Microsoft KB Archive/331403

= Age of Mythology: Minimum system requirements =

Article ID: 331403

Article Last Modified on 11/14/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Age of Mythology
 * Microsoft Age of Mythology Gold
 * Microsoft Age of Mythology: The Titans

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This article was previously published under Q331403



SUMMARY
This article contains a list of the minimum system requirements for Microsoft Age of Mythology and Microsoft Age of Mythology: The Titans.



MORE INFORMATION
The minimum system requirements for Age of Mythology are:
 * One of the following operating systems:
 * Microsoft Windows 98
 * Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me)
 * Microsoft Windows 2000
 * Microsoft Windows XP

Note Microsoft Windows 95 and Microsoft Windows NT are not supported.
 * 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM.
 * Approximately 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available hard-disk space.
 * 16 MB 3D video card is required; 32 MB video card is recommended.
 * DirectX 8.0-compatible sound card with speakers or headphones.
 * Multimedia computer with a Pentium 450 megahertz (MHz)-or-higher processor.
 * 4x CD-ROM.
 * Microsoft Mouse or other compatible pointing device.

The following hardware is optional:
 * A 56-kilobits-per-second (kbps) modem for multiplayer games with one to four players.
 * Broadband or local area network (LAN) for multiplayer games with five or more players.

The minimum system requirements for Age of Mythology: The Titans are:
 * One of the following operating systems
 * Windows 98
 * Windows Millennium Edition (Me)
 * Windows 2000
 * Windows XP
 * Multimedia computer with a Pentium 450 MHz-or-higher processor.
 * 128 MB of RAM.
 * 16 MB 3D video card.
 * Approximately 450 MB of available hard-disk space.
 * 32x CD-ROM Drive.
 * 56.6 kbps or better for Internet play.

Supported video hardware
Age of Mythology requires a minimum of 16 MB of memory for video display. Additionally, Age of Mythology must pass a system check when you startthe game. If the game does not pass a system check, you receive the following error message:

This graphics card is not supported by Age of Mythology.

If your video hardware is classified as &quot;supported,&quot; Age of Mythology is expected to work with that hardware. If your hardware is not supported, contact Microsoft Help and Support. See the following &quot;Unsupported video hardware&quot; section for details about unsupported hardware.

Unsupported video hardware
The following video hardware was not supported at the time that Microsoft Age of Mythology: Gold Edition was released. For information about how to upgrade your video hardware, see the Video Card 101 article. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/expert/dunn_03august11_vc.mspx


 * 3dfx
 * Voodoo Banshee
 * Voodoo 2
 * Voodoo 1
 * Voodoo_Rush(Macronix based reference board)
 * Voodoo_Rush(Alliance AT25/AT3D based reference board)
 * 3D Labs
 * Glint_300SX
 * Glint_500TX
 * Glint_Delta
 * Permedia
 * Glint_MX
 * Gamma
 * P2S(ST)
 * R3
 * R4
 * G2
 * ATI
 * RAGE PRO
 * RAGE IIC AGP
 * RAGE IIC PCI
 * RAGE II+
 * RAGE II
 * RAGE MOBILITY M/M1/P (RAGE XL based)
 * RAGE LT-PRO (RAGE PRO based)
 * RAGE LT (RAGE II based)
 * Chromatic Research
 * All manufactured hardware
 * Cirrus Logic
 * CL6729
 * CL5446
 * CL5462
 * CL5464
 * CL5465
 * CL4610
 * CL4614
 * Other Cirrus Logic-manufactured hardware
 * Intel
 * 740
 * Matrox
 * G200 AGP
 * G200 PCI
 * G100 AGP
 * G100 PCI
 * Millennium2 AGP
 * Millennium2 PCI
 * Millennium
 * Mystique
 * Neo-Magic
 * All manufactured hardware
 * Number9
 * All manufactured hardware
 * Oak Technologies
 * All manufactured hardware
 * Rendition
 * Verite 1000
 * Verite 2100
 * Verite 2200
 * Other Rendition-manufactured hardware
 * S3
 * Savage2000
 * Virge_VX
 * Virge_MX/MV
 * Virge_MX+
 * Virge_MX
 * Virge_GX2
 * Virge_DX/GX
 * Trio64V2_DX/GX
 * Trio64UV+
 * Aurora64V+
 * Aurora128
 * VIA/S3G UniChrome
 * STB (nVidia)
 * Riva 128
 * Other STB-manufactured hardware
 * Texas Instruments(3D Labs)
 * Permedia1
 * Tseng Labs
 * All manufactured hardware
 * VIA
 * Savage2000
 * Virge_VX
 * Virge_MX/MV
 * Virge_MX+
 * Virge_MX
 * Virge_GX2
 * Virge_DX/GX
 * Trio64V2_DX/GX
 * Trio64UV+
 * Aurora64V+
 * Aurora128

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