retired_dego72

I currently run every league, large database and all players on a C2D e6850, 4gb RAM on Vista 64.

Processing rarely takes longer than 30 seconds.

retired_ellend

Well, on my laptop, it has 1.5gHz dual core and 2gb of RAM, and i can play large database with 30 leagues, and it runs fine

retired_badmagic9

I am running it on an AMD4400 2.2ghz with 2gb of ram and it is still slow running 1 division from spain, italy, croatia and russia .
Maybe there are some coding issues on the engine considering the fact that i play X3-reunion on full detail with TV like performance. </BLOCKQUOTE>

Presumablby, you have a graphics card with it's own processor to help with all those 3D calculations. FM has no need of that processor, and doesn't use it.

I know my nVidia 8600 can whip through Crysis at high resolution and medium graphics, but my 3.4 H/T main processor and 2mb RAM can take, two or three times a game year, 15 minutes for a Continue. I'm playing 79 leagues in 42 countries.

So it also depends on your definition of the word "slow." What's "slow" for you may not be "slow" at all to me ...

retired_dttyr12

I am running it on an AMD4400 2.2ghz with 2gb of ram and it is still slow running 1 division from spain, italy, croatia and russia .
Maybe there are some coding issues on the engine considering the fact that i play X3-reunion on full detail with TV like performance. </BLOCKQUOTE>

Presumablby, you have a graphics card with it's own processor to help with all those 3D calculations. FM has no need of that processor, and doesn't use it.

I know my nVidia 8600 can whip through Crysis at high resolution and medium graphics, but my 3.4 H/T main processor and 2mb RAM can take, two or three times a game year, 15 minutes for a Continue. I'm playing 79 leagues in 42 countries.

So it also depends on your definition of the word "slow." What's "slow" for you may not be "slow" at all to me ... </BLOCKQUOTE>

Just a quick question - surely you dont play the game in that detail knowing it takes 15 minutes per continue?

retired_badmagic9

I most surely do ... but it doesn't take 15 minutes every Continue. Just a couple times a year -- year-end (31 Dec -&gt; Jan 1), season start. The start of the summer transfer window takes a while, too ...

My average Continue lasts anywhere from 15 to 30 seconds, but can take up to a couple minutes. I had one finish while I was typing this ...

retired_dttyr12

Fair enough. I think we'd all play more leagues if our machines have the capability to do so.

Myself, I'm running full english leagues at the moment with top division in Germany and Spain.

I have switched to full matches though as I'm a firm believer in seeing exactly how my tactics develop with the miniscular changes I make

retired_lilshorty81

I'd suggest the following for everything maxed:

Core 2 Duo E6600 (or better)
2GB 800/1066MHZ DDR2 (Cas 4 for 800 & Cas 5 for 1066) 4GB for Vista
Seagate 7200.11 (32MB Cache) or Western Digital Raptor 74/150GB or RAID 0 7,200RPM/10,000RPM Drives

Quad Core isn't going to make the game any faster than Dual Core until they optimise the threading for 4 cores. All DX9 graphics cards are more than capable of running FM08 as it is not graphically intensive.