No, I was referring to the posting by the DEVS on the other Forum. They specify 1GIG of RAM is required, but they don't specify the type of RAM. Not an important distinction if you're system is mid to high end, but could make a big difference for those struggling to meet the minimum requirement.

Gotcha! Good point on the RAM question! Whatever the case, I think a lot will be digging in the savings for some new hardware;)

Yeah. I'm hoping to get away with using 1 GIG of RAM, but I'll upgrade if I have to and I'll do it when my wife's out shopping!

I have one GiG and it will just have to tow the line for now. I got other things in life that need to come first. Then again, my tax returns......hmmmmmmmmm.....

1GB RAM is 1GB RAM, games don´t care if it´s DDR-133 or DDR2-1066.

I've learned something then, Gizz. I thought it mattered. Thanks. :D

Just went to the Alienware site and priced up a new laptop. Came in at just under 6 grand!.

When I went and told the wife, lets just say the look I got was........... interesting.


I guess that's off the cards for the moment:cry:

my rig meets those recommended specs easily yet still drops to a crawl at max tc in sh3.

just as well iam not buying sh4 i don't feel like throwing money away to keep up with pc developers poor optimization.

I think the 'under the hood' changes implemented by the DEVS in SH4 will produce an improved game in that regard. I think SH3 and SH4 will be very different games both to look at and to play.

Rule #1; do not buy it until you have to have it because it will be cheaper later or something better will be available. It is not like stocking up on canned goods for the winter.

Rule #2 all new games require more to run than they claim and even if you can "technically" run the game you know darn well you will be annoyed when it does not run decent and/or you must use lower setting while others rip the game.

I am not sure I will be happy enough with my rig and must consider the need to upgrade my VC from the X850XT 256MB(oced to 625/1200) and I have a AMD DC 4600 with 2GB DDR400 RAM.

However, I will not buy anything until I give it a good go so when I do it will be based on reality and not projected conjecture.

It does seem this will be less intensive than other new games but that does not mean it will not require moderate 2007 technology to run it or at least we should not assume anything until we have it in our hands (and asking God for a big favor on it!)

Remember, the lower the actual settings required the lower the actual quality potential. We can't have both (We can dream but when we wake up, well!:damn:

Wulfmann

I have a Pentium D 820 processor (2.8ghz) . 1 gig of ddr2 SDram, and a ATI 1300pro video card. Where am I on the spectrum I wonder.

HB

Based on the stated specs, that rig would put you on the lower end of the spectrum. You should be able to run the game but not at the highest graphical settings.

As others have stated, we won't really know until the game is released. I think you'll be OK with SH4 though, as long as you're not expecting to run the graphics settings at max.

I like that advice, plus I hope ram memory comes down in price ...

Intel P4 3.0 CPU
MB
1 GB DDR 1
Maxtor 100GB SATA HDD
Ati 1600 Pro Pcie
Creative SB

I only have 1 gig of old DDR1, but my motherboard takes DDR2 or
DDR1 ... DDR2 400 runs about $220 for two (2) sticks of 1 gig each.

Keep in mind, folks, that this game will run on a 2GHz processor (Pentium
IV or equivalent AMD Athlon), 1GB of RAM, DirectX 9 video card with
Pixel Shader v2.0, Vertex Shader v2.0 with 128MB of RAM, DirectX
compatible sound card and around 5.5-6GB of space on your HDD.

You would only be running at low to mid range graphical settings and the game may stutter from time to time, but it would be playable.

I ran SH3 on an ATI 9600 video card with 128MB of RAM, a 2.0 GHz processor and 512MB of RAM. I was pretty near the minimum specs and the game ran fine. It struggled a bit with high levels of TC and with large convoys, but other than that it was fine.

So if your system is near the minimum specs for SH4, I wouldn't give up any hope of being able to play the game.

Well, I meet all those recommended stats except the RAM, and possibly the GPU, since mine is an pretty good X800 XL, but its only got 2.0 shaders. Yippee.

To all those who don't meet the requirements and are considering upgrades, I can't help but mention the whole DX10 deal coming up. There is a lot of emphasis being put on the arrival of DX10 and the new cards coming to take advantage of it. Thing is, it puts people (like me) in a bit of a predicament. When the DX10 cards do start coming out, all the DX9 cards will have huge price drops and you'll be able to get a powerful card for not much money, which I would really like to do. But then, I think about DX10, and all these games coming out that perform substantially better on DX10 video cards. It's pissing me off, because DX10 cards will be expensive for a while, and if I buy one, it will cost me my education ;) , but if I wait for price cuts, I won't be able to play these new games in all their glory with my X800 XL.

It really is pissing me off. I would really like to just get a X1900 or something when its cheap, but then I'm thinking I'll regret it when I see all those DX10 games. Now, don't get me wrong, you can still play those games with an older card, but I've been hearing that DX10 makes quite the difference.

Plus, there's all the talk of the necessity to have dual-core processors. Another costly upgrade, ho hum....

So anyway, just make sure that you're sure about upgrading, cause I'm definitely not.