COD4 - performance?

[Starburn]

Thinking about going and buying myself a copy of Call of Duty 4 today.. but trying to figure out how well it'll actually run on my rig (not upgraded in some time, nor played many recent games ). Can't stand jittery games, and graphics wise it does look outstanding.
What do you guys think? :

AMD A64 4000+,
2 gig RAM
Radeon X1800XT

Know it meets the rec. specs but that isn't always a good thing to go off
Also, is it one of those annoying games that require web activation? Since I don't have the web atm (phone line broken).

Cheers.

[DecomposingStar]

You should be able to run it on slightly lower settings, maybe reduce the AA and body count or something. It seems fairly scalable.

You don't need the internet to activate (to my knowledge) only to play multiplayer (obviously).

[Starburn]

Hmm .. might go buy it at lunch then
Need a good game to play.

Could always just crank up my 4000+ it's still at stock. The X1800XT won't go any higher than just below the max that the ATI overdrive will take it (unless I force full fan speed using ATI Tool, but thats just annoying ).

[s_kinton]

I'd say it'll run pretty good. It seems to run well in general, with quite consistent fps. Compare that the Gears of War, which has massive ranges of fps for me.

I've been running COD4 on 1680*1050, with all settings and AA on maximum. Not checked fps in detail, but I can say it runs prefectly.

[Starburn]

Cool.

Anyone know where it's cheapest on the highstreet? I assume at Game its the usual +£5 so was thinking about checking virgin megastores.

[s_kinton]

Also, is it one of those annoying games that require web activation? Since I don't have the web atm (phone line broken).

Theres no online activation. Just enter the serial on the back of the manual at the start of the install and away you go.

[Starburn]

Bought it Zavvi (aka Virgin Megastores) had it in for £30

[s_kinton]

Bought it Zavvi (aka Virgin Megastores) had it in for £30

Hows it running on your card?

[DevilMayCry42]

I dunno what the rules/laws are about imports, but my mate showed me it at ~16 quid plus shipping at play-asia

[Starburn]

Ran it with everything on max last night in 1024x768 on my TV (50" )... looks amazing and runs completely smooth (infact I saw some tearing even).

Looks as good, if not better than the 360/PS3 versions I saw running in the shop ..

Cranked up the FSB to 210 and the card to just below the max ATI overdrive will take it (I do have ATI tool but the card isn't so stable beyond the overdrive max). Had to loosen my memory timings though from CAS2 to 3 and 1T to 2T.. Using the Corsair XMS Pro stuff, is rated at CAS2 but pushing beyond 210 with the tight settings the motherboard seems to dislike and resets the FSB

[Merlin4458]

Wot was that site where u select from a list of games and it scans ur pc and tells u how well it will run.

Wanna see if it will run on my spec

[Starburn]

Could always try running the demo:
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Demo - FileFront.com

I couldn't as I don't have the net at home at the moment

[vc54321]

Wot was that site where u select from a list of games and it scans ur pc and tells u how well it will run.

Wanna see if it will run on my spec

You mean this site System Requirements Lab

[Merlin4458]

the very same

[Nick F]

I'm running on my a 2.7GHz C2D, 2GB Ram, 8800GTS at the highest settings and its amazing, gotta be one of the best games I have played in years.

Pay special attention to the music, its incredible.

[danroyle]

I'm running on my a 2.7GHz C2D, 2GB Ram, 8800GTS at the highest settings and its amazing, gotta be one of the best games I have played in years.

Pay special attention to the music, its incredible.

similar setup to me and this game is superb looks amazing good storyline (linear) but still good

got mine from morrisons for £29.99 - 10% mother in laws discount card