The ever informative Bethblog has revealed the system requirements for RAGE that will either make you cry or sigh in relief. The requirements are; 
 
Minimum 

• OS: Win XP SP3, Vista, Windows 7
• Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent AMD
• Memory: 2GB
• HDD Space: 25GB(MEGATEXTURES!!!)
• GPU: GeForce 8800, Radeon HD 4200

• OS: (Exactly the same as minimum)
• Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad or equivalent AMD
• Memory: 4GB
• HDD: 25GB(MEGATEXTURES!!!)
• Video Card: GeForce 9800 GTX, ATi Radeon HD 5550

Wow, what? ID still knows their stuff if the recommended settings actually guarantee a smooth experience. Expecting some major frames per second.

Then again it looks amazing on consoles too, I wonder if the difference between platforms stays minimal.

Well, honestly system requirements don't really mean much; there's no real standard of what 'minimum' and 'required' actually mean.
 
Anyway, I guess I'm tentatively interested in this game.

Well, honestly system requirements don't really mean much; there's no real standard of what 'minimum' and 'required' actually mean.  Anyway, I guess I'm tentatively interested in this game.

Sounds good to me. Wonder if there'll be a PC demo for it so we can test it ourselves.

@eroticfishcake said:

@BeachThunder said:

Well, honestly system requirements don't really mean much; there's no real standard of what 'minimum' and 'required' actually mean. Anyway, I guess I'm tentatively interested in this game.

I won't deny that with PCs since I can run Crysis 2 at a good framerate with High settings whereas Fable 3 is a Powerpoint presentation, there's just too many variables. But hey, a yardstick of some sorts is still good to know rather then taking a gamble and it is an id game so chances are that it will run pretty smoothly on a lot of machines. I'm just more interested in a new engine then the game itself.

Welcome to the world of PC games. Mine can run Fable III quite amazingly, but shit even on lowest settings on Crysis 2.

 In all honesty those are some pretty reasonable figures for a game that looks this good. Thoughts anyone?

That is less then I was expecting, my old PC can run this easily. New one will dominate it.

I'm excited to see how this will look on my new computer.

Doesn't sound too bad, considering how nice it looks.

Not bad.

Their engine must scale very well. Not bad for a good looking game.

@eroticfishcake said:

 In all honesty those are some pretty reasonable figures for a game that looks this good. Thoughts anyone?

Yes I have a thought, RAGE doesn't "look this good" 

Carmack, baby. Kids pay your respects. Show you how it's done.

@AhmadMetallic said:

@eroticfishcake said:

 In all honesty those are some pretty reasonable figures for a game that looks this good. Thoughts anyone?

Yes I have a thought, RAGE doesn't "look this good" 

Truthfully, it looks THAT good.

@dbz1995 said:

@AhmadMetallic said:

@eroticfishcake said:

 In all honesty those are some pretty reasonable figures for a game that looks this good. Thoughts anyone?

Yes I have a thought, RAGE doesn't "look this good" 

Truthfully, it looks THAT good.

I think it's sad how video game enthusiasts don't know how to distinguish how they feel about a game, from how the game really is. Yes, RAGE is looking great as a video game, I'm looking forward to buying it too, etc etc.. But graphically, it's nothing "that good", it just isn't.  
Yes, aesthetically it's great, the visual design is awesome, the art is sexy, the game is superb, total GOTY, but graphically, you shouldn't be surprised that the recommended specs are so low, because the game does not look that good. It runs at 60 frames per second on a 6 year old piece of hardware, that tells you all you need to know about the id 5 engine..

Holy shit Carmack, someone should make you a wizard hat of the finest materials.

@pornstorestiffi: With how good it looks on consoles still I expected such. Lets just hope it is optimized well and has the kind of settings you would expect for a pc game.

C'mon rage will be a overblown tech demo for the new engine... not a actual game.

Its a shame that ID technology fell out of favor in recent years. I remember when damned near everything ran on the Quake 3 engine. I know I will get great performance out of this game.

C'mon rage will be a overblown tech demo for the new engine... not a actual game.

Bunch of cool guys in this thread. This game is going to rule and run like butter

First game using Doom Engine 5, wow, those are lower than the Battlefield 3 reqs, lets see what looks better. But This engine is supposed to be real next gen stuff. John Fucking Carmack worked on it.

People expected this game to have high requirements? I don't understand why.  It's a current gen console engine with bigass textures that stream in. End of new features.

Yay, my computer should be able to destroy those specs!

are those PC requirements for 720p at 30 fps locked?

I have a gtx 480 and was worried for a bit.