JumBie Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 Is this game going to support dual core cpus such as the Intel G3258 or G3220? I ask this because the minimum requirements are labeled as an i3 which is a dual core w/ hyper threading. If its going to require an i3 at minimum it means that the game is going to be following the suit of Dragon Age Inquisition and Farcry 4. I really hope 50% of the gaming market isn't going to be isolated here, I was really looking forward to this.
Magrusaod Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 Lol, the Minimum system requirements are below the laptop that I use as a netflix streaming machine on my nightstand that was built in 2008 and runs at 185 F degrees struggling to cope with overheating issues. An i3 processor fits any of these: http://ark.intel.com/products/family/65503/3rd-Generation-Intel-Core-i3-Processors#@All and Pretty sure this will run on an AMD machine, which is what I have. 4 gigs of Ram is Cheap: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=100007611%20600006067 for 1 stick, $30, so $65 to get the Recommended RAM listed, $32 for the "Minimum" A 1 gb graphics card is the "Recommended" one, which if that's truly and issue. I have two sitting in a box in my closet someone can have. This game isn't graphically intensive at all from the listing I am reading for system requirements. I wouldn't worry too much.
Katarack21 Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 My computer is a proprietary small-form factor with a specially designed motherboard (including special motherboard mounts that fit *no* other board) and proprietary power supply (shaped specially to fit into the small form factor); I am incapable of upgrading beyond my Core 2 Duo 2.13 Ghz or my Radeon 6400 without buying an entirely new computer.
Magrusaod Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 My computer is a proprietary small-form factor with a specially designed motherboard (including special motherboard mounts that fit *no* other board) and proprietary power supply (shaped specially to fit into the small form factor); I am incapable of upgrading beyond my Core 2 Duo 2.13 Ghz or my Radeon 6400 without buying an entirely new computer. That is sad news. One of the reasons I got myself a large tower and put the parts in myself. I can fit any mobo, processor, power supply out there into my case. I've been down the road of getting pre-built PC's with special, unique parts in them before and raged when I couldn't replace them without buying a whole new computer. Your processor doesn't meet the minimum requirements. That's bad news man.
Katarack21 Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 My computer is a proprietary small-form factor with a specially designed motherboard (including special motherboard mounts that fit *no* other board) and proprietary power supply (shaped specially to fit into the small form factor); I am incapable of upgrading beyond my Core 2 Duo 2.13 Ghz or my Radeon 6400 without buying an entirely new computer. That is sad news. One of the reasons I got myself a large tower and put the parts in myself. I can fit any mobo, processor, power supply out there into my case. I've been down the road of getting pre-built PC's with special, unique parts in them before and raged when I couldn't replace them without buying a whole new computer. Your processor doesn't meet the minimum requirements. That's bad news man. That's what you'd think, but I've seen a stream of somebody with my exact processor running the backer beta just fine with no problems at all. So I don't know what's going on.
Magrusaod Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 Well I hope it runs for you. I'm no specialist on this stuff. I built my own system, but, had to take it to a shop to get it to run right. >.< So had help. It's looking like the developers setup this game to be able to run on a system that has parts which were designed and released about 6-8 years ago. Folks who haven't upgraded their computers in the last 6 years will possibly have issues I imagine.
fabc Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 Few month ago the minimum requirements were very very low (Pentium IV, etc.), now they are talking about i5 processor (on Mac)... This is a bad joke or a scam ! We need answers. I backed the game to play on my dualcore...
Ganrich Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 I remember when BG1 came out, and I didn't meet the minimum. My party was teleporting along the sword coast, and I had to pause more to ensure my health was ok. It was painful, but I beat it. I hope it runs for you all.
Katarack21 Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 I bought the computer for 150 bucks in 2012; I really can't complain about the price, especially since the upgrades that it does have (it didn't come with a graphics card, and it originally had a 50 GB hard drive while it now has a 110G solid state and a 500 GB storage) were free, given to me by friends who had extra equipment lying around.
Magrusaod Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 Few month ago the minimum requirements were very very low (Pentium IV, etc.), now they are talking about i5 processor (on Mac)... This is a bad joke or a scam ! We need answers. I backed the game to play on my dualcore... Nah, they are talking a Dual Core i3 2.5 ghz processor, 4 gigs of RAM, 1 gig Video card. Which, one can get off Newegg for about $250 for the three nowadays. Not an i5. Big difference.
Katarack21 Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 Actually he's right; Steam lists the Mac requirements as Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53 GHz . 1
fabc Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 I remember when BG1 came out, and I didn't meet the minimum. My party was teleporting along the sword coast, and I had to pause more to ensure my health was ok. It was painful, but I beat it. I hope it runs for you all. That's what I did for BG2. It was a nightmare because I was also very bad. If the game runs like that, I'm gonna jump through the window. Few month ago the minimum requirements were very very low (Pentium IV, etc.), now they are talking about i5 processor (on Mac)... This is a bad joke or a scam ! We need answers. I backed the game to play on my dualcore... Nah, they are talking a Dual Core i3 2.5 ghz processor, 4 gigs of RAM, 1 gig Video card. Which, one can get off Newegg for about $250 for the three nowadays. Not an i5. Big difference. By the way, I can't upgrade my macbook pro more than I did.
Magrusaod Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 Ah, Mac, yeah, I don't do Mac, so I am ignorant of that. Being I don't do graphic art design, there's no reason for me to bother with a Mac and pay more for something that performs worse with gaming on my gaming rig.
TheGoatMan Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 (edited) My computer is a proprietary small-form factor with a specially designed motherboard (including special motherboard mounts that fit *no* other board) and proprietary power supply (shaped specially to fit into the small form factor); I am incapable of upgrading beyond my Core 2 Duo 2.13 Ghz or my Radeon 6400 without buying an entirely new computer. That is sad news. One of the reasons I got myself a large tower and put the parts in myself. I can fit any mobo, processor, power supply out there into my case. I've been down the road of getting pre-built PC's with special, unique parts in them before and raged when I couldn't replace them without buying a whole new computer. Your processor doesn't meet the minimum requirements. That's bad news man. That's what you'd think, but I've seen a stream of somebody with my exact processor running the backer beta just fine with no problems at all. So I don't know what's going on. Yeah alot of system requirements are a hit or miss. My crappy hp laptop can run games I have been told it would never be able to even start. And then hasn't been able to play games the I meet the recommended requirements for. Seriously I can play heavily moded skyrim but when I tried to play a slender game my laptop crashed Edited March 26, 2015 by TheGoatMan 1 Break beneath the endless tide - monk
Katarack21 Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 Let's all just hope it works so Katarack doesn't have to stab anybody tomorrow. 1
Magrusaod Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 Let's all just hope it works so Katarack doesn't have to stab anybody tomorrow. http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq74/xxxbryanzkixxx/watdada.jpg
LadyCrimson Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 I don't know the reasons behind the changing of past expected requirement listings, but I'd agree with others that they are often a bit over-stated, in that many a bit below "minimum's" may still be able to run the game, just with low settings or resolutions and/or not the best fps numbers. As usual, PC's just have too many variables, both in hardware/drivers and software that may affect things, to make "requirements" absolute, most of the time. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
Katarack21 Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 This is why it would be really great to get a dev in here to see what's up with hyperthreading.
Darren Monahan Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 I'm not a programmer on the game but it doesn't require hyperthreading. The game does use several threads, but it's not extremely multithreaded. OBSIDIAN ORDER OF ETERNITY - Officially sponsored most generously by Pierre and SD!
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