assasins-creed posts

It's really too bad that some muscular purple elf is already using this as his catchphrase, because, looking at the hardware recommendations for Age of Conan, a whole lot of folks are not prepared, at least when it comes to being able to turn up the bells and whistles when they visit Hyborea, whether it's just for 250 hours or a whole lot longer.

From the pre-release notes' FAQ (question 1.10):

Required

• 3GHz Pentium IV
• 1GB RAM
• NVIDIA GeForce 5800 or ATI 9800
  

Recommended

• Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz (E6600) or better
• 2GB+ RAM
• NVIDIA GeForce 7950GX2 or better
  

Sorry, Mom, that vintage eMachine I gave you so you could check your email just ain't gonna cut it. I don't think that iMac you got to replace it is going to work, either.

Behind every single one of the games we love, it lurks. The lucky ones never fall prey to it. Some can barely escape its grasp. And it changes and evolves with every new title that comes to market.

What is this modern Grue, waiting to devour the unwary or unprepared? What rough beast, its hour come 'round at last, slouches towards NewEgg to be born?

The system requirements to play your favorite title, or the hottest new game coming down the pipe.

If your PC can't deliver a decent level of performance, it's all but impossible to enjoy playing a game. Fortunately, there are several factors that have come into play to allow the vast majority of us, the gaming public, to do so. At the very beginning are the minimum and recommended system requirements published by the game developers themselves. These specifications aren't drawn up out of the blue, but are laid down by the devs in order to make sure that anyone who wants to play their game can do so with the expectation of a decent level of performance.