I've just installed MOW:AS on my PC, and when I try to run it, the '1C Company' video logo thing whatever comes up on my screen, after it is done, it closes the game down and gives me a 'Program will be terminated' notice. I'll be $20 dollars poorer if this shit don't work. Edit: I fit the minimum requirements, all except for video card, (pixel shader 3.0) that's the only thing I don't have.
Damn it, all this for one game. That's why I play on consoles, they're all compatible with the same fucking system, just put the damn disc in and play your heart out.
Screw that, new gaming PC's cost thousands of dollars, I'd rather get a shitty 60 dollar video card than do that. Any recommendations? All I need is Shader 3.0 or what ever the hell that is.
What kind of graphics card do you have now? You really don't need a fancy graphics card for that game, pretty much any card will do.
I'm going to get it updated by the end of the month, or whenever, all I need for an 'upgrade' is Shader 3.0, everything else is slightly above-minimum. The only thing preventing me from playing is Shader 3.0 support, with fully compatible DirectX 9.0C. As for my video card, I have next to no freakin' clue, although I'm sure I have DirectX 9.0C support, larger than minimum MB for video memory and whatever, I am sure I have everything except for Shader 3.0.
Even my old graphics card (an ati 3850) could run the game on max so your card has to be quite old. If you want to know what kind of card you have, click on start, then run dxdiag to see all of your system's information. Alternatively, you can just open up your PC case and take a look. You should at least know what kind of slots you have on your motherboard (PCI/PCIe or even AGP), you might otherwise buy a card that isn't compatible.
Hmm, I'm going to have to have a long talk with the guy at the Tech shop about one tiny little upgrade. I barely know a thing about computers, so I have no clue what a PCI/PCIe or AGP is, and I do not trust myself with disassembling my computer.
I will say it again, it's better to get an entirely new computer, otherwise you'll end up buying a nice brand new video card, but then won't have the Power Source to run it and so on and on and on.
PCI, PCIe and AGP are basically slots on your motherboard that you use to connect cards (graphics cards, but also sound cards for example). PCI and AGP are becoming less and less common and are being replaced by PCIe nowadays. I mentioned it because pretty much all new graphics cards are PCIe, and your computer might not have a slot for that. I think you're either running on an AGP card (which are very old indeed) or on integrated graphics. You don't need to disassemble your computer, I meant that you could look inside the case to see what kind of card you have. You can always ask someone else to install a new card if you're not sure how to do it yourself. I tend to agree, but that will cost him a lot of money if he doesn't know how to build one himself. Gaming PC's aren't expensive at all (my PC will run pretty much everything on max and it only cost me around €500), but buying a new system costs a whole lot more. We really need to know more about his system though if we want to decide if it's better to get a new system or a new card.
I think he made a thread showing his PC specs, I recall it being called "So my PC is not so bad after all" or something like that, despite from the title his PC is still a lot worser than mine, and I consider my PC a joke compared to some other gaming PCs, maybe since you know more about today's hardware maybe you could recommend something for him, since my knowledge about PC hardware is quite limited. But yes I do agree that assembling a whole new PC is very expensive, but frankly he doesn't have much a choice.
I'd think it is a pretty good system, not too old, I bought it half a decade ago. It probably isn't in it's time for PCIe, but I still don't know what a Windows Microsoft XP runs. I have a Vaio computer, it's basically a large black box that makes stupid noises and runs slow on startup, although I have come to an educated guess that I should just get a new video card, and find one compatible with my system, I know a fair bit about my system, but I'm not tech savvy. I will search the webs for something that I think will be compatible, go to a tech store, and discuss it with somebody, then if I am all set, and the guy who's job it is to break apart computers and switch tiny parts and large wires says it will be compatible, with the mentioned videogame, then so be it. Any further information can help this long, and expensive process. And no, I don't know how to build a PC, I thought there was an industry to do it for me, heh.
By building he means that you choose the parts for your computer in the cheapest way possible. But anyway, sooner or later you'll have to buy a new one, but for now I think you can make it due with a compatible video card.
I just realised that you posted your specs in your earlier thread (I actually post there, but forgot about it completely): http://www.josefvstalin.com/threads/so-my-computer-isnt-so-bad-after-all.6103/ So your system is something like this: Intel Pentium 4 processor 3.00 Ghz 1 GB of RAM (DDR 333 or 400) And you said your chipset is this: Intel 82915/GV/910GL express chipset http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_chipsets#Pentium_4.2FPentium_D.2FPentium_EE_chipsets Which means you have integrated graphics, and not a card. Your GPU is (probably) this one: http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/gma900/index.htm Integrated graphics are really not intented for gaming at all, but games like RTW will run on it. You will run Assault Squad on minimum settings when you add a video card, but your system's memory is still really slow, and your CPU isn't very fast either. If you want to run it more smoothly or play some more recent games, you really don't have much of a choice, you'll need a better system.
I was able to run Rome Total War demo smoothly, almost no problems at all, my original intent was to buy this game at a retail store, but I found no stores selling the game. Yes, I noticed this when I downloaded the Men of War demo, not AS, or Vietnam, but the original. However that's not really a problem, I'm not one for multiplayer RTS', I'll just have fun in Editor and in the campaign, I might venture into multiplayer, but that's at a later time. As for my PC, I'm sticking with it, I'm confident that I can obtain a video card that will run it regardless of performance, later, maybe in a few years, I'll get a new system.
Yeah indeed, I ran the game on max on a system that was far worse (except in graphics) than your system. It's pretty strange that you can't find RTW in a store though. I don't remember ever walking into a store that doesn't sell the game. It's still an immensly popular game. Then again, I have never seen a retail copy of any Men of War game in my life. I bought all of the games in the series on steam. If you can run singleplayer, you can run multi as well, that shouldn't be a problem. The multi is far superior to the singleplayer IMO, especially for AS.
The investment would be worth it if it works. (not in literal monetary value) That is the meaning behind this statement
