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Tim S · 16th Feb 2007, 09:59

http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2007/...mmander/1.html

hughwi · 16th Feb 2007, 10:10

that looks like its definitely worth my hard earned

nice comprehensive review guys, its helped me make my mind up!

Springs · 16th Feb 2007, 10:13

i should hopefully have this sitting at home by the time i get there... install it and fire it straight up for an all nighter...

Blademrk · 16th Feb 2007, 10:53

that really makes me want to upgrade my 6600 (and get another 20"+ w/s monitor, and another gig of ram etc... etc... etc...).

I've started playing Warhammer 40K Dawn of War again (before I start on the Dark Crusade expansion) and the one thing I wish I could do is zoom out that little bit further to get a better view of the action (at max zoom I still feel that little bit too close)

It looks like I'd definitly be able to do that with this game.

gpw111 · 16th Feb 2007, 11:08

I tried the demo of this on my 24" and 17" and with my 6800 GT the frame rate was pretty bad at native resoltions. I guess ill have to fiddle with the settings more if you all seem to think its such a good game tho.

Veles · 16th Feb 2007, 11:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blademrk

I've started playing Warhammer 40K Dawn of War again (before I start on the Dark Crusade expansion) and the one thing I wish I could do is zoom out that little bit further to get a better view of the action (at max zoom I still feel that little bit too close)

Lol, after playing sup com I really hate the cameras of other games. Went from sup com to CoH and forgot I couldn't zoom out really far

airchie · 16th Feb 2007, 11:49

That's one thing I hate about generals etc is the inability to zoom out far enough so it looks like I'll need to go buy this right now...

<EDIT>
looking on amazon and play it seems there's special edition packs (Supreme Commander (Limited Edition Cybran Faction Pack) is one).

What's the difference between these and the normal game?

Hamish · 16th Feb 2007, 11:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Veles

Lol, after playing sup com I really hate the cameras of other games. Went from sup com to CoH and forgot I couldn't zoom out really far

yea seriously, although i felt the same thing when i first played DoW and CoH, just needed another 1 or 2 levels of zoom

wish you could remap the map moving keys in supcom tho, arrow keys is such a pain i dont understand why more RTSs dont let you remap them
wasd is a much more obvious set of keys to move the map around with as its right below all the number keys you use for controlling your groups

Mother-Goose · 16th Feb 2007, 12:13

great review and great game.

On a sub note: I would not say that Tim is a FPS whore for wanting rates between 20 and 40, this is on the limits of what is acceptable in my mind and most of my mates as well.

Bindibadgi · 16th Feb 2007, 12:23

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Originally Posted by Mother-Gooser

On a sub note: I would not say that Tim is a FPS whore for wanting rates between 20 and 40, this is on the limits of what is acceptable in my mind and most of my mates as well.

HAHAHA That's exactly what we said

Nictron · 16th Feb 2007, 12:35

Have any of you had the serious slowdowns in the Demo.

I have two friends that find the demo unplayable.

Their specs are VISTA 32 Bit, AMD 4000+, 2GB Ram and 7800 GTX 256 MB.

and WinXP, Intel 2.8 Ghz, 1.2 GB Ram and 7800 GTX 256MB.

Or do you think the demo was just not optimised that well.

I mean surely these pc's should handle a RTS quite well.

Thx.

Redbeaver · 16th Feb 2007, 14:19

got the retail, 2x7900GT but since iim on Vista, there's really no SLI at all, 2.9Ghz AMD X2, and 2Gb of RAM.

smooth sailing on high/medium mix @1680x1050....

great freakin game! a mission on Easy takes about 1.5 ~ 2hr. sometimes hitting 2.5+. but it all feels like its 10min

its that good.

having 500 units on ur command, attacking from different direction, plus some naval assaults backed up by torpedo launching bomber planes, its so freakin wicked when all hell's break loose and a huge giant spider came out of nowhere and freaked the **** out of u coz everythin u throw at him doesnt have any effect, but on the other side of the map u need to protect the tank convoy and...and.... ah i cant stop

its that good. THAT good.

€gr€s · 16th Feb 2007, 14:27

this game reminds me Ground Control... old good game

Juppun · 16th Feb 2007, 14:30

This game is nuts.

BioSniper · 16th Feb 2007, 14:36

I've been playing it since beta and got my retail copy yesterday, its very nice though my XP2800 struggles, but turning shadows off, and Fidelity to low I can run 1x 1280x1024 + 1x 1024x768 screen in dual. Any more units over 300 though and its starts to all go down the pan

A lot of people are claiming the game is unoptimized but imo its just people need to learn that you can't always run the game on high everything, even with a well specced system.

Vash-HT · 16th Feb 2007, 14:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nictron

Have any of you had the serious slowdowns in the Demo.

I have two friends that find the demo unplayable.

Their specs are VISTA 32 Bit, AMD 4000+, 2GB Ram and 7800 GTX 256 MB.

and WinXP, Intel 2.8 Ghz, 1.2 GB Ram and 7800 GTX 256MB.

Or do you think the demo was just not optimised that well.

I mean surely these pc's should handle a RTS quite well.

Thx.

I ran it on my PC perfectly fine at 1920x1080 on my 37" LCD. I had all of the settings set high except shadows and AA I think.

Im running it on this:
Athlon X2 4800
2Gb PC3200
X1900XTX

and some other stuff of course but you get the point.

My friend had a problem running the demo at low settings on his 7600gt, even though he could play the beta fine. I'm not sur ewhat they changed, but it runs a lot smoother on my system than the beta did, and from the beta to the demo runs worse for him.

AcidJiles · 16th Feb 2007, 15:01

running the retail game with 4600 X2, 2GB RAM, 1900xt 256 running on 2 monitors at high with a bit of slowdown

topher · 16th Feb 2007, 15:45

Where THE HELL DID MY POST GO ?

Tim S · 16th Feb 2007, 15:48

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Originally Posted by topher

Where THE HELL DID MY POST GO ?

Downloading an ISO of the game is classed as piracy in my eyes and the discussion of piracy is against the forum rules; hence why your post was removed.

DarkLord7854 · 16th Feb 2007, 16:06

I find that the description of the hardware needed wasn't really accurate. I'm running a 7900GS and an E6300 and it supports 2 screens, one at 1440x900 (19" wide) and the other at 1024 x 768 (15", max res) with everything on full, except AA since I don't see a difference with or without it and I get between 30 to 50 fps, albeit it slows down a tad when 60 artillery guns fire off with the 20+ point defense batteries and the enemy start impacting the shield with some 50 laser units, it doesn't go under 25.

I'm finding the Easy and Normal AI to be relatively easy to bully and destroy

16th Feb 2007, 09:59	#1
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16th Feb 2007, 10:13	#3
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16th Feb 2007, 10:10	#2
hughwi Hypermodder Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Southampton Uni / London Posts: 884	that looks like its definitely worth my hard earned nice comprehensive review guys, its helped me make my mind up!

16th Feb 2007, 11:08	#5
gpw111 Multimodder Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Posts: 92	I tried the demo of this on my 24" and 17" and with my 6800 GT the frame rate was pretty bad at native resoltions. I guess ill have to fiddle with the settings more if you all seem to think its such a good game tho.

16th Feb 2007, 12:35	#11
Nictron Multimodder Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 99	Have any of you had the serious slowdowns in the Demo. I have two friends that find the demo unplayable. Their specs are VISTA 32 Bit, AMD 4000+, 2GB Ram and 7800 GTX 256 MB. and WinXP, Intel 2.8 Ghz, 1.2 GB Ram and 7800 GTX 256MB. Or do you think the demo was just not optimised that well. I mean surely these pc's should handle a RTS quite well. Thx.

16th Feb 2007, 14:27	#13
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16th Feb 2007, 15:01	#17
AcidJiles Multimodder Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 152	running the retail game with 4600 X2, 2GB RAM, 1900xt 256 running on 2 monitors at high with a bit of slowdown

16th Feb 2007, 15:45	#18
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16th Feb 2007, 16:06	#20
DarkLord7854 Web Developer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: West Palm Beach, Florida Posts: 3,845	I find that the description of the hardware needed wasn't really accurate. I'm running a 7900GS and an E6300 and it supports 2 screens, one at 1440x900 (19" wide) and the other at 1024 x 768 (15", max res) with everything on full, except AA since I don't see a difference with or without it and I get between 30 to 50 fps, albeit it slows down a tad when 60 artillery guns fire off with the 20+ point defense batteries and the enemy start impacting the shield with some 50 laser units, it doesn't go under 25. I'm finding the Easy and Normal AI to be relatively easy to bully and destroy