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Most of people is curious and concerned about the system requirements for MP2, I know the game is still in developing, but can you guys in remedy tell us what do you think it will be the system requirements for MP2? Cus im seriously thinking in upgrading my system and I though you may give an opinion.
Thanks and sorry my bad english! images/icons/wink.gif
HP
scorpian007
07-01-2003, 08:45 AM
I'm guessing you'll need a P4 2.4Ghz, 512Mb RAM, GeForceFX 5900 Ultra to play it well and maybe a 1Ghz, 256Mb RAM, GeForce 2 Ti minimum. Just a guess though.
Wrathstalker
07-01-2003, 09:16 AM
I would guess that the recommended specs are:
2 GHz or more
Geforce4 ti card
512 mb ram.
for the min specs i would guess:
1 GHz
256 mb ram
Geforce 3
Originally posted by Wrathstalker:
for the min specs i would guess:
1 GHz
256 mb ram
Geforce 3 <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Well... I curently I have a Atholon 1200MHz, 256Mb (Wll increase to 512 soon) and a GeForce 2 MX400 64Mb, I think it will do to play the game... But for a game like this, i want a better compu cus i wnat to run it at the maxium details! images/icons/wink.gif
Originally posted by Wrathstalker:
for the min specs i would guess:
1 GHz
256 mb ram
Geforce 3 <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Well... I curently I have a Atholon 1200MHz, 256Mb (Wll increase to 512 soon) and a GeForce 2 MX400 64Mb, I think it will do to play the game... But for a game like this, i want a better compu cus i want to run it at the maxium details! images/icons/wink.gif
KillJoy
07-02-2003, 07:41 PM
I wonder if they are gonna say like:
15000 3dmarks in 2001
That is what they did for MP 1,
Would a high score in 3dM2001 equate to good performance in MP 2 or had the max-ed engine been over-hauled too much?
Champ32
07-02-2003, 08:03 PM
Lucky for me it's coming out on consoles.
I'd think more along the lines of:
GFX card minimum: 64MB Directx 8.1 compliant.
Recommended: 128MB DirectX 9.0 compatible.
(note compliant with Directx 8.1! (though they'll probably go with just compatible, so it'll work with GF4MXs))
Processor minimum: 1 GHz Pentium III, AMD Athlon, or equivalent.
Recommended: 1.5 GHz Pentium 4, AMD Athlon or equivalent.
Minimum RAM 128MB (XP users, 256MB required).
Recommended RAM 256MB.
Hey, maybe we can pretend to win prizes on whose guess is closest!
pmikhail
07-03-2003, 06:00 AM
From what the Remedy guys have been saying, i think the requirements will be a lot lower than what you guys are suggesting.
HP i suggest you just wait till the official word before you upgrade.
Yup.. I also think that's the better thing to do, thanks ;D
biXen
07-03-2003, 06:54 AM
Compared to Max Payne 1's time of release and requirements, I don't think j is too far off. But some of you in here have a big problem in that you consider 20fps playable, just because you want to play it so bad, hehe. Well so did I when I had a worse machine. I have no doubt that you can still play Max Payne 2 on pretty low end machines, but it won't look as good, and it'll be nailbiting for other reasons than the gameplay images/icons/smile.gif
shadow_ninja
07-03-2003, 07:23 AM
i bet bullettime would be a bitch on a low end rig. but thank god i have a really,really,really,really godd computer! images/icons/grin.gif
Wrathstalker
07-03-2003, 07:29 AM
Originally posted by biXen:
Compared to Max Payne 1's time of release and requirements, I don't think j is too far off. But some of you in here have a big problem in that you consider 20fps playable, just because you want to play it so bad, hehe. Well so did I when I had a worse machine. I have no doubt that you can still play Max Payne 2 on pretty low end machines, but it won't look as good, and it'll be nailbiting for other reasons than the gameplay images/icons/smile.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I honestly think 20 fps is very playable... When I had a 2100+ and played Unreal2 my framerate would drop to 9 fps... And still I was able to play it.
Wrathstalker: Sure, you can play even at 1 fps, but is it enjoyable? I highly doubt it. To me playable is anything above 25.
And oh, the fact that you have a 2100+ doesn't really matter, since in most games the bottleneck is the GFX card, not the CPU. Anything above 1.5 GHz should run any game out today smoothly.
On a side note, too bad I'll probably have to play MP2 without FSAA to have it running enjoyably images/icons/frown.gif
..atleast until I can muster up the moolah for that Radeon 9800 Pro.
biXen
07-03-2003, 07:55 AM
I don't give a shit if my FPS is 40 or 120, but 9 fps isn't acceptable, and any big drop sucks ass. Even 40 is what I enjoy, since I use a shitload of AA and AF anyway, but let me just say, if I got 9 FPS in Unreal 2 (not that I would play the crappy game) I'd set my settings lower. That's not playable. And I know you CAN play it, like you have to foresee what will happen in those 2/3 frames you can see, but it's ****ing annoyingly playable. I'd accept it with an old hag of a computer, but not nowadays.
wxpoet22
07-05-2003, 10:15 PM
Originally posted by scorpian007:
I'm guessing you'll need a P4 2.4Ghz, 512Mb RAM, GeForceFX 5900 Ultra to play it well and maybe a 1Ghz, 256Mb RAM, GeForce 2 Ti minimum. Just a guess though. <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">And I was told that the system requirements of Max Payne 2 are not a whole lot different from the system requirements of Max Payne 1.
Kev_Boy
07-06-2003, 03:36 AM
Does Max Payne 2 feature DX9 features?
KillJoy
07-06-2003, 03:40 AM
Uhhhh.... No game on the market now or any time soon will have the full DX9 feature set. Hell, Doom III is the only one who uses most of the API and it doesnt come out till december.
MP2 probably uses DX 8.1 as the foundation. Remember, not many people have DX 9 capable cards anyway Kev_boy
Kev_Boy
07-06-2003, 04:27 AM
I think Deus Ex II will also have DX9 features, with the entire shadow stuff...thats DX9 right?
Pr0zac
07-07-2003, 03:30 PM
To play it at more than 30FPS at 1024X768 with AA/AF, all effects on/max:
Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB / GeForce FX 5900 128MB
XP2400+ / P42.5
512MB Ram
and how can u be so sure about that?
Pr0zac
07-07-2003, 04:16 PM
It's an estimate!
allright... sounds good, i think... luckily i can match your requirements images/icons/smile.gif
except for the graphics... images/icons/frown.gif but i think that will change in the next months images/icons/smile.gif
Wrathstalker
07-07-2003, 05:15 PM
Originally posted by j:
Wrathstalker: Sure, you can play even at 1 fps, but is it enjoyable? I highly doubt it. To me playable is anything above 25.
And oh, the fact that you have a 2100+ doesn't really matter, since in most games the bottleneck is the GFX card, not the CPU. Anything above 1.5 GHz should run any game out today smoothly.
On a side note, too bad I'll probably have to play MP2 without FSAA to have it running enjoyably images/icons/frown.gif
..atleast until I can muster up the moolah for that Radeon 9800 Pro. <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Well I actually don't have a 2100+ anymore.. I now have a 2600+ which is overclocked to the speed of a 3200+. images/icons/smile.gif
Pr0zac
07-07-2003, 06:45 PM
Brév Burdel to that images/icons/smile.gif
FullMetalJacket
07-07-2003, 10:11 PM
Did Joe ruthlessly delete the entire "MP2 reqs" thread?
I posted damn accurate (hopefully) specs on there. I'll repeat them all the same.
Here's what MP2's reqs will be, realistically.
Minimum:
800MHz processor
128MB RAM
32MB DirectX 8.1-compatible T&L card
Recommended:
1.2GHz processor
256MB RAM
64MB DirectX 8.1-compatible T&L card
Optimal:
1.6GHz processor
512MB RAM
128MB DirectX 8.1-compatible T&L card
Depending on how early in the Fall its release is, this may be the first game to test the latest 256MB cards, assuming it is released before HL2, DOOM3, or DX2. images/icons/smile.gif
biXen
07-08-2003, 01:32 AM
No game will require even close to 256MB in over a year probably. Not many are even close to using 128MB yet.
Originally posted by FullMetalJacket:
Minimum:
800MHz processor
128MB RAM
32MB DirectX 8.1-compatible T&L card<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I'd make that 128MB RAM (256MB for XP users)
and
64MB DirectX 8.1-compatible T&L card.
Originally posted by FullMetalJacket:
Recommended:
1.2GHz processor
256MB RAM
64MB DirectX 8.1-compatible T&L card<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">And this I'd change to 128MB DirectX 9 (even though they won't be using it) -compatible T&L card.
The optimal I'd just leave out.
FullMetalJacket
07-08-2003, 09:07 AM
Originally posted by biXen:
No game will require even close to 256MB in over a year probably. Not many are even close to using 128MB yet. <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Now, that's true. images/icons/smile.gif
Nessus
07-09-2003, 01:42 PM
By the time a game actually needs a 256MB card youre going to want a better card than whats out now.
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