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System Requirements straight from "Tasos" ........ kinda
I have seen numerous comments in various posts/threads inquiring about the system requirements for Darkfall. I ran across this paragraph in one of the Darkfall Dev Journals dated March 28 2008 that may put things in a better perspective for folks.
28 Mar 2008 4:29 pm
Tasos Flambouras: The typical reaction to the screenshots has been for people to wonder what kind of beast they're going to need to play the game. It's not like that at all. Everything in Darkfall has been optimized for speed since it has been made for massive warfare. To give you an idea, you could get good gameplay displaying graphics like our latest screenshots using an average - above average system and a Geforce 6600 graphics card.
The Darkfallonline.com screen shot database is <HERE>. Based on the date of the article and the post dates of the screen shots I believe he was referring to these specifically.
Wow! This is great news it seems as though the only thing in question is what "Tasos" feels is average/above average RAM and CPU speed ......... appx 10 months ago. If you've got a 6600 or better video card, your golden. In case you don't have one I took it upon myself to do some checking into that as well.
You can pick one up at Newegg.com for only $19.99 <LINK>
I hope this will alleviate some concerns about system requirement. Anyone who games on their current PC should be fine. Heck from the sound of it, I'll be able to play on my cell phone ....... and run the game looking like the above screen shots to boot. (Eh hem)
: )
~Hairysun~
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good find, but its yet to be tested in mass so it doesn't really hold any weight.
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I call complete BS.
If he means 20-30 fps on crappy resolution on default settings average.. then that's not acceptable.. well, not for me. And yes, it depends on if that system is only running 1gig of ram and a single core processor too.
I have to be maxed out at minimum of 40fps.
good thing that silly stuff like ram, cpu, etc don't matter when it comes to if a game will play well or not, and that the only thing which matters is a video card...
seriously, if you've been developing a game for a decade and 8 days prior to release, you still can't be bothered to release basic information like this...
could we please get correspondent writers and moderators, on the eve forum at mmorpg.com, who are well-versed on eve-online and aren't just passersby pushing buttons? pretty please?
I call complete BS.
Bingo........
~Hairysun~
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Funny the video's don't look like those SS's.
Fact: They are nice screenshots, But why they don't use max settings with a full zerg raid going on in a video is beyond me
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actually 30 FPS in a MMORPG is totally acceptable.
but not in one that uses FPS combat
i dont think you will make it whit 6600gt wow wont even play on 6600gt on max settings you probly need a min form 8800gt lol it looks like its using pysic and dx10 so 6600gt cant even play that i think if you realy want to play this game on fulllest you need a 260gtx/280gtx/285gtx/295gtx/4850/4870/4870x2 and a quad core processer and atleast 2gig ram min so kind of a mid/hing end pc
actually 30 FPS in a MMORPG is totally acceptable.
but not in one that uses FPS combat
actully i think its 30-60 fps in big battles and higher than that by you self it ws in another update XD
no lol it can play on alot older hardware theres some pretty shity pcs in beta that play fine.
the gfx scale ALOT meaning low settings will look fubar even compared to medium settings.
and there playing finr with everything in debug mode i do know the game wont install on less than 512 ram tho.
well kind of hard to believe for me if im looking to screenshots the shadowing and dictance and its probly using dx 10 but i dont know what eng ther playing on so hard to say its probly a unreal eng
no its there own engine unreal cant do what they want at least it couldnt . the shadowing ans stuff can be disabled everythign else just goes to lower quality
You live in a pretty screwed up dream world if you think Darkfall uses DX 10
Based in the videos and screenshots of this game you will be able to run it on a Radeon 9800 Pro card.
lol... Looks like it's using PhysX? DX10?
That's classic...
You live in a pretty screwed up dream world if you think Darkfall uses DX 10
Based in the videos and screenshots of this game you will be able to run it on a Radeon 9800 Pro card.
i dont doubt that at all im 100% positive it can run on that
wtf is that
This is almost identical to my new uber gaming system! Awesome Stuff!
That my friend, is ancient technology! Reminds me of when I was programming in Assemblier.
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wtf is that
That sir, is a classic! LMAO! Basically, I would be able to play DF on a graphic calculator as well as I would on a pc!... course I would need to DIY an old Atari 5800 controller to also fit the specs, but hey... if Tasos can do it in a decade, I can do it in a week! See you in game! (smirk, laughs, smirks some more then /facepalms)
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"Hey, if Activision liked it, then they should have put a ring on it," Double Fine President Tim Schafer said. "Oh great, now Beyonce is going to sue me too."
*unpacks Commodore 64 in anticapation*
Bingo. It's good to know someone else remembers the golden age of computing.
Lol ........ awesome. Certainly brings back some memories. I wonder how many 5 1/4" floppies are gonna be in the Darkfall box .......
<Please insert disk #87>
~Hairysun~
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Bearing in mind that the closed beta is quite smal, the number of machines the game is being tested on is quite small. Likewise the developers are too small a outfit to use a larger companies testing facilties for hardware.
I would not hold out that this game runs well on *your* hardware. Then I would not hold out it even going to release next week. Who knows ? Given a few games released should have easily run on high end PC yet ran like shit ... I would tend to be cynical. Vanguard being on such example and GTA 4 a newer one. Looks great plays like shit.
Ahhh ....... a very valid point.
I remember this with Vanguard. Lots of people complaining about how bad the game ran and the fans rebutting with "Upgrade your PC!".
Many just had and were sporting uber rigs ............ that couldn't run Vanguard.
~Hairysun~
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Actually, I think geforce 6600 is a realistic minimum, considering games released this year like WAR have exactly the same (and indeed war including rvr is very playable with a 6600, as long you set graphics for perf).
Also don't forget that DF probably still uses some pieces of code from razorwax version, 8 or more years old, and a graphic engine remade around 2003-2004, when aventurine took control.
I would be very suprised to see high requirements for this game, considering it started to be developped for computers having about the same power as the minimal config of WoW at launch (the only time they said something precise it was.... loooong time ago, P3 800, 512mo ram and a 64 mo graphic card)
I bet they have just about doubled these minimal req, and will just ask for any basic dual core + a 128 mo graphic card + 1go RAM (exactly minimum specs of war).
I also expect most recent and powerful computers to have more bugs with this game than a medium 3 years old configuration.
No official system requirements released this close to launch (even with it being pushed back a month)? Why? I can think of a few reasons off the top of my head:
Unfortunately, Aventurine's silence simply fuels the fires of speculation and accusation even further. It would be incredibly refreshing if they'd simply release information, such as: how to download the client, how big it is, what the system recommendations/requirements are, how much the game will cost, etc... After all, the Euro release was supposed to be in just a few days. Regardless, the limited access free trial/stress test is scheduled to start in a few days and players are scheduled to be able to pre-order the game is less than a month.
~Ripper
It's gonna have to do a lot of scaling to perk this baby up.
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