What's the actual system requirements of fo?

posted on June 26th, 2012, 3:41 am

What's the system requirements of FO? I mean my experiences told me that not only the basic requirements but also the recommended one is not capable for gaming. For I have a cpu of 4 core@2.0GHz and a nvidia GeForce GT525M, but I don't think the gaming experience is an excellent one.

posted on June 26th, 2012, 3:57 am

Supposedly (and some will attest to this) you can run FO on an integrated Intel GPU and a Dual (or even Single) core. That said, I don't know what the in game settings and resolution are. Your rig should be more than capable of playing FO at full res with high detail. You might want to skip the anti-aliasing though, or keep it very low, 2x or 4x.

posted on June 26th, 2012, 4:05 am

When are you experiencing issues, and what sort of issues?

posted on June 26th, 2012, 5:16 am

Supposedly (and some will attest to this) you can run FO on an integrated Intel GPU and a Dual (or even Single) core. That said, I don't know what the in game settings and resolution are. Your rig should be more than capable of playing FO at full res with high detail. You might want to skip the anti-aliasing though, or keep it very low, 2x or 4x.

I used to run FO on a Core 2@2.0GHz, with an integrated Intel GPU, but it stuck almost all the time.

posted on June 26th, 2012, 11:41 am

i ran it on a core 1 duo (not even core 2) with 2 gb of ram and an integrated intel 945gm graphics chip.

i ran it at hd720 resolution (1280x720) and even had extra oomph to run fraps and record replays. i think i left AA off.

OP's hardware should be easily enough without AA. so there's probably some other issues.

certain things happen even with good hardware, such as looking a fleet of cloaked units will kill your frame rate. it doesn't really matter how good your computer is, a large number of cloaked ships will hurt it.

posted on June 26th, 2012, 12:03 pm

we don't have real system requirements (well, the 'minimum specs' for most modern games don't really work for me either). If you are above the Armada2 requirements you should be fine Fleet Operations runs even on my 5 year old Notebook without problems.

A half-way modern graphics card and RAM helps a lot. And, as for most RTS, the CPU is important too. Basically everything is important

posted on June 26th, 2012, 12:11 pm

Interesting topic because recently I got an old Intel 3.0ghz, 2mbRAM and 128mb graphic card as my secondary comp. How would game work on that configuration? Did anyone try to play on similar configuration?

posted on June 26th, 2012, 12:17 pm

Interesting topic because recently I got an old Intel 3.0ghz, 2mbRAM and 128mb graphic card as my secondary comp. How would game work on that configuration? Did anyone try to play on similar configuration?

i'm assuming that's a single core 3.0gz processor? and 2gb ram.

ram is by good enough by far. no worries.

graphics should be good enough.

cpu is the only worry, but again, should be ok if you don't game higher than HD 720 and leave AA off. you might have to turn detail down one notch for 8 player.

only way to find out is trying it. i think it will work.

posted on June 26th, 2012, 4:58 pm

Supposedly (and some will attest to this) you can run FO on an integrated Intel GPU and a Dual (or even Single) core. That said, I don't know what the in game settings and resolution are. Your rig should be more than capable of playing FO at full res with high detail. You might want to skip the anti-aliasing though, or keep it very low, 2x or 4x.

Yep, you can actually play it with a 1.8Ghz single core processor, half a Gig of RAM, and an eleven year old Intel integrated GPU if you keep the resolution low (1024x768 or below), don't use anti-aliasing, etc. and was able to maintain a decent frame-rate under most circumstances.

I currently run it with a 2.8Ghz single core processor, 2 Gigs of RAM, and an Nvidia GeForce Fx 5700LE (about nine years old) at 1600x1200 with the detail slider maxed and bump mapping on but anti-aliasing off. My frame-rate is about 50-60 in all but the biggest battles.

posted on June 26th, 2012, 6:44 pm

Supposedly (and some will attest to this) you can run FO on an integrated Intel GPU and a Dual (or even Single) core. That said, I don't know what the in game settings and resolution are. Your rig should be more than capable of playing FO at full res with high detail. You might want to skip the anti-aliasing though, or keep it very low, 2x or 4x.

Yep, you can actually play it with a 1.8Ghz single core processor, half a Gig of RAM, and an eleven year old Intel integrated GPU if you keep the resolution low (1024x768 or below), don't use anti-aliasing, etc. and was able to maintain a decent frame-rate under most circumstances.

I currently run it with a 2.8Ghz single core processor, 2 Gigs of RAM, and an Nvidia GeForce Fx 5700LE (about nine years old) at 1600x1200 with the detail slider maxed and bump mapping on but anti-aliasing off. My frame-rate is about 50-60 in all but the biggest battles.

You have keep a graphics card alive for nine years? Amazing. How this rig performs in an online game?

posted on June 26th, 2012, 7:24 pm

Well i got a top of the line system, but am still troubled by borg texture loading when I see them for them first time!

(BTW I have 1920x1080, max all except anti-aliansing, which I don't need at such resolution. I would gladly switch to less if I was able to zoom out more at lesser resolution, but all in all, i don't need to...)

posted on June 27th, 2012, 4:58 am

You have keep a graphics card alive for nine years? Amazing. How this rig performs in an online game?

I just keep my system cool and don't overclock things. It would probably perform fine online; Warcraft 3, MechWarrior 4, and some others work pretty well. I want to get a better network card though since mine is getting pretty old.

posted on June 27th, 2012, 6:51 am

That is not true! If a graphics card is tuned conservatively and properly cooled, then the overclock won't even affect the lifeline of your card. What you mustn't ever overclock is your integrated graphics or your laptop, otherwise its ok! Not that I want to brag, its just so that you know - you are talking to a know-it-all here!

i'm gonna go out on a limb here and estimate these recommended requirements:
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 3000MHz
- 2GB RAM
- GF 8600GT or ATI equivalent

Does the staff agree?

posted on June 27th, 2012, 3:15 pm

@cabal:
Yeah, keeping your system cool and free of dust is a lesson I learned the hard way . Room temp and dust is a big thing in a tropical country and nVidia little and unreliable fans do not help.

@beef:
As far as I know the safest way to overclock is to keep voltages unchanged until you get a better cooling system than stock, and lately people are starting to UNDERclock to keep the card cooler and reliable.

I believe FO will run fine in anything with two cores, and even with integrated graphics you'll get good FPS and graphics quality. I hope the next version will be as practical as the current one.