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Supreme Commander will benefit from a great video card. The high-end cards we tested all performed well, but the demanding high and medium quality settings made the game unplayable on entry level cards. We could only get 12 frames per second out of the Radeon X1300 when we tried reducing the graphics level down to low quality.

Supreme Commander is also one of the few games that takes full advantage of dual-monitor setups. With two monitors hooked up, you can dedicate one screen to watching the battle from far above and use your main screen to get down in the detail. Beware, though: Using two monitors will also increase the hit on your video card, depending on how you play.

We noticed that the GeForce cards didn't render the force fields correctly in the game. The shields on the ATI cards had more pronounced animation effects, while the Nvidia cards only drew the occasional faint blue arc.

Nvidia GeForce 7900 GTX vs. ATI Radeon X1950 XTX

Video Card Tests

(Longer bars indicate better performance)

1600x1200, High Quality, 4xAA

GeForce 8800 GTX
37
GeForce 8800 GTS
29
Radeon X1950 XTX
21
GeForce 7900 GTX
20
Radeon X1900 XTX
20
GeForce 7950 GX2
18
Radeon X1950 Pro
16
GeForce 7900 GT
15

1280x1024, Medium Quality

Radeon X1650 XT
17
GeForce 7600 GT
13
Radeon X800
11
GeForce 6800
8
GeForce 6600 GT
8
Radeon X1300
4
Radeon X600 XT
4

Dual Monitor Performance Tests

(Longer bars indicate better performance)

1600x1200, High Quality

Single Monitor GeForce 8800 GTS
37
Dual Monitor GeForce 8800 GTS
17
Single Monitor GeForce 7900 GTX
18
Dual Monitor GeForce 7900 GTX
10

System Setup: Intel Core 2 X6800, Intel 975XBX2, 2GB Corsair XMS Memory (1GB x 2), 160GB Seagate 7200.7 SATA Hard Disk Drive, Windows XP Professional SP2. Graphics Cards: GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB, GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB, GeForce 7950 GX2 1GB, GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB, GeForce 7900 GT 256MB, GeForce 7600 GT 256MB, GeForce 6800 128MB, GeForce 6600GT 128MB, Radeon X1950 XTX 512MB, Radeon X1900 XTX 512MB, Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB, Radeon X1650 XT 256MB, Radeon X1300 256MB, Radeon X600 128MB. Graphics Drivers: Nvidia ForceWare 97.92, Nvidia ForceWare 93.71, ATI Catalyst 7.1.



421 Comments

  • loverboy1988

    Posted Jun 18, 2008 4:20 pm GMT

    my name is neil and i recently bought this game cause its looks super awesome. but i having some trouble with installation. for some reason my laptop doesnt let me install supreme commander. here are my specs: amd turion 64 x2, 250 gb hard drive, 3 gb memory, windows vista home, ati radeon x1270. so can some one please help me out cause i really would like to get into this game.

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  • angel_of_pa1n

    Posted May 18, 2008 8:02 am GMT

    jacorb the first thing you should upgrade is the CPU (if you really want to play this game) but i think that the most imp is the VGA,because most of the games require a lot of graphics and not so much CPU...the ram is not so imp...you can buy 2 gb ram cheap and it doesnt matter so much

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  • markimsoad

    Posted May 8, 2008 7:23 am GMT

    with 2gb ram, we`ll play easy...

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  • flazza

    Posted Apr 5, 2008 2:52 am GMT

    Dell Precision 490 - 2xDual-Core Xeon 3.0GHz/667 (might be upgrading to 2 quad cores soon )
    160GB (7,200rpm) SATA2 Hard Drive
    8GB DDR2 677 Quad Channel FBD Memory (4x2GB)
    XFX 8800 GTX 768mb DDR3

    Runs perfectly fine for me

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  • jacorb

    Posted Apr 3, 2008 9:04 am GMT

    Ummmm

    i have 1 gig of cheap ram a 3700 single core amd (2.2ghz) a x1650 pro (512mb)

    PLEASE can someone help

    the frame rate is awful even when i make my graphics card balance on performance.
    i run it at low/off everything (including the resolution) apart from the detail and something else. if i lower this to its lowest the game looks awful!!!

    wht should i upgrade with considering thatram is easiest to instal and h proccesesor is hardest.
    i cant get a new graphics card.

    PLEASE anyone who knows tell me what to buy to get a better frame rate /graphics

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  • ndrewn

    Posted Feb 2, 2008 11:38 am GMT

    I have an E6550, 2 gigs of ram, and a XFX GeForce 8600 GTS XXX. I can play this all maxd, 1360x768 with 8x AA. with really good framerates.

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  • micknator

    Posted Jan 24, 2008 5:49 am GMT

    I have an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2,4 GHz), 2GB DDR2 667MHz RAM and an ASUS 8600GT gfx card. It runs Supreme Commander at nearly max settings with decent fps (~30-50 FPS)

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  • mastershake575

    Posted Jan 21, 2008 11:23 am GMT

    lol come on el_carl why are you arguing over a point that was made over a month ago ?? and the 8600gts overall isn't bad read some guides if his resolutin isn't high he shouldn't have any problem playing those games on high

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  • el_carl

    Posted Jan 20, 2008 3:29 pm GMT

    robb2112, I laugh at your attempts to show of your POS computer. An 8600 GTS won't run any game in dx10 on high settings at a decent framerate.

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  • el_carl

    Posted Jan 20, 2008 3:27 pm GMT

    Well, Chaney991, did you bother reading any of the hardware guide? I would suggest checking there first

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  • rubleep

    Posted Jan 8, 2008 11:56 am GMT

    I have a Gateway Tablet PC laptop w/1.6 Ghz duo-processor, 2GB DDRAM, 112 GB hard drive, and an Intel Graphics Accelerator 945GM Express Chipset for Mobile as my graphics card. Can I run this game?

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  • Chaney991

    Posted Jan 1, 2008 11:17 pm GMT

    Would a ATI Radeon 256MB X1950PRO PCIX graphics card work for supreme commander

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  • robb2112

    Posted Dec 30, 2007 10:57 am GMT

    like most, i could benefit from an upgrade to my system to be able to see all the hard work put
    into these modern games.
    But i am currently playing supreme commander on a 4 year old gateway, the strange thing is
    i installed 2 raptors and installed vista ultimate on one and my game programs on the other.
    i also droped in an (BFG)8600gts-oc, a- x-fi soundcard and 4 gigs of ram.
    point being the system has a (intel-631) dont laugh.......and plays not only (SP) with high settings
    i am also able to play lost planet,call of duty-4,crysis and many others with DX10 enabled.

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  • jeffreyc4848

    Posted Dec 29, 2007 12:12 pm GMT

    well i have a problem with it for some reason my computer doesn't even revise that the dvd is in the drive my computer is an Hp pavilion a1520n and idk what my drive is could someone plz help me

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  • jeffreyc4848

    Posted Dec 29, 2007 11:14 am GMT

    But the only problem with that site they wont pass ur graphics card no mater what it is cause they want you to go buy one of there sponsers cards

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  • jeffreyc4848

    Posted Dec 29, 2007 11:05 am GMT

    So how well do u think it will run on this if at all

    Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz
    Memory: 1022MB RAM
    Hard Drive: 238 GB
    Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 256MB
    Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)

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  • halolover12

    Posted Dec 29, 2007 8:06 am GMT

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

    For anyone with questions if they can play the game or not go there.

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  • samirato

    Posted Dec 25, 2007 9:47 am GMT

    My PC is:
    -Athlon 64 X2 (dual-core) 3600
    -Radeon X1300 pro 256mb PCI-Exp
    -2GB ddr2 667hz

    This game runs nice in the medium general graphics option with no shadows, it only starts to slow a little when there are some hundreds of units on the screen(witch happens quite often in this game)

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  • koolandskary

    Posted Dec 24, 2007 10:07 pm GMT

    I built one and it is only costing me about $900
    Intel Q6600 2.4GHZ (OC to 3.0)
    4GB DDR2 SD RAM
    EVGA 8800 GT 512MB
    some motherboard and an Arctic cooling system

    I can run crysis all maximum settings (with the XP tweak) at high resolution at about 25-35 fps now.

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  • rokkuman09

    Posted Dec 23, 2007 11:46 am GMT

    Yeah, si_j_s there is no way supcom would be playable on your desktop. You should probably just build a pc for gaming it's a lot cheaper than buying one (and it's more fun!).

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  • si_j_s

    Posted Dec 22, 2007 10:53 pm GMT

    I grabbed a copy of Supreme Commander thinking the newer laptop (not a gaming laptop) could handle it. But I completely forgot that it's video card is Intel, not Nvidia or ATI and couldn't play Supreme Commander at all. Anyway, I tried it out on my old Desktop PC and it only passes the bare minimum. Even setting everything to low, it's crappy. I'll just have to wait next year when I could buy a gaming PC.

    My old PC specs:
    Pentium 4 2.6GHz HT enabled (single core)
    1.5GB DDR1 RAM (200MHz)
    NVIDIA GeForce 5500 FX, 256MB GDRAM (can play the game by adding '/novalidate')

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  • rokkuman09

    Posted Dec 22, 2007 5:08 pm GMT

    Santiago_Loco, Supreme Commander will be unplayable even on the lowest settings on your PC. Your main problem will be your graphics card, also it won't like the fact that your CPU is single core. Supreme Commander hates single core processors .

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  • yogi252

    Posted Dec 16, 2007 3:21 pm GMT

    mmm...I tried the demo version of SupCom. I updated my computer 3 months ago. The new computer has:
    AMD Dualcore 3600 (2.0ghz)
    ATI Xpress 1200 (320 mb)
    895 ram I think I will need to upgrade the RAM memory to 2 gb or more (better) or the CPU (I wouldn't like to). I wonder if the video card needs to be upgraded. I don't know, but I would like to add more RAM first.

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  • Glordit

    Posted Oct 16, 2007 3:51 am GMT

    E2180 is a nice CPU OC it to 2.8Ghz and watch Sup Com fly!!!

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  • cameron06

    Posted Sep 16, 2007 2:06 am GMT

    the X1950 PRO will run this game well, though really the 512 MB verson will run better because of the extra RAM

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  • Santiago_Loco

    Posted Sep 14, 2007 5:47 am GMT

    Can I play Supreme Commander with the following Pc:

    Intel Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz
    1 Gb Ram
    Windows XP
    Direct X 9.0
    Nvidia GeForce 5200 128 Mb

    Or i need Someting to be changed in order to play it?

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  • pcgamertotal101

    Posted Sep 8, 2007 5:09 am GMT

    Will The :
    ATI Radeon X1950 Pro PCI-E x16 256MB VIDEO CARD(ATI Radeon X1950 Pro PCI-E x16 256MB Run this smoothly with Vista Home Premium?
    (On medium)

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  • mwesch

    Posted Sep 7, 2007 9:39 am GMT

    what dyou guys reckon the framerate of the rig on all settings on high part from any antialising will be and the res is 1280x1024

    radeon x1950pro
    1.5gb of ddr
    pentium 4 3.00ghz

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  • jediclone66

    Posted Sep 1, 2007 7:22 am GMT

    my rig will eat this up
    -Core 2 Extreme qx6700
    -8800 Ultra
    -2 GB 1066 DDR2
    -Windows Vista Ultimate x64
    1900 x 1200 Syncmaster

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  • md206

    Posted Aug 29, 2007 1:34 pm GMT

    specs
    8800gts 640mb(yeepy)
    Core Duo 2 1.84ghz
    2gb ram
    Vista Premium

    Ok here is good advice to all to play dx10 games from now and the 12 months to come on a cheap machine at a good performance.

    Buy any Core Duo 2 Processor (CoreDuo2 E4400 at 75pounds(Price) ).
    From Ebuyer.com

    At 164pounds(Price) Buy 8800gts 320mb ( Innovision 3D 8800GTS 320MB GDDR3 DVI PCI E Graphics). From Ebuyer.com Dont buy a 8600Gts! its around 124pounds but the performance is cut down very badly.8600 is just about half of the 8800gts's power. Save some extra change for the 8800gts 320mb Buy 1gb ram (32pounds). Ram speed must be 800mhz. Dont get 677mhz speed.
    (OCZ 1GB DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Memory ). From Ebuyer.com
    Remember its DDR2 not DDR1. Check on your mother Board.
    Buy an extra 1gb at a later date when you get more money. Buy when Crysis comes out Oh a note to all who need to know how the gpu industry has screwd us is if u buy a 8600 u really still can only run games at a bit lower specs compared to the 8800 series. Might also mean u disable some dx10 features to play smoothly so the game might not look like dx10.
    I realised this long ago when i opted for a radeon x1650pro over a radeon x1800. When supreme commander showed up i wanted to cry. I could play on high so long as i had less than roughly 300 units(enemy included) on the screen. I shot high this time and bought the 8800gts. So happy .

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  • curtis194

    Posted Aug 27, 2007 11:01 am GMT

    would and amd 3500 2.2ghz a 7600gt and 1 gig ram run this game. plz i just need to know if it will run ok on an amd Athlon 3500 2.2ghz i hope it will because i can only get my hands on this at the min

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  • bulldog7

    Posted Aug 17, 2007 12:32 am GMT

    I can run COH at mid40s to 60 FPS, so I should be able to do this one, right?

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  • ARMIN14

    Posted Aug 15, 2007 9:27 am GMT

    I'm not sure but I think I'll be able to play this game.
    I have a computer with:
    P4 3.5Ghz
    1Gb ram
    GF 8600 GT

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  • bulldog7

    Posted Aug 15, 2007 12:34 am GMT

    I'm curious to know what kind of performance I'd get with this game:

    P4 3.0Ghz
    2 gig RAM
    8800 GTS 640MB

    I'm a bit worried about the CPU being a bottleneck. Any ideas what sort of performance I'd get? Playable at least on medium settings?

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  • PJ2889

    Posted Aug 10, 2007 9:30 am GMT

    I'm running the game pretty smoothly on an HP dv9207us 17" laptop with these specs:
    Intel Core Duo 1.73GHz
    1GB RAM
    GeForce Go 7600

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  • _Margulis_

    Posted Aug 7, 2007 8:20 pm GMT

    i have 2.5 gigabytes of ram and it only uses 37%. Out of all the newer PC games i own this is the least memory heavy game since most games use around 70%.

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  • curry87

    Posted Aug 7, 2007 4:30 pm GMT

    it will run lololol

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  • fitblood

    Posted Aug 3, 2007 3:41 am GMT

    I have Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4GHz 2Gb of RAM and Radeon X1650 SE. Im just wondering how it would run on it cuz i was thinking of getting it but im not sure how it would run

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  • petay_pan123

    Posted Jul 29, 2007 5:02 pm GMT

    i have a geforce 7200LE and it dosent run on anything other than low setting and it still laggs bad!!!

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  • will_d_best

    Posted Jul 29, 2007 12:40 pm GMT

    um just woundering ure saying all of this and my 2.80GHz 1 GB ram nvidia geforce7300le system runs it fine ?????????????????????

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  • petay_pan123

    Posted Jul 27, 2007 12:55 pm GMT

    and also what would be the best graphics card to buy with...
    Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz 1.00 GB of RAM apart from the 8800GTS since thats to expensive

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  • petay_pan123

    Posted Jul 24, 2007 11:12 am GMT

    how do u know what the frame rate is?

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  • Dr_Death911

    Posted Jul 20, 2007 4:08 pm GMT

    I thought the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core was an processor. If I am wrong it would be nice to know before I make a complete fool out of myself.

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  • Fallen_One_28

    Posted Jul 20, 2007 3:24 pm GMT

    You didn't specify the processor, but depending on the cpu it would probably run games on at least medium settings.

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  • Dr_Death911

    Posted Jul 19, 2007 6:03 pm GMT

    I am planning on upgrading my system since my motherboard is fried. Here is my plan so far. Input would be greatly appreciated. SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON X1950 PRO
    Asus M2A-VM Motherboard
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core
    1 G 667 memory

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  • kutty12000

    Posted Jul 18, 2007 2:49 am GMT

    After patching SupCom, there is an inbuilt FPS viewer.

    Just press the / key.

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  • BloodyIron

    Posted Jul 13, 2007 11:17 am GMT

    k, thanx then.

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  • thorgen

    Posted Jul 13, 2007 9:22 am GMT

    @BloodyIron To get FPS just download FRAPS at http://www.fraps.com/download.php also the AMD Athlon X2 5000+ will do, I ran it on a Athlon 3000+ fine.

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  • Bennycal

    Posted Jun 29, 2007 12:49 am GMT

    Dont know, and no lol.

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