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Great pvp beta, but dont try it with a low / mid end system
Zertyr
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PvP weekend been nice overall. Of course there are the beta bugs and so on but otherwise its been great. Only thing I need to warn ppl about tho, you cannot play this game with a mid or low level system. Its about unplayable. I tried it on 3 diff comps, and only my high end comp could run it nice.
Otherwise, GO AOC!
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That's sad to hear. Not even playable on lowest settings? I don't really care how it looks I just want to play the game lol. Otherwise I'll have to wait for 360 version =/
for fun i threw it on my gfs 2,4pent with 2 gig ram and a 2600 radeon card in. could hardly move the char.
I would say dual core is a must with atleast 2 gig and a good vid card.
The copy of AoC they gave you was infact a closed-beta stage version of the game with tweaks and fixes relating to PVP and the PVP mini-games, so although it may still be true on may 17th that a low-medium end system will have trouble running this game, it is hardly a reasonable thing to state as fact. Almost all of the fixes will be active on may 17th and should relieve a lot of the workload stress it causes for your machines.
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Understood that the beta client may not yet be fully optimised blah blah blah,
Still I want to know the OP's situation. What is the config of the machine of yours that runs AoC smoothly. And how smoothly. Which display card, how much RAM, XP or Vista ...
Can you elaborate a bit please. i am building my new rig for AoC, I am figuring out what CPU and what display card. I am settling for XP and so its 2G or 4G (which only means 3G under XP).
you say some true things there, but if you consider the buildup of the game and the graphics, low end machines in the req spec is kind of gone already. the req spec is there so they can get more sales, sure, can prolly play with the low spec, but you wont be able to compete in pvp and such against other players as you will be lagging all over. Mid range machines should prolly do decently with a lot of the nice graphs turned off.
but if you want to play this game as its ment, with all the benefits of a gaming experience, you will need the high end system.
you say some true things there, but if you consider the buildup of the game and the graphics, low end machines in the req spec is kind of gone already. the req spec is there so they can get more sales, sure, can prolly play with the low spec, but you wont be able to compete in pvp and such against other players as you will be lagging all over. Mid range machines should prolly do decently with a lot of the nice graphs turned off.
but if you want to play this game as its ment, with all the benefits of a gaming experience, you will need the high end system.
As with any other game, but a big part won't be able to play the said game on high.
I agree though.
Edit: I meant that all games are meant to be played on high (not that all games require high end pc).
just to offset the results of the OP, I ran this on a 3100+ AMD sempron, 1.5gb ram and a x1300 and never dropped below 10fps in the PvP events and it was playable at that (even had 6 kills in one annilation match with my guardian).
Yah, it isn't great, but hell look at the video card.
I have to disagree with the OP on this I am using a 2 year old pc and I was able to run this beta just fine. I did have to turn down the graphics a bit but this game scales pretty nice so that the game still looks fine even on low settings. In pvp with alot going on my fps was around 20 but it was very playable and still pretty smooth. You have to be really carefull taking other peoples word for what machine will run a game. Unless your machine is really a museum piece I think it's worth giving it a try. Some people just aren't happy unless they get 100fps on max settings with not a single glitch. Fortunately I'm not one of them which is good since I don't want to buy a new pc every year.
Yea I too played on a medium level pc and I had a performance that was just fine. No stutters or lag. Of course I didn't try to play at max res or graffics but thats because I know the limits of my machine. I know that having a lower end pc I have to play at lower settings and that is fine with me. Lowered the settings and the game ran fine and was enjoyable and thats all that mattered to me.
Im curious what type of computers the OP low/mid machines are. The brand type, dell compaq etc.
Im running a dell, 512mb ram, 2.8ghz, ATI radeon x1050 128mb video card.
I ran the tutorial fairly well, well enough to run 3 diffrent classes threw it. Playing in the pvp matches was a little diffrent but I didn't even expect to run the game period.
Im just curious why my crap rig will run it fairly smooth with graphics on low. When people with 2x better computer then I are having problems with it.
I'll have to agree with the OP, I tried it on a machine that roughly meets recommended specs, except for the video card (X1950 pro) and pvp was a shaky proposition. It was strange, frame rate would run in the 70 to 90 range, then drop to single digits when ever the area got crowded and you were forced to maneuver quickly. The lobby was almost unbearable. Even setting the graphics to low didn't help. I've been playing around with Vista and I'm sure that didn't help any, the game may need 3+ GB of memory to run well in Microsoft's latest insult.
On the plus side, the brief introduction on the island was fairly solid at least from a graphical point of view.
On thing I did was switch to shader 2.0 graphics instead of 3.0. Perhaps that made a difference for me? Hell, on my pos card, I would see upwards to 30fps in the lobby and normally 15+ in the PvP action (not the initial log in)
also to complete the specs, I'm also running on WinXP not Vista
I'm running it on this:
AMD Athlon X2 4400+ @ 2.2GHz
2GB DDR PC-3200
ATI x1900xt 512MB
2*Raptor 10k RPM (raid 0)
Low settings: No problem at all.
Medium settings: Same here, but in pvp it might struggle sometime, but still playable.
High settings: Single player in Tortage I get about 20 fps, and in pvp i have not tried it yet.
Here's my specs... I couldn't run at a framerate I was happy with, it would jitter around single digits to low double digits. I had low settings AND turned everything off/lowered in the advanced graphics as well as chose Shader model 2.0. My video card is the problem, I know.
Intel duo core 2.6 ghz
2gigs ram
Geforce 8500 GT 512 megs
1440x900 resolution (my monitors native resolution, widescreen)
i think for anyone actually upgrading just to play AOC, definetly get a geforce 8800 or higher. I mean, sure you can lower the graphics and probably still manage to play, but ugh! you're losing all the nice details that the devolopers put into it.
I dont know why the problem would be your video card since thats above the recommended requirements.
I've got a 2.2 ghz AMD Athlon x2 (dual core) with 2 gig of RAM and a GeForce 8600 GT 256mb and I run on Low with absolutely no problem, 30-40 fps and I can even do medium at 10-25fps
1440x900 reolution too
And ya know what? The graphics still look great! even on low.
I meet the recomended specs, actually about dead on on them. Game still very choppy for me, I turned everything down and turned most stuff down and its "playable" but came looks pretty poor compared to what it can look like. And I cannot afford a new rig as this one is still pretty new. Hope they fix this for us mid / low end system users.
I hope this gets fixed.
Im running
Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)
4g ram
nvidia 7950 gt - 512ram
WinXP
I ran my pc using http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest
And it says i can run it, but wont be able to on high. Will i still be able to run the game on med?
The new computer I'm about to build should run this game just fine.
3.2ghz Dual Core processor
Dual SLI NVidia 1gig 8800GT Video Cards
8gigs RAM
I'm upgrading from:
AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3500+
1gig RAM
NVidia GeForce 7800GT (256mb)
I tested my current system on the System requirement Labs site and I passed the Required specs but failed miserably on the Recommended specs.
i have a AMD 3800 x2 core,
7600GT
2gig ram
game ran wonderful, not sure what others are talking about, but this game can handle lower and mid size computers no problem....besides, its still in beta form ..
From what I can tell the PVP is seemleess without the cascading hiccups which are found in so many of these new MMO's. What I am trying to get at; I like an MMO for how it feels as apposed to how beautiful a screen shot can become.
Having high system requirements will not only drive the botting farming community of the third world counties away, but the younger age groups as well. Having the title rated mature already does a glorious job of doing so.
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Why?
I know 32 bit operating systems can only handle up to 3gig and I'm not even sure about 64bit systems... but 8gig seems like overkill.
Instead of spending hundreds on that 8gig of RAM, get 4gig of RAM instead and upgrade to a Quad core processor. Probably be a MUCH better and faster machine for it.
Why?
I know 32 bit operating systems can only handle up to 3gig and I'm not even sure about 64bit systems... but 8gig seems like overkill.
Instead of spending hundreds on that 8gig of RAM, get 4gig of RAM instead and upgrade to a Quad core processor. Probably be a MUCH better and faster machine for it.
Think so? Alright I'll look into that. Thanks.
but I've never heard of anyone using that much RAM.
And I do know that they are limits to what the system can actually use.
So yeah, do some research, make sure 8 gig isn't over kill.