Highest Specs For A Game

[bacon]

Ok, I was just over at The-Ctrl-Alt-Del. And started developing violent convultions when I saw the optimal specs for Max Payne. These are kind of ridiculous when you considerer they are alway over optimistic with these things.

Minimum Requirements:

450MHz Intel Pentium II Processor
96 MB RAM
16MB Direct3D Compatible Graphics Card

Recommended System:

700 MHz Intel Pentium III Processor
128 MB RAM
32 MB Direct3D Compatible Graphics Card

Optimal Requirements:

1000 MHz Intel Pentium III Processor
192 MB RAM
64 MB Direct3D Compatible Graphics Card

Can anyone else find higher optimal specs than this?

[impact]

It's Max Paine. What did you expect?

[cerb]

I must say, I saw the E3 video of Max Payne yesterday and I want this game!

My Athlon 700 with 32Mb G400 DH should run it alright, but who's to say that I may not have a G550 (or even Kyro II) by the time it comes out.

[This message has been edited by cerb (edited 21 June 2001).]

[Liquid Snake]

When is this supposeded to be released? Not everyone has a super machine to run this on!

[Pneumatic]

This game looks just like "DEUS EX" and "Nocturne" (I have them both). I can't get into the 3rd person thing. The movements are too structured and the changing camera angles gets on my nerves. You have to go a particular way and the ability to roam around the map is limited. You only get one view of a particular scene. It kinda looks like you are looking at a movie, but you are controlling the character. Sometimes you will be fighting a villan that is between the camera angles, or "off camera" and you can't see them.

Other than the motion of the game, the graphics are great. I am a little too use to FIRST person Shooters, I guess. This one looks like a must miss for me.

[Technoid]

I remember the time of Final Reality when they said that it would require a Voodoo2 card, preferably in SLI!

[Liquid Snake]

Hehe, I remember the time Quake1 came out. The fastest system at the time was a P200, and you'd be lucky to get a constant 30fps in 320x240!

[Topha]

considering that it is difficult to get a processor with less than 600mhz, and that a gig athlon costs about 150 $ those specs arent too bad, still bad enough for me though

[Jammrock]

The required specs for Emperor: Battle for Dune is:

PII 400
64 MB RAM
16 MB video card, 3D accelerated...

I currently (at least for another week or so) run it on an:

Athlon 650
768 MB RAM
32 MB G400

I run the game at 640x480, 16-bit color and all graphics settings are medium. It runs fine unless I get into a big fight. At that point Emperor drops to about 2-5 fps, and my system goes crazy. After about 2-3 hours of playing my computer gets exhausted and crashes (I can run Counter Strike for hours on end with no troubles).

My friends computer:

Athlon 800
256 MB RAM
32 MB nVidiot GeFarce 2 GTS

He can run it at 32-bit color, 1024x768 and all graphics set to medium...wow!

We'll see how my new PIII 1 GHz, Kyro II system runs it.



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Athlon 650
256 MB PC133 CAS3 from Crucial
87 GB storage from WD & IBM
Matrox G400 (it's not dead yet!)
SB Live! the original full retail, still going strong
Klipsch ProMedia v.2-400, the PC speakers that goes BOOM!
Please email me if you would like to contribute to the "Jammrock needs new toys" fund.

[fds]

Jammrock,

I'm very surprised your friend's system couldn't handle it all on the highest setting. A GF2 GTS can handle everything on the highest @ 1024x768x32 in Emperor EXCEPT shadows preferably turned OFF. Shadows is the major slowdown for everyone. Whether the other settings are on Medium or High doesn't matter a bit.

ps. Emperor is one of those games the Kyro2 isn't anything spectacular at.

[This message has been edited by fds (edited 25 June 2001).]

[Wombat]

I remember when I was the sh*t b/c I got Quake to run smoothly at 320x240, with my 486(DX4/120). That and a Diamond Viper 3200 w/ VRAM (yes, that's the last time I paid $275 for a video card, and that one lasted).

[Technoid]

My longest lasting Vidcard was my trusty Matrox Mystique 4 SGRAM!
it outlived 3 motherboards!

[Jammrock]

I thought I tried it with shadows disabled...hmmmmm...I'll haft to try again.

Jamrock

[Gurm]

"Emperor: BFD" makes my dual 700's really start to show their age. Wah!

OTOH, Gig chips are cheap now. I might have to buy a couple. Anyone want my 700's cheap? They're guaranteed to run at 933 with adequate cooling... (read: NOT the stock fans, hehe)

- Gurm

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[Liquid Snake]

Well, I'd take your 700's if I had a mobo to use them in...