danold Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Before SWTOR came out, I knew my laptop was just above the minimum system requirements to run the game. Intel Core Duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26 GHz 4.00 GB Windows Vista Nvidia 9800M GTS blah blah.. After experiencing 45-55 fps ( then face planting to 3-5 fps) I decided to take a look at the system requirements on the game box. At the very end of the minimum requirements it says " Due to potential changes, the minimum system requirements for this game MAY CHANGE OVER TIME, and you may need to upgrade your current system (or obtain a new system) to play the game" So basically this means anyone who bought the game with minimum system requirements is risking not being able to play the game at all. When has this been an acceptable standard for a game launch? Funny how crap like this drives the computer hardware market. Nobody would need a super fast graphics card if it weren't for video games. Does this seem shady to anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freyar Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Before SWTOR came out, I knew my laptop was just above the minimum system requirements to run the game. Intel Core Duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26 GHz 4.00 GB Windows Vista Nvidia 9800M GTS blah blah.. After experiencing 45-55 fps ( then face planting to 3-5 fps) I decided to take a look at the system requirements on the game box. At the very end of the minimum requirements it says " Due to potential changes, the minimum system requirements for this game MAY CHANGE OVER TIME, and you may need to upgrade your current system (or obtain a new system) to play the game" So basically this means anyone who bought the game with minimum system requirements is risking not being able to play the game at all. When has this been an acceptable standard for a game launch? Funny how crap like this drives the computer hardware market. Nobody would need a super fast graphics card if it weren't for video games. Does this seem shady to anyone else? Doesn't seem shady when MMOs keep adding content. Blizzard, SOE, and many others have the same even if it's not a disclaimer on the box. Hell, I remember the huge uproar with EvE Online's decision to drop the old DirectX 8 client. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonblaze Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Actually this is pretty standard for any MMO game. This style of game essentially always growing and improving over time, and thus the system requirements may evolve as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillen Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Yeah, the minimum requirements usually don't change for some time down the road. That disclaimer is there because they might upgrade the game engine at some point and along with that will come new system requirements. But that wouldn't be for a year or more down the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griminal Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 You don't need a super fast graphics card. How can you expect to get decent performance with the bare minimum? Is that how you go through your entire life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danold Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 Actually this is pretty standard for any MMO game. This style of game essentially always growing and improving over time, and thus the system requirements may evolve as well. eVEN AFter 3 days of buying and playing the game? I understand a game has a right to evolve, im saying their minimum system requirments is misleading except for the part i quoted. The game is not playable at 5 fps. Should have upped the minimum system requirments imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenthum Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 To be fair, it's kind of unbelievable that people went from 40-50 frames in the Beta stress tests, when shards typically had 10 to 15 times the number of players they have now, and people are still experiencing WORSE performance problems than in Beta. It's pretty widespread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danold Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 at first i thought it was a fps issue on the developers end... now i'm not too sure. My CPU averages around 80% outside of warzones.. that is not good. Again, I think whoever marketed this game severely mislead its customers... And to be honest, I don't know how I feel about buying a video game from a company that makes me risk money to run their product.. I guess I'm just frustrated. Grrr!!1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freyar Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 (edited) eVEN AFter 3 days of buying and playing the game? I understand a game has a right to evolve, im saying their minimum system requirments is misleading except for the part i quoted. The game is not playable at 5 fps. Should have upped the minimum system requirments imo. My brother runs on a Dual-Core 2.1Ghz processor with a 9800 and 2GB of RAM. If you're dropping to 4 or 5FPS, it's likely due to either something borking up on your system, or the fact that you're using a mobile card. The Intel Core i5 I run on is constantly pegged when running SWTOR. That's fine, it's what it should be doing. Edited January 12, 2012 by Freyar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Game_Hermit Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 (edited) When has this been an acceptable standard for a game launch? When has a 5+ year old laptop been an acceptable standard for a gaming computer? Edited January 12, 2012 by Game_Hermit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markn Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 lol seriously ? Go run EQ or WOW on a system that met minimal req when it was out see how it goes for you I played EQ on a PC with 256mb ram go try that now lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danold Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 When has an old laptop been an acceptable standard for a gaming computer? When has selling a video game with shady minimum requirments (which mine meet) ever been acceptable. I should be able to run missions without any problem at 1280x800 with everything turned on low or off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeacefulViolence Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 You just made a thread about something that nobody has any control over, This is an MMO, everything in the game is subject to change, those system requirements are just meant as a guideline so people know what to expect, nothing more. You need to upgrade your computer, the truth hurts doesn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freyar Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 When has selling a video game with shady minimum requirments (which mine meet) ever been acceptable. I should be able to run missions without any problem at 1280x800 with everything turned on low or off. Not really. Minimum specs were always "you can run it at MAYBE non-slideshow rates on a FRESH install of Windows with NOTHING else running." Just like recommended, they're guidelines, not absolutes and this is more true when you start introducing third party influences such as other apps, hardware, and drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kringlorr Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Stop having a terrible computer. Problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dianoia Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 So you're complaining about a genre based on constant evolution requiring hardware evolution to meet it's improvements? LoL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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