Lowest GPU+CPU to run Warband @ 1080?

[Cuir Mustache]

Do you run M&B Warband at high resolution (1920x1080 or 1680x1050) with maxed settings and Anti Aliasing at around 30-60 FPS?

Than please post your CPU + GPU and any meaty setting details, if you like. Mostly interested in low/mid-end set-ups.

I'd like to play Warband on a new PC (possibly the to be soon released AMD's 32nm CPU)... but I don't want to go balls out with the Graphics card (to avoid noise and high power consumption). If Warband runs well for you please post your rig.

 

[RobDollar]

You can't go far wrong with a AMD quad (the fastest you can afford, over 3ghz is ideal, but for warband you will see hardly any difference with a 3ghz or a 2.4ghz) and an Nvidia 8800 series card (aka 9800, gts 250, it's the same card. Buying an old stock 8800 or 9800 is a great idea). This will run just about anything you can throw at it at Max settings.

It's hard to get a clear answer on a lot of forums when it comes to hardware, as a lot of people (not everyone!) like to boast about the hardware they have.

Remember that a quad core and a similar GPU to what I mentioned is way more powerful than an xbox 360, which is what a lot of games are designed to run on now. Not warband of course, but this covers you for other games you might want to play. I've had mine for 2 years now (amd quad 3.1ghz and a 9800gt, 4gb ram, Windows XP) and it's a fantastic machine. Warband is maxed out and I have the battle sizer mod set at 400. It would cost about £280 UK pounds for this machine now.

Best thing to remember is not to pay over the odds for a GPU. There's some insanely expensive ones that are almost literally pointless at the moment.

Hope that helps.

 

[Cuir Mustache]

Remember that a quad core and a similar GPU to what I mentioned is way more powerful than an xbox 360, which is what a lot of games are designed to run on now.

The first revision of the xbox 360 had the AMD Radeon equivalent of a Gforce 7800 inside in 90nm lithography. Each revision after that became more and more power efficient going to 80, 65, 45nm.

Anyways, the 8800 (and its re-branded cousins) is an "enthusiast" gaming card if there ever was one. At least now i know that i need to bring serious guns. I thought that a smaller card would do, given the condescending remarks about M&B's humble graphics. I mean it runs even on the integrated chip (intel GMA 945)  in my 1st generation netbook ;D, with everything turned down.

 

[The Bowman]

I run Warband at maxed settings with:
Intel Celeron 2.8 Ghz (Single).
ZOTAC Gf 210 1Gb Videocard.
2Gb RAM.

 

[RobDollar]

The first revision of the xbox 360 had the AMD Radeon equivalent of a Gforce 7800 inside in 90nm lithography. Each revision after that became more and more power efficient going to 80, 65, 45nm.

Anyways, the 8800 (and its re-branded cousins) is an "enthusiast" gaming card if there ever was one. At least now i know that i need to bring serious guns. I thought that a smaller card would do, given the condescending remarks about M&B's humble graphics. I mean it runs even on the integrated chip (intel GMA 945)  in my 1st generation netbook ;D, with everything turned down.

I sense a perhaps deliberate misinterpretation on all fronts of my post.

Granted I didn't suggest the "minimum", but I was specifically aiming at your "low/mid-end setups" quote. I consider my PC to fall into this bracket, and I was merely taking a few minutes out of my day to give you what I thought might be helpful advice.

The xbox 360 reference was just to the fact that a lot of games are multi platform now, and that xbox 360s hardware is technically "old". Nothing against them whatsoever, I have zero idea of your knowledge of, well, anything, so I was trying to come across as helpful, knowledgeable to an extent, and more importantly not patronizing.

Also just for the record, I've been a huge fan of M&B from the start, and have recommended it to many people. I don't recall once being condescending about it.

 

[Cuir Mustache]

I was trying to come across as helpful, knowledgeable to an extent, and more importantly not patronizing.

Thank you, I agree with everything you have suggested. And i was mostly referring to popular review sites looking down on the graphical aesthetics of M&B. The fact that most games are aimed at almost 5 year old consoles (or multi-platform), is a good thing for people who actually want to spend money on games and not take part in the hardware arms race, worrying about frame rates.

 

[Logain]

I got both M&B and Warband running on my old M50 Toshiba

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/451279 (for specs)

It was mainly for laughs though. Damn thing is ancient.

 

[quintolp]

are you building a custom setup?
if so i can help

if you want some better performance i would get an amd phenom 555 cpu and a gpu ati radeon 5770 1gb thats just me it would cost around 150-180 pounds and would run any game you wanted mid-high settings

runs warband maxed

my setup
cpu : amd phenom 555 unlocked the two dormant cores now a quad core
ram : 4gb ddr3 1333mhz
gpu  : ati radeon 5770 1gb overclocked to 960mhz core clock
psu  : 700w

 

[Splintert]

Max settings, but I don't run anti-aliasing because in my opinion it's just a powerhog. I can run it though, and it runs nicely.

CPU: Intel core i7 1.73 g/hz quad-core (with hyperthreading)
GPU: Nvidia GTX 460M 1.5GB video RAM
RAM: 6GB 1333m/hz
PSU: 8 cell lithium ion battery, and/or the wall.