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Just wondering, I'm looking to start a long term game now the new patch is out (30+ seasons probably), is it wise to have 53 games loaded on my set up? Will it affect it that much?

Otherwise, whats a good number of leagues to have for a longer term game and should I set some to view only [ones that I don't plan on playing in but would like to have up]

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53 is decent for a long term.

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Which would be the better system to run FM including the 3D match engine?

I am presuming the first one?

Intel i5-2400 Quad Core 3.1 ghz, 6MB cache + HD graphics

ASUS P8H67-M LX SI Micro ATX Mainboard, LG1155, SATA 6.0gb/s

4GB Samsung DDR3 1333mhz

1GB ATI Radeon HD5770

1TB Serial ATA 3-Gb/s Hard Drive with 16MB cache (7,200 rpm)

Intel i5-655K Dual Core 3.2ghz, 4MB cache + HD graphics

ASUS P7H55-M SI: Micro ATX Value Mainboard, SATA 3.0gb/s

4GB Samsung DDR3 1333mhz

1GB ATI Radeon HD5770

1TB Serial ATA 3-Gb/s Hard Drive with 16MB cache (7,200 rpm)

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30 should be OK. :D

Thanks :) I selected Belgium, England, France, Holland, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Scotland and Russia and game speed was 2 stars. Do you think I would be pushing it a bit trying to include the Danish league making it 40 leagues from 12 nations? I would like to add USA league and maybe Australian but that might be too much.

If I ran a brazilian league or argentine league would it mean I will be more likely to get decent players from them countries coming through once the current players in the game have retired?

My spec again is

Apple Macbook Pro

CPU Intel Core I5 2.4 GHZ

Memory 4GB DDR

Graphics card intel HD and Nivdia GeoForce GT 330M

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hello my current laptop played fm 2010 ok but will not run fm2011 so must buy new one am currently between 2 could people advise which would be best ie play most leagues etc and if the graphics cards are ok for 3d cheers

1 dell precision m90 intel core 2 duo t7600 2.33ghz

2gb ram

graphics: nvidia quadro fx2500m 512mb

2 hp 6910p intel core 2 duo 2ghz

3gb ram

graphics: ati mobility radeon x2300 (64mb)

any advice would be appreciated and i would also like to know which is better graphics card. cheers

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Thanks :) I selected Belgium, England, France, Holland, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Scotland and Russia and game speed was 2 stars. Do you think I would be pushing it a bit trying to include the Danish league making it 40 leagues from 12 nations? I would like to add USA league and maybe Australian but that might be too much.

If I ran a brazilian league or argentine league would it mean I will be more likely to get decent players from them countries coming through once the current players in the game have retired?

My spec again is

Apple Macbook Pro

CPU Intel Core I5 2.4 GHZ

Memory 4GB DDR

Graphics card intel HD and Nivdia GeoForce GT 330M

Should alright if you are a bit patient.

I don't like loading Brazil, it gets "overloaded" with top quality regens.

PS: Don't mind the stars. They are flawed.

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Hey guys.

I bought the new Macbook pro with the express gaming purpose of playing FM (plus all the day-job things).

I got the low spec 13 inch:

Dual Core i5 2.3 GHZ Sandybridge processor.

4 GB Ram 1333 MHZ DDR3

HD 3000 Intel Graphics

How many leagues should I be able to run for a game?

I noticed someone say on this thread that the "stars are flawed" - in what way?

Thanks

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Whats the maximum number of leagues/players I should load of up for a long term game?

Intel i5 750 Quad Core @ 3.7ghz

8gb DDR3 ram @ 1600mhz

Windows 7 64

I know i have a powerful system but I'm never sure how far I can push it without it becoming too slow.

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Hey guys.

I bought the new Macbook pro with the express gaming purpose of playing FM (plus all the day-job things).

I got the low spec 13 inch:

Dual Core i5 2.3 GHZ Sandybridge processor.

4 GB Ram 1333 MHZ DDR3

HD 3000 Intel Graphics

How many leagues should I be able to run for a game?

I noticed someone say on this thread that the "stars are flawed" - in what way?

Thanks

50 - 60

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Whats the maximum number of leagues/players I should load of up for a long term game?

Intel i5 750 Quad Core @ 3.7ghz

8gb DDR3 ram @ 1600mhz

Windows 7 64

I know i have a powerful system but I'm never sure how far I can push it without it becoming too slow.

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Hi guys just bought a pc yesterday with these specs

Amd Phenom 11 x 6 1055T 2.8GHZ

Ati HD 6870

4gb ddr3 @ 1333Mhz

Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

Just waiting for the game to arrive and wondering how my new pc will fair....Many Thanks.............................

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have come up with some alternatives are these better which is best thanks again

option 1: Acer Aspire 5742 Windows 7 Laptop

Processor

Intel Core i3-370M / 2.4 GHz 3gb ram

Video Output / Graphics Processor / Vendor =Intel (thats all it says)

option 2: Samsung RV510-A09UK Windows 7 Laptop

Processor - Intel Celeron - 2.1 GHz

RAM - 3 GB

Hard Drive - 320 GB

Operating System - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

Optical Drive - DVD Rewriter

Graphics - Intel GMA 4500M

option 3: DELL XPS M1710 Premium Gaming Laptop

Intel Core Duo T2600 2.16 GHz 4 GB (667mhz)ram

Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX with 512MB DDR memory

this is used/refurbished other two are new any ideas on which would be best would be great thanks

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Hi guys just bought a pc yesterday with these specs

Amd Phenom 11 x 6 1055T 2.8GHZ

Ati HD 6870

4gb ddr3 @ 1333Mhz

Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

Just waiting for the game to arrive and wondering how my new pc will fair....Many Thanks.............................

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have come up with some alternatives are these better which is best thanks again

option 1: Acer Aspire 5742 Windows 7 Laptop

Processor

Intel Core i3-370M / 2.4 GHz 3gb ram

Video Output / Graphics Processor / Vendor =Intel (thats all it says)

option 2: Samsung RV510-A09UK Windows 7 Laptop

Processor - Intel Celeron - 2.1 GHz

RAM - 3 GB

Hard Drive - 320 GB

Operating System - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

Optical Drive - DVD Rewriter

Graphics - Intel GMA 4500M

option 3: DELL XPS M1710 Premium Gaming Laptop

Intel Core Duo T2600 2.16 GHz 4 GB (667mhz)ram

Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX with 512MB DDR memory

this is used/refurbished other two are new any ideas on which would be best would be great thanks

1st one.

Just for FM and general use.

25 leagues and 3D on medium

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ok thanks for all the help finally bought a new laptop will arrive in a few days. can anyone say if and how it will perform ie leagues 3d etc thanks

Inspiron 15R

Intel® CoreTM I3-380M Processor (2.53 GHz)

Graphics : 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650

4096MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048]

500GB (5400RPM) Serial ATA Hard Drive

Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium

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Had this computer for a while, but for various reasons I've never really had a big FM game going. Just wondered how many leagues I can play, I don't use the 3D engine so that doesn't bother me.

Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 2.4 GHz

4GB DDR3 Ram

Windows 7 Professorial 64bit

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Just wondered if anyone could tell me how many leagues and players i would be able to load on this system and will the 3d engine work?

Processor & Chipset:

Processor Type:AMD Phenom Triple core P840

Frontside Bus (MHz): 3600MHz HyperTransport™ 3.0

Number of Cores: 3

Chipset: AMD M880G Chipset

RAM:

Memory Size (GB): 6

Memory Specification: PC3-8500

Memory Speed (MHz): 1066

Cache Memory:

L2 Cache(MB): 1.5

Hard Disk Drive:

Hard Drive Capacity (GB): 500

Hard Drive Type: Serial ATA

Hard Drive Speed (rpm): 5400

Graphics:

Graphic Card Name: ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5145 Graphics

Operating System:

Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

thanks in advance

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Had this computer for a while, but for various reasons I've never really had a big FM game going. Just wondered how many leagues I can play, I don't use the 3D engine so that doesn't bother me.

Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 2.4 GHz

4GB DDR3 Ram

Windows 7 Professorial 64bit

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Just wondered if anyone could tell me how many leagues and players i would be able to load on this system and will the 3d engine work?

Processor & Chipset:

Processor Type:AMD Phenom Triple core P840

Frontside Bus (MHz): 3600MHz HyperTransport™ 3.0

Number of Cores: 3

Chipset: AMD M880G Chipset

RAM:

Memory Size (GB): 6

Memory Specification: PC3-8500

Memory Speed (MHz): 1066

Cache Memory:

L2 Cache(MB): 1.5

Hard Disk Drive:

Hard Drive Capacity (GB): 500

Hard Drive Type: Serial ATA

Hard Drive Speed (rpm): 5400

Graphics:

Graphic Card Name: ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5145 Graphics

Operating System:

Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

thanks in advance

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3D will work.

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Just wondered if anyone could tell me how many leagues and players i would be able to load on this system and will the 3d engine work?

Processor & Chipset:

Processor Type:AMD Phenom Triple core P840

Frontside Bus (MHz): 3600MHz HyperTransport™ 3.0

Number of Cores: 3

Chipset: AMD M880G Chipset

RAM:

Memory Size (GB): 6

Memory Specification: PC3-8500

Memory Speed (MHz): 1066

Cache Memory:

L2 Cache(MB): 1.5

Hard Disk Drive:

Hard Drive Capacity (GB): 500

Hard Drive Type: Serial ATA

Hard Drive Speed (rpm): 5400

Graphics:

Graphic Card Name: ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5145 Graphics

Operating System:

Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

thanks in advance

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3D will work.

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Hi Ishu,

this week my new laptop will (hopefully) be delivered. This thread was very useful when deciding what laptop to go for, so thanks.

I decided to be patient and wait for all of the Sandy Bridge problems to pass by, and I finally purchased the next configuration:

Processor: 2nd generation Intel Core i7-2630QM processor 2.00 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.90 GHz

Memory : 6GB (1X4GB + 1X2GB) 1333MHz DDR3 Dual Channel 1 SR

Hard Drive : 640GB Serial ATA (7200RPM) 1 SR

Graphics : 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M Graphics Card 1 SR

Operating System : Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64 BIT) 1 SR

How many leagues would you recommend? And would it be possible to run a game with ALL leagues turned on (I realize this may slow the game down after a few years)? Or is there some kind of maximum?

Thanks in advance

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I have always played Fm on pc, however recently i received a laptop as a gift, i know it is not that powerful but i have to be seen to b using it lol. So i have yet to install fm11 on it but donmt think it will run that well any ideas guys? Heres the spec acer 5552 - AMD Athlon II X2 P320 2.10GHz Processor 3GB RAM, 320GB HDD

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Hi Ishu,

this week my new laptop will (hopefully) be delivered. This thread was very useful when deciding what laptop to go for, so thanks.

I decided to be patient and wait for all of the Sandy Bridge problems to pass by, and I finally purchased the next configuration:

Processor: 2nd generation Intel Core i7-2630QM processor 2.00 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.90 GHz

Memory : 6GB (1X4GB + 1X2GB) 1333MHz DDR3 Dual Channel 1 SR

Hard Drive : 640GB Serial ATA (7200RPM) 1 SR

Graphics : 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M Graphics Card 1 SR

Operating System : Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64 BIT) 1 SR

How many leagues would you recommend? And would it be possible to run a game with ALL leagues turned on (I realize this may slow the game down after a few years)? Or is there some kind of maximum?

Thanks in advance

I would suggest 70.

There are around 130 leagues in total.

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Hi how many leagues will the new top end 15 inch MacBook pro run?

2.2ghz quad core i7 with turbo boost to 3.3ghz, 6mb cache

8gb 1333 RAM

Solid state hard drive

1gb Ati radeon graphics

Thanks

CPU model number??

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I have always played Fm on pc, however recently i received a laptop as a gift, i know it is not that powerful but i have to be seen to b using it lol. So i have yet to install fm11 on it but donmt think it will run that well any ideas guys? Heres the spec acer 5552 - AMD Athlon II X2 P320 2.10GHz Processor 3GB RAM, 320GB HDD

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Hi mates,

Got a problem here. In order for me to play FM well, ie fast processing speed and high on 3D graphics, i've bought a new laptop. Listed below are the specs:

Intel® Core™ i5-460M Processor 2.53GHz

Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit

500GB Serial ATA 5400rpm

6GB DDR3 SDRAM (max. 8GB)

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5650 Graphics with 1 GB DDR3 of Dedicated Video Memory

However, i've managed to solve the problem of speed. My System 3D Rating only gives me 2 and half star. Please oh please the wise one, is there anything i can do to improve my System 3D Rating to 4/5...?

Thank you. :)

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My old laptop is struggling along at the moment and I'm wondering just how bad the spec actually is.

I've got a Dual Core 1.66GHz processor and 3GB of RAM. I'm running Windows Vista.

I know for FM08 and the older versions, my laptop was pretty good, as it only needed a dual core 1.4GHz processor and 1GB RAM.

These days, for FM10 and FM11, the box says I need a 2GHz processor - is that a Dual Core one? :confused:

Anyone have any idea how many leagues I could run and what database size it would be best to use? I wanted to try a journeyman save with quite a few leagues loaded if possible.

I'd be grateful for any answers to my questions. Thanks. :)

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New laptop needed, budget of approximately $600. I've had success with Dell's in the past & get a decent corporate discount for purchasing from Dell.com.

But I'm not sure what I should buy, the options appear to be between:

INSPIRON 15R (List Price= $529)

New 2010 Intel® Core™ i3-370M (2.4GHz, 4Threads, 3M cache)

4GB DDR3 Shared Dual Channel Memory + 500GB 5400RPM HDD

or

INSPIRON 15R (List Price= $579)

New 2010 Intel® Core™ i5-460M (2.53Ghz / up to SC 2.8GHz / 3M)

4GB DDR3 Shared Dual Channel Memory + 500GB 5400RPM HDD

The only difference between the two options for $50 seems to be the support of the i5 for Turbo Boost technology, and the general consensus that the i5 is better than the i3 processor.

Any thoughts/suggestions?

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@Roycebrown, I would go with the i5 it is newer and more powerful.

It is worth $50 more for the slightly faster processor (2.4 compared to 2.53) & Turbo Boost (which seems pretty useless so far)?

I am leaning towards the i5, unless there's a way better way to spend $500-600. Also, how will FM11 run on an i5?

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Hi mates,

Got a problem here. In order for me to play FM well, ie fast processing speed and high on 3D graphics, i've bought a new laptop. Listed below are the specs:

Intel® Core™ i5-460M Processor 2.53GHz

Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit

500GB Serial ATA 5400rpm

6GB DDR3 SDRAM (max. 8GB)

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5650 Graphics with 1 GB DDR3 of Dedicated Video Memory

However, i've managed to solve the problem of speed. My System 3D Rating only gives me 2 and half star. Please oh please the wise one, is there anything i can do to improve my System 3D Rating to 4/5...?

Thank you. :)

Don't care about the rating. It should do high.

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My old laptop is struggling along at the moment and I'm wondering just how bad the spec actually is.

I've got a Dual Core 1.66GHz processor and 3GB of RAM. I'm running Windows Vista.

I know for FM08 and the older versions, my laptop was pretty good, as it only needed a dual core 1.4GHz processor and 1GB RAM.

These days, for FM10 and FM11, the box says I need a 2GHz processor - is that a Dual Core one? :confused:

Anyone have any idea how many leagues I could run and what database size it would be best to use? I wanted to try a journeyman save with quite a few leagues loaded if possible.

I'd be grateful for any answers to my questions. Thanks. :)

Mine is a 1.73GHz Dual Core with W7 and I'm am playing with 12 leagues.

Database size doesn't matter too much.

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New laptop needed, budget of approximately $600. I've had success with Dell's in the past & get a decent corporate discount for purchasing from Dell.com.

But I'm not sure what I should buy, the options appear to be between:

INSPIRON 15R (List Price= $529)

New 2010 Intel® Core™ i3-370M (2.4GHz, 4Threads, 3M cache)

4GB DDR3 Shared Dual Channel Memory + 500GB 5400RPM HDD

or

INSPIRON 15R (List Price= $579)

New 2010 Intel® Core™ i5-460M (2.53Ghz / up to SC 2.8GHz / 3M)

4GB DDR3 Shared Dual Channel Memory + 500GB 5400RPM HDD

The only difference between the two options for $50 seems to be the support of the i5 for Turbo Boost technology, and the general consensus that the i5 is better than the i3 processor.

Any thoughts/suggestions?

i5 is slightly better than the i3 and turbo core can come in useful for some application.

Its in your budget, so why not? :D

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It is worth $50 more for the slightly faster processor (2.4 compared to 2.53) & Turbo Boost (which seems pretty useless so far)?

I am leaning towards the i5, unless there's a way better way to spend $500-600. Also, how will FM11 run on an i5?

The i5 can run around 30 leagues.

If you don't want the portability of a laptop, a desktop (especially customized) will be able to run way more than that.

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Don't care about the rating. It should do high.

Thanks for the reply, oh the wise one... ;)

Ishu, if you have the time, could you kindly explain on the System 3D Rating...? It's a bit confusing and misleading.

Thank you. :)

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Thanks for the reply, oh the wise one... ;)

Ishu, if you have the time, could you kindly explain on the System 3D Rating...? It's a bit confusing and misleading.

Thank you. :)

There your answer. ;)

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Hi,

How many leagues and players can I run on this laptop?

Processor - Intel i7-2820QM 2.3GHz with turbo boost 2.0 8M cache

Ram - 8GM DDR3 1333MHz

Hard Drive - 500 GB 7200RPM

Graphics - NVIDIA GeForce GT 500M 1GB

Windows 7 64 Bit

Thanks

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