Minumum Specs.. Going down down down..

[MrVicchio]

Author Topic: Minimum Specs Officially Lowered!
SmokeJumperPS
Station Admin
Registered: Sep 2001 posted 03-07-2003 07:00 AM user search report post
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Folks,
Our memory optimizations continue, but we can currently (and easily) run the game on 32MB video cards and only 256MB of system RAM.

Thus, we're officially lowering our minimum system specs.

NOTE: "Minimum spec" means you'll need to run with lower-resolution textures (they look blurrier in the game), but the models all still look great, the terrain is good, the sky still shows, etc. In otherwords, it's not as crisp as you can do at "Recommended spec"...but it's still pretty cool looking.

ALSO NOTE: A complete list of supported video cards will be posted at a date closer to release.

Here's the specs:

Minimum Specs:
Windows� 98/2000/ME/XP
Pentium� II 1.0 Mhz or greater
256 MB RAM
Direct3D compliant video card with 32MB RAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card
56k+ Internet connection
4X speed CD-ROM
2.0 GB hard drive space
DirectX 8.1 or greater

Recommended Specs:
Windows� 98/2000/ME/XP
Pentium� III 1.6 Mhz or greater
512 MB RAM
Direct3D compliant video card with 64MB+ RAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card
Broadband Internet connection
8X speed CD-ROM
2.0 GB hard drive space
DirectX 8.1 or greater

http://boards.station.sony.com/ubb/planetside/Forum2/HTML/003580.html

[�io]

Sweet! I'm upgrading anyway for sure but i probably won't be able to for a few months so this is great news for me! :D

[Big Bro]

Awesome news.... I'm glad they are able to make performance changes this late in the game. Good job Team PlanetSide!!

[Hamma]

:brow:

[Lexington_Steele]

You mean I can play planetside on a 1 MHz computer? Can I quote him on that one. :p

[Khronos]

You mean I can play planetside on a 1 MHz computer? Can I quote him on that one.
:rofl: :rofl: :lol: quote database??


Great news req aren't gonna be as high as b4. Good job optimizing.

[Moleculor]

Originally posted by =NCG=Big Bro
Awesome news.... I'm glad they are able to make performance changes this late in the game. Good job Team PlanetSide!!

Umm.... Performance improvements usually come -at- the end of beta. That's usually the only time that they -can- make them.

[Big Bro]

Originally posted by Moleculor
Umm.... Performance improvements usually come -at- the end of beta. That's usually the only time that they -can- make them.

No...as a systems analyst for the software company I work for, I know that major performance changes can occur just about anywhere in the development cycle.

As any good software engineer knows, you should always keep an eye out for performance issues during the design phase. You try to avoid problems before you code them...

[Chanfan]

True, but the reality - in my software QA experience - is that the most attention to optimization tends to come near the end, after all the functionality is in and tested.

This is understandable, as why spend a large amount of time optimizing something, only to have to toss it out because the spec/requirements changed?

It IS better to optimize earlier via better planning, but what's best often isn't what really happens most often, sadly. :rolleyes:

[Destroyeron]

I was just about to upgrade my graphics card to a Geforce4 4600 when..guess what..my cumputer has NO AGP slot. nada, its right there, its got a slot for where it should be and everything, but it isn't there.


GOD DAMN YOU GATEWAY!!!!!!! *falls to knees crying
*camera zooms out*
If you have ever felt like this please call 1-800-I-AM-SADD


how much to have an AGP slot put onto your mother board? :no: :tear:

[Kahar]

Sadly, it's not that easy. You'll have to get a new mobo, which takes a whole lot of work if you don't know what you're doing (actually, if you don't know what you're doing, you'll probably totally screw your computer ;)) I'm surprised that gateway actually makes computers without AGP slots though, when did you get it?

[PsychoDHC]

1.0MHz PII and a 1.6MHz PIII ? well I've only worked with hardware since 1994 so I might have missed something :)

Think SJ needs a little hardware curse
:D

J/K SJ, keep up the good work and give the devs a pad on the back for the great code optimizing :)

[air_head1]

so since the specs are changed i might have more of a chance of getting in beta form i said i have 256MB RAM?

[JuSTCHiLLiN]

Get ready for:

http://www-stu.cai.cam.ac.uk/~cjr43/errors/unhandledexception.png

[Zok]

Wow! When did the *1 Mhz* PII come out? W00t your tellin me theres a 1.6 MHz PIII too? I need to get me one of these monsters.

[KoldFusion]

Doesn't matter what specs they have my new rig will blow it out of the water! I just hope i'll be stationed someplace where i can egt broadband ;)

[Rammy]

yeah i get worse when i start my beta i get "Could not find compadible direct3d" Planetside will now exit :-P

[Vis Armata]

I can personally say that it is playable with those specs, but just playable. You'll be very happy when you upgrade, as I will be when I get my new RAM/video card

[Zanzibar]

all im worried about is my 56k and my NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 anyone used these? oh and also the whole paying without a credit card-hopeully thatll be sorted out.

[starrider]

yea me too thats what i have and i have no money for an upgrade.

[HELWalrus]

Im running
an AthlonXP 1700+ @ 1.5 ghz
WinXP
512 PC2100 DDR Ram
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
and Ventrilo during gameplay.

One thing: there seems to be a memory leak, so when playing, Set the priority of the program to "Below Normal" in your Task Manager (ctrl+alt+delete) and the game will run MUCH smoother. The game runs beautifully for me when the lag doenst inhibit performance. You'll be glad when you upgrade. :)

Remember, HEL owns NC and NC owns you! :D:rock: :domotwak:

[TriumphanT]

exactly how do u set the program to run on "below normal" cuz i cant find that option on my Task Manager. i really need to do this cuz im gettin sum lag whenever i join a squad. thanx

[HELWalrus]

I'm using winXP, if you dont have xp, i dont know if you can do it. In XP, you right click on the program in the Task Manager and set to Below Normal. Ask around if you arent using XP:chomp: :chomp: :chomp: :chomp: :spam: :chomp: :chomp: :chomp: :chomp: