Posted: 3/17/2007 12:29:39 AM EDT
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I got Supreme Commander and noticed when I play any map over 4 players, I lagg to a crawl. My system is: AMD 2.8 GHZ CPU Nvidia 6600GT 128MB AGP Video card 1 GB DDR PC3200 RAM Memory MSI MoBo ViewSonic 19" LCD with 4ns refresh rate. Should I: Upgrade to 2 gigs of RAM? Upgrade to a NVIDIA 7800GS 256mb Video Card? OR, BOTH? I'm strapped for cash so I can only do one or the other right now...... |
| I haven't tried Supreme Commander yet, but I know that on Battlefield 2142, my comp lags a lot, and I have an Intel Pent. 4, 3.0 Ghz with 2gig of ram, and a Radeon x1600 Diamond graphics card. It seems like most games that are coming out are geared more for the Dual Core processors, even though they don't say so. |
My PC runs 2142 pretty well. Granted a few things are set to low and med settings but still stable and looks great. I just ordered 2 1 gig sticks of DDR PC3200 RAM from NewEgg.com for $129.00. I caught them no a sale so that was some luck. I'm going to wait on a video card. too many $$$ to drop into an old system. I'm having another one built for me at the end of the year. Prices on stuff that recently came out will go way down by then and thanks to NewEgg I will get a kick ass rig for low $$$. |
| I got the RAM. 2 gigs installed. Made a marked improvement in game play, however I can not set the unit limit higher then 500 per in a 2 player game and 250 per in a four player game. It's LAG CITY any higher than that. I am holding off untill the end of the year to have a new rig built. This will suit me fine until then. |
I just played the demo and that's exactly what SC looks like. Total Annihilation rehashed. The resource collection is EXACTLY the same. Are there nukes and missle defense systems in SC? I remember when I used to play TA I was always about the nuke. I had to invest a lot in EMP warheads as a counter to the missle defense systems. 
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1.8 duo clocked to 2.05 7600 gt 256 ddr3 1 gig OCZ pc800 asus p5n32e plus Its all good on low and med settings. One thing worth mentioning, a good mobo goes a long way, and some mobo (motherboard) don't bridge between the GPU to CPU very well which will leave you wondering why you spent 200 bucks for a newer video card. forums.gaspowered.com/viewtopic.php?t=884 Here are the Supreme Commander system requirements. Minimum * Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Vista * 1.8 GHz processor * 512 MB RAM * 8GB available hard drive space * 128MB video RAM or greater, with DirectX 9 Vertex Shader/Pixel Shader 2.0 support * Sound card, speakers or headphones * 56.6 Kbps Internet connection required Recommended * 3.0 GHz Intel or equivalent AMD processor or better * 1GB RAM or better * 8GB available hard drive space * 256 MB Video RAM, with DirectX 9 Vertex Shader/Pixel Shader 2.0 support ** (Nvidia 6800 or better, ATI X800 XL, X 1300 or better) * Internet connection with Cable/DSL speeds |