FM09; Computer specifications!

How about the computer specifications for the new game? Would you need a really modern computer to be able to play it? Because mine is a few years old and can't really cope with the new games released and since it will include a 3D engine I'm curious to know the specs that it will require.

Could this be enough to play the game smoothly?

- Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.20GHz

- 1 GB of RAM

- ATI Radeon 9800 w/ 128MB

I've already got a DVD player so that's no issue. I'm just worried that my graphic card might be too weak but judging from the screenshots I would say it probably isn't but you never know. I just know that games such as QUAKE 4 do not do well in my computer.

Probably at least 256MB video memory for good quality.

I only have a AMD Athlon XP 2200+

1.79GHz and 1 GB of RAM

Will this be enough?

How about the computer specifications for the new game? Would you need a really modern computer to be able to play it? Because mine is a few years old and can't really cope with the new games released and since it will include a 3D engine I'm curious to know the specs that it will require.

Could this be enough to play the game smoothly?

- Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.20GHz

- 1 GB of RAM

- ATI Radeon 9800 w/ 128MB

I've already got a DVD player so that's no issue. I'm just worried that my graphic card might be too weak but judging from the screenshots I would say it probably isn't but you never know. I just know that games such as QUAKE 4 do not do well in my computer.

I should imagine you will be fine, you won't need a powerful graphics card if you use the 2D view anyway. One thing I always found was speed of processing between matches to be an issue on my Athlon 2.8Ghz so I recently went whole hog, widescreen monitor, quad core PC. Seems I always use FM or as it was CM to as an excuse to upgrade computer you can keep you Quakes etc. FM all the way good bye social life once again :-)

Probably at least 256MB video memory for good quality.

Really? That's a shame if it's true. I would like to be able to use the new 3D engine smoothly without the need of buying a new graphic card.

If you check the FIFA manager specs, they are very similar to FMs except you need a GPU, but a basic one at that. You should be fine.

How about the computer specifications for the new game? Would you need a really modern computer to be able to play it? Because mine is a few years old and can't really cope with the new games released and since it will include a 3D engine I'm curious to know the specs that it will require.

Could this be enough to play the game smoothly?

- Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.20GHz

- 1 GB of RAM

- ATI Radeon 9800 w/ 128MB

I've already got a DVD player so that's no issue. I'm just worried that my graphic card might be too weak but judging from the screenshots I would say it probably isn't but you never know. I just know that games such as QUAKE 4 do not do well in my computer.

Why would not having a DVD player be an issue?

Why would not having a DVD player be an issue?

Because as far as I know, FM09 will be released in DVD.

im goin to order a quad core desktop with 4-8 gig ram me hopes itll be enough from pcspecialist 595 pounds with a 19 inch monitor lol i remember the days of the early championship managers ie 97-98 how it takes me back. cant wait to start a network game with somebody on fm09.

4 - 8GB RAM is more than enough.

what would be the minimium spec for graphic card?

mine is really bad so probably i wont be able to play it in 3d anyway any idea?

4 - 8 of RAM is pointless, tbh.

Min spec for GPU I'd hazard a guess at 64mb

well i have a 32 mb ........... probaly it wont work but who knows

im goin to order a quad core desktop with 4-8 gig ram me hopes itll be enough from pcspecialist 595 pounds with a 19 inch monitor lol i remember the days of the early championship managers ie 97-98 how it takes me back. cant wait to start a network game with somebody on fm09.

I am going quad as well! My 1.5Ghz celeron laptop without video card can only take me this far.

well i have a 32 mb ........... probaly it wont work but who knows

TBH, GPU's are dirt cheap nowadays. It will be very little cost to upgrade.

Yupp, the latest FIFA or Pro Evo games (for instance) work fine and dandy on GPUs that go for 50€ and less, maxed out.

Early this year i spent about £800 on a new computer 4gb of ram, intel 2 quad core 2.4GHz and dual 512mb Geforce 9600 GT

bit over the top for FM i hope

Well i hope mine holds up as i aint got any money at moment and not really sure what to buy anyway

4 - 8GB RAM is more than enough.

Yey i have 6:cool:

Early this year i spent about £800 on a new computer 4gb of ram, intel 2 quad core 2.4GHz and dual 512mb Geforce 9600 GT

bit over the top for FM i hope

Yeah, definitely good enough.

The 3D engine doesn't look that demanding

I hope you people with all that RAM have 64 bit operating systems....

The 3D engine doesn't look that demanding

Remember thought that the one we saw in the video was a work in progress and not the finished article. I don't think that we'll need anything too powerful in terms of graphics cards though so I'll be keeping my 256mb one for the time being.

Is this enough as FM 08 starts too run quite slow after a few seasons.

Intel® Core2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20GHz

2.0 GB Ram

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, 32-bit (Build 6000)

NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS (GeForce 8300 GS)

Is this enough as FM 08 starts too run quite slow after a few seasons.

Intel® Core2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20GHz

2.0 GB Ram

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, 32-bit (Build 6000)

NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS (GeForce 8300 GS)

More than enough. Fm08 should have very little problems on that depending on how many leagues you run.

Question for people in the know:-

If the view is optional does that mean the rendering would be real time?

Would this also mean that as long as the 2D is an option you could 'disable' 3D when starting or the option would be greyed out thus making graphics capabilities non essential if the dots do the job?

I would imagine that if you play with just the dots, your GPU won't matter.

Is this enough as FM 08 starts too run quite slow after a few seasons.

Intel® Core2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20GHz

2.0 GB Ram

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, 32-bit (Build 6000)

NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS (GeForce 8300 GS)

Im running FM08 on a fraction of that. got about 1.6GHz, 512Mb Ram, rubbish graphics card.

anybody want to donate a few hundred quid to me so i can play FM09?????

lets be right your not going to need a super computer to run fm09 si are't daft its not like playing crysis or owt im sure 1-2 gig of ram should be ok and graphics card of 7000 or higher be more then enough

at moment i have a amd processer 3400ghz 1.5gb of ram and my fm08 is really fast and i load,english prem to league 2,la liga,bundesliga,serie a,erdivise,portuguese prem,turkish prem,scottish prem,russian prem and french prem,all as playable

I would imagine that if you play with just the dots, your GPU won't matter.

Cheers Neji.

Card name: Mobile Intel® 915GM/GMS,910GML Express Chipset Family

Display Memory: 128.0 MB

I'm not feeling optimistic

Cheers Neji.

Card name: Mobile Intel® 915GM/GMS,910GML Express Chipset Family

Display Memory: 128.0 MB

I'm not feeling optimistic

I'm not saying I'm right but I'm 90% sure 128mb will be plenty for the 3D match engine. FIFAs minimum is 64mb and it looks much better than the FM on in the screenies shown.

Is this enough as FM 08 starts too run quite slow after a few seasons.

Intel® Core2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20GHz

2.0 GB Ram

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, 32-bit (Build 6000)

NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS (GeForce 8300 GS)

of course it is

^^So the FIFA Manager match engine is a different animal to the FIFA 08 engine?

I always assumed they were of similar mould and the 'control the players' FIFA had a spasmic fit when I tried running it on my machine (that was 07).

Thanks again

of course it is

OT - How much ram memory does Vista HP actually use up? I think that could be the reason FM08 slows down for me because I run other things aswell, such as, listening to music, MSN etc.

Im not sure but i would have thought that if my computer was able to run games like fifa, cod4, bf2 etc, games which arent to old and have high graphics use i would hopefully expect it to be able to run a simple 3d match? Think i have athlon 64 2.40GHz, 2.5gb ram and a Geforce 7600GT graphics card should be easy enough to cope i would reckon. If thats ok the next thing i have to worry about is getting enough cash to buy the game im skint lol

^^So the FIFA Manager match engine is a different animal to the FIFA 08 engine?

I always assumed they were of similar mould and the 'control the players' FIFA had a spasmic fit when I tried running it on my machine (that was 07).

Thanks again

Yeah. The FIFA and FIFA Manager ME's look totally different. Well, maybe not totally.

The FIFA Manager one is like a watered down version of the full FIFA game and it doesn't play half aswell.

But also remember that minimum specs are just that - they will run but not brilliantly. I think 128 will run it fine though in all honesty.

Im not sure but i would have thought that if my computer was able to run games like fifa, cod4, bf2 etc, games which arent to old and have high graphics use i would hopefully expect it to be able to run a simple 3d match? Think i have athlon 64 2.40GHz, 2.5gb ram and a Geforce 7600GT graphics card should be easy enough to cope i would reckon. If thats ok the next thing i have to worry about is getting enough cash to buy the game im skint lol

You'll be fine.

OT - How much ram memory does Vista HP actually use up? I think that could be the reason FM08 slows down for me because I run other things aswell, such as, listening to music, MSN etc.

How many leagues do you run?

You'll be fine.

How many leagues do you run?

Only English Premiership to League 2 on a medium DB.

Only English Premiership to League 2 on a medium DB.

Shouldn't have any problems whatsoever. Even if you do run a few programs in the background. Do you run alot of programs?

Shouldn't have any problems whatsoever. Even if you do run a few programs in the background. Do you run alot of programs?

Not alot. Just mainly Itunes, Msn and Firefox.

My Computer Is...

Fujitsu Seimens,

Intel Pentium 4 Processor 3.2 GHz

1Gig RAM

Disk Drive 160Gig

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 (256 MB)

Opinions? Do ya think this will be able to run the 3D match engine?

My Computer Is...

Fujitsu Seimens,

Intel Pentium 4 Processor 3.2 GHz

1Gig RAM

Disk Drive 160Gig

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 (256 MB)

Opinions? Do ya think this will be able to run the 3D match engine?

Yes.

Wloves Nicky, you shouldn't be having any problems. Try freeing up HD space or defragging your HD.

Yes.

Wloves Nicky, you shouldn't be having any problems. Try freeing up HD space or defragging your HD.

Ok thanks anyway.

I'm so glad I have a Quad Core, 3GB, 768 8800GTX right now.

Well for us who might not be able 2 run it

we are counting on the people who can to tell us how great it is !

I only have a AMD Athlon XP 2200+

1.79GHz and 1 GB of RAM

Will this be enough?

Damn! that's a Crysis killer of a rig! should have no worries with a menu driven game such as FM.

Damn! that's a Crysis killer of a rig! should have no worries with a menu driven game such as FM.

I don't know which Crysis you're talking about!

I run on a laptop, so will probably struggle for graphics. But FM08 has ran relatively quickly with 15 leagues selected, so I might just have to run the game with 2d match engine.

I can't wait for the demo now, to see if it will work or not.

This is what iv got.

AMD Phenom Quad Core 9500 Processor,

2.2GHz,

3GB Memory,

256MB nVidia GeForce 8400 HD Graphics. Will it run smoothley on that?

This is what iv got.

AMD Phenom Quad Core 9500 Processor,

2.2GHz,

3GB Memory,

256MB nVidia GeForce 8400 HD Graphics. Will it run smoothley on that?

i think it will run smoothley.

after all fm09 is not crysis ~~

my computer......

intel e8200 oc 3.2G

4G DDR2 800 RAM oc 960

GeForce 8800GTS 512

i think it will be ok~

I really think that if you can run 08 no problems it shouldn't be that much of a step up for 09. Also if you run other PC games which are no doubt a lot more graphics intensive then FM then you will have no problems at all. The 3D engine isn't going to be PS3/Xbox 360 level graphics, it will actually be fairly simple despite most people seem to be expecting to be watching FIFA08 style matches