The problem with the SP3 goes beyond simply its specs, however. I just had this feeling that DOW3 might be possible, though, so I persevered. Once in a while I can get a new game running at 30 fps at 720p and bare-minimum settings on this thing, but that's becoming rarer and rarer as time goes by.

Processor: 2.50GHz i5 dual core (with hyperthreading) Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 460 or AMD Radeon 6950 or equivalent DirectX 11-card Processor: 3GHz i3 quad logical core or equivalent I've got it running, and made it look like an early 2000s RTS in the process.įirst, here are the official minimum specs: Offline mode confusions aside, Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War 3 is exactly the kind of game I want to play on train rides, but officially it requires a 2GB dedicated graphics card. Specifically, my aged Surface Pro 3 and its lousy integrated Intel graphics.

Something I enjoy doing, because my capacity to be tedious is matched only by my willingness to waste time on doomed endeavours, is trying to get games working on below-minimum spec PCs.