About the system requirements

[RogeHen]

I was on the verge of giving this title a go when I saw some comments about poor performance and optimization. The listed requirements are pretty vague and didn't really help much. RAM should be fine, but my 3.3 GHz i5-3550 doesn't come near the recommended while the minimum is pretty vague.

My biggest concern is my 1 GB GTX 550 Ti, especially with the latest graphical update. Do I SERIOUSLY need a minimum 2 GB GPU to run this???

Does anyone with similar grade hardware have any experience with the performance on this game? Thanks for the help!

[erasmus]

In the testing build we're working on for our next release, with all options off and on the lowest graphics settings, I am seeing total system VRAM consumption of around 1800MB with just House Party running, no additional programs in the background other than RTSS for memory monitoring, and zero NVIDIA/Windows/Miscellaneous bells and whistles enabled. Generally if the VRAM available on your GPU is exceeded, system memory will be utilized in order to make up the difference. This can cause noticeable FPS drops and stutter at times, though.

We recommend a minimum of 2GB VRAM available to prevent folks from running into such issues even at the lowest settings.

[RogeHen]

Ok, thanks for the detailed information, that makes sense. I'm not all that fussy about high frame rates, but I've had trouble with games freezing up on me pretty bad before when I tried to push my PC's limits. I should probably wait until I get some beefier hardware. Sorry -- but I'll be back! Thank you for your help.

[erasmus]

All good, no problem!