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minimum requirements
« on: August 30, 2006, 06:39:52 pm »
* from from the planeshift quick start guide
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You need a good video card. The minimum is around a GeForce3 or ATI Radeon 8500. Usually the video card is more important than the CPU

hmm i've played planeshift on my nvidia gf2 mmx400 64mb ram

anyone else did this but me?
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Re: minimum requirements
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2006, 06:44:13 pm »
I did it, but I had to make changes to the config file to prevent corruption and it was sloooooow.
Really not recommended, so the guide is correct in my opinion.
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Re: minimum requirements
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2006, 08:10:22 pm »
I disagree.  In the majority of places a GeForce2 MX400 or better should be fine. Other areas though such as the bronze doors I find unplayable even on a P4 2 ghz with a gig of ram and a GeForce4 nvidia card... this is my sisters computer that I put together for them  thinking it would play fine, but even with adaptive camera on its very very jerky in that zone.  I'm thinking we need to update the requirements or at least recommend a better vid card nowadays.

MY Recommended Minimums

PIII 1.2 ghz or faster or a Pentium M 1 ghz.

Geforce4 Nvidia card or ati equivilant

512 Ram

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Re: minimum requirements
« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2006, 09:22:29 pm »
Quote from: Induane on August 30, 2006, 08:10:22 pm
Other areas though such as the bronze doors I find unplayable even on a P4 2 ghz with a gig of ram and a GeForce4 nvidia card...
Sounds like my mashine... only i have 2GHz celeron.
Anyway, in bronze doors region the big FPS drop is only when you look at the waterfall, but then you have some time when you can move with higher FPS till another pause.
At least its how i remember it.
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Re: minimum requirements
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2006, 10:32:38 pm »
My video card is decent (geforce 5200) but I don't have enough memory (256 instead of 512) and my CPU is quite slow (733 MHz)
So far the game plays fine, I even keep the maps loaded. Only when I visited about 7-8 maps I start to feel it though.
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Re: minimum requirements
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2006, 12:11:36 am »
RAM also has a lot to do with it. I have a 32mb Mobility Radeon 7500 (terribly obsolete graphics card) in a 667mhz (well, a mac, so actually about 1ghz equivalent to a PC), originally with only 512mb ram and I had some lag everywhere I went. I now have a gig of ram in the machine, and I only experience significant lag on a busy day in Hydlaa Plaza. I have yet to go to the waterfall at the Bronze Doors though; I bet I would also experience lag there.

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