System requirements

[Crash Orange]

Are we any closer to having even a rough idea as to what the system requirements will be? I'm getting frame rates in the low teens with everything on the lowest settings, so I know I'm going to need to upgrade my video card, but I don't want to waste money doing that if the rest of my system isn't enough to run the game.

Current system:

System Information
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Time of this report: 1/16/2016, 00:38:34
       Machine name: BRUCE-HP
   Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.150715-0600)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
       System Model: p7-1270t
               BIOS: Ver: CAR_716.ROM vCAR7.16
          Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2120 CPU @ 3.30GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.3GHz
             Memory: 6144MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 6126MB RAM
          Page File: 2294MB used, 9956MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
   User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
 System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
    DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
     DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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      Display Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
          Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D:    0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw:  0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay:  0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow:  0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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          Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
       Manufacturer: NVIDIA
          Chip type: GeForce GT 520
           DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
         Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1040&SUBSYS_90AA1B0A&REV_A1
     Display Memory: 3800 MB
   Dedicated Memory: 993 MB
      Shared Memory: 2807 MB
       Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
       Monitor Name: HP w2338h Wide LCD Monitor
      Monitor Model: HP w2338h
         Monitor Id: HWP281C
        Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)
        Output Type: HDMI
        Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver File Version: 8.17.0012.7588 (English)
     Driver Version: 8.17.12.7588
        DDI Version: 11
       Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
  Driver Attributes: Final Retail
   Driver Date/Size: 8/5/2011 16:33:00, 15225960 bytes
        WHQL Logo'd: n/a
    WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
  Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-5300-11CF-1E65-A6B01FC2C535}
          Vendor ID: 0x10DE
          Device ID: 0x1040
          SubSys ID: 0x90AA1B0A
        Revision ID: 0x00A1
 Driver Strong Name: oem32.inf:NVIDIA_SetA_Devices.NTamd64.6 .1:Section006:8.17.12.7588:pci\ven_10de&dev_1040&subsys_90aa1b0a
     Rank Of Driver: 00E60001
        Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeVC1_C ModeWMV9_C

[redacted]

       D3D9 Overlay: Supported
            DXVA-HD: Supported
       DDraw Status: Enabled
         D3D Status: Enabled
         AGP Status: Enabled

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Sound Devices
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            Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
 Default Sound Playback: Yes
 Default Voice Playback: Yes
            Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0662&SUBSYS_103C2AC2&REV_1001
        Manufacturer ID: 1
             Product ID: 100
                   Type: WDM
            Driver Name: RTKVHD64.sys
         Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6531 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
            WHQL Logo'd: n/a
          Date and Size: 12/20/2011 09:16:00, 4720616 bytes
            Other Files:
        Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
         HW Accel Level: Basic
              Cap Flags: 0x0
    Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0
 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
              HW Memory: 0
       Voice Management: No
 EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
   I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

            Description: HP w2338h-1 (NVIDIA High Definition Audio)
 Default Sound Playback: No
 Default Voice Playback: No
            Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10DE&DEV_001C&SUBSYS_1B0A90AA&REV_1001
        Manufacturer ID: 1
             Product ID: 100
                   Type: WDM
            Driver Name: nvhda64v.sys
         Driver Version: 1.03.0018.0000 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
            WHQL Logo'd: n/a
          Date and Size: 2/18/2013 08:22:16, 189288 bytes
            Other Files:
        Driver Provider: NVIDIA Corporation
         HW Accel Level: Basic
              Cap Flags: 0x0
    Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0
 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
              HW Memory: 0
       Voice Management: No
 EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
   I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

[Chilli]

Judging by my system, yours is good to run with a video card upgrade or might even have some luck until then..... have you tried?

My system is older, and so are the video cards (not SLI either; have been told there is no difference).  Although, my video cards are probably rated a bit higher.

My biggest finding so far has been that folks like to start with everything cranked up first and then try and dial it down.  The most frequent offender is the environmental map.  If you know that you have around 1 GB or less of dedicated video RAM, please turn everything off, or down.  Then add items back, starting with the check boxes 1 at a time.  I wouldn't move sliders from the weakest setting at all until you have found a workable solution with tick boxes.  For example, I don't have clutter on, or clutter in flight, and unless I was buzzing a hangar my eyes wouldn't know the difference.

Loki, I sure am looking forward to seeing you around.  As it seems like you are right about at that corner where upgrade becomes necessary, but hey!  it's beta now!  time to get your feet wet!!   

[Chalenge]

. . . (not SLI either; have been told there is no difference). 

That would be incorrect!

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,376532.0.html

[Bizman]

 Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 is the main problem. It's meant for multimedia, not serious gaming. As Chilli said, a video card upgrade is what you'd need. Maybe a stronger power supply is needed for the new video card, that doesn't show in the dxdiag output. Something between 500 and 750 W is usually enough.

[popeye]

Which version of DirectX is required?  Which is optimal?

Thanks.

kong

[guncrasher]

direct x is not the question but the video card itself.  would be nice to get an nvidia with a ...60 or above.


semp

[popeye]

So the AH3 doesn't use DirectX?

I know nothing about DirectX, but notice that some games are supposed to benefit from DirectX 12,
and video board spec's include a DirectX version (mostly 12).

The reason I am asking is that my system is Win7 Prof, which I understand to be limited to DirectX 11.  I really don't want to
"upgrade" to Win 10 to get DirectX 12.  Hence, the question....

kong

[Bizman]

It does.

[popeye]

So, will AH3 benefit from DirectX 12 (over DirectX 11)?

kong

[100Coogn]

So, will AH3 benefit from DirectX 12 (over DirectX 11)?

kong

I don't believe so.  AH utilizes the Directx version that HTC used to program the game.  (my best guess)

Coogan

[Bizman]

I believe for best compatibility the directx version used is either 9 or 10.

[Skuzzy]

Still DX9.

[Kanth]

do we need to download Dx9 separately or will having installed windows 10 (which appears to have dx10 and is backwards compatible) be enough?

[Hajo]

Windows arghhhhhhhh   I've just got 8.1 running as good as it can for a mobile application system rather than an operating system.

A reminder from Microsoft keeps popping up telling me my windows 10 version is ready for download and upgrade.  It ain't happen'n in my lifetime.

Beta is running fine with 8.1 which I find surprising. I do wish they'd have enhanced XP rather then design new systems for applications.

Anyone running Beta on XP?  If so how is it performing?

[Greebo]

do we need to download Dx9 separately or will having installed windows 10 (which appears to have dx10 and is backwards compatible) be enough?

DirectX is backwards compatible, so version 9 or any above that will be fine.