Medieval II Computer & Hardware Recommendations

[herne_the _hunter]

Thanks for that irishron I'll give that ago. Implemented FactionHeirs tutorial about removing ambient effects this afternoon which works. So was thinking about if i changed the size of the textures myself...so its saved me some work. lol

Edit: Been playing so far with those two changes this evening and I've noticed a small but noticeable improvement which is good.

Also looked at the cpu list of my Socket A m/board and I can go upto 3200 Athlon or 3000 Sempron if I can find one. So good news there. My RAM is under clocked at the moment for the present cpu I'm using. Which I know is compatible with the faster bus speed needed by using a faster processor. Looking on Ebay for quick idea on prices it makes sense to go for that option giving me some more grunt rather than a relatively newer but out dated AGP graphics card.

[irishron]

FactionHeir's is good, too. I haven't been to the Org in a long while, though.

[The Source]

will the Dell Latitude D610 Pentium M be able to handle m2tw

here are the features
Individual graphic card: ATI Radeon X300. Super XGA+ 1400*1050 LCD screen.
Processor Type: Intel Pentium M Processor Speed: 1866
Primary Drive: DVD+/-RW Hard Drive Capacity: 60.0
Laptop Size: 14.0 Memory (RAM): 512
Features: 10/100 LAN Card, Modem, Operating System, USB, WiFi Enabled

[irishron]

will the Dell Latitude D610 Pentium M be able to handle m2tw

here are the features
Individual graphic card: ATI Radeon X300. Super XGA+ 1400*1050 LCD screen.
Processor Type: Intel Pentium M Processor Speed: 1866
Primary Drive: DVD+/-RW Hard Drive Capacity: 60.0
Laptop Size: 14.0 Memory (RAM): 512
Features: 10/100 LAN Card, Modem, Operating System, USB, WiFi Enabled

It will play it but it will be with small unit sizes, no eyecandy, no battles, and get ready for ctds.

[The Source]

what about a toshiba tecra A9 laptop with

2GB Ram
500 GB Hard drive
2.5 Ghz
processor type- intel core 2 duo

or

1.5GB RAM
120 GB hard drive
2.2 Ghz
processor type- intel core 2 duo

[irishron]

Neither. No dedicated graphics card.

[The Source]

what about these links

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/150669523...ht_1560wt_1139

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/190582384...ht_4059wt_1246

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/260867339...#ht_500wt_1156

[irishron]

None. Same problem. No dedicated graphics card. This game is too old to recognize and use shared memory.

[The Source]

ok so im currently running a Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD

and the choices are for the laptop that im buying are-
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M
ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 130M


which one of these do you think would be best

[irishron]

The one you already have. The Z1600 might do it but it's really not an upgrade in performance from the 4500MHD.

[The Source]

its not that i want to upgrade my current one, its just that im getting a whole new laptop

[irishron]

Schoolwork or play games or both?

If games, which ones?

[The Source]

bit of both, the games i would play would pretty much be this one, mainly with dominon of the sword, nothing newer,
also i looked at the graphics cards you mentioned but i couldnt find any laptops under the $250(aus)/240(us) budget on ebay

[irishron]

You won't find one in your price range. Save your money and get a better one later would be my advice.

[The Source]

what would be the minimum price, and i dont really care if its a good one, just if it goes near-as good as the one im currently using

[irishron]

Dunno. Post the dxdiag of your desktop.

[The Source]

do you mean the desktop of the laptop i currently use, or the one im getting?

if so, how do i do that

[PoleCat]

Here's how:

DxDiag is easy to run if you have any knowledge of Windows. Go to the "Start" button and in that menu choose "Run Program" option ("Run..." in Vista IIRC). In the pop-up field type "dxdiag" and press enter. This is the DirectX test program - let it finish the test. After the test is finished choose the button toward the bottom labeled "Save All Information..." and save it to your desktop. Next open up this forum and post the results by copying and pasting directly to the forum. Please don't post attachments as they take up more space and time - just copy and paste. Please post ALL info and if you can please wrap it in a spoiler tag to minimize page size.

Good luck!

[The Source]

ok dont worry about the links i posted, i think i found a better one

this is the laptop info page-http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Acer-Aspire-5742G-Notebook-GT-540M.44625.0.html

graphics card info-http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-540M.41715.0.html

and the selling page if thats needed-http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-ACER-Aspire-5742G-Notebook-Core-i5-2-53GHz-/300608513926?pt=AU_comp_laptop&hash=item45fda9e786#ht_1432wt_698

[irishron]

This will do you better.