System Requirements: Please read before purchasing Empyrion

[EmpyrionGame]

We have updated the minimum system requirements:

OS: Windows (7 and 8), 64-bit system required
Processor: Dual-Core Processor 2.5 GHz or better
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 or equivalent
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Hard Drive: 2 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX® compatible

Please note that Empyrion requires a 64bit system.

[Trinity]

Why are the requirments so damn high? I have an $1800 custom gaming laptop and I can barely run at 8-10 FPS at night with lights on, while drilling, or while entering a planet's atmosphere. Does the game need major optimizations?

[LandonGam3r]

my game pc is running the game perfectly though:), still waiting for dedicated server option and a higher player cap for multiplayer

[Joel-io]

Im Experiencing low framerate in stations with alot of lights. Once power is turned off, FPS climbs to normal

[Jackie Daytona]

Anyone having issues should perform the usual driver updates, anti-virus check, HD space, defrag, et cetera.

Originally posted by AroGamerOnYT:

Major requirements for such a game.

Really? Anyone with a 64-bit OS should meet all requirements easily.

Originally posted by The American Brony:

Why are the requirments so damn high? I have an $1800 custom gaming laptop and I can barely run at 8-10 FPS at night with lights on, while drilling, or while entering a planet's atmosphere. Does the game need major optimizations?

I have a $1000 custom gaming desktop that is 2 years old. I rarely see major fps drops, and they are usually very brief. I'm not sure what your issue may be. However, you can be sure it has nothing to do with how much money you spent on your laptop.

[DWAMONKEYBOY]

i have a £600 pc and runs it a 60fps, maybe you got overcharged for your gaming laptop, mobiles gpus are rubbish , loads of money spent dosnt gaurentee flawless performance, also the game does need optimisng

[DreadPirate]

I'm not sure why these specs are considered high?

I think it is harder to find a single core CPU than a multi-core CPU now-a-days.
4 GB of RAM has been pretty standard for a few years now.
An nVidia 250 is a pretty inexpensive card, anything in the last 3-4 years should beat that requirement easily.

Seems pretty reasonable... most likely the Unity 5 minimum requirements.

[NightCurse]

I have an AMD Athlon II X3 455 (3x 3,1 Ghz), Radeon R9 270 Windforce X2, 2x4 Gig ram DDR3 1333, Windows7 Pro 64 Bit and the game runs on Highest graphic setting stable with 40 - 60 fps. Expensive PC's or Laptops not ever the best choice ;) have a nice day ^.^

[Sherlock]

These requirements are high? Most laptops easily meet this. Or are people bemoaning the need for 3d graphics hardware for a 3d game still?

[DreadPirate]

Originally posted by AroGamerOnYT:

In Poland, computers are very expensive.

I have a friend in Belgium that paid about 120% more (yes, I mean more than double) for his computer parts than I do in the USA. It sucks that it costs so much to get a decent machine in some countries.

[Chip Patton]

Originally posted by The American Brony:

Why are the requirments so damn high? I have an $1800 custom gaming laptop and I can barely run at 8-10 FPS at night with lights on, while drilling, or while entering a planet's atmosphere. Does the game need major optimizations?

Becuase the first mistake was thinking that a laptop can properly game.

A $1,800.00 desktop (mine was $9,200 when I bought it 2 years ago) will have no comparision to a laptop.

Keep in mind that m-class Nvidia GPU and APU's are very, very stripped down and barely meets the requirements of DX11. You can't possibly think that something that fits in a giant tower with 8 6inch fans would preform simularly with something with one fan, sits in your lap, and has a screen included.

The system buses in a laptop are much slower than a PC, especailly the PCIe buses which means your video can never compare or be as fast. Buying a gaming laptop, IMO is one of the greatest consumer scams of our day.

[Darkening Demise]

My current PC won't run it

Windows 7 64-bit
AMD Quad-Core A6-3620 Accelerated Processor
8GB DDR3 system memory
1TB hard drive
AMD Radeon HD 6530D integrated graphics

But hopefully the new PC I'm saving up for will run this

Same OS and hard drive (switching my old one into the new PC)
16 GB [8 GB x2] DDR3-2133 Memory Module
Intel® Core™ i7-4790K Processor (4x 4.0GHz/8MB L3 Cache)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980Ti - 6GB

[piddlefoot]

The new system will run it fine champ.
Quite well in fact.

[Darkening Demise]

Good I hate how it's going to cost around $2200 but it'll be worth being able to play a game today for at least a year before I need to upgrade yet again.

[DreadPirate]

Originally posted by Darkening Demise:

Good I hate how it's going to cost around $2200 but it'll be worth being able to play a game today for at least a year before I need to upgrade yet again.

Darkening Demise, $2200 is really expensive for the parts list you posted... are you in the USA? Are you building it yourself? I'm wondering if there is a way to lower the cost of the parts because my rig cost me just over $2800 to build and I have the following specs:

Intel i7-5960X 8-Core Desktop Processor (3.0GHz) $1000
64GB DDR4 2400 Ram (Crucial Ballistix Sport) $619
ASUS Rampage Extreme V x99 Mainboard $369
1TB Samsung 850 Evo SSD (OS Drive) $289 (on sale)
EVGA GeForce 980 FTW Edition $549 (on sale)

I reused the folllowing parts from my previous build:
OS (Windows 8.1, I won't upgrade to 10 until the Privacy concerns are addressed)
Cooler Master Cosmos II Case
1TB Samsung 840 Evo SSD (Games Drive)
EVGA Supernova 1200 watt P2 Power Supply

For $2200, you should be able to go with the newest Intel CPU series and DDR4 memory.
I bought most of my parts through Amazon because it was cheaper than NewEgg (I'm a prime member and shipping through NewEgg for the parts was around $40, that was a major difference since I has Free 2-Day shipping on everything from Amazon... and their base price was either the same and NewEgg or $5 - $10 cheaper.

If you have the chance, shop around, I really feel like you should be getting more for your $2200.

Also, your old PC specs look decent. The Integrated Graphics is what is killing you right now. You could try popping in a newer AMD Radeon card and see how that goes. I personally prefer nVidia cards, but with an AMD chipset and an existing AMD Integrated Graphics chip it would be best to avoid driver conflicts and just put a Radeon in... assuming you are not using a Laptop or a Desktop that cannot be upgraded.

Check out these options:

Asus X99-A Mainboard ($250)
http://amzn.com/B00NC05Q2C

Intel Core i7 5820K 6-Core ($410)
http://amzn.com/B00MMLXIKY

Crucial Ballistix Sport 32GB DDR4 ($230)
http://amzn.com/B00MTSWMV6

EVGA Supernova 1000 watt P2 Power Supply ($200)
http://amzn.com/B00EKJQM5E

Samsung 850 Evo 1TB SSD ($360)
http://amzn.com/B00OBRFFAS

EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC+ ($735)
http://amzn.com/B00YDAYOK0

Right there that is under $2200... if you have Amazon prime it is free 2-day shipping... if not, I'd consider paying the $99 for the year of Prime to get the shipping... you would also get the rest of the prime benefits for that year.

If you cut out the SSD then you can save more money... but the SSD is fantastic for boot times, especially with a UEFI bios (like the X99-A) has.

I hope this helps a bit, I hate to see people spend more than they have to... or get less for their money.

This rig would serve you for over 1 year... maybe 3 - 4 years depending on the graphics card. The core of the system is far more powerful than most games need. My personal rig is as powerful as it is since I do so much more than gaming on it.

EDIT: I just noticed that the links I provided DO NOT take you to the lowest cost option... on the right side of the screen look at the "Other Sellers on Amazon" section and find the lowest price. For Example, the price for the Graphics Card directly from Amazon is $679 which is the hugs savings over the $735 I posted above.

EDIT2: Typed in my CPU model wrong... it's fixed now.

[Zalzany]

Originally posted by Darkening Demise:

Good I hate how it's going to cost around $2200 but it'll be worth being able to play a game today for at least a year before I need to upgrade yet again.

What in the world are smoking. I worked out a rig that more then exceeds the specs for less then that. You don't need a 360 buck hardrive, 32gb of ram or 250 buck mother board. I mean I got a new r9 last year for about 150, runs like a champ on new games on high, case costed me like 50 bucks power supply around 100 or so. I did the math because I was gonna upgrade my rig using the new parts, I paid under 103 for a 2 terrbyte hybrid hardrive. So that right there starts me off at 403. Oh and like 30 bucks more for some case fans. So 430.

Msi mother board with I7-5930k cpu, and 16gb ram bundle at new egg to finish off the new comp 840. Copy of windows 7 64bit 70 bucks, wifi antena 20. Grad total asuming you can use your old mouse keyboard and monitor $1333, and it will play any game on high, you can replace the r9 with a 400 buck card still not break 2 grand. If you use cheap AMD cpus you can cut off another 200-300 bucks as well.

And best part is you can buy them one peice at a time over 6 months and find most of it on sale at some point. That is how I upgrade this old i7-930 cpu system, I waited till the case was on sale, then the powersupply to run it, then got the r9 when it was brand new on a promotion sale and was like 10% off.

I got the mother board, cpu and ram that dates back to 2010 as hand me downs and built whole system around it, that I can easily reuse on a newer board with better ram slots, and more up to date i7. But old thing from 2010 with 8gb in ram still runs BF4, even witcher 3 on high no problems so I never went threw with my summer upgrade plan to get the new motherboard, cpu and ram bundle, then pick up another cheap copy of one time use windows 7.

Oh and nother 20 bucks for liquid cpu cooler since my case supports that, and I hate my giant heatsink this thing has. Won't waste it on this old gal but new one will have a liquid cooled system that my case accomdates.