Supreme Commander Performance Tests

jmke · 13th February 2007, 13:54

CPU or GPU dependent, Supreme Commander is quite taxing on your whole system

"Therefore, before purchasing this game or even considering a hardware upgrade, it will be important to know first if your computer will run it, and second how good it will actually look while doing so. There is indeed a massive difference between low and high quality settings in Supreme Commander, suggesting older systems will still be able to run this title, which is always good news. However like I said, this game looks fantastic and playing it with low visual quality settings is almost criminal... a graphics card upgrade may be in order for some fanatics!

http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=617

jmke · 13th February 2007, 15:19

Lack of CPU testing, game is very CPU dependent, no details on how he got the FPS in SupCom;

With 7900GT I played 1600x1200 high detail, with 8800GTX I added 4xAA/16xAF, only slowdowns I notice is due to too many units in the game (note: not on screen..) which is lack of CPU power! and that with Core 2 Duo @ 2.8ghz, with 4 AI, over 4000 units are present in game, taxing the CPU to the fullest.

The Senile Doctor · 14th February 2007, 07:32

game runs horribly on my default sli7900gtx with fx53 and 1 gig of ram (as do many games lately...

easypanic · 14th February 2007, 07:43

time for quad core doctor

Rutar · 14th February 2007, 10:11

I think 1 gig of memory is pretty crippling to a system like this.

jmke · 14th February 2007, 10:57

his 1gb is enough, what resolution are you running doc? Dual Core does make the difference in this game; but I must say that the game was playable 1600x1200 with Opteron SC @ 2.2Ghz and 7900GT / 1Gb

up to 3-way FFA goes okay, more than that, near end game, things slow down.

With Core 2 @ 2.8ghz and G80 / 2Gb I run at 1600x1200 dual screen, 4xAA/16xAF, 4-way games are easy now

13th February 2007, 13:54	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,473	Supreme Commander Performance Tests CPU or GPU dependent, Supreme Commander is quite taxing on your whole system "Therefore, before purchasing this game or even considering a hardware upgrade, it will be important to know first if your computer will run it, and second how good it will actually look while doing so. There is indeed a massive difference between low and high quality settings in Supreme Commander, suggesting older systems will still be able to run this title, which is always good news. However like I said, this game looks fantastic and playing it with low visual quality settings is almost criminal... a graphics card upgrade may be in order for some fanatics! http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=617 __________________

13th February 2007, 15:19	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,473	Lack of CPU testing, game is very CPU dependent, no details on how he got the FPS in SupCom; With 7900GT I played 1600x1200 high detail, with 8800GTX I added 4xAA/16xAF, only slowdowns I notice is due to too many units in the game (note: not on screen..) which is lack of CPU power! and that with Core 2 Duo @ 2.8ghz, with 4 AI, over 4000 units are present in game, taxing the CPU to the fullest. __________________

14th February 2007, 07:32	#3
The Senile Doctor [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2002 Location: wherever the doom is Posts: 3,174	game runs horribly on my default sli7900gtx with fx53 and 1 gig of ram (as do many games lately... __________________ OC-2-the-death Where the Reverend is doing his Magick, all mortals be silent Doom over the world

14th February 2007, 10:57	#6
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,473	his 1gb is enough, what resolution are you running doc? Dual Core does make the difference in this game; but I must say that the game was playable 1600x1200 with Opteron SC @ 2.2Ghz and 7900GT / 1Gb up to 3-way FFA goes okay, more than that, near end game, things slow down. With Core 2 @ 2.8ghz and G80 / 2Gb I run at 1600x1200 dual screen, 4xAA/16xAF, 4-way games are easy now __________________

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14th February 2007, 07:43	#4
easypanic [M] Reviewer Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,823	time for quad core doctor

14th February 2007, 10:11	#5
Rutar Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,267	I think 1 gig of memory is pretty crippling to a system like this.