Quagmire Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Hi guys, before buying the upgrade can someone advise if my laptop will run SB Pro PE 3.0 based on these specs?The previous version 2.654 ran very well, it would only slow down on very busy maps - those with lots of structures and large battles.OK, specs are: Dell XPS M1710 laptopWindows XP Home SP3Intel Core2 CPU T7400 @ 2.16GHz3.2GB RAMNVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX(System details provided by CCleaner)I've had a look through the system performance thread but I'm not sure how well my system compares to the other GTX cards listed.Thanks guys! Q 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Not sure but it you want I can lend you a license for say 48 hours and you can flog it to death to see for yourself.Just drop me an email. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quagmire Posted September 21, 2013 Author Share Posted September 21, 2013 Not sure but it you want I can lend you a license for say 48 hours and you can flog it to death to see for yourself.Just drop me an email. That would be great, cheers! By email do you mean PM? I'll send you one with my email address. - Ignore that, just seen the 'send email' option by your username. Thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 No, I mean an email. If I'd meant PM I'd have said PM. That way I can just hit reply and there are no issues with fat fingers, typos, etc. "Send me an email" is an option under the user id, below "send me a PM". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quagmire Posted September 21, 2013 Author Share Posted September 21, 2013 Sent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 On its way back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quagmire Posted September 21, 2013 Author Share Posted September 21, 2013 Thanks Mark, just received it. I'll follow the procedure and (hopefully) I'll be playing 3.0 very soon. Cheers! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave1978 Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 How did this system end up running 3.0? was it effective. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackDeath Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 I have same specs here, game was playable only on maps with a few units; besides some tanks were not playable in TC (LeoE for exemple) due to low FPSIt's a almost 6 years computer, though... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave1978 Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 I have Windows 7 64 bit. Intel pentium B970 @ 2.3GHz with 8gb ram. Intel HD graphics.I think this is better manily due to my RAM but dont know about the graphics card. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quagmire Posted September 23, 2013 Author Share Posted September 23, 2013 Guys, take a look at this thread first of all. I'm having some problems with executing SB 3.0 and there are some graphical issues too. Look through and you will find some screenshots with FPS readings too.Q 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted September 23, 2013 Members Share Posted September 23, 2013 I have Windows 7 64 bit. Intel pentium B970 @ 2.3GHz with 8gb ram. Intel HD graphics.I think this is better manily due to my RAM but dont know about the graphics card.Surprisingly enough, Intel HD graphics may be a viable option if you turn off the shadow mapping and antialiasing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quagmire Posted September 23, 2013 Author Share Posted September 23, 2013 @dave1978 & Blackdeath: You say you both have the same/similar laptop? A friend of mine recently suggested I upgrade mine to Windows 7. I've heard that the Geforce Go 7950GTX can have some issues though with the fans running constantly and other issues with Win7. How did the upgrade go for you? I'm currently running XP (that the laptop was installed with). Is there anything else I should take into consideration; memory, networking etc or is it quite straightforward? (given the right drivers of course). Thanks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackDeath Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 i own the m15x on vista.it worked quite well at the time i bought it but the fan has always been loudy as you state.I recently "upgraded" my computer to a intel hd one, i'll see how it performs on sb3 once codemeter problem have been resolvedbut as far as sb 2 was concerned on 7950GTX, it worked ok as long as it was no demanding mission 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave1978 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Well i got it all goung last night and first impressions are good, my system rain it with shadows. I think its the 8Gb ram i have helping things along. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quagmire Posted September 24, 2013 Author Share Posted September 24, 2013 Well i got it all goung last night and first impressions are good, my system rain it with shadows. I think its the 8Gb ram i have helping things along.Dave, is it the same laptop but running Win7? If so I might consider upgrading mine, at least I'll be able to add more memory then. Yesterday I played through the Defence of Kozda mission to test a scenario that involves a lot of vehicles. Generally the FPS were around the 25 mark throughout but did drop to 19-20 when viewing dense artillery action. All sliders were set to zero though. (And I scored a major victory, so that was nice.)Q 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave1978 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 No, my laptop is an Acer Apsire V3-531. I will have a go at than scenario tonight to see how things go and reply. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunc Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Gents,if you experience crashes upon SB startup, and you assume that this might be related to your "elderly" GFX hardware, please check here for an alternative, low settings options.dat file:http://www.steelbeasts.com/sbforums/showthread.php?t=19701Cheers,dunc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave1978 Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Well i played through 'Defence of Kozda' last night. First thing, what a mission, i added an M1A2 as a treat for myself.So it played very well on my system with shadows at 2 and the rest maxed out. Slight stuttering when i charged through the trees but in open ground no issues at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maj.Hans Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I just got 3,0 today so I've only run a few simple test scenarios so far, and I've done it all with the new graphics settings rolled back. I'm going to start increasing them slowly and see how it effects things.AMD 8120 (8 cores at 3.1Ghz)4Gb of RAM (It's DDR3 1600, but motherboard wants to run it at DDR3 1333 for some reason?)NVidia GeForce GT610 (1gb of RAM on the vid card, but the processor on the card is crap)So far, I would say that I'm not noticing any decrease in performance with the graphics at low settings. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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