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OK. in myhouse i have 3 systems. When you install MOHAA there is an auto config option which looks at your sytem and what you have, and then optimises the settings to get the best out of your rig.

so, as there is alot of talk about bad fps even on high end systems, i thought i would install the game on all 3 systems and see how they played. ill go through each system in turn, listing the specs and then how the auto config optimised the game for best performance.
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.:: SYSTEM ONE ::.

Intel Celeron 500 mhz
192 MB SDRAM pc100
8 GIG HDD
16MB Nvidia Vanta

VIDEO SETTINGS TAB

Resolution 640 x 480
Colour Depth 16 BIT
Texture Detal LOW
Texture Colour Depth 16 BIT
Texture Filter BILINEAR

Wall Decals UNTICKED
Weather Effects UNTICKED
Texture Compression UNTICKED

ADVANCED SETTINGS TAB

View Model NONE
Shadows NO SHADOWS
Terrain detail LOW
Model Detail LOWEST
Effects Detail MINIMUM
Curve Detail LOWEST

Subtitles UNTICKED-Optional
Console UNTICKED-Optional
Static Decals UNTICKED
Real Dynamic Lighting UNTICKED
Full Entity Lighting UNTICKED
Volumetric Smoke UNTICKED
Weapons Bar TICKED
Cross Hair TICKED
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.:: SYSTEM TWO ::.

AMD ThunderBird 1200 mhz
128MB SDRAM PC133
20 GIG HDD
32MB Shared GFX : SiS Chipset

VIDEO SETTINGS TAB

Resolution 800 x 600
Colour Depth 32BIT
Texture Detail MEDIUM
Texture Colour Depth 32BIT
Texture Filter BILINEAR

Wall Decals TICKED
Weather Effects TICKED
Texture Compression UNTICKED

ADVANCED SETTINGS TAB

View Model FULL
Shadows SIMPLE
Terrain detail HIGH
Model Detail HIGH
Effects Detail HIGH
Curve Detail MEDIUM

Subtitles UNTICKED-Optional
Console TICKED-optional
Static Decals TICKED
Real Dynamic Lighting TICKED
Full Entity Lighting TICKED
Volumetric Smoke UNTICKED
Weapons Bar TICKED
Cross Hair TICKED
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.:: SYSTEM THREE ::.

AMD Athlon XP 1600+
256MB SDRAM PC133
40 GIG MAXTOR 72000rpm
Hercules/Guillemot 3D Prophet 4000XT

VIDEO SETTINGS TAB

Resolution 800 x 600
Colour Depth 32 BIT
Texture Detail MEDIUM
Texture Colour Depth 32 BIT
Texture Filter BILINEAR

Wall Decals TICKED
Weather Effects TICKED
Texture Compression TICKED

ADVANCED SETTINGS TAB

View Model FULL
Shadows SIMPLE
Terrain Detail MAX
Model Detail HIGH
Effects Detail HIGH
Curve Detail HIGH

Subtitles TICKED-Optional
Console TICKED-optional
Static Decals TICKED
Real Dynamic Lighting TICKED
Full Entity Lighting TICKED
Volumetric Smoke UNTICKED
Weapons Bar TICKED
Cross Hair TICKED
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SYSTEM ONE : Although it meets the Minimum requirements, and despite every setting being turned RIGHT DOWN, the game is pretty Much Unplayable. Average avout 15fps in corridors etc, and i cringe when i think about Omaha Beach.

SYSTEM TWO : Although theres not alot between the Auto-Config on this sytem and the system below, actual performance tells the true story. FPS is very poor in all areas, and virtually unplayable on Omaha Beach. Once the settings are turned down A LITTLE the game is playable.

SYSTEM THREE : Strong performance in all areas with decent FPS, EXCEPT Omaha beach. Gets pretty Laggy, BUT STILL very much playable. once thesettings are turned down a little, the game plays great in all areas.
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i hope this will give some of you a better idea of what to expect from your system. if any of you expect anything above 35fps on omaha beach your dreaming, no matter how good your system is. ppl with P4 2.2 Ghz / 512 MB DDR / GF3 are getting 25-30 fps On Omaha beach with everything pretty much maxed out.

one thing i have noticed is that, when i turn the settings down on my system ie. res/colours depth etc. there still isnt much of an improvement in fps.

Hope this Helped.

** please note that this copy is not mine. A friend brought it round. I will be buying the game on release date. I want to play this without any problems at all. Especially multi-player. Thank you **

[ApostleX3000]

My system:

-AMD 900mhz Athlon Tbird
-MSI K7T Pro 2-A motherboard
-Geforce GTS 2 pro 64 mb ram
-256mb pc100 ram
-18 gb worth of hard drives
-Sblive! platinum soundcard
-OS: Windows XP pro

MOHAA Settings:
-Everything MAX except terrian detial which is set to one below max: higher detail.
-Resolution: 1280 x 1024
-Trilinear filtering
-Texture Comp. on
-basicaly everything is maxed out as pretty as it will go

With these settings the game is smooth as hell. I'm not sure of exact fps, but omaha beach is completely stutter free...actually it screams! I actually noticed a drop in performance when I tried 16bit color. It seemed the more I scaled back the settings the worse the game performed. Defys logic, huh?

I credit the great high end performance to WindowsXP. A virus took out my WinMe os, so I was forced to buy XP, much to my chagrin. However it improved just about every single aspect of my pc. High-end games like Comanche 4 were a slideshow on WinMe, but runs like butter on XP. XP simply rocks my world!

I don't now if other users will get the performace I get with similer hardware specs.
I'm pretty aggressive about running a streamlined gaming system. You got to keep your resources as free as possible. That means NOTHING running in the background except for what's nesscary(firewalls, sound mixer controls, etc...).