Heroes M&M VI and my Vaio

[ninozig]

Hi

First of all I am sorry if I am asking a stupid question but I am not really good at this computer thing

I am using a Vaio VPCF23ZE1. Today I downloaded Heroes Might and Magic VI and I wanted to play it with max quality settings but I couldn't because it is freezing during the cinematics and gameplay. I checked the recommended system requirements list on the web and here what it says;

Minimum System Requirements:

Recommended System Requirements:

CPU:

Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo E4400 @ 2.0 Ghz, AMD Athlon X2 5000+ @ 2.6 Ghz

CPU:

Intel Pentium Core 2 @ Duo E6400 @ 2.13 Ghz, AMD Athlon II X2 240 @ 2.8 Ghz

RAM:

1 GB for Windows XP and 1.5GB for Vista / Windows 7

RAM:

2 GB

VGA:

512 MB, DirectX 9.0c NVidia GeForce 8600GTS, ATI Radeon HD 2600XT, both with 512MB of VRAM - Minimum 512 MB of Video RAM - Vertex Shader 3.0 - Pixel Shader 3.0 - Vertex Texture support with R32F or R16F format - Render Target support with R32F and G16R16F format

VGA:

1 GB, DirectX 9.0c NVidia GeForce 8800GTX, ATI Radeon HD 3870 both with 1 GB of VRAM - 1 GB of Video RAM - Vertex Shader 3.0 - Pixel Shader 3.0 - Vertex Texture support with R32F or R16F format - Render Target support with R32F and G16R16F format

DX:

DirectX® version DirectX 9.0c 2008 November (included on disc)

DX:

DirectX® version DirectX 9.0c 2008 November (included on disc)

OS:

Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 (all 32/64 bit)

OS:

Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 (all 32/64 bit)

http://gamesystemrequirements.com/

HDD:

8 GB

HDD:

8 GB

Sound:

DirectX 9.0c compatible

Sound:

DirectX 9.0c compatible

ODD:

DVD 8x (DVD 24x), needed only for installation

ODD:

DVD 8x (DVD 24x), needed only for installation

Network:

128 kBit/s upstream

Network:

128 kBit/s upstream

I wonder if the problem is about my graphic card or might my vaio be working slow due to another problem such as a virus or something else..?

by the way VPCF23Z1E is using NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M GPU. I tried to compare GeForce 8800GTX and ATI Radeon HD 3870 with my graphic card but memory clock shader clock memory bus type blaa bla.. I don't get it 😕 Can anybody tell me the truth?

Thanks for your help!

[rich912]

Hi ninozig,

I'm not a gamer so probably not the best person to answer your question, but I suggest that you try the following link.

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/

Rich