Official: Assassin’s Creed PC System Requirements

(3 replies) #1 humcheepeng on 22 Jan 2008 - 13:40

This is madness.

#1.1 ThaCrip on 22 Jan 2008 - 13:45

you got that right! ... cause "REQUIRING" a "dual core" CPU is just stupid as it takes out the majority of people who can even play the game... and my PC easily should be able to play this game even though it's not great great.... cause i have a Athlon 3500+ (2.2ghz overclocked to 2409mhz) and a Geforce 7900GT 256MB card.... and 2GB system ram... this EASILY should be able to play a game like assassins creed, even though i probably wont have top notch performance although it should still be atleast reasonable.

Last edited by ThaCrip on 22 Jan 2008 - 14:19

#1.2 HawkMan on 22 Jan 2008 - 14:48

Athlon 3500 isn't that great anymore.

And yeah thi game most likely does require a dual core to even be Assasins creed. one core will most likely haveto be dedicated to the AI. This game use the AI for a lot of things, like crowd control and reactions.

without a dual core the crowd control and physics that make Assassin's Creed, it wound't be Assassin's Creed.

#1.3 Swordnyx on 22 Jan 2008 - 23:57

Madness? This..is..Sparta! (actually its Jerusalem but what the heck)

#2 m-p{3} on 22 Jan 2008 - 13:52

"This game contains technology intended to prevent copying that may conflict with some disc and virtual drives."
I guess it's now a standard nowaday, almost not worth mentionning.

Also, no wonder why people are switching to console with reqs like that.

(2 replies) #3 BrainDedd on 22 Jan 2008 - 13:54

What I find more mad is:

NOTICE: This game contains technology intended to prevent copying that may conflict with some disc and virtual drives.

Although this is to be expected these days

Also:

DirectX Version: DirectX 10.0 libraries (included on disc)

Supported OS: Windows XP / Vista (only)

Correct me if I'm wrong but DirectX 10.0 and Windows XP?

#3.1 briangw on 22 Jan 2008 - 16:55

Libraries are the software files, not hardware. It's just installing DX10 required files which are probably a few, not the entire DX10 software itself. It's similar to those that had DX8 vid cards and installed some DX9 files, but not the package itself.

#3.2 Wivern on 23 Jan 2008 - 13:53

NOTICE: This game contains technology intended to prevent copying that may conflict with some disc and virtual drives.

I hate it...

I'm using those to testdrive some linux-versions & other stuff, but according to 'them' you are a pirate.

I can't remember how many games I bought where I needed to find a crack to play them.
It's just not fair.

#4 Jdawg683 on 22 Jan 2008 - 14:07

12GB... GD

(3 replies) #5 Trauma on 22 Jan 2008 - 14:16

Hahaha funny joke. It's a joke, right? I mean even Crysis is more moderate with the reqs and probably looks better than this. Game died for me right now (although I meet the recomended reqs.).

#5.1 ThaCrip on 22 Jan 2008 - 14:38

exactly! ... Crysis is pretty much the high end on the PC as far as graphics etc got and it's requirements are LESS than this crap is lol

#5.2 HawkMan on 22 Jan 2008 - 14:51

Actually crysis due to it's nature rarely renders scenes anywhere near as large as the scenes you are in at all times in Assassin's Creed. It's a lot easier to be pretty when there's so little that needs to be pretty.

besides the only reason you're saying Crysis looks bettter is because the tropical island settings loks more pleasing than the Desert setting.

#5.3 Swordnyx on 23 Jan 2008 - 00:00

(HawkMan said @ #5.2)

Actually crysis due to it's nature rarely renders scenes anywhere near as large as the scenes you are in at all times in Assassin's Creed. It's a lot easier to be pretty when there's so little that needs to be pretty.

besides the only reason you're saying Crysis looks bettter is because the tropical island settings loks more pleasing than the Desert setting.

Ha, are you joking? Crysis renders things like hell, which is basically the main resaon for it's slowdowns (the other being the engine horribly tweaked). If it didn't render the way it did it would just just as smooth as say CoD4 or BioShock, which it absolutely does not.

(3 replies) #6 +DrCheese on 22 Jan 2008 - 15:09

How on earth can it require 2gb with 3gb recommended. Consoles don't have anywhere near that amount of ram and somehow manage.

#6.1 +acxz on 22 Jan 2008 - 19:41

Because consoles don't have operating systems to run underneath, and their hardware is designed simply for high-end gaming and nothing else.

#6.2 Aahz on 22 Jan 2008 - 21:27

(acxz said @ #6.1)

Because consoles don't have operating systems to run underneath, and their hardware is designed simply for high-end gaming and nothing else.

The 360 dashbaord, XMB (in-game this year), and of course the shiny white Wii Menu all say "What are we? Chopped liver?"

#6.3 Swordnyx on 23 Jan 2008 - 00:02

(Aahz said @ #6.2)

(acxz said @ #6.1)

Because consoles don't have operating systems to run underneath, and their hardware is designed simply for high-end gaming and nothing else.

The 360 dashbaord, XMB (in-game this year), and of course the shiny white Wii Menu all say "What are we? Chopped liver?"

lol true, for the PS3 and 360 anyway. The Wii... you won't be using that was a computer, trust me.

(1 reply) #7 EL1TE on 22 Jan 2008 - 15:21

They have some agreement with hardware manufacturers, that's why.

#7.1 Tha Bloo Monkee on 23 Jan 2008 - 02:08

I really do wonder this sometimes, if they purposefully make it require more so that people will upgrade their hardware. It's ridiculous.

Also, to those people who said before "but it's just a rummmouuurrr!", in your face!

(2 replies) #8 Budious on 22 Jan 2008 - 15:54

IMO... it's a mediocre game at best. I have the PS3 version and it's fun for a while but repetitive, the graphics are great but the gameplay and storyline are a bit bland.

#8.1 The Walker on 22 Jan 2008 - 16:03

(Budious said @ #

IMO... it's a mediocre game at best. I have the PS3 version and it's fun for a while but repetitive, the graphics are great but the gameplay and storyline are a bit bland.

Yeah that's what I thought.. I got to play it on a friends PS3, and all I can sy is that it was great and fun and spanky for about an hour.. then it was just **** boring... didn't get anywhere near to wanting to finish, and neither did my mate.

#8.2 briangw on 22 Jan 2008 - 16:56

(The Walker said @ #8.1)

(Budious said @ #

IMO... it's a mediocre game at best. I have the PS3 version and it's fun for a while but repetitive, the graphics are great but the gameplay and storyline are a bit bland.

Yeah that's what I thought.. I got to play it on a friends PS3, and all I can sy is that it was great and fun and spanky for about an hour.. then it was just **** boring... didn't get anywhere near to wanting to finish, and neither did my mate.

you think that's bad, you should have finished it. The ending felt incomplete and was fairly confusing.

#9 poorgamer on 22 Jan 2008 - 16:20

Forget PC games and get an HD tv hooked up to your console. That is the future, not wasting money on rebuilding a new pc every year when a new game comes out. The programmers and video card companys are in the same bed. They WANT you to buy more pc crap. By the way, i noticed my comment i posted last nite about this was deleted. Hmmmm... censorship on this board?? BS.

#10 Harbinger on 22 Jan 2008 - 18:30

Assassin's Greed

(2 replies) #11 necrosis on 22 Jan 2008 - 19:57

NOTICE: This game contains technology intended to prevent copying that may conflict with some disc and virtual drives.

This **** ****es me off to no end. I had to un-install D-Tools just to run Crysis... that I BOUGHT. I use D-Tools constantly because I store alot of software in ISO format on my file server so I don't have to rummage around for discs. And no, you can't just 'disable' it, you have to COMPLETELY un-install it.

This basically forces me to have a gaming computer and a separate "everything else" computer. Either by physically having a second one or dual booting.

Guilty until proven... guilty.

#11.1 chicken-royal on 23 Jan 2008 - 02:00

I've got D-Tools, Alcohol 120%, Nero and CloneCD installed and Crysis installed, updated to 1.1 and runs fine. I don't have any of them running when I play Crysis though, maybe that causes the problem?

#11.2 necrosis on 23 Jan 2008 - 13:31

I tried doing a full disable (fully unload the virtual drive, aka no drive letter) and it still bitched at me.

#12 virtorio on 22 Jan 2008 - 20:51

It's like they're purposely trying to put people off PC gaming.

#13 SIE on 22 Jan 2008 - 22:24

The only suprise to me is the memory requirement, everything else seems ok, people are complaining about dual core cpu's being a requirement yet they seem to forget the 360 has a tri core cpu running at what, 3.2Ghz? So I think recommending a 2.2Ghz Core 2 Duo is reasonable.

(1 reply) #14 toadeater on 23 Jan 2008 - 01:54

Vaguely sucky, overhyped game anyway. But I am glad they require a dual-core CPU, because that's not much to ask anymore. A Pentium D 805 is what they mean, and that's ~$50 right now. But get a $70 e2140 instead, and OC it.

#14.1 Harbinger on 23 Jan 2008 - 02:31

(toadeater said @ #14)

Vaguely sucky, overhyped game anyway. But I am glad they require a dual-core CPU, because that's not much to ask anymore. A Pentium D 805 is what they mean, and that's ~$50 right now. But get a $70 e2140 instead, and OC it.

Yeah, because its only natural to buy a new CPU that is not necessarily faster than yours, just to be able to play a mediocre game. Oh wait. It's not.

#15 nonick on 23 Jan 2008 - 10:30

WTF is it with PC games asking for POSoles controllers? Lame as hell.

#16 aclarke_31 on 23 Jan 2008 - 11:33

Its reason's like this that I choose to stay with my Xbox360.

PC specification is starting to become more and more of a problem for gamers.

Trying to stay up to date anymore is just getting more and more difficult.

By the time you've bought a new piece of hardware, there's a newer piece of hardware out that is better than your old one you just bought.....

I <3 my Xbox360 Elite and always will... My days of playing new games on my PC/Laptop are over.

(1 reply) #17 necrosis on 23 Jan 2008 - 13:34

I woulden't mind console gaming so much if they didn't **** over fantastic franchises. Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six, Deus Ex, ect, ect. If consoles supported KB&M more (like UT3), and mods (UT3 again) and ran dedicated servers (no one has done this yet) I would have no issues. But until that happens (REALLY long way off) ill remain a die hard PC gamer.

#17.1 werdwerdus on 24 Jan 2008 - 05:01

they should at least give us linux or windows dedicated servers

#18 :No-Frost: on 23 Jan 2008 - 19:57

Ok, now I'm officiale in the past...

Damn, I need about mmm 10 thousand dollars to get a computer to play this nicelly... xD

#19 sjc22us on 24 Jan 2008 - 14:36

Whens this actually going to come out in the UK?

#20 qdave on 24 Jan 2008 - 19:17

this is SOO not for me

time to work more and upgrade pc.

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