Duke Nukem Forever PC Specs Revealed

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redisforever

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Pebkac said:
redisforever said:
MY GOD! I can run this! I was expecting to have it be unplayable on my laptop, but I can play it! Glad they're using the Unreal 2.5 engine, 3 hates my computer. 2.5 works great, usually.

EDIT: Wait, an ATI Radeon Mobility HD 4250. Will that work? It can run most games, newest one I think was the new Medal of Honor game. By newest, I mean graphics tech.
A 3850 is much better than a 4250.

"Series 3" vs "Series 4" isn't going to make a huge different, but the 8 in 3850 signifies a gaming series card, while the 2 in 4250 signifies general purpose; ie: high definition movies.

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

Andy Chalk said:
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.
Like how those with more refined taste drink bottled water.
Yeah, but I meant, can I play the game with it?
 

Fayathon

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If that's the all for the recommended then I'm loving my computer even more now, it's got more than enough horsepower to deal with DNF.
 

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Easton Dark said:
The_root_of_all_evil said:
Easton Dark said:
Everything looks good, but damn, 10gb?

Wonder what's taking up that space right there.
Pretty standard these days. Tomb Raider:Legend was that.
(Woah, Legend was? What was Underworld?)

Yeah but, geez, Mass Effect 2 was 12gb and that had, you know... Dialogue. Lots and lots of it.

What is Duke Nukem filling this up with? An inordinate amount of different stripper panties for the game to randomize? (Admittedly not a bad idea).
that and...

poop physics, boobs physics, over 9000 insults, more than 12 ways to piss oh and the ability to write stuff with a pen/marker

i made most of them but you could wisht it was true
 

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The_root_of_all_evil said:
Easton Dark said:
Everything looks good, but damn, 10gb?

Wonder what's taking up that space right there.
Pretty standard these days. Tomb Raider:Legend was that.
Not that standard. Human Revolution requires 8.5 GB.

But yeah, apart from that, you could run it with a piece of chalk and a pubic hair.
 

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

*cry*
Yes, the game has lack-luster graphics because it was ported to consoles, definitely not because the game has been in development for well over 10 years. Nope, no connection at all...
 

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I could run that. Buy I'm getting it on my 360, so I can automatically play at full specs.
 

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redisforever said:
Yeah, but I meant, can I play the game with it?
The minimum is a 2600, which is a mid-range gaming card... but even older, so it's even harder to compare to new ones. It has 120 pipelines @ 500 MHz VS the 4250's 40 @ 500 MHz. But the architecture would be very different; the 4250 is newer tech, it's just not made to be powerful.

I'd say no, but it's always possible to get games to run on systems below spec. You'd have to try the demo (if they make one).

I wouldn't buy it first.
 

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Pebkac said:
redisforever said:
Yeah, but I meant, can I play the game with it?
The minimum is a 2600, which is a mid-range gaming card... but even older, so it's even harder to compare to new ones. It has 120 pipelines @ 500 MHz VS the 4250's 40 @ 500 MHz. But the architecture would be very different; the 4250 is newer tech, it's just not made to be powerful.

I'd say no, but it's always possible to get games to run on systems below spec. You'd have to try the demo (if they make one).

I wouldn't buy it first.
Thanks for the help, and I'm pretty sure there will be a demo, given to those who got the Borderlands GOTY edition, but whether it will be released to the general public, we'll see.
 

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Looks like I'll be able to run it no trouble then. I like having a decent gaming PC as I don't have to worry about which games will and will not run. Any game whose minimum specs are higher than my PC have put themselves way out the market.
 

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Bruno Correia said:
Easton Dark said:
The_root_of_all_evil said:
Easton Dark said:
Everything looks good, but damn, 10gb?

Wonder what's taking up that space right there.
Pretty standard these days. Tomb Raider:Legend was that.
(Woah, Legend was? What was Underworld?)

Yeah but, geez, Mass Effect 2 was 12gb and that had, you know... Dialogue. Lots and lots of it.

What is Duke Nukem filling this up with? An inordinate amount of different stripper panties for the game to randomize? (Admittedly not a bad idea).
that and...

poop physics, boobs physics, over 9000 insults, infinite urinal pissing oh and the ability to write stuff with a pen/marker

i made most of them but you could wisht it was true
Fix'd that for you!
 

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Easton Dark said:
Everything looks good, but damn, 10gb?

Wonder what's taking up that space right there.
Extra languges. Seriously that takes up alot.

OT: I knew it was going to be lower, Gearbox only optimized/finished it and prolly converted some textures. It's still an old game on an old engine. Can't wait to turn it up to highest. First new game I can do that with! Stupid 4550...
 

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redisforever said:
Pebkac said:
redisforever said:
MY GOD! I can run this! I was expecting to have it be unplayable on my laptop, but I can play it! Glad they're using the Unreal 2.5 engine, 3 hates my computer. 2.5 works great, usually.

EDIT: Wait, an ATI Radeon Mobility HD 4250. Will that work? It can run most games, newest one I think was the new Medal of Honor game. By newest, I mean graphics tech.
A 3850 is much better than a 4250.

"Series 3" vs "Series 4" isn't going to make a huge different, but the 8 in 3850 signifies a gaming series card, while the 2 in 4250 signifies general purpose; ie: high definition movies.

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

Andy Chalk said:
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.
Like how those with more refined taste drink bottled water.
Yeah, but I meant, can I play the game with it?
Yeah, maybe not at full, but yeah.
 

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Onyx Oblivion said:
So...it's Steam or bust?

I sure hope Steam never becomes a total monopoly...

Anyway, I dunno what any of that means. Except for Memory, Hard Drive, Video Memory, and OS.

*blissfully ignorant console gamer*
Well it's not a Monopoly by its own doing. Microsoft has the means and the motivation to make GfWL a serious contender only they seem to take a "monkey with typewriter" approach to actually coding the DRM so that it, well... it just doesn't fucking work.

Sony could move into this space as well, if they felt like it but they started as a Consumer Electronics company and many ways really still are, they obviously don't understand networks (fundamentally) they aren't interested in service for gaming on hardware they have no stake in. Apple in much the same position.

The thing is Valve seems to be the only company that actually takes PC gaming seriously, everyone else just seems to treat it like a dying animal to need to squeeze the last drop of blood from. GfWL seems to spend half its time reminding you that Xbox is a great alternative.

GoG.com is a great contender but only on the budget/old titles, it's not really competition.
 

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It looks about as bad as Bioshock, considering it's using the unreal 2.5 engine.

I hope 90% of that CPU power goes to jiggle physics and feces, otherwise I ain't buying.
 

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Ah the 8800. I had that card for a good five years? I think thats right. Maybe four. It was a sad sad day when it finally crapped out on me.

I've always tried to figure out what recommended specs actually meant though. Sure as hell doesn't mean max settins. We talkin like...this is what you need to make it look as good and run at that lovely 20 fps console players get or like...run at slightly higher settins with 30 fps?

One of these days I shall figure it out.
 

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All this time I was sure I was going to have to wait until I upgraded from this laptop to a decent desktop to play this game; I'm almost certain I can run this, assuming those minimums are actual minimums, and not, say, what you need to get 15 FPS at 800X600. I guess Gearbox wasn't joking about having very little to do to finish what 3D Realms started? Those specs would have been pretty standard back in 2007 or 2008.