System requirements

[Betty]

Minimum Requirements:

Windows® XP or Windows® 2000
Processor: 2,2 GHz Intel Pentium 4®
or equivalent processor
System memory: 512 MB RAM
Video card: 64 MB with 1.1 pixel shader
Free hard drive space: 3,5 GB
DVD-ROM: 4x
Sound card: DirectX® 9.0c-compatible
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Network: TCP/IP-compatible
Internet: ISDN
Input device: Keyboard, Mouse

These are the minimum configurations for running the game. DirectX® 9.0c is included and requires the latest video and sound drivers.
Please note: For playing in multiplayer mode one DVD is needed in each participating PC. For more than 2 players 1 GB of system memory is required.

Recommended Requirements:

Processor: 3 GHz Intel Pentium 4®
or equivalent processor
System memory: 1 GB RAM
Video card: 256 MB with 2.0 pixel shader
Internet: Broadband

Apart from that see minimum configuration

[bu e babi]

But is true that this game dont work whit a mobile pc?

I have nvidia ge force 7300 256 mb dedicated? Can i Play thi game???':confused: :confused:

[Betty]

Hey bu e babi,

it all depends on your system...
You should be able to play the game, if you have got 512 MB RAM and no shared memory, or if you have got more then 512 MB RAM.

For further information please contact www.aspyr.com

[Omikronman]

Hi there,

the game works on a intel MacBook with 2048 Mbyte RAM. The onboard graphic uses shared memory. Not fast however: 25 fps on the sea and up to 17 fps on the islands. Die lowest framerate I have seen was 2 fps here.

[Nevynswe]

Hi there,

the game works on a intel MacBook with 2048 Mbyte RAM. The onboard graphic uses shared memory. Not fast however: 25 fps on the sea and up to 17 fps on the islands. Die lowest framerate I have seen was 2 fps here.

as i replied in another thread, that would be because of the onboard graphics card :cool:

[Celsius]

will it work on AMD athlon 2000, Ati Radeon 9200 128mb, 1024 mb ram

[Dobber]

Download the Demo and try it out on your PC, that will help you to decide if you are happy with whatever settings are available to you.

[slindenau]

The 'minimum' requirements are really the total bottom of what you need to run the game!

Im currently playing the full game on a 2.8 Ghz P IV, with 512 mb ram and 128 mb onboard (yes its like hell) video memory...

And starting the game works yes, running an island with a warehouse and like 10 pioneers works fine (fps > 24) yes...but with 100~200 houses and 3 other fully loaded PC players, my game never runs smoothly (fps < 24).

And that makes me sad.

[JP_Linkens]

Hello,

Ok my computer does not meet the systen requirements, do is almost matches and it shout work anyway.

I play a lot of games that just do not match my System Specs without any problem however Anno 1701 has this stupic function that it's gonna check if you have the minimen system specs.

If not you get this message.
"Your computer hardware does not meet the minimum standart required to play ANNO 1701. You can find the minimum requirements both on the packaging and in the manual. This program will be terminated."

God may know why they put this option in, cus in this way you don't give people even a try to play the game. And I do hate it if programmers put this option in there software.

Anyway, I'm sure it will work just fine even without me having the correct hardware specs but this function it preventing me from starting the game so is there any way to get past this check?

Oow and please do not come with, buy a new PC. I'm gonna buy one very soon just don't want to whait.

Maybe they shout make a patch where the game warns you about the specs and then let you play anyway, like some other games do, but this really s*cks.

Any way to get arount this check?

Please help me.

[Dobber]

.........................Anyway, I'm sure it will work just fine even without me having the correct hardware specs but this function it preventing me from starting the game so is there any way to get past this check?
...................


Welcome to the board JP_Linkens! :halloha:

What are these specs of your computer that you are so sure it will work just fine on?
There are some people with computers that exceed the minimum requirements and the game is not running just fine on them.
This game is very resource(ram, graphics and cpu) intensive and the hardware produces a lot of heat while running the game.

Even people with high end specs are having some problems!

[slindenau]

Thats true yes, i exceed the minimum specs (except for RAM) quite easy...but still my cpu/casefan starts spinning like a mad cow when i run Anno :). That means the hardware is totally stressed, and the results of that i can see in my gameplay (_everything_ as low as possible, and it only runs without shocking at the very beginning of a game...where no body has any big cities).

As far as i know there is no way around that hardware check at this moment, or maybe some programmer here can tell us if there is a command line option to override that check?
I dont have a way of checking that, because i dont have access to a (working) PC below the minimum specs.

If there is none, the only thing you can do is wait for the new hardware to arrive.

And yes i agree, there should be a patch for this. Minimum specs should only be a recommendation, not a rule.

[JP_Linkens]

Hi Dobber:hello:

There are 2 thinks that do not match with the specs.

My low cpu of 1Ghz and the videocart Geforce 2 MX 400 64MB (But thats only because it does not support DirectX9.0 100%)

Anyway, my specs.
Win XP Pro SP2
Pentium 3 1Ghz
SB Live! Audio [1400]
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 64MB
768MB Ram
DirectX 9.0C
Hare 1.5.1(Program that makes your PC fasther, and trust me this one exually works)

So I know my Pc is an old guy..girl:P thats also why I'm gonna buy a new one very soon that will deffenatly support this game. But the reasen I beleef it will work is because of other games that shout not work on my PC but work anyway.

GTA:SA
HL2
NFSU 2
NFS MW
(Don't know the minimum specs of this games, but there are quite some games that need twice the system I have and work just fine)

Acually the only games that do not work are games that really need a mutch fasther (Better) Video cart. (Far Cry, BattleField 2/2142) If the CPU is very low that does not really mather if you have more RAM, and I have more RAM then the minimum requirements for the game, and the GeForce 2 is old but the Geforce 3/Ti 200 is supported and thats not a very big differend with my card.

So if I would turn down the grafics it migth work, ok there is a chanse that it won't works, but I beleef It mitgh work. If it started, that is.

PS: slindenau, like I said in my post, a processor that does not meet the specs is not a big problem if you have more RAM however it is a problem if you have a better processor and les RAM. RAM is just very importend, if you would meed or exeet the RAM lvl I geus your problems woult bin solved. Everybody things the processor is the most importend, but RAM is at least as importent as the processor, cus you can have a fast processor but if the data transfer to the processor is slow everything stays slow.

[Fbzn]

Try the demo... you will be fixed.:wink:

[slindenau]

@JP_Linkens:
Well, i've had a PC that ran HL2 and NSFU 2...but refused GTA SA (it worked, but low FPS) and refuses Anno (works, but still low fps)...so those games are not quite comparable i guess.

And yeah, i know 512 ram is really not enough for windows and anno...
But that hasnt got much to do with the speed of writing/reading to the ram though.
Ofcourse, 533 or 667 MHz ram and a fast CPU, its a difference...but more ram means that more data can be stored...and here it comes: acces time. That what its all about. The difference in access time between RAM and HARD DISK is much bigger than the speed difference between ram/cpu.

So its better to have more RAM, with more data stored in it, so you dont have to wait for the HARD DISK (viritual ram, swap file) during the game.

[JP_Linkens]

@JP_Linkens:
Well, i've had a PC that ran HL2 and NSFU 2...but refused GTA SA (it worked, but low FPS) and refuses Anno (works, but still low fps)...so those games are not quite comparable i guess.

And yeah, i know 512 ram is really not enough for windows and anno...
But that hasnt got much to do with the speed of writing/reading to the ram though.
Ofcourse, 533 or 667 MHz ram and a fast CPU, its a difference...but more ram means that more data can be stored...and here it comes: acces time. That what its all about. The difference in access time between RAM and HARD DISK is much bigger than the speed difference between ram/cpu.

So its better to have more RAM, with more data stored in it, so you dont have to wait for the HARD DISK (viritual ram, swap file) during the game.

Yeah that was exacly what I was saying. Quote myzelf "cus you can have a fast processor but if the data transfer to the processor is slow everything stays slow." So more ram makes the data transfer faster.

Dat bedoelde ik te zeggen;)

Anyway, still no way to get around that check?

[slindenau]

Hello fellow Dutchman :hello: :wink:

Like i said, as far as i know, there is no way around the check.

The only thing that might work is a command line option (anno1701.exe -[somecommand]), but the programmers will have to confirm if such a command exists.

[JP_Linkens]

Hello fellow Dutchman :hello: :wink:

Like i said, as far as i know, there is no way around the check.

The only thing that might work is a command line option (anno1701.exe -[somecommand]), but the programmers will have to confirm if such a command exists.

I know, that or a new patch, but I'm whaiting for Dobber (Or someone els who knows that) to tell me what command or in witch patch it will be possible to start the game.

[Dobber]

Hi Dobber:hello:

There are 2 thinks that do not match with the specs.

My low cpu of 1Ghz and the videocart Geforce 2 MX 400 64MB (But thats only because it does not support DirectX9.0 100%)

Anyway, my specs.
Win XP Pro SP2
Pentium 3 1Ghz
SB Live! Audio [1400]
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 64MB
768MB Ram
DirectX 9.0C
Hare 1.5.1(Program that makes your PC fasther, and trust me this one exually works)

So I know my Pc is an old guy..girl:P thats also why I'm gonna buy a new one very soon that will deffenatly support this game. But the reasen I beleef it will work is because of other games that shout not work on my PC but work anyway.

GTA:SA
HL2
NFSU 2
NFS MW
(Don't know the minimum specs of this games, but there are quite some games that need twice the system I have and work just fine)

Acually the only games that do not work are games that really need a mutch fasther (Better) Video cart. (Far Cry, BattleField 2/2142) If the CPU is very low that does not really mather if you have more RAM, and I have more RAM then the minimum requirements for the game, and the GeForce 2 is old but the Geforce 3/Ti 200 is supported and thats not a very big differend with my card.

So if I would turn down the grafics it migth work, ok there is a chanse that it won't works, but I beleef It mitgh work. If it started, that is.



Okay, P3 1gb, not powerful enough, nowhere close to a P4 2gb.
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 64MB - no Shader technology, besides that danger of card overheating and causing damage to the card.

If Battlefield 2142 will not run on your machine, then you can forget 1701 running on it, there are many people that think because their machine will run 2142 it should run 1701 when actually there are machines that cannot run 1701 that have no problems with 2142.

There will be no patch to make the game run on machines with lower specs.

[slindenau]

Oooh, why not :sad:.

Cards wont melt...a normal pc (not overclocked) will become hot yes...maybe show artifacs, but will never melt itself into permanent hardware damage! That is ofcourse when you bought the pc as one tower. When you made your own, there is a little bit more risc, but still i dont think it can happen.

[Flying Dutchman]

no piece of software can cause overheating in any way, unless the cooling was insufficient in the first place. In which case it is the fault of the ensembler, not the software