What will the system spec be for this sim

johncas · Post by **johncas** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:13 pm

If it has already been coverd please post a link to it

jivebunny · Post by **jivebunny** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:37 pm

Hi johncas,

KujuAdam wrote:The final minimum specific will be announced when the game is finished, however, requirement will be well within ‘normal’ configurations. Providing you have a reasonably good graphics card (Nvidia 7*** series or above) you should be okay.

Cheers
KujuAdam | http://www.railsimulator.com

HTH,

JB

thegoonden · Post by **thegoonden** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 7:35 pm

That's a fairly silly spec TBH.
A 6600/6800 will BATTER a 7200, likewise a 7800 will embarass an 8200.
The first number only denotes the GPU generation, it's the last 3 digits that give the indication of relative power.

Please bear in mind before rushing out to buy "bargin" 7200's and suddenly finding you've actually downgraded.

The only reason for stating "7***" is that the game possibly needs that generation of GPU's shader support.

Useful link for seeing what's what....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison ... sing_Units

Bandwidth and fillrate are the important scores. As you can see, a 6800 is approx 10 X faster than a 7200!

dfisher1 · Post by **dfisher1** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:33 am

Well pointed out, what Adam said was highly misleading.

He should have specified the second digit ie. 76** or 78** as the budget models in the 7*** range would be unlikely to run KRS except at the lowest settings and even then possibly struggle.

tads1970 · Post by **tads1970** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:04 am

Just a sidenote,memory bandwidth & pixel pipelines would also be a factor to look at,the less pipelines on your card,the slower the performance,same as memory bandwidth.

Daz

captaincooke · Post by **captaincooke** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:08 am

I'm not going to be worried about the spec for KRS until there is a confirmed release date.

nath9425 · Post by **nath9425** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:36 pm

So why is Games For Windows saying this then!

RECOMMENDED REQUIREMENTS
OS: Windows Vista
Processor: Intel P4 2.0 GHz or AMD Athalon XP 2400+
RAM: Windows XP SP2 (512MB), WIndows Vista (512MB)
Video Card: 128 MB 3D Graphics card with Vertex and Pixel Shader (VS/PS) Capability
Drive: CD-ROM drive

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
OS: Windows XP / Windows Vista
Processor: Intel P4 2.0 GHz or AMD Athalon XP 2400+
RAM: Windows XP SP2 (512MB), WIndows Vista (512MB)
Video Card: 128 MB 3D Graphics card with Vertex and Pixel Shader (VS/PS) Capability
Drive: CD-ROM drive

RobertsN · Post by **RobertsN** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:02 pm

Sorry. Don't get it

Minimum = Recommended ???

Just goes to show there's a lot of hot air and nothing quite concrete.

Regards,

Nicholas Roberts

AndyM77 · Post by **AndyM77** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:33 pm

nath9425 wrote: So why is Games For Windows saying this then!

RECOMMENDED REQUIREMENTS
OS: Windows Vista

Purely for DX10 content that the game may / may not have, and also a way for Microshaft to 'Pimp' a product that nobody really needs... (at the moment

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