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Added by Brad Shoemaker on June 17, 2009
Forsooth, we shall need more gigahertz! Verily!
Windows XP Minimum Specifications
- OS: Windows XP with SP3
- CPU: Intel Core 2 (or equivalent) running at 1.4Ghz or greater
- AMD X2 (or equivalent) running at 1.8Ghz or greater
- RAM: 1GB or more
- Video: ATI Radeon X850 128MB or greater
- NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 128MB or greater
- DVD ROM (Physical copy)
- 20 GB HD space
Windows Vista Minimum Specifications
- OS: Windows Vista with SP1
- CPU: Intel Core 2 (or equivalent) running at 1.6Ghz or greater
- AMD X2 (or equivalent) running at 2.2GHZ or greater
- RAM: 1.5 GB or more
- Video: ATI Radeon X1550 256MB or greater
- NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT 256MB or greater
- DVD ROM (Physical copy)
- 20 GB HD space
Recommended Specifications
- CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4Ghz Processor or equivalent
- RAM: 4 GB (Vista) or 2 GB (XP)
- Video: ATI 3850 512 MB or greater
- NVIDIA 8800GTS 512 MB or greater
- DVD ROM (Physical copy)
- 20 GB HD space
Don't forget, Dragon Age is also headed to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Check out my impressions of the X360 port from E3 to get an idea of how the game is going to play on the consoles, if you don't feel like upgrading your PC yet again. And if you don't happen to know anything about Dragon Age, this ought to help fill you in.
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124 Comments
Dear god 20gigs? that's awesome. I'm pretty set to play this awesome game. Can't wait.
20 gigs?! Damn!
I'll be playing on the 360 though, my comp can't handle this and I don't feel like spending a bunch of money on it just to make it work minimally.
I'll be playing on the 360 though, my comp can't handle this and I don't feel like spending a bunch of money on it just to make it work minimally.
Woo! I meet the recommended system specs. In fact, it's EXACTLY what I have in my PC. Can't wait for this game!
Anyone know if this will be a "Games for Windows" or a "Games for Windows Live"?
Basically, will it have Achievements in the PC version?
Basically, will it have Achievements in the PC version?
I don't understand why they wouldn't just recommend the lowest-priced Core i7 instead of a Core 2 Quad. It's more powerful (although a bit hotter, some say) and cheaper by at least 10%.
my PC is 2 years old now, and was mid-range back then. dont have the money or desire to upgrade since I dont use PC for many games. It'll be a 360 purchase for me.
i can handle this game on recommended and thats it no higher lol. 20gb is a lot be storage is no big deal i got a 1TB.
@giantwhitewhale: You truly sad person.
@anyone else: This should scare you yet more about the length of the game and the commitment of the guy's down at bioware. Here it is: Crysis is 12GB in total.
That game is Huge in term's of graphics AND game mechanic's. If this game (Dragon age: origins) is 20GB, I only wonder how much of a gamer-gasm I'll have while I'm playing it.
@anyone else: This should scare you yet more about the length of the game and the commitment of the guy's down at bioware. Here it is: Crysis is 12GB in total.
That game is Huge in term's of graphics AND game mechanic's. If this game (Dragon age: origins) is 20GB, I only wonder how much of a gamer-gasm I'll have while I'm playing it.
Anyone have any idea how much the recommended PC would cost? Not that I'm going to go buy one tomorrow. I just want to put it in perspective.
Edit: I just priced a PC from Dell, just to see. I probably could have found something cheaper if I wanted to spend more time on it, but the one I priced was $1700 (no software, no monitor, no keyboard, mouse, no extras). Obviously Dell is not going to be the cheaper end of the spectrum, but still. I don't think I've ever been happier to own a 360.
Edit: I just priced a PC from Dell, just to see. I probably could have found something cheaper if I wanted to spend more time on it, but the one I priced was $1700 (no software, no monitor, no keyboard, mouse, no extras). Obviously Dell is not going to be the cheaper end of the spectrum, but still. I don't think I've ever been happier to own a 360.
WOW!!! I did't expected the requirements to be that high! But...for me its fine ^^
They're pretty extreme system requirements, but I'll be able to run it, even if I'll need to use lower settings. The 20GB hard drive space is shocking though. I know compression technology is always getting better, but are they going to be able to fit all the data onto a single DVD?
i have the free space but my RAM and Graphics card dont meet the recommended requirements...
they're just fine for the minimum though
This is totally not cool. I don't understand why system requirements are going up as fast as they are. I mean, here I am playing Crysis on medium-high at comperable performances, and I'm only going to be able to play Dragon Age and other upcomming games at minimum? It makes me wonder why developers aren't taking their time to optimize for my rig. Oh well, one less consumer they have to worry about I guess.
A quad core and an 8800 for recommend spec? Guess I'll be picking up the 360 version after all, which sucks because this seems like a game that'll pick up a big mod following
Think I should be okay if I can clear some HD space. Dual-core OC'd to 3.00 GHz, SLI'd 8800GTs
I guess if I ever get a monitor big enough to want better than 1680x1050 I'll have to look at upgrading...
I guess if I ever get a monitor big enough to want better than 1680x1050 I'll have to look at upgrading...
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