Soldato
http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/medieval2totalwar/download.html?sid=6159550
Looks like Medieval 2: Total War requires SSE2 for the CPU. Never thought I'd see a 1.5 GHz Celeron beat an Athlon XP 3200+ but that day appears to have arrived.
Edit: Pardon me. I've seen a more recent developer announcement. The release version will only need SSE - not SSE2. Apparrentlly Athlon XPs will work, however at that stage of development there were still issues with Athlon XPs in multiplayer. Can't find an official link though...
Further Edit: http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=70318&page=3 - Someone from Creative Assembly posted the following:
Wow the forums are running hot with demo chat. I thought I better hurry up and address some of your concerns so you can relax and enjoy the weekend. As mentioned in the developer blogs the demo is a pre-beta build and since then the game has had over 2 months of polish and optimization. I am happy to inform you that:
• SSE2 is only required for the demo, the release version of the game will only require SSE.
• Most of the issues with the Athlon XP processor were fixed for the release version of the game, the single player game works fine but there are a few residual issues with multiplayer and as such we can’t officially support it.
• Regarding frame rate, considering there has been over 2 months of work on game optimization I think it’s safe to assume the frame rate in the release game will be better than the one seen in the demo.
I will be sure to keep up to date with the demo chat and try and address any additional issues requiring clarification.
Jason
Looks like Medieval 2: Total War requires SSE2 for the CPU. Never thought I'd see a 1.5 GHz Celeron beat an Athlon XP 3200+ but that day appears to have arrived.
Edit: Pardon me. I've seen a more recent developer announcement. The release version will only need SSE - not SSE2. Apparrentlly Athlon XPs will work, however at that stage of development there were still issues with Athlon XPs in multiplayer. Can't find an official link though...
Further Edit: http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=70318&page=3 - Someone from Creative Assembly posted the following:
Wow the forums are running hot with demo chat. I thought I better hurry up and address some of your concerns so you can relax and enjoy the weekend. As mentioned in the developer blogs the demo is a pre-beta build and since then the game has had over 2 months of polish and optimization. I am happy to inform you that:
• SSE2 is only required for the demo, the release version of the game will only require SSE.
• Most of the issues with the Athlon XP processor were fixed for the release version of the game, the single player game works fine but there are a few residual issues with multiplayer and as such we can’t officially support it.
• Regarding frame rate, considering there has been over 2 months of work on game optimization I think it’s safe to assume the frame rate in the release game will be better than the one seen in the demo.
I will be sure to keep up to date with the demo chat and try and address any additional issues requiring clarification.
Jason
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