Medieval 2 without SSE2

[Finchy]

I was really annoyed when i found out that no Athlon XP (i have a 2400+) could run Medieval 2 Total War because they lacked SSE2 technology.

Now Creative Assembly have released a 'Gold' demo which apparently works without SSE2

I was wondering if there was a similar update for the full game, because it looks awesome and i'd love to play it.

Thankyou and adui

 

[Finchy]

Sorry to bump this up, but im quite keen on an answer because im just getting even more confused

I've now read that it was only the original demo that required SSE2, not the full game. Could anyone tell what is actually the situation?
Thanks

 

[TekGun]

They have released a patch for the game but i dont see anything about PC specs in the fix list.

 

[TekGun]

Really sorry, I didnt check the readme from the patch, I just read the fix list from the website.
Here's what the patch readme has to say about required specifications;
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III. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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The MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS are as follows:

- English version of Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP

- Celeron 1.5GHz Pentium 4® (1500MHz) or equivalent
AMD® Athlon 64

- 512MB RAM

- DVD-ROM Drive

- 9GB of uncompressed free hard disk space

- 100% DirectX® 9.0c compatible 16-bit sound card and latest
drivers

- 100% Windows® 2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest
drivers

- DirectX® 9.0c

- 128MB Hardware Accelerated video card with Shader 1 support
and the latest drivers. Must be 100% DirectX® 9.0c
compatible*. The Nvidia® GeForce 4 Ti 4400 or the
ATI Radeon® 9600 SE is the recommended minimum video card.

- Monitor must be able to display 1024x768 resolution or
above


The RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS are as follows:

- English version of Microsoft® Windows® XP

- Pentium 4® 2.4GHz (2400MHz) or equivalent
AMD® Athlon 64

- 1GB RAM

- DVD-ROM Drive

- 9GB of uncompressed free hard disk space

- Sound Blaster Audigy or equivalent

- 100% Windows® 2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest
drivers

- DirectX® 9.0c

- 128MB Hardware Accelerated video card with Shader 2 support
and the latest drivers. Must be 100% DirectX® 9.0c
compatible*. The Nvidia® GeForce 7300 or greater, or the
ATI Radeon® X1600 or greater is recommended.

- Monitor capable of displaying 1280x1024 resolution or
above


* Important Note: Please refer to your hardware
manufacturer for confirmation of 100% DirectX® 9.0c compatibility.