November 15, 201411 yr First of all and before anything else I would like to say "hi" to everyone in these forums. You do a great job!I would like to keep this short and not bother you with a long post, so I will go straight to my question.I have a mid-2009 MacBook Pro with this setup: Processor: 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Memory: 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB HDD: SanDisk SDSSDHII240G Media Do you think that this setup can support Pillars of Eternity? I am asking because I would like to pre-order the game, but I do not know if this is a good idea given the fact that I did not manage to find anywhere the System Requirements for the game.Thank you in advance for your replies.
November 15, 201411 yr PC System RequirementsMinimum: Operating system: Windows XP or greater, Video Card: Model Shader 3 Compatible Video Card, 512 MB or better, Processor: 2.6 GHz Pentium IV or equivalent AMD Athlon processor, RAM: 4GB RAM, Hard Drive: 25 GB Hard Drive Space Mac System RequirementsMinimum: Mac OSX 10.5 (Leopard) or greater, Video Card: Model Shader 3 Compatible Video Card, 512 MB or better, Processor: 2.6 GHz Pentium IV or equivalent AMD Athlon processor, RAM: 4GB RAM, Hard Drive: 25 GB Hard Drive Space Linux System RequirementsMinimum: Linux Ubuntu 10.10 or greater, Video Card: Model Shader 3 Compatible Video Card, 512 MB or better, Processor: 2.6 GHz Pentium IV or equivalent AMD Athlon processor, RAM: 4GB RAM, Hard Drive: 25 GB Hard Drive Space "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle
November 15, 201411 yr Author Thanks a lot for the info. So, it seems that I won't be able to enjoy the game any time soon
November 15, 201411 yr First of all and before anything else I would like to say "hi" to everyone in these forums. You do a great job! I would like to keep this short and not bother you with a long post, so I will go straight to my question. I have a mid-2009 MacBook Pro with this setup: Processor: 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Memory: 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB HDD: SanDisk SDSSDHII240G Media Do you think that this setup can support Pillars of Eternity? I am asking because I would like to pre-order the game, but I do not know if this is a good idea given the fact that I did not manage to find anywhere the System Requirements for the game. Thank you in advance for your replies. Welcome Its a madhouse but we have great fun here "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
November 15, 201411 yr High five, nice of you to join us. Thanks a lot for the info. So, it seems that I won't be able to enjoy the game any time soon Yes you will be. It will work fine. Ghz is not a concrete measure fo capability. Neither is video memory. Pillars is a very low requirement game technically, those requirements are extremely approximate bureaucracy at best. Edited November 15, 201411 yr by Sheikh
November 15, 201411 yr Thanks a lot for the info. So, it seems that I won't be able to enjoy the game any time soon I don't see why not. Your CPU and RAM meets more than the minimum system specs. Your GPU is a Shader 4 model, and the disk drive shouldn't be a problem. "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle
November 15, 201411 yr Didnt even see the pentium IV. That is a very very low requirement. His proccessor is probably at least 2-3x more powerful, technology has developed alot since 2002.
November 15, 201411 yr Hm, can someone tell me if a intel core 2 duo @2.4 ghz would be sufficient on the cpu side of things? Been trying to compare it to the stated pentium 4 @2.6 ghz requirement, without much gain in overall clarity on my end. This statement is false.
November 15, 201411 yr Hm, can someone tell me if a intel core 2 duo @2.4 ghz would be sufficient on the cpu side of things? Been trying to compare it to the stated pentium 4 @2.6 ghz requirement, without much gain in overall clarity on my end. You're good to go CPU wise. "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle
November 15, 201411 yr Hm, can someone tell me if a intel core 2 duo @2.4 ghz would be sufficient on the cpu side of things? Been trying to compare it to the stated pentium 4 @2.6 ghz requirement, without much gain in overall clarity on my end. Thats what I am saying its at least 2-3x more powerful.
November 15, 201411 yr Yes. Also, the technology tier of the processor nowadays has a much bigger impact on performance than speed, and in some ways it's more important than the number of cores (not all applications make good use of multiple cores, it varies greatly). If you have a Core2Duo or later tech tier processor, YOU'RE GOOD TO GO FOR PILLARS OF ETERNITY, regardless of speed, number of processors, L2 cache memory etc. Core2Duo, the second generation of dual-core processors was a vast upgrade over the previous Pentium D tier. I personally experienced that difference in Guild Wars 2 when I upgraded from a Pentium D 2.8 GHz processor to a Core2Duo 2.2 GHz during the beta. Same amount of cores, slower core freqency, higher tech tier = amazing improvement in performance. The Seven Blunders/Roots of Violence: Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Worship without sacrifice. Politics without principle. (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) Let's Play the Pools Saga (SSI Gold Box Classics) Pillows of Enamored Warfare -- The Zen of Nodding
November 16, 201411 yr Author Thanks for the welcome, the replies and mostly for restoring hope in my guys :DFor some reason, I misread the system requirements and I thought that they were higher than my system's specs. A final question, the system requirements speak of a 512MB GPU and I have a 256MB one. Won't this be a problem, meaning not allow me to run the game?
November 16, 201411 yr Author Also, is there a way for a non KS backer to get access to the BETA of the game?
November 16, 201411 yr Thanks for the welcome, the replies and mostly for restoring hope in my guys :D For some reason, I misread the system requirements and I thought that they were higher than my system's specs. A final question, the system requirements speak of a 512MB GPU and I have a 256MB one. Won't this be a problem, meaning not allow me to run the game? Like GHz on CPU's, or AMPS in speakers, the memory numbers on modern video cards are a little bit misleading. Your video card is a little dated, but it'll run the game. "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle
November 17, 201411 yr Wow, even my Thinkpad could run this. Here I was worried I'd have to go buy a whole new laptop.
November 18, 201411 yr Wow I'm surprised those requirements are so low; it'll be easy to churn out more content if the engine holds up. I hope this leads to another BG1 to BG2 situation where expansions will have tons of content.
November 18, 201411 yr Author Does anybody know if the BETA is accessible in some way for non KS backers?
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