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Article #26603Re: Can I run C&C:Generals with high graphics on this system?
From: Neil Adamson
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 08:46
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 08:46
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"Lee Hardy" <lee15@nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:BBEhb.452$7n3.259@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk... > My system is very similar to yours (same processor, HDD, graphics card) but > more memory - when i play i have to have the graphics on low quality at 1024 > x 768. Playing against 4 opponents is not bad, sumtimes get slow frame rates > but play against 8 opponents and you've had it - slows down real bad. If you > have the graphics set top high you get very slow framerates -- almost > unplayable. I am pretty sure its the graphics card, as the MX models are > "cut down" versions of their titanium counterparts with slower performance > and features that are unavailable. I hope this helps! > Basically YOU CAN play with that spec but you wont get the most out of > Generals!!!!! > > C ya > > Lee Hardy > > "Andy Smith" <andysmith45@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:14bdee15.0310101200.56dcf9df@posting.google.com... > > I am running Win98SE, IE 5.5 on a Athlon 2000+ processor (1.66 > > Ghz)with 256 MB DDR (266) RAM, 80GB HDD, MSI combo motherboard with > > VIA KM266 chipset and a 64 MB Msi GeForce4 MX 440 (4X) AGP card. I am > > using the latest Nvidia Drivers. > > > > Can I run C&C:Generals smoothly with the highest graphics settings on > > my system? (AA and Anisotropic Filtering are off) > > I am pretty sure too that that graphics card will let you down. I have the same 64MB GeForce 4 MX440 and frankly the game is barely playable. Neil A
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!news5.aus1.giganews.com!firehose2!nntp4!intern1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!border1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nntp1.phx1.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!nntp.abs.net!ash.uu.net!an02.austin.ibm.com!ausnews.austin.ibm.com!sp15ce20.hursley.ibm.com!not-for-mail From: "Neil Adamson" <adamson@uk.ibm.com> Newsgroups: alt.games.command.and.conquer Subject: Re: Can I run C&C:Generals with high graphics on this system? Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 09:46:14 +0100 Organization: IBM Hursley Lines: 40 Message-ID: <bmdp4u$lvu$1@sp15at20.hursley.ibm.com> References: <14bdee15.0310101200.56dcf9df@posting.google.com> <BBEhb.452$7n3.259@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-9-20-228-77.hursley.ibm.com X-Trace: sp15at20.hursley.ibm.com 1066035166 22526 9.20.228.77 (13 Oct 2003 08:52:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@hursley.ibm.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 08:52:46 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit