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Age of Empires III

System Requirements
Introduction
A bit about RTS
The Story
Graphics and Sound
Gameplay and Control
System Requirements
Conclusion

  Written by: Benjamin Sun 10/26/2005
Microsoft Windows XP
PC with 1.4GHz or equivalent processor
256MB of system RAM
2GB HDD space
32x speed or faster CD-ROM drive
64MB video card with support for hardware transformation and lighting required
Sound card, speakers or headphones required for audio
Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
56.6 Kbps or better modem for online play

Tested system
Microsoft Windows XP with SP2
2.4GHz 3800+ AMD Athlon 64
1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR400 memory
2 120GB Seagate Barracuda V SATA hard drives in RAID 0 mode
8x DVD+/- RW drive
XFX 7800GTX video card running 81.85 Forceware WHQL drivers
Realtek ALC650 onboard sound
Microsoft Wheelmouse optical
3Mbps/384 DSL connection

I played all the way through the single player campaign on normal mode in preparation for this review. My system at home is a 3800+ AMD Athlon 64 CPU, 1GB of Crucial Ballistix DDR memory, a nForce4 Ultra motherboard from ECS, a XFX 7800GTX video card running the latest 81.85 Forceware drivers, and 2 120GB Seagate Barracuda V SATA drives, more than meeting the minimum system requirements. I noticed no slowdowns playing the game even when many units cluttered up the screen in battles involving hundreds of units. I set the resolution to 1280x1024 32-bit.

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