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[Kanatta Jing]

Thanks guys. I admire your ability to be upfront about this stuff.

[Freyar]

How long will the offer for Founders be available?

[Bloodycrow]

I'm guessing that being below the minimum specs puts you out of chance for the beta?

EDIT: At least in terms of processor..

Edited by Bloodycrow, 15 June 2012 - 03:43 PM.

[Freyar]

Who should I get in contact with if I'd like MWO (open beta or retail of course) at my workplace? iGames may be interested.

http://lancenters.com/default.aspx

[Tyra]

Rot, on 15 June 2012 - 03:38 PM, said:

So how do we update our system req for beta access? I am going to run out and get a card tonight. Thank you for the update on system specs.

I'd like to know too. I'm a bit worried about the video card on my laptop.

[PringlesPCant]

Thank you for deciding to take the time to do things right rather than rushing them, the best games are always made that way.

[Orion Pirate]

Freyar, on 15 June 2012 - 03:41 PM, said:

How long will the offer for Founders be available?

Russ says here: http://mwomercs.com/...post__p__380727

I'm sorry not determined yet.

Edited by Orion Pirate, 15 June 2012 - 03:52 PM.

[Redshift2k5]

Thanks a ton Russ, some bad news and some good news, but mostly just thanks for spilling the beans and keeping us all in the loop!

I really hope you guys invite a lot of the founder's pack customers into the closed_beta _1 before aug 7, obviously you can't invite everyone but I hope you can make a lot of us customers mechwarriors happy with CB1 invites

[Freyar]

Orion Pirate, on 15 June 2012 - 03:50 PM, said:

Russ says here: http://mwomercs.com/...post__p__380727

I'm sorry not determined yet.

Bad color is bad. either way, I guess that's okay for me.

[razorkill12]

thanks for the update!! Good to get some info.

[69th Canopian Pleasure Circus]

Fun question for Russ, I've got a recent AMD A-series Dual core APU, amd I going to run into the issues that older dual core processors had/have with the game engine, or should I be fine? The graphics side of things is slightly better than the recommended GPU.

[Mana211]

darkrei9n, on 15 June 2012 - 01:34 PM, said:

Because tech needs to advance and you're holding everyone else back by refusing to upgrade?

FWIW they updated the min spec to include XP SP3 so it isn't an issue now but:

I have 8GB physical ram in my PC and will upgrade my OS to a 64 bit version as soon as I find a cheap, reliable, honest way to do so. Maybe if need be I'll dual boot between some linux variant and windows XP since 64 bit linux is free. For now Windows only sees 3.5 GB of the 8GB that is powered up.

I also have a X3 BE CPU so I'm not worried about the CPU side. Should it ever be a problem I could swap the CPU for a 4, 6, or 8 core CPU since it's in a AM3+ MB.

I'm not refusing to upgrade I'm just avoiding paying to be on the bleeding edge while upgrading everything with an eye for future upgrades.

[Loganbacca]

Russ Bullock, on 15 June 2012 - 01:10 PM, said:

MechWarrior Online Recommended System Spec:

CPU:
Core i3-2500

There is no i3-2500.
Might be good to clear that up by specifying either the i3-2100 or i5-2500.
I'm also curious as to how multi-threading effects game performance, as the i3-2100 has 2x physical cores, but 4x virtual cores. In contrast the i5-2500 has 4x physical cores, but no additional virtual cores. Are 4 virtual cores enough, or will 4 physical cores substantially improve performance?

I have a i5-2500K so either way I know I'm fine, however for someone going out and buying a new PC it would be useful information to know.

[cipher]

Russ Bullock, on 15 June 2012 - 01:10 PM, said:

It is important that everyone understand what exactly they are buying and what they should expect.

Thank you! I can't tell you just how much I appreciate the awesome communication and being up-front and honest with us. It almost makes me want to be a Piranha fanboy. Huge difference in coming from larger devleopers/publishers who don't communicate enough, and when they do communicate they give us incorrect info they have to retract later. Watching MWO's development and hearing what you guys have to say is like a breath of fresh air. Again, thank you!

Russ Bullock, on 15 June 2012 - 01:10 PM, said:

In the end this new frontier of online free to play titles really is a shift in thinking for all of us. So many of us are so trained to think about retail products that barely change after they are sold to us in the store and it’s hard to grasp the concept of a game like MWO. Yes we still have lots of work to do between here and Open Beta but our work won’t stop there, we will immediately work to put in the Community Warfare features and from there it will be a sprint to the invasion of the clans and so on. While I am at it here are a few other key pieces of information people need in order to make their purchase decisions.

This is my favorite part. After we spend some time battling in Inner Sphere mechs, I look forward to the Clan invasion and whatever you bring to the table with an update for that!

[Seal9]

Thank you Russ for a clear explanation on upcoming things to happen.

Hope everything will work out the way you guys want it to be. Goodluck.

Edited by Seal9, 15 June 2012 - 04:18 PM.

[Loganbacca]

Mana211, on 15 June 2012 - 04:00 PM, said:

FWIW they updated the min spec to include XP SP3 so it isn't an issue now but:

I have 8GB physical ram in my PC and will upgrade my OS to a 64 bit version as soon as I find a cheap, reliable, honest way to do so. Maybe if need be I'll dual boot between some linux variant and windows XP since 64 bit linux is free. For now Windows only sees 3.5 GB of the 8GB that is powered up.

I also have a X3 BE CPU so I'm not worried about the CPU side. Should it ever be a problem I could swap the CPU for a 4, 6, or 8 core CPU since it's in a AM3+ MB.

I'm not refusing to upgrade I'm just avoiding paying to be on the bleeding edge while upgrading everything with an eye for future upgrades.

I don't personally have much experience with AMD CPU's, but from what I understand yes you won't have any problems upgrading to the latest 8-core CPU's if you want.

OS upgrade?
Cheapest legit way to upgrade Windows is to pick up an OEM copy, only about $100 from Newegg or the like.
Only thing to be aware of with OEM copies is you don't get official Microsoft help desk support, and you can only install them on one PC (motherboard in particular, you can still upgrade other components, but the motherboard is what your licence is linked to). If you want to upgrade your motherboard then you may still have some luck giving Microsoft a call and getting them to reset your licence.

[Zyzyx66]

Thanks Russ!

I'd assumed everything mentioned in the update, so no crushing disappointment for me, although I'm so happy that there will be an option to migrate - it means I can feel confident about buying a founder's pack and hold on hope for an Oceanic server

Good news this morning, thank you internet!

[Exploding Boy]

Thanks for the specs!

Looks like I'll be loading windows on my mac.

I don't expect, for obvious reasons that I completely understand, most games to support macs--especially not at the start--but I was wanting to wait for win 8 just to try the newness of it. Eh, whatever. University employment (only perk left) = Windows 7 64 bit for $7.00.

// Founders pack for sure

[AlterVision]

much better thanks

[dragoon354]

Awesome, can't wait and thanks for the update.