Build a PC for Rome 2 / Hardware Recommendations and Advice Thread

[Biggus Splenus]

guys would an intel hd graphics 4000 run the game?

alQ is right, but what's your resolution?

I found a perfect noise and cooling setup for my new rig. The solution was to plug the CPU cooler to the CASE FAN connector and the case fans to the CPU FAN connector:
The CPU cooler is now configured to Asus Q-FAN Turbo in the BIOS so running at nearly full speed which is still impressive silent,

While my fans are connected to the CPU fan connector that I can customize better running at 15% speed now.

Now I am rehabilitated as PC silencer again.

What fans do you have?

[godzsword1]

if i can get better graphics if i lower res i probably will tho...

[alQamar]

yes but only with low-mid settings. Best effort is the auto configuration that TW does on the first start. Choose DX11 to improve performance.

[godzsword1]

1366x768

[ColdFire]

Rome II has great dual screen potential, it's easy to imagine having the tactical map in one screen and the main battle screen on the other. CA did say they were considering this at one point, has there been any news on this? It just seems like such a simple but great addition to the game.

Also, previous Total War games have had an issue where the game doesn't lock the cursor to the screen the game in on, hopefully this has been fixed.

[O X I R]

As far as I know there won't be.

[Fishdawg]

Nope they have said not happening. Wish they would change it though

[ColdFire]

Nope they have said not happening. Wish they would change it though

Was the not happening from something you could link to?

[Agent Provocateur]

My turn


CPU = Intel core 2 Extreme QX9650 - runs at 3.6 GHz
GPU = Radeon HD5870
Mb = Gigbyte EP45-EXTREME
Mem = 4 gig
HD = SSD for OS + a normal one for data
Screen = 1680*1050

[Blueinstinct]

hey guys, iam running a q 9550 @ 4 ghz with a HD7850 and 4gb ram

what kind of performance could i expect?
i dont have shogun2 and i dint find a comparable processor in the list

greetings

[Blueinstinct]

My turn


CPU = Intel core 2 Extreme QX9650 - runs at 3.6 GHz
GPU = Radeon HD5870
Mb = Gigbyte EP45-EXTREME
Mem = 4 gig
HD = SSD for OS + a normal one for data
Screen = 1680*1050

id really be interested in ur min fps, as my specs are rather close to yours

[Manuel I Komnenos]

Tomorrow I'm expecting the arrival of my new Gigabyte GTX 760 2GB (rev2.0) graphics card. You can imagine what a huge upgrade this is from my nVidia 9600GT!

[Signus]

So, my question is.. how much RAM does this game actually use?

I'm currently using 4 gigs worth of this old stuff - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145182

I don't really know anything about RAM, I don't know how much it has advanced or how out of date that is. Is 4 gigs going to be enough for this? This is my current motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157384

[Epic28]

Tomorrow I'm expecting the arrival of my new Gigabyte GTX 760 2GB (rev2.0) graphics card. You can imagine what a huge upgrade this is from my nVidia 9600GT!

You'll love the card. Its a monster. Both physical size and GPU power.

So, my question is.. how much RAM does this game actually use?

I'm currently using 4 gigs worth of this old stuff - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145182

I don't really know anything about RAM, I don't know how much it has advanced or how out of date that is. Is 4 gigs going to be enough for this? This is my current motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157384

4GB is plenty for Rome 2. Anything more is overkill and goes rather underutilized.

[Signus]

You'll love the card. Its a monster. Both physical size and GPU power.



4GB is plenty for Rome 2. Anything more is overkill and goes rather underutilized.

This is true even if the RAM is old? (Thanks for the fast reply!)

[Epic28]

This is true even if the RAM is old? (Thanks for the fast reply!)

Yes, what do you mean by old? How many MHz is your RAM?

[Signus]

Yes, what do you mean by old? How many MHz is your RAM?

This is the RAM I'm currently using http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145182

It's old, but as far as I know RAM hasn't advanced too much since I bought it.

[ahowl11]

Just bought a new CPU desktop from Office Max for a very good price of $349. I have yet to open it after two days after getting it because I want to make sure it will work for Rome 2. Here are the specs:

Lenovo H520s Desktop
HDD 1TB
Memory 4GB
Windows 8
Intel 2.9 Ghz
Graphics Engine Intel HD Graphics

Everything is in between the minimum and recommended system requirements, but it looks like I will need to have a better graphics card installed if I want to run the game on high settings. Playable or not?

[Aruberikku]

I wouldn't expect wonders, might be playable at lowest settings, but the FPS will be rather bad.

The graphics card in there is just the GPU that's integrated in the CPU, therefore it's rather weak. If you upgrade that, you'll likely also need a stronger PSU.
But it might not even be worth it with the CPU, not sure which one it is exactly. (When I check the Lenovo site, their H520s desktop models all have different CPU stats than what you mention.)
If you have Shogun 2, you could run the benchmark following this thread.

[ahowl11]

I don't have Shogun 2. And I looked up a 1024 MB DirectX 11 Compatible Graphics card and found this:
http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-E...le+video+cards

It seems as the HDD and memory are fine for the game to work. Also my processor is not the minimum requirement either. I have a good feeling the game would work fine, but like I said, I may need to get a graphics card. If I can get the one above, that would be ideal.