SH-IV Graphic Capabilites ?

TDK1044 · 09-06-06, 06:57 AM

If you look at how Ubisoft set up SH111, right up until about a month before its release, the minimum RAM requirement was 256MB. That was then bumped to 512MB. The video card requirement was mid range (ATI 9000 series or higher)
In other words, Ubisoft were very aware of the fact that the largest percentage of people who would consider buying their product had mid range systems and not the high end bells and whistles systems.

This marketing ploy helped them achieve 300,000 sales of SH111 worldwide. I don't see them doing anything vey different with SH1V. I think that they will work hard to try and keep the RAM requirement to 512MB with a mid range video card such as the ATI 9600 or higher required. If the RAM requirement gets bumped to 1GIG and they were to bump the video card requirement too high they'd take a big sales hit.

I have a mid range system, and I've spoken to one of the DEVS who confirmed 'off the record' that my system would run the game. So I'm just going to wait for next Spring.

09-06-06, 06:57 AM	#29
TDK1044 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 2,674 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	If you look at how Ubisoft set up SH111, right up until about a month before its release, the minimum RAM requirement was 256MB. That was then bumped to 512MB. The video card requirement was mid range (ATI 9000 series or higher) In other words, Ubisoft were very aware of the fact that the largest percentage of people who would consider buying their product had mid range systems and not the high end bells and whistles systems. This marketing ploy helped them achieve 300,000 sales of SH111 worldwide. I don't see them doing anything vey different with SH1V. I think that they will work hard to try and keep the RAM requirement to 512MB with a mid range video card such as the ATI 9600 or higher required. If the RAM requirement gets bumped to 1GIG and they were to bump the video card requirement too high they'd take a big sales hit. I have a mid range system, and I've spoken to one of the DEVS who confirmed 'off the record' that my system would run the game. So I'm just going to wait for next Spring.