27-08-2003 18:55									#61
	Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

quote: Originally posted by Nikolai Shiit happens.

yeah, especially when one poster is a "prince" only a few dozen posts away from "king" Much better to have nationalistic flamewars in an ontopic forum


Obligatory on topic content:

Right now EU (well really EU2) is one of my principle motives for getting a new PC. Im thinking of getting a budget machine, which these days means 256MB RAM. Of course that included Win XP. So how does EU2 runs under WinXP with 256MB RAM? Do i really need 512? How about 128 MB, with an older Win OS? (Available used or refurbished)

	27-08-2003 19:20									#62
	Inflate your Upload Space

Well, the price of going from 256 to 512 MB isn't that big, and I can assure you that it will make both EU2 and other programmes/games faster. I play on my Win XP, P4 2.0 GHz, 512 MB machine(that is a little bit above the budget I guess) and have no problems of course.

However, on my older machine with PIII 850 Mhz, 96 MB and Win ME, the game plays okay, if not just as fast. There is a considerable slowdown at the later part of the game. As you see, a budget computer will certainly do it, but you should IMHO double the RAM if you can afford. And do remember that Win XP uses 64 MB IIRC! Hope it helps!

	27-08-2003 19:36									#63
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

quote: Originally posted by Nikolai Well, the price of going from 256 to 512 MB isn't that big, and I can assure you that it will make both EU2 and other programmes/games faster. I play on my Win XP, P4 2.0 GHz, 512 MB machine(that is a little bit above the budget I guess) and have no problems of course.

the budget machines tend to be roughly celeron, 2 to 2.2 GHz, 256MB. In a few months p4 512 may well be budget, and i might just wait till then.

	27-08-2003 21:22									#64
	Put an end to popups!

If it hadn't been Celeron, I'd bought it, but Celeron isn't exactly known to be good for gamers... I don't know if it's workable for EU2 though. BTW, Paradox is working on two new games, CK(1066-1453) together with Snowball, and Victoria(1835?-1920). Both will be released hopefully before Christmas. So if you are interested in them, you might want to have a good computer I guess. Not because of graphics(you know Pardox), but because of the complex work underneath the game's surface, it might need some RAM.

	21-09-2003 03:45									#65
	my question Got spare money?

ok in my game elizabeth sometimes never becomes queen and mary rules forever, and louis 14th never dies until napoleon, and the byzantine empire never gets conquered y?:confused::confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

	21-09-2003 20:53									#66
	Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

In my recent games, Byzantines almost never get conquered. Moreover, Turkey is pretty weak and looses its grounds easily - also to Byzantines