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[Gunner]

Does anyone know what type of power it is going to take to run Elite Dangerous smoothly??

 

[Patrick_68000]

So far, only the specifications for alpha were identified. But these specifications should be lower for the final version (the first version in all cases), for play with moderate settings ----- http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=8598

 

[Zieman]

If you don't have PBF access, here's the post:

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

 

[Patrick_68000]

If you don't have PBF access, here's the post:

Thank you Zieman , I had not thought of that. Distraction this tonight

 

[Zieman]

No probs.

 

[Brett C]

This is my machines spec's, copy pasted from Speccy.

Operating System
	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1

CPU
	Intel Core i7 3770K @ 3.50GHz
	Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology

RAM
	32.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 844MHz (10-10-10-27)

Motherboard
	ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8Z77-V (LGA1155)

Graphics
	VS248 (1920x1080@60Hz)
	1024MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series (XFX Pine Group)

Storage
	931GB Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 ATA Device (SATA)	32 °C
	1397GB Seagate ST31500341AS ATA Device (SATA)	32 °C
	111GB OCZ-VERTEX3 ATA Device (SSD)

Audio
	AMD High Definition Audio Device

It ran Elite : Dangerous at maximum settings, smooth as silk. Very beautiful thing to see!

edit; with that said, i'd like to redirect further discussions to this thread; http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=8231 Thanks!