Be honest, do you think you'll be able to run Stellaris?

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Yeah. Not a great computer, fairly middling, but good enough. GTX 750Ti and i5-4690K. Probably not at best settings, maybe a bit chuggy toward late game, but should run it.
 

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My computer's pretty meh but it consistently surprises me with what it can run without inverting itself. I want a 970 like everyone and their sister seems to have but I'll need to buy a better PSU too to make it mean anything thing. But until then I'm not worried about being able to run Stellaris.
 

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The only thing in my computer that is not upgraded to my pleasure is graphics card. And i'm only holding back at the moment to wait for the new generation of graphics cards to come this summer :)

But it should run Stellaris as a breeze.
 

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I've got an i-5 with an nvidia 660 GTX and 12 GB Ram. I hope it runs.....
I have something similar. I can run Skyrim and Fallout 4. I'm sure we're fine.
 

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Bring it on Stellaris
 

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FX-4100 and HD 6670, serving me well since almost 5 years when I had absolutely no idea about hardware. But could have been worse.

I'm not awaiting a performance miracle, but it should be alright. I won't force myself to get a new setup when Stellaris and HoI run about right, considering there seems to be new hardware out thats finally again a massive improvement compared to what we have now within the next year.
 

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So I actually bothered to run my system through can you run it, and everything seems fine, except for my graphics card a GT 545, which I didn't realize was old until I found out they don't actually make it anymore... So uh to all the more tech savvy people on here, how screwed am I?
 

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So I actually bothered to run my system through can you run it, and everything seems fine, except for my graphics card a GT 545, which I didn't realize was old until I found out they don't actually make it anymore... So uh to all the more tech savvy people on here, how screwed am I?

Well, the minimum requirements are more powerful then your video card. You may be able to run it but it's not guaranteed.
 

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old i7, 8 gb ram and nvidia gforce 640gtx here.

Runs most of the things and all of paradox titles so far. I am confident that I am fine.

Probably will upgrade whenever VR stuff is teasing me too much and the gear is really availiable (maybe in second generation or so)