Could My System Run Sins?

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Hey all, just hoping to get a bit of confirmation on whether or not my laptop could run Sins. My main concern is my CPU which is a core2 duo 1.66. Obviously that's not enough for the recommended specs but is it enough for the minimum?

Under normal circumstances I'd just download the demo but half a gig is too much to download just to satisfy intellectual curiosity at the moment, my download limits won't be reset for another 2 weeks and I'm through most of my bandwidth...

CPU: Core2 Duo T5500 (1.66GHz)

RAM: 2GB

VC: Geforce Go 7600

OS: Vista Ultimate x64

 

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

It probably wont run amazingly, and you will have major problems playing on the Much larger maps, but could comfortably play a Small or Medium size map (which if you've never played sins, still translates to really big!)

 

I'm pretty sure you pass Minimum Requirements but check anyway: http://systemrequirementslab.com

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

well that site (which is a boody good idea) seems to think it'd go okay so I'll give it a bash and then confine myself to pure-email internet usage for the next fortnight. Cheers

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

yep no worries. No guarantees for your build when playing with lots of AI and on the Large and Huge maps: that would probably bring it to its knees.

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

Overheal - No idea what you're talking about. That computer would play sins very well, unless you're talking about 10 AI and 100 planet maps.

 

Anyways, there is a Demo for sins if you feel trying it out on your system before actually buying it.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

You'll do fine even on really big maps provided you don't have the graphics settings at max.  Sins is capable of running on really low-end computers - I originally (before I got a really good laptop) had it on a 1.99GHz single core PC with only 512MB RAM and a crappy 5700VE Graphics card.  It lagged a bit in battles but was still playable.

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Thrawn2787, reply 4
Overheal - No idea what you're talking about. That computer would play sins very well, unless you're talking about 10 AI and 100 planet maps.

 

Anyways, there is a Demo for sins if you feel trying it out on your system before actually buying it.
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That is in fact what I'm getting at though. But even on a 40 planet map with 8 players, once it gets into the mid-game you will see it grind down from all the ships in play.