Jokes!

1-800-DOCTORB · Post by **1-800-DOCTORB** » Mon Oct 14, 2002 3:26 pm

So if I bought and installed Morrowind on my computer, what % chance do I have of gettin it going?

Don't laugh, this is all I have to work with:
PIII 600 MHz
128 MB RAM
ATI RAGE FURY 128
4X CD ROM (I used to have a 52X, but it broke 3 months after I got my comp, go figure)
SB Live

So do I have a hope in hell of running it?

cjdevito · Post by **cjdevito** » Mon Oct 14, 2002 5:19 pm

Yes -- but very, very, very poorly. Constant access of the slow CD -and- the hard drive (it will be used for major chunks of virtual memory with only 128 megs of RAM) will slow much of the game to a crawl, and load times from zoning will be a real headache.

OTOH, toss in another 128 megs of RAM and put in a modern CD player and it will be very playable for you.

1-800-DOCTORB · Post by **1-800-DOCTORB** » Mon Oct 14, 2002 9:19 pm

But still not too good though I bet?

cjdevito · Post by **cjdevito** » Tue Oct 15, 2002 8:37 am

Actually, with more memory and a decent CD drive I'd expect you to get pretty good performance. I played Morrowind with:

Athlon 800
40X CD
128 megs of RAM
GE Force 2 64 meg

....and got absolutely crap performance, to the point where it was unplayable even on the lowest detail settings. I upgraded memory to 256 megs and performance -dramatically- increased. I was able to turn up all the graphic settings (with the exception of the "good" water effects, which are only possible with GE Force 4 and comparable cards) and still get over 25 fps.

Obike Fixx · Post by **Obike Fixx** » Tue Oct 15, 2002 12:43 pm

System specifications for the PC-version
Minimum requirements

Windows ME/98 with 128 MB RAM, or Windows XP/2000 with 256 MB RAM
500 MHz Intel Pentium III, Celeron, or AMD Athlon processor.
8x CD/DVD-ROM drive.
1 GB free harddisk space.
Windows swapfile.
DirectX 8.1 (included).
32 MB Direct3D compatible graphics card with DirectX 8.1 compatible driver.
DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card.
Keyboard.
Mouse.

Recommended system

800 MHz (or faster) Intel Pentium III, or AMD Athlon processor.
256 MB RAM.
NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS, or ATI Radeon 7500, or faster graphics card.

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Supported graphics cards

NVIDIA GeForce4.
NVIDIA GeForce3.
NVIDIA GeForce2.
NVIDIA GeForce 256.
NVIDIA TNT2.
ATI Radeon 8500.
ATI Radeon 7500.
ATI Radeon 7200.
ATI Radeon.
ATI Rage 128.
Matrox G550.
Matrox G450.
Matrox G400.

Please note that 3DFX-based graphics cards ("Voodoo" m.m.) are not supported. This is because there are no DirectX 8.1 compatible drivers for these cards.

1-800-DOCTORB · Post by **1-800-DOCTORB** » Tue Oct 15, 2002 1:52 pm

Thanx for the info, I actually have a glimmer of hope now that I'll be able to play the kind of game I'd always dreamed of, namely Morrowind, without having to spend a few thousand on a new system.

Obike Fixx · Post by **Obike Fixx** » Tue Oct 15, 2002 4:01 pm

My Pleasure.

1-800-DOCTORB · Post by **1-800-DOCTORB** » Tue Oct 15, 2002 10:47 pm

So if my system looked like this:
PIII 600 MHz
ATI Rage 128
256 MB RAM
52X CD-ROM

Does that look okay for running Morrowind?

For any Canadian's out there, (damn our crappy dollar) what can I expect to pay for a 52X CD-ROM and 128 more MB of RAM? Oh and sorry for this little spam, Buck.

free_fall · Post by **free_fall** » Thu Oct 17, 2002 8:11 pm

I played MW on a Voodoo5 5500 (+AMD 750, 256 RAM) with absolutely no problems. Performance was quite acceptable and game looked great - 800x600, medium video settings.

Works fine on my Hercules Kyro II PC (+AMD 1000, 256 RAM), too - only problem is minor graphic anomalie on char portrait in inventory screen. Overall image a bit grainier than on Voodoo5, performance on par.

Recently replaced Voodoo5 with Ti4200 - only getting a tad better FRs but can bump up the eye-candy to max. Let's face it, though, do real-time shadows actually make the game more interesting?

thaGforce · Post by **thaGforce** » Fri Nov 01, 2002 9:20 pm

What part of Canada

What part of Canada do you live in? I know of a good local site/store in Vancouver. And another site/store for... well, Vancouver.

But for 128 MB Ram prices seem to range from $40 - $140, search on Google, or visit here: Sharky Extreme. Search for whatever you need in the search box, not the one in the middle, the one on the left hand side.