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A medium - high setting maybe?
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2430M CPU @ 2.40GHz
Video Card 1 Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000
Video Card 2 NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M
Memory 6.1 GB
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8 (build 9200), 64-bit
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2430M CPU @ 2.40GHz
Video Card 1 Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000
Video Card 2 NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M
Memory 6.1 GB
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8 (build 9200), 64-bit
UNless the graphics card requirements are overstated by CO I think you will be playing on low as your card is below the required spec.
LE: Actually, as I have seen on the Paradox Store, the minimum spec for graphical card is nVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 which is from 2008, whilst mine is from 2011. I am over the minimum specs and at about 75% (?) percent of the recommended. At least from the GPU point of view.
*google research*
you card is of comparable power to a gt 9800 which is back from 2007ish. Pay attention to the second number in your card model. That 2 right there means its the lowest possible within the 500 series.
LE: Actually, as I have seen on the Paradox Store, the minimum spec for graphical card is nVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 which is from 2008, whilst mine is from 2011. I am over the minimum specs and at about 75% (?) percent of the recommended. At least from the GPU point of view.
*google research*
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-525M.43889.0.html
run this tiny program here (2mb, no instalation required http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/) it will tell you if the card uses GDDR5 or GDDR3 memory.
with gddr5 you have a considerably stronger graphics capability. But im guessing its gddr3, then it could be that it really is not much better than the integrated GPU on you AMD 6800K. Thing is, if you play the game and end up unhappy with the performance, you could remove the card, drivers, install the AMD graphics driver and try the game again, free of cost.
Sadly, I Think I allready know the answer, my good o'll system I build in early 2008 still works for a lot of games (Guildwars 2, eu4, mass effect 3).
Windows 7
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz
GeForce 9800 GT - 1 GB DDR3
6gb RAM
however, current minimum requirements that are stated according to the OP are lower...sooo... any insight?
overclocking might still be an option? or is it just too outdated?
Windows 7
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz
GeForce 9800 GT - 1 GB DDR3
6gb RAM
however, current minimum requirements that are stated according to the OP are lower...sooo... any insight?
overclocking might still be an option? or is it just too outdated?
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minimum for graphics card is DX11. 9800 GT only has dx10, the res of your pc just meets the requirements, except graphics card. it won't work. Game won't even start unless you have a dx11 card
CPU/SoC Intel Core i7-3630QM @ 2,4GHz
Turbo 3,4GHz
Memory: 8 GB
videocard 1 Intel HD graphics 4000
videocard 2 Quadro Nvidia NVS 5400M
Turbo 3,4GHz
Memory: 8 GB
videocard 1 Intel HD graphics 4000
videocard 2 Quadro Nvidia NVS 5400M
It's GDDR3. I guess I'll have to wait to see how well it runs C:S. Thanks for the help!
The HD4000 and NVS 5400M are both really weak for gaming. I think you'll be able to run it on low. It's your biggest bottleneck. Your CPU & RAM is solid.
Date has nothing to do with it. On what basis are you claiming that your card is better, other than "it's later"? Oh, I see, because you think it has a higher number therefore it's better? That's not how it works. A 960 is not better than a 780 for example. Additionally, yours is a mobile card, right?
Here are the benchmarks for the 3 graphics cards in question, the 660 (recommended specs) is the top one, the 260 (the minimum specs) is the middle one and your card is the bottom one:
The raw performance is not the be-all and end all of "will it run a game", but it's a decent indicator of relative power.
Thanks for your replay. Yes i'm aware of that. The laptop is optimised for engineering programs. But if I can run it with low graphics settings i'm okay with that. I don't play the game for the graphics. Train Fever runs fine on my laptop with low graphics
i7 4790 3.60 ghz
Zotac Geforce GTX 750 ti
8gb RAM
1 TB hdd
Windows 7
I am hoping the game is more CPU intensive than GPU.....
What settings would I be able to get out of it? Low? Medium? Maybe High if it is more CPU than GPU intensive and with a small city?
Zotac Geforce GTX 750 ti
8gb RAM
1 TB hdd
Windows 7
I am hoping the game is more CPU intensive than GPU.....
What settings would I be able to get out of it? Low? Medium? Maybe High if it is more CPU than GPU intensive and with a small city?
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i7 6 core 5820k 4.5ghz
MSI GTX 980 x 2 SLI
64GB Ram
Windows 8.1 64bit
Going for all tiles unlocked when the game is modded, hopefully it will be good. Just finished the build the other day. Anyone know if it is more cpu or gpu intensive?
MSI GTX 980 x 2 SLI
64GB Ram
Windows 8.1 64bit
Going for all tiles unlocked when the game is modded, hopefully it will be good. Just finished the build the other day. Anyone know if it is more cpu or gpu intensive?
Well I have NO Earthly idea about this computery stuff (lol, no, seriously). I just ask them "can it play Paradox games? Yes? Sold.". Take game, stick it in, enjoy.
I have no idea if I have a good processor (I only have 2.10 Gigaschmerz but the darned thing is new) so... yah... I greatly appreciate any help.
AMD A10 (hey that's a cool airplane) 5745M APU with Radeon HD graphics 2.10 Ghz (there seem to be two?? R7 M260 and HD 8610 G)
RAM is 12 GB
64 bit (as far as I'm concerned, changing to 64 bit has done nothing but move all my Paradox game files into some mysterious world called the (x86) folder)
Hopefully that gave you a smile or two, but sadly it's the honest truth. Help?
I have no idea if I have a good processor (I only have 2.10 Gigaschmerz but the darned thing is new) so... yah... I greatly appreciate any help.
AMD A10 (hey that's a cool airplane) 5745M APU with Radeon HD graphics 2.10 Ghz (there seem to be two?? R7 M260 and HD 8610 G)
RAM is 12 GB
64 bit (as far as I'm concerned, changing to 64 bit has done nothing but move all my Paradox game files into some mysterious world called the (x86) folder)
Hopefully that gave you a smile or two, but sadly it's the honest truth. Help?
i5-3570k 3.4 GHz
MSI GTX 660 Ti PE
16GB RAM
Windows 7 64bit
Hope I can run this with multiple tiles packed densely..
MSI GTX 660 Ti PE
16GB RAM
Windows 7 64bit
Hope I can run this with multiple tiles packed densely..
Most likely CPU intensive because of all the simulations going on. Just worried about how well it is going to efficiently use multicores. A few games have decent support but still don't spread out the work evenly enough.
I believe you'll be able to run it graphically on low and have decent frame rate with one big tile before it all starts to bog down. AMD APU's are actually pretty good relative to previous integrated GPUs and the CPU is decent enough for low level computing (web browsing, Youtube, movies, casual games, word processing, presentations type of stuff). It's not strong for gaming of course. Initially you'll do fine though. But once your city starts to get bigger and there's more going on I think your frames will drop and it'll become choppy. One big reason is that the minimum CPU speed is 3.0Ghz (not always the most important factor) but your CPU's max is 2.9 GHz (when Turboing). It's going to get pretty toasty and then throttle down to protect itself. So you might experience lag at times. And AMD IPS tends to be really weak compared to Intel (instructions per second). It's really not a bad computer though. I just mean you won't get the smoothest experience or be able to get fairly large city going on.
Here's the difference between your CPU and the recommended AMD CPU they list:
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/AMD-FX-6300-vs-AMD-A10-5745M
And another example here's my CPU compared to yours. Although mine isn't the best anymore but still high-end (one generation behind now). NOT something you need, just comparing for fun.
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