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#1 2009-10-24 4:12 am
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Star Wars: Force Unleashed sysreqs released
The system requirements for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Ultimate Sith Edition) have been released ahead of the game's debut next month.
Minimum System Requirements
Operating System: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7
CPU Processor: 2.4 GHz Dual Core Processor (Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon X2)
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 23.8 GB + 1 GB Swap File
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
Video Card: 3D Hardware Accelerator Card Required – 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 256 MB Video Memory with Shader 3.0 support
Video Card (ATI): Radeon HD 2900
Video Card (Nvidia): Geforce 8800
Media Required: 8X DVD-ROM drive
Windows XP/Vista compatible mouse and keyboard or Microsoft Xbox 360 Wired Controller
This product does not support Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT.
Recommended System Requirements
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core 5200+
512 MB 3D Hardware Accelerator Card
Video Card (ATI): Radeon HD 4870
Video Card (Nvidia): Geforce 9800 GT
Memory: 2 GB RAM
NOTICE: Some 3D accelerator cards with the chipset listed here may not be compatible with the 3D acceleration features utilized by Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Please refer to your hardware manufacturer for 100% DirectX compatibility.
Supported Desktop Chipsets
ATI RADEON HD 2900, 3850, 3870, 4850, 4870
NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800, 9600, 9800, 260, 280
NOTICE: This game contains technology intended to prevent copying that may conflict with some disk and virtual disk drives. (Spotted on Voodoo Extreme)
So where's the Ma... oh. Nemind. 
So where's dv's Win '95 port? 
(And say, is the DX11 Vista redistib available yet?)
http://www.firingsquad.com/news/newsart … chid=22244
(Edit: Yes and no. But no one needs it yet, so if it ain't broke...)
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#2 2009-10-24 4:51 am
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Re: Star Wars: Force Unleashed sysreqs released
Those are some hefty sys reqs.
Glad I went with the i7 3.06GHz on my latest PC.
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#3 2009-10-24 5:57 am
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Re: Star Wars: Force Unleashed sysreqs released
Ummm...I don't even think I have 23GB left on my PC's HD. Man where'd that 250GB go 
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#4 2009-10-24 12:36 pm
Re: Star Wars: Force Unleashed sysreqs released
It was an OK game. Certainly didn't live up to the hype.
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#5 2009-10-24 2:41 pm
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Re: Star Wars: Force Unleashed sysreqs released
Likely even less of a game, more of a benchmark- esp. for sysreqs- is FutureMark's game. But it's a space game, so NC'll give it a try. Smaller, too.
FutureMark announces Shattered Horizon system requirements
FutureMark has chosen Windows 7's release day to announce that Shattered Horizon is compatible with Windows 7 (obviously) and the game's system requirements:
Minimum Requirements:
Shattered Horizon requires DirectX 10 on Windows Vista or Windows 7. There is no support for Windows XP or DirectX 9.
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 / AMD Athlon64 X2 5600+
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT / ATI Radeon HD 3870
GPU memory: 256MB
Hard disk space: 1.5 GB
RAM: 2GB
Sound: Windows Vista compatible sound card
Recommended Requirements:
Shattered Horizon requires DirectX 10 on Windows Vista or Windows 7. There is no support for Windows XP or DirectX 9.
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 / AMD Phenom II X4 940
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 / ATI Radeon HD 4870
GPU memory: 512MB
Hard disk space: 1.5GB
RAM: 2GB
Sound: Windows Vista compatible sound card
NightCougar_37 wrote:
Ummm...I don't even think I have 23GB left on my PC's HD. Man where'd that 250GB go
Pr0- er, anime, where else? 
But this'un's about 22GB smaller... good thing about the 3870, tho. You and sturner are covered.
Man, some demos these days are bigger. Needs more RAM than the install.
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#6 2009-10-24 2:49 pm
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Re: Star Wars: Force Unleashed sysreqs released
Bat wrote:
So where's the Ma... oh. Nemind. http://homepage.mac.com/oatmeal/MAF/maxes/slapmax.gif
The Mac version's been announced. Maybe they were just joking-- Wouldn't be the first time...
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#7 2009-10-24 3:00 pm
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Re: Star Wars: Force Unleashed sysreqs released
Naw, I just forgot, and my original thread was over 2 months old so I didn't go back to it. Aspyr's handling both.
Maybe Apple OpenGL's waiting on new extensions or sumthin'. Who knows? Maybe adding the 'make ice cubes' Force Power's taking longer than expected. 
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#8 2009-10-24 3:58 pm
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Re: Star Wars: Force Unleashed sysreqs released
My PC HD is pretty much all filled with games. Dumped a lot on it. But the biggest offenders of space hasn't been WoW. Its Steam right now. Thats just Orange Box, Lost Planet, and L4D adding up to 75GB.
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#9 2009-10-24 4:02 pm
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23.8GB + 1GB of space required is insane for just 1 game. If it was 1 game + like 2 expansion packs i can see that size as reasonable, but for one game? The developer needs to move away from DVD distribution to usb flash based dongle device things.
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#10 2009-10-24 4:06 pm
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Re: Star Wars: Force Unleashed sysreqs released
Heh, or Blu-Ray 
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Think i'll prolly just pick up the 360/PS3 version cheap once I see it on a clearance rack for under $15 somewhere.
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#11 2009-10-24 4:13 pm
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Re: Star Wars: Force Unleashed sysreqs released
Aaron_R wrote:
23.8GB + 1GB of space required is insane for just 1 game. If it was 1 game + like 2 expansion packs i can see that size as reasonable, but for one game? The developer needs to move away from DVD distribution to usb flash based dongle device things.
Why do you hate Aspyr? 
Console-based games tend to be big.
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#12 2009-10-24 4:26 pm
Re: Star Wars: Force Unleashed sysreqs released
Bat wrote:
Console-based games tend to be big.
Well the majority of that bigness also tends to stay on the disc for console based games. PS3 & the 360 only move a tiny fraction of the game, to the internal hd, not the entire disc.
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#13 2009-10-24 5:19 pm
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I have 1 PS3 game right now which requires HD installation. Can see why folks get 500GB HDs for their PS3s. If you had to install a lot of games, your space would go fast.
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#14 2009-10-25 5:28 am
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Re: Star Wars: Force Unleashed sysreqs released
Aaron_R wrote:
Bat wrote:
Console-based games tend to be big.
Well the majority of that bigness also tends to stay on the disc for console based games. PS3 & the 360 only move a tiny fraction of the game, to the internal hd, not the entire disc.
Argue semantics, logic and the way you think it should be all you want, it's more complex than that. And I'm going by what I've observed over the years, not theoretics. If you think it should be smaller, take it up with Aspyr. They're not incompetent; they're likely the best Mac house going.
Perhaps akb25 could shed more light on it for you.
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