Empire Total War

[Total War Addict]

Will I be able to run ETW w/ a 2.4 GHz duel core CPU and an nvidia geforce 8800GS, Budget easily around 120 dollars up to 200 dollars tops, could you atleast recomend a new mobo/cpu combo, or do I need a new system entirely? Iv'e got an old compaq w/ a single core 2800+ 8800GS and a gig of ram. I know thats a minimum specifaction. but it sums it up pretty well,
Iv'e hears it said that medieval II at highest graphics is empire at lowest, and that scared me. And if I need a new system than I guess I could bump up the budget to a MAXIMUM of 400 bucks. could you post a thread to a new machine, or upgrade that could run ETW. Sorry for the grammer problems lol. Also even if you recomend a new machine, could you point out a mobo cpu combo.

 

[Bluescreendeath]

Yes. I used to be able to run RTW: Europa Barbarorum (greatest mod ever for RTW and MTW2) at nearly max resolution with a crap 7300LE and/or 8400m GS.

8800GS would easily be able to run it since it is a decent mid tiered card. OC your CPU if you can

 

[Total War Addict]

I can run it w/ my 2800!?!?

 

[BadTrip]

I would suggest a dual core. Check this out

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[BadTrip]

Yes. I used to be able to run RTW: Europa Barbarorum (greatest mod ever for RTW and MTW2) at nearly max resolution with a crap 7300LE and/or 8400m GS.

8800GS would easily be able to run it since it is a decent mid tiered card. OC your CPU if you can

he said he had a compaq. No overclocking.

 

[Total War Addict]

I would lke to comfortably max out this game at at least 15 fps, (so I can run newer games when they come out)
do i have to evert to icore to do this? a phenom combo is what i'm looking at,. thoughts?

 

[AKM880]

he said he had a compaq. No overclocking.

He could possibly software O/C?

 

[BadTrip]

software overclocking generally isnt worth the trouble.

 

[AKM880]

Its okay, but BIOS overclocking is definitely better,

 

[Total War Addict]

Do I need an icore or a phenom. or if i'm lucky I could run it with an E4500, please help!