Minimum System Requirements

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Fire Head Fred

Fire Head Fred
Hi - I've been looking at previous threads to see if there has been any updates or announcements about what the minimum system requirements will be?

I'm a backer but not participating in the Alpha, so maybe someone who's in the Alpha knows of a system that wasn't *quite* able to run the Alpha? That seems like it would be a good baseline to shoot for...

Thanks for any/all help!
 

Styggron

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Minimum Specs

This is a cut and paste from the Private Backers Forum from Michael Brookes.
It is pertainent to any person wishing to know the specs but may not have access to that section of the forum.

It is important to note though these are minimum spec for the ALPHA. They do not necessarily reflect the specs for future releases as code will be optimised throughout its progression.

The following is from Michael Brookes

I know there's been some discussion about the machine specs needed for the alpha test, as we're approaching the first build delivery I can share some of the development specs of where we are at the moment. Optimisation and performance are obviously ongoing tasks and as more features are added through the alpha and beta periods we'll need to keep revisiting it.

To play the first build released in December we're currently looking at the following:

Direct X 11
Quad Core CPU ( 4 x 2Ghz is a reasonable minimum)
2 GB System Ram (more is always better)
DX 10 hardware GPU, 1GB video RAM(my reasonably low end machine has a GTX 285 with 2GB)

As I say we're looking to try and reduce the spec if possible through detail options and optimisations, so the final min spec for the game should be lower than that stated above, but for the initial alpha tests you'll need to be in that range.

Edit: Minimum video ram spec updated to 1GB.

Michael
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SnowGhost

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The system i'm on now could run the game, but it was a total slide shop at all times. It was not playable at all. So, it is well below minimum specs. You will need better.
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el_tel

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Fire Head Fred said:
Hi - I've been looking at previous threads to see if there has been any updates or announcements about what the minimum system requirements will be?

I'm a backer but not participating in the Alpha, so maybe someone who's in the Alpha knows of a system that wasn't *quite* able to run the Alpha? That seems like it would be a good baseline to shoot for...

Thanks for any/all help!
Click to expand...

If you want a spec that can't quite handle it, here's one (I installed it over Xmas when I was away to get my Alpha-fix):

HP slimline desktop PC (Can't remember the exact model, but it's circa 2007)
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz (only 2 cores, not 4 as minimum spec)
32-bit Win7
3.5Gb Memory (actually 5Gb but 32-bit OS can't see the extra 1.5Gb)
nVidia GTX 610 (upgrade, 1Gb DDR3)
PCIe 2.0 I think

With AA/Bloom turned off, and at 800x600, most scenarios were acceptable, if hardly ideal. Factions (with lots of ships) was unplayable though, which is probably more of an accurate representation of what it will be like (because of all the NPCs you'll encounter around space stations).

I didn't think to look at the FPS I was getting.
 

Asp Explorer

Asp Explorer
Intel integrated 5000 - very playable, 20-30fps.

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AMD e-350 integrated - unplayable mess under 20fps.

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AMD 9750 - perfect 60fps all high settings.

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Flavio

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There is a youtube video somewhere of the game played at an acceptable level with an Intel i5 with integrated graphics.
 

Stachel

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Stachel
In fairness that e-350 is arguably worse than the HD3850 I owned SEVEN years ago.

edit: I tried to run the Alpha on my Gaggia Classic but it didn't work.
 
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