MTG Arena : FAQ and System Requirements

[Captain_Narol]

The FAQ for Arena are there :

https://magic.wizards.com/en/mtgarena/faq

Recommanded System requirements :

OS: Windows 7/8.1/10 (64-bit)
Processor: Intel Core i5
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: 1024MB VRAM
Resolution: 1280 x 720 minimum display resolution
DirectX: Version 10/11/12
Network: Broadband internet connection
Sound Card: DirectX-compatible sound card

[Aetherborn]

I wonder why Playstation 2 graphics need so much power.

[orophor]

Originally posted by Head Of The Navigator:

I wonder why Playstation 2 graphics need so much power.

Unity game engine.

[arenaynieve]

1024MB VRAM in graphics?? My pc cant run this

Wait....WTF?? I only have a 970 graphics card. I CANT really play Magic Arena FFFFFFFF

[Junipercat]

Originally posted by arenaynieve:

1024MB VRAM in graphics?? My pc cant run this

Wait....WTF?? I only have a 970 graphics card. I CANT really play Magic Arena FFFFFFFF

1024MB is the amount of Video Ram, not the card number. You need a video card that has minimum 1GB ram. Don't know why they list in MegaBytes once it reaches a full GigaByte

[someirrelevant]

Originally posted by Junipercat:

1024MB is the amount of Video Ram, not the card number. You need a video card that has minimum 1GB ram.

Exactly and by today's standards, I doubt many people are using less than a 1gb graphics card..

Originally posted by arenaynieve:

1024MB VRAM in graphics?? My pc cant run this

Wait....WTF?? I only have a 970 graphics card. I CANT really play Magic Arena FFFFFFFF

Ol mate Arena, this is well more than suffice for graphics.

[arenaynieve]

Originally posted by Junipercat:

Originally posted by arenaynieve:

1024MB VRAM in graphics?? My pc cant run this

Wait....WTF?? I only have a 970 graphics card. I CANT really play Magic Arena FFFFFFFF

1024MB is the amount of Video Ram, not the card number. You need a video card that has minimum 1GB ram. Don't know why they list in MegaBytes once it reaches a full GigaByte

Phew, ok I see, thanks. I panicked reeeeal quick xD

[Junipercat]

Hopefully they will clean up that part of the requirements as VRAM is measured by GB now. And maybe this time list level of video card as there is more than just how much memory it has to make it viable.

Interesting that it works with DirectX 10 as Duels did not. That was one of the complaints about Duels since many people refused to accept that the game required 11 or higher, or didn't read the requirments so just assumed, and couldn't run it at all.

[illuknisaa]

Min requirements are higher than recommended systems specs for crysis...

[someirrelevant]

Originally posted by illuknisaa:

Min requirements are higer than recommended systems specs for crysis...

+1

[mirrors-edge]

System specs seem reasonable to me, the far more reasonable Direct X requirement is good. Using Unity is a good decision in general, it should hopefully make cross platform development, play and integration a much more achievable goal, than was the case with a platform dependent proprietary engine such as the one Duels used.

But the specs should ideally read :-

OS: Windows 7/8.1/10 (64-bit)
Processor: Intel Core i5
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: 1024MB VRAM
Resolution: 1280 x 720 minimum display resolution
DirectX: Version 10/11/12
Network: Broadband internet connection
Sound Card: DirectX-compatible sound card
Former loyal Magic Duels players are not presently compatible with this release

[Junipercat]

Originally posted by mirrors-edge:

Graphics: 1024MB VRAM

Idealy I would change that part to:

Graphics: 1GB VRAM

[mirrors-edge]

Originally posted by Junipercat:

Idealy I would change that part to:

Graphics: 1GB VRAM

In this day and age, ideally. Although I can excuse it at 1gb, if the specs listed 2048mb, then I'd be less accommodating. What is worrying, is that somebody at Wizards still "counts" in MB, which hasn't been a valid unit of capacity currency since the late 1850s.

[Junipercat]

I laugh when I see modems counting in Kbps without an option to display in Mbps. Fine if they need a way to see the smaller amount for certain things, but would be nice to have the option to list at the most commonly understood measurement.