Insane System Requirements!

Hi.
Has anyone looked at the system requirements for the upcoming NTW?

Intel CPU - Core 2 Duo E67002.66GHz, AMD CPU - Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+
Memory(XP) - 2 GB RAM, Memory(Vista/Windows 7) - 4 GB RAM Nvidia
Graphics Card - Geforce 8800 GT 256MB ATI Graphics Card - Radeon X1800 Series 256MB

So you need a new high end system to even meet the understated minimum requirements.
Sure, new games always have high requirements, but how many people have that maxed out high end gaming systems when the game comes out?
It seems to me that they are unnecessarily cutting down their customer base for the game by having this high system requirements.
Do people really care about better and better graphics?
Any thoughts?

From the Steam page:

System Requirements
Minimum:

OS:Microsoft® Windows Vista®/XP®/Windows® 7
Processor: 2.3 GHz CPU with SSE2
Memory: 1 GB RAM (XP), 2 GB RAM (Vista®/Windows® 7)
Graphics: 256 MB DirectX® 9.0c shader model 2b compatible GPU
DirectX®: DirectX® 9.0c
Hard Drive: 15 GB free space

Recommended:

OS: Microsoft® Windows Vista®/XP®/Windows® 7
Processor: 2.6 GHz Dual Core CPU
Memory: 2 GB RAM (XP), 4 GB RAM (Vista®/Windows® 7)
Graphics: 256 MB DirectX® 9.0c shader model 3 compatible GPU
DirectX®: DirectX® 9.0c
Hard Drive: 15 GB free space

Originally Posted by Lusted

From the Steam page:

System Requirements
Minimum:

OS:Microsoft® Windows Vista®/XP®/Windows® 7
Processor: 2.3 GHz CPU with SSE2
Memory: 1 GB RAM (XP), 2 GB RAM (Vista®/Windows® 7)
Graphics: 256 MB DirectX® 9.0c shader model 2b compatible GPU
DirectX®: DirectX® 9.0c
Hard Drive: 15 GB free space

Recommended:

OS: Microsoft® Windows Vista®/XP®/Windows® 7
Processor: 2.6 GHz Dual Core CPU
Memory: 2 GB RAM (XP), 4 GB RAM (Vista®/Windows® 7)
Graphics: 256 MB DirectX® 9.0c shader model 3 compatible GPU
DirectX®: DirectX® 9.0c
Hard Drive: 15 GB free space

Yeah, that seems more like it. Still needs a expensive gaming system, but not a new 500 $ computer.
Seems I shouldn't trust wikipedia.

Originally Posted by Lusted

From the Steam page:

System Requirements
Minimum:

OS:Microsoft® Windows Vista®/XP®/Windows® 7
Processor: 2.3 GHz CPU with SSE2
Memory: 1 GB RAM (XP), 2 GB RAM (Vista®/Windows® 7)
Graphics: 256 MB DirectX® 9.0c shader model 2b compatible GPU
DirectX®: DirectX® 9.0c
Hard Drive: 15 GB free space

Recommended:

OS: Microsoft® Windows Vista®/XP®/Windows® 7
Processor: 2.6 GHz Dual Core CPU
Memory: 2 GB RAM (XP), 4 GB RAM (Vista®/Windows® 7)
Graphics: 256 MB DirectX® 9.0c shader model 3 compatible GPU
DirectX®: DirectX® 9.0c
Hard Drive: 15 GB free space

Check!

Awww Lusted... you beat me to it.


I'm believe that the basic rule of thumb is that if you can play Empire on your machine, you'll probably be able to play Napoleon as well, though you may have to reduce some options.

Whoever edited thw wiki page was mad (or had no idea about the game).

If your Pc can run ETw, it can run NTw too.

Those are recommended system requirements taken from here: http://www.game-debate.com/games/ind...%20Total%20War

They're recommended, not minimum

Only thing I am going to struggle with will be the graphics as my card is 128mb.

But am hoping as stated above that if can run ETW can run NTW as ETW runs fine.

I am thou waiting for the demo (hopefully) before deciding to buy the game incase. Either that or am asking for a new graphics card and some ran (only have 2gb) for my birthday!

Same as Empire... I wonder why.

the system requirements have even deceased (slightly) and believe me you don't need a good computer to run etw

Originally Posted by Ulan1990

the system requirements have even deceased (slightly) and believe me you don't need a good computer to run etw

My friends PC is fairly low end, but not to bad, the land battles run quite well, it's the Sea battles that make it really struggle, even with us turning more and more optians off.

CA have said that although there have been graphical improvements, that the engine has been tweaked for better performance, so hopefully as I can run ETW on max, the same applies to NTW?

Originally Posted by Ulan1990

the system requirements have even deceased (slightly) and believe me you don't need a good computer to run etw

Believe me, you do.

My old computer was top-of-the-range when we bought it 4 years ago. It wouldnt even run MED 2.

I recently bought a top-class computer which handles ETW almost perfectly. NTW should definately work really well on mine.

No idea about what specs my PC has, but I'm playing with everything set on ultra, and 500 soldiers pr. unit, which averages about 6-7000 soldiers on each side in the battles - and running 60 fps.

Just thought I'd mention this to the people complaining about not being able to run the game.

Originally Posted by Cozur

No idea about what specs my PC has, but I'm playing with everything set on ultra, and 500 soldiers pr. unit, which averages about 6-7000 soldiers on each side in the battles - and running 60 fps.

Just thought I'd mention this to the people complaining about not being able to run the game.

doesnt really help anyone tho if they cannot compare their PC specs to yours

Originally Posted by HMS Empire Broadsword

Believe me, you do.

My old computer was top-of-the-range when we bought it 4 years ago. It wouldnt even run MED 2.

I recently bought a top-class computer which handles ETW almost perfectly. NTW should definately work really well on mine.

i have an amd atlon x2 5000+
ati hd 4550
2gb of ram
maybe I don't really need it to run with a very high fps but i can run this on high (and medium with darthmod ultimate commander with lite smoke and blood mod didn't try to move it higher yet) just fine imo and you can't seriously call this a high-end pc

Originally Posted by Zhuge_Liang

Same as Empire... I wonder why.

Same engine perhaps

Please don't tell me you are complaining that they havn't rasied the requirements alowing less people to play

I think I can rest comfortably that my 8 GB RAM graphics card can handle this game with everything maxed out.

Originally Posted by EmperorBatman999

I think I can rest comfortably that my 8 GB RAM graphics card can handle this game with everything maxed out.

8gb graphics card?
care to explain what graphics card you have?
Cause the most i've seen on a graphics card is 2gb.

Originally Posted by Greve Af Göteborg

8gb graphics card?
care to explain what graphics card you have?
Cause the most i've seen on a graphics card is 2gb.

Well it WAS a custom made computer, and as far as I know, the card is an ATI.