BioShock System Specs Revealed

sgar · 9 Jul 2007 at 21:02

BIOSHOCK PC SPECIFICATIONS

Operating Systems:
Windows XP (with Service Pack 2) or
Windows Vista

Minimum System Requirements:
CPU: Pentium 4 2.4GHz Single Core processor

System RAM: 1GB

Video Card: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 128MB RAM (NVIDIA 6600 or better/ATI X1300 or better, excluding ATI X1550).

Sound Card: 100% direct X 9.0c compatible sound card

Hard disc space: 8GB free space

Recommended System Requirements:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo processor

System RAM: 2GB

Video card:
DX9: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or better)
DX10: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 or better

Sound Card: Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series (Optimized for use with Creative Labs EAX ADVANCED HD 4.0 or EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 compatible sound cards)

Important Note: Game requires Internet connection for activation

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KNiVES · 9 Jul 2007 at 21:04

Nice! Pity about needing the net connection though. I remember Steam enforcing this with Half Life 2 and it wasn't very popular.

Cyber-Mav · 9 Jul 2007 at 21:14

ouch, seem to higher than the requirements written on the box of rainbow six vegas :eek:

truebluecfc · 9 Jul 2007 at 21:26

Hopefully np with my spec then as i'm going to be buying this for sure along with crysis.

Posty · 9 Jul 2007 at 21:33

I hate these kind of "recommended" lists, i would like to know what kind of resolution and graphics quality i can play at on that recommended spec. How do we know thats not just recommended for 800x600 at low settings? At least give the vista score it needs.

Azagoth · 9 Jul 2007 at 21:37

Oh well, that's my plans scuppered! I have an AMD dual-core! :rolleyes:

LoadsaMoney · 9 Jul 2007 at 21:41

I think i should just about manage it.

Really looking forward to this, more than Crysis.

snowdog · 9 Jul 2007 at 21:41

YAY, will still run on my pc, still no need to replace my trusty 6800GS

.

Tom|Nbk · 9 Jul 2007 at 21:57

Can't wait to see my system throwing this about

tomanders91 · 9 Jul 2007 at 22:01

i should e able to run it fine at 1440x900

Cyber-Mav · 9 Jul 2007 at 22:26

damn chuffed i got a crt so can run 640x480 without any issues of a native rez

Tom|Nbk · 9 Jul 2007 at 22:31

Cyber-Mav said:
damn chuffed i got a crt so can run 640x480 without any issues of a native rez

You should be able to run it at high in DX9 anyway

HighlandeR · 9 Jul 2007 at 22:34

Optimized for use with Creative Labs EAX ADVANCED HD 4.0 or EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 compatible sound cards

:eek:

I thought BF2 was the only one to remotely use it, but in a game like bioshock thats gonna be some really scary stuff! Imagine hearing that dead little girl running around u in circles !

furnace · 9 Jul 2007 at 22:34

Sweet

I'm lookin' forward to this one. May have a new processor by then, too :cool:

Tejstar · 9 Jul 2007 at 22:38

Those specs look quite high. I wonder how my 256MB X1950Pro will handle this @ 1680 x 1050...

doodah · 9 Jul 2007 at 22:38

There on EAX 4.0 & 5.0 - geez need to catch up (still using Audiy player)

Tom|Nbk · 9 Jul 2007 at 22:38

Just over a month now, Cannot wait for this.

Cyber-Mav · 9 Jul 2007 at 22:43

Tom|Nbk said:
You should be able to run it at high in DX9 anyway

but i wanted dx10

Tom|Nbk · 9 Jul 2007 at 23:04

An 8600 can play it in DX10 :eek:

, should be one of the best running DX10 games to date when it comes out if thats the case.

dbmzk1 · 9 Jul 2007 at 23:11

dbappa said:
There on EAX 4.0 & 5.0 - geez need to catch up (still using Audiy player)

The Audigy can do EAX 4.0 in hardware, as it is pretty similar to EAX 3.0 and was enabled by a simile driver update. It can also technically do EAX 5.0, though anything over the EAX 4.0 spec would be done in software.

Loads and loads of games use EAX!