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  System Requirements
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Here you can find what the system requirements for each Dawn of War games. These games do not require a super computer but for a good performance you will need a decent computer.

The minimum system requirements are as follows:

Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War

  • Windows® 98/2000/XP/ME with Direct X 9.0b (included)
  • 1.4 GHz Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon XP processor
  • 256 MB RAM
  • DirectX 9.0b compatible AGP video card with Hardware Transform and
  • Lighting and 32MB of Video RAM
  • DirectX 9.0b compatible 16-bit sound card
  • 4x CD-ROM drive
  • Keyboard and mouse

    Dawn of War: Winter Assault

  • 1.8 GHz Pentium III or equivalent AMD Athlon XP processor
  • 256 MB RAM
  • 1.8 GB free hard drive space
  • 4x CD-ROM
  • 32 MB DirectX(R) 9.0b compatible AGP video card with Hardware Transform and Lighting
  • DirectX 9.0b compatible 16-bit sound card

    Dawn of War: Dark Crusade

  • 2.0 GHz Pentium IV or equivalent AMD Athlon XP processor
  • 512 MB RAM
  • 3.5 GB free hard drive space
  • 4x DVD-ROM
  • 32 MB DirectX(R) 9.0b compatible AGP video card with Hardware Transform and Lighting
  • DirectX 9.0b compatible 16-bit sound card

    Dawn of War: Soulstorm

  • Same as Dawn of War: Dark Crusade

    Recommended System requirements:
  • 2.4 Ghz Pentium IV or equivalent AMD Athlon XP processor
  • 1 GIG RAM
  • 64 MB DirectX(R) 9.0b Graphics Card


    For multiplayer, the following are also required:

  • 1 disc/player per computer
  • Internet: Cable modem, DSL or 56.6 kbps modem, for online multiplayer play
  • Network: TCP/IP compliant network.

    Average User Rating: 6.9
    Number of Votes: 133


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    Total comments: 27 | Last comment: 04-11-2010 at 09:04

     #1 - 08-27-2005 at 08:33
    Guest (CPE000347ea7c97-CM013409900140.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com)
    Joined: December 31st, 1969
    Posts:
    this page told me everything i need to know

     #2 - likewise - 09-03-2005 at 03:53
    Guest (cache-los-ab07.proxy.aol.com)
    Joined: December 31st, 1969
    Posts:
    i need to know nothin else bout requirements

     #3 - 09-29-2005 at 12:34
    Green_Sabre
    From: (newcastle)
    Joined: September 29th, 2005
    Posts: 60
    what the hell all that mean alls i know is that mine keeps crashing

     #4 - 01-06-2006 at 03:28
    edd000
    From: (methven)
    Joined: June 1st, 2005
    Posts: 108
    i have a Nvidia 6200fx and it works pretty good. It Lags whens a lot of Stuff of screen But wh cares the game looks great. well Done THQ

     #5 - THE G FORCE MX 440 WORK PREATTY GOOD!!! - 03-06-2006 at 21:28
    BELISARIUS17
    Joined: March 5th, 2006
    Posts: 59
    MAN, I GOT ME A SIMPLE COMPUTER SISTEM, I GOT ME 1.6 WITH 1 GIG AND A G FORCE MX 440, MY G FORCE 440 IS SUPOSE TO BE ONE OF THE WERST VIDEO CARDS BUT MY GRAPHICS LOOK OUT OF THIS WORLD... I THINK THAT THE 2 520 RAMSCARDS AND THE G FORCE 440 MX ARE A GOOD MIX AND THAT WHY MY GAME RUN SO COOL.... THIS DAWN OF WAR IS IN MY OPINION THE BEST WAR GAME I HAVE EVER PLAY...AND IM ABOUT TO BECOME A WARHAMER'S NERD FOR SURE.... MAN THIS SUCKS.. IM 40 AND IM GETTIN OLD, BUT , GOD I LOVE MY SPACE MARINES!!! THANK GOD.... THE G FORCE MX 440 WORK!!!!!!

     #6 - 03-15-2006 at 07:38
    disconect
    From:
    Joined: November 20th, 2005
    Posts: 181
    i keep geting the thing error spooge drive thing

     #7 - 04-12-2006 at 13:03
    balnazzar
    From: (Riga)
    Joined: February 27th, 2005
    Posts: 388
    my pc matches everything whats in here but still lagging i cant figure it out why Cry

     #8 - They should also say the max requirements! - 04-18-2006 at 15:54
    Wizer1
    From: (Forest Grove)
    Joined: April 18th, 2006
    Posts: 1
    Ya... I have played this on my laptop (AMDAthlon3200,1gigRAM,ATIx200) versus my desktop (AMDAthlonFX55,2gigRAM,7800GT) and the preformance difference is phenominal. You really need to turn everything up to fully appreciate this game. It scales well but when you crank up the bodies it really just adds a whole new meaning to the game, especially if you love turtling! (not that I do but whatev). It also doesn't use very much RAM so you should be able to get by with 1 gig (not with FEAR or Quake4!! They use it all...)

    On an important note, it will actually run decently on computers below that level. My old laptop (1.1 ghz p3, 512 RAM, and some 64mb (might have been 32, probably32) vid card would actually run it. Granted it was pretty bad and whenever I did multiplayer I had about a 30% chance of crashing before finishing the game. But, it never crashed when I played single player. (And this was a laptop, so heat = issue) And usually only crashed when I wasn't using the little heating pad.

    Anyways I am just saying this game (plus oblivion) is enough reason to upgrade so I would recommend at least a 6800GT, 1 gig RAM, Athlon3200 (or whatever you would consider intels equivalant) to appreciate the graphics in this game.

     #9 - 04-28-2006 at 14:32
    dare4angel
    From: (auckland)
    Joined: May 20th, 2005
    Posts: 13
    mind works great but when there are many units it sometimes go slow.
    i hav Ati radeon 9600 and my units doesn't look sharp when u close up and it looks like a stair form. cn any1 help me to fix this prob

     #10 - 08-31-2006 at 19:51
    garion989
    From: (Adelaide)
    Joined: April 5th, 2006
    Posts: 1
    i have 223mg RAM will it still work?

     #11 - 09-14-2006 at 17:04
    tocool
    From: (Hot Springs Arkansas)
    Joined: September 23rd, 2005
    Posts: 107
    might might not it depends on how much space and how good your bideo card is

     #12 - To number 8 - 09-29-2006 at 13:21
    Messiah882001
    From: (Northants)
    Joined: July 7th, 2006
    Posts: 19
    there rarely is a maximum requirement for a game, only game that i've ever come across that you need a low spec machine to run is Alien Versus Predator1. The silly thing though with game is if i lower the quality of the graphics then well the game crashes but if i turn everyhting on full and highest possible even the advanced options then well it works perfectly, this is the same for doom 3 on ultra high qaulity no lag however on low quality it crashes. strange games.

     #13 - 12-17-2006 at 11:46
    lordmarkoss_sith_lord
    From: (Hertfordshire)
    Joined: December 16th, 2006
    Posts: 5
    cheers, i really wanted to know the system specs for DoW, after all if i don't know i can't be sure it would run on the laptop i am getting. cheers smile

     #14 - #10 - 03-24-2007 at 07:55
    kai121
    From: (Helensburgh)
    Joined: May 6th, 2005
    Posts: 30
    Your system has 256mb of ram, but your graphics card is an integrated 32MB of RAM meaning itll show at roughly 223-225MB of RAM. its playable as long as your card supports T&L but you'll experience lag ingame.

    (P.S. their is a chance the game may not allow itself to run if it checks and finds less than 256 of RAM, unfortunately integrated cards can be annoying this way. I ended up upgrading my system because of this)

     #15 - Thanks - 05-07-2007 at 01:37
    Necronious
    Joined: May 7th, 2007
    Posts: 1
    My labtopis fairly new and I thought itd be able 2 run but this just confirmed wat i thought thx, also these graphics are good for wat u need.=)

     #16 - Will this be ok? - 05-17-2007 at 07:50
    mail2wildthing
    Joined: May 17th, 2007
    Posts: 1
    My specs are:

    1.4Gzh Processor
    512 RAM
    64Mb VRAM


    The specs say that this will let me run DOW, but not the expansion packs? Is there any way to get around this? Its just that i saw that the DOW specs fitted, so i ordered the Anthology, but ive now found out tht the min specs for Processor speed are higher... will it still work? Or will i not be able to use Winter assault or Dark Crusade?

    Would be really greatful if i could get a reply...

     #17 - 05-27-2007 at 04:20
    s_t_o_r_m_b_l_a_d_e
    From:
    Joined: June 13th, 2006
    Posts: 18
    to intel brand cards work?

     #18 - 07-22-2007 at 00:20
    tocool
    From: (Hot Springs Arkansas)
    Joined: September 23rd, 2005
    Posts: 107
    i play dc and i got a dvd drive so it plays great when i played original dawn of war
    it was weird though i can play dc on max everything but on original only max texture
    its weird but owell ill highly recommend this game i have
    512mb ram
    160gb
    a radeon x6800 256mb hypermemory video car
    over 2.5 ghz and i can rune this game max everything

     #19 - hypothetically - 08-06-2007 at 20:29
    mac_man
    Joined: October 24th, 2005
    Posts: 131
    anyone have an idea how well the game would run this high?

    3.0mhz dual core
    4 gigs ram
    8800 gtx 768mb ram

    im putting the finishing touches on my invisible dream machine :}

     #20 - reply to #16 - 01-06-2008 at 03:50
    Alex_Sewell
    From: (Brisbane, QLD)
    Joined: November 13th, 2007
    Posts: 22
    i have a 64mb v/ram and 1.7 ghz cpu. i have 1.2gbs ram and it runs DoW and WA and DC. bit laggy but im upgradin inabout 5 days so it should be ok unitl soulstorm lol.

     #21 - beast - 01-06-2008 at 03:51
    Alex_Sewell
    From: (Brisbane, QLD)
    Joined: November 13th, 2007
    Posts: 22
    got me a best....new dell xps, real flash one too cause its red. lol

     #22 - 01-24-2008 at 19:20
    Vladswell
    From: (Pennsylvania)
    Joined: December 9th, 2006
    Posts: 21
    I got me two gigs(2x 1gb) of ram....huge, I know.

    Yet the only thing I need to play demanding games is a good processor and a better video card.

    Bought ram first because it's much cheaper and it's pretty fast now.

    Video card: None really cause it's onboard....Nvidia GeForce 6150 LE Garbage.
    Processor: Okay I guess Amd Athlon 64 2.2GHZ

     #23 - Question... - 08-08-2008 at 18:14
    pilgrim45
    Joined: August 8th, 2008
    Posts: 1
    Sooooo, I want to run Dawn of War on my laptop. Requirements are;
    Operating System: Windows® 98SE/2000/XP/ME
    Processor: 1.8 GHz Intel Pentium III or equivalent AMD Athlon XP processor
    RAM: 256 MB RAM
    Hard Drive: 2.5 GB free hard drive space
    CD-ROM: 4x CD-ROM drive
    Video Card: 32 MB DirectX 9.0b compatible AGP video card with Hardware Transform and Lighting
    CD-ROM: DirectX 9.0b compatible sound card, 16-bit

    I match or exceed everything, except for my 1.6 Ghz processor. Will trying to play this fry my laptop?

     #24 - system requirements - 04-05-2010 at 02:54
    pappa_jones777
    From: (New South Wales)
    Joined: April 5th, 2010
    Posts: 1
    i spent a little while removing un-needed files and programs off an un used desk top pc my girl friend had, loaded dawn of war on and then went to play the game only to find that the pc had the required 'every thing' but was lacking 7mb of minimal ram to run the game.
    i used to play it on my own laptop but soulstorm made it crash to many times, this laptop has 'died' (nothing to do with games, more like an abussive owner) so i now play it on my girl friends laptop.
    seems to run ok and haven't had any problems except the fact that i have to share the laptop with her.
    i spose the morale of the story is make sure the hardware you are going to use exceeds the greatest requirements of the game including ALL the expasions and subsequent sequels

    Rock

     #25 - http:dawnofwargame.com;. - 04-11-2010 at 09:03
    gairde
    From: (emperias)
    Joined: March 20th, 2010
    Posts: 28
    http:dawnofwar2.com

     #26 - http:\dawnofwar2.com - 04-11-2010 at 09:03
    gairde
    From: (emperias)
    Joined: March 20th, 2010
    Posts: 28
    http:dowfiles.com

     #27 - http:\dowfiles.com - 04-11-2010 at 09:04
    gairde
    From: (emperias)
    Joined: March 20th, 2010
    Posts: 28
    http:dawnofwargame.com

    http:dawnofwar2.com



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