05-01-2005 04:22									#1
	Age of Empires III announced Enter the AD-FREE zone

OK, so this is a stupid announcement, it's been coming for two months now, and screens and info has been out before the game even got announced, but either way it's official now. AoE3 announced, shipping in the second half of this year.

It's worth to visit www.ensemblestudios.com for some screens, definitely the best graphics in a RTS to date.

	05-01-2005 05:14									#2
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I felt a bit unexcited about this news, but the graphics do look spectacular.

	07-01-2005 08:23									#3
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quote: Originally posted by Solver OK, so this is a stupid announcement, it's been coming for two months now, and screens and info has been out before the game even got announced, but either way it's official now. AoE3 announced, shipping in the second half of this year. It's worth to visit www.ensemblestudios.com for some screens, definitely the best graphics in a RTS to date.

Solver..thank YOU MY FRIEND



I am really looking forward to this one

	07-01-2005 18:22									#4
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Well, couldn't say that I'm particularly excited about this one... RTS games are a big to me.

(Though I liked Rise of Nations, go figure).

	07-01-2005 21:35									#5
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The time period looks like it's in the13th-16th centuries. Any guesses which edition of AOE is going to catch up to the present day?

	07-01-2005 21:50									#6
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V.

	07-01-2005 23:47									#7
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I admit that the graphics are wonderful, but... RTS?

	07-01-2005 23:51									#8
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The screenshots do look gorgeous. Too good in fact. Are we sure they are in-game shots and not part of the intro video or artist renderings?

	07-01-2005 23:57									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Solver OK, so this is a stupid announcement,

Don't go into advertising.

	08-01-2005 00:09									#10
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quote: Originally posted by The diplomat The screenshots do look gorgeous. Too good in fact. Are we sure they are in-game shots and not part of the intro video or artist renderings?

Well, I don't think we can be sure, but at least that's what they say...

	08-01-2005 01:39									#11
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Time period is not 13th century by any means. It's from the discovery of America up until the US Civil War (yes, the game does have railroads).

And yes, those screenshots are actual in-game graphics, not renders/cinemeatics. The trick here is that they're taken from a very good computer with a top-of-the-line video card and best settings, so people with older hardware shouldn't expect it to look that good. But yeah, it looks pretty amazing .

	08-01-2005 02:06									#12
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for real, Ya need up to date pc stuff..

I will upgrade my pc soon

Solver

Do ya think my machine will manage on a low resolution?

AMD 64 Bit 2 gig processor

Radeon X800 Pro 256 bit Graphics Card

1 GIG RAM

Gramps

	08-01-2005 02:10									#13
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It will definitely manage to play the game at the highest settings... the only problem being when a lot of physics calculations are involved (huge battles), but I don't yet know how AoE3 performs there and how intelligently the physics calculations are handled. Not in a way to require a 6 GHz CPU, I hope... more after beta test .

	08-01-2005 11:55									#14
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I'm so excited!

	08-01-2005 21:18									#15
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when is next update estimated?

	08-01-2005 21:23									#16
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PC Gamer February issue, lotsa info.

	08-01-2005 21:36									#17
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quote: Originally posted by Solver Time period is not 13th century by any means. It's from the discovery of America up until the US Civil War (yes, the game does have railroads). And yes, those screenshots are actual in-game graphics, not renders/cinemeatics. The trick here is that they're taken from a very good computer with a top-of-the-line video card and best settings, so people with older hardware shouldn't expect it to look that good. But yeah, it looks pretty amazing .

Yeah, I've been meaning to replace my video card... it's a Radeon X300, a PCI chip, and back when we got the computer they didn't have any of the good cards in PCI. They should by now. The rest of the computer is set, though - 2 gigs ram, 3.4 ghz P4.

	08-01-2005 21:55									#18
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good pc Kuci

	08-01-2005 21:55									#19
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Sounds like a great rig, Kuci . As for video cards, I personally prefer nVidia cards by far, but it really varies from person to person.

	09-01-2005 04:54									#20
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quote: Originally posted by Solver As for video cards, I personally prefer nVidia cards by far, but it really varies from person to person.

I'm a graphics card slut, whoever is giving best bang for the buck in my price range gets my business

	09-01-2005 05:13									#21
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quote: Originally posted by reds4ever I'm a graphics card slut, whoever is giving best bang for the buck in my price range gets my business

Wel.my wifey sez Im a pc junkie so with bonus time comes a fix and thats just what I did...

Gramps

	09-01-2005 07:16									#22
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Since were talking about computers, I should be getting a 3.6 GHz P4, X850 XT, 20" LCD, 2 GB of RAM.

	09-01-2005 07:33									#23
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quote: Originally posted by Lord Nuclear Since were talking about computers, I should be getting a 3.6 GHz P4, X850 XT, 20" LCD, 2 GB of RAM.

x850xt..graphics card?..Radeon..?..NVIDIA?

sounds great my friend sounds great


Gramps

	09-01-2005 09:05									#24
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ATI Radeon. The top, for now.

	09-01-2005 18:20									#25
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nVidia GeForce, definitely the top. Also, it's better for OpenGL, which is the real platform, not DirectX.

	09-01-2005 18:50									#26
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Actually Lord N is closer. Of course there are more subjective areas but if you have to pick one then the ATI cards are top.

	09-01-2005 21:13									#27
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It really depends on what games you want to play... Ati is great for fps games and such, while Nvidia is best for non-fps games... at least that's from my experience... while I had an Ati card 50% of my games became unplayable (constantly freezing my computer), but those games I could play (of 3D games) ran much better...


Back to topic:

I've never been that interested in AoE games, but I'll probably try this game when it'll be released... the graphics looks great

	09-01-2005 21:47									#28
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quote: Originally posted by Lord Nuclear ATI Radeon. The top, for now.

must be the one above mine..

pcie or agp?


i heard pcie is the way to go..but my motherboard is set up for agp

gt

	09-01-2005 23:03									#29
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PCI graphics cards are what was used 5+ years ago. Even the most basic of cards these days are AGP cards.

	09-01-2005 23:26									#30
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike PCI graphics cards are what was used 5+ years ago. Even the most basic of cards these days are AGP cards.

well..let me inform you that I was referring to PCIE not PCI

I just got me new computer and the latest and greatest motherboard setup has the PCIE with some the AGP (which my Radeon X800PRO is)

I aint saying that its the way to go..actually I am checking to see if anyone here has any input

Gramps