Windows 7 / Graphics Card

[Hippias]

Hello Guys

Please take pity on an old gamer who is something of a technology throwback.

My current rig (Windows XP - ATI Radeon 9800 XT) is giving up on me after many years of problem free RTW playing.

I am considering a Sony all-in-one with windows 7 home premium 64 bit + NVIDIA Geforce 9300M GS 256MB graphics.

Will RTW be playable with these new specs? I see from Microsoft's site that RTW/BI currently show as unsupported for Win 7, and I know nothing about graphics cards and don't know whether this NVIDIA card is better or worse than my old ATI card.

Thanks in advance.

[irishron]

Is that memory going to be dedicated to the graphics chip and not shared?

[Hippias]

Is that memory going to be dedicated to the graphics chip and not shared?

Yep - dedicated - assuming PC World UK are to be believed

[irishron]

How much memory?

[Hippias]

How much memory?

Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 processor <LI class=indentFeature>(2.8GHz, 3MB Cache)
Genuine Windows 7(R) Home Premium
4GB memory
500GB hard drive

Cheers Irishron

[irishron]

It will run Rome and BI. I would not try Medieval2 with it, though.

[Hippias]

It will run Rome and BI. I would not try Medieval2 with it, though.

Many thanks for the help

So despite what Microsoft say on their web site Windows 7 is compatible for RTW and BI.......?

[irishron]

I can play it and I'm running Win 7 Pro 64bit. Just run it as admin and XP compatibility.

[Hippias]

I can play it and I'm running Win 7 Pro 64bit. Just run it as admin and XP compatibility.

Ah....XP compatability.....I believe that is only available on win 7 Pro, not basic win 7 Home.

Methinks I shall have to shell out for the Pro version.....

Thanks again for the help.

[Brusilov]

I can play it on my Windows 7 system (also 64 bit - it may be the pro version but it may be the Home Premium as I had that version of Vista and got an upgrade from Dell to 7) without having to use XP compatability mode. I installed to a folder other than "c:\program files (x86)" as well.