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Odyssey Alpha PC Specifications & Download Time
- Thread starter Zac Cocken
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Seems like it should run Odyssey ok
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Looking at the system specs for Odyssey I am not going to participate in the alpha and just concentrate on the actual game. I have concerns of the demands the alpha will put on my ageing PC. We will see if FDev have made the game playable to all of its player base post alpha testing and optimisation.
It makes no sense for FDev to freeze out a large chunk of non apex PC owners when they release Odyssey.
Or am I just being way too naive?
It makes no sense for FDev to freeze out a large chunk of non apex PC owners when they release Odyssey.
Or am I just being way too naive?
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I would suggest the opposite, that actually attempting to play Odyssey Alpha with a sup optimal pc is something players with such pcs should do, as this will inform Frontier of the level of optimisation they need to implement for the live game.
Otherwise i can see the live game launching and then many players complaining about its poor performance on their pcs.
- Intel Core i5-4590 / AMD FX-4350
Even my i5-3570K and 3470 CPU´s (on 2 different desktops) are in every comparison WAY better than AMD FX-4350, except in that over 4 GHz number...
Is that 4 GHz the wall that I will hit before reaching that soft spot hole not covered at the Death Star?
None of those required specs are exactly high end, the recommended specs are a 7 year old CPU and a 5 years old mid range GPU.
True, but we still have original Alpha veteran Battleship desktops floating around even from further from past than that...
Yeah but no one should expect each new release to work on the same old rigs it did before, I'm sure FDev have enough data on the specs being used by the community to be targeting what encompasses the majority of the player base.
I understand that, and hope FD will go to demand higher specs (even if just for Ultra that would not be on consoles), but still wonder why inferior AMD CPU will work in alpha, compared to my i5´s that won´t (though a bit older).
I'll give you a reason why we expect that: FDev said so. They explicitly said they are aiming for the same specs to be able to hit the same performance. So there's that.
I sincerely doubt a “majority” of the player base are going to be unable to play the game. The hardware requirements are pushing 7 to 8 years old now.
Really, what do you people want FDev to do? Make the game using the original 1990s doom engine so you can run it on your potato DOS PC?
How is Intel Core i5-8600K 7 years old??
You are right I was thinking about the minimum specs, but my point still stands, I could run this on the scrap parts I keep under my bed.
New releases will nearly always push hardware requirements up, and I don't think that's a bad thing if it leads to increased fidelity, better gameplay and a smoother experience.
I believe the reference is to minimum specs. The intel chip is turning 4 in a few months and that amd chip is around 7 years old. The GPU is also around 7 years old.
If in the time you have had your PC a child has been born, learned to walk, talk and started school then it's time for an upgrade.
I am 99% sure you will be fine. Your cpu is lacking 2-3 instuction sets compared to 4th gen, but thats it. Some Division 2 players, who were running below specs with Phenom processors could play fine in first year, got canned from playing the game in 2nd year because of lacking instruction sets needed for game. But in your case you should be fine for Oddyssey (not a promise though. fdev have been quite a few weird shenanigans with the game already).
I think they said months ago they wouldn't be doing anything with ray-tracing
