AOC System requirements

[Zeratulx]

Damn....

Well I will need to start looking into a new vid card which would mean a new mobo which would mean a new hard so I may as well buy a new fuckin pc ugghhhhh.

[barbos]

kinda funny how games went from like 4-5gigs to 20-30gigs in like 6 months.

Compression is overrated

[Zeratulx]

Well after some thought and internet browsing I will upgrading to a new pc but over time. I am going to order 2 more gigs of ram and a 500gb hdd today, which I hope will run AOC with low/medium settings. Next month I will think about getting a new processor, mobo, and video card. What are most of you going to do?

[Sirion]

I'm going to be happy with what I've got and upgrade nothing because I got 6/6 on everything ;D

[Zeratulx]

What are your system specs Chris?

[TrollFunk]

CPU
Recommended: Core 2 Duo E6600 or equivalent
You Have: 4 processors running - Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 3.23GHz PASS

System RAM
Recommended: 2 GB
You Have: 4.0 GB PASS

Operating System
Recommended: Windows Vista
You Have: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, 64-bit (Build 6000) PASS

Video Card
Recommended: 512 MB DirectX 9.0c Graphics Card with Shader 2.0 support (NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX or equivalent)
You Have: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 (GeForce 8800 GTS 512x2) PASS
Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card Video RAM: Required - 512 MB , You have - 2.2 GB
Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
Vertex Shader Ver.: Required - 3.0 , You have - 4.0
Pixel Shader Ver.: Required - 3.0 , You have - 4.0

Video Card Driver Version (DirectX)
Your driver version number is:

Sound Card
Recommended: Yes
You Have: Speakers (High Definition Audio

Sound Card Driver Version
Your driver version number is: 6.0

Free Disk Space
Recommended: 30 GB
You Have: 414.4 GB PASS

DVD
Recommended: Quad-speed (4x) DVD-ROM drive
You Have: LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1633S ATA Device PASS, but the Speed could NOT be analyzed.

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I think i passed the Recommended part....

[Nilbert500]

i think i might need a new cpu/vid card, don't really have the money for that but I'll see how it runs.

[Twystyd]

I just ordered 2x 2meg sticks of 800 memory for my laptop. Was running 2g 667

Only cost 80$ w/ shipping.

[kingchubz]

Zeratul,

If you're planning on buying a brand new computer, not sure on your price range. There is some new stuff out that you should keep an eye out for in your new rig. Specifically DDR3 ram as opposed to DDR2 and PCI express 2.0 motherboard 'and' video card compatability. Right now all older gen mobos and video cards are PCIe 1.0. I just finished building my new PC last night!!

[barbos]

While DDR3 and PCI express 2 would be helpful for future upgrading... If you are trying to cut costs down now, you're better off sticking with DDR2 and PCI Express 1 (unless the board you pick just happens to have 2 already).

The performance difference at this point is minimal, yet the costs are much higher.

[kingchubz]

indeed it is pricey, my mobo ran me about $230 >< which is a good chunk! But i recently sold my older computer (6 months old) to my sister who needed it very much.

Sticking to DDR2 and PCIe 1.0 was a difference of a maybe 200-400 bucks, so i chose the more expensive route

[Zeratulx]

Zeratul,

If you're planning on buying a brand new computer, not sure on your price range. There is some new stuff out that you should keep an eye out for in your new rig. Specifically DDR3 ram as opposed to DDR2 and PCI express 2.0 motherboard 'and' video card compatability. Right now all older gen mobos and video cards are PCIe 1.0. I just finished building my new PC last night!!

Welcome Chubz,

I will just be upgrading slowly, already got the ram and the hdd. Yeah thanks for the heads up, gotta keep an eye out for compatibility issues as well as prices. I have been checking newegg and tigerdirect for prices and parts.

[SickCat]

I have no clue if I'm going to be able to run this game. I'm on an Intel Mac booted into Winblows. Should be interesting to see how well Apple made their drivers. My hardware is above the recomended, but there's always that M$ hates Apple thing...have to wait till it ships to my house to install though...so it might be a while before I figure this out If it doesn't, at least I only spent 20 bucks for the game...and I might be able to sell it for 40

[barbos]

[kingchubz]

Dammit Tol! you better be there sucka!