What spec do I need to run Rome 2 on Very High settings?

[bleepbloop]

I want to be able to run Rome 2 on very high settings, but I am not sure what spec I need. I would be grateful if some one could help.

[Mentally Unstable]

Preferably

Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 4960X 3.6GHz
32GB DDR3 1866MHz
3x SLI GeForce GTX TITAN 6GB

or at the very minimum,a 780/raedon equivalent

[Star61]

If this is the case for a required PC for a game it is no wonder why there are articles claiming that PC GAMES are dying. If the gaming industries keep making games that require such out ragious specifications so people can enjoy high quality gaming on computers a large majority cannot afford i see why this industry may be dying. I really cannot see any reasoning to expect people to spend $4,000 to $5,000 to have a computer to run a $50.00 game. All games should be made for an average high medium computer and lower. Not just for the tech geeks with deep pockets. Shogun Totalwar has very good graphics and i can run them full throttle without a hitch. Yet this game that i really donot see spectacular images crawls on it's highest settings. This game is a joke on everybody.

[Arlen Tektolnes]

Toast is talking rubbish.

There is no need for an i7 at this point in time if your primary PC usage is for gaming. The only real advantage is hyperthreading, which no games actually use to my knowledge. And i5 4670k is the most any gamer will need for years. 8GB RAM is plenty for now, 16GB at the absolute most if you're paranoid about future proofing. Grab yourself an R9 280X and you'll be able to run any current game at good framerates with the very highest settings if you're not going above a single monitor or 1920x1080.

[Swesal]

Some people have really highend PC that run this game like trash for some unknown reason. I recently built a PC for under $900, and I have never seen it drop below 30 FPS with max settings(minus veg. alpha), and max dudes on field, zoomed in running at 1920x1080. Single army battles I am never below 45 FPS max settings(minus veg. alpha) zoomed in. These are my low numbers under worst conditions, so well 30 FPS is by no means great, and I certainly expect more out of my PC, I am actually more often then not well over 60 FPS during actul gameplay, and what I mean by actual gameplay is, you don't play the game 100% zoomed in.

All that being said I see people on these forums claiming they have much better PC's the mine, and they get like 16 FPS, or something ridiculous like that. I find this impossible to be true with the kind of performance I get, but it's not exactly rare to see people claim such things on these forums.

[Victor]

Originally posted by Toast:

Preferably

Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 4960X 3.6GHz
32GB DDR3 1866MHz
3x SLI GeForce GTX TITAN 6GB

or at the very minimum,a 780/raedon equivalent

Ignore this post. For very High you'll want a decent multi core cpu like the i5 with at least 2.5ghz, 4 GB Ram, a DX 11 capable GPU with at least 1.5gb vram like the HD 7870 or the GTX 570. Note that you shouldn't set Unit Details and Shadows to anything higher than High unless you're running a Haswell at 4.5 ghz or faster.

[Tacticat]

this game doesn't even use all the ram available, what the ♥♥♥♥ is 16 gigs gonna do you..

yeah 4 gigs is enough, i have 6 and i think that's better for running the OS and the Game well.

you need a single 2 gig grahpics card, and a really kick ass quad core 4.0

[ɕʱᵃℴƧ Σˣⅇ𝓇𝞽]

i run it well with fx 6100
gtx 650 2gb
all on ultra but it glitches when there are very large armys but it does that no matter what settings you have

[Victor]

Originally posted by da¬chaos¬exerter:

i run it well with fx 6100
gtx 650 2gb
all on ultra but it glitches when there are very large armys but it does that no matter what settings you have

I don't think so. Ultra details may be overdoing it considering your GPU, but if you lower some details like Unit Details, Unit Size, Shadows, Particle Effects and Water you shouldn't have any problems getting 30-40fps average during large battles.

What are your benchmark results with everything set to Ultra?

[ɕʱᵃℴƧ Σˣⅇ𝓇𝞽]

Originally posted by v1c:

Originally posted by da¬chaos¬exerter:

i run it well with fx 6100
gtx 650 2gb
all on ultra but it glitches when there are very large armys but it does that no matter what settings you have

I don't think so. Ultra details may be overdoing it considering your GPU, but if you lower some details like Unit Details, Unit Size, Shadows, Particle Effects and Water you shouldn't have any problems getting 30-40fps average during large battles.

What are your benchmark results with everything set to Ultra?

i run it on everything ultra with largest armys everything on top and i get about 20-25 fps is tolerable

[Victor]

Originally posted by da¬chaos¬exerter:

Originally posted by v1c:

I don't think so. Ultra details may be overdoing it considering your GPU, but if you lower some details like Unit Details, Unit Size, Shadows, Particle Effects and Water you shouldn't have any problems getting 30-40fps average during large battles.

What are your benchmark results with everything set to Ultra?

i run it on everything ultra with largest armys everything on top and i get about 20-25 fps is tolerable

If you think 20-25 is tolerable that's fine but if I were you, I'd aim for at least 30-40 which shouldn't be a problem with your hardware.

[ɕʱᵃℴƧ Σˣⅇ𝓇𝞽]

yeah but i love ultra ima be getting a new gtx 670 or 680 very soon

[Peahatche]

wait a month or so the GTX 770 and GTX 780 are announced as having a price drop. and both faster than the GTX680. but if your budgets stretches the Radeon R9 290X will launch at £430 and that's almost on par with the titan for 1/2 the price.

I got the GTX 680 last year for around £490 - I can't fault the power of the card but I so wish I waited till this year

[Seusscaboose]

A decent spec back in teh day was full disc with some holy, but its been a while. /shrug

[Dash]

I had heard that this game is not optimized to take advantage of SLI. Can anyone confirm this?