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    What are your specs for running Empire Total War?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by tetutato, Apr 22, 2009.

  1. tetutato

    tetutato NBR Troll

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    Can anyone put their specs for running Empire Total War? No demo. The full game. I want to know this because I want to compare it to my rig in signature. I'm hoping it will run on medium with smooth frame rates.
     
    tetutato, Apr 22, 2009
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  2. NerdyBoy

    NerdyBoy Notebook Geek

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    I have the G50VT-X1 and it's specs are -
    4GB RAM
    2.26GHz
    Nvidia Geforce 9800M GS
    1366 x 768
    Windows Vista 64 Bit Home Premium
    game works fine on medium - high
     
    NerdyBoy, Apr 24, 2009
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  3. LisuPoland

    LisuPoland Notebook Deity

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    heard this game is demanding
     
    LisuPoland, Apr 24, 2009
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    bigepilot Notebook Evangelist

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    It is brutal. I have a GS1N with the T5500 (ahhhhhhh) and a 9500m gs. Medium settings, 1280x800, and it gets crazy choppy when the battles get intense. The CPU is what will drag you down, and mine damn near makes the game unplayable.
     
    bigepilot, Apr 24, 2009
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  5. ryo1000

    ryo1000 Notebook Deity

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    spec in my signature, plays the game half on ultra half on high shadow on medium, the only time it stutters is in battle when the native americans show up, which is kinda weird.
     
    ryo1000, Apr 25, 2009
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    Brendanmurphy Your Worst Nightmare

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    See sig. 1280 x 720 all medium except shadows at low and water on ultra and getting 25-45 fps mostly around 37
     
    Brendanmurphy, Apr 25, 2009
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  7. LaptopNut

    LaptopNut Notebook Virtuoso

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    I will give this a try on the GTX260M with the Q9000. If this game is as CPU intensive as you say then I should get mediocre results. Perhaps this game will be the bottleneck test I am looking for eh.
     
    LaptopNut, Apr 26, 2009
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  8. fletchmustdie

    fletchmustdie Notebook Enthusiast

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    See my Sig for details on my Computer. I am running at 1680x1050 on all high settings. There is some issues that I am having though. I have stutters on the campaign map, when I am zoomed out for some reason. Its odd because on the battle map I have no stutters, no issues whatsoever. I am not sure if the campaign map is more intensive than the battle map (I have no idea why that would be), or if this is a bug. Either way it doesn't bother me enough to change my settings at all. Game would be the greatest ever, imo, if it weren't for the bugs and occasional AI idiocy.
     
    fletchmustdie, Apr 26, 2009
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