Minimum system requirements

[voneiden]

Hey Toplessgun, quick question: are the minimum system requirements based on tried values or just guesswork? GTX 650 Ti seems rather high to me. I got a GTX 560 but I have a hunch it will run just fine.. I can grab the game tomorrow when it releases and report back the fps if you're interested.

.. and if it doesn't run just fine then I have a great excuse to upgrade my hardware!

[Toplessgun]

It is mostly based on tried values. You can get lower than the recommended but you really need to turn off some of the graphical features. I don't know how GTX 560 compares but it would be great if you can report back :)

[voneiden]

Okey dokey, according to videocardbenchmark.net , GTX 560 packs 17% less punch than GTX 650 Ti. Less difference than I thought actually, but I'll let you know how it goes.

[Mara]

tester played it on ♥♥♥♥♥♥ laptop and it ran decent

[Bazooka]

hupiukko pyörittääkö läppäri?

[Mara]

yes

[voneiden]

So, I did a little bit of testing.

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 (4 core 3.4 GHz)
GPU: GTX 560
MEM: 8 GB

# Golden Eye and all settings turned on #
Standing at the yard looking at garage: 55 fps
Sitting inside van looking at the lake: 40 fps
Driving with van: 40-50 fps, some ocassional jerkiness observable
Getting killed: 23 fps

Overall opinion for max graphics: playable, but not ideal for driving.


# Good with all settings turned on #
No noticeable difference to above.


# Good without dynamic shadows but everything else on #
Sitting inside the van looking at the lake: 60 fps (cap)


So it would seem that dynamic shadows hit fps hardest. Without these overall performance seems excellent, I'll add more notes if there are any surprises later.

[Toplessgun]

Yes your GPU is one that is bottlenecking there, at least with dynamic shadows and car mirrors which are the hardest on performance.

[Pandamator]

Surface Pro 3 with Intels HD 4400 and 4GB Ram runs it smoothly on low and pc gaming in the 90s-y in good

[Voelkar]

I am kind of confused... The graphics look like they are from 2005 and you still need a 650TI for the minimum requirements?? Is the game just badly coded or am I missing something?

[voneiden]

Like I wrote above, I get full 60 fps with one option (dynamic shadows) turned off and everything else being on/max, with a GPU that's below (current) minimum requirements. So no problem here, I'm fine playing without dynamic shadows.

[M.A(i).D.E.S]

I can tell you for a fact that it can "run" below minimum, It just won't run well at all. Currently i have run it on a Intel Pentium 4 2.8Ghz(single core), 4GB Ram, Nvidea 530GT and Windows XP.

Technically 'it runs', but the whole game plays in slow-motion for the first hour you are running it. Before the car is built i can actually get about 30fps driving around in van, sitting in sauna, if i run the game for about 1 hour (not sure why it runs better the longer it runs, maybe a Windows XP not being supported thing?), once the car is built it tanks massively and the game is basically stuck in slow-motion, somewhat tolerable but not that enjoyable if you are sober. I think with complete stock satsuma and no extra 3d objects laying around i once hit about 30fps at normal game speed after 2-3 hours of play, but in a game where you can die very easily this was a rare and cherished experience that only happened once. As such i spent these moments at 120kph+ feeling like i was in warp drive going from Teimos shop to the long driveway to my house before crashing horribly and ending this treasured experience.

I would not recommend going much under listed minimum requirements, it plays very odd, but its definitely possible.

[Jon the VGNerd]

Game locks at 20 FPS and not on 60 FPS, even though the game doesn't require you to get a beefy GPU or CPU. Just hoping the devs can remove the 20 FPS lock for more stability.

[anselmw]

Originally posted by Jon the VGNerd:

Game locks at 20 FPS and not on 60 FPS, even though the game doesn't require you to get a beefy GPU or CPU. Just hoping the devs can remove the 20 FPS lock for more stability.

It does not lock at 20 FPS, it's just the lowest number that the counter will show. Faster than 20 FPS is shown correctly, and to get decent performance you definitely need a somewhat beefy GPU and CPU.

[Jon the VGNerd]

Originally posted by anselmw:

Originally posted by Jon the VGNerd:

Game locks at 20 FPS and not on 60 FPS, even though the game doesn't require you to get a beefy GPU or CPU. Just hoping the devs can remove the 20 FPS lock for more stability.

It does not lock at 20 FPS, it's just the lowest number that the counter will show. Faster than 20 FPS is shown correctly, and to get decent performance you definitely need a somewhat beefy GPU and CPU.

Which is a shame, because not many of us can afford better GPUs and CPUs because most jobs are too picky to hire people nowadays. Even high-end PC users aren't too generous to other PC gamers.

[anselmw]

A 750 Ti should be available used for max 50 euros. Older Intel Core 2 Quad processors and suitable motherboards can be bought used for a few dozen euros total. You'd be looking at less than 100 euros to upgrade your PC to run this game well if you know what and where you should be looking for.