Memory requirements

[fulcrum28]

may i please know which game ANW or HCE has more requirements for memory/CPU etc? It seems to ANW requires more than HCE, but it surely depends on scenarios. It might be because ANW has more complex computations than HCE.
Hope to hear some expert opinion. Thanks.

[hermanhum]

I think that you are right about the size of the scenario being the single-most important factor.  I have seen both ANW and HCE scenarios make my computer run like molasses.  The only real problem I have noticed is during MP/LAN usage.  Large scenarios will crash the MP/LAN server even if individual players have very fast internet connections.

I was told that both games "hog" the CPU power, but will readily give it up when other processes/applications ask for some of that processing power.

[fulcrum28]

thank yu very much.