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[Ernest]

Oh man, guys, I have a dilemma.  I have wanted to play Supreme Commander ever since I heard about it, but I hear it is a massive resource hog.  Still, I hear that it's also a fantastic game, and everything I've read about it makes me drool.  Huge-scale battles, good unit balance, good multiplayer, emphasis on tactics over city-building and resource-gathering. . .  the list goes on.  Now, I'm getting a new computer, and it's pretty much a gaming laptop, but I still don't know how well I'd be able to run Supreme Commander.  Another RTS I am considering getting instead if I determine that Supreme Commander is too much for my comp to handle is Medieval 2: Total War.  I have been playing Rome: Total War for quite awhile now, and it is a darn good game, featuring, again, tactics over micromanagement, blah blah, the stuff I like.  Still, the general consensus in the gaming world seems to be that SC is the best strategy game out there right now.  I dunno, what do you guys think?

Here are the specs of the machine I'll be getting:

Motherboard     Intel® 945PM Chipset Motherboard with DDR2 memory, 1066MHz Front side Bus      
Processor    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor E6700, dual 2.67GHz cores, 4MB L2 Cache (+$95.00)    
Notebook Memory    2048MB Corsair® PC5300 DDR2 SODIMM (2x1024) (+$65.00)    
Display    15.4" WSXGA+ Wide Screen Active Matrix TFT Display (Ultra Sharp 1680x1050 native resolution)     
PCX Video    512MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 8600GT, MXM 2.0 suppport, with full DirectX10 support     
Audio    Intel® High Definition 5.1-channel Audio     
Speakers    Integrated Stereo Speakers     
Mobile Hard Drive    160GB Hitachi® TravelStar 5400rpm SATA (Mobile) (+$40.00)    
Drive Bay 1    DVD-RW Super-Multi Drive 8x/6x RW 2.4x DL     
Media Reader    8-in-1 Media Reader: SD/Mini-SD/MMC/XD/MS/MS Pro/MS Duo/MS Pro Duo     
USB Drive    None     
Network Adapter    Integrated 10/100/1000MBps Gigabit Ethernet Network Adapter     
LAN 2 or WiFi Adapter    Intel 4965 802.11 A+G+N WiFi Wireless Adapter with antenna     
Bluetooth    Integrated Bluetooth EDR 2.0     
WiFi Router    None     
Modem    Integrated 56K V.92 Modem     
FireWire    Integrated IEEE 1394 FireWire Port     
Ports    VGA, HDMI, S/PDIF or Headphone, Microphone, RJ11 Modem, 3 USB 2.0, TV-out, eSATA, Firewire, IrDA     
Operating System    Genuine Microsoft® Windows® Vista Home Premium 32-bit

[ackblom12]

Get it!

That laptop should be able to slaughter it at the highest settings. If not, with a few little details cut down and it will run smooth as butter.

[Ernest]

You really think so?  I'm just worried. 

[ackblom12]

I play it with maxed out settings on my desktop with these specs with no issues at all.

20.1" LCD 1680x1050 native res
Dual Core AMD 2.3ghz
2048 DDR PC3200
8800 GTS 640MB

With the exception of the video card, we have practically the same setup so I have no qualms saying you'll be perfectly fine with the game maxed or near maxed.

[Ernest]

Alright.  Cool.  I'm sure my rig will be able to handle it.  I may not be able to run it quite as well as you do, mainly because your card is 128mb more powerful as mine, but it's nice to hear I will at least be able to run it smoothly at max or near max settings. 

question: how is the online multiplayer?  I hear the game has a steep learning curve.  Basically, I'd like you to tell me everything you can about the game as long as you are willing to and it is convenient ('cause I'm not a selfish asshole or anything). 

[ackblom12]

The learning curve is definitely steep. If you've played total Annihilation you'll have the basic idea down though.

The single player campaign is pretty fun and a good introduction to all of the games units, but it's not a good thing to compare to the skirmish mode, and especially the online mode. Online is rough, and I suck terribly when playing humans, but it's a lot of fun.

One important thing to get down is make sure you're always building something. ALWAYS. There's an infinite queue button at production buildings for a reason.

http://www.supcomuniverse.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-393.html

That has some good tips concerning things, Otherwise, look for videos of recorded combats and pay attention to the strategies. There's a hell of a lot of possibilities with the number of units in the game and how the developers utilized their abilities.