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System requirements say CPU: 2 GHz.

I have a Pentium 4, 1.7 GHz. Would I be able to run this game on my system with my CPU, or am I too underpowered?

It will run on my old 1.1 Pentium but for me the rate is too slow ( but hey I get pretty impatient waiting to get to the next bug )[;)]. So yes it will run but it may be a tad slow. It's something you will have to try. You could wait till the demo is out and try that.

Thanks for the quick reply, Dave. Will wait for the demo, but I imagine the demo is only a smallish tutorial-type scenario. Will that be a good measure? Won't the CPU issue really come into play only with the larger scenarios?

My RAM exceeds the minimum requirements. Does RAM in any way compensate for a lack of CPU power? (I hope that's not a stupid question; I'm not a computer geek.)

By the way, I have HTTR and therefore am not put off by the price of the new game. I know what I'll be getting with your game engine. I'd probably even pay a few dollars more (but don't tell Matrix that!).

I've been waiting for the release of this game since I got HTTR in 2007. Congratulations for completing it!

Thanks again.

To a degree having more RAM does help, especially with things like map scrolling. But the real bottleneck for rout calcs is processing speed and they are the single biggest factor in determining speed. Actually I will qualify that. In scenarios with a large number of units that are closely engaged with each other, then line of sight determinations and general reaction code processing can have a big impact on performance.

The demo will include the tutorial scenario. Yes its a medium sized scenario with about reinforced division per side. It will give a pretty good indication.

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: ibi5205

System requirements say CPU: 2 GHz.

I have a Pentium 4, 1.7 GHz. Would I be able to run this game on my system with my CPU, or am I too underpowered?

I tested BftB for few years on my two old IBM ThinkPad R52 laptops - the game works (I played hundreads and hundreads AI vs. AI tests on them )! [:)]

BTW, your Intel P4 1.70 Ghz is certainly more powerful than my Intel Pentium M 730 1.60 GHz!

Please note, as already said here, the game will run but it will be slower than on faster systems (CPU + RAM)...


Leo "Apollo11"


P.S.
IBM ThinkPad R52
Intel Pentium M 730 1.60 GHz (1 core), 512 MB RAM, Intel 915 (Built in) 128 MB RAM, Win XP 32 bit SP3