WalterKinde
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since there are pc playthroughs already anyone know the system requirements yet?
Fixed and I agree, BN.Brother None said:PedoWolf said:I'm all about those sweet sweet little girlsBrother None said:Still don't get what the hell you were about.
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You must try harder Mister DP.Dementia Praecox said:Fixed and I agree, BN.
No need to.PedoWolf said:You must try harder Mister DP.Dementia Praecox said:Fixed and I agree, BN.
If you say so.Dementia Praecox said:No need to.PedoWolf said:You must try harder Mister DP.Dementia Praecox said:Fixed and I agree, BN.
That's right! That's so god damn right!PedoWolf said:If you say so.
Minimum System Requirements:
Operating System:
Windows XP or Vista
Processor:
2.4+GHZ Intel or 2.0+GHZ AMD
Memory:
1 Gigabyte Ram (XP)
2 Gigabyte Ram (Vista)
Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce 6 series(6800GT or better)
ATI 1300XT or better (X1550, X1600 Pro and HD2400 are below minimum system requirements)
Hard Drive Space:
12 Gigabytes
Sound Card:
DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card and drivers
Recommended System Requirements:
Operating System:
Windows XP or Vista
Processor:
2.6+GHZ Intel or 2.4+GHZ AMD
Memory:
2 Gigabyte Ram
Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX or higher.
ATI X1800 XL series or higher
Hard Drive Space:
12 Gigabytes
Sound Card:
DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card and drivers – 5.1 sound card recommended
Minimum requirements are a complete marketing lie.
You'd expect a game to be playable with absolutely everything turned off but NO! The lag simply renders them unplayable even though you're supposed to be able to run it.
I wonder why they demand a 6800. My 6600 GT also has a 3.0 pixel shader and runs e.g. The Witcher just fine... and from what I've seen on ME screens, the game doesn't look stunning to say the least.Gragt said:I guess from the minimum graphic card requirement that the game supports only pixel shader 3.0.
Elwro said:I wonder why they demand a 6800. My 6600 GT also has a 3.0 pixel shader and runs e.g. The Witcher just fine... and from what I've seen on ME screens, the game doesn't look stunning to say the least.
WalterKinde said:i assume the 2+ ghz requirement probably means a dual core cpu for good playthrough
cardtrick said:WalterKinde said:i assume the 2+ ghz requirement probably means a dual core cpu for good playthrough
I hope so, but I doubt it. There's nothing in those system requirements to imply that the game is multithreaded. When the hell are RPG developers going to jump on the multithreading bandwagon?! It's not like this is some new technology. It's ridiculous that an e6750 runs The Witcher and NWN2 and apparently Mass Effect worse than a 4 or 5 year old 3 GHz processor.
fastpunk said:cardtrick said:WalterKinde said:i assume the 2+ ghz requirement probably means a dual core cpu for good playthrough
I hope so, but I doubt it. There's nothing in those system requirements to imply that the game is multithreaded. When the hell are RPG developers going to jump on the multithreading bandwagon?! It's not like this is some new technology. It's ridiculous that an e6750 runs The Witcher and NWN2 and apparently Mass Effect worse than a 4 or 5 year old 3 GHz processor.
Of course it's multi-threaded. It uses the Unreal fucking 3 Engine, which supports even quad-cores. For Christ's sake man! And the 2+GHz refers to a single core. Even Bioshock runs on single cores, why wouldn't ME? It might not be super optimized but not that bad.
cardtrick said:Okay, fine, of course it's multi-threaded. You're right, I was using fuzzy terminology. I guess I should have said "extensively multithreaded" or "well multithreaded" or something. The fact remains that NWN2, for example, maxes out one of my cores to 50% and uses less than 1% of the other, despite technically being "mutlithreaded." I would actually get better performance with an older, faster single-cored processor. Same goes for The Witcher.
The fact that they're not specifically recommending a dual core processor makes me suspect that Mass Effect won't take much advantage of one, which seems to be par for the course for X360 ports to PC.
fastpunk said:Here's a thread on the Bioware forums about the matter. Just read the dev posts, the rest is worthless chit-chat.
http://masseffect.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=626379&forum=125
cardtrick said:fastpunk said:Here's a thread on the Bioware forums about the matter. Just read the dev posts, the rest is worthless chit-chat.
http://masseffect.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=626379&forum=125
Thanks, that's reassuring. I'm probably insane, but I'm looking forward to this game.