Hardware Best Prices and Deals for MTW2

**Daneboy** · September 23, 2006, 02:28 AM

Goodmorning gents. (and ladies)

With MTW2 comming up, and all of us in need of investing in hardware to run the game, I was thinking that I would make a thread in which people can post links to online shops that sell graphic cards and stuff at good prices.

It might be a bit premature, since the game isn´t out yet, but I think that a lot of noobs, such as myself, would appreciate it if the more tech knowledgeable members could post prices and links to cards that will be able to run the game as a minimum on medium.

Please post only link and price.

Have a great weekend.

Daneboy

**Frost, colonel** · September 23, 2006, 06:03 AM

Not a bad idea, although you may tempt folks into beggering themselves!

Seen as prices change almost daily at some sites(where they have offers partic)it is always a good idea to try a price checker/comparison site, although not all decent surpliers appear on them, so always have a good last minute look around.

With some of the UK's cheapest sites I have signed up for their weekly email offers.
Although a moderater my say that this sticky in the Basement

C Hardware Buyers Guide, covers it?

**ghost665** · September 23, 2006, 06:19 AM

www.aria.co.uk for all your hardware desires lol

**Candelarius** · September 23, 2006, 07:07 AM

I just picked up an ATI Radeon x1600 512 for only 200 bucks at ATI's website, seemed like a good deal to me.

**Lucius Cornelius Sulla** · September 23, 2006, 08:07 AM

I think that a computer where RTW run well (with huge unit dimension in battles) could run well MTW 2 too, because his graphic engine is the same of RTW.

An example is a 3.o Ghz, 1024 mb of ram and a graphic card at least of 128 mb.

**Dede_Korkut** · September 23, 2006, 08:20 AM

İNTEL SİSTEM

low

cpu: INTEL Celeron D 331(2.66GHz,533MHz,256K,LGA775)

board: ASUS P5P800-VM(I865G,LAN,SATA,VGA,LGA775)

Ram: (i think kingstone) 256

hdd: 50 higher

video: 256MB GeForce 7300 GS (PCI-E)

sound: creative 24bit

medium

cpu: INTEL Pentium 4 524(3.06GHz,533MHz,1MB,LGA775) BOX

board: MSI MS 7176-070 Neo2-F(I945G,VGA,GLAN,SATA,LGA775)

Ram: (dual kit 2x256) toplamda 512

hdd: SAMSUNG 120GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache very important)

video: 6600 gt , 6800 gs , 7600 gt

sound: creative 24bit

high

cpu: INTEL Pentium D 940(3.2GHz,800MHz,4MB,LGA775) BOX

board: ASUS P5N32-SLI Deluxe(NF4SLI,GLAN,SATA,RAID,LGA775)

Ram: 2048(for combo system)

hdd: SAMSUNG 200GB 7200RPM 8MB

video: 7800gtx , 7900gt

sound: creative 24bit

AMD SİSTEM

low

cpu: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ VENICE (1.8GHz, 512K, S939)

board: GIGABYTE GA-K8NMF9 (NF4 4X,LAN,SATA,RAID,S939)

Ram : twinmos 256

hdd: 50 higher

video: 256MB GeForce 7300 GS (PCI-E)

soundı: creative 24bit

medium

cpu: AMD Athlon 64 3700+ (2.2GHz, 1024K, S939)

board: EPOX EP-9NPA+ ULTRA (nForce4, GLAN, SATA, RAID,S939)

Ram : (dual kit 2x256) total 512

hdd: SAMSUNG 120GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache very important )

video: 6600 gt , 6800 gs , 7600 gt

sound: creative 24bit

high

cpu: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (2.0GHz,1024K Cache,S939)

board: EPOX EP-9NPA+SLI (NF4,GLAN,SATA,RAID,S939)

Ram : Dual Channel Kit (2x1024MB) total 2048

hdd: SAMSUNG 200GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache very important)

video: 7800gtx , 7900gt

sound: creative 24bit

i think :tooth: totalwar-turkiye.com
what are u think my list

**Spart** · September 23, 2006, 10:40 AM

^^
Athlon 3700 for medium? Hmm... Depends on unit size.. But AMD 3000 should perform just as well as P4 3,0 GHz in games, maybe even better. So, do you mean minimum requirements by "low"? I think it was Intel 1,8 Ghz for minimum.

**najak** · September 23, 2006, 10:58 AM

I think a 128mb video card can still do the job, like a r9600xt (mine hehehehe)

**Spart** · September 23, 2006, 11:09 AM

It sucks when the required specs are informed like: "3 Ghz cpu and 256mb graphics card" That doesen't tell very much...
Try comparing: a) Intel Celeron 3 Ghz and ATi Xpress 200 256mb and b) Athlon 64 @ 3 Ghz and X1900XT 256mb. With that first one, you will have trouble getting game working on low-settings. With that second one, It easily runs on high. So much for processor speed and graphics memory.

**Scarlett Letterman** · September 23, 2006, 11:28 AM

So I ran RTW well with this setup (huge units, mid-high graphics) so will it run M2TW do you think? And IF I were to upgrade, how would I best go about it, like what is the weak link, or would I be best off building a whole new system.

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (1.84 GHZ)
1 GB of Ram
ATI 9800 Pro (128 MB DDR memory)
Asus A7N8X-X Motherboard (not dual channel capable i believe)
Maxtor 6E040L0 150GB HD (not sure of cache)

**Frost, colonel** · September 23, 2006, 11:41 AM

Perphaps this thread needs renaming, as it seems misleading and is steering away from it's intended purpose, as we already have the stickied 'System requirements thread'.

**a_swiss_pikeman** · September 23, 2006, 11:52 AM

For all your computer hardware needs just go to www.newegg.com best site on the net. I dont think a 3700+ Sandy would be medium, you could oc that to almost 3.0 on air.

**Spart** · September 23, 2006, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by a_swiss_pikeman

For all your computer hardware needs just go to www.newegg.com best site on the net. I dont think a 3700+ Sandy would be medium, you could oc that to almost 3.0 on air.

True, and works well for sure even without overclocking. Is there any english site that lists hardware prizes and places where to buy them? There's that kind of finnish site, but it's no use for you others...
Pretty handy, just pick the cheapest and order it. Really depressing if you buy a uber graphics card and then you notice you've paid 100€ too much...