal.

[MetalMatt]

Awesome thanks a lot. I think it may be possible to do that because the router is only in the room a little down the hall, so as long as i can get a fairly long cable ill will be fine.

[MetalMatt]

How low do you think my ping would be if i connected by cable?

[Xxpect]

I've seen people go from 400ms pings over their 802.11G wireless to 80ms by getting a direct ethernet cable. It depends on how much of the latency is due to wireless inefficiency in the first place.

[Galandrial]

The requirements that was posted in the very beginning is not impossible.
Last time Mythic came out with a game the system requirements was this.

Dark Age of Camelot Catacombs

Pentium 4 2.4GHz or AMD equivalent
1 GB RAM
Compatible 3D Acceleration card with 128 MB Video RAM
DirectX 9.0 or later
Shader 2.X or greater support
Internet Connection Required

Which is 3 - 4 years ago.

Mythic do create games which requires powerful machines. And so does EA.

So i believe that the system requiremnts is aprox what was told in the beginning. But not as minimum requirements. But as recommended.

[xevan]

if your connected Via Ethernet cable its much better. I bought a wireless adapter for my 360, but its still not the same as a wired connection. I usually die in halo because of stray bullets after a lag spike, and not to mention random connection cut offs which suck.

[aznsinister]

For Windows XP

2.5 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
1 Gigabyte RAM
A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
At least 15 GB of hard drive space

For Windows VISTA


2.5 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
2 Gigabyte RAM
A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
At least 15 GB of hard drive space

Wow this took forever to write well hope this help you guys. Man I need more RAM for this game too bad it costs too much for me. Remember this is for Warhammer online.

[Jackmyster]

I have a radeon 9250. is that good enought to run it on medium?

i also have 2gig of RAM
128 vRam

please reply, i need to know if this is good enough, if not i need to upgrade, also if i do need to upgrade,

[Kappen]

I have a radeon 9250. is that good enought to run it on medium?

i also have 2gig of RAM
128 vRam

please reply, i need to know if this is good enough, if not i need to upgrade, also if i do need to upgrade,

That card will probably struggle mightily. What are the rest of your system specs? Try to get Processor speed, graphic card interface (PCI, AGP, or PCI-e), and operating system (XP, Vista, etc.)

[Jackmyster]

That card will probably struggle mightily. What are the rest of your system specs? Try to get Processor speed, graphic card interface (PCI, AGP, or PCI-e), and operating system (XP, Vista, etc.)


Prossesor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
My operating system is: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
and i dont know how to find out what my Graphics card interface is, sorry.

But from that information, what do you reccomend i upgrade to? also, should i stick with Radeon? or shouldi get a Geforce nvidia or somthing?

[Kappen]

Prossesor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
My operating system is: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
and i dont know how to find out what my Graphics card interface is, sorry.

But from that information, what do you reccomend i upgrade to? also, should i stick with Radeon? or shouldi get a Geforce nvidia or somthing?

Well, you're just below the minimum specs on your processor, but that doesn't mean it won't run. I'm not in beta, so I really couldn't give you an idea, but I'd bet you can get it to run if the rest of the system is up to snuff, ie. RAM is 1-2 gigs (2 being preferable) and you have a decent video card, say nvidia 6600 and up.

You would have to turn down settings for sure, but it'll probably run. The NDA lifts today, look around here and other boards for system performance in beta.

As for determining your graphic slot, best way is to open the case and look. AGP slots are usually green, sometimes brown. PCI-express slots are usually yellow. If you have only white slots, say 2 or 3 of them, and they're all the same size in a row, that's PCI, the oldest interface which is sort of generic, takes a lot of different hardware. AGP and PCI-e slots are meant for graphics cards solely.

You can also try to get info on your motherboard, but I'd still check by opening the case to make sure the slot they say is there is actually there.

[variable]

Prossesor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
My operating system is: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
and i dont know how to find out what my Graphics card interface is, sorry.

But from that information, what do you reccomend i upgrade to? also, should i stick with Radeon? or shouldi get a Geforce nvidia or somthing?


Judging from your specs you're most likely running agp, however there are pci,agp and pcie versions of the 9250... so to make sure run gpuz:

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1153/TechPowerUp_GPU-Z_v0.2.7.html

and tell us the bus interface.

[Kinsal]

Now that I know my internet is good enough, im just worried about the ping, usally my ping is 250 - 300 when i played WoW and Guild Wars, will that be ok for WAR?

you would be 3/10 of a sec behind the sever..an a MMO it's fine in compitive frist person shooter you'd get owned

[Jackmyster]

Thankyou for your help. i am applying for a job so if i get it and make some money, ill look into buying a new video card? or upping my processor. how much would it coz to get it from CPU 2.40GHz to maybe CPU 2.50GHz.?

[Jackmyster]

Judging from your specs you're most likely running agp, however there are pci,agp and pcie versions of the 9250... so to make sure run gpuz:

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1153/TechPowerUp_GPU-Z_v0.2.7.html

and tell us the bus interface.

ok
im all up to date and this is what i got
GPU: RV280
Bus interface: AGP
Shaders: 4 pixel / 1 vertex
Pixel fillrate: 1.0 G pixel/s
Texture fillrate: 1.0 G Texel/s
Memory Type: DDR
Memory size: 128
Bus width: 64 bit
Driver version: ati2mtag 6.14.10.6601 (catalyst 6.3) /XP
GPU clock: 239 MHz
Default Clock: 239 MHz
RAM: 2gig


and yeah.. am i forgetting anything?

[Triknives]

Running on minimum specs will be a very annoying experience. I've tested them in Beta and its hell on earth. I was even alittle over them as well. Just not worth it. If you have a 2.5 single core proc. you need to move up to a DUO. Whether its AMD or INTEL, just do it.

[Blaze07]

ok so my system is:
2gb of ram
9500GT 1gb
Phenom 9550 2.2GHz Quad Core

Can someone PM me with what quality I should be getting on release?

thanks

[Mr Pennywise]

If i have a Radeon 9250 will this cut it even though it falls under the minimum specs??

Thanks alot

[Dorkten]

Hello,

I have a FX5500,and 1202 (1gb) RAM


i Want to know if the game works on my computer, Ty!
-Dorkten

[Dec3ption]

:confused:

[Dec3ption]

ok can i run this someone plz tell me AMD athlon 64 proccesor 3800+ 2.4 GHZ,
1G of RAM, i know my video card sucks but can i run the game with it NVIDIA Geforce 6150 LE with like minimum system specs, i plan to get more rAM and a new video card really soon.

[GoblinzForDaWin]

hi i have a medium computer and i can play WoW perfectly on it but i cant play WAR is the system req for WAR really so high?