What computer spec have you tried FM09 on? and how was it?

As there seems to be a lot of people unsure whether their computer will run FM09 or not, I thought it might be useful for people to post the spec of any PC or Mac that they've tried FM09 on and how it runs.

i've tried it on 2 PC's and played through to after the 2nd friendly on each just to test performance (matches on TV view 3D):

Desktop - self built: Runs fine - very responsive and smooth

E8400 Core2Duo CPU 3.0Ghz

4Gb DDR2 RAM

Nvidia 8800GT 512Mb graphics (running at 1680x1050 resolution)

Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1

Laptop - Dell Vostro 1310: Also runs fine and is very responsive and smooth

T9300 Core2Duo 2.5Ghz CPU

4Gb DDR2 RAM (only 3.2Gb useable as 32 bit O/S)

Nvidia 8400GS 128Mb graphics (running at 1280x800 resolution)

Vista Business 32bit SP1

Desktop- Runs very fast

E8400 Core2Duo CPU @3.4Ghz

4Gb DDR2 RAM

ATI Radeon HD 4850 (1360x768)

Vista Home Premium 32bit SP1

laptop - 1.46 Ghz dual core, 1 gb ram, some intel graphics (couldnt tell ya what it is)

runs absolutely perfectly. 3d is absolutely fine.

p4 3.00ghz

1gb ram

nvidia 7600gt

runs fun

intel celeron m processer 1.6ghz 1gb of ram, don't know the graphics but demo works fine but no 3d

Desktop

AMD Dual Core, 2x 2.01GHz

2GB RAM

ATI HD3870

Vista

All features work fine and dandy and with no slowdowns all by themselves. It's just that the game crashes all the time (and I do mean all the time) in a multitude of different places/actions/scenarios.

Intel Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz processor (single core), 1gb RAM, Nvidia 7950 GT 512mb, Windows XP. Everything works fine.

Quad core 6600

3gb ram

512mb nvidia 9500 graphics

vista home premium sp1

runs very smoothly, but then again, with that spec, I;d expect it to

Macbook Pro, 2.16 GHz Inter Core 2 Duo, 3GB Ram, Radeon X1600, Mac OSX 10.5.5, Running perfectly.

Home-built desktop. Q6600, 4GB RAM, 8800 GT. WinXP.

Runs just fine. Hasn't crashed on me yet.

Toshiba Satellite A100 laptop

CPU - Core 2 Duo T5500 - 1.66GHz

RAM - 2045MB

Graphics - NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300

OS - Vita Home Premium SP1

Runs fine (full 3D).

FM 2009 too slow on this system - didn't even get to match as it was terrible waiting for buttons to react!

Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.080814-1236)

System Manufacturer: Dell Inc

System Model: Dimension E521

BIOS: )Phoenix - Award WorkstationBIOS v6.00PG

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz

Memory: 2046MB RAM

Page File: 669MB used, 4292MB available

Card name: 256MB ATI Radeon X1300PRO

Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.

Chip type: Radeon X1300 Series (0x7183)

DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)

Quad Core 6600

2GB RAM

NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Everything runs perfectly

AMD64 x2 6400+

X1950 PRO 256mb

4GB DDR2 @ 667mhz

Game runs lightning fast however it freezes randomly and very, very often for up to two minutes at a time or permanently.

Quad core 6600

8gb ram

nvidia 8800gt

vista home 64bit

smooth as ever.

Intel Celeron Dual-Core @1.86GHz, 1Gb Ram, 256Mb integrated graphics/video card, 32-bit (display?)

Runs fine apart from the 3D match engine which is a little jittery.

hey guys i see you all have this workin i have a vista 1gb ram notebook pci bus

can anyone recommend a graphics card please many thanks

I think i have only got some intel graphics on my laptop (couldnt tell you what it is) im on vista 3Gb RAM and 2.0Ghz processor? Will this work ok??

I havent had time yet to download demo but hope to try it sometime this week. I take it the graphics is the most important thing? I'll be gutted if FM09 doesnt work on my laptop as I only got it a few month back and bought it mainly for FM

should work mate hope it does mate

should work mate hope it does mate

Cheers mate, hope so. TBH dont really care about 3D, as long as the game is still playable. I will be totally gutted if it doesnt work

hey guys i see you all have this workin i have a vista 1gb ram notebook pci bus

can anyone recommend a graphics card please many thanks

I don't think you can upgrade graphics cards in note books/laptops.

1.3ghz intel, 503mb ram laptop and works fine

what graphics u using atmosphere?

I've tried it on 3 pc's. All have worked perfectly fine. One was a laptop with low range graphics for todays standards as well.

desktop- runs fine in windowed mode but crashes in full screen

q6600 2.4ghz

3 gb ram

nvida gforce 8800gt

vista ultimate (32bit)

laptop- eeepc 901

intel atom processor 1.6ghz

ram 1 gb

intel gma 950

cant run 3d but apart from that it works fine quite quick

2 year old Acer laptop, Core 2 Duo @ 1.66Ghz, 2Gb RAM, ATI X1400 on XP. 3D runs smoothly for me.

i have a dell vostro 1500,

1.8Ghz Dual Core Proc

3GB Ram

128MB Nvidia 8400M GS Graphics Card

Windows XP Media Centre Edition

FM09 runs sweet as a nut.

E6750 Core2Duo CPU 2.66Ghz

3.5Gb DDR2 RAM

Nvidia 8800GT 512Mb graphics (running at 1680x1050 resolution)

Windows XP Professional SP3

Runs more than perfectly. I was scared when I played my first two matches it was a bit jittery, I don't know how but it's like my computer got used to it, now it plays like James Bond holding a glass of Martini at a bar next to an attractive woman - very smooth.

Desktop

Asus P5KE Deluxe MoBo

Core2Duo E6850 @ 3Ghz

4GB Corsair XMS2 Pro PC6400 Cas4 834FSB

HIS IceQ3 Turbo 512MB X1950XT GPU

Vista Ultimate 64 bit

Runs absolutely fine, no more resource than FM08. Benches equally well.

Laptop

Dell XPS M1530

Core2Duo T7600 @ 2.5Ghz

4GB Crucial PC6400 DDR2 800FSB

NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M GT 256MB GPU

Vista Ultimate 32 bit

Yeah it lacks the ruthless grunt of my desktop, but would still spank most laptops into ground, and handles FM beautifully.

No judder on either machine, smooth installs and smooth running.

Dell Inspiron 1525

Intel Core 2 T7250 @ 2Ghz

3061 MB RAM

Mobile Intel 965 Graphics

Vista Home Premium

Working fine, occassionally 3D a bit jittery but normally when im running other apps to.

Intel® 82945G Express Chipset Family -256mb available. Rather bizzarley when I go onto the Intel site it tells me there's a driver update available, yet when I use the update drivers option via windows it says I'm up to date.

Dual core 2140 @ 1.60 ghz

2.5gb RAM

can't run 3D.

intel quad core 6600 (2.4ghz)

2gb ram

nvidia 9600GT

Everything is fine, not noticed any problems

3d very slow and shaky, totally ruins the action.. not going to bother with FM09 till i upgrade my pc, but FM15 will probably be out by then!!

my system is:

1.2 GHz processor

504MB RAM

NVIDIA GeForce FX5200

Athlon 64 3200+ 2.2GHz

1GB RAM

Radeon x800 pro

High speed TV view highlights seem to be a bit too much to handle, but I suspect that's due to my clutter riddled system. More leagues and 50 years game time in full version might cause problems for me though..

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System Information

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Time of this report: 11/2/2008, 22:42:02

Machine name: MAX

Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)

Language: English (Regional Setting: English)

System Manufacturer: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD

System Model: MS-7142

BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG

Processor: AMD Sempron Processor 3000+, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.8GHz

Memory: 448MB RAM

Page File: 346MB used, 1035MB available

Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS

DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)

DX Setup Parameters: Not found

DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes

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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.

Display Tab 1: No problems found.

Sound Tab 1: No problems found.

Music Tab: No problems found.

Input Tab: No problems found.

Network Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels

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Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a)

DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)

DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)

DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)

DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)

DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)

DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices

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Card name: VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro IGP

Manufacturer: VIA/S3 Graphics, Inc.

Chip type: VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro IGP

DAC type: Internal

Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3108&SUBSYS_71421462&REV_01

Display Memory: 64.0 MB

Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)

Monitor: Dell E551a

Monitor Max Res: 1024,768

Driver Name: vtdisp.dll

Driver Version: 6.14.0010.0180 (English)

DDI Version: 9 (or higher)

Driver Attributes: Final Retail

Driver Date/Size: 10/7/2004 03:07:54, 3325184 bytes

WHQL Logo'd: Yes

WHQL Date Stamp: n/a

VDD: n/a

Mini VDD: vtmini.sys

Mini VDD Date: 10/7/2004 03:08:02, 174592 bytes

Device Identifier: {D7B71FE6-7248-11CF-6677-4851A0C2CB35}

Vendor ID: 0x1106

Device ID: 0x3108

SubSys ID: 0x71421462

Revision ID: 0x0001

Revision ID: 0x0001

Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_B ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D

Deinterlace Caps: n/a

Registry: OK

DDraw Status: Enabled

D3D Status: Enabled

AGP Status: Enabled

DDraw Test Result: Not run

D3D7 Test Result: Not run

D3D8 Test Result: Not run

D3D9 Test Result: Not run

I Cant even get the thing to load up so im technically ****ed. Will £300 get me a computer/laptop good enough to play this game?

Intel P4 3Ghz

2Gb RAM

NVidia FX 5200

Game runs otherwise fine, but 3D is very jittery even on lowest resolution and low details.

(Graphics card is just below the requirements, so can't really complain.)

3 year old DELL Precision M90

3Ghz Pentium (before all that new fangled Duo stuff)

4Gb RAM

FM09 is a little sluggish at times but works fine including 3d.

Welcome back to 'General discussion' Marc, you've been sorely missed!

can you get it installed?

i couldn't at first but when i right clicked on the set up icon on my desktop and looked at the properties, there was a tick box which said i needed to unblock it because it wasn't sure where i was downloading it from..

i unblocked it and away i went!!

its installed but it just wont load up i keep getting the "cannot run game : failed to setup the graphics system."

Toshiba Satellite A100 laptop

CPU - Core 2 Duo T5500 - 1.66GHz

RAM - 2045MB

Graphics - NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300

OS - Vita Home Premium SP1

Runs fine (full 3D).

I've got very similar specs, with same RAM and graphics, a superior CPU (T5600 at 1.83GHz) and a less demanding OS (XP SP3), yet it doesn't run fine. 3D has a lot of breaks on full settings, on low settings it runs better but still with a break or two.

3.4GHz Pentium 4

1gig RAM

128mb nVidia GeForce 6600

XP (w/SP2)

Processing through matches is getting a little sluggish but it has been for the last few releases. Everything else - works a dream. In fact, when it's not processing match results it outperforms FM08 on the same machine.

Intel Dual Core, 2.13 GHz

2GB RAM

Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS, 320MB

XP service pack 3

And it runs great!

Dell Inspiron 640m:

Intel Duo Core

1GB RAM

Intel 945M Express gfx card

Runs quickly (on vanilla demo), but not able to use 3d view due to integrated gfx card... But I don't mind really!

FM 2009 too slow on this system - didn't even get to match as it was terrible waiting for buttons to react!

Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.080814-1236)

System Manufacturer: Dell Inc

System Model: Dimension E521

BIOS: )Phoenix - Award WorkstationBIOS v6.00PG

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz

Memory: 2046MB RAM

Page File: 669MB used, 4292MB available

Card name: 256MB ATI Radeon X1300PRO

Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.

Chip type: Radeon X1300 Series (0x7183)

DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)

Just to update on my experiences - I wasn't able to play the game last night as the response was incredibly slow but after a reboot this morning it works fine - 3D inluded!! So if you are struggling reboot and load FM before doing anything else to see if it works.

Desktop at Home:

P4 2.8GHz

2Gb Ram

XP Home

128mb GForceFX5200

Runs the game ok at the lowest screen resolution, 3d is a bit jerky

Desktop at Work:

Intel Pentium Dual Core 1.8Ghz

2GB Ram

XP Pro

G Force 730 512mb

Game runs smoothly, 3d runs smoothly too

*wonders if he can get away with swapping graphics cards between home and work!!!*

pompeyfan, you have integrated graphics correct?

That 0.8gb RAM doesn't have to go to waste, you can go into BIOS and assign RAM to graphics, as you have a 32bit OS and can only use 3.2gb, you may aswell use the 0.8gb on your graphics thus making it from a 128mb to like 900mb (or whatever it is).

That aside...

AMD Athlon X2 5000+ (overclocked to 5800+)

4GB DDR2 667 MHz RAM

250GB SATA HDD

ASUS M2A-VM Motherboard (integrated graphics, can't remember but I think its 256mb).

3d runs, bit choppy not too bad though.

Usually freezes on continue but like in windowed its not as often (just save after each game).

Hope this helps.

Intel quad core q6600 2.4ghz 4gb Ram WIndows Vista 64 bit ultimate Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT, Runs sweet as a nut.

my home NEC laptop is similar to this make-up:-

intel celeron m processer 1.6ghz 1gb of ram;

don't know the graphics installed, but demo works ok - no 3d though....

my home PC is fine for most things, but was never going to run the demo or game, (hardware is 6 years old though)....

I already knew that, hence the need for a new build (currently in testing, but should be ready for the 14th November)....

Intel Quad Core, 3.5Ghz

4Gb RAM

512mb nVidia 8800GT

Vista SP1

Runs very smoothly. Only thing to note is that when loading the match engine, the game tends to stop responding and lock up. However, in every single case of this happening (touch wood) it has recovered within three seconds and been fine for the rest of the match.

AMD Opteron Processor 144

1.81GHz 1Gb RAM

NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Windows XP SP2

Runs alright but lags during matchdays.