Age of Conan

Originally posted by vash179

unless you bought your computer less than a yr ago or upgraded it to the best, good luck running this game.  besides the system requirements, they put wayyyyy to much graphics in it for it not even to look REAL.  WoW may be 3-4 yrs old, but the graphics of the ground and surrounds are damn near the same, with 1/4th the requirements.  i know many ppl may disagree, but get real, the ppl that do already have one of the best systems. 

my system is a laptop- i know not for gaming but still

intel duo core t2600 2.16ghz

2gb ram

nvidia  gforce 7400 256mb

running everything lowest it can go- below low settings!

and lags liek a mother ...

 

also xps with 256mb vid card and 3.2 ghz pentium 4 and 1gb ram

cant even see the game on this system

pisses me off that ya buy the best laptop availible a yr ago and the game runs like shit.  maybe in a yr these requirements will be normal systems but its crazy

they wont get nearly the amount of wow subscribers with this system requirements liek this

Sorry m8, while AOC might have its problems, yours is nothing to do with AoC. Want to game on PCs and be semi current? Upgrade every 1.5 years at a minimum. I'm not saying it's fair, but its the way it is. PCs are not consoles, they require a fair investment to run the latest games at acceptable levels.

S

PS : I would buy a desktop (or put one together). Laptops arent good platforms for games when compared to desktops.

Originally posted by vash179

 

my system is a laptop- i know not for gaming but still

intel duo core t2600 2.16ghz

2gb ram

nvidia  gforce 7400 256mb

running everything lowest it can go- below low settings!

and lags liek a mother ...

 

also xps with 256mb vid card and 3.2 ghz pentium 4 and 1gb ram

cant even see the game on this system

I figure I will go ahead and give my best shot at this. 

On the laptop, I think you will need a faster processor.  Although the RAM is sufficient, the 2.16 ghz will hamper the game's potential.  That, to be truthful, wasn't even a fast processor years back.  However, it is dual core and I know little about that technology (I run a Pentium 4 and Pentium M)

That XPS, assuming it is the tower, is low on RAM.  Sure, It will likely run, but good luck running other things.  Conan is resource hog, and on average takes about 65% of my CPU at any given time.  I upgraded the RAM several months back simply to support vista better, and haven't looked back.

In reference to your final post, I say this: New games require up to date hardware.  Its a bit of a double edged sword.  If the game had low graphics or low content and low requirments, people would complain.  If the game had high graphics and high content and high requirments, people will complain.  We want to have the best looking game at almost no cost.  Unfortunately, that really isn't possible.  Don't believe me?  Play Bioshock on highest settings.  That requires some power, but surely pays off.

Thats my 2 cents!

--primal

agreed, does anyone think this game is to far advance for the time being?

Originally posted by vash179

unless you bought your computer less than a yr ago or upgraded it to the best, good luck running this game.  besides the system requirements, they put wayyyyy to much graphics in it for it not even to look REAL.  WoW may be 3-4 yrs old, but the graphics of the ground and surrounds are damn near the same, with 1/4th the requirements.  i know many ppl may disagree, but get real, the ppl that do already have one of the best systems. 

my system is a laptop- i know not for gaming but still

intel duo core t2600 2.16ghz

2gb ram

nvidia  gforce 7400 256mb

running everything lowest it can go- below low settings!

and lags liek a mother ...

 

also xps with 256mb vid card and 3.2 ghz pentium 4 and 1gb ram

cant even see the game on this system

pisses me off that ya buy the best laptop availible a yr ago and the game runs like shit.  maybe in a yr these requirements will be normal systems but its crazy

they wont get nearly the amount of wow subscribers with this system requirements liek this

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-Go-7400.2143.0.html

compare

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-Go-6600.2147.0.html

And I think you defeated yourself "my system is a laptop- i know not for gaming but still"

The game is quite scaleable and still looks good imho on the lowest settings. That being said, as Enigma says, if you're a serious gamer then you will need to update your gaming rig periodically. Them the breaks I'm afraid.

You could try obtaining a buddy key from your friend (they should be usable soon apparently) and I would at least recommend more ram - if not for AoC then anything else you might play.  See how it runs. If it runs well and you're satisfied with the low settings, and like the game generally then I'd recommend it to you!

Originally posted by vash179

agreed, does anyone think this game is to far advance for the time being?

Nope, before I deleted it, it ran fine on my box.

S

Originally posted by vash179

yea i planned on buying this game asap, untill i found out that my friends xps cant even bring the game up and he sees nothing on his screen lol

xps is just a name..does not mean a thing...specs are what is important

aight guys well ill stop this post from me bitching lol. thanks for the comments . im outta here

Originally posted by lysrgk1

 

Originally posted by ValiumSummer

I have watched my roommate play the game  on a new dual core/ 8800GT rig.  While the graphics are very nice I wasn't awestruck.  

I have watched WoW gameplay on the same computer and it is definitely awe inspiring (to me at least).    Blizzard has done a wonderful job.

As time goes on, I think we just going to have to accept that the newer games will require newer hardware.

 

man after 3 years of wow I have no idea what you find awe inspiring about the graphicsin WoW. The only thing I can think of thats awe inspiring about WoW is how well it runs on crappy computers.

 

 

one thing I've noticed is that i have not read of one person with an 8800 series card or greater complain about their FPS.

I don't feel I'm alone in my praise for WoW's graphics.   Despite a low polygon count (a big reason wow runs so well) WoW still impresses me with its artwork, especially the new zones in the burning crusade.