Is SB Pro PE worth buying if you have an aging system?

[Double_L]

Assume you're not able to upgrade your system.

Is SB Pro PE worth getting?

For example, with the following system:

AMD XP2400+
512MB
Radeon9500

If not, what is the first best upgrade that should be made? A stick of mem?

I'm just wondering if it's money well spent with a system as crappy as mine. Or if I should think first about getting a new one before I bother getting SB Pro PE.

Thanks in advance.

[Kingtiger]

chek http://www.steelbeasts.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=6132

and "Anything over 2.0 gig (AMD XP2600+) or Pentium III 2.2 will do nicely , but the faster the better . " <--- Bluewing sayed that.

I would go for more memory. feels like 512 is a bit low

[Newbie-Olle]

Get a new graphics card and you'll reach steering speed. (Take a look in the sticky thread to see what card you'll need.)
Doubling or tripling the RAM should also help a little.

Cheers
Olle

[Sean]

I'd say upgrade the graphics card, and you will be ok. That card might run the game ok at lower resolutions.

[Storm91]

Same boat as me.
2.3 ghz AMD barton core 32 bit.Looking at upgrading the vidcard to a 9800 pro-dont want to bottleneck the CPU with anything faster.Last time i upgraded a video card the fans kept falling off 4 cards in one year :lol: --HELP

[Ludwigmeister]

I guess people have different definitions of aging... my definition would be a computer that meets the minimum standards... 512 ram is not all that aging as far as I am concerned. Aside from, MAYBE and this a big maybe, the graphics card you're laughing. MY system is aging...

1.8 Ghz
256 Ram
64mb GeFroce4 4200Go

So don't talk to me about aging young man! :P

5 bucks says you're the kinda guy who stayed home from school and possibly even went to the doctor because of a runny nose. (Just kidding ;) )

Ludwig.

[congo]

Hey my system runs at three bazillion Thz and it was given to me by my Great-Great Grandfather do ya think it will BZZZZZZZZZZZT.


SB Pro System Requirements

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Steel Beasts Professional requires an IBM compatible PC with the following minimum configuration: (Recommended specs are in parentheses.)

1.5 (2.5) GHz CPU
256 (512) MB RAM
64 (128) MB, DirectX9-Capable Graphics Accelerator (GeForce 3 class or better)
1.6 GB available hard disk space
Free USB port
Mouse
CD-ROM
Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP with Service Pack 2 installed. (Steel Beasts will NOT run on Windows NT.)
Microsoft DirectX version 9.0 (or better) installed
For better playing experience, a sound card and joystick are recommended.

[Wahrborg]

This is more recent recomendation then the one from eSimGames.com that is posted above. Atleast RAM and graphicscard recomendations above are outdated.

http://www.steelbeasts.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=6132&start=0

[Ssnake]

Memory and processor speed are fine. My recommendation would be a faster graphics card. The 9500 lacks a few critical DirectX 9 features which the 9600 already has, so if you can get an AGP version of the 9800 or NVidia's 6600/6800 you'd have a system very well suited to run SB Pro PE.

[Wahrborg]

Just as i write the program is taking 301.68mb of RAM memory (alt+tabed from map editor)