playing rome total war on desktop

[rome13]

will any of these computer work with rome on high settings. here are rome's specs:System Requirements
Rome: Total War requires the following minimum computer specifications:

English version of Microsoft Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP

Pentium III 1.0GHz (1000MHz) or Athlon 1.0GHz (1000MHz) processor or higher

256MB RAM

8x Speed CD-ROM drive (1200KB/sec sustained transfer rate) and latest drivers

300MB of uncompressed free hard disk space

100% DirectX 9.0b compatible 16-bit sound card and latest drivers

100% Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest drivers

DirectX 9.0b 3D hardware Accelerator Card Required - 100% DirectX 9.0b compatible 64MB Hardware Accelerated video card and the latest drivers

Recommended System Requirements
- Processor: 2GHz Pentium IV or equivalent
- RAM: 512MB
- Video Memory: 128MB
- Hard Drive Space: 3.4GB






here are the computers

Compaq - Presario Desktop with AMD Athlon™ X2 4450e+ Dual-Core Processor
Model: SR5710Y | SKU: 9175064
AMD Athlon™ X2 4450e+ dual-core processor; 3GB DDR2 SDRAM; DL DVD±RW/CD-RW drive; LightScribe labeling; 250GB hard drive; Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1 NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE


Acer - Desktop with Intel® Celeron® Dual-Core Processor E1400
Intel® Celeron® Dual-Core processor E1400; 3GB DDR2 memory; DL DVD±RW/CD-RW drive; Labelflash support; 320GB hard drive; Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1 NVIDIA GeForce G100

eMachines - Desktop with AMD Athlon™ X2 Dual-Core Processor 4050e
AMD Athlon™ X2 dual-core processor 4050e; 3GB DDR2 memory; DL DVD±RW/CD-RW drive; 320GB hard drive; Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1 NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE

HP - Pavilion Slimline Desktop with Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core Processor E2180
Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core processor E2180; 2GB DDR2 SDRAM; DL DVD±RW/CD-RW drive; LightScribe technology; 250GB hard drive; Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1 NVIDIA GeForce 7100 XT with TurboCache

HP - Pavilion Slimline Desktop with AMD Athlon™ X2 5000 Dual-Core Processor AMD Athlon™ X2 5000 dual-core processor; 3GB DDR2 SDRAM; DL DVD±RW/CD-RW drive; LightScribe labeling; 320GB hard drive; Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1 NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE

 

[Cromewell]

They all meet the minimum requirement but the video card will hold them back from running it with everything set to high.

 

[rome13]

how about this will rome run on high. frys offered me a good deal on this only $400 plus tax and warranty

HP a6642p Refurbished Desktop PC featuring Intel PD E5200, 6GB Memory, 500GB Hard Drive


Model Number: HP a6642p
CPU: Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200
Memory: 6GB PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM
Chipset: Intel G33 Express
Video: Intel Integrated Graphics
Sound: High Definition 7.1 channel surround sound supported
Card Drive: Compact Flash I/II, Microdrive, SD, mini-SD, MMC, RS-MMC, MMC plus, MMC mobile, MS, MS Pro, MS Duo, MS Pro Duo, SM, xD
Hard Drive: 500GB, SATA (3Gb/sec), 7200rpm
Optical Drive: 16X DVD (+/-)R/RW 12X DVD-RAM DL Light Scribe
Network: 10/100/1000 Network adapter

 

[Cromewell]

Video: Intel Integrated Graphics

This is the same problem. I don't know how well the new Intel graphics processors hold up on older games but I haven't heard of them getting a lot better. The only place I really see a problem is when you are commanding a battle, the world map should be fine. If you have everything on high but use smaller unit sizes it might be ok with the other details on high, I'm not sure.

 

[mac550]

you could buy one of them and just fit a cheapish GPU. a 8400 should be able to fun it on high

 

[Intel_man]

This is the same problem. I don't know how well the new Intel graphics processors hold up on older games but I haven't heard of them getting a lot better. The only place I really see a problem is when you are commanding a battle, the world map should be fine. If you have everything on high but use smaller unit sizes it might be ok with the other details on high, I'm not sure.

They're still pretty crappy.