REAL System Requirements

[Vengeanze]

Harddrive is not important. A SSD Vertex 3 won't give more frames over a regular 7200.
Harddrive speed shortens the loading time for the game though.

4 GB of RAM is good enough for any game as of today. 8 GB is overkill.
Try it yourself. No framegain with 8.

Would be interesting if anyone has any input on speed of ram. Dual channel versus triple channel and 1600Mhz versus 1066Mhz etc. What does CL-level do for the game?



Forgot; thanks buzzsaw for the compilation. Agree on the Optimum Price/Performance system. Those specs would allow for 30+ low flying over London in a >100 pilots game.

[Phazon]

I agree that a quad core and a current-gen videocard are a must. 4GB of ram is ok for the game as it is today but it will grow more ram hungry as we get more and more aircraft made available to fly with and against.

Having a fast HDD will definately help. It helps reduce stuttering as the game streams textures in for terrain and objects. CloD has a reasonably quick loadtime when you load up a mission but this comes at the cost of the game streaming textures in, as I'm sure alot of you notice when you load into a plane on an airfield and watch the textures load in on the cockpit and terrain around you.

[Feathered_IV]

Very useful information. Thanks!

[MadTommy]

Originally Posted by Feathered_IV

Very useful information. Thanks!

Just a shame it is inaccurate and misleading.

Running Windows 7 (x64), trackir, fraps, teamspeak & CoD i have never maxed out my 4 GB of RAM. Suggesting 8 GB is needed is inaccurate.

Also saying FSB speed of 1333 is a minimum requirement is untrue.

Also quad core might be desirable, but it is not essential by any means. My dual core E8400 running at 3.6Ghz does just fine.. neither core gets utilised more than 60%.

The only thing roughly right is the graphic card section. But here there are also mistakes. The GTX 480 gets higher benchmarks than the GTX 570, so saying the 570 is optimum is inaccurate.. the 580 & 590 are the optimum cards, but the 480 & 570 will still run the game on High settings. (i known nothing about ATI cards)

You just need tons of VRAM and a well setup BIOS/PC to get smooth gameplay.

[Doc_uk]

You forgot to mention to run 8gig of memory you need a 64bit machine
regards
Doc

[Mattius]

Hopefully, further optimizations will reduce these specs.....

[*Buzzsaw*]

Made some edits to reflect feedback.

[Seeker]

It runs fine as a server (not dedicated) with 22 live pilots on my lap top. It kicks ass on my seven year old game machine.

Performance has never been the real problem. Clod doesn't stress my system as much as Oblivion.

Bugs, interface and a lack of content are the problem.

Some of you need to learn more about Windows and less about hardware.

[Helrza]

Buzzsaw, im just wondering what scenario would the reccommended settings youve posted here would be applied to? overall including london? to have all settings on full?

Atm my cruddy system is running it quite beautifully with nearly everything on full (with the exclusion of ground shading and ground detail on low, and SSAO off). Im asking this because going to upgrade solely for this game, so i want to know wat im getting is going to be overkill, or if i can slacken off on some parts

[Vengeanze]

Originally Posted by Helrza

Buzzsaw, im just wondering what scenario would the reccommended settings youve posted here would be applied to? overall including london? to have all settings on full?

Atm my cruddy system is running it quite beautifully with nearly everything on full (with the exclusion of ground shading and ground detail on low, and SSAO off). Im asking this because going to upgrade solely for this game, so i want to know wat im getting is going to be overkill, or if i can slacken off on some parts

I'd say get a new g-card like Radeon HD6950 or similar. Everything else in your setup should be fine (haven't looked in detail).