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The Digital Mercenary is enough for Alpha/Beta access, after you buy the package you can actually refund it for the same value of store credits, so you can refund whatever you buy and top up the extra for a better package later on, pledge early for the benefits and upgrade to higher tiers later!

For example: Digital Mercenary $40 > Refund $40 credit + $25 = Digital Bounty Hunter > Refund $65 credit + $15 = Arbiter > Refund $80 + $45 = Digital Colonel/Freelancer.

 

Would this approach save money? Sorry I'm a little lost  :wacko:

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Would this approach save money? Sorry I'm a little lost  :wacko:

No actually i guess :x

But you do get the benefits of being an early backer, whilst retaining the ability to upgrade to a higher tier anytime you like if you don't want to sink $100 into the game just yet  :)  As you can see from the stretch goals early backers do get some benefits.

i.e : Backers before 16 million gets a laser pistol etc

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No actually i guess :x

But you do get the benefits of being an early backer, whilst retaining the ability to upgrade to a higher tier anytime you like if you don't want to sink $100 into the game just yet  :)  As you can see from the stretch goals early backers do get some benefits.

i.e : Backers before 16 million gets a laser pistol etc

 

Dang I should have backed earlier  :( I think the furthest I'm willing to spend is the 65  :wacko:

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Clocking 100's of hours on Freelancer I'm very much starting to look forward to this now  ^_^

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So to summarize:

 

64bit OS

at LEAST a quad-core, HT or higher cores possibly beneficial

at least 8GB DDR3 RAM

GTX 770 (i.e. a GTX 680) or AMD equivalent (HD 7950 overclocked or 7970) is recommended for MEDIUM settings.

HT is not beneficial for games >_< read my thread please, thank you.

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Dang I should have backed earlier  :( I think the furthest I'm willing to spend is the 65  :wacko:

IKR, i totally regret not backing in December when i first saw the Kickstarter, at the time i thought "2015? The fuq that is like forever!". Now i'm so caught up with studies that time just flies, before i know it i've completed my A's & Star Citizen would be out right after!

Go for the Pathfinder or Arbiter package though :P  Because the insurance would cover the base model with the base parts, so in the event that you lose your 315p/325a in the future insurance would cover you with the equipped 'stock' weapons. The 300i insurance would only cover the ship with 1 gun! The 325a on the other hand is equipped with 5 as stock.

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IKR, i totally regret not backing in December when i first saw the Kickstarter, at the time i thought "2015? The fuq that is like forever!". Now i'm so caught up with studies that time just flies, before i know it i've completed my A's & Star Citizen would be out right after!

Go for the Pathfinder or Arbiter package though :P  Because the insurance would cover the base model with the base parts, so in the event that you lose your 315p/325a in the future insurance would cover you with the equipped weapons. The 300i insurance would only cover the ship with 1 gun! The 325a on the other hand is equipped with 5 as stock.

 

Yeah I'm starting to think now... I have no idea what I'll be doing in November next year... I kind of just want to wait and then just upgrade a system and buy it that way... I'm not sure of anything anymore  :(

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Haha had a moment and spent 275 bucks on rear admiral :P! Gonna be awesome!

Harr, darr and a couple of....... plastic earings?

 

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@Dragontail Me jelly, donate me 30 dollars so i can up to a freelancer :x

Congratulations on your purchase :D  The constellation is gonna be beast.

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@Dragontail Me jelly, donate me 30 dollars so i can up to a freelancer :x

Congratulations on your purchase :D  The constellation is gonna be beast.

 

Thanks man! Now I just have to wait until it is released!

Harr, darr and a couple of....... plastic earings?

 

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Yeahh!!! An excuse to upgrade my titan!!!

 

A justification for buying 2x780 and wc them!

Harr, darr and a couple of....... plastic earings?

 

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Excuse me as I do my research on this. and save money.

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HT is not beneficial for games >_< read my thread please, thank you.

 

From the article:

 

Für Prozessoren gelte das Gleiche. Vier Kerne sollten es schon sein und ob mehr notwendig sein werden, müsse man von der technischen Entwicklung der kommenden 12 Monate abhängig machen. Wie die Skalierung der Kerne dann sein werde, könne er genau wie den Effekt von HT noch nicht einschätzen.

 

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The same thing goes for processors. Four cores will be needed, and the need for more cores shall be dependent on the technical developments of the next 12 months. It is not yet possible to estimate the scaling potential of adding more cores, or to determine the effectiveness of HT (hyperthreading).

 

HT is not beneficial for CURRENT games. Star Citizen is not due out for over a year. While Hyperthreading and a high core count are, as you say, not currently needed or indeed used, the engineers at working on Star Citizen are considering making them beneficial for their game.

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I think i will spend $40 on the starter package that includes the alpha and such since i don't want to invest a whole lot of cash into this game.

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I think i will spend $40 on the starter package that includes the alpha and such since i don't want to invest a whole lot of cash into this game.

 

It takes one hell of a lot for me to pay anything for something that I won't get for a good while yet. But this game.... Oh it's so close to making me buy it!!!

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8 GB RAM and a 4-core CPU? Guess I get to keep playing on my laptop then.

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8 GB RAM and a 4-core CPU? Guess I get to keep playing on my laptop then.

 

Have you got a 680/770 equivalent GPU in that laptop of yours then? Or is the laptop 720x480?

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8 GB RAM and a 4-core CPU? Guess I get to keep playing on my laptop then.

You missed the GPU part of the topic. It requires at least a GTX 770 to play on MEDIUM settings. I bet you any money your laptop doesn't meet that requirement.

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Now I feel vindicated that I bought 16GB of RAM.

 

I can't wait to play this game.

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Have you got a 680/770 equivalent GPU in that laptop of yours then? Or is the laptop 720x480?

 

 

You missed the GPU part of the topic. It requires at least a GTX 770 to play on MEDIUM settings. I bet you any money your laptop doesn't meet that requirement.

 

It was a joke -_-

 

That said, I'd probably be perfectly happy playing on the lowest settings at 30 FPS, and might be able to tolerate it for a little while even lower than that. All that said I'm probably going to get a real computer at some point in the next 2 years so I'll only have to get through some of the alpha and beta content.

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I was thinking of getting a 4670k to go with my 7970.But even that beast of a system sounds weak in this game.

 

 

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Hey @Linus. You know you said you would only upgrade your system if you had to? Well guess what? More build logs coming!

 

Pretty sure GTX 590 SLI will be able to handle something a single 770 can do :)

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My poor 570 might not be able to even run it.

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