System Requirements - older specs

[Gwendel]

Hi all,

I am very interested in buying the game, but I'm not sure if my old machine will run the game well at all. Although my specs meet the minimum on the store page, what I gather from reading around forums is that those min specs may well be way out of date, along with much conflicting information on whether my specs are still up to the task. I have:

i7 870 CPU 2.93 Ghz
Radeon HD 5770 Sapphire 1GB
4GB RAM

Will I be able to run the game smoothly without having to turn everyhing to the most ugly settings? What about the expansion? Any advice greatly appreciated.

[Froz]

The game ran passably on my system (Core2Quad Q9550, 8 GB, 1GB Radeon 7750) until around the time of the first expansion. I wasn't able to get a passable framerate sitting idle in town much less actually fighting, couldn't really determine if it was CPU or GPU (CPU was the limiting factor before the expansion), so I gave up and uninstalled.

A quick google search reveals that the benchmarked single thread performance on your CPU isn't significantly above mine, so I suspect it would not go so great for you either.

That said, this is an excellent game and it's worth trying to see if you can make it run decently. Just get a refund if you can't.

[Gwendel]

Thanks Froz for that considered response, much appreciated :) You've confirmed my suspicions unfortunatley. I just didn't want to get hyped for it not to work.

I'll definately get the base game in the next sale to try at least. I definately want to play even if it's not until I finally upgrade from my old dinosaur. I will soon, there's not been much motivation for me to do so because I play mostly indie games that work just fine. (Not that I don't consider this indie, it's just more demanding than the ones I have)

Maybe this will provide the shove I need to splash out :)

[Froz]

Reinstalled the game to double check. I don't have time to really dive into somewhere and see how the game runs over an hour or two, but performance seemed passable in town and the one area I jumped into.

I find lately that the big restriction on my video card is GPU memory; in Grim Dawn the video memory was not maxed out at low-medium settings and 1366x768. And of course, Grim Dawn seems to prefer single threaded CPU performance to multiple cores so the game's never really gonna run that amazingly for me, but it seemed passable for the couple of minutes I was in game, including a bit of combat.

So yeah, try it in the next sale.

[Gwendel]

OK, Humble Bundle had it on sale, so I thought what the heck.

Installed, and played a bit of the first area on the default settings it gave me. It ran just fine.

The default settings were: 2560x1440 resolution; textures, shadows, weather and shaders set to high. Reflections, Particles, and Lighting set to Medium.

So....yeah.......can't complain so far! It could hardly be better, I was so pleased. I don't usually care at all about graphics, but Titan Quest before GD was such a beatiful game, particularly with all those unique and detailed weapons and armour.

I've only played a few hours, but it's so great; it gives a nostalgic feel of playing Titan Quest while also being fresh and new.

I think I'll pop back to Humble B and try the expansion.