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Then again we get complaints from people with P4-3000 and 1gig memory and 256meg video card. So go figure. :)
 
jdrou said:
Very rarely do software producers tell you the real minimum requirements; it's almost always actually a 'recommended minimum' or 'minimum supported'. An actual minimum would vary so they play it safe. Resources can also depend on the OS; I believe WinME and XP require more than 98 and 2000 (some software 'minimums' actually do show this). I've been running HoI on DirectX 7 ('minimum 8.1') and Victoria on DirectX 8.1 ('minimum 9.0' IIRC) quite well to give another example. 1MB of video RAM is a hard minimum for HoI I believe (800x600x16bpp=960000 byte framebuffer). 1.5MB would be minimum for 1024x768 res. My old Thinkpad 600E (P2-300/416MB RAM/2.5MB video) ran HoI at 1024x768 with barely adequate speed.
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Ah! but do you play HOI or Vic MP?
 
8.1 with EU2 and atleast early HOI would be okay, I don't think you would get away with Dx7, you certainly could not play Vic MP with Dx7.
 
Different publisher may make different claims.
And differnt people have different opinions about what meets minimum playability.
 
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