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    Shogun 2 Total War/ Fall of the Samurai

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Xt3nd3d MagZ, Mar 3, 2012.

  1. Xt3nd3d MagZ

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    I just want to be sure that the Radeon 6990M/i7 2670QM/8GB RAM combo can play shogun 2 total war and it's standalone expansion, fall of the samurai when it comes out at least at a medium setting. I heard that it can run on ultra and I just wanted to be sure, dice this will probably be the most demanding game I play on my NP8150 until the next total war game. Isn't the standalone going to have the same SR as the regular as well? Thanks for the assistance.
     
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    seriously? its a 6870, off course it can play.
     
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    Cool. just wanted to double check it out. Thanks.
     
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    it will max shogun2 fall of samurai, it will be basically the same warscape engine (same engine since empire total war)
     
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    Really? It doesn't seem like it. The engine has a different feel for each game for me at least. Oh well. Thanks!
     
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    Definitely they improve little bit, but as long as the engine is the same (even the version of engine is the same since empire) then it will be similar in performance, for example, modern warfare is using pretty much the same thing since MW1 and it looks the same, performs the same :)
     
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    It is indeed the same engine. check twcenter.net forums for more details regarding the total war series.
     
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    Alright. Lol just went and played some empire an Napoleon to be sure lol. Thanks for the feedback. Now I just need a lot of money and wait til late may. :/
     
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    anyway warscape is the best strategy game engine up to date, when you max graphics (it is a bigger challenge than BF3 maxed) you get ~15-20 fps with 580m, and a little bit lower than max still looks awesome :)
     
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    so if i just keep AA at a minimum and turn down particle effects and what not, i can still get a pretty good performance?
     
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    yupp, you can max the details without AA
     
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    Sweet. But, now they're gonna announce the new Ivy Bridge and the AMD 7000 and Nvidia 600 series this week I heard, so it looks that I'm gonna be Saving for awhile, correct me if I'm wrong...
     
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    i have the 3650 HD, i can run shogun 2 at medium, i am sure you can run it at high/ultra
     
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    oh yeah, sure wait until the release
     
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    When does anybody think the next gen CPU and GPU will be available? Will it be worth the wait, or should I wait for a certain combo to available? And also it seems that the next gen gaming laptops are on there way, so when will that happen? Just wondering, cause I can't wait to get rid of my stupid old laptop that sucks.
     
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    wait buddy, you will be happy after the wait, I used the HP in my sig for 3 years before m17x :)

    wait until i7 3720qm and gtx 680m are available (probably end of summer), then buy the craziest most powerful lappy on the planet :)
     
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    O rly? is it worth it? cause i have only a 2 year old Gateway NV52, i can barely bring up this website its so bad lol. nahhhh jk im gonna wait, i need to wait for Shogun2 and its expansions price to drop first. my dad keeps telling me to get a series of mediocre laptops, but i told him i might as well burn money for the next 5 years.
     
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    dude, always buy the best laptop possible, buying mediocre products is burning money unfortunately, save enough then buy a really good laptop :)
     
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    got it. lol btw, i upped your rep, and i added the comment "HE IS GOD." just spreadin the love. lol
     
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    thanks man :) really good community we have here at notebookreview, see you around!
     
    maxheap, Mar 6, 2012
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