Im not exactly computer savy but i do enjoy playing rome total war but im not sure if my computer could run empire total war
i have a compaq presario pc sr5002hm
Memory
Component Attributes
Memory Installed 512 MB
Maximum allowed 2 GB (2 x 1 GB)
Speed supported PC2-4200 MB/sec
Type 240 pin, DDR2 SDRAM
Hard drive
120 GB SATA 3G (3.0 Gb/sec)
7200 rpm
memory-512mb
harddrive-120gb
graphics-intel graphics media accelerater 950
Empir Total War specs:
Supported OS: Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista™
Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel® Pentium® or greater or AMD® Athlon® equivalent CPU
Memory: 1 GB RAM (XP,) 2 GB RAM (Vista™)
Graphics: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible hardware accelerated video card with shader version 2.0 support, 256 MB video memory
Display: Minimum screen resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels
Sound: Directx9.0c compatible sound card
Hard Drive: 15 GB free hard disk space formatted as NTFS
Peripherals: Windows compatible mouse and keyboard
Empire Total War System Requirements:
Supported OS: Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista™
Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel® Pentium® or greater or AMD® Athlon® equivalent CPU
Memory: 1 GB RAM (XP,) 2 GB RAM (Vista™)
Graphics: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible hardware accelerated video card with shader version 2.0 support, 256 MB video memory
Display: Minimum screen resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels
Sound: Directx9.0c compatible sound card
Hard Drive: 15 GB free hard disk space formatted as NTFS
Peripherals: Windows compatible mouse and keyboard
im not sure if this is enough info and should i buy a graphics card and if so how much do they cost
Answers & Comments
Verified answer
No. Empire: Total War requires 1GB of RAM, you only have 512MB, which is roughly half.
And this is a notebook. You cannot buy a video card for a notebook (the video card [it's more of a chip] in the notebook is called "integrated", because it's built into the motherboard).