[CMBN Manual is up]

I will wait until the .pdf version is out.... then it goes to the kindle.

Reading it like this is too much work.

EDIT: skimmed it and it seems like a very nice piece of work. Love the encyclopedia, descriptions and pics at the end. Love the silhouettes. Thats what I call great toilet reading.

All I could have hoped for.

Same here except the .pdf copy will go to my ipad.

[Best books about the Battle for Normandy ?]

The 4 CD volume is available at Paperless archive for $99. Periodically they do sales as well at a decent discount.

Thanks much for the heads up on this. Looks like a fantastic resource. Placed my order and got 25% off.

[Unplayable due to low fps..]

They are ALL 64 bit processing systems. Just newer versions. The big advantage for 64 bit processing systems IS the abaility to exceed the 4 GIG RAM limit present in 32 bit systems. What I listed was the OPTIMUM, meaning maximum performance systems. Not the MINIMUM specs. And as you can see, 32 bit systems ARE supported along with Windows XP. It's NOT the OS that's the problem. It's the GAME. A dual processor is the EXACT SAME THING AS DUAL CORE. Intel just "squished" two processors into one core because it was CHEAPER to produce.

Here, read this:

http://desktops.consumerelectronicsnet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=38547

Your PC should meet the following minimum requirements for the game to run properly:

•Operating system: Windows XP or Vista

•CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon64 X2 (2,4GHzor better)

•RAM: 2GB

•Graphics: nVidia GeForce 6600 or AMD Radeon X1900 with 256 MB RAM or better

•Sound card: DirectX 9-compatible

•DVD-ROM drive (for the disc version)

•Free harddisk space: 3.5GB

•DirectX 9.0c

Thanks for the link. I'm still not sure if you would get the same results running a dual core processor and two seperate processors.

And I'm not trying to say your system doesn't have a lot of power. But you do have a system configuaration that is out of the norm. Not many people have two seperat processors and also xp - 64 bit. Sometimes a very powerful system can have problems with software because of the configuration.

Wonder if any of the beta testers on this game had that particular configuaration?

And you processor is optimized for servers not for gaming. Am guessing that you also have a motherboard that is not opitmized to run gaming software.

[Unplayable due to low fps..]

Ssnake51: Focus in a bit more.

I see Windows Vista 64 and Windows 7 64 listed.

Do you see XP 64 listed?

And I see Core 2 Dual porcessor listed.

Do you see dual processors listed?

[Unplayable due to low fps..]

I wish I would have found this thread before I bought the game.

I also experienced the slideshow effect in the very first scenario of the campaign (along with CTD and freezes). I also have never had a problem running some of the most graphics-processor intensive games available. Note that the specs suggest a 64 bit operating system for recommended system requirements:

Recommended system requirements:

•Desktop PC with Operating system: 64-bit Windows Vista or Windows 7

•CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 or AMD Phenom II X550

•RAM: 4GB

•Graphics: nVidia GF 8800 or AMD Radeon HD 4850 with 512MB RAM or better

•Sound card: DirectX 9-compatible

•DVD-ROM drive (for the disc version)

•Free harddisk space: 3.5GB

•DirectX 9.0c

Most all of you exceed what the recommended requirements are. So do I.

While my system isn't the newest, it does have plenty of power:

64-bit Windows XP

CPU: Dual Intel Xeon 3.4Gig processors (two actual processors, not just dual core)

I don't see 64-bit XP in the recommended list. Nor do I see dual processors listed.