EAW Minimum Specs

[Ghostly_Substance]

I posted it here so people won't create new topics of this so here it is straight from LEC Forums

 

Hello everyone, as promised here are the min specs for EAW!

 

Computer: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible computer

CPU: Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz or AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz

Operating System: Windows 2000, Windows XP

Ram: 256MB

Graphics Card: 32 MB graphics card with Hardware Transform and Lighting (T&L) capability

Sound Card: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible, PCI or Onboard Audio Device

Internet: 56kbps or faster connection (required for multiplayer only)

Edited January 26, 2006 by Cain

[Junker]

To the Minimum Specs in the first post:

 

CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive

Keyboard; mouse

 

2,5 GB free hard drive space

Additional 200 MB after installation.

 

Supported GPU:

 

ATI Radeon 7200/7500-Family

ATI Radeon 8500/9000/9200-Family

ATI Radeon 9500/9600/9700/9800-Family

ATI Radeon X300/X500/X700/X800/X850-Familie ATI Radeon X1K-Family NVIDIA GeForce 256-Family

NVIDIA GeForce2/3/4-Familie NVIDIA GeForce FX-Family NVIDIA GeForce 6-Familie NVIDIA GeForce 7-Family

 

German Min Specs from 9. December. Found at Amazon.de and nbg-online.de

www.sw-eaw.de

[Grand Admiral Thrawn 889]

Ghostly this is already posted below by me with DMUK's confirmation attached.

[HarkDawg]

wow thats it for min requirements??? my lap top should handle the game fine then.

[JediKnightNathan]

i hope it dosnt exclude the geforce 4 mx 4000 card. cause if it dose i will screem.

[Avaris]

Delphi, can you tell us why EAW is to have requirements that are lower than any major RTS released in 05? When its an 06 game? It seems that population caps and unit detail could be improved 50% if the requirements were set to indsutry standard. In fact, some well selling games released in the last few months have requirements that are twice what EAW asks for.

 

Nathan, I never follwed the geforce line that closely, but I recall MX cards generally being built on the previous line's core. So a Geforce4MX was a gefore3 core. But, either a gefore3 or 4 core would work according to that German site.

[SirNuke]

I'm not sure about the GeForce4. I vaguely recall deciding to upgrade my GeForce4 card because it wasn't directx 9. The second result on google, however, suggests that the GeForce4 is compatable, and Junker's post says it will be supported by EaW, so I don't know.

[Teradyn_pff]

If you don't eat out for the time between now and the release you should be able to save enough money to get a very decent video card.

[Star Wars Man]

Delphi, can you tell us why EAW is to have requirements that are lower than any major RTS released in 05? When its an 06 game? It seems that population caps and unit detail could be improved 50% if the requirements were set to industry standard. In fact, some well selling games released in the last few months have requirements that are twice what EAW asks for.

 

Nathan, I never followed the geforce line that closely, but I recall MX cards generally being built on the previous line's core. So a Geforce4MX was a gefore3 core. But, either a gefore3 or 4 core would work according to that German site.

 

It could be that Lucasarts is attempting to hit the market with a game available for all computers.....but we should wait for the Recommended requirements. That should "up the ante", so to speak.

[TxShadow]

Well, I know for a fact that I'll be running it no matter what.

 

Even the PC at my grandparents house will run it, and they have a 2.4 Ghz Intel P4, 512MB RAM, and a 64MB Intel Integrated video card!

 

So I'm set system wise. A good piece of mind so I can play the demo before I get "my" PC a month from now.

[deriko]

Delphi, can you tell us why EAW is to have requirements that are lower than any major RTS released in 05? When its an 06 game? It seems that population caps and unit detail could be improved 50% if the requirements were set to industry standard. In fact, some well selling games released in the last few months have requirements that are twice what EAW asks for.

 

Nathan, I never followed the geforce line that closely, but I recall MX cards generally being built on the previous line's core. So a Geforce4MX was a gefore3 core. But, either a gefore3 or 4 core would work according to that German site.

 

It could be that Lucasarts is attempting to hit the market with a game available for all computers.....but we should wait for the Recommended requirements. That should "up the ante", so to speak.

 

I bet that the minimum requirments will be ajustable to a higher level, thus making the graphics a lot better. They just wanted to make this game available to lots of people. Delphi also said earlier that the pop cap would not hinder us in any way that we are thinking. Don't go getting angry at things you don't know enough about.

[Guest]

Hey! this game might actually work on my computer!

[Guest]

can anyone tell me where i can find my computer's system stuff? I can't find it i don't use the computer much for video games

[Avaris]

go to "run" on the start menu. And then type in "dxdiag" and press enter. That will give you information on most aspects of your computer.

[JediKnightNathan]

Thanks for that.

[The Relentless]

I was a bit worried too, but not anymore. Even my laptop can run this.

[Star Wars Man]

Well...it appears mine can run this game...lol

[Nick2730]

Does anyone know what the reccomended requirments are?

[Cygnus X-1]

Read the first post, then go up to the next best thing

[Relentless]

Okay, somehow the demo's "analyze your computer" thing says that my computer cannot pass the requirements. I've played the demo many times without any problems, but still it says that my CPU is somehow only 800mhz. This is pretty stressing since now I'm worried I cant play the complete version... but why does the demo work no problem? I tried scanning my computer using the dxdiag-thing on windows, but it wont show my CPU. Am I completely stupid or are the prosessor and the CPU the same thing? If they are, then good, 'cause then I'll pass easily.

[Teradyn_pff]

The CPU is a part of the processor along with the ALU, etc.  Usually CPU is used interchangeably with processor though.

[Wiking_pff]

My AMD 3.0 runs it pretty okay on max. level (maybe slows down once in 5 minutes). The game looks beautiful though!

[Relentless]

My processor is Mobile ADM Sempron Processor 2800+, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.6GHz

 

What the hec is going on?

[SirNuke]

The problem is the fact your processor is mobile, meaning the speed decreases when the computer isn't under load.  When the demo first analyzes your computer, it is probably getting the current speed, rather than the max cpu speed.

[Relentless]

The problem is the fact your processor is mobile, meaning the speed decreases when the computer isn't under load.  When the demo first analyzes your computer, it is probably getting the current speed, rather than the max cpu speed.

 

Edit:

 

And thusly the angel descends from the heavens... Seriously though, you've made my day.

 

Sorry for all these stuffed short posts but I really needed to know.