Upgrading computer to run Company of Heroes better

Firefox Lover · 10-12-2008, 03:50 PM

Hi, when I play Company of Heroes, I get a lot of lag. The minimum specs to play CoH is this:

System:
2.0GHz Intel Pentium IV or equivalent
RAM:
512 MB
Video Memory:
64 MB
Hard Drive Space:
6500 MB

but the recommended is this:

System:
3.0GHz Intel Pentium or equivalent
RAM:
1024 MB
Video Memory:
256 MB
Hard Drive Space:
6500 MB

I run Windows XP Service Pack 2, Version 2002, Home Edition. I have an AMD Sempron Processor 3400+ which is 1.99GHz. I only have 1 gig of RAM.

Hard Drive space isn't a problem, since I've already installed and played it, etc...

Do you have any suggestions on what I should do to upgrade my computer so I can run it smoother? Any help is appreciated, thanks!

akedm · 10-27-2008, 02:07 AM

My son runs a Sempron 3000+ with 1.5 GIGs, Win XP SP2 Home, and a X850 graphics card. He gets lag too. But it's manageable. Keep in mind if you're playing online that the game will run as slow as the slowest one on the game, so it may not even be your computer. The game has a nice feature of telling you is so-and-so's computer specs are slowing down the game while the game is going on.

How much are you willing to spend to upgrade?

Mozo · 10-27-2008, 03:25 AM

What graphics card do you have?

akedm · 10-27-2008, 12:34 PM

Also what make/model/output wattage of power supply do you have? This will be important to assess upgrades.

10-12-2008, 03:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
Firefox Lover Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1 OS: Windows XP Service Pack 2	Upgrading computer to run Company of Heroes better Hi, when I play Company of Heroes, I get a lot of lag. The minimum specs to play CoH is this: System: 2.0GHz Intel Pentium IV or equivalent RAM: 512 MB Video Memory: 64 MB Hard Drive Space: 6500 MB but the recommended is this: System: 3.0GHz Intel Pentium or equivalent RAM: 1024 MB Video Memory: 256 MB Hard Drive Space: 6500 MB I run Windows XP Service Pack 2, Version 2002, Home Edition. I have an AMD Sempron Processor 3400+ which is 1.99GHz. I only have 1 gig of RAM. Hard Drive space isn't a problem, since I've already installed and played it, etc... Do you have any suggestions on what I should do to upgrade my computer so I can run it smoother? Any help is appreciated, thanks!

10-27-2008, 02:07 AM	#2 (permalink)
akedm Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Anchorage, Alaska, USA Posts: 336 OS: Win XP Media Center SP2	Re: Upgrading computer to run Company of Heroes better My son runs a Sempron 3000+ with 1.5 GIGs, Win XP SP2 Home, and a X850 graphics card. He gets lag too. But it's manageable. Keep in mind if you're playing online that the game will run as slow as the slowest one on the game, so it may not even be your computer. The game has a nice feature of telling you is so-and-so's computer specs are slowing down the game while the game is going on. How much are you willing to spend to upgrade?

10-27-2008, 03:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
Mozo Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 47 OS: XP SP2	Re: Upgrading computer to run Company of Heroes better What graphics card do you have?

10-27-2008, 12:34 PM	#4 (permalink)
akedm Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Anchorage, Alaska, USA Posts: 336 OS: Win XP Media Center SP2	Re: Upgrading computer to run Company of Heroes better Also what make/model/output wattage of power supply do you have? This will be important to assess upgrades.