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System Requirements.

Droolguy99Droolguy99 Member Posts: 3
in Huxley
    Ok, reading through most of the posts on Huxley (which I have been following for some time) I have noticed that the main reason a majority of people are putting out for not playing once it comes out is that "i will need a big $ system to run it, look at those graphics".



    To be completely honest I grow weary of hearing that so I decided to do the research on other Unreal Engine 3 games so you can all get a good idea what Huxley will "really" take to run. Its nowhere near a huge gaming rig I can assure you, ALL of the unreal engines have been extremely well coded. They use optical tricks most of the time to simulate the uber-graphics.



    Anyway, back to what this was about in the first place... System requirements:



Americas Army

Current PC version: Windows 2000 or XP;

Internet access or LAN;

2.4 GHz+ CPU or equivalent;

512 MB+ RAM; DirectX 9.0+;

128 MB+ 3D graphics card supporting transform and lighting;

3.5 GB+ of empty hard drive space.



Rainbow Six: Vegas

Windows XP (only)

Processor: P4 3GHz or AMD equivalent

RAM: 1024 MB

Video Card: 128MB, Shader Model 3 and DirectX 9.0c compatible

Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible

DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c

Multiplayer: Local area network (LAN) and/or 128kbit Cable/DSL.



Currently those are the only two Unreal Engine 3 games out there (that are not for a console, not trying to start a flame-war here).



3ghz with 1gigabyte of ram and a 128 mb video card? Making minimum wage in a full-time job (remember, i'm NOT trying to start a war here, just stating the facts, some people may have extenuating circumstances) you should be able to afford that with less than a months paycheck.



Proof:

40 X 6.75 (California minimum wage)

270

270X4.28 (Average weeks in a month)



$1155.60



Now the components required:

(Prices courtesy of newegg.com)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66GHz 775pin=$317

(Just about twice the processor a 3.0 is, matter of fact its the fastest duo-core there is right now, not counting the duo-extreme series which is actually a quad core)



CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR 400 (PC 3200)=$197

(Once again double what you need)



XFX GeForce 7600GT 256MB = $150

(Twice what you need again, just to leave some wiggle-room)



Total= $664



Thats 57% of a total months paycheck if you had to upgrade everything, and chances are most of you don't. Plus every single one of the components I listed is well beyond the minimum requirements (if you wanted the absolute minimum divide that price by about 4) for either of the current Unreal 3.0 games, as in you could play them with most of the settings on maximum.



I can with the smallest of doubt tell you with the components above you will have no problem running Huxley at 1024X768 (Average monitor resolution for games last time I checked) without any problems (not counting possible hardware conflicts within the game itself).



Once again I did not mean to offend anyone with this it just really irks me when people just brush something under the carpet because they think they can't do it (or run it in this case, its the same concept though).



Hope this helped all of you.



EDIT:

NEOURFEUR has made the point that the 8600GTS will cover you better than the 7600GT.

For all those interested the 8600GTS will only cost you $166 as opposed to $150.

I agree with him, it has more texture memory and a faster core.



Signed,
PFC. Barker, William R.
US Army Signal Soldier

Comments

  • JunkMonkJunkMonk Member Posts: 6
    Good Job, Private!  Way to make a point.
  • NecrotideNecrotide Member Posts: 6
    Of course, everybody has a dual-core motherboard laying around. Don't forget the price of the game and the subscription fee. You should have just listed each of the cheaper components. Oh well, I'll just play it on 360. I'm a poor college student.
  • Berserker202Berserker202 Member Posts: 44
    Originally posted by Necrotide

    Of course, everybody has a dual-core motherboard laying around. Don't forget the price of the game and the subscription fee. You should have just listed each of the cheaper components. Oh well, I'll just play it on 360. I'm a poor college student.
    You don't need a fancy motherboard to run a dual core chip you simply need one that runs the same socket type. The guy has a point and I myself will be upgrading my video cards before release of the game and i have already started saving.



    I too am a poor college student but i have the benefit of living at home and going somewhere nearby :D
  • SmodenSmoden Member UncommonPosts: 14
    what about TAXES?!?!
    "Good game!"
  • Droolguy99Droolguy99 Member Posts: 3
    Can't help with the taxes, haven't been in the states for a while now, I am stationed in Germany. Last time I checked though you don't have to pay state tax if you order from somewhere outside your state, federal tax still applies though.



    Your right, I did forget the cost of the game and monthly subscription though...



    Hold...



    Roughly $60 for the game on launch day and $14.95 a month (The commercial MMO standard just about).



    Which would raise the cost by like 6% on that initial monthly paycheck and 1.2% every month after that.



    1.2% for a monthly charge... well I can solve that problem quickly, don't go out drinking with your buddies for ONE DAY out of the month. Or, if you don't drink, skip McDonalds or Burgerking for a meal or two. If you don't drink, and don't eat Micky D's or Burgerking, how can you call yourself a college student?

    (Just kidding <--- whats sad is I actually have to type that or people will start flaming).



    If you are really that concerned, post your computer specs here and ill "try" and give you a price range to upgrade.

    Other than that theres not much other help I can give you.

    Signed,
    PFC. Barker, William R.
    US Army Signal Soldier

  • NecrotideNecrotide Member Posts: 6
    You have pleased me.
  • neosurfeurneosurfeur Member UncommonPosts: 193

    Well requirement are far better than what you expected with your comparaison .. VEGAS and americain army lol that make me cry ... LoL

    those game are normal actually not really interesting desing, and really I dont think thay use unreal engine 3 maybe on minimun requirement.

    If  you want a game to compare huxley to one game, imagine Gear Of war ... Maybe your in business now, Gear of war its the most far better usign Shader 4, and bump mapping a lot also look the model on the futur unreal tournement 2007 you will see its like Gear of war model and texture + design, and huxley use same model for the caracthère and everything else.

    Well !!! Be ready to get a game who running only on vista... Directx 10 power ! Like they want, so stay with minimun 2.5 ghz amd 4800+x2 ( or pentium 3ghz) and 2 gig DDR400,

    Think more about the video card require like a 8600 GTS minimun. Require for shader 4, and those card got much  more RAM actually because the technologie actually  on cpu stay quite stable only video card change. Now you can get easy a 758 DDR3 <- not ddr2  more interesting than everything.

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  • NecrotideNecrotide Member Posts: 6
    Just a couple of other things I wanted to mention:



    The Unreal Engine is known for being able to scale down very well, so even if you have a less than optimum components, you could turn down the settings and the game will still be playable. It really just depends on how pretty you want it to look. If you're planning on playing games other than Huxley and Unreal Tournament 3, you'll probably need to upgrade.



    Gears of War uses more regular mapping than anything. From all the Huxley screens that I've seen, it looks like Huxley will use more bump mapping instead, which should also be easier on your system. The characters in all of the screens are fully textured with normal mapping. It could also be that these are early screens that don't have all the graphical goodies that the final game will have.
  • Droolguy99Droolguy99 Member Posts: 3
    Originally posted by neosurfeur


    1. Well requirement are far better than what you expected with your comparaison .. VEGAS and americain army lol that make me cry ... LoL.
    2. those game are normal actually not really interesting desing, and really I dont think thay use unreal engine 3 maybe on minimun requirement.
    3. If  you want a game to compare huxley to one game, imagine Gear Of war ... Maybe your in business now, Gear of war its the most far better usign Shader 4, and bump mapping a lot also look the model on the futur unreal tournement 2007 you will see its like Gear of war model and texture + design, and huxley use same model for the caracthère and everything else.
    4. Well !!! Be ready to get a game who running only on vista... Directx 10 power ! Like they want, so stay with minimun 2.5 ghz amd 4800+x2 ( or pentium 3ghz) and 2 gig DDR400,
    5. Think more about the video card require like a 8600 GTS minimun. Require for shader 4, and those card got much  more RAM actually because the technologie actually  on cpu stay quite stable only video card change. Now you can get easy a 758 DDR3 <- not ddr2  more interesting than everything.
    1. Far better than what I have in my comparison? You yourself state P3.0ghz and 2gb ddr400 thats agreeing with me on 66.66% of the hardware. Remember the goal of my post was to put a safe and cheap middle ground just to run the game based on the PC UE3.0 games.



    2. I can assure you they use Unreal Engine 3.0. I can't quite understand why if a video game is or isn't an "interesting design" is relevant though.



    3. Eh, not to much of an argument here besides its for a console, GoW is a UE3.0 game.



    4. Thanks for agreeing *smile*.



    5. Ok, It costs relatively the same as what I have posted already, and thats what this thread was about. Cost.

    Signed,
    PFC. Barker, William R.
    US Army Signal Soldier

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