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Red Image Games
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Posted: 4th May 2014 08:00
Wasn't sure where to post but I think the System Requirements may be slightly inacurate.



Minimumly, it requires a 1GB video card yet with my 1.2GB dedicated card I was able to run custom 4096x4096 textures at 40FPS. This was during 1.005/before the major performance boosts



I know minimum requirements are usually a heck of a lot higher than they really are but it kinda bugs me X.X

Specs: Intel Core i5 4570, 4GB DDR3 1333Mhz, GTX 560 TI Twinfrozr 3 ( Getting new PC Soon )
Sparrowhawk
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Posted: 4th May 2014 12:31
You do have to remember though, that not all 1GB GPU's will be as good as yours. I used to have a Radeon HD 4350, and it was a 1GB card, however it only had GDDR3 ram, which is significantly slower than the GDDR5 found in most GPU's today.



A lot of last gen or older hardware will have the basic quantities of RAM e.g. 1GB but that doesn't mean the ram is fast enough to run Reloaded well. If it were lowered to 512mb minimum, you'd probably end up with lots of people wondering why it wouldn't run on their 2004 gpus, which may have 512mb ram, but are only actually GDDR2/3 RAM too slow to run the software.



A lot of potential buyers of the software are unlikely to know what type and speed of RAM their GPU has, and TGC can't really expect them to research all that - so 1GB seems to be a good lower limit.



Thats my thoughts, anyway
The Next
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Posted: 4th May 2014 12:40
Agree totally with Sparrowhawk on all he said 1GB seems fair.

Windows 7 Pro, Intel i7 3.8 GHz, 16GB DDR3, NVIDIA GTX 780 4GB Superclocked
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Red Image Games
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Posted: 4th May 2014 13:58
True, never thought about ram speeds and older GPUs. Forgot alot of lower end GPUs are starting to be 1GB aswell

Specs: Intel Core i5 4570, 4GB DDR3 1333Mhz, GTX 560 TI Twinfrozr 3 ( Getting new PC Soon )

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