Seen as we are aren't getting a demo I thought I'd try games with similar minimal requirements; (8800 / core duo 2)..... nearest match I could find was the Crysis 2 mp demo.

It seemed to be just about playable on lowest res 800x600 and gamer mode, still think i'll hold out for a hard copy just incase.. I remain hopeful my little dell xps 13 with a 210m is upto the task.;)

The only sim I have that might be close to what COD will be is ROF. The extensive flight models and heavy duty graphics and maps seem to me like they may be a close fit.

I am running a Palit Geforce 560Ti 2gig. When you do the settings in ROF it shows you what percentage of video ram you are using and when you get to 90% it flags a warning. Running at 1920x1080 with all the bells and whisltes turned up all the way I am using 53% of my available video ram. After I fly I close out the sim and pop up MSI Afterburner and it shows that I was using about 1.3 gig worth.

No one has actually laid hands on COD yet, so we dont know what is all going to be required for all the bells and whistles. But on ROF if you want to turn everything up you better have more than 1gig of video memory. 1.5 at a minimum. Bty, I get upper 50s to mid 60s fps in flight and upper 40s to low 50s in dogfights over a detailed landscape at low altitude. It is not jerky at all and would not know the frame rate even lowered if I was not running fraps. Running the card oc at 920 core and 2400 (4800) memory at stock voltage

The sad fact is we really have no clue as to what COD will take to run it with everything wide open till we get our hands on it. Seems kind of unfair.

That's not so easy either for the same reasons but I would think it will be better placed in CPU terms than your card will be in GPU terms. I'm guessing medium settings.

But that's only my guess. I would certainly say that with a PC (Laptop?) of that spec I wouldn't go rushing out to get something else until you have seen what it can deliver.
I have a laptop with the i7-720QM 1.6GHz and ATI/AMD 5250 GPU and it runs Microsoft FSX beautifully and if you look here
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_look...00+%40+2.00GHz
You'll see that gets a benchmark score of 3266 whilst yours gets 3563. I know benchmarks don't always tell you how a game will run but it's a reasonable guide for CPU comparisons.

Anyway, in two and a half weeks time we'll know :)

Nvidia 9500M GS 512meg
 

Good morning everyone,
I would like to pre-order IL2-CoD but before doing so would ask for some clarification on graphics cards. I have the above card in my ACER notebook and was wondering if it would be ok to run IL2-CoD. I don't have any problems running IL2-BOP. While I realise it is not in the "Supported" list, I assume it doesn't mean it won't necessarily be ok.
Thank you in advance of some clarification.

What you should be most concerned with is your CPU and Memory. The game involves a lot of heavy number crunching, and like many others would say the video card is tertiary to the calculating power of your processor.

Thanks for the reply, My CPU is a dual core 2.0ghz and I have 4 gig of memory. These both meet requirements but I was just concerned that my video card doesn't.

There is NO WAY I would buy any hardware at this time. Wait until release is out, and watch the boards for a couple weeks information will flow like a river and you'll make better hardware choices.

Absolutely. It's so close to release now.

FYI I would guess your card sits around 17th on the list at this link. The list may help you make sense of the card types people report back on.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...50,2782-7.html

I came across a review for CoD and along side the system specs was neat little box in which you typed in your current PC specs and it gave a rating out of 10 for performance......mine came out at 4...........:(

So I priced up an expensive but decent spec upgrade, typed it in and it came out at 7----hell! Think I will wait untill prices have fallen and stick with 4.101 as I am not sure I could cope with an underperforming rig - it would drive me nuts!

My video card is an 8800 gts 512MB, which doesn't look to bad on the chart.

Still, I'm not about to buy anything until the forums have been screaming from users getting there systems upgraded and sharing with everyone.

An amazing amount of information will flow when the COD is released.

Just be patient!