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Star Citizen needs a big shiny sign on the front page about HW Requirements

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I already posted this on the hardware forums but i think you guys would agree, I see atleast 8 people a week complaining their computers arent getting good fps or just straight up dont run the game.
While it is technically their fault for not even checking, I think CIG should probably put something big and noticeable on the front page along the lines of "hey man, I know you are super stoked for this game but take a minute and look at these requirements because frankly your pc probably cant run it. heres another link to the hardware section where the nice people will help you decide on an upgrade plan"

 

 

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That site is a joke, though.

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http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=5490&game=Star%20Citizen

 

Star Citizen

 

Ultra requirements

 

AMD GPU : R9 390

 

 

No wonder. Apparently only cards from the future can run this game at ultra. 

http://www.pc-specs.com/gpu/AMD/R-300_Series/Radeon_R9_390/2264

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I really don't get people who complain, I play star citizen 60fps 1080p low graphics on an i5-650 and a 7850 4gb ram

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I really don't get people who complain, I play star citizen 60fps 1080p low graphics on an i5-650 and a 7850 4gb ram

on freemode? it cant be vanduul swarm i have a 970 and i get dips down to the 40's. although i think its because the game only uses 60 percent of my gpu when the vanduul are out

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To be fair, SC is in Alpha stage so hardware requirements will go up/down depending on what updates are put in place so nothing can be set in stone. CIG cant put a hardware requirement on their game as of now.  If a person who pledged for SC cant run the game, but bought a package expecting to be able to at this time, then it is their fault for not properly researching and/or making sure their hardware can keep up with a game before purchasing it. 

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on freemode? it cant be vanduul swarm i have a 970 and i get dips down to the 40's. although i think its because the game only uses 60 percent of my gpu when the vanduul are out

I was only testing the free demo. Freeflight 

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you guys also understand that no optimazations have been done as well. so it will become a bit easier to run in the future.

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you guys also understand that no optimazations have been done as well. so it will become a bit easier to run in the future.

Not necessarily. they are also planning to add a lot in the future, not to mention much larger things that are going to be significantly harder to render.

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If they stick to the plan of having 1 bazzilion polys for each door knob and teaspoon it might get even heavier to run towards the release. 

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You can't really put hardware requirements on an unfinished game, one patch it'll run like shit, the other it will be a bit more optimized, it changes way too often to determine what should be proper hardware specs. When the game fully launches 1-2 years from now, they'll crack down on optimizations for both the CPU and the GPU, so until then only time will tell.  

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You can't really put hardware requirements on an unfinished game, one patch it'll run like shit, the other it will be a bit more optimized, it changes way too often to determine what should be proper hardware specs. When the game fully launches 1-2 years from now, they'll crack down on optimizations for both the CPU and the GPU, so until then only time will tell.  

okay yes this is all true that doesnt mean that they cant show people what ISNT going to run the game right now

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Actually if you try hard enough you can run the game on almost anything - like this guy who run in on an integrated graphics. Just don't expect fluid fps on old systems. I guess they don't want to waste time posting updated hardware requirements on the RSI website after every patch. 

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Actually if you try hard enough you can run the game on almost anything - like this guy who run in on an integrated graphics. Just don't expect fluid fps on old systems. I guess they don't want to waste time posting updated hardware requirements on the RSI website after every patch. 

I know about that guy lol. but not everybody finds that post, i definitely recommend it whenever i can though

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okay yes this is all true that doesnt mean that they cant show people what ISNT going to run the game right now

To make an official requirements now would be stupid, if they said the minimum was an i3 (which it runs ok with) and everyone went and got one then a month down the line it was unplayable there would be riots on the forum.

At the moment there is a basic requirements on the download page, I don't think you could ask for more than that ATM.

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Specs are not finalised since the full* game is years from release (late 2016 at the earliest). With my system I get 40-60 fps on Very High 1440p.

 

*game is going to be expanded after official release so specs are likely to constantly change.

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How can 7970 be minimum?

Judging by the youtube videos currently 7970 users are playing at high settings on the modules released.

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You need.

Intel 5960x

4 Titan Xs

64GB of Ram

and gods magic!

You can't have HW requirments on an unfinished game lol!

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You need.

Intel 5960x

4 Titan Xs

64GB of Ram

and gods magic!

You can't have HW requirments on an unfinished game lol!

27f603fa1d764bacba06b435c7684749.jpg you can but they have to be vague.

How can 7970 be minimum?

Judging by the youtube videos currently 7970 users are playing at high settings on the modules released.

Its not
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you guys also understand that no optimazations have been done as well. so it will become a bit easier to run in the future.

 

It will only get harder to run. They have truckload of rendering techniques in the pipeline that they've promised but that aren't even in the engine yet.

 

Optimization will help with minimum settings, but if you're planning on running on ultra then you'll need future hardware.

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It will only get harder to run. They have truckload of rendering techniques in the pipeline that they've promised but that aren't even in the engine yet.

 

Optimization will help with minimum settings, but if you're planning on running on ultra then you'll need future hardware.

 

Or four titan Xs ;)

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Or four titan Xs ;)

 

2 will probably be enough  :ph34r:

 

I was talking about consumer-level GPUs though  ^_^

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2 will probably be enough  :ph34r:

 

I was talking about consumer-level GPUs though  ^_^

technically titan x's are consumer level lol. quadros are another story.

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