Minimum System Requirements
Required (minimum) Specs
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 2.4 GHz or AMD(R) Athlon(TM) 64 2800+ processor or any 1.8Ghz Dual Core Processor or better supported
RAM: 512MB RAM (768MB for Windows Vista)
Hard Drive: 8GB of free space
Video card: NVIDIA(R) Geforce(TM) 6600 or better or ATI(R) Radeon(R) 9800 Pro or better
Recommended Specs
CPU: 2.4 GHz dual core or better
RAM: 1G for XP; 2G for Vista
Hard Drive: 8GB of free space
Video card: 3.0 Shader Support recommended. Nvidia Geforce 7800 or better or ATI Radeon X1800 or better
cool game !!!!!
1suck my di** man that game sucks my little a**
2Lolz
3does nyoneknow wher to go to check if u have all of these…and if i download te demo to cod4, will it tell m about the sytem requiremens that i may need…
4big game
5tang ina nindo! dai kaya kang video card ko
6what is optimum graphics memory requited for this game
7to gfdgfdg
yEAaa ryt u havE a litTle a** n suRe u dUn have a di** sOo ur little a** deserves a kiCk a**……u DUnNo da firSt thing bout games mo** 2 call dis game a shit
8Sweet merciful crap I feel dumber having read your comments. Give me the 20 seconds of my life back.
9On Windows Vista i noticed games get a rating on what they need to run e.g Solitaire has a recomendation of 2.0
What rating is there for Call of Duty 4?
10can call of duty4 run on this system
11AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0 Ghz
512 RAM
256MB NVIDIA 7100 GS
XP SP2 WINDOW
rohit, you need more ram if you want it to run smooth, but definitely will run, just check you free space on hard drive and defragment it and I recommend you to buy more ram… Im running the game in my laptop:
DELL Vostro 1500
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0Ghz
2GB Ram
Nvidia Geforce 8600M GT 256MB
it runs Smoothly at 800×600 (widescreen stretch) everything at high, shadows on, Glow on, AA 2x.
12will my HP HDX9120EA laptop be able to handle COD4?
it has…
13- 4GB RAM
- ATI mobility radeon HD 2600 XT
- 2.2GHZ
- 320GB hard drive capacity
so i know i have enough RAM/disk space, but im nt sure about the graphics card or the processor speed.
thanks in advance
jok misto merita jucat nu e futut in cur la ca,, crysis crysis suck
14i have a intel core dual 1,8 mhz 7300 Gt nvidia grafic card and 1,5 gg ram ddr2 667mhz and in forks grate on 800*600 and medium grafic its a very nice game
15blob
Mar 6th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
will my HP HDX9120EA laptop be able to handle COD4?
it has…
- 4GB RAM
- ATI mobility radeon HD 2600 XT
- 2.2GHZ
- 320GB hard drive capacity
so i know i have enough RAM/disk space, but im nt sure about the graphics card or the processor speed.
thanks in advance
Your PC will not run this game and if it does it will lag so bad you start cursing and trash ur pc.
16eh…his comp should run it fine, shouldn’t it? He has a good gfx card, 4gigs of ram, maybe only processor is weedy.
17hey guys, jus wondring if my dell wud run call of duty 4,
my specs are-
-intel duo core processr 2.66Ghz(2.7Ghz)
-3GB RAM
-256mb ATI RADEON 2400XT HD
-500 GB hardrive
wud that be able to run COD4 smoothly at a high enough setting?
18Thnx
Yeah…You should be fine, fast process and good gfx card…but also take into note with that gfx card you needa fairly big screen so don’t play on a 17inch with that or you won’t get the full potential of the card.
19actually a 17inch screen, or a 19 inch would be fine. I was just saying that you wouldn’t be able to play on the more graphically intense higher resolutions.
20Hey, I was wondering If COD4 will run on this laptop.
-AMD Turion 64 X2Dual Core Mobile technology-2.3GHZ
21-3GB of ram
-NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150M
-250 Hard Drive
thanx lawlerskates~~yea ive got a 22 inch screen so yea thanks alot anyways
22Can my PC take COD4?
Intel Pentium 233mhz
HDD 20GB
RAM 128MB
CRT 14.4″
Window 98SE
Open GL
Thanks
23lol
ben ur graphics card sucks it wont run good and u might overclock ur laptop trying 2 which in terms means u will fry ur proccer which means laptop go bye bye
24does call of duty 4 run on windows vista home premium nicely??????
25Is there any games that will work on this computer that are good, or any chance of expansion?
Hewlett Packard Pavilion tx 1420ca Entertainment Notebook PC
3GB of Ram
http://www.staples.ca/ENG/Catalog/cat_sku.asp?CatIds=83%2C84%2C85,4248&webid=726191&affixedcode=WW
26MUG:
That staples link takes you to some zipcode thing…if you post your specs I’ll try and help
27Hey wondering if my lappy will run it..
its runs F.E.A.R, all mediem settings at 60fps average
BF2 on low everything with 2x AA and 800×600
Half-life, everything maxed out
soldier of fortune 2, everything maxed out
Halo,everything maxed out
here’s specs…
Compaq Presairo F573au
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TK-53 (2 CPUs), ~1.7GHz
Memory: 512GB RAM (2GB SOON)btw with the 2gb extra ill be able to share more memory to video card hopefully to 256mb all up(or higher)
Hard Drive: 80 GB [SATA]
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 (shared memory to a total of 96mb with 32 dedicated video memory)
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Sound Card:(SPDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)
OS: Windows Vista™ Home Basic (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_gdr.071023-1545)
Thanks..i really dnt care if it runs on low…basically all i want it above 25fps lol
28thanks again XD
Nerd guy, Cathode ray tubes ftw, anything that contains an electron gun sounds cool haha. Your computer will pwn duke nukem 1 + 2, maybe even wolfenstein, dunno about cod4 though
aXE, Learn to fu*king type. Th15 i5 /\/0t 3ngl1sh, You should cut off your own fingers to save yourself the embarrassment of speaking like that again.
29Matt, your video card, unfortunately will not run with 25fps or more. To get 25fps or better, try to get an Geforce series 8: 8600, or 8800
30im thinking on gettin COD4 for my pc
im wondering if it will run ok ?
2X pentium 4 3.4 gig prossesors
1 gig of ram
nvidia 6800 xfx graphics card
gigabyte ga81915-p duo-a motherboard
do you think that will work? thanks in advance..
31the computer has a beast processor raven. Are you on vista or XP? on vista you need like at least 2/3 gigs to run smoothly. Might need to upgrade the GFX card to a 7900 or around there if you are cheap or an 8800 series if you are serious.
for all those wishing to see if the game will run:
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest
it installs a plugin that scans comp for system requirements, and will tell you if you pass minimum and advanced requirements. it has many games.
32thanks for the link lawlerskates.. I am on windows xp,and I just ordered 2 X 1 gig 240-pin dimm 128m X 64 DDR2 PC2-5300 memory chips to replace my 2 512 DDR sticks,do you think that was a wise purchace? Do you think my system will have better performance with 2 gigs of ramm compared to the 1 gig I used to have?
33Yeah, it will run better with more RAM, I don’t think increasing the amount of RAM ever decreases performance. More RAM just means that your computer has more memory it needs for tasks that sometimes need a little boosting. Your computer will run smoother and will not freeze up, unless another hardware problem is amiss. With XP, you should be fine with 2gigs of RAM. Take note, most gaming desktops have around 3 gigs of RAM for maximum performance.
34If I download demo, and try if it works, is there same requirements for demo and full game?
35Yes, it will. some of the mission will be choppier then others, but it will work.
36my system
37intel pentium d dual core 2.8 gig
1.5 gig of ram
nvidia 7600 graphics card
can i run this game smoothly?
Will CoD4 run on my laptop?
1GB RAM
Geforce Go 6100
ADM Sempron 3400+
1.8 Ghz
Thanks
38Hey, is my computer can run the cod4 smmoothly?
Specs
39Inter Core 2 duo 6300 @ 1.86GHz
Nvidea Geforce 6600 LE PCI-E
1GB RAM
Dear GOd please give me back th minutes that you have taken away from me!!!!!!!
40Maget, you meet the system reqs…Im sure u can run it. Chaz, your graphics card looks a little weak..it might run…don’t count on me. YEah, i’m not sure about you…to run smoothly you should get a faster cpu or better graphics card.
41OMG CALL OF DUTY ROX!!!
i run it on my pc, if you have at least this youll be fine:
64mb ram
8gb hard drive
32mb video card
Windows 95
Intel 1.3ghz processor
woohoo i pwn noobs!
42i am also score much with chix because of my l33tn3ss
fds, do you mean Call Of Duty (the first one) right? if so, with a system like yours will be enougth to run it, but if you mean COD4, you can’t run it… your PC is an abacus.
43Ha, you could run COD1 on that? haha.
and I bet he’s joking.
44fds ive thrown better pcs in the bin oh my god you should send yours to a museum!
45Will mine:
462.4 ghz quad core processor
4 gigs ram
750gig hard drive
nvidia 8500gts graphics card
ACID your pc will work fine nice grafic card
47my specs:
482.2ghz core 2 duo
3gb ram
nvidia 8500 gt graphics card
80gig hard drive
I just got a new desktop and having issues with CoD 4.
System is
Intel Quad Core QX9650 3.0 GHz x 4 1333 FSB 12 MB Cache
NVidia GX2 video card
4028 MB Ram
500 GB HD
VISTA 32 Home Premium
Why is this game freezing and glitching? I downloaded up to date GX2 drivers, Soundblaster Extreme Gamer sound card drivers, updated VISTA, and now waiting for the CoD4 patch to download.
Do th ebugs include screen freezing? Computer needing to reboot? THis is crazy. I hope it isn’t my computer.
49hey i have a ATI MOBLITY RADEON 7500 video card is it enough to run COD4?
50Right listen all of you before you post a comment.
If you are unsure about if your computer can run COD4 and you do not know what the hell the requirements are or whether you have them go to this website - www.srtest.com
To run the game smoothly I advise 1-2gb of RAM, and a late 7000 Geforce, or early 8000. As for radeons, I advise one of the new X series.
If you have any problems running COD4, post a comment, or email the technical advisers on the tech support page, I will try to be as helpful as possible.
If you do post a comment, please be descriptive, give your system specs (if you do not know how to find out, go to “Run” then type in “dxdiag” and you can find your system there) and also if it crashes - where it crashes? did you manage to get to the title screen? Does the opening video play? Does it not make it to any screen and just CTD (Crash To Desktop)
Thank you and I look forward to your commments
ThE CaKe Is A LiE
51Thanks CAKE. I ran the system check on teh CoD4 “Recommended Website” Can it run, and it came back PASS ALL and recommended was PASS ALL. I did the run> dxdiag and my system should be fine.
I am sitting here at idle, only surfing the internet checking mail etc NO VIDEOS, NO MUSIC and my video card is 75c right now. I think this is too hot for idle speeds. EVGA Precision utility tool, fan is on auto and is reading 57 at the present.
I just over-rode the AUTO fan setting of 57 and set it to 100. Let’s see how low it drops….. 8:42 am.
8:47 temps dropped to 65c.
I still think this is too warm or too hot for idle speeds without a load.
Experts?
52Ok - Another test was done. Ran computer at idle, no programs running. 72c. GX2 Fan set on AUTO.
Removed the side panel to allow more air flow and it only dropped to 70c.
Placed a 12″ fan directly in front of the GX2, about 8 inches away from case, set GX2 Fan to 100. Temp dropped from 72c to a cool 55c.
Is this what I must do to keep this damn card cool?
So, I guess to keep this card cool I must Remove my side panel, turn GX2 fan to 100, and use a floor fan to blow cool air over the video card? I DON’T THINK SO!!! This is UNSAT performance and efficiency in a video card.
Are there any other reasons why this card is getting so hot?
53It may be that the card is so powerful that in order to run it needs lots of power, meaning the temperature will climb dramatically. The option I can think of is to invest in some cooling for your card itself, I’ll have a search of the internet myself on your problem.
Just one thing to do check your card is firmly in the slot, you can never be too careful, I’ll get back to you about the search of the web.
If anyone else needs help just post your message, I am monitaring these postings.
Thankyou for your time
ThE CaKe Is A LiE
54CAKE,
I appreciate your time and interest to help me out. I am sure what we discover will help others isolate the problem as well. The last resort is to ship the computer back to the point of origin for relook. This is my 3rd computer from them, so I don’t think it is junk.
I did another test, CoD4, GX2 Fan at 100, and learned how to set the EVGA Precision Utility on my screen while I played so I can monitor what the temps were.
Side Panel Off it held steady between 84c and 87c under load while playing CoD4.
Side Panel put back on:
FPS fluctuated from 70 to 150 but my computer froze up at
GPU 1 94c
GPU 2 96c
So I am thinking that, the heated air inside can not escape or keep the video card cool enough. But elsewhere, I am reading that users are having temps in the 70c range.
What could make the video card overheat? How do I ensure the proper seating?
I pushed it IN and seated it to the rear, it seems ok…. But I don’t know what I am trying to make certain of.
Right now, internet surfing, Side Panel is ON, and I am idling at 64c with GX2 Fan set at 100.
I just put GX2 fan back to AUTO and it dropped from 100 to 45. Lets see how high it climbs in just 5 minutes….. Time now is 11:32.
11:37, temps are now reading 76c with the AUTO fan speed. AUTO fan speed is reading 58.
FAN set back to 100, let’s see what it reads in 5 minutes. Should be 64c again.
11:42, temps are now reading 67c with GX2 fan speed set back to 100.
I will now remove the side panel for better air flow. Let’s see if the 67c drops lower…..
11:47, the 67c dropped to 61c with FAN SPEED set to 100 and the side panel removed for better air flow.
This completes my test. Time to eat my lunch…..
55Will Cod4 work on my computer:
Windows Xp Home Edition
Intel[R]
Pentium[R]4 CPU 2.50GHz
2.49GHz, 992MB of RAM.
????????????
56In response to Stammers, please send graphics cards details, to find out whether or not you can run the game. Try www.canyourunit.com to check
My advice is that your CPU is borderline and may only just run the game itself, try downloading and playing the demo, to see if that works
In response to New Player, I have not had chance to surf the web on your problem yet, but can I just ask is COD4 actually runnning on your PC or is it crashing etc. I appreciate the amount of detail you’ve inputted, and I will try to assist in anyway possible
Again if anyone needs help post your comment and I will get back to you - but please do the common sense tasks:
check your computers requirements against the games (located at top) if your unsure of how to do this or what your computer has go to www.canyourunit.com to find out
Thank you for yoru time
ThE CaKe Is A LiE
57CAKE: Call of Duty 4 is up and running and Congratulations to me, that I just finished the game today. However, it was all along with crashes, freezes, etc. It would run perfectly until the GX2 video card heats up to approximately 90c. Usually, thats in about 30 minutes to an hour. Depending. Then it would strat to glitch, then freeze and need a reboot.
I guess my biggest idea is, the video card itself is getting way too hot. I just got back from Best Buy, and the GEEK SQUAD said to check to see if it was OverClocked. Here are my settings:
Core Clock 600
Shader Clock 1500
Memory Clock 1000
Is this normal for my EVGA GX2?
I tapped it back some to 550, 1375, 950 to see if that helps a heat issue.
The only thing I can think of, it is a heat related issue with the video card not getting enough cool air over it or the inability to cool off fast enough.
58hey guyss,,,really sorry for interuption but can this game word at a good performance on this system
1) intel 2 Cor duo 1.83 GHZ
2) 2 GB Ram
3) NVIDIA GeFORCE 8400 GS
4) 160 GB HARD DISK
thank you evryone
59ALL - if you want to know if your individual system can play Call of Duty 4, Crysis, Stalker, or any other game, please check this link:
www.canyourunit.com
It has a drop down menu where you select the game you are intereste din, and it will run a 1 minute system check on your computer set up to determine how well it will play. It is fast, simple, and FREE!
Crysis will run great on my set up. Took me one minute to get the results.
YOU MUST BE ON THE SYSTEM YOU WILL BE GAMING ON AND WANT TO HAVE CHECKED.
60hi,
will i be able to run cod4 on my pc?
1)Xp proffesional,
2)Pentium[R]43.00 GHz, 1.50GHz,0.99GB RAM
3)nVidia Geforce FX 5200
Is my system really outdated?
61thank you
Hey there ,I just wanna ask why my Pc can’t launch COD4…
When tryin’ to launch it appears “Graphics or Drivers do not support Colour Shade”…My system is:
-2gb RAM
-200 Gb (40+160)Harddisk
-2.66Ghz Pentium 4
Windows Xp Pro. Sp2
Anyone pls do help me…
Do email me at blood4sweetrevenge@yahoo.com.my
C Ya!
62@Smokey Way: in your specs, you do not mention a GPU, Graphics Processing Unit, other than that it appears that your system is capable of handling CoD4. if you’re graphics card is anything above what is mentioned in the Min system requirements or better yet recommended system requirement then your problem could be with the drivers for your graphics card. find out what Graphics Card you have by going into “System Properties”, you can do this by right when you’re inside “My Computer” and choosing “Properties”. if you do not have a GPU (graphics card) then you definitely need to buy one, or you’re fu**ed.
63my system can hanlde CoD4 fine:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0GHz, 1333 Front Side Bus (FSB).
PNY RAM 4Gb running at 800Mhz FSB.
PNY 8600GT 512Mb GPU running at 460MHz.
Windows XP SP2
Seagate Barracuda 1Tb (Tera Byte) HDD, with 665Gb of space.
devil may cry 4 is coooooool just like cod4
64Hi,
can my laptop run COD4? I don’t care for high graphics at all.
Pentium 4 2.8ghz
65512mb of DDR 333mhz RAM(going to upgrade to 2gigs soon)
32gig HD
Win XP Pro
Intel 852GMV onboard graphics 64mb shared memory.
wait my mistake chipset is Intel 852GME
66i’m afraid you’re system won’t handle it at all amemyarz, your GPU is far too weak, the minimum specs is asking for a nVidia GeForce 7800 or above, and that has 512MB of memory, and also its RAMDAC clock runs at 400MHz, which is more than your On Board GPU will be, you might want to give it a go still though, you can download a demo (free), which may be quite large, but it will prove either way whether your system will handle it or not, but i’m fairly certain that CoD4 is too much for your system.
67ok thanks.
68if the demo doesn’t run well then I guess It’s time for a new laptop.
or, can I just buy a new graphics card?
69hmmm, i’m not sure, because you have a laptop, and i’m not particularly sure about laptop graphics, obviously they have to be smaller, and lower power than normal graphics, but from what i know, i should imagine that you can only really run this game on a gaming laptop, that has been designed to do exactly that, gaming. but I’ll look into Laptop graphics for you.
70i may not know too much about laptop graphics, but i certainly know the problem with restricted space, due to the fact that i have a SFF (Small Form Factor) computer, which obviously has limited space, as it is there is only about 1MM between my GPU’s fan/heat sink and my computers case side.
the main problem with laptop graphics, is that if they’re soldered on to the mobo (mother board) then you’re fucked, but if its a plug, like on a normal desktop PC with an SLI socket, then you could probably buy one and sort it out.
Thanks.
71BTW, this is my laptop model:
Dell Inspiron 1150
@amemyarz: Well, from what I’ve read about Dell Inspiron 1150’s they’re fairly unreliable, prone to overheating, and some have problems with their WiFi systems, and with only 64Mb’s of Graphics memory, i don’t think it will have a plug type SLI socket, more likely an integrated card/chip that cannot be replaced, so unfortunately, despite its fairly good CPU speeds and ranges it doesn’t appear to be able to handle CoD4, i should think it’d even struggle with CoD2, but i’m not sure about that, because my old computer could handle that, and that only had a 1.66 GHz CPU.
If you happen to be thinking about buying a new laptop, i could advise you on buying one that could handle this game, but as gaming laptops are fairly pricey, i should think that buying a possibly cheap, but well considered and well put together Desktop, would be more in order.
72I hope I’ve been helpful, and as I’ve said before, i’m not much of an expert on laptop graphics, so feel free to discount what I’ve said and seek advice elsewhere.
hey,
i was wonderng if my comp could run cod4 it has
1.1Gb ram ocz ddr2
2.137Gb total HD (sucky i kno (-_-))
3.1.6ghz duo core
4.MSI motherboard forgot type —-
5.ATI radeon x1550
6.Samsung Syncmaster 720N 17″
Please dont write stupid comments
73@Help: Well, it appears you have an ok-ish HDD, although could be quite a bit better and as HDD are as cheap as mud, you might consider buying a nice beefy 250GB HDD, i would suggest Seagate.
Your RAM is fine, especially because it is OCZ, when it comes to RAM, the label really DOES mean something, unlike with many other components. 1Gb is fine for running this game, as it is double the minimum specs required.
However, a problem emerges when it comes to your CPU, the minimum specs is asking for a 1.8GHz CPU, and although yours is a Dual Core CPU, which will level this out slightly, your CPU is still lacking a bit, you might want to consider overclocking it, but be advised that this is done at your own peril, and can damage your CPU or Motherboard, which… well, sucks.
74Also, your Graphics Card is heavily lacking, when it comes to the close ones to call on whether they can handle any modern game like CoD4, it often comes down to whether the graphics card can handle it, and I’m sorry to say, that yours is far too weak.
If you were to buy an nVidia 8600GT, or an ATI HD 3850 or above. You can get an PNY 8600GT from about 30GBP (57USD), and a Saphire HD 3850 costs about 105GBP (200USD) and although this is really quite expensive, you do get what you pay for. Both of these graphics cards use PCI-Express, and your computer may not have that, so you can get an AGP HD 3850 80GBP (152USD). I have found a nice cheap PCI-Express HD 3850 for 90GBP (172USD).
I hope i have helped, and please don’t take what I’ve said at face value, if you go to various computer forums, most have a area dedicated to this type of thing.
i think, that if u guys got at least 2ghz processor, 1gb ram and nvidia gf 6xxx / ati radeon x600 (256mb)u will be able to run cod4…I got the following PC: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (3Ghz), 4Gb 667mhz and nVidia 8600GT 512Mb… and it works pretty fine
75Hey anyone know how i can check my computer’s requirements?
76I dont really know much about computers. . .I really need to know what my video card’s name thing is. Wth is Shader Support
and Nvidia Geforce 7800?
Hey anyone know how i can check my computer’s settings?(Like video card and stuff.) If you do, please answer me.Thanks
77I dont really know much about computers. . .I really need to know what my video card’s name thing is. Wth is Shader Support
and Nvidia Geforce 7800?
What’s the difference btw GB and MB?
78A GB is a gigabyte, and a MB is a mega-byte. A megabyte is made up of kilobytes or KB. There are 1024 megabytes to a gigabyte.
79Shader Support is a term given to a a Graphics Card with DirectX 9.0 or better, for example an nVidia GeForce 7800.
As i explained slightly above, nVidia GeForce 7800 is a Graphics Card. There are many other Graphics Cards about, and cards that are of this level or above can handle Call of Duty 4. There are two Graphics Card designers, ATI and nVidia, you will find that older nVidia cards are better, but the new ATI HD 3850 and above are better than there nVidia counter-parts, in my opinion anyway.
The best way to find out whether your computer is able to handle the game is to open My Computer, right click and choose preferences, but not on any of the icons, just inside the window choose Properties, and there should be some general information about your computer. If you have Windows XP Pro, it’ll have information about your CPU and RAM (Central Processing Unit, and Random Access Memory).
Inside the System Properties panel, (the thing you just opened), at the top there are tabs, choose Hardware, and then Device Manager. This will open the Device Manager, it will have options on what to look at, choose Display Adapters, if you do not have this tab, you do not have a Graphics Card. If you do, this should show what Graphics Card you have, for example, mine is currently showing nVidia GeForce 8600GT.
In the minimum system requirements, it is asking for a 1.8 GHz CPU, and 512 MB of RAM, this is fairly easy for most computers to step up to, its the graphics card that causes most problems for people, as they’re quite expensive at times, and often what was once a very good graphics card can turn into something fairly, mediocre. This is because the industry changes very quickly, for example for some time nVidia have dominated the industry, rightly so in many ways because their graphics cards were fast, and well made, but now it appears that ATI have become more dominant, with the release of their popular HD 3850/3870 and the even more recent HD 4850/4870, which are MUCH better than the nVidia graphics cards, and they’re also cheaper.
I hope i have helped, please do not take what i have said as fact, although i try to be as accurate as possible when helping people, i’m sure if you were to have a look around on the internet, you’d find plenty of Forums which can help you learn more.
Will this game run with this graphics card:
512MB AGP 6200
I’m sorry, I don’t know much about PC’s. I just have to make sure because I don’t want to buy this game in vain.
If it doesn’t work, can someone recomend something better at around the same price. (I’m being offered this for $60) Thanks!
80@Daniel: I’m sorry to say that the nVidia GeForce 6200 will not be able to run this game, and definitely not at any decent kind of frame rate, you’d have to get some with a little bit more power. I’m not certain why, but older nVidia cards often cost quite a lot of money for the power/quality that you get from them, as a lot of them don’t provide the newer and more complicated shader systems and all that technological mumbo jumbo.
81From the way that i am reading your comment, you have no actually bought the GeForce 6200 yet, and that you want something of the same price tag of around $60. Unfortunately, i cannot find many cards for that price tag, there is one card that i would highly recommend though, and that is the PNY GeForce 8600GT (512Mb). And you can pick one of those up for about about $75, which is not too much more than you’re being asked for, and i can vouch for this Graphics Card, because i have it, so i know it can handle this game fine.
But, and this is quite a big but, if the other parts of your system are REALLY good, for example:
CPU: Dual Core, 3.0GHz (1333Mhz Front Side Bus, FSB)
RAM: DDR2 RAM, 2-4Gb running at 800Mhz FSB.
Then the game may run on your computer without too many problems, however, I’m not too sure about this as with graphics cards its not just the power and quality, but what they are DESIGNED to do, newer graphics cards have shader support and the like, and i don’t think a 6200 has that.
As always, don’t take what i say as fact, you’re welcome to look on other forums (and there are many) that discuss this type of thing, i hope i have helped.
i know pc is one of the best consoles but to get a computer that can run games is going to be $1000 upward..or you can buy a ps3 for around $400 and run any game u like without having to worry about it lagging…
here are the ps3 stats..(they are very hard to understand if u dont know much about computers)
CPU: Cell Processor
• PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
• 1 VMX vector unit per core
• 512KB L2 cache
• 7 x SPE @3.2GHz
• 7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
• 7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
• 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy
• total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS
GPU
• RSX @550MHz
• 1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance
• Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels
• Multi-way programmable parallel pipelines
Sound
• Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell- base processing)
Memory
• 256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz
• 256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz
System Bandwidth
• Main RAM: 25.6GB/s
• VRAM: 22.4GB/s
• RSX: 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s(read)
• SB: 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)
System Floating Point Performance
• 2 TFLOPS
Storage
• HDD: Detachable 2.5″ HDD slot x 1
I/O
• USB: Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
• Memory Stick: standard/Duo, PRO x 1
• SD: standard/mini x 1
• CompactFlash: (Type I, II) x 1
Communication
• Ethernet: (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x 3 (input x 1 + output x 2)
• Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 b/g
• Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)
Controller
• Bluetooth:(up to 7)
• USB2.0: (wired)
• Wi-Fi: (PSP)
• Network: (over IP)
AV Output
• Screen size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
• HDMI: HDMI out x 2
• Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1
• Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1
Disc media
82• CD: PlayStation CD-ROM, PlayStation 2 CD-ROM
• CD-DA: CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW
• SACDL: SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD
• DualDisc: DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)
• DVD: PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM, PLAYSTATION 3 DVD-ROM, DVD-Video (DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW), Blu-ray Disc (PlayStation 3 BD-ROM, BD-Video, BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE)
@191john191:
83Yes, you have a point that a decent computer that can run these sorts of games can cost quite a lot more than a PS3, which is $500, not $400, and thats only the basic version, the more popular and better full version of the PS3 costs about $600.
My main problem with most of what you said is this, you pay a lot of money for a Blu-Ray drive, which i think most people are rarely interested in, secondly PC’s have a massive advantage over PS3’s on the numbers of games that they can play, for example, you can have CoD 1, 2 and 4 (unfortunately Call of Duty 3 was never released for the PC… GRR!) and then there are all the massive numbers of RTS and Turn Based Strategy games about, which are a lot better on PC’s for various reasons.
Also, you can do a lot more on a PC than you can on a PS3, you can surf the web, you can manage Video Files, you can play video and audio media with great ease, and unless you have a computer that you use solely for gaming, which will only be true for people with a large and fairly stable bank balance (in which case they’d have a PS3 an Xbox 360 and a Wii as well) then most people have to choose what they get in terms of computer very wisely.
And finally, a computer that can handle this type of game, and many others does NOT cost upwards of $1000, so don’t say that it does, you can put together a system easily capable of playing this game and others for about $570, which is less than the full version PS3, and although this system will not be able to play it at the level of prettiness that perhaps the PS3 can, if you spend an extra $40/60 then you will have a seriously good machine.
Computers, in my opinion, will ALWAYS be better than consoles, because although Consoles are very nice to have, and there are some amazing games that are best played on consoles (Halo 3 on the Xbox 360 for example) are around, it is not only gaming that computers are used for.