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Gijink
06-24-2007, 10:05 PM
Ok, I finally bought SC, on vacation in New York, and have been biting my nails all the way home, itching to play it. Now that I finally installed it, I was ready to bask in all that is awesome, when *BOINK* a window pops up, stating I don't have the minimum system requirements. I have triple checked every requirement and I know I have the capable processor, the RAM, the hard drive space, the sound card and headset, and the internet connection. But I'm not positive about my video card. It's like 6 months old, I can play Neverwinter Nights 2, with everything beefed up it's a TINY bit slow, like barely, and all other RTS games absolutely fine. The video card I need is

"128 MB video RAM or greater, with DirectX 9Vertex Shader / Pixel Shader 2.0 support"

I really don't know what all that means. My video card is

Description: RADEON 9600 SERIES
Vendor: 4098
Device: 16720
SubSys: 1095766018
Revision: 0
CoreClock: 398
MemoryClock: 196
Driver: ati2dvag.dll
DriverVersion: 6.14.10.6430
VideoMemory: 268435456
TextureMemory: 315621376
OperatingSystem:
Version: Microsoft Windows XP
Build: Service Pack 2 2600



PLEASE HELP ME!!!! Am I meeting system requirements? I also know that my Video MB is 256
The Machine
06-24-2007, 10:30 PM
I'm only going to say this to get it out of the way.

Download moar ram.
skater910
06-25-2007, 03:31 AM
I doubt the minimum system requirements are speaking the truth. This game ate my computer for lunch. I'm not really familiar with ATI cards, so I can't help you there, unfortunately.
refoops
06-25-2007, 07:30 AM
How much ram do you have you turd nugget.
PsiRedEye22
06-25-2007, 08:06 AM
You can't just post your dxdiag as your specs.
Gijink
06-25-2007, 11:30 AM
What is a Vertex shader / Pixel support blah blah blah


what is all that?
Al Paccioli
06-27-2007, 04:34 AM
It's your video card, get a better one.
SlOtH
06-27-2007, 09:01 AM
Supreme Commander taxes any system. I had a hard time running it on high with 4x AA and 4x AF at 1280x1024. Thats with a c2d @ 3.2ghz and a 7800GT. It seems to be very GPU dependent, so your not alone.

Your best bet would be to snag something like an AGP 6600GT on ebay for cheap to hold you over until you can upgrade to a more capable rig. That is if you are seriously interested in playing new(ish) games.
Deamatix
06-27-2007, 09:37 AM
If they told you the real system specs, nobody would buy the game.
Stead
06-27-2007, 01:17 PM
Supreme Commander is classed as a game for windows and therefore will only work if your system is running on windows Vista.

hope this helps.:ahhh:
SlOtH
06-27-2007, 08:49 PM
Supreme Commander is classed as a game for windows and therefore will only work if your system is running on windows Vista.

hope this helps.:ahhh:

Thats not true at all.
Swindler
06-28-2007, 12:50 AM
You could try these and see if they tell you:

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/Pages/default.aspx (click on launch game advisor)
modogthemonkey
06-28-2007, 10:17 AM
It's your video card, get a better one.

Yep this game is a beast to run,invest in a super computer.