Spec?!?! Help!

[chaosdax]

So I've been excited forever for MP2 to come out of course, and now I discover that my computer's not even meeting the minimum requirements posted right now.

If anyone can give me some kind of suggestions, here is my computer:
Notebook
P3 / 794 mhz
256 RAM
AGP-enabled 815EM Chip
Aside from those, I meet the rest of the specs listed.

Any suggestions, from anyone? Other then spending a few thousands on a brand new computer. Desperate.

[ADM]

Pretty much the only choice for you is to buy a whole new computer.

Get a desktop and just buy all the parts seperately and then put them all together yourself, it isn't too hard and there are heaps of people in the Hardware forum on this site who will help you out with that.

The reason is you have a Notebook and those things aren't very easy to upgrade. Very expensive to as well.

[wxpoet22]

Originally posted by chaosdax:
So I've been excited forever for MP2 to come out of course, and now I discover that my computer's not even meeting the minimum requirements posted right now.

If anyone can give me some kind of suggestions, here is my computer:
Notebook
P3 / 794 mhz
256 RAM
AGP-enabled 815EM Chip
Aside from those, I meet the rest of the specs listed.

Any suggestions, from anyone? Other then spending a few thousands on a brand new computer. Desperate. <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">You're not alone. I have a Celeron 800 w/256 MB RAM and i810 onboard video. Even my neighbor's PC with 2Ghz Celeron, 512 MB RAM, and onboard video 845G chipset will only be able to play at minimum detail as MarkusRMD pointed out. I'm thinking though that you might be able to simply put in a PCI video card that's 64MB and make sure it can do T&L because as some of my other neighbors just discovered, lots of video cards don't do T&L even though they're 32/64 MB AGP .

Another idea that comes to mind is wait a few months until Max Payne 2 is given its final patching. Like the first one, Remedy may quietly loosen up the requirements on MP2 while patching it to reach out to a wider audience.

[ 08-26-2003, 04:31 PM: Message edited by: wxpoet22 ]

[eggyolk]

I actually wouldn't break the bank for a new computer. You should be able to play alright with minimal graphics. Then again, I haven't played Max Payne 2, but I could run Max Payne 1 with 800mhz, Radeon 9000, 192 RAM and I had everything full blast.

[wxpoet22]

Originally posted by eggyolk:
I actually wouldn't break the bank for a new computer. You should be able to play alright with minimal graphics. Then again, I haven't played Max Payne 2, but I could run Max Payne 1 with 800mhz, Radeon 9000, 192 RAM and I had everything full blast. <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I don't think the CPU really matters a whole lot. Between 800 Mhz and 1.2 Ghz, you rarely notice much of a performance boost anyway.

[chaosdax]

Originally posted by wxpoet22:
[I'm thinking though that you might be able to simply put in a PCI video card that's 64MB and make sure it can do T&L .... <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">If this computer weren't a laptop, that would be a pretty simple solution.

[Theseus314]

Word from the wise seems to suggest that 815e gfx chipsets do infact work with Max Payne2.

The game will however run slow, and at a very low detail setting.

[wxpoet22]

Originally posted by Theseus314:
Word from the wise seems to suggest that 815e gfx chipsets do infact work with Max Payne2.

The game will however run slow, and at a very low detail setting. <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I'll settle for a slow setting with low detail just as I did in Max Payne 1 if that's what it takes to get to see the suspense sequel. Once I get a new PC in 2005, I'll gladly replay Max Payne 1 and 2 in full detail and if Remedy goes for a Max Payne 3, get ready for that one and make sure my new system is up to it.

[j]

Originally posted by eggyolk:
I actually wouldn't break the bank for a new computer. You should be able to play alright with minimal graphics. Then again, I haven't played Max Payne 2, but I could run Max Payne 1 with 800mhz, Radeon 9000, 192 RAM and I had everything full blast. <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Yeah, right. At a resolution of 640*480 and no AA or AF maybe, but I wouldn't call that "full blast". 1024*768 or higher, 4xAA (or 6x even) and 16xAF with everything at highest would be full blast.

And chaosdax, I suggest putting up $1k to get a somewhat-proper computer. With that you'd get a machine that would run any game released this year (and many that'll be released next year).

[Joel]

My computer is:

Pentium 3- 1.7G
64MEG graphics card (Hercules 2)
128 MEG DDR RAM

I was reading on the official site that the MINIMUM requirements were a 1 GIG chip for minimum graphic detail. Any speculation on what the requirements would be for maximum graphic detail? I have a feeling i'll need to upgrade.

[wxpoet22]

Originally posted by Joel:
My computer is:

Pentium 3- 1.7G
64MEG graphics card (Hercules 2)
128 MEG DDR RAM

I was reading on the official site that the MINIMUM requirements were a 1 GIG chip for minimum graphic detail. Any speculation on what the requirements would be for maximum graphic detail? I have a feeling i'll need to upgrade. <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Remedy said it will announce soon. However, I'd say you have more than enough to get the recommended specs.

[j]

^With 128MB RAM? Hardly. Atleast get more RAM.

[biXen]

Not like Hercules 2 is the king of videocards either, minimum yes, recommended no...

Amazing what I could call acceptable when I had a worse computer though, like 15 fps images/icons/smile.gif

[Jokke_r]

man befoe with my old computer id settle with high game detail. with low resolution and have 25-50 fps

now i am uppset when i can'r have full antialiasing with everything on full at 1280x960/1024

[wxpoet22]

Originally posted by j:
^With 128MB RAM? Hardly. Atleast get more RAM. <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">My mistake on the ram. Sorry I overlooked. He could upgrade to 256MB to make up for it.

[biXen]

512MB for recommended I'd say.

[Joel]

Thanks for your feedback, everyone. Wxpoet is on the money there- more RAM. 256 DDR is what I have in mind. The processor is...O...K but it would be nice to upgrade it, but I think i'll survive for another 6 months. The video card is getting a little dated as well.

So priority is:
1) RAM
2) Video Card
3) Processor.

Thanks again!

[Raven]

We have to buy because Idon't Want to play the game set at minimum.