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[Punisher79]

I think I can, I think I can!

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[LordDeathStrike]

jjuurriijj, on 16 June 2012 - 09:51 PM, said:

The only thing that confuses me is the high amount of recommended RAM... 8GB seems a bit excessive for recommended... But that depends on what recommended specs actually means...

@LordDeathStrike
No real need brag, I already used up my Care-a-Lot for today...

brag shmag, its not bleeding edge, its basic required to game on hardware. you guys are crying like you would if the game was on 360 and you didnt have a 360, yes you need the basic hardware to play the game, sorry!

Punisher79, on 16 June 2012 - 10:00 PM, said:

I think I can, I think I can!

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no sir, you can not! the smoke alone has killed that systems power!

[Punisher79]

LordDeathStrike, on 16 June 2012 - 10:01 PM, said:

no sir, you can not! the smoke alone has killed that systems power!

The smoke is my own personal effects for my melted Quad HMG arrays! LMAO. Kidding.

[Artifice]

The specs are completely reasonable for a modern game.

All along the devs have been saying that it's going to be graphically intensive - with the Crysis 2 specs being a good starting point. What do you know? Turns out that was true.

I bought an upgrade in 2008, and it handles the recommended specs, except only 4G RAM. You can pick up a minimum spec GPU for about 100$ or less and you'll do just fine with a 200$ card.

[The Crow2k]

Luke Garrad, on 16 June 2012 - 09:06 PM, said:

I find the specs for this game hard to believe, First of all its a F2P and any company knows that having too high specs will lose them money from the community of gamers with low end computers. Aswell from what I can renember the graphics card to run it on minimum was something like radeon 5700, now i've seen videos on youtube of crysis 2 (same engine) running on a sapphire radeon 5450 my gfx card. Back to the F2P part, Thinking it as F2P game I would think the specs would be less then crysis 2 to reach out to low end gamers but its higher. MWO could lose a lot of potential customers from this. ASWELL I am sorry I cannot link the youtube videos and please check crysis 2 specs to see if i'm right as i'm writing this from ps vita and it limits what I can do.

People made very similar complaints about APB when it relaunched F2P as APB reloaded, and yet it has done quite well to this point.
The devs have said they are working on optimisation as a priority so they have at least recognised they want to lower the minimum spec if possible.

Last but not least it is really too late to do much about this now beyond trying to make as many graphical options as possible available for tweaking performance and optimising the code as much as possible for lower end system users.

[Zynk]

brn4meplz, on 16 June 2012 - 09:32 PM, said:

Why does the poll have no option for exceeding recommended specs? or far exceeding?

QFE

Also exceed recommended spec's.

[BigMo5]

HMM do i buy a founders pack, no i can't i have to build a gamming rig now...O well I guess I will have to send my money to a Hardware Manufacture instead of MWO....

This is what will drive people away. While everyone can appreciate EYE candy, but at what expense? My gaming budget is very tight and if i need to build a new machine every time a game comes out, the SW companies are going to loose out on 300-400 buck every time. F2P is a great idea, until someone builds a game no one can play...

[Wonderful Greg]

FFS.
Minimum spec are VERY VERY low by today's standards. All listed hardware is very cheap. Unless, you buying it from some frauds, like Alienware. They sell stuff that cost 100$ for 300$.
Even recommended spec are very affordable.

[trycksh0t]

BigMo5, on 16 June 2012 - 10:24 PM, said:

HMM do i buy a founders pack, no i can't i have to build a gamming rig now...O well I guess I will have to send my money to a Hardware Manufacture instead of MWO....

This is what will drive people away. While everyone can appreciate EYE candy, but at what expense? My gaming budget is very tight and if i need to build a new machine every time a game comes out, the SW companies are going to loose out on 300-400 buck every time. F2P is a great idea, until someone builds a game no one can play...

PC Games haven't even come close to approaching the current hardware that's available, so there will never come a game that no one can play, unless it's designed to run on NASA super computers. Commenting about having to build a new machine "every time a new game comes out" is the unfortunate misconception most people have about PC gaming, that simply doesn't happen. I bought a $600 PC 4 years ago, have dropped about $100 worth of hardware into it over those 4 years and it still runs everything beautifully. MWOs system requirements are far from being as ludicrous as everyone is making it out to be, those hardware components listed are either budget-level or several years old. Expecting everything to run on 6+ year-old hardware is ludicrous.

[NeonKnight]

the crow2k, on 16 June 2012 - 10:18 PM, said:

People made very similar complaints about APB when it relaunched F2P as APB reloaded, and yet it has done quite well to this point.
The devs have said they are working on optimisation as a priority so they have at least recognised they want to lower the minimum spec if possible.

Last but not least it is really too late to do much about this now beyond trying to make as many graphical options as possible available for tweaking performance and optimising the code as much as possible for lower end system users.

Yup, APB Specs:

APB SPECS:
CPU
Recommended: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad or equivalent AMD X4
RAM
Recommended: 4 GB
OS
Recommended: Windows Vista 64-Bit / Windows 7 64-Bit
Video
Recommended: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB or AMD equivalent
Disk Space
Recommended: 7 GB


Not really that Different from MW:O, and people seem to be requesting almost the same level of personalization as APB. I want to be able to do Like APB and have a customer, and I mean CUSTOM paintjob on my Mech. In APB people spend almost as much time personalizing their avatars as they spend in the game. I have made my COP's Body Armor look as close as more skills can to appear to be CERBERUS BATTLE Armor from MASS EFFECT. And I see people look like Cartman (South Park), Stewie (Family Guy), FED Ex of PIZZA HUT Delivery etc. NONE of that is possible on a system from years ago, so put me down as wanting the new specs please.

[Stormeris]

I dont meet the minimum requirements.... i have 2,33 Ghz processor everything else is fine

[nodie]

I had a look at the specs and just face palmed.

Why? I had the recommended rig 2 years ago for $1000AUD did not spend a dime on upgrades since.

Sine 2010 i have saved another 1000 to drop on upgrades, that is 500 a year. (I probably did not need to since my 2 yr old rig could)

What rigs are you buying that put you behind the curve every time a game is released. PLEASE clarify I do not understand?

Edited by nodie, 16 June 2012 - 10:56 PM.

[Euphor Kell]

trycksh0t, on 16 June 2012 - 10:36 PM, said:

PC Games haven't even come close to approaching the current hardware that's available, so there will never come a game that no one can play, unless it's designed to run on NASA super computers. Commenting about having to build a new machine "every time a new game comes out" is the unfortunate misconception most people have about PC gaming, that simply doesn't happen. I bought a $600 PC 4 years ago, have dropped about $100 worth of hardware into it over those 4 years and it still runs everything beautifully. MWOs system requirements are far from being as ludicrous as everyone is making it out to be, those hardware components listed are either budget-level or several years old. Expecting everything to run on 6+ year-old hardware is ludicrous.

with the exception of my graphics card (an ASUS Matrix II GTX 580) my pc i built (almost - Dec 2006) 6 years ago is still here beside me, able to run almost any game i throw at it...
even with my old graphics card (nVidia 8800GTX) it still met the minimum specs (actually, CPU was a little under, being a e6400, but it was OC'd)

now thats a rig thats nearly 6 years old, able to meet the minimum specs.

and people are complaining that they'll have to upgrade their rig?
considering the hardware has been out for 6 years, i'd probably say thats to be expected isn't it?

that said, if you have a dual core system, with a half decent graphics card i don't see a problem playing the game (so a mid-line pc nowdays)

just on a side note, those recommended specs on a pc can be built for around the $600-700 mark AU, so not a terribly expensive computer by any means, even if you did have to upgrade

[Matthew Craig]

To those thinking of running out and buying extra ram right away please note these are guidelines, the game isn't a memory hog and generally runs fine with 4GB. Windows 7 eats a lot of ram as do other apps you may have running therefore 8 is 'recommended' to ensure you have headroom and it's not an issue. Try the game with 4 then go buy 8 if you feel the need but this is really more a nice to have than a must have.

[Fors]

To be honest I think the recommended is too low. All I see listed is dx9, which crysis 2 uses dx11.....with the 2 seperate patches you can download for the game, dx11 and high definition textures, the game needs something more than a gtx 480 to run smoothly on max. Crytec 3 engine is alot more optimized than the first engine which is why back then it destroyed computers...especially since it was one of the first if not first dx10 games? Also it was a dedicated pc only game, not a port.

[DuncanPwnz]

Omg. I have i5 750, P7P55D, 8 GB Kingston Value RAM, GTX570. All except GPU bought TWO years ago, and
i spend only ~600$ for CPU/Mobo/RAM. Just some OC and all games run @ Full HD/All high perf/DX11. I always buy gear one step below top, and miss 1-2 gen of GPU. For me Rec specs denote that devs use Crysis engine native support of x64, and this is FKN awesome.

[Phatt]

jjuurriijj, on 16 June 2012 - 09:51 PM, said:

The only thing that confuses me is the high amount of recommended RAM... 8GB seems a bit excessive for recommended... But that depends on what recommended specs actually means...

@LordDeathStrike
No real need brag, I already used up my Care-a-Lot for today...

I think that they are talking about 8GB of DDR2 memory, but it would also depend a lot on what opperating system you are running. They are talking about WIN7 SP1 64Bit which usualy requires double the normal memory to run a game than WINXP does.

I have 6GbB of Cossair DDR3-1333 Triple Channel ram and I'm betting that it will run MWO at full specs without the slightest problem, especialy when you take into consideration that it's backed up by a GTX 560 and an i7 930 running on an Intel X58SO MB

What I don't understand is why people get upset when the minimum specs required to run a new cutting edge game exceeds their 6 year old System?

My home built system is 18 months old and it still exceeds the recommended requirements by at least double. I am by no means a cashed up man, in fact by most peoples standards I'm living below the poverty line, however when I need to upgrade my computer I go and earn some extra money to pay for it. So I sugest to all the people who say they can't afford a new system, go out and get a job.

[Giverous]

At the same time, why should gamers with decent PCs have to deal with terrible graphics and physics simply so that everyone can play.

One thing you seem to forget, this is a BUSINESS. They are hear to make MONEY. I strongly suspect someone running the recommended specs is more likely to have the spare cash to spend on the game than someone who can't afford a PC to run it properly. Sorry, but it's basic economics.

Also, as one of the lucky ones who far exceeds minimum spec i have to say, if they'd dumbed down the graphics too much, i wouldn't be planning to spend. I can already play last-gen graphics on MW4 for FREE

[SuperDude431]

Chill out buddy. Not everybody is you. Im not complaining about the minimum specs. I can run the game. But what you just said was disrespectful. Ive worked for as long as i can remembr. Now im a disabled vet. who cant get a job cuz nobody wants to higher an insurance liability. point is the ansewer isnt always "get a job". Some people either cant work or just dont make enough money. So dont go disrespecting people who dont have the money for this or that. Cuz you dont know whats going on with them.

[Forever]

Well, judging from the gameplay videos we have seen I am actually astonished that the minimum specs are that low. Even the recommended specs are pretty normal for 2012. My 5 year old rig should be able to run this perfectly well.

I am pretty happy that this is a f2p game with a modern graphics engine contrary to the usual mediocre graphics one can see in f2p games.