Aion Closed Beta System Requirements

[deathscythe343]

I'll probably upgrade my pc before this come out.

[skimike]

Originally Posted by Mark

FarCry's pretty good with SLi. Don't know how well it fares in Vista with SLi, though. Most of us aren't running Vista, though.

SLI in Vista was just horribly broken for a very long time. This was due to poor drivers from NVIDIA. I finally managed to get my system reconfigured last night such that I have 2 WD Raptors in RAID 0 partitioned as follows (I have a separate 2-disk RAID 0 for games):

1st partition - 40GB - Vista x64
2nd partition - 30GB - WinXP x64
3rd partition - 30GB - WinXP
4th partition - 40GB - Linux

Getting Vista to play nicely with more than 1 "legacy" OS was a minor pain. Have to use GRUB as the bootloader and boot the Vista recovery media to run BCDEDIT to tell Vista the right place to boot from (winload.exe) after installing GRUB. Now I can boot all 4 OS's as necessary. The net result is that I will be able to provide some very accurate benchmarks regarding which OS is best for running a given game in SLI since they will all be running on the same hardware.

My prediction:

WinXP 32-bit for the highest framerate.
WinXP 64-bit for the smoothest gameplay and second highest framerate (due to being able to take advantage of 4GB RAM)
Vista 64-bit for smoother gameplay than XP 32-bit but with the lowest framerate of the 3.

I'll know very soon how well SLI is working in Vista. I'll post some results this weekend when I get a chance to try some different stuff out like ET:QW.

[Trevyc]

Originally Posted by skimike

Your specs are significant overkill, like pole vaulting over a 3-foot-tall hurdle.

With those SLI'd 7800GTs, you should be able to run at impressively high resolution with all settings maxxed. The FarCry engine is one of those games that responds almost linearly when moving from one video card to two in SLI (or Crossfire, for that matter).

As Mark said, "That first line makes an awesome quote." And so it is! Quoted! ^_^


Here's my specs:

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 2.2GHz Socket 939
RAM: CORSAIR Xms 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR SDRAM DDR 400 Dual Channel
VGA: Sapphore 100116U Radeon X800XL 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16
OS: Windows XP Professional

How do I fare?

[Mark]

You're fine.

[Trevyc]

Any thing I might need to upgrade...?

[Aragros]

Originally Posted by Trevyc

As Mark said, "That first line makes an awesome quote." And so it is! Quoted! ^_^


Here's my specs:

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 2.2GHz Socket 939
RAM: CORSAIR Xms 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR SDRAM DDR 400 Dual Channel
VGA: Sapphore 100116U Radeon X800XL 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16
OS: Windows XP Professional

How do I fare?

Trevyc i also have this cpu like u. Did u try OC ?

Coming back to main topic. I think beta is beta and when we'll get final game minimu settings ll get more cute look than now.


edited. Trevyc hmm if u have am2 mobo try to put there some x2 cpu. They fck* cheap, also u have pci-e so u can easly upgrade for better gpu. 8800 640? or ATi 2900. Leave xp like that

[Mark]

Originally Posted by Trevyc

Any thing I might need to upgrade...?

Nah, not really, unless your CPU has 512kb L2 cache. I'd got with one that has 1Mb L2 cache.

[Aragros]

Mark for full details and stunning graphic he need to change :d

[Trevyc]

Originally Posted by Aragros

Mark for full details and stunning graphic he need to change :d

I'm open for suggestions... Please make a reasonable list :P


Mark: How do I figure out what my cache is on my CPU?

[Sky]

i believe il exceed the maximum requirements when info releases. i got a C2D and a 8800 GTX. both are OCed too

Originally Posted by Trevyc

I'm open for suggestions... Please make a reasonable list :P


Mark: How do I figure out what my cache is on my CPU?

you can dl a freeware called CPU-Z

[Aragros]

Originally Posted by Trevyc

I'm open for suggestions... Please make a reasonable list :P


Mark: How do I figure out what my cache is on my CPU?

If i'm not wrong this a64 have 1mb.


Hmm open for suggestions ?
1. how much u want to spend
2. how big monitor

We still dont know what ll be the biggest res. in game. So basicly for large monitors only 8800 GTS 640mb or 8800 gtx. No point for ultra bcs. u can easly oc previous one. Hmm i think reasonable conf for Aion is.

1. c2d smth around 2,4 and 2.8 ghz
2. gf 8800 gts 640 / radeon 2900
3. 2-4gb ram
4. raid 0
5. mobo ? smth around 100-200$
6. PS smth from seasonic 600-700W

[skimike]

Originally Posted by Trevyc

I'm open for suggestions... Please make a reasonable list :P


Mark: How do I figure out what my cache is on my CPU?

As Sky pointed out, CPU-Z. It's by far the best tool out there for processor, motherboard, and memory information. You can find it here: CPU-Z

Or the direct download link here: http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpu-z-140.zip

[skimike]

Originally Posted by Trevyc

As Mark said, "That first line makes an awesome quote." And so it is! Quoted! ^_^


Here's my specs:

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 2.2GHz Socket 939
RAM: CORSAIR Xms 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR SDRAM DDR 400 Dual Channel
VGA: Sapphore 100116U Radeon X800XL 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16
OS: Windows XP Professional

How do I fare?

According to X-Bit labs, at 1600x1200 with 4x FSAA and 16x anisotropic filtering, you'll pull about 48fps in FarCry. In the worst case scenario, you'll pull about 37fps at 1600x1200. The link with benchies is here: X-bit labs - ATI RADEON X800 XL 512MB Graphics Card Review. 512MB: Today’s Need or Reserve for the Future? (page 12)

Their test system used an Athlon 64 4000+ but they only had 1GB RAM. 2GB will offer a smoother gameplay experience overall.

[Deryck]

Originally Posted by Ether

Minimum System Requirements
CPU : Pentium 4 2.0GHz
RAM :1GB
VGA :GeForce FX 5600(128MB), DirectX 9 or higher
OS :Windows XP

Source: Click here!

And there we have it again- Korean developers making stunning mmorpg's capable of being run on average computers. My current PC can meet these requirements but I'm estimating it won't handle Aion visuals on full.

A reminder - these are minimum system requirements for the upcoming closed beta Korean client. Any Aion news is good news I guess, so I decided to post it up. I also can't double check the source - mmosite.com says they sited aion.gamemeca.com but I'm no Korean reader :P

Darn that means it wont run on my machine!

Dual Core EE Pent 4 3.46ghz pro
2GB Ram
x2 Western Digital Raptor 10,000RPM 74GB HDD's Raid-0
Nvidia GeForce 7900GTX 512mb Card

[Diablo]

Originally Posted by Deryck <