Hiya all,

Just played this game through on my XP2800+, Sapphire 9600 Pro, 1gig 3200
Ram home build PC on high settings and thought it was great.

A friend has just bought his first PC and I'd like to recommend the game to
him but I dont want to look a prat if it runs dog-rough. Does any one out
there have a similar spec and can you tell me what it runs like please.

His PC is an E-machines with 2.8 Intel Celeron, 512 DDR Ram and a 128meg
ATI9200. Well over the spec on the box but we all know the actual game and
the specs dont necessarily match.... :-)

Many thanks, Shaun

With 1024x768 16bit the game will run smoothly i am sure.

On Mon, 3 May 2004 17:00:27 +0100, "Shawk" <(E-Mail Removed).3guesses>
wrote:

>:>Hiya all,
>:>
>:>Just played this game through on my XP2800+, Sapphire 9600 Pro, 1gig 3200
>:>Ram home build PC on high settings and thought it was great.
>:>
>:>A friend has just bought his first PC and I'd like to recommend the game to
>:>him but I dont want to look a prat if it runs dog-rough. Does any one out
>:>there have a similar spec and can you tell me what it runs like please.
>:>
>:>His PC is an E-machines with 2.8 Intel Celeron, 512 DDR Ram and a 128meg
>:>ATI9200. Well over the spec on the box but we all know the actual game and
>:>the specs dont necessarily match.... :-)
>:>
>:>Many thanks, Shaun
>:>

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On Mon, 03 May 2004 16:44:09 GMT, Lee
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>With 1024x768 16bit the game will run smoothly i am sure.

I have a 9700 Pro and I can't get it smooth at that resolution.
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On Mon, 3 May 2004 18:29:10 +0100, "Shawk"
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>Andrew, at 16 bit or 32? What settings are you trying - automatic, low,
>medium, high? Cheers, Shaun.

32bit at med-high.
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> >With 1024x768 16bit the game will run smoothly i am sure.
>
> I have a 9700 Pro and I can't get it smooth at that resolution.
> --

Andrew, at 16 bit or 32? What settings are you trying - automatic, low,
medium, high? Cheers, Shaun.

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> On Mon, 3 May 2004 18:29:10 +0100, "Shawk"
> <(E-Mail Removed).3guesses> wrote:
>
> >Andrew, at 16 bit or 32? What settings are you trying - automatic, low,
> >medium, high? Cheers, Shaun.
>
> 32bit at med-high.
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Ta. Just got hold of the demo. Will pass that on and see how it pans out.
Appreciate the answers. Shaun.

On Mon, 3 May 2004 17:00:27 +0100, "Shawk"
<(E-Mail Removed).3guesses> wrote:

>Hiya all,
>
>Just played this game through on my XP2800+, Sapphire 9600 Pro, 1gig 3200
>Ram home build PC on high settings and thought it was great.
>
>A friend has just bought his first PC and I'd like to recommend the game to
>him but I dont want to look a prat if it runs dog-rough. Does any one out
>there have a similar spec and can you tell me what it runs like please.
>
>His PC is an E-machines with 2.8 Intel Celeron, 512 DDR Ram and a 128meg
>ATI9200. Well over the spec on the box but we all know the actual game and
>the specs dont necessarily match.... :-)
>
>Many thanks, Shaun
>


Also bear in mind that there is an issue with Far Cry that was fixed
with the new drivers. See:
http://www.ati.com/support/includes/titles/fixed.html

HTH

it'll default to 1024x768x32 and all settings to LOW.
it'll be playable.

"Shawk" <(E-Mail Removed).3guesses> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hiya all,
>
> Just played this game through on my XP2800+, Sapphire 9600 Pro, 1gig 3200
> Ram home build PC on high settings and thought it was great.
>
> A friend has just bought his first PC and I'd like to recommend the game
to
> him but I dont want to look a prat if it runs dog-rough. Does any one out
> there have a similar spec and can you tell me what it runs like please.
>
> His PC is an E-machines with 2.8 Intel Celeron, 512 DDR Ram and a 128meg
> ATI9200. Well over the spec on the box but we all know the actual game
and
> the specs dont necessarily match.... :-)
>
> Many thanks, Shaun
>
>

"Sleepy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:7DGlc.1064$(E-Mail Removed)...
> it'll default to 1024x768x32 and all settings to LOW.
> it'll be playable.
>

Cheers all. Shaun

On Mon, 3 May 2004 17:00:27 +0100, "Shawk"
<(E-Mail Removed).3guesses> wrote:

>Hiya all,
>
>Just played this game through on my XP2800+, Sapphire 9600 Pro, 1gig 3200
>Ram home build PC on high settings and thought it was great.
>
>A friend has just bought his first PC and I'd like to recommend the game to
>him but I dont want to look a prat if it runs dog-rough. Does any one out
>there have a similar spec and can you tell me what it runs like please.
>
>His PC is an E-machines with 2.8 Intel Celeron, 512 DDR Ram and a 128meg
>ATI9200. Well over the spec on the box but we all know the actual game and
>the specs dont necessarily match.... :-)
>
>Many thanks, Shaun


Don't need to have a simular machine....

His First PC is not a gaming system... It very low end. Go to
www.tomshardware and www.anandtech.com

The 9800 is about twice the card over the 9600 - the new X800 are
50~180% faster over the 9800s!

But the 9200 is very slow, fine for desktop, but it maybe 1/4 speed of
your 9600. My 9800Pro is all on SUPER HIGH settings.

The 2.8Ghz Celeron is a dog... it's slower than a 1.2Ghz AMD CPU from
3 years ago.

He should get his money back if he plans to PLAY GAMES made in 2002
and newer.

An AMD 2500 with a $200 ATI 9800Pro will kick ass... but will cost
about $600~700.

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