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MEPC System Reqs. not too bad

  • April 17, 2008 - 12:36am

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Mass Effect PC System Requirements
Source: Kotaku

Minimum System Requirements:
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

Recommended System Requirements:
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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    ӝNirach

    Worrying is about as effective as chewing gum to solve algebra

    12gb?!

    Jesus christ.

    The rest of the list isn't so unexpected.
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    04.17.08 7:04 am
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      The 12 gig is not that surprising really. I've seen several games lately approaching 10 gig. I think anything which specializes in content (which ME appears to, I assume due to the RPG aspect) just eats through disk space with the HD art assets.
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      04.19.08 9:16 am
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        ӝNirach

        Worrying is about as effective as chewing gum to solve algebra

        What gets me is the fact that the 360 version wasn't even close to 10, let alone 12. There's no way the new HUD and a few extra planets could be 3-4 gb.
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          Well remember that with the 360 version they know exactly what hardware they are getting. So for example, if they want to allow for different texture resolutions to support slower and faster machines they have to send completely separate packs. Same thing with audio and shit.
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          04.19.08 6:39 pm
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            ӝNirach

            Worrying is about as effective as chewing gum to solve algebra

            I still think that an extra 3-4gb of data is WAY over the top, considering that the visuals are not going to be much over the 360, so they're only going to be packing lower quality versions of textures and audio.

            Considering The Witcher was only an 8gb install, and seemed to come with a never ending journal of crap you didn't need to know, much like Mass Effect, I think they're just using pisspoor compression. Akin to the MGS4 crap with "50gb is too small for MGS4", because of rubbish compression.
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              Yeah ok, I'll let you have this one. :)

              But considering that they are going to be getting bigger and bigger. I'm not going to worry about it.

              I just wish developers would stop worrying so much about graphics and start putting more time and focus into game play, and putting out something truly enjoyable, which can function independent of any flashy eye candy!
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              04.20.08 3:30 am
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                Worrying is about as effective as chewing gum to solve algebra

                I'm in complete agreement with that sentiment.

                I don't see it happening, though. Especially not with the massive developers.
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