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Before I buy - 11/30/2006 9:41:04 PM

proginc

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As a Civil War junkie I've been anticipating a real ACW game for years. Before I purchase the game I need to know if I'll be able to run it on my computer. I hve a 1.7 processor but only 256 RAM. Do I need to upgrade before I can play? Will the game play if all battles are simulated?

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RE: Before I buy - 11/30/2006 9:47:00 PM

Shoot Me_I Explode

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Game Requirements

Minimum System Requirements
Windows 2000 / XP
500 MHz CPU
1GB RAM (512MB for low animation)
32 MB Video Card, DirectX 7 Compatible
Sound Card (Windows XP Compatible)
1GB Hard Drive space
CD-Rom
DirectX 7+
Adobe� Flash� Player 8+ (for intro screen only)

That's the recommended system specs from the matrix guys. I would suggest you upgrade to 512 or 1 gig if nothing else to get better preformance out of your rig.

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RE: Before I buy - 11/30/2006 9:53:15 PM

Gil R.

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Eric will chime in if I'm wrong, but I don't think you can play the game -- and even if you are able to, it will be VERY slow. One of our testers tried it on a 256MB computer (I don't know the processor speed) and he couldn't get past the options menu.

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RE: Before I buy - 11/30/2006 9:55:52 PM

Terminus

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Yeah, I remember when that happened. Get some more RAM, you're letting your machine and yourself down with only 256Mb...

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RE: Before I buy - 12/1/2006 4:12:04 PM

Adam Parker

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I'm running FoF with 512mb Ram with a 2.8ghz P4, 128mb nVidia GeFroce Ti4200.

I'm using full aimation (ie: normal settings) and the game loads, intros, scrolls and plays fine. Haven't played enough to feel for the reported bugs. Closing the game takes a long while. Must be caching.

I feel that I will need to go 1G Ram or switch to Low Animation to play this game properly. The later is the cheaper option - but you will need at least 512mb Ram or your computer may freeze up. Even W@W 2 is giving me "virtual memory" warnings.

Once Windows Vista comes out, I'll be buying a 2G Ram beast - although from what I'm hearing, that config will be standard for Vista's operations next year.

My advice - buy a new PC next year and wait for this game's bugs to be fixed.

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RE: Before I buy - 12/1/2006 5:01:34 PM

Canuck_jp