Compatibility testing website?

[davidtaylorsmith]

Recently I was surfing through cyberspace when I came upon a website (I think there was a link from gamespot.com but I'm not sure) which tested your computer for its ability to run a current game. There was a drop-down menu, and HOMM 5 was an option, and I guess the website scans your computer and tells you what/if you need to upgrade.

For some reason I didn't save the website, and now I can't seem to find it using all manner of search engines and scouring gamespot and other HOMM 5 sites. Does anyone here know of such a website? I found it very useful...

[Angelspit]

Do you mean the Microsoft Game Advisor?

[davidtaylorsmith]

Uhhh - yeah I do think that's it!

Who knew it would be tucked away on some tiny little company's website like that....no wonder I couldn't find it.......

OK I'm an idiot.

Thanks Angel!

[davidtaylorsmith]

Actually now I'm not sure - that site doesn't have HOMM 5 on it (that I can find anyways) to check against. Other games but not HOMM 5...

[Angelspit]

Well, the Heroes V system requirements are not final, so it would be hard to evaluate your system.

Why don't you post your machine specs and people who played the beta will let you know what you can expect.

[davidtaylorsmith]

Here are my specs:

Processor - Intel Pentium 4 2412MHz
Display Card - NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Memory - 512MB
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Free Disk Space 92.81GB
Display Card Memory - 128MB

Can I run HOMM 5?

[Orfinn]

Here are my specs:

Processor - Intel Pentium 4 2412MHz
Display Card - NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Memory - 512MB
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Free Disk Space 92.81GB
Display Card Memory - 128MB

Can I run HOMM 5?

As AngelSpit said the specs are not final yet, but Nival and Ubi mentioned that they would focus on a broad range of pc specs as possible, including 3-4 year old computers.

I'll try to make an rough judgement

Processor - Intel Pentium 4 2412MHz

Display Card - NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Memory - 512MB Uh, Im a bit unsure here, think you will be able to run the game on low or medium settings, maybe something set up on high. If you have the money, the advice is to buy more RAM, 1G of RAM will surely be enough for the game but anyway you can never get enough RAM. So I think with 512 in ram your computer may be on the limit of how well it can run the game.

Operating System Microsoft Windows XP

Free Disk Space 92.81GB

Display Card Memory - 128MB Not sure here, it may require an 256 card memory but I feel that 128 is enough, an silent yes from me.

[ThunderTitan]

The beta works on 512MB. Not perfectly, but good enought.

[ciptheelf]

I play beta on AMD athlon 64 300+, 512 Mb RAM and GF FX5500 256Mb/128b and it works fine, except the waiting time to enter/exit castle. I think 1Gb RAM would solve this problem.

[Xenofex.XVII]

Internet Explorer 6 required

Windows XP Game Advisor requires the use of the Windows 98/ME/2000/XP operating system and the Internet Explorer 6 browser.

For what?

I'm not instaling it!

Well Homm5 Beta runs decent on very low@1024x756

[Orfinn]

It requires explorer 6? I have it but...hmm I got a sneaking suspicion but I cant point out what

[davidtaylorsmith]

I'm trying to figure out what type of upgrade would help my computers performance the most when it comes to gaming. The three options I am considering are:

1) RAM - I have 512MB but could have up to 4GB (4 slots of 1024 each)

2) Video Card - have a slightly old 128MB one - could update to 256 or 512 even

3) Processor - have a slightly old 2.4 GHZ Pentium 4

The only problem is - I have no idea what will help me the most. Any suggestions? I realize they would all help, but I want to know what the priority should be. Also I have whatever crappy sound card came with my computer - thinking about getting a new one of those too....

So many things to spend money on!

[ThunderTitan]

Well the RAM upgrade sounds the most promising (a 300% increase), but it counts on what video card you have. More memory doesn't necesarly mean a better card. Also your processor should still be good enough for a while.

[davidtaylorsmith]

Ok - video card is NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 128MB

[Angelspit]

I suggest you simply wait. Your computer should run the game just fine.

Regarding the video adapter, the card's chipset is more important than the amount of memory. I'm not familiar with the GeForce FX 5200, but any recent card with 128 MB of memory is enough for most games.

[davidtaylorsmith]

Ok - thanks guys!

I will probably get some more RAM (can I just a 1024MB in beside the 512 I have?) and maybe a sound card, and see how we do whenever this game actually comes out!

[ThunderTitan]

Well you could just upgrade ur RAM to 1GB or 1.5 (that way you can buy one 1024, which you can also use later if you go to 4GB), and upgrade the rest later.

Like I said, the card and processor should do for now.

EDIT: You can fit the RAM, but I belive you have to make sure they're the same "something or other", don't recall right now.

[davidtaylorsmith]

Ok great - I think that's what I'll do - thanks!

Edit - Yeah I think there are a couple different pin configurations or something (PCI and something else), which I better get the right one.....

[Wildbear]

This website ?

http://www.srtest.com/referrer/srtest

[davidtaylorsmith]

Yes! That's the website!!! HOMM 5 BETA is on there!!! Thanks dude - glad to know I didn't dream that up.....