Duke Nukem Forever PC Specs Revealed

[Arnoxthe1]

10 GB

@.@

 

[Pebkac]

Yeah, but I meant, can I play the game with it?

The minimum is a 2600, which is a mid-range gaming card... but even older, so it's even harder to compare to new ones. It has 120 pipelines @ 500 MHz VS the 4250's 40 @ 500 MHz. But the architecture would be very different; the 4250 is newer tech, it's just not made to be powerful.

I'd say no, but it's always possible to get games to run on systems below spec. You'd have to try the demo (if they make one).

I wouldn't buy it first.

 

[redisforever]

Yeah, but I meant, can I play the game with it?

The minimum is a 2600, which is a mid-range gaming card... but even older, so it's even harder to compare to new ones. It has 120 pipelines @ 500 MHz VS the 4250's 40 @ 500 MHz. But the architecture would be very different; the 4250 is newer tech, it's just not made to be powerful.

I'd say no, but it's always possible to get games to run on systems below spec. You'd have to try the demo (if they make one).

I wouldn't buy it first.

Thanks for the help, and I'm pretty sure there will be a demo, given to those who got the Borderlands GOTY edition, but whether it will be released to the general public, we'll see.

 

[thenumberthirteen]

Looks like I'll be able to run it no trouble then. I like having a decent gaming PC as I don't have to worry about which games will and will not run. Any game whose minimum specs are higher than my PC have put themselves way out the market.

 

[CrazyCapnMorgan]

Everything looks good, but damn, 10gb?

Wonder what's taking up that space right there.

Pretty standard these days. Tomb Raider:Legend was that.

(Woah, Legend was? What was Underworld?)

Yeah but, geez, Mass Effect 2 was 12gb and that had, you know... Dialogue. Lots and lots of it.

What is Duke Nukem filling this up with? An inordinate amount of different stripper panties for the game to randomize? (Admittedly not a bad idea).

that and...

poop physics, boobs physics, over 9000 insults, infinite urinal pissing oh and the ability to write stuff with a pen/marker

i made most of them but you could wisht it was true

Fix'd that for you!

 

[EHKOS]

Everything looks good, but damn, 10gb?

Wonder what's taking up that space right there.

Extra languges. Seriously that takes up alot.

OT: I knew it was going to be lower, Gearbox only optimized/finished it and prolly converted some textures. It's still an old game on an old engine. Can't wait to turn it up to highest. First new game I can do that with! Stupid 4550...

 

[EHKOS]

MY GOD! I can run this! I was expecting to have it be unplayable on my laptop, but I can play it! Glad they're using the Unreal 2.5 engine, 3 hates my computer. 2.5 works great, usually.

EDIT: Wait, an ATI Radeon Mobility HD 4250. Will that work? It can run most games, newest one I think was the new Medal of Honor game. By newest, I mean graphics tech.

A 3850 is much better than a 4250.

"Series 3" vs "Series 4" isn't going to make a huge different, but the 8 in 3850 signifies a gaming series card, while the 2 in 4250 signifies general purpose; ie: high definition movies.

It's like Celeron 3.2 GHz VS Pentium 2.6 GHz.

Button-mashers have it easy when it comes to buying videogames. All they have to worry about is which logo is on the box. Those of us with more refined gaming palates have weightier matters to contend with, however, foremost among them being "minimum system requirements," the arcane formula which tells us whether or not a particular game will run on our rig.

Like how those with more refined taste drink bottled water.

Yeah, but I meant, can I play the game with it?

Yeah, maybe not at full, but yeah.

 

[Treblaine]

So...it's Steam or bust?

I sure hope Steam never becomes a total monopoly...

Anyway, I dunno what any of that means. Except for Memory, Hard Drive, Video Memory, and OS.

*blissfully ignorant console gamer*

Well it's not a Monopoly by its own doing. Microsoft has the means and the motivation to make GfWL a serious contender only they seem to take a "monkey with typewriter" approach to actually coding the DRM so that it, well... it just doesn't fucking work.

Sony could move into this space as well, if they felt like it but they started as a Consumer Electronics company and many ways really still are, they obviously don't understand networks (fundamentally) they aren't interested in service for gaming on hardware they have no stake in. Apple in much the same position.

The thing is Valve seems to be the only company that actually takes PC gaming seriously, everyone else just seems to treat it like a dying animal to need to squeeze the last drop of blood from. GfWL seems to spend half its time reminding you that Xbox is a great alternative.

GoG.com is a great contender but only on the budget/old titles, it's not really competition.

 

[HerbertTheHamster]

It looks about as bad as Bioshock, considering it's using the unreal 2.5 engine.

I hope 90% of that CPU power goes to jiggle physics and feces, otherwise I ain't buying.

 

[shintakie10]

Ah the 8800. I had that card for a good five years? I think thats right. Maybe four. It was a sad sad day when it finally crapped out on me.

I've always tried to figure out what recommended specs actually meant though. Sure as hell doesn't mean max settins. We talkin like...this is what you need to make it look as good and run at that lovely 20 fps console players get or like...run at slightly higher settins with 30 fps?

One of these days I shall figure it out.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

All this time I was sure I was going to have to wait until I upgraded from this laptop to a decent desktop to play this game; I'm almost certain I can run this, assuming those minimums are actual minimums, and not, say, what you need to get 15 FPS at 800X600. I guess Gearbox wasn't joking about having very little to do to finish what 3D Realms started? Those specs would have been pretty standard back in 2007 or 2008.

 

[shintakie10]

I unno how I glossed over it, but seein you need Steam makes me wonder why thats becomin such a big trend in the industry lately. Games come out and you end up needin to validate it through Steam or Games for Windows Live or Impulse...or a combination of Steam and Games for Windows Live. The hecks the point of that anyway? Is it like poor studios DRM or somethin?

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

I unno how I glossed over it, but seein you need Steam makes me wonder why thats becomin such a big trend in the industry lately. Games come out and you end up needin to validate it through Steam or Games for Windows Live or Impulse...or a combination of Steam and Games for Windows Live. The hecks the point of that anyway? Is it like poor studios DRM or somethin?

Steamworks is actually the best DRM on the market, from the publishers point of view. It's one of the main reasons I only buy Steam games when their on sale.

 

[flakmagnet]

Button-mashers have it easy when it comes to buying videogames. All they have to worry about is which logo is on the box. Those of us with more refined gaming palates have weightier matters to contend with, however, foremost among them being "minimum system requirements," the arcane formula which tells us whether or not a particular game will run on our rig.

I'm tired of being put down as less of a gamer because I play mostly on consoles. I understand that this wasn't meant that way, but it still seems like every time I turn around there's a PC gloat going around. I'm not taking a huge offense at this one, but PC gamers, please stop putting me down for preferring an analog stick to a mouse. By the way, I do own several games on PC and do play them.
*snip*

As a gamer of 20 years, I'd love to know the same, unfortunately, it will probably stop as soon as console fanboys stop flaming each other.

End of the day, we all like the same pastime. I prefer controller from the sofa as it's cheaper, more comfortable and more of my friends play online on the 360. I'm not going to reccomend to all of them they get a PC with high enough spec just so they can play with me. I like the occasional PC game, but 360 is my preference. Let's stop the elitism (and the console fanboy wars too while we're wishing on rainbows here!)

OT: specs not too high is a good thing for me, more of my mates may give it a try, I may get the PC version. We shall see.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

MY GOD! I can run this! I was expecting to have it be unplayable on my laptop, but I can play it! Glad they're using the Unreal 2.5 engine, 3 hates my computer. 2.5 works great, usually.

EDIT: Wait, an ATI Radeon Mobility HD 4250. Will that work? It can run most games, newest one I think was the new Medal of Honor game. By newest, I mean graphics tech.

A 3850 is much better than a 4250.

"Series 3" vs "Series 4" isn't going to make a huge different, but the 8 in 3850 signifies a gaming series card, while the 2 in 4250 signifies general purpose; ie: high definition movies.

It's like Celeron 3.2 GHz VS Pentium 2.6 GHz.

Button-mashers have it easy when it comes to buying videogames. All they have to worry about is which logo is on the box. Those of us with more refined gaming palates have weightier matters to contend with, however, foremost among them being "minimum system requirements," the arcane formula which tells us whether or not a particular game will run on our rig.

Like how those with more refined taste drink bottled water.

It should still be within the minimums, though; I have a 4200 myself, and as I understand it, the performance is comparable to a 3400, and that should be at least as good as a measly 2600.

Edit: Not that I'm going to buy this game until I can try a demo. I've been burned by minimums that were lower than they should have been too many times for me not to be wary of a game with a graphics card requirement that I'm right on the edge of, even if I'm above the recommended specs everywhere else.

 

[Mr. Omega]

Button-mashers have it easy when it comes to buying videogames. All they have to worry about is which logo is on the box. Those of us with more refined gaming palates have weightier matters to contend with,

So in the FIRST SENTENCE, you claim that PC Gamers have better taste than console gamers, even coming up with a cute little nickname for console gamers.

Nice bit of professional gaming journalism... /sarcasm

 

[Triforceformer]

I was actually surprised when I saw this. Everything in my rig is above and beyond what this game is asking of me. So this is what it feels like to be a PC gamer...I feel smug.

This is what we get for making it a console port instead of a PC exclusive like it should have been.

*cry*

What? You get a game that is pretty damn easy to run and still looks great? That's a bad thing?

 

[CardinalPiggles]

i think can run that? lol

im not too sure about actually buying the game though, seems like a waste of time now.

 

[Shadowtek]

as long as these are the real requirements and this isnt like "Black Ops" minimum requirements then I think most of us are going tho be fine. Thanks for the post. I was wondering about what was required myself.

 

[Sgt_Jakeman214]

Yeah, but I meant, can I play the game with it?

The minimum is a 2600, which is a mid-range gaming card... but even older, so it's even harder to compare to new ones. It has 120 pipelines @ 500 MHz VS the 4250's 40 @ 500 MHz. But the architecture would be very different; the 4250 is newer tech, it's just not made to be powerful.

I'd say no, but it's always possible to get games to run on systems below spec. You'd have to try the demo (if they make one).

I wouldn't buy it first.

Hmm, I've got a similar layout in a laptop to redisforever, but I've got the ATI Radeon mobility HD4570 (512mb). It does run Starcraft 2 on medium graphics quite well, and Flight Sim 9/2004 on high. The poor little Intel Pentium Dual Core running at 2.3Ghz is probably my main limiting factor.

Do you reckon my Laptop would be able to handle the Duke?