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Yarlen & Peace Pheonix: Any way I can test this or those specific features and know for sure? E.g. a freely available binary which uses it. Hm. DirectX has some info/compatibility utility, doesn't it? I'll see if I can find it. What would I be looking for? Edit: Hm. It has full support for DirectX 8, but if GC2 requires full DX9, then I why is there any discussion of low-end computers at all? Since DX9 was released Dec 2002, how many pre-2003 computers can have full support? <BR

Reply to Requirements for Non-annoying Latency? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Oh bugger, my little semicolon and parenthesis was replaced with one of those images... Anyway, I meant 'gigantic' instead of 'huge', and 'huge' instead of 'large' for GC1. Not important, but now you know.

Requirements for Non-annoying Latency? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Hi; I'm sitting here, virtually with my credit card in hand, and I really want to download the Beta+Final, but I am in fear of increased latency from heavier CPU usage, seeing as my MS Windows machine is probably getting very old and frail as seen from a gaming perspective, even though it meets the minimum system requirements: Intel 600MHz 256MB RAM Intel 82810 video card (built-in, up to 10MB memory) * The Intel 810 has 3D support