Are the minimum system requirements for real?

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POSITIVE AURA Oct 11, 2021 @ 12:04am

Are the minimum system requirements for real?

I do have the intel i5 8th gen processor but only 12 GB RAM not 16 GB.
Also the minimum storage is 70 GB and I have that only on HDD not on SSD.
GTX 1050.
And these are the "minimum" system requirements.
Are they for real? Will it run smoothly on my specs or is it not even worth trying?

Last edited by POSITIVE AURA; Oct 11, 2021 @ 12:06am

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Siamese55

Oct 11, 2021 @ 12:49am

Considering how much farther the recommended specs are above minimum, I would take them seriously. If you decide to force it, it's on you.

POSITIVE AURA Oct 11, 2021 @ 1:38am

Originally posted by Siamese55:
Considering how much farther the recommended specs are above minimum, I would take them seriously. If you decide to force it, it's on you.

I don't think so I'm not buying it. Way too high specs for a game!

Josh Oct 11, 2021 @ 8:41am

Yeah I think I'm going to pass on this one, which is unfortunate because the game does look pretty cool. But if you need a monster just to play it smoothly, no thanks...

gpcstargate Oct 13, 2021 @ 12:39pm

Sounds Like you went to low on the ram .. for any near future game .. I know many that is all they can do .. I had 32 ram and had to push my system to 64 after a couple games that I play started to cause issues with low ram and many new "AAA" games are asking for 32 now that are coming next year.
My Issue Now is the Video Card and the Over Pricing that is going on Now.
I do feel your pain and understand.

Last edited by gpcstargate; Oct 13, 2021 @ 12:41pm

Falonious

Oct 13, 2021 @ 1:15pm

The game will be optimized in the future, failure to do so would be financially stupid given the large amount of people who are at present excluded. I was due an upgrade and spent $3000 AUD building a new system so I could play.

POSITIVE AURA Oct 13, 2021 @ 6:45pm

Originally posted by gpcstargate:
Sounds Like you went to low on the ram .. for any near future game .. I know many that is all they can do .. I had 32 ram and had to push my system to 64 after a couple games that I play started to cause issues with low ram and many new "AAA" games are asking for 32 now that are coming next year.
My Issue Now is the Video Card and the Over Pricing that is going on Now.
I do feel your pain and understand.

Yeah I will have to upgrade too at some point, RAM, graphics card, and SSD storage, but this is the first time I see a game with such high requirements, they are really pushing it. I guess this will be the normal in the future.

Herr Morlock has Icarus

Oct 14, 2021 @ 6:29am

Originally posted by Last Time:
I do have the intel i5 8th gen processor but only 12 GB RAM not 16 GB.
Also the minimum storage is 70 GB and I have that only on HDD not on SSD.
GTX 1050.
And these are the "minimum" system requirements.
Are they for real? Will it run smoothly on my specs or is it not even worth trying?

I have bought myself a new computer half a year ago. My old one had a 1050ti as a graphic card. When 7d2d ("Seven days to die") had upgraded it's graphic engine, I had a very hard time running it properly (reducing the resolution A LOT and also some of the other settings) and had propably around 15-20 FPS.
Now, with my new computer it runs very smooth at around 50FPS with high resolution and all settings cranked up. It could not run better.

Now to Icarus. Before I found out that there is an issue with the standard FOV setting in the game, I had to fight to get 20 FPS out of it. Sometimes only having 15 FPS when there was a lot of things happening on the screen.
After having found out, that the game runs the better, the bigger the FOV is set to (whyever), I have set it to 100 which does still look normal on my widescreen monitor but gives me around 45 FPS...

Icarus is a very demanding game when it comes to hardware specifications. Even though it's graphics are neat, at best. If you think "I can run a very well optimized, older game which looks almost as good as Icarus, so I will surely be able to run Icarus, as well.", you are wrong.