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If you had a laptop you wouldn't say the same. That GeForce 8800 GT or (GTX) is much better than the somewhat recent GeForce mobile cards like the 520M, 540M or 550M (I'm not talking about budget laptops here). ATI mobile cards seem to be better though. The solution is not for people to buy a new laptop/desktop to play CCGM but for CCGM to lower the video card requirements if possible. ---------- Post added at 21:33 ---------- Previous post was at 21:31 ---------- Ok, no more talking to you :D

Saving for a new card hum. Is it a GeForce GTX 560 Ti (G3D: 2985) (rank: 14) you have now??? If so, now that's an insane card. ---------- Post added at 20:51 ---------- Previous post was at 20:25 ---------- Even so, having a Nvidia Geforce 8800GT as system requirement is quite heavy in my opinion. That means only people with high-end cards will be able to play. And the majority of laptop people (like me) can just forget it. Well, that's life many will say. I say, Sins of a Solar Empire, and its new expansion Rebellion (to be released in June 2012), is a beautiful 3D game that requires "only" a GeForce 6800 or better. Now that's something more of my league (and many thousands more). You have time till September to figure it out. The issue is not about optimal performance but about letting people with medium-end machines play your game.

Thanks, you were most helpful. I usually don't play 3D-heavy games, it showed. Video Card Benchmark (http://www.videocardbenchmark.net) - GeForce 8800 GT (the one on system requirements) ranks 135 (lower is better) with G3D rating 947 (higher is better) - GeForce 9600M GT (mine) ranks 395 with G3D rating 334. (it's almost 1/3 !!!...) By the way, your GeForce 102M ranks 876 with G3D 100 (now that's a poor card). I suggest other folks to have a look here: http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/ Probably some of you having mouse-lag issues are really having video card issues, like in my case. Well, case closed for me. Looks like I need to buy a new laptop (or desktop). Moving to the "System requirements/buying advice for new computer" thread. Thanks to all that suggested stuff on this thread but the prize goes to NeoArmadedoon. I did find odd not being able to play Skyrim at 1024 resolution (was playing 800x600 ok though). Now I know why.

As reported in other places I also have severe mouse lag, especially on main menu and in-game menus. I removed postprocess and played with the mouse resolution under "Controls" (as suggested in the P&C-BETA-first-impressions thread), and while that seems to have helped a little bit the lag is still unbearable. The mouse lag seems to be strictly connected with performance and frames-per-second (FPS). I get 25-30 FPS in the main menu (so, that shouldn't be the reason for the laggy mouse there), however I sometimes get 20 or 15 FPS in-game, which is too few to play. With those FPS the mouse lag, and gameplay, are unbearable. This is all with minimum settings in the "Render" section and 1024 resolution (therefore the minimum settings the game allows you to setup). Now, official system requirements are (as in carriercommand.com/support): OS: Windows XP / Windows 7 / Vista [CHECKED] CPU: Intel Core2Duo 2.5Ghz or AMD Athlon Phenom X4 or faster [CHECKED. I have Core2Duo 2.4Ghz though, shouldn't be the major issue] GPU: Nvidia Geforce 8800GT with Shader Model 3 and 512 MB VRAM, or faster [CHECKED, I have 9600M GT with Shader 4.0] RAM: 2 GB [CHECKED, 3GB here, carrier.exe process takes around 250MB] HDD: 8 GB free space [CHECKED] DVD: Dual Layer compatible [N/A] So, it seems that I should be able to play with requirements to spare. It's evident that there are many others with mouse-lag / FPS issues. System requirements don't seem to be the problem. I understand that you're probably already looking into this. Any suggestions though? Thanks!