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Age of Conan system requirements revealed

Category: PC, Posted: 03/10/2008 at 12:11PM EDT by Billy Wang, Contributor

ageofconanFor you eager fans of Funcom's upcoming MMORPG Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, the game's official site points to an updated and rather extensive FAQ.

The combat portion of the FAQ was updated with new information regarding the game's unique combat system. In short, "This system gives you control over your attacks in real-time, and requires aiming, planning, and coordination, rather than clicking auto-attack and walk away. Players must make strategic decisions regarding how and where they stand in relation to the enemies they are fighting..."

Other portions covered include classes and feats, races, magic, the single-player experience, quests, guild, crafting, equipment and the gameworld.

Lastly, here are the official system requirements:

Required:
OS: Windows Vista/XP
Processor: 3GHz Pentium IV
RAM: 1GB RAM
Video Card: Shader Model 2.0 and 128MB RAM: NVIDIA GeForce 5800 or ATI 9800

Recommended:
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz (E6600) or better
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7950GX2 or better
RAM: 2GB or more

-Enhanced for: DirectX 10, 64-bit processors, multi-core
-Supports Parental Controls on Windows Vista

Age of Conan launches for PC on May 20th, while an Xbox 360 version will be released in the future.

Posted by Requiem on 03/10/2008 at 12:37PM

Hmm, I have a single core 3.0ghz processor....but I have a good enough graphics card and 2GB of RAM. I'm sure I'll be able to play it fine. Im really excited about this game.

Posted by enben980 on 03/10/2008 at 04:19PM

Tabula Rasa works on a single core albeit horrendously. I'm sure there is a reason the minimum is a single core 3GHz. The game engine is probably optimized for dual/quad core CPUs and only an afterthought was given to those still using single cores.

Frankly I am surprised that this game will still support single core processors and 1GB of RAM considering the market is considerably past that point by now. Even the 5800/9800 support is about 3 years behind the times.

Posted by enben980 on 03/10/2008 at 04:21PM

P.S.

I'm thinking to play this game with today's wide screen monitors and at 60fps the specs of a machine will have to be

3.0GHz dual/quad core CPU
4GB system RAM
SLI / X2 video card setup

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