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Can this run with a 64 MB video card?

April 5, 2008 12:04:23 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

I see that the specs for this game say that it requires a 128 MB video card but i tried out the demo on my computer which only has a 64 MB video card in it and it seemed to run just fine. Although i never really got into any major battles in the amount of time that i played. Has anyone else tried this out and had it work for them? This game seems awesome and i would love to play the whole thing but i don't want to spend the money on it if i'm going to run into graphics issues just when the game picks up. Thanks for any help

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Mopes
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Reply #1 April 5, 2008 1:37:33 PM
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Greets,

If it works for the demo, you should be fine for the full game - however you will probably be limited to the smaller maps until you can upgrade. Lots of stuff/big stuff going on will slow you down though.

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Reply #2 April 5, 2008 2:59:41 PM
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Well, if the demo ran fine the full game should work just as well. Though, I would recommend an upgrade to your graphics card ( if you can get one) for the best experience with this great game.
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Reply #3 April 7, 2008 5:00:44 AM
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This game probably just suffers from the classic syndrome of slowing down when there's a whole lot going on. I made a custom star system with 6 stars and well over 100 planets, and after a little while when there were decent sized fleets moving around my fps began to noticeably drop now and again when moving the camera (though a slight drop at the time, I have seen a youtube video that purports to have 1000 scout cruisers, and the fps is well below 1.0
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Reply #4 April 7, 2008 6:20:42 AM
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necrolycist, there was a thread on this forum somewhere (don't know where exactly) that someone put something ridiculous like 25'000 kols (i can't remmeber the exact number he/she put in, but it was alot of units) in the game and provided screen shots, and apparently that lowered fps alot.
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