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[Piques]

Hi everyone,

I was about to preorder ME2 yesterday, when I checked the system requirements and realized that they were higher than ME1. 

Basically,  is just my video card that doesn't seem enough. The text (from direct2drive) reads:

Video Card: 256 MB (with Pixel Shader 3.0 support). Supported Chipsets: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or greater; ATI Radeon X1600 Pro or greater. Please note that NVIDIA GeForce 7300, 8100, 8200, 8300, 8400, and 9300; ATI Radeon HD3200, and HD4350 are below minimum system requirements. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required. Intel and S3 video cards are not officially supported in Mass Effect 2.

I've got a NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 512mb. What I'm wondering is; is this one of them requeriments that can be "interpreted", or if I buy it and try to run the game it would just crash?

Don't have the money to buy a new pc at the moment, and upgrading my video card is not possible since I've got a laptop.

Well that's it. Btw, do you know why the requirements have gone up, better graphics? The ME1's seemed already like a movie to me. 

Thanks!

[ShdwFlash]

I doubt it will work on your GForce 7300 card if it clearly states that it is below the minimum requirements. The biggest issue I believe has to do with the shader model....though don't quote me on that!

I can, however, tell you that the requirements are indeed up because they have improved the graphics. Here is an interesting comparison someone else posted: http://www.pcgamesha...adeon/Practice/

Modifié par ShdwFlash, 23 janvier 2010 - 03:32 .

[Piques]

 Thanks for the input. Don't think is the shader since I did a "can you run it" check and I got this:

Features: Minimum attributes of your Video Card
Required                                You Have
Video RAM 256 MB               512.0 MB
Hardware T&L Yes               Yes
Pixel Shader version 3.0     3.0
Vertex Shader version 3.0  3.0

So I don't know why it doesn't work... Well, I guess I'll have to wait 

Modifié par Piques, 23 janvier 2010 - 03:49 .

[aya001]

I got the same problem, but I have an ATI RADEON HD 3200, and it also says that it is below the minimum requirem systems, but the thing is that I CAN play dragon age, and I suposse that ME 2 should work, but I don't plan on buying a new computer, and is a laptop so I can't buy a new video card, and I also don't want to waste money buying the game and not letting me play? someone knows if with this video card (even if it says it's not apropiate, still works?)

[DarkSpiral]

If your card is listed as not supported, I wouldn't risk your money.



And Dragon Age uses a totally different engine than Mass Effect (which uses Unreal), and thus being able to run one doesn't mean you should be able to handle the other.

[Piques]

If they put out a demo version, that would help. But I guess that's not gonna happen, is it?

[PSUHammer]

Long story short, they minimum recommended specs are just that...recommended. Your graphics cards MAY work but they are just too slow to render the game at enjoyable and acceptable framerates and detail according to the developers. Also, they will be unable to offer you support if you use lower then recommended specs. So, use at your own risk. Unfortunately, the lack of hardware upgrades make laptops poor gaming systems.

[aya001]

well, then nothing, I will not risk it, and I'll buy the Xbox version, too bad I don't have ME1 to load my previous chara, I'll have to create a new one, no problem, Thanks any way ^^

[DerAssi]

German Video Game Magazin Gamestar marks the Intel Core i5 Processor in the test with "not possible", I think its just a mistake in the Magazine or is the i5 not supported?

[setutur]

Just read the system specs and have no idea if my pc will run it, Here are my PC's Specs:

Display:
Video Adapter ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics (256 MB)
Video Adapter ATI Radeon HD 4850 Series (1024 MB

Processor: AMD Phenom™ II X4 805 Processor, 2500 MHz

Any help would be appreciated let me know if I need to give any more info thanks.

Modifié par setutur, 23 janvier 2010 - 09:15 .

[PSUHammer]

can't be right...you have two different ATI cards?

[setutur]

I thought that at first (using control panel>devices) but ran my pc through everest to get the report and thats what it came out with

[DerAssi]

maybe your mainboard got a onboard graphicscard

[amrose2]

DerAssi wrote...

maybe your mainboard got a onboard graphicscard

Sounds like it. Always uninstall old video drivers before installing new ones.


If you can play ME1 fine, you will be able to play ME2. You will just have to have the resolution lower and the textures on a lower resolution. Just because you are below min. specs doesn't magically turn off the game.

[setutur]

The graphics card on this pc has always been a mystery to me its billed as having just the HD4850 but has always shown both prompted. ME1 is fine just didn't know if it was worth getting ME2 for the pc rather than xbox (mostly because my xbox isnt connected to live and bioware always throws the downloadable extras around with new games)

[StrikeSaber47]

setutur wrote...

The graphics card on this pc has always been a mystery to me its billed as having just the HD4850 but has always shown both prompted. ME1 is fine just didn't know if it was worth getting ME2 for the pc rather than xbox (mostly because my xbox isnt connected to live and bioware always throws the downloadable extras around with new games)

Your computer has two graphics card. Your motherboard uses the HD 4350 as an integrated GPU but since you got the HD 4850, you are able to play games using the dedicated card. You will be able to play ME 2 on all Max and around 720p resolution. I did own a 4850 in the past and I can assure you that many new games will work with it, including ME 2.

For the person with the HD 3200, you are able to run the game but not on high settings. It is pretty weak of a graphics card but I assure you it is playable, albeit not really pretty. Also, the guy with the GeForce 7300 won't be able to as that card is even weaker than the 3200 by a bit so you will need to upgrade or get a new computer.

[aya001]

XDDD, then I'll buy one for my pc and one for the xbox, if for my pc don't works, (I think after all you said that with a low resolution it will work) then I'll sell it to a friend for a good price and I'll play in the xbox, no problem, thanks for the info^^ (the best thing is to buy another pc, but is really new doesn't have half a year, so that's why if it doesn't work, I'll play in the xbox)

[Scrimgeour10]

I also have this problem - I recently bought the GeForce 8400 on in-store advice that it would cope fine with games, only to now discover that it is an entry-level graphics gard that ME2 is apparently too advanced for.



It did manage to run ME1 fine on the highest settings, so if ME2 has the same engine is there the possibility of it running? Or will the game just crash around my ears?

[Stofsk]

I have an NVIDIA 8800 GS 384MB, which meets all the requirements except for the memory. I have thought about upgrading, although I might be able to live with lower settings depending on how much I can squeeze out of my system. Is it worth upgrading?

[Grumbel45]

It did manage to run ME1 fine on the highest settings, so if ME2 has the same engine is there the possibility of it running? Or will the game just crash around my ears?

I played both Mass Effect 1 and 2 on a Core Duo 6300 with a Geforce 7600LE and in terms of the FPS I get the system requiremnts doesn't seem to have changed much, ME2 actually seems to run a little more fluent, as ME1 could get a little choppy on the Presidium and other large levels.

That said, I however ran at the lowest possible graphic setting, i.e. 800x600 with shadows and stuff disabled.