Fallout 3's system specs released

[The Wooster]

I must say the minimum requirements seem a bit... optimistic.

Minimum System Requirements:

Windows XP/Vista
1GB System RAM (XP)/ 2GB System RAM (Vista)
2.4 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 256MB RAM (NVIDIA 6800 or better/ATI X850 or better)

Recommended System Requirements:

Intel Core 2 Duo processor
2 GB System RAM
Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA 8800 series, ATI 3800 series)

 

[OverlordSteve]

Thank god I have an Xbox.

 

[Mr.Pandah]

I can run it just fine, but I still don't think I'll purchase it until I see the public reaction.

 

[Hellion25]

Hmm, well I'm looking to buy a PC with similar specs to the recommended ones seeing as the POS I had before has died on me. Unfortunately I don't have the funds and won't for a while so it will probably be outdated anyway by the time I get it and Fallout 3 will be a hazy memory.

 

[Bowstring]

Not a million miles away from Oblivion's requirements, surprisingly.

 

[ElArabDeMagnifico]

The processor on the min. req. seems to be the "optimistic" part IMO, but there isn't a big gap between the recommended and minimum specs on this.

Also, "News Room" beat ya to it.

 

[The Wooster]

The processor on the min. req. seems to be the "optimistic" part IMO, but there isn't a big gap between the recommended and minimum specs on this.

Also, "News Room" beat ya to it.

Okey doke. Everyone shuffle over to the news room topic.

 

[searanox]

Maximum settings, here I come. The game looks a good deal better on the Xbox 360 than Oblivion due to some optimisations, and the framerate is much, much more solid (still drops in a few videos I've seen but nothing terrible). Assuming they've optimised the game well for the PC then Oblivion will probably be a good indicator for how Fallout 3 will perform.

 

[Hawgh]

eh, doesn't look as high as I'd feared.

 

[Jumplion]

Oh my god! I will need to spend potentially tens of thousands of dollars just to play this game!

Don't play dumb, we all know you're the local PC-phillie here

Though, I may be able to just scrap past minimum.

 

[OuroborosChoked]

EDIT: Sorry, didn't see XP...

Effing Bethesda! Grr...

Funny that they were taking preorders on this game for months before this...

 

[Spartan Bannana]

I'm getting it on Xbox, my PC's in tha' shop neahw!

 

[searanox]

The biggest constraint this or any other action game will ever present is the GPU.

And that's easily and cheaply resolved unless you're running something which doesn't support PCI-Express slots.

Welcome to 2006.