Triforcer Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 My comp is 1.6 Pentium M IBM laptop with 40GB memory and 1024 gigs of RAM. However the graphics card is only a 32mb Radeon 7500. I KNOW that the require is a 64mb card, please don't just reply to repeat that. However, I have played other games below specs in certain categories, and none of them have per se barred me from playing...SWG for example I could play as long as I stayed away from populated cities. So, do you think on the very lowest settings there is ANY chance I could play with a minimum of slowdown, given my monster RAM and other acceptable stats? P.S. I can play Battlefield Vietnam on lowest settings on 32 person servers with virtually no lag. That's a helpful sign, at least, as the requirements are 64 mb there also... EDIT: Thanks, mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swphreak Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 (Remember the little edit button instead of double posting) I don't see why you couldn't play Battlefront with those specs if you can play Vietnam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schetter Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 As long as your card specifically supports "Hardware Transform and Lighting (T&L) Capability" - as the requirements specify - then you might be able to play, but I wouldn't expect a framerate that would be very enjoyable to play with. Especially on a laptop. Look up the specifics on the capabilities of your card and see if it supports the T&L, otherwise I'd say you're sunk. From what I've seen from videos downloaded here and there off the net, the graphics in this game are going to be a considerable step up from those of BF:Nam, which was really just an upgraded BF:1942 engine. Final word: on the fence pending futher investigation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triforcer Posted September 12, 2004 Author Share Posted September 12, 2004 I just looked it up...apparently it was like one of the first Radeons (or the first, not sure from the article I read) to have T&L. So yes, the capability is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDKnite188 Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 You should be fine as long as run on low settings. Although the card will be a problem, you can make up for it with the excess RAM and high CPU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BawBag™ Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Originally posted by Triforcer P.S. I can play Battlefield Vietnam on lowest settings on 32 person servers with virtually no lag. That's a helpful sign, at least, as the requirements are 64 mb there also... I have BF:V and it runs fine with me. And for the record, thats on Integrated AGP graphics. So I'll be buying BattleFront, confident I can play online just as well as BF:V and Jedi Academy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triforcer Posted September 13, 2004 Author Share Posted September 13, 2004 I can't get a PC...I am a poor law student who has to make do with his laptop. And to the guy who said get a better card...with the except of the new Dell XPS, no laptop to date has upgradable graphics ability. It may be coming with some new alienware tech, but it certainly isn't here for IBMS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swphreak Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Originally posted by Triforcer And to the guy who said get a better card...with the except of the new Dell XPS, no laptop to date has upgradable graphics ability. It may be coming with some new alienware tech, but it certainly isn't here for IBMS. My Area-51m's graphic card can be upgraded Of course I won't need to do that for a long while. Hopefully your card is also compatible with DirectX 9.0c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triforcer Posted September 13, 2004 Author Share Posted September 13, 2004 Originally posted by StarWarsPhreak My Area-51m's graphic card can be upgraded Of course I won't need to do that for a long while. Hopefully your card is also compatible with DirectX 9.0c If it isn't, can I update the drivers and make it work? I'm honestly not sure if it is or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swphreak Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 I don't see why not. My PC at home has a GeForce 4 ti 4600, and it runs DirectX 9.0b just fine. People told me that it wouldn't be compatible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vezner Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 In reply to #1 I think you will be able to run it ok on your PC. Your situation is not unlike mine in that my PC is good for the most part but lacks in one area. I've just decided to forget about the PC and buy it on the x-box though since I don't feel like spending tons of money to upgrade my PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paragon_XII Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 How can I see if my comp will run SWBF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RThailek Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 Start, Run and type DXDIAG, then compare your current hardware configuration with the minimal requirements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master William Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 may I ask why PC players are so eager to make people play this on PC?? no offense, just wondering why people keep telling me to upgrade my PC when I clearly want Xbox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerol Seren Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 Originally posted by BawBag™ I have BF:V and it runs fine with me. And for the record, thats on Integrated AGP graphics. So I'll be buying BattleFront, confident I can play online just as well as BF:V and Jedi Academy. If you can play BF:V...you can play Battlefront. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawaJoey Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 The min requirements for a game are never the true min requirements. My freind's POS Acer laptop with a bad video card is able to run some games that is shouldn't possibly be able to. As long as the setttings are low, games run fine. may I ask why PC players are so eager to make people play this on PC?? no offense, just wondering why people keep telling me to upgrade my PC when I clearly want Xbox Because games look and play better on PCs. They're easier to mod and patch. And FPSs suck on consoles. Period. No, be quiet, you don't know what you'e talking about. The FPS genre just doesn't work with a gamepad. Keyboard and mouse is at least a hundred gazillion times better in every concievable way, and if you disagree then you are an idiot with no intelligence or sense of perception, who is so terribly stupid that your existence is an insult to humanity and I decree, as a superior person, that you must immediately quarintine yourself from society so that your corrupt, malfunctioning genes won't recycle into the human gene pool. [Edit: Hopefully that was sarcasm. - Moderator] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoelH1212 Posted September 19, 2004 Share Posted September 19, 2004 Hello, Im new here and i have a quick question to ask of someone that could please help me out. I have all the reccomended system requirements besides my graphics card its a geforce MX 420 with only 68MBs. and I was just wondering if this would slow down gameplay or would it just make it look less fancy? Because I care more on performace then the smoothness of the graphics. Also what mode would you think I should put the graphics on? Low, Meduim? Thanks in advance! JoelH1212 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountainforest Posted September 19, 2004 Share Posted September 19, 2004 Originally posted by JoelH1212 Hello, Im new here and i have a quick question to ask of someone that could please help me out. I have all the reccomended system requirements besides my graphics card its a geforce MX 420 with only 68MBs. and I was just wondering if this would slow down gameplay or would it just make it look less fancy? Because I care more on performace then the smoothness of the graphics. Also what mode would you think I should put the graphics on? Low, Meduim? Thanks in advance! JoelH1212 Welcome! I think you will make it on low settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoelH1212 Posted September 19, 2004 Share Posted September 19, 2004 But how will it effect gameplay? Will it be slower or just not as high quality? will it make online horrible with lag? thats all im worried about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mex Posted September 19, 2004 Share Posted September 19, 2004 It will be less quality because you'd have to turn the graphics down, but it should run good and not make you lag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoelH1212 Posted September 19, 2004 Share Posted September 19, 2004 Originally posted by Pal™ It will be less quality because you'd have to turn the graphics down, but it should run good and not make you lag. YES! I hope your right. other comments are welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoelH1212 Posted September 19, 2004 Share Posted September 19, 2004 Will the models be like cubic in low graphics? hmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whoopknacker Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 No they just wont be as detailed is all. I would start saving a little here and there and get a higher end card. You can get a good one for $80-120 GeForce 5700 or better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoelH1212 Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 Woah I thought good graphics cards were like 200-300 bucks. Can I buy a good one at like a local best buy or comp USA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_ToMeR Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 Originally posted by JoelH1212 Woah I thought good graphics cards were like 200-300 bucks. Can I buy a good one at like a local best buy or comp USA? The Best cards are 200$-300$ but normal one like Radeon9600Pro/XT, i think costs 150-200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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