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[flem1]

I thought if I put these at the *top* of a thread, people might actually read it.

OK, so the devs have updated the specs as of last night

Windows XP Minimum Specifications
OS: Windows XP with SP3
CPU: Intel Core 2 Single (or equivalent) running at 1.6Ghz or greater
AMD 64 (or equivalent) running at 2.0Ghz or greater
RAM: 1GB or more
Video: ATI Radeon X850 256MB or greater
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 128MB or greater
DVD ROM (Physical copy)
20 GB HD space

Windows Vista/Windows 7 Minimum Specifications
OS: Windows Vista with SP1, Windows 7
CPU: Intel Core 2 Single (or equivalent) running at 1.6Ghz or greater
AMD 64 (or equivalent) running at 2.0Ghz or greater
RAM: 1.5 GB or more
Video: ATI Radeon X1550 256MB or greater
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT 256MB or greater
DVD ROM (Physical copy)
20 GB HD space

Recommended Specifications
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz Processor or equivalent
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual-Core 2.7 GHz or greater
RAM: 2 GB (XP) or 3 GB (Windows Vista/Windows 7)
Video: ATI 3850 512 MB or greater
NVIDIA 8800GTS 512 MB or greater
DVD ROM (Physical copy)
20 GB HD space

They've also given us a bunch of data points in the gigantic thread in the old forum.

I've tried to translate the tech talk into plainer English with a few basic rules of thumb.  You basically have to worry about three things (you should be able to figure out how much space is on your hard drive without outside help).

CPU:  If you have an Athlon x2 or any kind of Phenom, Athlon II, or Phenom II, you're OK.  If you have any Intel quad-core or Intel dual-core EXCEPT the Pentium D, you're OK.  If you have any single-core Athlon 64, any Pentium D, or a Pentium 4 at 3+ghz, you're probably OK but your CPU will be the limit and may force slowdowns in big fights and the like.

RAM:  If you have 2gb, you're OK.  If you have less, you should probably get to 2gb.

Video card:  This is what determines most of the graphical settings.  Two lists here, for desktop and laptop.  Note that laptop performance may vary because of the manufacturer's choice of different video memory.

Desktop cards ("00" endings include all variants of that hundreds digit -- "30", "50", "70" etc. -- as well)--
Low: Nvidia 6800, 7600; ATI x800, x1600
Medium: Nvidia 7800, 7900, 8600, 9500, GT120; ATI x1800, x1900, 2600, 3650
Medium-high: Nvidia GT220; ATI 4650
High: Nvidia 9600, 8800GS/GTS320/GTS640; ATI 2900, 3800, 4670
Max: Nvidia 8800 (all other models), 9800, GTS250, GTX260, GTX260M, GTX275, GTX280, GTX285, GTX295; ATI 4770, 4800, 5700, 5800

Laptop cards--
Low:  Nvidia 8600M GS, 9500M G; ATI Mobility 4570
Medium:  Nvidia Go7900, 8600M GT, 9500M GS, 9600M, GT120M, GT130M; ATI Mobility 2600, Mobility 3600
Medium-high:  Nvidia GT230M, GT240M; ATI Mobility 4600
High:  Nvidia 8800M GTX, 9800M GS/GTS, GTS250M, GTS260M; ATI Mobility 4830
Max:  Nvidia 9800M GTX, GTX260M, GTX280M

If you have integrated video (e.g. any Intel, ATI 3200, Nvidia 8200M) or a card weaker than the above, you will have a hard time running the game even at the lowest settings.

Disclaimer:  note that these are rough categorizations, and actual performance may vary based on your resolution, the part of the game you're playing, what you consider a good framerate, how much crapware you have running on your computer , etc.  Also this is just based on developer posts; we won't know ourselves until next week.

Modifié par flem1, 02 novembre 2009 - 02:30 .

[Selzurius]

Swweeeet. If my Nvidia 8800 GTS actually runs this game under high settings I will be quite pleased. My 2 gigs ram under XP 2000 should handle the memory side of things quite well and I KNOW my 3 gig dual core proc can manage the rest.

[nordrian]

Well, I'm above the recommanded, should work pretty well I hope *starts a lil impatience dance*

[tr0tsky]

Selzurius wrote...

Swweeeet. If my Nvidia 8800 GTS actually runs this game under high settings I will be quite pleased. My 2 gigs ram under XP 2000 should handle the memory side of things quite well and I KNOW my 3 gig dual core proc can manage the rest.

Recommended Settings doesn't mean "will run on high graphics settings".

[Quecken]

Thank you. This is helpful.

[flem1]

tr0tsky wrote...

Selzurius wrote...

Swweeeet. If my Nvidia 8800 GTS actually runs this game under high settings I will be quite pleased. My 2 gigs ram under XP 2000 should handle the memory side of things quite well and I KNOW my 3 gig dual core proc can manage the rest.

Recommended Settings doesn't mean "will run on high graphics settings".

In this game they do.

[tr0tsky]

flem1 wrote...

]In this game they do.

Really?  Hmm, guess I didn't need to buy a new computer for it then   Oh well, at least my Dad will be able to play on high settings when I give him my old one as a birthday present.

[hexaligned]

hmm I have both a desktop and a laptop I know my desktop is fine, I thought my laptop would be too.

I'm not a comp guru but looking at the cards you have up for laptops gave me pause. My laptop is a dualcore with a 7900 GS SLI, are you saying that card isn't good enough to run on even low settings? I can run crisis with a decent framerate on normal settings, I figured DAO would be much the same.

[Rogue310]

Damn. I've been vacillating between the 360 and PC version as it is... but now, the inconvenience of booting from Mac to Windows + having a HD partition of 30 GB (and no damn XP disk, where the heck did that thing get to?) + only having an 8600M effectively pushes this over to the 360. faster boot time, at least!

[flem1]

relhart wrote...

hmm I have both a desktop and a laptop I know my desktop is fine, I thought my laptop would be too.
I'm not a comp guru but looking at the cards you have up for laptops gave me pause. My laptop is a dualcore with a 7900 GS SLI, are you saying that card isn't good enough to run on even low settings? I can run crisis with a decent framerate on normal settings, I figured DAO would be much the same.

Sorry, it should run fine on medium-high.  I didn't list some of the less common laptop cards, but as you see the desktop 7900GS is in the "medium" category.

[GhoXen]

Hm, how do you do a sticky request on this forum?

[flem1]

Rogue310 wrote...

Damn. I've been vacillating between the 360 and PC version as it is... but now, the inconvenience of booting from Mac to Windows + having a HD partition of 30 GB (and no damn XP disk, where the heck did that thing get to?) + only having an 8600M effectively pushes this over to the 360. faster boot time, at least!

I guess you have the GS?  The GT will do pretty well.

The one inconvenience I'd worry about on consoles, though, is loading time.  Remember the elevators of doom?

[hexaligned]

flem1 wrote...

relhart wrote...

hmm I have both a desktop and a laptop I know my desktop is fine, I thought my laptop would be too.
I'm not a comp guru but looking at the cards you have up for laptops gave me pause. My laptop is a dualcore with a 7900 GS SLI, are you saying that card isn't good enough to run on even low settings? I can run crisis with a decent framerate on normal settings, I figured DAO would be much the same.

Sorry, it should run fine on medium-high.  I didn't list some of the less common laptop cards, but as you see the desktop 7900GS is in the "medium" category.

Yeah I overlooked it up there   sorry, thank you for the reply

[TolaGarf]

Loading times won't be an issue for me at least. I use a Crucial CT128M225 SSD as my games disk. Games run sweeeet with a SSD!

[flem1]

relhart wrote...

flem1 wrote...

relhart wrote...

hmm I have both a desktop and a laptop I know my desktop is fine, I thought my laptop would be too.
I'm not a comp guru but looking at the cards you have up for laptops gave me pause. My laptop is a dualcore with a 7900 GS SLI, are you saying that card isn't good enough to run on even low settings? I can run crisis with a decent framerate on normal settings, I figured DAO would be much the same.

Sorry, it should run fine on medium-high.  I didn't list some of the less common laptop cards, but as you see the desktop 7900GS is in the "medium" category.

Yeah I overlooked it up there   sorry, thank you for the reply

It's OK, you've inspired me to add in more laptop vidcards.

[valleyman88]

This was helpful, thanks! Based on this, my pc should be able to handle max settings.
If it turns out that I can't run the game on max setting, I'm sueing you for getting my hopes up.

[GhoXen]

Bumping this thread up to top, before some people start threads about their specs.

Modifié par GhoXen, 29 octobre 2009 - 07:35 .

[Packetdancer]

FYI, I'm putting this information into a PHP script after work tonight. You'll be able to enter your CPU, RAM, video card and so on, and the script will spit back your probable performance and any recommended upgrades ("1 gig of RAM? Let me offer you a link to TigerDirect or NewEgg...").



I'll post to this thread once the script's ready.

[gotthammer]

I thought WinXP SP3 had problems? (compatibility w/ some programs?)

If so, is it absolutely necessary to upgrade to SP3? I'm still using SP2, I've put the update on hold coz' of what I've read sometime back.



My specs: P4 3GHz, 2GB DDR2 RAM, Nvidia 8800GT 512MB

[Rogue310]

flem1 wrote...

Rogue310 wrote...

Damn. I've been vacillating between the 360 and PC version as it is... but now, the inconvenience of booting from Mac to Windows + having a HD partition of 30 GB (and no damn XP disk, where the heck did that thing get to?) + only having an 8600M effectively pushes this over to the 360. faster boot time, at least!

I guess you have the GS?  The GT will do pretty well.

The one inconvenience I'd worry about on consoles, though, is loading time.  Remember the elevators of doom?

Wait wait. Really? The GT would do OK for this? I apologize in advance, but can you diagnose my system (below)?

I have a MBPro that's about 1.5 years old, with 3gb of RAM and a 2.4 dual core, not too worried about that, but I was convinced my 8600m gt 256mb would be a game-killer. I played the witcher and got demolished by the chapter in which everything's on fire--had to drop everything to the lowest settings. And that was only the aurora engine! that's why I'm worried about DAO on PC... i need my isometric strategic view, but not at the cost of losing all the detail!

[stefan9]

Since windows 7 is listed in these , I presume that means its now officially supported. My systems meets all the recommended. intel core 2 dueo e8500 @ 3.5ghz, geforce 260gtx 986mb, 4 gig ram and win 7 home premium x64. Have about 100 gig free on my gaming h/d sata 2 drive so I am set to enjoy the game at 1680x1050.

[MrGOH]

flem1, I salute you for your struggles against hardware ignorance. Excellent work, sir.

[Awildawn]

everything on max settings, and with my last acquisition (a 64 gb ssd drive), even load times should be minimalistic

[MrGOH]

Rogue310 wrote...

flem1 wrote...

Rogue310 wrote...

Damn. I've been vacillating between the 360 and PC version as it is... but now, the inconvenience of booting from Mac to Windows + having a HD partition of 30 GB (and no damn XP disk, where the heck did that thing get to?) + only having an 8600M effectively pushes this over to the 360. faster boot time, at least!

I guess you have the GS?  The GT will do pretty well.

The one inconvenience I'd worry about on consoles, though, is loading time.  Remember the elevators of doom?

Wait wait. Really? The GT would do OK for this? I apologize in advance, but can you diagnose my system (below)?

I have a MBPro that's about 1.5 years old, with 3gb of RAM and a 2.4 dual core, not too worried about that, but I was convinced my 8600m gt 256mb would be a game-killer. I played the witcher and got demolished by the chapter in which everything's on fire--had to drop everything to the lowest settings. And that was only the aurora engine! that's why I'm worried about DAO on PC... i need my isometric strategic view, but not at the cost of losing all the detail!

Aurora Engine was not very well optimized. <- Candidate for understatement of the decade, btw.

The 8600m GT will play the game on low settings - whethe framerate will hold steady in the 25 FPS range remains to be seen.

[MrGOH]

flem1 wrote...

Rogue310 wrote...

Damn. I've been vacillating between the 360 and PC version as it is... but now, the inconvenience of booting from Mac to Windows + having a HD partition of 30 GB (and no damn XP disk, where the heck did that thing get to?) + only having an 8600M effectively pushes this over to the 360. faster boot time, at least!

I guess you have the GS?  The GT will do pretty well.

The one inconvenience I'd worry about on consoles, though, is loading time.  Remember the elevators of doom?

Loading times look like they can in the 45 second to a minute range on decent PC's, too, going off of the warden's quest footage. That's abnormally long compared to other transitions in the game, though.