Duke Nukem Forever PC Specs Revealed

[Hijax]

Everything looks good, but damn, 10gb?

Wonder what's taking up that space right there.

All the awesome in Duke takes up that much space, at least.

Also, i'm guessing they're this good because gearbox inherited some of the tech from the original team. Just guessing here, though.

 

[RadiusXd]

This is what we get for making it a console port instead of a PC exclusive like it should have been.

*cry*

wtf is your problem? looks like high-ass specs once again like you pc gamers love so as to keep the dirty peasants who can't afford your super graphics cards and have the deep ass wallets to afford that shit

just because it isn't crysis grumble grumble...

EDIT: One thing i REALLY don't understnad is WHY PC GAMERS WANT MEGA-HIGH SPECS?! wtf is the goddamn deal with having specs higher than the moon? so what if more people can play the games you play? elitism makes me so pissed...

Because visuals would be far better by now if it weren't for consoles.

game development is costing too much as it is really, it's why niche gamers can't have nice things..

I'm perfectly fine with my rig staying on top of all the games for a while
in fact, I sorta prefer it that way

 

[crepesack]

Bad move ragging on console gamers, Andy.

 

[RadiusXd]

Button-mashers have it easy when it comes to buying videogames. All they have to worry about is which logo is on the box. Those of us with more refined gaming palates have weightier matters to contend with, however, foremost among them being "minimum system requirements," the arcane formula which tells us whether or not a particular game will run on our rig.

I'm tired of being put down as less of a gamer because I play mostly on consoles. I understand that this wasn't meant that way, but it still seems like every time I turn around there's a PC gloat going around. I'm not taking a huge offense at this one, but PC gamers, please stop putting me down for preferring an analog stick to a mouse. By the way, I do own several games on PC and do play them.
*snip*

As a gamer of 20 years, I'd love to know the same, unfortunately, it will probably stop as soon as console fanboys stop flaming each other.

End of the day, we all like the same pastime. I prefer controller from the sofa as it's cheaper, more comfortable and more of my friends play online on the 360. I'm not going to reccomend to all of them they get a PC with high enough spec just so they can play with me. I like the occasional PC game, but 360 is my preference. Let's stop the elitism (and the console fanboy wars too while we're wishing on rainbows here!)

OT: specs not too high is a good thing for me, more of my mates may give it a try, I may get the PC version. We shall see.

Ditto - my jaw actually dropped when I read the original article and saw such a blatant insult to a large portion of this website's traffic sitting there plain as day. What is it with this attitude? PC gamers and console gamers share *the same hobby*. It's like arguing whether needlepoint is better than tapestry. Go with what you like.

Consider me, as a (predominantly) console gamer, insulted =(

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suck it up champs

 

[elvor0]

This is what we get for making it a console port instead of a PC exclusive like it should have been.

*cry*

Damn it for being able to be run by people! Damn you gearbox! Lets wait till the game comes out so we can review it based on its GAMEPLAY, okay? While I am pretty much just a PC gamer, I'd much rather the devs concentrated on making the game fun rather than just making the graphics top tier.

 

[theonlywildman]

Hell i cant run it on my pc, good thing i have Xbox.

 

[PoweD]

Thats less than APB.I can probably run it if i overclock my CPU.

 

[pliusmannn]

Bet I could run at least two at the same time

Same here, maybe even three at 60fps and not so huge resolution, but those specs are very low, maybe optimal for 3-5year old PC

 

[Azaraxzealot]

What, you mean it doesn't work with my 3DFX Voodoo 2?

Shit, I bought that card specially when DN:F was announced.

Haha, that made me smile. I used to own one of those cards, wonder if it's still sitting around...

EDIT: One thing i REALLY don't understnad is WHY PC GAMERS WANT MEGA-HIGH SPECS?! wtf is the goddamn deal with having specs higher than the moon? so what if more people can play the games you play? elitism makes me so pissed...

It's not 'mega high specs' that PC gamers generally want, it's more 'games that push the hardware'. Imagine you bought a 360 and every game had PS2 graphics, you'd be champing at the bit for a game that actually made the most of your system, you'd know it could do a lot more work than games were making it do and you'd get frustrated that you'd bought this lovely machine and no one was using it properly.

Generally in a PC exclusive they'll add in a few features that really push the envelope on graphics, nothing above what most PC gamers can run but above what a console can comfortably handle. To know that your machine could have far better graphics than it does just gets a little frustrating after a while. For most of us we already have the hardware so it's not a case of forcing you to buy incredible hardware, that just makes it even more frustrating because they're really not using the full power of the system, they easily could but they just don't.

so... "pc gamers are elitist graphics whores" is what you said? because graphics (or the lack thereof) do not make or break a game to me. Saints Row 2 and Prototype look like pixellated crap compared just to Crysis 1 but am i complaining?

and what about Minecraft?
Half Life 1?

yeah. it's stupid to get all worked up over graphics and whether or not people are "pushing the boundaries", because that's what crytek and epic games are for.

 

[Azaraxzealot]

so... "pc gamers are elitist graphics whores" is what you said? because graphics (or the lack thereof) do not make or break a game to me. Saints Row 2 and Prototype look like pixellated crap compared just to Crysis 1 but am i complaining?

and what about Minecraft?
Half Life 1?

yeah. it's stupid to get all worked up over graphics and whether or not people are "pushing the boundaries", because that's what crytek and epic games are for.

Of course that's not what I said. besides, there's nothing wrong with enjoying a game's graphics. I don't call you a 'gameplay whore' or a 'storywhore' but it's basically the same thing, you like gameplay over graphics and I'm sure it feels more mature to say that but if a game looks like shit for no reason then it doesn't help immersion.

I happen to like good graphics and I don't think it would kill developers to put in graphical options that PCs have been able to handle for over three years now. Honestly, my PC is old but most games don't even get close to using the full power of my PC and that's just bad design.

dwarf fortress is just numbers and letters that are colored.
minecraft is pixellated blocks

nuff said.

 

[justnotcricket]

Button-mashers have it easy when it comes to buying videogames. All they have to worry about is which logo is on the box. Those of us with more refined gaming palates have weightier matters to contend with, however, foremost among them being "minimum system requirements," the arcane formula which tells us whether or not a particular game will run on our rig.

I'm tired of being put down as less of a gamer because I play mostly on consoles. I understand that this wasn't meant that way, but it still seems like every time I turn around there's a PC gloat going around. I'm not taking a huge offense at this one, but PC gamers, please stop putting me down for preferring an analog stick to a mouse. By the way, I do own several games on PC and do play them.
*snip*

As a gamer of 20 years, I'd love to know the same, unfortunately, it will probably stop as soon as console fanboys stop flaming each other.

End of the day, we all like the same pastime. I prefer controller from the sofa as it's cheaper, more comfortable and more of my friends play online on the 360. I'm not going to reccomend to all of them they get a PC with high enough spec just so they can play with me. I like the occasional PC game, but 360 is my preference. Let's stop the elitism (and the console fanboy wars too while we're wishing on rainbows here!)

OT: specs not too high is a good thing for me, more of my mates may give it a try, I may get the PC version. We shall see.

Ditto - my jaw actually dropped when I read the original article and saw such a blatant insult to a large portion of this website's traffic sitting there plain as day. What is it with this attitude? PC gamers and console gamers share *the same hobby*. It's like arguing whether needlepoint is better than tapestry. Go with what you like.

Consider me, as a (predominantly) console gamer, insulted =(

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suck it up champs

Try not to miss the point *too* spectacularly, Radius. This isn't about political correctness, or a lack of resilience to criticism or challenge. This is about objecting to a blatant cheap shot at console gamers, from a source that should be above that sort of thing. You can stand behind your more eloquent and witty spokesman and tell us to 'suck it up', but I think I'll maintain my objection, thanks.

 

[RadiusXd]

Button-mashers have it easy when it comes to buying videogames. All they have to worry about is which logo is on the box. Those of us with more refined gaming palates have weightier matters to contend with, however, foremost among them being "minimum system requirements," the arcane formula which tells us whether or not a particular game will run on our rig.

I'm tired of being put down as less of a gamer because I play mostly on consoles. I understand that this wasn't meant that way, but it still seems like every time I turn around there's a PC gloat going around. I'm not taking a huge offense at this one, but PC gamers, please stop putting me down for preferring an analog stick to a mouse. By the way, I do own several games on PC and do play them.
*snip*

As a gamer of 20 years, I'd love to know the same, unfortunately, it will probably stop as soon as console fanboys stop flaming each other.

End of the day, we all like the same pastime. I prefer controller from the sofa as it's cheaper, more comfortable and more of my friends play online on the 360. I'm not going to reccomend to all of them they get a PC with high enough spec just so they can play with me. I like the occasional PC game, but 360 is my preference. Let's stop the elitism (and the console fanboy wars too while we're wishing on rainbows here!)

OT: specs not too high is a good thing for me, more of my mates may give it a try, I may get the PC version. We shall see.

Ditto - my jaw actually dropped when I read the original article and saw such a blatant insult to a large portion of this website's traffic sitting there plain as day. What is it with this attitude? PC gamers and console gamers share *the same hobby*. It's like arguing whether needlepoint is better than tapestry. Go with what you like.

Consider me, as a (predominantly) console gamer, insulted =(

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suck it up champs

Try not to miss the point *too* spectacularly, Radius. This isn't about political correctness, or a lack of resilience to criticism or challenge. This is about objecting to a blatant cheap shot at console gamers, from a source that should be above that sort of thing. You can stand behind your more eloquent and witty spokesman and tell us to 'suck it up', but I think I'll maintain my objection, thanks.

my main point was around 26 actually. but really, I thought what Andy said had more a flavor of tounge-in-cheek

 

[pokepuke]

It is your PC. It takes me less than a minute, starting from clicking on the shortcut.

Finally in, get a pop up trying to sell me a game. Go too my game library, start the game. Wait for Steam to start the game. Steam forces an update. Wait for the game too update. Game loads, play. If I had a bad internet connection I would have too play around with a very bitchy offline mode too.

So it's a problem with Steam that the game updates? Wouldn't it actually be good that it is updating the game? And what does it have to do with Steam? If you don't leave it running in the background, then it can't get updates. You can also toggle the setting to not automatically update the game.

dont want too have.

engrish

4x3.2ghz
4gb RAM
Radeon HD 5770
XFX power supply.

Sure is my PC, I should really upgrade, its completely outdated. Not like you would expect steam to run smoothly on a PC that plays the latest games smoothly even when shit is going down in game.

Considering that you gave your power supply in the specs, along with other aforementioned issues, I'd still say it is your PC, but more importantly it is you.

Also, Steam running smoothly isn't the same as Steam opening.

Seriously now, what is it about you steam users? Every time someone states they personally dont like using Steam an angry swarm of fanboys come rushing by. Its almost reminiscent of xbox fanboys or PS3 fanboys. And the funniest thing is, the most important thing said is always ignored.

I'm not a Steam user. I am a PC user. That is my angle. Consoles have the fortune of being extremely limited and bound by a restricting OS. General purpose computers aren't so lucky for narrow applications, so other things happening in the computer can get in the way. Basically, I am just assuming your OS installation isn't as clean as it should be, which is potentially causing your stated problem. It is easy for me to assume this, since it is the principal reason behind any instance of someone claiming their PC or software doesn't work the way it should.

By the by, if I disable automatic updates it will just try to update the game when I launch it. If I disable that, I have to work with a broken offline mode. Which is something I already fucking mentioned.

Which doesn't quite make sense. But since you're not giving enough info to diagnose the problem, I'll just reiterate my original allusion and suggest you keep Steam open in the background if you are getting so freaked out by updates that may be required before playing the game.

 

[pokepuke]

It's like Celeron 3.2 GHz VS Pentium 2.6 GHz.

Your example here is very laughable, especially without context of respective era or other specs from each chip.

Don't ever make this comparison again.­

Find me a same-socket Pentium and Celeron where the Celeron gets better performance.

Ah, so now you use qualifiers. How convenient. But it doesn't really support your case. Although I do like the way you make wild claims and then ask someone else to support your conjecture.

I've known people that made the "upgrade" from a lower frequency Pentium to a higher frequency Celeron...

Ok, so? That doesn't mean anything. You aren't even suggesting a result here. You aren't even suggesting a measurable difference in clocks. More vagueries.

The point is, higher numbers in the product name don't mean better cards. Of course, you shouldn't make hardware decisions based on product name alone...

Right, and your example was still crap.

 

[BodomBeachChild]

Those are... very, very low...

 

[pokepuke]

Look here for one second, im not trying to pretend im the most tech savvy guy to ever walk this earth but the specs are fine and so is the OS. I built this PC together myself. I know enough shit on both the hardware and software side of things to know my PC is not causing this. So stop talking to me like im a dumb fuck.

I can easily dismiss your complaint because of how the program acts differently on my PC.

So anyway, since you pretty much asked, heres the programs I have installed on my PC:

Skype
Xfire
ICQ
Opera
Utorrent
Avast Antivirus
Along with the drivers for my graphics card and such.

And on the games side of things we have:
Oblivion
Dragon Age Origins
Call Of Duty 2
Modern Warfare 2
Mass Effect 2

I didn't really ask. Not unless you assume a pedantic browbeat is an implicit way of doing that.

But since you posted it, I do see several differences that could be key in determining the rift that exists between our setups. Hint: games by themselves don't affect anything but HD space, and a browser similarly only does anything when open and running.

Spread across a brand new 1 TB hard drive. Every other fucking thing I run on this PC goes smoothly. Steam is laggy as fuck every single fucking time. And it is not like im the only one saying this. Trust me man. If a PC can run that piece of shit program ICQ smoothly there is absolutely no fucking reason in the world why Steam should be running badly.

Is ICQ really that comprehensive? I wouldn't think of it as being on the same scale as Steam.

I am not that fucking guy with 60 toolbars installed for his Internet Explorer. I dont download free screensavers or google for free porn downloads. It isnt me. It isnt my hardware. It isnt my OS. Its Steam.

You eliminated potentially zero things here that might affect Steam or your system in general.

But anyway, you have now twice ignored a point I made which is valid no matter which way you look at it. I will spell it out a third time. I hope you catch it this time. I dont like using Steam. I dont like using Steam because it is an unnecessary program that is getting between me and my gaming experience. Even if Steam was the most bug-free, streamlined piece of Software in the world it has absolutely nothing that makes me want to use it. Can you understand that? Can you accept someone elses opinion?

I haven't ignored it. I've been addressing it.

It also wasn't even an opinion. You stated some potential facts. I would hardly count something as an opinion if it is simply a truth of the matter. You haven't really identified points that would form an opinion from your observations. It looks like you simply described a situation, which has a limited outcome. It would be illogical to assume you had a different response to those given variables.

That being said, I wonder if you are overlooking certain factors. Steam isn't just a platform to buy and run games. Other than the basic Community tab, Steam also has the option of integrating itself with any game, whereby you can access those special features by pressing shift+tab. There are similar tie-ins like the previous one, but I can't recall them at the moment. There is also the factor of games having DRM through Steam that would otherwise have come in some other form that could be much more damaging or annoying; thus making it a compromise of evil.

Now if you had given a personal observation on something like one of the items in the previous paragraph, then I would accept it as opinion. And not just an "I wouldn't use it" statement. Something more along the lines of: "well I don't care for the Steam chat and I prefer to use [insert text/audio/video chat program here]".