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Minimum Assassin's Creed Specs Surpass Crysis
by Chris Faylor, Jan 22, 2008 9:21am PSTThe upcoming PC version of Ubisoft Montreal's premeditated murder simulator Asssassin's Creed (PC, PS3, X360) will require, at a bare minimum, 2 GB of RAM, though 3 GB is recommended.
The outrageous system minimum system requirements, which are listed below, not only surpass those of Crytek's recently released Crysis (PC), but even exceed its recommended specifications at points. Said to be a future proof hallmark of technical prowess, Crysis only mandates 1 GB of RAM, though 2 GB is recommended.
Released last fall on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Assassin's Creed has already sold over 2.5 million units and a Nintendo DS prequel is due out in February. No specific date has been announced for the PC version.
Word of the ridiculously high system requirements comes directly from publisher Ubisoft via its customer service database. The company also notes the game does not officially support laptop chipsets, though they may work, and that it will ship with anti-piracy measures that "may conflict with some disc and virtual drives."
The list of minimum system requirements is as follows:
- Processor: Dual core processor 2.6 GHz Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ or better recommended)
- RAM: 2 GB (3 GB recommended)
- Video Card: 256 MB DirectX 10.0–compliant video card or DirectX 9.0–compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (512 MB video card recommended) (see supported list)*
- Sound Card: DirectX 9.0 or 10.0 compliant sound card (5.1 sound card recommended)
- DirectX Version: DirectX 10.0 libraries (included on disc)
- DVD-ROM: DVD-ROM dual-layer drive
- Hard Drive Space: 12 GB
- Peripherals Supported: Keyboard, mouse, optional controller (Xbox 360 Controller for Windows recommended)
ATI RADEON X1300-1950 / HD 2000 / 3000 series
NVIDIA GeForce 6600-6800 / 7 / 8 / 9 series
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My system has all the required components, save for a DL DVD drive. This is an assumption, though, based on it being a single-layer DVD-RW drive. I won't be upgrading my perfectly functional optical drive for this game. It's not as crucial as a video card or an extra stick of RAM.
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Whether or not there is a PC port, I've come to assume all Ubisoft games are, for all intents and purposes, console-only titles.
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I really don't see the point of these comments continuing to plague pc gaming comment threads and hope shackmods will address this issue. It's getting old and the comments do nothing more than anger pc gamers and give other 360 owners incentive to pile on.
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does that sound like Starforce, or are there other drive-hosing options that I'm not aware of?
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Athlon64X2-5200+ (2.7ghz but runs fine at 3.0 stock voltage/stock heatsink so it's kinda like a 6000+)
16x dual layer DVD burner
Generic (but functional) case
320gb Seagate SATA HD
2gbs DDR2-800
512mb 8800gt
Gigabyte GA-M61P S3
Sure, I'm using my antique 21" Trinitron CRT and antique mouse and keyboard and will probably have to buy a new psu to accomodate the 8800gt but if you have a computer then you probably also have existing stuff you can use. I could have used my old 200gb IDE drive and saved about $100 but I went crazy and moved up to SATA ftw. BTW I bought everything locally in those old fashioned "brick and mortar" stores, so this could be done even cheaper online I'm sure. Surely $800 isn't THAT much more than a new console with a few accessories like, i don't know, uh...extra controller, wireless adapter, HDTV....
Anyhoooooo........ I'm looking forward to trying this game out.
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We all know PC gaming in sadly reducing its titles but the PC hardware is getting stronger by the minute and if one take in account the upcoming hybrid releases from Nvidia or the twin engine videocards from ATI things won't get better, hardware wise, for consoles.
I hate the continuous "PC gaming is dead" or "PC upgrading is expensive" threads. Its like x360 buyers need to convince themselves and the world that they made a correct choice. Jesus...if you have a 360 good for you...I may get one someday but, while I can afford it, PC will be my main gaming platform.
P.S> Sry for my spelling :(
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Crytek's engine is amazing, moreso than the Assassin's Creed engine - IMO. Just because AC requires 1GB more RAM in both scenarios (min and rec), doesn't mean Crytek's future proofing is wrong. Could very well be (again, my opinion) that the Ubisoft programmers didn't eek out the perf they could have with it, which is why it needs more memory.
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GAMEPLAY > GRAPHICS
People need to pay attention to why Valve does so well.
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Tried out the demo on PC , the game looked nowhere as good as in the screenshots and was able to achieve 45-60 fps on a fairly low end computer. (AMD 64 3200+, 8600 GTS). Turns out alot of unreal engine 3.0 games run absolutely fine on my rig on full amazing detail (bioshock, gears of war, jericho).
Ofcourse, Assassin's Creed is an entirely different engine, and maybe it was designed to be PC centric to begin with (than again, what do i know about 3d engine development?)
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(This is the replacement statement of me flaming all the non-knowers in this thread).
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Lazy port job. I'll be needing to see a demo before I even consider whipping out the checkcard. I was holding off on this title to see what the PC offerings would be like, but this is silly.
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1. As they intend to make the game harder, it becomes less fun. Their solution to making the game more difficult is adding more guards, more combat, and more time spend hiding. In the opening acts there is a great feeling of freedom that you can cruise around wherever, attack, and escape at any time. After that point they start piling guards everywhere (on rooftops) and increase their suspicion. To wander around free of suspicion you have to move slowly, or fight a lot of guards.
2. The actual assassinations, which serve as the climax for each section, are never fun. Instead of taking a Hitman like approach where you can choose your assassination strategy, they lock you into an unskippable cutscene at the beginning of each. After the cutscene is over you're always in a terrible position to make an attack and you usually end up in an awkward swordfight. You have almost no freedom for the end chapter assassinations, which could have been great.
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I mean, most everyone has been complaining for years that minimum requirements are usually overly optimistic. This is just Ubisoft Montreal’s being more realistic than usual. They’re being straight about the specs that will give you a good experience with the game. This point of view breaks down if Assassin's Creed PC runs poorly even at these minimum specs, but I doubt that'll be the case.
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This is just stupid. I thought it was stupid when they demanded SM3 cards for Double Agent, but this takes the cake (<portal joke here>). I guess I'll wait and hear how well it performs on minimum specs, since I technically just meet them, but I don't have high hopes. Guess I'll have to pass.
It doesn't really make me feel like buying a console, if that was the intention.