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Title: What is the minimal sys reqs
Post by: Arthur_the_great on July 12, 2011, 09:05:28 am

Any ideas as to what they are??

Title: Re: What is the minimal sys reqs
Post by: headdie on July 12, 2011, 09:31:09 am

I am running the game ok enough with MediaVP 3.6.12 on

Athlon 64 3200+ 2200mhz
1 gig memory
GForce 6600 gt

BP AoA works fine, though I suspect WiH might be too much to ask

Title: Re: What is the minimal sys reqs
Post by: The E on July 12, 2011, 09:43:01 am

For basic, no mediavps use, minimal system requirements would be something like a Pentium 3, 256 MB RAM, and an OpenGL 1.2-capable GPU.

With basic mediavps, I would suggest a Pentium 4 or better, 1 GB of RAM (2 if using Win Vista/7), and a GPU capable of handling OpenGL 2.1 or better.

Advanced mediavps would need more RAM, and a GPU capable of handling OpenGL 3, with at least 512 MB of dedicated video RAM.

Title: Re: What is the minimal sys reqs
Post by: Arthur_the_great on July 12, 2011, 03:55:18 pm

Thanks E
the boxs I use are right in the middle

Title: Re: What is the minimal sys reqs
Post by: Cobra on July 13, 2011, 12:48:31 am

Just for future reference I'm on an AMD E-350 Dual Core processor clocked at 1.66Ghz, 2GB RAM, and a Radeon HD 6310. It's very slow loading without .ibx caches but once it gets stuff loaded it all runs smoothly.

Title: Re: What is the minimal sys reqs
Post by: Yuzuki5749 on July 14, 2011, 03:24:13 pm

Quote from: scp.indiegames.us

System Requirements:
    AMD Athlon XP/64/X2, Intel P4/Core 2 Duo, or similar
    Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista, Mac OS X 10.4+, or a recent Linux distro
    GeForce 5xxx or Radeon 9xxx or other OpenGL-compatible video card.
    An OpenAL-compatible sound card
    1 GB RAM, 2 GB recommended.
    A working FreeSpace 2 install
    OpenAL 1.1

Title: Re: What is the minimal sys reqs
Post by: jg18 on July 15, 2011, 12:37:13 pm

Quote from: The E on July 12, 2011, 09:43:01 am

For basic, no mediavps use, minimal system requirements would be something like a Pentium 3, 256 MB RAM, and an OpenGL 1.2-capable GPU.

With basic mediavps, I would suggest a Pentium 4 or better, 1 GB of RAM (2 if using Win Vista/7), and a GPU capable of handling OpenGL 2.1 or better.

Advanced mediavps would need more RAM, and a GPU capable of handling OpenGL 3, with at least 512 MB of dedicated video RAM.

Hey, that's really useful information that I didn't know. Should that be posted, say, in the wiki, maybe in one of the getting started/setup pages, or even in its own "System requirements" page?

Although the information requires people to know which version of OpenGL their GPU supports... Wikipedia says my video card supports 3.3, but the information from the SCP hardware survey thread (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=77102) shows it only supports 2.1, thus explaining (with the lack of VRAM) why my machine struggles with MV_Advanced.vp... :blah:

Title: Re: What is the minimal sys reqs
Post by: Kolgena on July 15, 2011, 12:39:56 pm

Any chance that you're using a Mac? OSX doesn't support OpenGL 3.

OSX Lion is expected to though. In the meantime... bootcamp? :/

Title: Re: What is the minimal sys reqs
Post by: jg18 on July 15, 2011, 12:45:35 pm

I do indeed use a Mac, although my video card still falls short on VRAM (256 MB).

Title: Re: What is the minimal sys reqs
Post by: Arthur_the_great on July 19, 2011, 10:35:37 am

I use a mac aswell as a few windows boxes
but I have some graphics trouble on the mac
I made a post in the support board
please check it out if you think you can help it's getting annoying