System Requirements?

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Just wanted to know how the chances are that I'll be able to play the game in full graphics mode on an Intel Core i5 560M Dual-Core, 2.66 GHz notebook with an onboard Intel GMA HD Shared Memory GPU and 4 GB DDR3 SDRAM - PC3-8500 - 1066 MHz under Win7x64.

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

I think the phrase "do I need a ferrari to get to work" comes to mind...

 

I can run it on full mode on a 4 year old laptop with half those specs.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

There are no guarantees with a shared memory gpu.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

I have Pentium 4 2.8 GHz (single core), 1.5 1 GB RAM (0.5 GB was defective), GeForce 8600 GTS (256 MB) and Windows XP. Will FE work?

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Gandhialf, reply 3
I have Pentium 4 2.8 GHz (single core), 1.5 GB RAM, GeForce 8600 GTS (256 MB) and Windows XP. Will FE work?

 

Single core might be a problem, I'm no expert though.  Thought I saw a dev say that the game required more.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top
Gandhialf, yes it will work, since it can run on my Athlon64, but performance won't be great.
Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Lord, reply 4
Do you have single core processor as well?

Yeah, Frogboy said that single core processors will not be "officially supported". And I don't know how to deal with it...

edit: "We don’t officially support single core CPU’s because they’re so old but their terrible performance helps us find bugs" (source). So I guess I must forget about playing FE. Maybe there will be a demo so I could find out if my computer handles the game.

Quoting unacomn, reply 5
Gandhialf, yes it will work, since it can run on my Athlon64, but performance won't be great.

Do you have single core processor as well?

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

I played FE beta on my Single core AMD 2g with 2 gig ram and a Nvidia 512 meg card.

 

It work ok.

 

 

Reply #8 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Solam, reply 7
I played FE beta on my Single core AMD 2g with 2 gig ram and a Nvidia 512 meg card.

It work ok. 

Good to hear this. Thanks.