Jay Watamaniuk
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 Posted: Wednesday, 16 April 2008 12:57AM |
Minimum System Requirements for Mass Effect on the PC
Operating System:
Windows XP or Vista
Processor:
2.4+GHZ Intel or 2.0+GHZ AMD
Memory:
1 Gigabyte Ram (XP)
2 Gigabyte Ram (Vista)
Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce 6 series(6800GT or better)
ATI 1300XT or better (X1550, X1600 Pro and HD2400 are below minimum system requirements)
Hard Drive Space:
12 Gigabytes
Sound Card:
DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card and drivers
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Recommended System Requirements for Mass Effect on the PC
Operating System:
Windows XP or Vista
Processor:
2.6+GHZ Intel or 2.4+GHZ AMD
Memory:
2 Gigabyte Ram
Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX or higher.
ATI X1800 XL series or higher
Hard Drive Space:
12 Gigabytes
Sound Card:
DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card and drivers – 5.1 sound card recommended
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Additional Note from Derek French:
The Mass Effect Config program will automatically adjust your settings on first run, to attempt to give you an optimal play experience. As with all PC games, computer performance varies from system to system and adjustments can be made via the Config or through the in-game options to tailor your experience.Edited By Jay Watamaniuk on 04/16/08 00:58 |
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Rylor Tormtor
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Posted: Wednesday, 16 April 2008 01:19AM |
Nunc est bibendum!
Thanks for the update. In all honesty, these specs seem pretty moderate.
Breath is officially baited now for the release. |
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Basekid
Joined: 23 Mar 2008
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Posted: Wednesday, 16 April 2008 01:43AM |
Thanks for the info.
The specs seem very doable, just one question:
Is the 2.6ghz (intel) based on a single or a dual-core processor (does the game support dual core at all by the way?) |
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Posted: Wednesday, 16 April 2008 04:36AM |
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Sweet. I'll be able to run that no problem. Though the 12GB required space does confirm my suspicion that the Unreal 3 engine is bloatware when it comes to hard drive space. I suspected with the UT3 and Gears of War installs taking up so much, and this pretty much confirms it. |
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AjuntaPall316
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Posted: Wednesday, 16 April 2008 06:22AM |
Awesome, thanks. You guys really did a good job getting those requirements pretty low. Color me surprised. My processors not quite at recommended, but close enough for an AMD 2.2. Everything else exceeds so I don't think it will be a problem at all. Thanks again.
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AE-on
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Posted: Wednesday, 16 April 2008 10:36AM |
Quote: ATI 1300XT or better (X1550, X1600 Pro and HD2400 are below minimum system requirements)
Are these Shader 3.0 only cards? Could a hardware expert please comment on this?
My ATi X800 Pro is only Shader 2.0, and I have a bad feeling it will not run the game at all.
Thanks.
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ghoulmad
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Posted: Wednesday, 16 April 2008 11:16AM |
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There is no chance that a Shader 2.0 Card will be able to run it. |
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AE-on
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Posted: Wednesday, 16 April 2008 11:25AM |
According to Tom's Hardware my X800 Pro is two tears above the X1300... but the X1300 comes with Shader 3.0 (just checked that).
So BioWare did not get an render path update from Epic Games, one that was used in UT3, to make the game run on Shader 2.0 only cards.
No MEPC for me then... that's the way it goes.
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Dragonahcas
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Posted: Wednesday, 16 April 2008 12:01PM |
Cant wait. *Strokes his new laptop*
"Easy my precious it will be here soon" |
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disposeablehero
Joined: 07 Mar 2008 |
Posted: Wednesday, 16 April 2008 12:17PM |
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Awesome, very low specs, i will be maxing thsi game out with ease, bring on the betetr graphics. |
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disposeablehero
Joined: 07 Mar 2008 |
Posted: Wednesday, 16 April 2008 12:18PM |
Quote: Posted 04/16/08 11:25 (GMT) by AE-on According to Tom's Hardware my X800 Pro is two tears above the X1300... but the X1300 comes with Shader 3.0 (just checked that). So BioWare did not get an render path update from Epic Games, one that was used in UT3, to make the game run on Shader 2.0 only cards. No MEPC for me then... that's the way it goes.
U can get a good Sm 3.0 card for cheap man. Sell the old one on e-bay. |
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Dragonahcas
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Posted: Wednesday, 16 April 2008 12:24PM |
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My one will run it but for clarification. You are talking about Single Core not dual core processors? |
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Delerius_Jedi
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Posted: Wednesday, 16 April 2008 01:40PM |
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If the game can't run on anything below 2.6Ghz with dual-core CPUs then they've severely crippled their install base. The 2.66Ghz Core2Duo models are the most sold ones. |
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BobbinSeg
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Posted: Wednesday, 16 April 2008 01:48PM |
At last! Thanks for finally clearing that up, Jay. Since my rig is only 7 months old, featuring an E6750, 2 gigs RAM, 500GB HD and a 8800 GTS 640MB, I believe I will have no significant issues...  |
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TPGamer
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Posted: Wednesday, 16 April 2008 02:09PM |
Thanks for the info. My machine is very close to the minimum requirements (Intel Pentium 4 Northwood 2.8GHz, single core but HyperThreading capable; 1GB RAM; Geforce 6800 128MB AGP, not GT; except the video card which is only 2.5 year old, it's 4 year old machine  ), I hope it's capable to run MEPC around 20 FPS with ultra low settings. Edited By TPGamer on 04/16/08 14:10 |
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