Company of Heroes Performance Guide

Posted Sep 8, 2008 3:06 pm GMT

I couldn't play on DirectX10 because the game was uncompatible with my GPU (ZOTAC 8800GT AMP). I was using driver 175.19 then. The new one, 177.92, solved Dx10 compatibility, but ultra settings are still laggy (for example soldiers teleport few milimeters while running or camera lag while panning, these occur randomly, I mean no specific problem for the whole game, but no fps drop down). I can play other Dx10 games with maximum settings and no performance loss. Seeing what can 7900GTX can do above, I am sure now it is a compatibility issue with the game. And I must point out that my RAM (2GB) and CPU (Core 2 Duo 2.40 Ghz) are enough for ultra settings. The most important thing showing it isn't my PC is FPS never drops down below 30-40. I hope Nvidia's future drivers wipe out my problems completely.

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Posted Aug 13, 2008 8:16 pm GMT

By the way, if you could at least describe all the settings next time please. -_-'
I know what most of them do, but some are like "OK, what do those exactly do?...".

If not, I'll ask it anyway, if someone knows a website or anything that describes that, please let me know, send a message or something.

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Posted Aug 13, 2008 8:13 pm GMT

This game will already be happy with a nice to good GeForce 7.
COH is running in the background right now!
Mine is a 7900GS (with 512MB even on AGP), but it's running together with a P4 at 2GHz.
And that's because my P4 HT at 3GHz recently broke down, so I bought another one and am waiting until it comes in.
It will just smooth out all the slight kinks, but it's not even bad at the moment.
That's with Medium to High settings by the way.

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Posted Jul 21, 2008 4:16 am GMT

well i look at these post and with most i see super systems unless your just complaning my pc was 1yr/14days old when the game came out and in july 08 ipurachased the gold edition and guess what it won't run. at least wic runs yes world in conflict runs on this but coh won't that is **** up! cant upgrade pc though 1 word MOM! according to someone most parents are retarted when it comes to games or pc's

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Posted May 22, 2008 10:17 am GMT

core 2 quad 6700 (2,67ghz), 4 gb ocz reaper @ 800 mhz, nvidea 9600 gt xxx runs it at maxed wth 1600x1050 highest fps 55 avg 41 lowest 17 so im pretty happy with my system

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Posted May 17, 2008 2:22 pm GMT

My "rig" has a AMD Sempron Processor 3000+ 1.8 GHz , Asus a9550 and 1,5 GB RAM and goes very good with the game 30 FPS at LOW SETTINGS (P.M. I finished the game 3 times).

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Posted May 17, 2008 5:57 am GMT

I play this game on a P4 3.0 ghz, 1GB DDR, Geforce 6600 LE system with medium texture, shadows and terrain, post processing off, the rest at max and still feel like seeing real Normandy beach over 60 years ago.

Just concern about the 4 settings above and u'll go through this "hardware panzer" without a problem !

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Posted Apr 29, 2008 4:48 pm GMT

My Rig is EVGA 8800GT Superclocked, E8400 Wolfdale, 4Gb 800Mhz Ocz's Reaper Edition, Windows Vita SP1 ultimate, and I'm trying COH Oppsing Fronts, and it just can't make it... My average on ultra, it's about 40FPS, I've slown down to High, but it's still slow, How can I get good Frame rates?

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Posted Apr 5, 2008 10:39 pm GMT

im so devo, my comp would run games at a somewhat of a decent level if my gcard wasnt so awful. got 2 gigs ram, p4 3ghz and then my pride and joy, and X300SE :'(

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Posted Apr 5, 2008 7:01 am GMT

i can run the demo (not beta) fast as long as i keep shader quality low and texture not on ultra cuz then it crashes can you guess my system?

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Posted Mar 17, 2008 2:58 pm GMT

I have a Nvidia 8800GT ("alpha dog") with 512MB, 2GB ram, with only a 1.86GHz dual core and I have yet to get any homogenous errors, or serious drops in frame rate (lowest is 29fps which is impossible to notice) in game play

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Posted Mar 9, 2008 3:22 am GMT

i havent played it yet
i got the cd.....but im doubtful if my system will run it
my system is...
512 mb ram
ati radeon x300 se...128 mb ram i think
3.0 ghz...i think athlon?
i think i could run it with supppper low settings
but i got far cry and hl2 installed, hl2 i run on high (with little lag) and far cry on med and high

my pc sucks )
thats why im gettin a xbox
i find upgrading pcs.....money consuming

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Posted Feb 18, 2008 9:36 am GMT

The system requirements aren't too much for playing. Thank you GameSpot...

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Posted Jan 7, 2008 7:21 pm GMT

i can play this with fps 13 (all low or off,800x600) with
geforce 6200 256mb
758mb ram
and amd sempron 3000+

so...dont try it with something worse then that..

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Posted Jan 3, 2008 5:42 am GMT

crapfullycrap, i think thats there slogan because its on the boxes of cod 2, bf2, bf2142 but yeah, i see your point. lol

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Posted Jan 3, 2008 5:34 am GMT

Ok for anyone wondering about graphics cards there are 3 options nvidia 8800gts (512mb version) more expensive (£200-250 )
nvidia 8800gt (512mb) this is slower than the gts by about 10-20%, but is probably better value for your money (£170-220)
or
Ati 3870 , which is generally cheaper but isnt quite in the same class as the two nvidia cards.
oh, and you could always get the 8800ultra if money is no object.

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Posted Jan 3, 2008 5:32 am GMT

murso they released the game at the end of 2006 and they had direct x 10 on it for later graphic cards, we were getting hyped up about the 8800 gts and gtx at that time and thats what it was built for Nvidia.

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Posted Dec 30, 2007 1:50 pm GMT

the 8800gt GPU gigabyte is the best tested graphics card and in pc magazines it got the best performer in many mags because of its FPS but in some games for better performance you would need to put a second similar graphics card to boost the performance (not an available feature for all mother boards)

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Posted Dec 30, 2007 5:25 am GMT

oops my bad, its ATI SAPHIRE RADEON but i cant remember the number....its sad, i should know it

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Posted Dec 30, 2007 5:19 am GMT

IM THE KIMCHI MAN
anyway, intel core pentium 4 would be the lowest proccesser for company of heroes and ull need at least 1gig of mem to run it ok. ATI or NVidia GeForce, prob NVidia GeForce 8800 GTX would be the best. the one i have is the ATI 8400 (i think) and it ran slow and there is some problem, like when im playing the game, its like im in those 70 light shows... so i replaced with NVidia GeForce 8800 GTX and it ran good. alienware or xps is the best choice for this game

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Posted Dec 29, 2007 1:18 pm GMT

Tmarsh, look into the 8800GT if you want to run it flawlessly with all settings high. They run about $260-290 US prices. I went with Asus.

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Posted Dec 29, 2007 8:58 am GMT

what kind of video card would be best to get if i want to run this game?? i have been looking all over and dont know what to pick?? any advice?? and prices??

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Posted Dec 24, 2007 10:38 pm GMT

People that are getting 2 fps with 7950's....re-install windows or something because I needed a serious upgrade after my P4 3.4 EE and 7800GS were not cutting games anymore. Plus....my P4S800-E took a dump.

Replaced with

ePower 520XP PSU
Gigabyte P35-DS3L
E6750 @ 2.66
2 gigs G.Skill DDR2 800
Asus 8800GT 512
throw that in with my old hard drives with a repair of windows and the game runs at frame rates too high for me to even play with for some reason. The games like running on hyper speed. I'm not used to it at all. The game never even hiccups or slows down EVER. I think more of the trouble was with Windows because COH ran better than OF did with the same setup. After my re-install, same programs installed though, everything just runs better anyways. My setup was very old. The only thing that was new was the P4 3.4 EE and 7800 GS. They did not help as much as they should have. I was playing on medium too, no high and some things off.

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Posted Dec 23, 2007 12:09 pm GMT

Murso24, when they wrote this article I'm pretty sure the 8800GTX and the 8800 Ultra were not available yet.

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Posted Dec 15, 2007 2:27 pm GMT

everything execpt tree detail maxed.. on Windows XP Pro SP2

i dont get why they didnt test an 8800 GTX on the "ultra" area..its WAY better than the 7900.

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Posted Dec 15, 2007 2:20 pm GMT

with my setup here i get basicly perfect frame rates..EXTREMELY playable on maxed with this setup Intel Core 2 Quad QX6800 overclocked to 3.2ghz (stock at 2.93 so its safe)
2 gb pc6400 800mhz Corsair Dual channel XMS RAM
NVidia GeForce 8800 GTX
320gb 7200rpm 16mb cache HD

22in Samsung Hi-Res monitor (2ms response)

yeah..im enjoying it

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Posted Dec 3, 2007 12:24 pm GMT

Intel Q6850 @ 3.00 ghz, 4mb Corsair Dominator 8500 1066Mhz Ram, 2X XFX Nvidia GeForce 8800GTX in SLI, playing on a HPw2207 display (22inch widescreen 2ms refresh), Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit

reported framerates with CoH in-game performance tool
Without SLI enabled - 1600x1050 - rated as "Good"
ave 41.1
max 62.0
lo 9.9

Without SLI enabled - 1280x800 - rated as "Great"
ave 51.1
max 61.8
lo 11.0

With SLI enabled - 1600x1050 - rated as "Good"
ave 41.3
max 61.2
lo 10.8

With SLI enabled - 1280x800 - rated as "Great"
ave 51.0
max 61.8
lo 11.9

All default graphic settings from game

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Posted Nov 25, 2007 11:23 pm GMT

i run 1.6 sempron 2800+ ,1.5 gigs of ddr ,bfg's 7950gt runs pretty good could use more processor maybe a 2.6 athlon another gig of ddr new motherboard that runs ddr and sli express next year.

runs at high with average of 30 to 50 frames again my processor is a horrible bottleneck.

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Posted Nov 25, 2007 11:17 pm GMT

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Posted Nov 12, 2007 8:04 pm GMT

@edgewalker16:

That setup will run COH with no problems at all on High settings. Don't worry about that, your laptop is good enough to play it.

As for upgrading a graphics chip in a laptop, that's very tricky and while I'm not an expert in the subject, in most cases it can't be done, at least not by yourself. If you contact your system manufacturer you could get a better answer.

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Posted Nov 11, 2007 10:45 pm GMT

So I've been really looking into this game and if I can only scrounge up the money then I'd get it with no questions asked. My only hitch is not knowing whether or not my PC is good enough to run it. That said, I need some advice. Can I run the game?

Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz
2GB Dual Channel 667MHz
256GB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

Also, is it possible to upgrade my graphics card if all of this is in a laptop? A Dell M1710 to be exact? Thanks.

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Posted Nov 2, 2007 4:33 pm GMT

Quad Core 2.4 ghz
1 gb ddr2 ram at 800 mhz 8800 GTX 768 mb Vista

I can play the game at 1440 res with max settings but the only issue i get is that when there are cut scenes or movie intros it happens to chop down on teh frame rate...Ex: the plane on fire falling down or when the guy starts getting shot by machine gun

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Posted Oct 28, 2007 1:22 pm GMT

Quad Core - 2.4ghz
4gb RAM
8800gts xxx graphics
Vista Home Premium

no issues; max settings.

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Posted Oct 23, 2007 12:04 pm GMT

i cant even get the game to run on my sli 7950 setup.... something is wrong because I hear birds chirping 3/4 through loading and then it just runs at 2 fps (yes 2 fps) when its done loading. Any ideas would be helpful....

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Posted Oct 15, 2007 11:03 am GMT

I got it runnin on all high, only thing not on max is texture detail (on high instead of ultra) at 1280x1024 with 4AA on this rig:

Core 2 Duo E4400
2GB DDR RAM
X1950Pro :p Silky smooth, no slowdown at all.

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Posted Oct 14, 2007 3:32 pm GMT

can i play this game on every setting low!

i have..

pentium 4 processer 2.41 ghz

1.00 gb ddr ram

nvidia geforce fx 5200 128 mb agp..128 bit evga

19 inch widescreen acer!

so can i play it?

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Posted Oct 14, 2007 3:51 am GMT

how would a dell vostro 1500 get on? with this spec:

T7250 2.0Ghz
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024
Nvidia 8600M GT
160GB 5400
Vista Business (going to change to home premium or xp)

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Posted Oct 5, 2007 6:55 am GMT

audioe said:
"AMD Athlon 64 x2 5600 2.8GHz
Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTS 320MB
4GB DDR2 800Mhz
Vista Home Premium

With this spec, I can't run the game on Full Quality, which was a bit gutting cos games like Bioshock, CnC3, Supreme Commander all work as Smooth as anything on Full spec.

In Conclusion, you'll need to buy the best of the best in order to get this game running with 60FPS+"
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Well, I'm running an AMD x2 3800+, 2gb 800mz, 8800gts 320mb and I'm running the game at 1680x1050 all on ultra. No slowdown at all for me. The only difference is that I'm using XP (dx9) & youre using Vista & presumably dx10.

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Posted Oct 4, 2007 10:25 pm GMT

How would this run on a Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop with Intel Core 2 Duo 1.5 ghz, 1 GB RAM, and a nvidia 8600M GT 256mb?

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Posted Sep 30, 2007 12:34 pm GMT

For all those laptop owners. A mobile core 2 duo T7400 with 2GB RAM and a 7950GTX runs the game silky smooth 30+fps 1600x1200 under ultra settings.

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Posted Sep 14, 2007 1:50 am GMT

@ Rhipz
I dont think so, unless you're 8600GT is a model with 512Mb's of video ram then you're gonna have to put textures on high instead of ultra. But give it a go anyway...

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Posted Sep 12, 2007 1:23 pm GMT

k thanks!

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Posted Sep 6, 2007 10:14 pm GMT

Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz
1 GB of Ram
Ati Radeon HD X2600 XT 512mb
Windows XP sp2

Can I run COH with all maxed out at least at 1024 x 768?

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Posted Sep 4, 2007 12:27 am GMT

AMD Athlon 64 x2 5600 2.8GHz
Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTS 320MB
4GB DDR2 800Mhz
Vista Home Premium

With this spec, I can't run the game on Full Quality, which was a bit gutting cos games like Bioshock, CnC3, Supreme Commander all work as Smooth as anything on Full spec.

In Conclusion, you'll need to buy the best of the best in order to get this game running with 60FPS+

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Posted Sep 1, 2007 1:46 pm GMT

ongklong Amd-Athlon (tm) 2500+
1.84ghz,512 mb of ram
Nvidia Geforce 5500

Will this specs of my pc work with CoH?

Answer is no because you need at least a gb duo core processor and your video card sucks

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Posted Sep 1, 2007 5:11 am GMT

Amd-Athlon (tm) 2500+
1.84ghz,512 mb of ram
Nvidia Geforce 5500

Will this specs of my pc work with CoH?

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Posted Aug 16, 2007 10:37 pm GMT

im running on a ATI Radeon SAPPHIRE X1550 and i want to buy this game. how good do yu think the graphics should be on this card? (ill soon learn by DLing the demo for the THIRD FRICKING TIME) the damn thing freezes and dosent respond on me its horrible!

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Posted Aug 16, 2007 12:43 pm GMT

I'm running P4 3.0Ghz
2gig RAM
8800 GTS 640MB

Runs nice and smooth, averaging mid 40s FPS with everything on high or ultra. I've noticed no major slow downs. I get high end frames of mid 60s, and have dipped as low as high 20s. But I'd say its mostly somewhere in the 40s, those dips must be few and far between, I haven't noticed anything, certainly nothing that affects gameplay. And yes, this game is beautiful!
Oh ya, and the resolution I'm running it at is1024x768.

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Posted Aug 8, 2007 7:44 pm GMT

finallly ....

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