I know there is no official word about that, but I plan on replacing my old PC with a new one, and I want to be able to play RAGE (and Crysis 2, but nevermind that) on the highest settings - and play it smoothly. I heard that this game will use "megatextures", which sounds very demanding. So, anyone has any idea about the System Requirements? I don't need speciics, just a general idea.

Look around for some of the best hardware out there if you wanna be able to play both on highest settings. Personally, I like ATI video cards the core speed is faster on those and just in general have better performance than Nvidia without paying a crap load, the best manufactures for both are Sapphire for ATI and EVGA for Nvidia . CPU, I'm a fan of AMD as I've had both and my AMD machine have lasted longer. But Intel Corei7's aren't bad at all, not sure what GHz they run fastest at...without overclocking. Get 4-6GB of RAM, go for RAM that's as fast as you can find as long as it's compatible. I personally for for RAM made by Corsair. ASUS makes good motherboards, if you can't find any ASUS's that you like than go for a Gigabyte board. Just read specs. on boards, they're all different...not really my specialty. Hard drives, Western Digital make good drives as does Seagate. If you go with Western Digital, get a Black Caviar drive with at least 500GB of space. Power supply, Make sure it's 600W or more with 60A on the +12V rail. A lot of people will say that "you don't need that much" or "that's a lot" but believe me it is the safest way as shorts can be expensive when they happen :brokencomputer: I have a Thermaltake Toughpower series power supply, it's real quiet, runs cool and I like it. Other makers that are good would be Corsair and Seasonic.

Are you building this yourself?

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No problem. I've only built one system before, but I'm pretty knowledgeable on hardware. Done A LOT of upgrades on old systems.

But if anyone needs any help on building systems and such, just send me a message. If I can't help you, I can point you to a forum that can.

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tl;dr
Joking.

Can you post a spec that you think is good?

The computer forum I frequent is techsupportforum.com

There's a lot of knowledgeable people there, pretty much all of their hardware tech team works with computers, either building, repairing or running their own computer shop.

As far as current spec. goes.

:grad:

Video card: SAPPHIRE 100280SR Radeon HD 5970 (costs a lot of money, but is capable of running Crysis at 50FPS at max settings without being overclocked)

CPU: Intel Core i7-970 3.2GHz (costs about $900, but is the most current CPU and runs at 3.2GHz without being overclocked :disguise: )

Motherboard: ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 LGA 1366 (About $240, supports SLI and Crossfire, I've heard the SATA connector placements on this board can be a pain, as I stated before I don't know motherboards to well there are some many different kinds with different features unlike most other components.)

RAM: Any RAM made by Corsair should be good, 4-6GB should be ample. Make sure your RAM speed is as fast as you can get, make sure it's compatible with your motherboard. RAM is THE most straightforward component you'll buy.

Hard drive: Any Black Caviar Western Digital drive. Just decide how much space you want, but be aware that the 1TB drives can be a little noisy. (I hate noisy machines :banghead: )

Power supply: Thermaltake (Toughpower series only), I have a Thermaltake Toughpower it's quiet and runs cool. Corsair make great power supplies too. Make sure you have enough wattage...usually 600W-700W is ample for most gaming machines, you'll need 1000W or more if you do SLI or Crossfire. And makes sure it has 60A on the +12V rail. It should show it on the back of the box or on the specs. tab if you purchase from a website.


:excl: I recommend buying components from stores if you're considering doing a build. Unless you have someone who is experienced with building a machine. You can do it yourself, but if you make mistakes you might have to get new parts and many shops/stores offer accidental damage plans and some will even help you get your system up and running.

I know this is a really long post, but if you want information there's no other way around it

That's a bit more expensive than I planned for, but thanks for the direction.

Yeah I hear that.

Building a superb gaming machine takes a lot of cash. You can however build decent systems for less...but that takes a bit more research. What I posted is mostly off the top of my head and very light research.

You probably won't be able to max everything out and play with 50+FPS, but you could build something that plays both on medium to high settings for a lower price. My system cost me about 1200-1300, it can run any RTS on max settings along with Fallout 3, Oblivion on max with good FPS. However, shooters like Bad Company 2 I have to lower the settings to around medium-high, sometimes lower.

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System requirements probably won't be announced until closer to the game's release next year.

I have Win 7 Pro. it has the ability to run in XP Mode. Basically it runs XP as your OS for any programs you're running. And that's good for older applications and games. But I've noticed most every game as far back as 2006 will work on Win 7 without running XP mode.

The performance is quite good actually. Win 7 is much more streamlined than XP, and I notice a huge difference when booting up, recovering from sleep mode, starting up applications most everything else is faster in general. And it seems much more stable.

But making the upgrade is really up to you, XP isn't bad but remember it's going to be discontinued, as computer manufacturers no longer make XP systems, Vista is pretty much gone to. But aside from that, updates will be stopping for SP3 sometime soon. So if you have the money, then go ahead and make the move.

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