Supreme Commander pushes the real-time strategy genre forward by introducing gigantic maps and new unit-design concepts to transform mere battles and skirmishes into epic conflicts. The size of the maps forces players to use the game's camera control to zoom in on the map to watch over a single battle or to zoom out for the big picture. You need all the information you can get when the enemy has artillery that can hit targets from across the map. Multi-monitor support lets you keep track of two separate areas on the map--one view on each screen.
Gas Powered Games built Supreme Commander to be the RTS game for the next five years. The game will come with a map editor and a customizable user-interface system specifically designed to increase the game's longevity by giving users the ability to evolve the game. It's specifically designed to take advantage of hardware to make sure that game performance can scale as new hardware hits the market. Supreme Commander is the first game we've seen that actually takes advantage of multiple processor cores.
Game Settings
Even if you have the most powerful computer on the block, Supreme Commander will make it buckle. Fortunately, a few quick changes to your settings will right your frame rates in no time--but at a graphical cost.
Graphics
Weak video cards need not apply. If you want to play Supreme Commander and make it look even remotely pretty, it’s time to start shopping. We tested out 14 cards to help you narrow down your search.
CPU
Supreme Commander wants power, lots of it. If you want your computer to keep track of hundreds of units in a timely manner, you might want to consider a CPU upgrade.



421 Comments
my name is neil and i recently bought this game cause its looks super awesome. but i having some trouble with installation. for some reason my laptop doesnt let me install supreme commander. here are my specs: amd turion 64 x2, 250 gb hard drive, 3 gb memory, windows vista home, ati radeon x1270. so can some one please help me out cause i really would like to get into this game.
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jacorb the first thing you should upgrade is the CPU (if you really want to play this game) but i think that the most imp is the VGA,because most of the games require a lot of graphics and not so much CPU...the ram is not so imp...you can buy 2 gb ram cheap and it doesnt matter so much
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with 2gb ram, we`ll play easy...
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Dell Precision 490 - 2xDual-Core Xeon 3.0GHz/667 (might be upgrading to 2 quad cores soon
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160GB (7,200rpm) SATA2 Hard Drive
8GB DDR2 677 Quad Channel FBD Memory (4x2GB)
XFX 8800 GTX 768mb DDR3
Runs perfectly fine for me
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Ummmm
i have 1 gig of cheap ram a 3700 single core amd (2.2ghz) a x1650 pro (512mb)
PLEASE can someone help
the frame rate is awful even when i make my graphics card balance on performance.
i run it at low/off everything (including the resolution) apart from the detail and something else. if i lower this to its lowest the game looks awful!!!
wht should i upgrade with considering thatram is easiest to instal and h proccesesor is hardest.
i cant get a new graphics card.
PLEASE anyone who knows tell me what to buy to get a better frame rate /graphics
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I have an E6550, 2 gigs of ram, and a XFX GeForce 8600 GTS XXX. I can play this all maxd, 1360x768 with 8x AA. with really good framerates.
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I have an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2,4 GHz), 2GB DDR2 667MHz RAM and an ASUS 8600GT gfx card. It runs Supreme Commander at nearly max settings with decent fps (~30-50 FPS)
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lol come on el_carl why are you arguing over a point that was made over a month ago ?? and the 8600gts overall isn't bad read some guides if his resolutin isn't high he shouldn't have any problem playing those games on high
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robb2112, I laugh at your attempts to show of your POS computer. An 8600 GTS won't run any game in dx10 on high settings at a decent framerate.
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Well, Chaney991, did you bother reading any of the hardware guide? I would suggest checking there first
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I have a Gateway Tablet PC laptop w/1.6 Ghz duo-processor, 2GB DDRAM, 112 GB hard drive, and an Intel Graphics Accelerator 945GM Express Chipset for Mobile as my graphics card. Can I run this game?
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Would a ATI Radeon 256MB X1950PRO PCIX graphics card work for supreme commander
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like most, i could benefit from an upgrade to my system to be able to see all the hard work put
into these modern games.
But i am currently playing supreme commander on a 4 year old gateway, the strange thing is
i installed 2 raptors and installed vista ultimate on one and my game programs on the other.
i also droped in an (BFG)8600gts-oc, a- x-fi soundcard and 4 gigs of ram.
point being the system has a (intel-631) dont laugh.......and plays not only (SP) with high settings
i am also able to play lost planet,call of duty-4,crysis and many others with DX10 enabled.
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well i have a problem with it for some reason my computer doesn't even revise that the dvd is in the drive my computer is an Hp pavilion a1520n and idk what my drive is could someone plz help me
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But the only problem with that site they wont pass ur graphics card no mater what it is cause they want you to go buy one of there sponsers cards
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So how well do u think it will run on this if at all
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz
Memory: 1022MB RAM
Hard Drive: 238 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 256MB
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
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http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest
For anyone with questions if they can play the game or not go there.
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My PC is:
-Athlon 64 X2 (dual-core) 3600
-Radeon X1300 pro 256mb PCI-Exp
-2GB ddr2 667hz
This game runs nice in the medium general graphics option with no shadows, it only starts to slow a little when there are some hundreds of units on the screen(witch happens quite often in this game)
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I built one and it is only costing me about $900
Intel Q6600 2.4GHZ (OC to 3.0)
4GB DDR2 SD RAM
EVGA 8800 GT 512MB
some motherboard and an Arctic cooling system
I can run crysis all maximum settings (with the XP tweak) at high resolution at about 25-35 fps now.
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Yeah, si_j_s there is no way supcom would be playable on your desktop. You should probably just build a pc for gaming it's a lot cheaper than buying one (and it's more fun!).
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I grabbed a copy of Supreme Commander thinking the newer laptop (not a gaming laptop) could handle it. But I completely forgot that it's video card is Intel, not Nvidia or ATI and couldn't play Supreme Commander at all. Anyway, I tried it out on my old Desktop PC and it only passes the bare minimum. Even setting everything to low, it's crappy. I'll just have to wait next year when I could buy a gaming PC.
My old PC specs:
Pentium 4 2.6GHz HT enabled (single core)
1.5GB DDR1 RAM (200MHz)
NVIDIA GeForce 5500 FX, 256MB GDRAM (can play the game by adding '/novalidate')
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Santiago_Loco, Supreme Commander will be unplayable even on the lowest settings on your PC. Your main problem will be your graphics card, also it won't like the fact that your CPU is single core. Supreme Commander hates single core processors
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mmm...I tried the demo version of SupCom. I updated my computer 3 months ago. The new computer has:
AMD Dualcore 3600 (2.0ghz)
ATI Xpress 1200 (320 mb)
895 ram I think I will need to upgrade the RAM memory to 2 gb or more (better) or the CPU (I wouldn't like to). I wonder if the video card needs to be upgraded. I don't know, but I would like to add more RAM first.
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E2180 is a nice CPU
OC it to 2.8Ghz and watch Sup Com fly!!!
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the X1950 PRO will run this game well, though really the 512 MB verson will run better because of the extra RAM
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Can I play Supreme Commander with the following Pc:
Intel Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz
1 Gb Ram
Windows XP
Direct X 9.0
Nvidia GeForce 5200 128 Mb
Or i need Someting to be changed in order to play it?
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Will The :
ATI Radeon X1950 Pro PCI-E x16 256MB VIDEO CARD(ATI Radeon X1950 Pro PCI-E x16 256MB Run this smoothly with Vista Home Premium?
(On medium)
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what dyou guys reckon the framerate of the rig on all settings on high part from any antialising will be and the res is 1280x1024
radeon x1950pro
1.5gb of ddr
pentium 4 3.00ghz
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my rig will eat this up
-Core 2 Extreme qx6700
-8800 Ultra
-2 GB 1066 DDR2
-Windows Vista Ultimate x64
1900 x 1200 Syncmaster
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specs
8800gts 640mb(yeepy)
Core Duo 2 1.84ghz
2gb ram
Vista Premium
Ok here is good advice to all to play dx10 games from now and the 12 months to come on a cheap machine at a good performance.
Buy any Core Duo 2 Processor (CoreDuo2 E4400 at 75pounds(Price) ).
From Ebuyer.com
At 164pounds(Price) Buy 8800gts 320mb ( Innovision 3D 8800GTS 320MB GDDR3 DVI PCI E Graphics). From Ebuyer.com Dont buy a 8600Gts! its around 124pounds but the performance is cut down very badly.8600 is just about half of the 8800gts's power. Save some extra change for the 8800gts 320mb Buy 1gb ram (32pounds). Ram speed must be 800mhz. Dont get 677mhz speed.
(OCZ 1GB DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Memory ). From Ebuyer.com
Remember its DDR2 not DDR1. Check on your mother Board.
Buy an extra 1gb at a later date when you get more money. Buy when Crysis comes out Oh a note to all who need to know how the gpu industry has screwd us is if u buy a 8600 u really still can only run games at a bit lower specs compared to the 8800 series. Might also mean u disable some dx10 features to play smoothly so the game might not look like dx10.
I realised this long ago when i opted for a radeon x1650pro over a radeon x1800. When supreme commander showed up i wanted to cry. I could play on high so long as i had less than roughly 300 units(enemy included) on the screen. I shot high this time and bought the 8800gts. So happy .
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would and amd 3500 2.2ghz a 7600gt and 1 gig ram run this game. plz i just need to know if it will run ok on an amd Athlon 3500 2.2ghz i hope it will because i can only get my hands on this at the min
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I can run COH at mid40s to 60 FPS, so I should be able to do this one, right?
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I'm not sure but I think I'll be able to play this game.
I have a computer with:
P4 3.5Ghz
1Gb ram
GF 8600 GT
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I'm curious to know what kind of performance I'd get with this game:
P4 3.0Ghz
2 gig RAM
8800 GTS 640MB
I'm a bit worried about the CPU being a bottleneck. Any ideas what sort of performance I'd get? Playable at least on medium settings?
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I'm running the game pretty smoothly on an HP dv9207us 17" laptop with these specs:
Intel Core Duo 1.73GHz
1GB RAM
GeForce Go 7600
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i have 2.5 gigabytes of ram and it only uses 37%. Out of all the newer PC games i own this is the least memory heavy game since most games use around 70%.
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it will run lololol
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I have Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4GHz 2Gb of RAM and Radeon X1650 SE. Im just wondering how it would run on it cuz i was thinking of getting it but im not sure how it would run
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i have a geforce 7200LE and it dosent run on anything other than low setting and it still laggs bad!!!
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um just woundering ure saying all of this and my 2.80GHz 1 GB ram nvidia geforce7300le system runs it fine ?????????????????????
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and also what would be the best graphics card to buy with...
Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz 1.00 GB of RAM apart from the 8800GTS since thats to expensive
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how do u know what the frame rate is?
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I thought the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core was an processor. If I am wrong it would be nice to know before I make a complete fool out of myself.
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You didn't specify the processor, but depending on the cpu it would probably run games on at least medium settings.
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I am planning on upgrading my system since my motherboard is fried. Here is my plan so far. Input would be greatly appreciated. SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON X1950 PRO
Asus M2A-VM Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core
1 G 667 memory
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After patching SupCom, there is an inbuilt FPS viewer.
Just press the / key.
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k, thanx then.
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@BloodyIron To get FPS just download FRAPS at http://www.fraps.com/download.php also the AMD Athlon X2 5000+ will do, I ran it on a Athlon 3000+ fine.
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Dont know, and no lol.
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