Can your PC handle Batman?

[chip5541]

I recommend can you run it.

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/

[gclhoutx]

Yeah, I like using that site as well. However there are still bugs with that site and doesn't always work correctly.

For instance My PC contains:
CPU = Intel Dual Core E6850 @ 3.00GHz
Os = Vista Ultimate 32bit Service Pack 2
Ram = Maxed at 8GB Ram
Video Cards = Running SLI Mode with 2 BFG 9800 GX2 1GB Cards (Total 2GB Video)
Video Card Driver Version = 8.15.0011.9038

However That plugin only detects that my machine has:
Ram = 1.7GB (Which states it failed minimum specs)


I'm able to run the Demo with everything on the highest settings except for the Anti-Aliasing which is always default set to none. Though when I max the AA to say like 16Q in the demo things start to really start to stall and hang. Which makes no difference to me, can't really see a difference with it in on anyway.

[trek554]

Originally Posted by gclhoutx

Yeah, I like using that site as well. However there are still bugs with that site and doesn't always work correctly.

For instance My PC contains:
CPU = Intel Dual Core E6850 @ 3.00GHz
Os = Vista Ultimate 32bit Service Pack 2
Ram = Maxed at 8GB Ram
Video Cards = Running SLI Mode with 2 BFG 9800 GX2 1GB Cards (Total 2GB Video)
Video Card Driver Version = 8.15.0011.9038

However That plugin only detects that my machine has:
Ram = 1.7GB (Which states it failed minimum specs)


I'm able to run the Demo with everything on the highest settings except for the Anti-Aliasing which is always default set to none. Though when I max the AA to say like 16Q in the demo things start to really start to stall and hang. Which makes no difference to me, can't really see a difference with it in on anyway.

well that is all the ram you have available. why would you put 8gb of ram on a pc with a 32bit os? your os cant recognize more than 3.5 then your video cards are taking away from that address space too. not to mention how silly having 2 9800gx2 card are in the first place. those gpus only have 512mb of usable vram so all those modern games that need more will not even be able to actually fully use one 9800gx2 not to mention the second 9800gx2 in there. you have a very odd setup with wasted hardware there and clearly did not get advice before building it.

[gclhoutx]

Originally Posted by trek554

well that is all the ram you have available. why would you put 8gb of ram on a pc with a 32bit os? your os cant recognize more than 3.5 then your video cards are taking away from that address space too. not to mention how silly having 2 9800gx2 card are in the first place. those gpus only have 512mb of usable vram so all those modern games that need more will not even be able to actually fully use one 9800gx2 not to mention the second 9800gx2 in there. you have a very odd setup with wasted hardware there and clearly did not get advice before building it.

Yeah, well it was a combination of things. First off I got those video cards, ram, motherboard, and CPU when they just came out near the end of 2007. At that time they were supposedly the best card around and everything was SLI compatible. Then the second thing was when I purchased the Windows Vista Ultimate, I got it online straight through Microsoft as a download. Considering at that time I was going to do a multi boot setup and still leave my original Windows XP OS on. Hence in order to do the multi boot Microsoft's website stated I had to use the same bit level as my previous operating system. So then it goes back even further to my existing copy of Windows XP Professional. At the time when I purchased the Windows XP Professional I got from Fry's there was no package difference between 32bit or 64bit it was just one box. Microsoft's website didn't even have it broken out in different bit levels as well. So all in all I wasn't going to pay for another operating system that I had already purchased at a different bit level.

[trek554]

well maybe you should pick up an oem copy of Windows 7 64 bit for 100 bucks in October. I would also try and sell those cards and just grab a gtx260 or gtx275. that would give better playability with having more vram and no sli issues. then in about six months or so after the new nvidia cards have come out and prices stabilized grab something from like a gtx360 or so. I also would look towards i7 or i5 after the 32nm shrink next year around late spring. just something to think about...

[deders]

Originally Posted by gclhoutx

Considering at that time I was going to do a multi boot setup and still leave my original Windows XP OS on. Hence in order to do the multi boot Microsoft's website stated I had to use the same bit level as my previous operating system. So then it goes back even further to my existing copy of Windows XP Professional. At the time when I purchased the Windows XP Professional I got from Fry's there was no package difference between 32bit or 64bit it was just one box. Microsoft's website didn't even have it broken out in different bit levels as well. So all in all I wasn't going to pay for another operating system that I had already purchased at a different bit level.

the bit level makes no difference when dual booting, I dual boot XPpro32 and Vista 64 with no issues whatsoever, the 2 operating systems are completely independant of each other (mine share a partition for programmes and another for storage but the actual OS's are on separate partitions and never the twain shall meet)

[Nemesis296]

Originally Posted by gclhoutx

Yeah, I like using that site as well. However there are still bugs with that site and doesn't always work correctly.

For instance My PC contains:
CPU = Intel Dual Core E6850 @ 3.00GHz
Os = Vista Ultimate 32bit Service Pack 2
Ram = Maxed at 8GB Ram
Video Cards = Running SLI Mode with 2 BFG 9800 GX2 1GB Cards (Total 2GB Video)
Video Card Driver Version = 8.15.0011.9038

However That plugin only detects that my machine has:
Ram = 1.7GB (Which states it failed minimum specs)


I'm able to run the Demo with everything on the highest settings except for the Anti-Aliasing which is always default set to none. Though when I max the AA to say like 16Q in the demo things start to really start to stall and hang. Which makes no difference to me, can't really see a difference with it in on anyway.

How does your computer RUN with 8GB and a 32-bit OS? Unless my math skills deteriorated in the past year, I'm pretty sure that the MAX RAM a 32-bit OS will support is 4GB of RAM. That could be part of your problem. I don't know where you got your computer from, but I know I have a DELL, and though it has 4 memory slots, a max of 1G is supported in each slot. So I have a max of 4GB in my PC on a 32-bit Home Premium Vista Install. Other than that, your rig seems fine, but I think you're confusing the hell out of your own computer with the RAM

[Ifteqar0918]

i'm currently runing it on
core 2 quad 2.66 Ghz
4 GB Ram
Nvidia 9800 GT 1 GB
And its runing amazingly on high details......cool

[STOCKMAN]

I am playing it on my Athlon X2 4400+ 2,2 GHZ socket 939 2 gb ram ddr 400 8800gt 512mb. I am playing it on max settings 1280x1024(wtihout Physx) and it works perfect. But if i enable Physx it is runs slow like a turtle! Why?? Why it works perfect on max settings without physx but runs so slow with physx enabled. My pc is very powerful it can ran 99% of games with no prolbem...

[deders]

Originally Posted by STOCKMAN

I am playing it on my Athlon X2 4400+ 2,2 GHZ socket 939 2 gb ram ddr 400 8800gt 512mb. I am playing it on max settings 1280x1024(wtihout Physx) and it works perfect. But if i enable Physx it is runs slow like a turtle! Why?? Why it works perfect on max settings without physx but runs so slow with physx enabled. My pc is very powerful it can ran 99% of games with no prolbem...

Eidos recommend either a single 260 for normal physx or a 260 for rendering and at least a 250/9800gtx+ dedicated to physx for smooth rendering and i can say this is pretty accurate. I have 2 9800gtx+'s and if i turn everything up and play in XP instead of Vista I get smooth frames (30+) most of the way through the game. I think if one or both of my cards were 260's i'd get smooth frames all the way through. unfortunately for you most the 112 shader cores on your card are already working as hard as they can to make the game look great, which doesn't leave much headroom for anything else to be calculated on them, like Physx.

I've just read on another thread that someone was having similar problems in the scarecrow levels, when the physx is used to full effect. He had a single 260 but found when he updated the drivers for his realtek soundcard, the framerates vastly improved to around 30-40fps, might be worth checking if all your drivers are up to date.

[trek554]

Originally Posted by STOCKMAN

I am playing it on my Athlon X2 4400+ 2,2 GHZ socket 939 2 gb ram ddr 400 8800gt 512mb. I am playing it on max settings 1280x1024(wtihout Physx) and it works perfect. But if i enable Physx it is runs slow like a turtle! Why?? Why it works perfect on max settings without physx but runs so slow with physx enabled. My pc is very powerful it can ran 99% of games with no prolbem...

your pc is okay but it is far from "very powerful". that cpu of yours is actually pretty slow and is keeping even a card like your 8800gt from doing much more than 70-75% of what it is capable of. also if you actually look at what is recommended for running physx you are not even close.

[Henke123]

There is nothing wrong with the test, your computer is only using 1.7GB of your RAM.

As Nemesis296 said, a 32-bit operating system can only support 4GB RAM, video memory included.
Since your video card has 2GB Windows is only able to use 2GB of your RAM.

You should install Windows Vista or 7 x64 because 6GB of your RAM is not being used.

[Xenoc]

Originally Posted by Henke123

There is nothing wrong with the test, your computer is only using 1.7GB of your RAM.

As Nemesis296 said, a 32-bit operating system can only support 4GB RAM, video memory included.
Since your video card has 2GB Windows is only able to use 2GB of your RAM.

You should install Windows Vista or 7 x64 because 6GB of your RAM is not being used.

Only for your OS is there a disadvantage... with games it will use all your ram

[DjSCorvus]

Originally Posted by Henke123

There is nothing wrong with the test, your computer is only using 1.7GB of your RAM.

As Nemesis296 said, a 32-bit operating system can only support 4GB RAM, video memory included.
Since your video card has 2GB Windows is only able to use 2GB of your RAM.

You should install Windows Vista or 7 x64 because 6GB of your RAM is not being used.

so atleast i know i didnt do something wrong then installing extra ram for my windows 7 x86 lappy 64bit of course. Only 2 slots though so i lost 2gb in the process, I could have had 8 and it save me money too in the long run but, it runs really fast now, it should be even better when i start using driver sweeper, providing that will sweep just the recycle bin, i havent bought that yet so im unsure how it works, i know it can wipe drives altogether but not sure on its options. And yeah i have same problem I can't seem to get batman running at all now and mine is the original boxed game, first i lose my save game 30% complete and then. Salt in the wound lol.

[1130210]

All I need is a 2.4 ghz dual core and I happen to have a 2.1 It sucks really bad when your system starts to barely cut it for pc gaming. You say to yourself, what a kick in the head, I have to spend another 200 bucks just to get a small boost in my processor.

[trek554]

Originally Posted by 1130210

All I need is a 2.4 ghz dual core and I happen to have a 2.1 It sucks really bad when your system starts to barely cut it for pc gaming. You say to yourself, what a kick in the head, I have to spend another 200 bucks just to get a small boost in my processor.

what cpu do you actually have and where do you that it says 2.4 dual core cpu is needed in the first place. also its not the speed that matters its the actually family of cpus. a 2.0 Core 2 cpu is much faster than 2.0 amd X2 for example.

[Maherr]

I hope it could but nope i don't think so.

[STOCKMAN]

Unfronutately no my pc can not run it on max settings

I have Athlon X2 4400 2,2 GHZ
2 GB RAM DDR 400
8800 GT 512 MB
It runs well on max settings 1280x1024 withour physx but if i enable physx the game becomes unplayble. Will the final version of the game run faster?

[Acroma]

My PC laughs at this game, Even with PhysX maxed.

Core i7 920@3.6
6GB DDR3@1600 T-Chan
Two 9800GTX's in SLI
EVGA x58 Tri SLI mobo
Asus 21.5" HDMI 1080p

[Paulley]

my new PC plays the game so much faster im finding it hard to keep up.. its making it much harder... kinda miss the 10-15fps i was playing on.

incidentally i was toying around and i upped the refresh rate of my lcd tv/monitor from 24hertz to 50.. im sure i read that could actually make videos and such play faster (like partial fast forward) is that true

[W1LL3y3]

Im currently running :

Q6600 G0 @ 3.6ghz
8GB Kingston Hyper X @ 1066mhz 4-4-4-14
GTX 260, 896mb @ 2250mhz
Asus P5Q Deluxe
LG 47" 1080p TV + LG 22" 1080p Monitor via HDMI

have ran the game maxed settings 1080p rez no problem at all easily 60+ fps on both 22"+47" screens, have played through about 17% of the game not one problem yet

got quite a few achievments too, check out my sig link

[Pbrad08]

CPU
Recommended: Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4Ghr) or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+
You Have: 4 processors running - Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz PASS
System RAM
Recommended: XP = 2GB, Vista = 3GB
You Have: 3.2 GB PASS
Operating System
Recommended: Windows XP & Vista
You Have: Microsoft (Build 7600) FAIL: Sorry, your operating system does not meet this recommended requirement. Want to Upgrade? If so click the 'We Recommend'.
Video Card
Recommended: 512 MB 3D Graphics card (NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or ATI Radeon HD 3870 or better)
You Have: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (GeForce 8800 GT) PASS
Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card Video RAM: Required - 512 MB , You have - 1.9 GB
Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
Vertex Shader Ver.: Required - 3.0 , You have - 4.0
Pixel Shader Ver.: Required - 3.0 , You have - 4.0


Video Card Driver Version (DirectX)
Your driver version number is: 8.16.11.9062 FYI: Your video card driver version is provided for your information, but it is not part of this analysis. But proper video card driver versions are important to the proper operation of your product.
Free Disk Space
Recommended: 9 GB
You Have: 425.3 GB PASS


Oop, apperently windows 7 is a non-existant OS. (7600 = full retail)

[SolidSnake_123]

Pc talk...

[kevcampbell]

yes i can run this game easy

e8400 3.0ghz
hd 4870 512mb
4gb kingston

[Rion_cnGamer]

rig -

pentium dual-core e6300 @ stock clocks
gigabyte ga-g31m-es2c (rev. 1.x)
2 x 2gb ddr2 800 @ dual channel enabled
asus geforce 9600gt 512mb ddr3 @ stock clocks
onboard 8-channel sound

gonna play arkham in this poor rig @ 800x600 or 1024x768 resolution. i think i'm not gonna face any prob even turning PhysX to high.