23-05-2003 03:05									#1
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Though we might do a quick poll to see how fast/slow this game runs on a wide variety of systems. Post you system and average FPS.

My PC is a:
P4 1.6
512 RAM
40 Gig HD
NVidia GForce 4 MX

FPS: Max Graphics Settings
18 - 20 at the start of the game
10 FPS when there are battles

Movement is often very jerky and hard to watch. Do I need to upgrade?

	23-05-2003 03:19									#2
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P4 2.4
512MB
GeForce4Ti 4600

Hovers around 28FPS on the medium resolution setting at 32bit, all graphics options on.

	23-05-2003 03:23									#3
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P4 2.4
512 RAM
55 GB Hard Drive
NVidia GForce 4 MX (64 mb)

Running game at 16 bit color (slight improvement noticed), Max Graphical Settings.

30 at start
20 during mid-game battles - only slight slowdown
10 during info age - most movement is still smooth
7 - 8 during info age combat and nuclear exchanges - units appear jerky

	23-05-2003 03:27									#4
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Windows XP
Audigy II SoundCard
P4 2,0
512 RAM
60 Gig HD
NVidia GForce 3 Ti500

1280x10214x32 Resolution, maxed graphics settings.

FPS: Max Graphics Settings
37 at the start of the game
28 FPS when there are battles


By the way, for us to be able to compare these things we need to know the resolution as well! Otherwise, how can we compare the FPS?

	23-05-2003 03:54									#5
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Windows XP
Audigy SoundCard
AMD 1.4GHz Athlon
512 SDRAM
120 Gig HD total
NVidia GForce 3 Ti200

1024x768x32 Resolution, maxed graphics settings.

FPS: Max Graphics Settings
30-35 at the start of the game
~30 FPS when there are battles

	23-05-2003 03:56									#6
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AMD Athlon 2000+
512 MB ddr ram
c drive 60 gigs
d drive 40 gigs
geforce 4 ti 4400
windows xp

roughly 53 fps last game i had.

Though i get well over 100fps when playing counter strike :\

	23-05-2003 04:06									#7
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I change my system around very frequently for testing, but at this moment:

Intel P4 2.5
1GB RAM
SB Audigy
RADEON 9700 PRO

~50 FPS with vsync=1
100+ FPS with vsync=0

Personally I can't tell the difference in FPS values over 25 in RON (unlike first-person shooter games).

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Athlon 1.4 Thunderbird
896MB DDR RAM
Diamond Monster Sound MX300 (Nice warning ingame, BTW)
Geforce 4 Ti 4200

I get about 70 FPS - dunno if vsync is on, but I maxed out the settings at 1280x1024x32

	23-05-2003 04:39									#9
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P3 733
256 RAM
GEForce 256

My system is a little older, but well above the minimum requirements.

I average 20 FPS when there is are no major combats on-screen.

The battles really slow things down, to around 10 FPS. If I put the detail to High, I get around 4 FPS during these battles. This is for the entire game up to the Modern age in a 1v1 scenario.

Anything beyond the Modern age is unplayable. The game simply crawls with the typical number of units on-screen.

What does "minimum requirements" mean? Should the entire game be playable (and fun) with the minimum requirements, even when the graphic detail is set to Low?


Dominae

	23-05-2003 05:30									#10
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AMD 2000XP
768MB of DDR ram
'old' geforce 1 (sdr ram)
averages around 20 FPS, drops to 10/12 during battles.
(default high settings)
Looks like the processor is NOT the most important thing here.

EDIT: forgot the word - NOT - (again )

Last edited by alva on 24-05-2003 at 07:23

	23-05-2003 07:28									#11
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On the contrary, looking at the results above clearly show processor speed does not matter as much as on-board system RAM seems to.

It seems newer video cards are doing well also.

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	23-05-2003 21:36									#12
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128MB of RAM is barely enough to run windows properly, tassadar.

	23-05-2003 21:49									#13
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indeed. I have 256 (Win XP) and the game is slow during big battles. BTW, is it possible to set the resolution to 800x600 in the retail version?

	23-05-2003 21:50									#14
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AMD 1800+ XP
768 MB DDR RAM
120 GB HDD in total
GeForce 3 Ti200
SB Audigy

runs normally, although jerks sometimes.

	23-05-2003 22:12									#15
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Hmm. Not having any jerking (except for after I load a saved game for 3-5 seconds) with me 1.7 GHz and 512 RAM machine.

	23-05-2003 22:16									#16
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AMD XP 2600
Nforce 2 system board
512 mb 333ddr
Radeon 9700 pro
12x10x32 all graphics set to high

I normally get about 70-80 fps during normal gameplay and it dips to about 30-40 when there are alot of units on the screen.

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	23-05-2003 22:28									#17
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P3 850
256 RAM
32 MB Radeon 7200

With graphics all set to high:

14 FPS when zoomed out and nothing going on.
8 or lower when things get busy, worse if zoomed in.

	23-05-2003 23:09									#18
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xp
p4 1.8
768 sdram
GeForce4Ti 4400
60gig

in demo 1vs2 1024x768 32

high 30's no battle
drops into the 20's during battles
and into the 10's in late battles

turning the particals and fog 2 low helped abit

the part i don't like is it gets worse with over 4 other nations =\

this so far is my only complaint with the game (thou at the start i felt like i was drowning untill i set the pause 2 the space bar =)
at last i have found a rts i can enjoy

a big thank you 2 big huge games

	23-05-2003 23:15									#19
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Is there a way to see average FPS over the course of a game? Or are you guys just guessing based on the number displayed in the upper right?

olaf

	24-05-2003 00:39									#20
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quote: Originally posted by Tassadar5000 Really? Mine runs just fine

Just don't run anything in Windows and you'll be fine