dan b

How long does it take u to do a season, including searching for the right players an so on. It takes me quite a while on my pc (which is 1.5mb of ram) about 6-7 hours a season if i play for that long at a time. Would really like to get an idea of what spec of ram etc would make it quicker. Wot spec is your pc and how long does it take you to do a season.

liveru

I've got 3gb memory and it usually takes me about 4 hours game time to get a season done, if I play uninterrupted.
Usually though it takes around 6 hours.

soulzNUFC

I have got a really fast computer but I have never done a season uninterrupted.
However, on my Newcastle game I am in November 2008 and I have played 23 hours 19 mins :O lol
But sometimes I leave football Manager on when I go on the xbox :)

RAKKA

About 7 hours maybe.

But surely it'd depend on how hands-on you are. Just pressing continue all the way through would I'd imagine get a season done in about 2/3 hours or so. Whereas adjusting training in response to injuries, checking player's form and interacting with them, scouting transfer targets, answering press Qs etc. will obviously push up the time it takes.

Anyway, I haven't got FM installed on this PC yet, since it only arrived on Monday. But the old one, had 1 gig of ram IIRC, and I think a 2.2Ghz processor, but don't quote me on the latter.

On a slightly related note: I see in Vista you can use external memory to boost performance speed. Does anyone know if that works the same way as the RAM? My new PC has 2 GB RAM, which I was gonna upgrade to 3 this weekend or next, but if I could just reserve space on my External HD for that, I'll save the cash.

Jarvis

It usually takes me about 2 hours just to get through pre-season, the whole season takes about upto 12 hours sometimes.

And i have a fast computer (2gb Ram + 2.3ghz dual core).

barosanu

at my computer(512 ram 1,5 ghz ) it take about 7 hours.but i select small database and only one league

smurchison

it usually takes me about20 hours game time to do one season

i obviously put a lot more thought into it...

Hartynips

Id say 20 hours on average, and thats on a med Db with only a couple of leagues and few players loaded.

Y2Stu

hmm i may time mine, ive never actually noticed how long i do a season

uptheowls

Usually 15 hours but thats interupted cos I never play for more than 3 hrs at a time really

Bowser

If you say go through one season, the fastest was 30 minutes, holiday mode lmao with like 1 league loaded on small databse. But if you want me to play a real season...possibly 2 weeks since im really slow

ratezione

i need 30 hours to finish one season and interrupted.
i'm using huge database with :
argentine - 2 leagues
brazil - 2 leagues
french - 2 leagues
germany - 2 leagues
holland - 2 leagues
italy - seri a,b until seri C2/A
england - EPL until championship
spain - until segunda


my specs are : 1gb ram and 3.00 intel proc

John10

usually takes me 4 hours to do preseason as im sorting out players and tactics etc

season actually takes between 15-20 hours or so lol, i like to take my time

Pandev

I usually complete a season in 2 days but if my mum stop asking me to take it easy on fm08 then I think i can complete it in a day.

Lethul

I just finished my first ever season, took about 26 hours i think :)

If i only plan to play sweden/english leagues. Should i choose a small database then? (Atm i have large). Is there any way to change when you already started the game?

Seth7724

I never completed a season while playing for consecutive hours.

I been playing my preston game for 1 day and 4 hours of gaming time (28 hours) and I have done 3 seasons, just starting my 4th.

woodsy

Normally takes me say 6-8 hours.

DrFager

my first season took about 22 hours! lol

i dont know how I could have played much faster and I have a solid pc. whats the difference in database size? imassuming that would make things quicker if I didnt use the biggest one.