System Requirements and Activation

When are we getting the correct minimum/recommended system requirements?? I know you have said "Doom3/Quake4 + a bit higher"... but that is so vague, have you any info on that. Or atleast answer me this please. I have Opteron 175, Asus A8R-MVP(no deluxe), ATI x1900XT, 2gb Corsair ram, X-FI. Will i get decent frame´s with highest settings?? And why is PREY a "ATI GAME", when OpenGL always been nvidia´s strong point?? Is it true that PREY´s OGL engine is almost totally DirectX9 converted??? Sorry for OT, please give me some pleasant answers...

[Gryph]

Originally Posted by HaZe303

When are we getting the correct minimum/recommended system requirements?? I know you have said "Doom3/Quake4 + a bit higher"... but that is so vague, have you any info on that. Or atleast answer me this please. I have Opteron 175, Asus A8R-MVP(no deluxe), ATI x1900XT, 2gb Corsair ram, X-FI. Will i get decent frame´s with highest settings?? And why is PREY a "ATI GAME", when OpenGL always been nvidia´s strong point?? Is it true that PREY´s OGL engine is almost totally DirectX9 converted??? Sorry for OT, please give me some pleceant answers...

No, it's going to run absolutely shitty on that set up.

Of course it's going to run fantastic on that computer.

Originally Posted by Gryph

No, it's going to run absolutely shitty on that set up.
Of course it's going to run fantastic on that computer.

Dont be so sure.... it´s struggling with GRAW. But GRAW is buggy, and i think its the game that is struggling. But anyway, but mainly my question was will it be playable with highest settings, cause OpenGL games tend to be a bit SLOW on ATI cards, doesnt matter if its high-end or not. So this was why i was asking. And i want the minimum/recommended requirements anyway, i got another computer i would want to play prey on too, and its not even nearly as good(A2800+XP,ATI9600(nonxt) and so on....

[Tim Gerritsen]

HaZe303- That machines faster than half our staff developing Prey. It had better kick ass. ATI is our marketing partner on Prey, but don't worry, Nvidia cards will be supported just fine.

That's 1 hour of really fast playing, not taking in the sites, btw. If you stop to relish everything, it's a fair bit longer.

One cool tidbit- we've made it so that your save games in the demo will work with the final game. That way you can play the demo and not ruin anything for the final game since you can just pick up where you left off.

[Kristian Joensen]

That was cool Tim, I was gonna ask about that.

[CameO73]

Damn... I should have read this thread before posting my 'are demo saves compatible with the full version'-question in the other. Ah well, nice to hear that's the case!

[George Broussard]

Originally Posted by HaZe303

When are we getting the correct minimum/recommended system requirements?? I know you have said "Doom3/Quake4 + a bit higher"... but that is so vague, have you any info on that. Or atleast answer me this please. I have Opteron 175, Asus A8R-MVP(no deluxe), ATI x1900XT, 2gb Corsair ram, X-FI. Will i get decent frame´s with highest settings?? And why is PREY a "ATI GAME", when OpenGL always been nvidia´s strong point?? Is it true that PREY´s OGL engine is almost totally DirectX9 converted??? Sorry for OT, please give me some pleasant answers...

I can play Prey on a 1900xtx, AMD 4400+ at 1600x1200 with all the features on.

We have people at the office play and finish it on as low as a 2.5ghz, 9800, and even one on a 2.0Ghz/9700Pro. So, the game scales pretty well.

Clearly there is a midrange, probably starting aroung 2.8Ghz and a 9800. Higher end video cards will make the game scream.

[dark_angel]

Originally Posted by Tim Gerritsen

One cool tidbit- we've made it so that your save games in the demo will work with the final game. That way you can play the demo and not ruin anything for the final game since you can just pick up where you left off.

That's really cool!

So basically when we get the full version we can install it on top of the demo and get the save files for the demo set automatically in the full version of the game ? ( normally the save files reside in the user's documents and settings).

[gt1750]

Damn! I guess my AMD 2800+ 512MB RAM and ATI mX600 64MB won't let me play even the intro.

[The Count]

Originally Posted by Tim Gerritsen

One cool tidbit- we've made it so that your save games in the demo will work with the final game. That way you can play the demo and not ruin anything for the final game since you can just pick up where you left off.

That`s really cool ! makes it almost impossible to skip the demo
And it reminds me of one thing I wanted to ask: Will it still be possible in the full version to use your save games after a patch has been applied ? It`s a little annoying if you have almost finished a difficult level and are forced to start again at its beginning

[Micki!]

I'll probably play the game from the beginning anyways, even if i have beaten the demo several times before...

I'll simply want to re-experience the whole thing again...

[Denz]

Originally Posted by gt1750

Damn! I guess my AMD 2800+ 512MB RAM and ATI mX600 64MB won't let me play even the intro.

Damn, it's only your card that is shittey there!

Thx guys for the answers... sounding great. Sounds like i can play prey on both machines... And the save thing from the demo, great feature....

GOOD WORK!!

[Yatta]

Originally Posted by HaZe303

Dont be so sure.... it´s struggling with GRAW. But GRAW is buggy, and i think its the game that is struggling...

GRAW is very poorly optimized. It's funny how if I play it with maximum settings or lowest settings, I get the exact same performance on my 7800 GT.

[gt1750]

Originally Posted by Denz

Damn, it's only your card that is shittey there!

You know, that m means Mobility X600, so the upgrade probably won't be cheap and easy. And it's been only 8 months since I've purchased this laptop so I'm not planning to buy a new one in next few years.

[Kristian Joensen]

Why should that have any problem with Prey ? D3/Q4 only require a Geforce 3, I know that Prey's requirements are a bit higher than that but even considering that it should run, right ?

Ofcoure it might run very bad on such a system, but it will run just the same.

[Denz]

Originally Posted by gt1750

You know, that m means Mobility X600, so the upgrade probably won't be cheap and easy. And it's been only 8 months since I've purchased this laptop so I'm not planning to buy a new one in next few years.

I thought you had a big PC not a laptop.

[Damien_Azreal]

Hmmm ATi is HH partner for PREY huh? Guess my x800 should do pretty well then.

[FireFly]

On the other hand ATI have less optimised OpenGL drivers, so...

[Yatta]

Originally Posted by Damien_Azreal

Hmmm ATi is HH partner for PREY huh? Guess my x800 should do pretty well then.

No, that just means ATI offered to pay more money than nVidia. Your x800 may do well because it's a fairly recent graphics card, not because Human Head is pimping Radeons.

[Babe]

Hmm I have an ol nVidia GeForce FX 5700 AGP with 256 MB VRAM , 1.5 GB System RAM and a P4 2.8 Ghz Processor. Do I need to update my AGP card to play Prey ?! I played Doom 3 and Quake 4 absolutely fine with it. Personally I dont want to upgrade my system unit now and would rather wait till Crysis comes out. I will then get meself a DX10 video card and all other upgrades.

But for now I wonder whether my GeForce FX 5700 AGP with 256 MB VRAM , 1.5 GB System RAM and a P4 2.8 Ghz Processor can handle Prey ?

Also is there any "official" requirement list out yet ?

[ShepMode]

Originally Posted by George Broussard

We have people at the office play and finish it on as low as a 2.5ghz, 9800, and even one on a 2.0Ghz/9700Pro. So, the game scales pretty well.

Wow, so your cleaners have PCs too? :P

[Damien_Azreal]

Babe,

Your FX 5700 will probably play it... but with everything turned down pretty low. Just take how D3 and Q4 ran as an idea, but PREY will demand a bit more.
The FX series was Nvidia's black sheep of it's graphics cards.

I'm not to worried, I can play Doom 3 at 1280*1024, high detail, 2xAA... so I hoping to play PREY at 1024*768, High detail no AA to 2xAA.

[Falcon]

I have a laptop with an ATI Mobility Radeon 9600/9700... will I be able to play the game with it?
Falcon

[Damien_Azreal]

Can you play Doom 3 or Quake 4?

If so... yes, if not... no.

[ZuljinRaynor]

If so... most likely, you mean.

We don't know how playable it will be. 5FPS, is fine for me... for others... I dunno.

[Damien_Azreal]

Well yeah, HH have said PREY will require a bit more than Doom 3 did. But they have said if you can run D3 at a good speed you have nothing to worry about.
So unless your running D3 at low everything and barely making 10 to 15 FPS I don't think there's much reason to worry.

But yeah, everything now is pretty much "most likely".

[Falcon]

I run F.E.A.R., Doom 3 and Quake 4 at standard settings without any problem. I in fact haven't tested other setting, thus it could perhaps run on the upper ones as well. Since the Graphics Card in my no-laptop PC suffers of constant "crash" problem, I play games on my laptop... just would be a bad thing not being able to play this game.
By the way, I'm going to reserve it this week (even if the official start date is May 29th, here you may preorder now, and get the figurines in the above date).
Ah, by the way, my local games shop dates June 30th as the release date. I wonder from where in the hell have them produced that.
Falcon

[Babe]

Originally Posted by Damien_Azreal

Babe,

Your FX 5700 will probably play it... but with everything turned down pretty low. Just take how D3 and Q4 ran as an idea, but PREY will demand a bit more.
The FX series was Nvidia's black sheep of it's graphics cards.

I'm not to worried, I can play Doom 3 at 1280*1024, high detail, 2xAA... so I hoping to play PREY at 1024*768, High detail no AA to 2xAA.

It might sound surprising, but Quake 4 absolutely rocked in my machine, no hitches what so ever, with 1280 x 764 and 2xAA . Doom 3 ROE had a very few hitches but very occassionally ! I hope that I can play PREY very well then !

[KeithLDick]

Guess I'll have to get the DEMO when it's out and see how it fares on my machine...

[Malgon]

Good to hear George, as my comp is near the bottom of that list. I hope I can at least play it before I build my new comp.

[Falcon]

My laptop is 2 Ghz... is that problematic?

[ADM]

Put it this way.. if you can run Quake 4 on full graphic settings then you will be able to run Prey on pretty much high settings.

If you struggle with Quake 4 then you will struggle with Prey.. same goes if you struggle with Doom 3.

[Falcon]

I have no struggling at all with Quake 4, I did it on standard settings without any problem at all, I didn't check the higher ones. What is important for me is I will be able to play the game, even if in the lower possible settings.
Falcon

[Cerberus_e]

Originally Posted by Tim Gerritsen

One cool tidbit- we've made it so that your save games in the demo will work with the final game. That way you can play the demo and not ruin anything for the final game since you can just pick up where you left off.

Huh? Why would it be ruined if you couldn't pick up where you left off? Because you have to replay it? You can hardly call that ruined, then, but anyway I thought the Prey demo didn't show the beginning? I remember I read that. So using a savegame from the demo would mean missing out?

EDIT: I checked, and I misread. I read: "It isn't going to spoil the beginning of the game", while it says: "It is going to spoil the beginning of the game".
So summarised: the demo is the equivalent of the (approximately) first hour of the full game? Now I understand.
I'm hesitating about using that "use your saves from the demo" feature, since there is always a chance something will be changed within the first hour of the game by the time the full game comes out. Even if the chance is only extremely slighly, I still want to play the changed version then, or else I'll never find satisfaction

[ADM]

No the demo is the first 5 levels of the game. So if people don't want to redo all those 5 levels again they can continue on with their save game.

[gt1750]

Originally Posted by Damien_Azreal

So unless your running D3 at low everything and barely making 10 to 15 FPS I don't think there's much reason to worry.

But yeah, everything now is pretty much "most likely".

So it's most likely I won't be able to play the Prey demo because I've just tried D3 demo and it was exactly what you described.

[hell-angel]

Originally Posted by ADM

No the demo is the first 5 levels of the game. So if people don't want to redo all those 5 levels again they can continue on with their save game.

I thought the levels and the amount of levels where not fixed yet??

[Falcon]

Well... it seems that has changed .

[hell-angel]

good news IMO.