Are the Recommended Requirements for the game an honest depiction?

[Achilleslastand]

Of the games real time performance?
Keep in mind this is recommended and not minimum.

CPU....2nd generation Core Intel I5
4 GB RAM
GPU.......Nvidia GTX 560 or AMD HD5870


Here is a list of the 2nd Generation Intel I5's which the game recommends.
http://ark.intel.com/products/family...ssors#@Desktop


And a AMD HD 5870 is what? 3 generations old im guessing.

Id love to see someone try and run the game with one of those CPUs and a 5870 then post the results. I would wager the results would fall in the "barely playable" range.

[wulfgar610]

I'm playing the game with a core 2 quad and a gt 640. I'm finding the results more satisfactory than Rome2. But I'm am getting quite a few "freezes".

[Totalheadache]

Ofc not....

[jdhorrigan]

The game recommends max setting for me and I get awful performance on those so I doubt the recommended settings are terribly accurate.

[LestaT]

Of the games real time performance?
Keep in mind this is recommended and not minimum.

CPU....2nd generation Core Intel I5
4 GB RAM
GPU.......Nvidia GTX 560 or AMD HD5870


Here is a list of the 2nd Generation Intel I5's which the game recommends.
http://ark.intel.com/products/family...ssors#@Desktop


And a AMD HD 5870 is what? 3 generations old im guessing.

Id love to see someone try and run the game with one of those CPUs and a 5870 then post the results. I would wager the results would fall in the "barely playable" range.

Recommended does not mean max settings.

I don;t have 5870 but before I bought 260x I was using my back GPU which is GT520 which is not eve a gaming pc but I can run everything fine on lowest settings. 'barely playable' is quite subjective. Do you consider 15-20 fps barely playable or unplayable or you're fine with it ?

[nosuchname]

I dont mind running on performance settings, if it would not lag that much

[nosuchname]

i have a gtx 960 and an intel i5 4690k. I am running the game on performance settings with high textures and large unit size. I still get a lot of lag during 20vs20 battles. When ever my armies clashes together my fps drops down to 20-25fps, which is not playable. the recommeded requirements are false!