Fallout 3 Has Gone Gold; System Specs

[John Crichton]

Already pre-ordered it for 360.

I feel kinda silly because I've never played 1 or 2 so I'll probably miss all the in-jokes.

Still - looks fun.

 

[Pants]

Already pre-ordered it for 360.

I feel kinda silly because I've never played 1 or 2 so I'll probably miss all the in-jokes.

Still - looks fun.

Bah.

I've played all of ten minutes of Fallout 2 and this still looks awesome. Maybe Fallout 3 will actually make me want to go back and try to play through the first two.

 

[DarkKestral]

Minimum specs tend to mean it can be booted up. That doesn't necessarily mean playable. My old PC met the minimum specs to run Supreme Commander...if I felt like seeing 1 frame every second.

Personally, I'd like to replace minimum specs with playable specs, and recommended with maxed-out.

Mythic's "minimum" specs for Warhammer Online are apparently this way, even to the point of supposedly being designed for medium graphics values with framerates of roughly 20 fps. (20-30 average fps w/ drops of no lower than 10 fps is what I consider "playable", but others may vary) Needless to say, I think that's a great policy, if true, because it gives a relatively realistic picture of what the game needs to run decently. (I don't mind dropping to low quality on some games, but I appreciate being able to normally run it at higher settings even during fiddly bits.)

I also think there is a place for saying "here is the stuff you need to get playable framerates on minimum settings, here's what'll get you to medium, and we recommend this setup for max settings."

 

[Kaodi]

I hope my PC can run it. I can run Oblivion with better than the worst graphic settings, though it technically is a little under the minimum requirements. If they release a demo, I guess I will be looking at trying that first.

 

[Blackrat]

I hope my PC can run it. I can run Oblivion with better than the worst graphic settings, though it technically is a little under the minimum requirements. If they release a demo, I guess I will be looking at trying that first.

Unfortunately Kaodi, it seems they aren't going to release a demo.

 

[Lazybones]

This may be the first PC game I've bought in the last six months. I have a 360 as well, but between Fable 2 and Gears 2 I think I'll have plenty to do on the console this season. Plus I got Oblivion for the 360 and missed out on what the modding community put out.

 

[EricNoah]

Very psyched about this one. The first two Fallouts were a couple of my favorite games, and Oblivion is probably my very favorite game (maybe tied with Jedi Knight II and the Half-Life franchise). Fallout + Oblivion = awesome (I'm hoping!).

 

[Bront]

* I have the video card and system RAM; I just hope my Athlon 64 X2 3800+ @ 2.0 GHz (socket 939) will be okay.

Have you ever thought about throttling that puppy up? I've been running mine at 2.5 Ghz for over 2 and a half years with no problems. Heck, it's actually more stable (I think it has to do with the memory being high quality and having aggressive memory timings.

I need another GB of ram, but not likely to happen. And my 7800 GT is just starting to show it's age. My PC occasionaly stumbles on Mass Effect.

However, if you have a very good GPU, your CPU will matter less, to a point.

 

[Shalimar]

I decided to go with my PS3 for this one since I'm not quite sure my laptop has the chops for this game:

Intel Core 2 CPU T7200 @ 2.0 GHZ 997 MHZ, 2.0 GB RAM
Nividia GeForce Go 7400

I'd prefer it on my laptop since I'll always have it with me, but I want it at the best settings, and I know the PS3 can deliver that with my 37inch Flat Screen. I am also suffering from a shortness of PS3 games (only 4).

Looking at my laptop what would all of you suggest?

 

[Aus_Snow]

Hm, I'd probably go with the PS3 then, Shalimar. . .

Notebookcheck: Mobile Graphics Cards - Benchmark List

The Go 7400 is there, just um, not very high up on the list. CPU should be fine, but yeah, the last line of Bront's most recent post in the thread is oh so true, in this case unfortunately so.