In all honestly, is the game a bit CPU intensive (not unlike some Paradox games, who don't use the GPU or the RAM that much)
Naive question from someone who just love the concept of big robots shooting each other...
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Not that I've noticed?
My PC is far from cutting edge and it ran the Backer Beta without any real trouble. I had to put it down to near minimum settings to do so, but that's because of my anemic graphics card (the replacement upgrade is in the mail I type).
My PC is far from cutting edge and it ran the Backer Beta without any real trouble. I had to put it down to near minimum settings to do so, but that's because of my anemic graphics card (the replacement upgrade is in the mail I type).
That's going to depend entirely on what kind of system you have. The recommended specs are Intel Core i5-4460/AMD FX-4300 and 16 GB of RAM.
If you're thinking of the Clausewitz engine games like EU, this is a totally different game with a totally different engine. Unity games don't generally have inherent performance problems AFAIK.
If you're thinking of the Clausewitz engine games like EU, this is a totally different game with a totally different engine. Unity games don't generally have inherent performance problems AFAIK.
More of the load is on the GPU than it is for the main CPU. The biggest performance drops back in the beta were due to lack of a beefy enough GPU rather than a weak CPU. Though, there weren't very many optimizations done back then.
...Has anyone tried running the game at min specs with 6 GB of RAM?
My laptop is still monstrous (for a laptop), but she's far from the strongest monster on the block anymore.
My laptop is still monstrous (for a laptop), but she's far from the strongest monster on the block anymore.
...Has anyone tried running the game at min specs with 6 GB of RAM?
My laptop is still monstrous (for a laptop), but she's far from the strongest monster on the block anymore.
I'm kind of worried myself
AMD Phenom II x4 955
Radeon R7 200
16GB RAM
I hope I can run it, but I've already priced out a new system in case I can't....just waiting for my quarterly bonus check
I ran the first round of backer beta prior to the addition of multiplayer with 6 gb ram on integrated graphics with an i5 (don't remember the cores or speed). It wasn't pretty and I was around 15 fps max, sometimes as low as 7-9 fps. It was playable but not nice. About the same as xcom2 on the same machine. Now, campaign is likely to be more complex than beta skirmish, more things on screen, but release is also probably better optimized. Note that when i tried the super secret multiplayer beta opt-in, i couldn't load levels in sp or mp. I was still able to play after the first balance update (when evasion pips were introduced) but i didn't try it after the official mp beta started.
I've since purchased a much nicer laptop so I won't be able to confirm anything.
I've since purchased a much nicer laptop so I won't be able to confirm anything.
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You will probably be able to cut it with 6 GB of RAM, you will suffer some more micro stutter as the system uses it's swap file more frequently and the game may crash occasionally, but it SHOULD work....Has anyone tried running the game at min specs with 6 GB of RAM?
My laptop is still monstrous (for a laptop), but she's far from the strongest monster on the block anymore.
As far as your system is concerned, you should be more than fine. Because the Phenom II was closer to a Core 2 / Early i7 in performance. Plenty of ram and the graphics card should be ok. I ran Dragon Age Inquisition on a Phenom II with a Radeon 290 series card and it ran absolutely fine on 8 GB of ram, this game isn't as graphically intensive as that was.
Does it have a dedicated graphics card? My old laptop had 8 GB of RAM and only integrated graphics, and the beta wouldn't load into matches for me....Has anyone tried running the game at min specs with 6 GB of RAM?
My laptop is still monstrous (for a laptop), but she's far from the strongest monster on the block anymore.
That's a good point. If it doesn't have dedicated graphics it needs to be relatively modern, if it does have some kind of graphics card it should "run" the game.
Min specs have 8 GB of RAM, with a GPU. Which pretty much means if you have integrated, it's going to get dicey with regards to RAM, if only because the integrated GPUs consume from your main memory instead of having dedicated VRAM.
Beta v1 ate up about 3.8 GB of VRAM, whereas v2 ate up about 2.2 GB of VRAM after they washed out the textures considerably. I was running it on high, though.
Beta v1 ate up about 3.8 GB of VRAM, whereas v2 ate up about 2.2 GB of VRAM after they washed out the textures considerably. I was running it on high, though.