Minimum & recommended spec required to run RTW

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Gaius Colinius
Seraph Emeritus

posted 10 August 2007 06:37 EDT (US)

Minimum System Requirements:
* English version of Microsoft� Windows� 98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7
* 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
* 2.9GB of uncompressed free hard disk space (plus 500MB for Windows� swap file)
* 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 (included)
* 3D hardware Accelerator Card Required - 100% DirectX� 9.0b compatible 64MB Hardware Accelerated video card and the latest drivers*.
* ATI� Radeon 7200
* ATI� Radeon 8500
* ATI� Radeon 9000
* ATI� Radeon 9500
* ATI� Radeon 9600
* ATI� Radeon 9700
* ATI� Radeon 9800
* All Nvidia� GeForce 2 and higher

Recommended System Requirements:
* English version of Microsoft� Windows� 98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7
* Pentium� III 1.5GHz (1000MHz) or Athlon� 1.5GHz (1000MHz) processor or higher
* 512MB RAM
* 8x Speed CD-ROM drive (1200KB/sec sustained transfer rate) and latest drivers
* 2.9GB of uncompressed free hard disk space (plus 500MB for Windows� swap file)
* 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 (included)
* 3D hardware Accelerator Card Required - 100% DirectX� 9.0b compatible 128MB Hardware Accelerated video card and the latest drivers*.

Mac:
Minimum Requirements
* Processor: 1.4GHz
* RAM: 512MB
* Graphics: 128MB VRAM
* Mac OS: 10.5.8
* Hard Disk: 5GB
* Input: Mouse

Recommended Requirements
* Processor: 2.0GHz
* RAM: 2GB
* Graphics: 256MB VRAM
* Mac OS: 10.6.2
* Hard Disk: 5GB
* Input: Multi-button Mouse

Edited to add Vista to Operating Systems and Mac stats- Terikel Grayhair
Edited to add Windows 7 to Operating Systems- Edorix

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[This message has been edited by Terikel Grayhair (edited 11-09-2011 @ 09:06 AM).]

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ravenhunter77
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posted 10 August 2007 06:58 EDT (US) 1 / 30

It's too bad my pc won't run it well, my mom said I can get a new one for christmas, so I guess i can play it at christmas. It seems like a great game though

shadowarmy
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(id: shadowarmy75)

posted 10 August 2007 11:56 EDT (US) 2 / 30

Did you try to install it? From your other thread, it looks like you would be able to barely make it under the bar.

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ravenhunter77
Legionary

posted 10 August 2007 15:08 EDT (US) 3 / 30

I don't think it will be much fun having a lagging campaign map, and not being able to play the battles. Plus, my computer can't run many games anyway. A new one seems the best option. Thanks for the help everyone.

Siege_engineer
Legionary

posted 26 August 2007 06:26 EDT (US) 4 / 30

Does RTW work on Windows Vista?

Gaius Colinius
Seraph Emeritus

posted 26 August 2007 13:00 EDT (US) 5 / 30

It does. I can vouch for it.

Emperio
Legionary

posted 26 August 2007 16:04 EDT (US) 6 / 30

I can prove it i play rtw in vista and i can play with xgm to

giancarlog89
Legionary

posted 06 May 2008 01:17 EDT (US) 7 / 30

I have a good PC. But still crashing when I'm in mid-game, but when I reach late game (like 30 B.C) it crashes with every click I do!! That's bothering me!! Can you help me?.

SubRosa
Legionary

posted 06 May 2008 12:03 EDT (US) 8 / 30

One thread per issue please giancarlog. That was answered in the thread you created about the issue.

loakus
Legionary

posted 02 July 2008 16:36 EDT (US) 9 / 30

does it run on vista?

Hussarknight
Seraph Emeritus

posted 03 July 2008 03:06 EDT (US) 10 / 30

does it run on vista?

It does.

Hussarknight

lk7ar
Legionary

posted 26 June 2009 04:15 EDT (US) 11 / 30

hi all, RTW is one of the best games i've ever played but i haven't played it for a long time because my pc is old and couldn't handle large units for online multiplayers..

i am gonna purchase a new laptop but not sure whether it can run RTW becuase its uses integrated graphics card: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD

this is the one i am looking at:

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/304415#productInformationSection

can it run RTW smoothly online?

thanks guys!

[This message has been edited by lk7ar (edited 06-26-2009 @ 08:54 AM).]

Gaius Colinius
Seraph Emeritus

posted 05 July 2009 10:34 EDT (US) 12 / 30

Hi lk7ar
The spec is respectable enough except for the lack of a proper graphics card. I can't say for certain whether you can or can't play the game (RTW) but if you are buying this laptop just to play RTW (and other games), you are taking a considerable risk. It will almost certainly not be able to play any games from the last couple of years.

Voodo chile
Legionary

posted 07 October 2009 05:53 EDT (US) 13 / 30

I got it running on 224 MB Ram.
Strange though because i thought u couldnt get that

Terikel Grayhair
Imperator
(id: Terikel706)

posted 07 October 2009 06:04 EDT (US) 14 / 30

It depends on your settings, dude. The more eye-candy you have turned on, the more intensive the memory usage.

The Minimum is probably designed for use on Normal Scale, a few options, and normal usage.

Small scale, no eye-candy, and bare-bones playing can probably go under that Minimum, but won't be as much fun.

Congrats on getting it to run under minimum specs, though.

carlos1172
Legionary

posted 29 June 2010 12:02 EDT (US) 15 / 30

help needed does it work with windows 7 coz i have tried to install it and it doesnt install properly and the desktop icon isnt the proper one and when i go to play it asks for a .exe file i cant find

Edorix
High King of Britain

posted 29 June 2010 16:04 EDT (US) 16 / 30

It was not designed to run on Windows 7 (obviously

) but it is possible to get it to work with a little tinkering. From my experience with Vista, one reason you may not be able to find the exe is because it's a compatibility file... but I don't know if that applies to Windows 7.

You may be able to find your precise issue listed here, but I dunno.

I would suggest trying to manually install it. That tends to do the trick...

NCC1701
Legionary

posted 21 July 2010 02:09 EDT (US) 17 / 30

@ Edorix

I was wondering if you are running RTW on a 32 bit or 64 bit version of Windows 7. Thanks!

Edorix
High King of Britain

posted 21 July 2010 04:24 EDT (US) 18 / 30

Quoted from Myself:
From my experience with Vista...

I'm actually not running it on 7 at all, but I believe that 7 is quite similar to Vista (much like M2TW is built on the same engine as RTW).

NCC1701
Legionary

posted 22 July 2010 02:53 EDT (US) 19 / 30

Hey guys, so for future reference for anyone else, RTW works on Windows 7 64 bit (for Steam, at least). The first time I installed, Steam crashed when I tried to launched RTW, but a reinstall made the game run fine.

Punic Hebil
Centurion
(id: Punic Hoplite)

posted 11 September 2010 13:31 EDT (US) 20 / 30

Decided to post this here instead of making a new thread. Well I had RTW installed fine on my computer, but then I got Med2, and had to uninstall it to get the memory needed. I finally got it installed, but turns out I need a better graphic card So I uninstalled Med2, and was reinstalling Rome, and this happened. (8th time now trying to install)

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Edorix
High King of Britain

posted 11 September 2010 13:57 EDT (US) 21 / 30

Starting a new thread in tech help would really have been more fitting, but no matter...

Did you do a full manual uninstall?

Punic Hebil
Centurion
(id: Punic Hoplite)

posted 11 September 2010 14:43 EDT (US) 22 / 30

Start > All Programs > RTW > Uninstall.

It was done without any problems. I have no Activision or The Creative Assembly folders in my Program Files.

Edorix
High King of Britain

posted 12 September 2010 03:18 EDT (US) 23 / 30

... yes, you should try tech help, my friend.

JudicatorAldaris
Legionary

posted 20 October 2011 18:34 EDT (US) 24 / 30

This game works on my comp on the highest settings fine, but the grass has to be med, and it only supports 5k guys, on huge scale.

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nearlyasian
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posted 08 November 2011 20:37 EDT (US) 25 / 30

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Will this ^ run effectively on medium or high settings ? (:

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