Obviously, assumed people would know to use the defaults if nothing was specified
Yeah, me too (assuming default), but then I remembered the "Benchmarking" thread in the PBF here & the plethora of different settings people used.
The minimum spec for the Alpha is "DX 10 hardware GPU with 1GB video ram" so surely it wouldn't be relevant to those without DX11 cards?
IIRC the Basic setting (default) in Heaven 4.0 is DX9 & 1280x720 windowed. As E: D needs DX10 hardware coupled with DX11 ...
Bear in mind that the card needs to have hardware DX10 support as well as being DX11 compatible.
Michael
... I thought that Valley being more recent would fit better.
BUT, wider spread of different benchmarks sure gives better indication of overall performance level of one's PC. And when thinking about a certain game, nothing beats the game itself
. Plus, experiencing the graphics & game smoothness is also very subjective thing.
All in all, FD has been very cautious about system requirements so far (oh yeah, a bit early to say things like that really - only one Alpha build released
so far). Well that's true at least concerning the first Alpha part (SP combat module).
It will be interesting to see how things develop once we see more of the game. Will the specs mr. Brookes announced as "reasonable minimum for Alpha to get a decent experience" become absolute minimum or recommended (average) or something else. And what did he mean by "decent experience" ? FPS above 30 all the time in 1920x1080 with all settings medium? Oh, so many things to consider!
