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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Duke Nukem system specs revealed.

    Gearbox released the official minimum and recommended system specs for Duke Nukem Forever, putting us one tenuous step closer to the release of the game.
    May 03, 2011 9:45am PDT
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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Duke Nukem system specs revealed.

    Gearbox released the official minimum and recommended system specs for Duke Nukem Forever, putting us one tenuous step closer to the release of the game. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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    • Cool, June will be pimp, the game will be good. Pretty light on the reqs, I am sure everyone that want... : valcan_sThis person is cool!
    • Man, I think I could run several instances. : ryuusekiThis person is cool!
    • Damn my old computer I built in 2007 crushes these recommended specs. : ShXIII
    • whoa such high specs : moe6This person is cool!
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      These specs are also applicable to the demo as well, right? : Haxim
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        no, the demo requires a 6-core Xeon w/ 24 gigs of RAM and a Radeon 6970 : zerog83This person is cool!
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          Is that because I need it to run some kind of wormhole device to travel to a time/alternate reality where... : Haxim
          • no, it's because game developers usually make games have completely different specs than a small subset o... : zerog83This person is cool!
        • With 6 bridges covered in sand. : HL3dsx
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          I heard a 16 core with a 10 meg pipe. : skankcore
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            you must have the high score in almost all the top mmorpgs : rodneystubbs
            • You guys wanna hack together? I'll move over : OmningThis person is cool!
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        What demo? : watcherxpThis person is cool!
        • Yeah, what demo? : jdcope
    • rofl : Godhatesfatpeople
    • whoah i have recommended specs : dantasticThis person is cool!
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      Yeah, those are pretty light specs! I built my computer three years ago, looks like I won't have to rebu... : monthigos
      • yeah everything is being built for consoles and those are 5 years old now, so you should be good for anot... : headbone
    • Looks like I need an upgrade : SlowtremeThis person is cool!
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      I wonder if the art director has decided to give us all an eye blinding FOV? : BeadyThis person is cool!
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        Probably but hopefully they won't do anything as stupid as hard coding the fov value or encrypting the co... : TheEmissary
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          Gearbox got their hands into it. You'll get 65 FOV and the game will self-delete if you try to change it. : Rehevkor
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            Exactly, every time you'd sprint it'd remove your custom FOV, very annoying. : ReckHavoc
            • I also love resetting all my controls and graphics options every fucking time there's a patch, or a dlc i... : Tech T
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        Can't we get some official migraine association to come out with a statement against low FoV in PC games,... : Marrbe
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          "Studies have shown that FOV's below 90 can cause migranes in 30% of the population." Say that often e... : BeadyThis person is cool!
          • "Further studies have shown that people who hardcode these FoV settings are fags." : Hemtroll
      • I'm thankful it was so easy to tweak for Crysis 2 (well, it took a console command and it "stuck" when se... : FreonThis person is cool!
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      Wh0a, good thing I upgraded for this game...three years ago. Sadly, I upgraded again recently. : CrustaRThis person is cool!
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        Crusta, there is still Skyrim!! Do not be sad! : uebersoldat
        • Jetprone64!!!! : Dusty_SlimThis person is cool!
    • I'm surprised the recommend spec wasn't "Just buy a damn Xbox 360 you computer curmudgeon!" : baron calamityThis person is cool!
    • specs are meaningless. it will all depend on how it's ported from console :( /shakes from BLOPS launch r... : DownforceThis person is cool!
    • That's funny b/c years ago when I got my 8800GTS on my Core2Duo system George said that would be good eno... : rosewoodThis person is cool!
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      Wait a fucking second here. We've waited a decade for this game and even it's going to have consolized gr... : Yumcheese
      • fuck you! this ain't crysis 2 mother fucker! : varsindarkin
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        You used the word consolized which automatically nullified anything else in your post. Just a heads u... : ColoradoCNC
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          I prefer to use the more generic phenomenon of "Console Leakage" : watcherxpThis person is cool!
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            Fucking Olestra. : MerconiumThis person is cool!
            • ulcerative consolitis : spiderfill
          • people who use BRO and CONSOLED need to punch themselves in the head for their stupidity. Gaming is co... : rasputinrebornThis person is cool!
        • the gamer version of Godwin's Law? Does it have a name yet? : captfarrellThis person is cool!
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          Recommended specs for a game in 2011 is an 8800. C'mon dude, that's laughable. : pancake humper
          • ya i figured my pc would be in the basic, its like 3yrs old now, but its in the rec emended. bad sign lol... : AMikaboshiThis person is cool!
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            Well, it was supposed to be out last year if 3DR hadn't gone kaput. : pyrogenThis person is cool!
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              8800 last year wouldn't have made any difference. It's an ancient ass card. : pancake humper
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                I have an 8800. :-( : jasonepowellThis person is cool!
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                  WHEW!!!!!!!!!!!! You are in the recommended specs!! No worries! Do you have 2gb of RAM though?????... : pancake humper
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                    YES! I have 6! But pancake humper, it says I need an 8800 GTS. I have an 8800 GT. Is the "S" that imp... : jasonepowellThis person is cool!
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                      Oh dear. You are fucked :( : pancake humper
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                        Goddammit pancake humper, god motherfucking dammit. Fuck life. I'm going to go play a console game fuck t... : jasonepowellThis person is cool!
                        • http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-PCI-Express-Graphics-Lifetime-01G-P3-1371-AR/dp/B003VWW2KK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&... : pancake humper
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                        The 8800GT is actually faster than the GTS. Do you have the 640mb one? : pancake humper
                        • YES I DO!!!!!! : jasonepowellThis person is cool!
                    • Dude you might as well just set yourself on fire what's the point of going on without the S?? : The Grolar Bear
              • and those of us that refuse to spend any more upgrade monies realize that console gaming is a smarter way... : rasputinrebornThis person is cool!
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            It's also a game that was, supposedly, near release-quality over a year ago. Unless you wanted them to st... : ColoradoCNC
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              You can't get mad at someone for calling it consolized graphics when it clearly is made for super low end... : pancake humper
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                The point is more that saying "consolized" is a lazy ass fucking word to use. Plenty of other games come ... : Evil Benius
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                  Oh, so now it's his word choice he used, not the fact that the game is actually being made for low end sy... : pancake humper
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                    Yes it has everything to do with his word choice and not actually making a good argument. Other games wit... : Evil Benius
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                      If PC ports have issues, it's cause they're ports. From consoles. Because the console is the focus of dev... : SpaecKowThis person is cool!
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                        Because if the developer wanted to put the actual effort in to the PC version then they could make it wor... : Evil Benius
                        • If someone says "consolised" they aren't pissed that console games exist of themselves. They're pissed th... : SpaecKowThis person is cool!
                • ^^^This : ColoradoCNC
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            what games have higher? : feekThis person is cool!
            • Full System Requirements for Brink Apr-13-2011 Here are the Brink requirements. Brink System Minim... : pancake humper
          • that's got nothing to do with the game being 'consolized' though. 3DR fired everyone two years ago and G... : mikecybThis person is cool!
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            Not really. An 8800 is about twice as fast as the gfx hardware in a PS3. It's pretty reasonable. : daVinci1980
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              128 shaders vs 24 at pretty similar clocks is twice as fast? or are you including texture rates and bandw... : Toraz ChryxThis person is cool!
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                I'm really just referring to how much faster it is in practical applications. If you look at reviews of t... : daVinci1980
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                  I suspect it's actually a good chunk faster than double the 7800GTX (which is roughly what the PS3 carrie... : Toraz ChryxThis person is cool!
                  • It's definitely a lot faster than 2x in a lot of areas, my point is that for an actual user the number th... : daVinci1980
      • To be fair dude, it's not really about it being consolized at this point, it's about it going through so ... : Mr. Goodwrench
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        People are really so anal that they'll bitch about the terminology I use to easily describe an issue that... : Yumcheese
        • To be fair, in the case of DNF, "consolization" could only help. I mean, the 360 is vastly more powerful ... : verbatimThis person is cool!
        • Makes me feel fine. Are the games still fun? Because that's really all that matters. : ColoradoCNC
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          why is that retarded? games are games, who cares if they are Crysis 2 or fucking Super Mario Bros. I pl... : mikecybThis person is cool!
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            It's called indignation. It's bad enough that games on the PC are limited in scope due to the memory limi... : Yumcheese
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              better hardware does not mean better games. the things you are suggesting would be a logistical nightmar... : mikecybThis person is cool!
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                Ya, funny how cost, time, and quality go hand in hand. : Yumcheese
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                  They don't actually. Mass Effect is not that good a game, nor is Avatar that good a movie. They're not ba : SpaecKowThis person is cool!
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                    Mass effect only a "good" game? Really? : even4
                    • Good and not a bit above that, my dear nerd. : SpaecKowThis person is cool!
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              Lack of horsepower on the PC is pretty loltastic. The only thing that the consoles have on the PC is e... : daVinci1980
              • Google "Snapdragon". I never said consoles can run PC games. I said PC's are running games ported from Co... : Yumcheese
            • WTF? Is this gonna be a "Cell Processor" post. : watcherxpThis person is cool!
            • Aside from what everybody else said.. What you just described would be an algorithmic nightmare to mak... : Toraz ChryxThis person is cool!
            • this doesn't make any sense at all. not trying to sound like a jerk (i'm going to, but there's no avoidin... : dahanese
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              Yeah seriously, fuck those guys for not being able to hand deliver your imagination to you. : Poor YurikThis person is cool!
              • "Hand Delivering Your Imagination since 1947. I'm Cave Johnson, We're done here." : Toraz ChryxThis person is cool!
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                what part of PS7 and 'far out' is hard to understand. Let say consoles going on from 2014 go with a 7 yea... : Yumcheese
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                  You aren't talking about gains that can be made from increases in computational power, you're talking abo... : Toraz ChryxThis person is cool!
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                    I'm talking about hardware that enables developers to create games like that. Arguing the difficulty of a... : Yumcheese
                    • Read what I said again, hardware only allows you do to mathematics problems at a given rate, if you don't... : Toraz ChryxThis person is cool!
            • Guys, it's okay. The PS7 is going to deliver all of the secrets to hard AI. We can all rest easy now and ... : Danny5225
        • 3DR spent their entire development cycle trying to make a game that taxes high-end systems. I think the p... : The Grolar Bear
        • I don't want console like graphics, I want modern PC level graphics : watcherxpThis person is cool!
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          Except you're not taking into account the fact that the better graphics get, the more money and manpower ... : gibolas1234This person is cool!
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            The stories I've read about DNF development have the DNF delays being more about poor management than act... : Yumcheese
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              . The numerous amount of graphics mods for games like half life2, STALKER, and Crysis demonstrate that in : ColoradoCNC
              • possible possibly : ColoradoCNC
              • Ya, I'd like to see more games where a gamers bitch about a 4yr old system not maxing it out. Also see... : Yumcheese
      • they should delay it and rework the graphics engine : pandastrong
      • "The first releases of the 8800 GTS line, in November 2006..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_8_... : sasoi
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      I guess I can look forward to constant 60FPS and a buttload of AA on a GTX 460. : pyrogenThis person is cool!
      • yup I'd hope I can run it maxed with 16x or 32x fsaa! : ShadowdaneThis person is cool!
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        No jaggies on them titties? : Dr_Cube
        • not when you crank up nipplesampling to the max! : SapiensThis person is cool!
    • Specs so low even your Xbox 360 could run it. : MeestaNob
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      Can't wait to see some low poly, muddy tits. : justwr!ght
      • At least we now know one reason why they aren't doing the early release demo. : CrustaRThis person is cool!
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      Wow, my compy can actually run this. I beat everything except for the card's processor, which mine is an ... : GreggD
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        I dunno, if its GPU intensive, you might be disappointed. The 8600 was a pretty throttled card. : jdcope
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          You know, based on what I've heard, this game is basically running on a slightly enhanced version of the ... : GreggD
          • good point. : jdcope
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            I don't think it was running on the Doom 3 engine at any point. : pyrogenThis person is cool!
            • Then what engine is it running on now? : GreggD
            • Never mind, I just answered my own question: http://www.giantbomb.com/forums/duke-nukem-forever/288/curre... : GreggD
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            Nope, not Doom 3 engine, heavily modified Unreal "2.5" engine. Pretty damned impressive looking for tech ... : ColoradoCNC
            • Well, then I'll definitely be able to run it. : GreggD
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