cammy987,
I'm running XP on an integrated 6150 using 128 MB of system memory for the framebuffer (
WWW Link) On this board, the system uses another 128 MB of virtual memory for a total of 256 MB for video. Other specs: AMD 3800x2 (2GHz), 1GB RAM (2x512).
According to the first post
WWW Link, the scores for this configuration:
* 3DMark2001 SE: 5543
* 3DMark03: 1412
* 3DMark05: 692
I'm hooked to a 22" Acer using DVI with a native res of 1680x1050. I'm usually running the game at 1400x900, all textures at low, no AA, and various other effects off.
The game is playable in single player using one AI ally on up to and including large maps (have not tried huge). (I've been doing a lot of 2v2v2v2). There is lag periodically. I would not want to play huge maps with a lot of allies using 'shared vision.' I have viewed a replay of a 4v4 with 5 stars, zoomed out, and I don't think that it would really be playable as it was rough sometimes just to view.
Lag: For example, hitting a button in the interface using the mouse will sometimes activate the wrong button. When zoomed in on a battle, sometimes ships have died, but the explosion appears later. I usually stay zoomed out. Very large battles are problematic. I recently had a battle with 1000 ships per side plus about 8 capital ships per side. The system pretty much halted. I was able to get through the battle by dropping to minimum resolution, but was not able to exert any tactical control, having to be zoomed all the way out.
I was thinking about getting a 8600 GTS before getting the game (prices are coming down and it is the best card this early-revision PCI-E board can take). So, I'll likely be ordering a 8600 GTS fairly soon now that the 9000 series is starting to come out... certainly won't be trying any multiplayer until I can get one. Probably could use some RAM for those huge battles, but I'll test it with the new card first.
Hope the post helps.
