Stranglehold hardware requirements released - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 8th Aug 2007, 11:49

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/08...nts_released/1

Been polishing your keyboard in preparation for John Woo’s Stranglehold later this year? Well, now you can start doing something more productive and get your PC specced up beforehand.

lamboman · 8th Aug 2007, 11:55

Pretty needy game. But, it is strange that the minimum requirements are a X1300 or 7800, completely different cards.

steveo_mcg · 8th Aug 2007, 12:02

How long before quad core chips are recommended and my poor 939x2 is relegated to server duties. Actually its interesting its states dual core as a requirement does this mean they have managed to code a game to take proper advantage of a multi core set up, is this an actual first?

The_Pope · 8th Aug 2007, 12:25

I agree with SteveO - hit that phone Joe and find out!

CardJoe · 8th Aug 2007, 12:32

Will do - updates to follow once I gets some answers.

herbs · 8th Aug 2007, 12:37

lol so my athlon xp 2400 with 6600gt won't play it then. I really need to buy a faster computer but even if I did I doubt it would be able to play this game.

iwog · 8th Aug 2007, 12:47

The 2 gig min ram really starts to force people towards 64bit OSes. So i guess it'll probably DX10 and vista only too then. Or is this a wild assumption?

Delphium · 8th Aug 2007, 13:47

Well with the minimum gfx card being a 7800, then I suspect that the game will be DX9 compatible, with support for DX10, much like company of heroes is atm?

Still 2gb min ram?!!! What they doing with that vast amount, installing the game direct to RAM for best performance?!!

Would be interesting to know if the game has native or patched support for 64bit if at all.

As for dual core requirement, would the people out there still running older machines with hyperhreading be ok to run such a game I wonder.

Hells_Bliss · 8th Aug 2007, 13:51

I would hope it's 64bit native these days, bloody annoying when my program files folder is basically empty, by my program files (x86) is bursting at the seams :P

Soo, looks like i'm going to be poor(er)

steveo_mcg · 8th Aug 2007, 13:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delphium

Well with the minimum gfx card being a 7800, then I suspect that the game will be DX9 compatible, with support for DX10, much like company of heroes is atm?

Still 2gb min ram?!!! What they doing with that vast amount, installing the game direct to RAM for best performance?!!

Would be interesting to know if the game has native or patched support for 64bit if at all.

As for dual core requirement, would the people out there still running older machines with hyperhreading be ok to run such a game I wonder.

I once heard hyper threading described as a method of turning one relatively quick cpu into two very slow ones. So i would doubt it would help.

Delphium · 8th Aug 2007, 14:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by steveo_mcg

I once heard hyper threading described as a method of turning one relatively quick cpu into two very slow ones. So i would doubt it would help.

Figured that may be the case.

GigantoR · 8th Aug 2007, 14:14

I got a chance to get my hands on the xbox 360 version of this at QuakeCon this year and it was pretty wild. Berettas with never ending ammo, diving on top of rolling carts and blasting through hordes of baddies. And doves! Yes, there is a "special move" where you go into a rampage spinning ans shooting and kill everybody and through the whole thing, doves are flying around.

naokaji · 8th Aug 2007, 14:15

they are prolly just telling the real hw requirements unlike others that give out hw requirements which are then only good for 1024x768 at lowest quality settings so that a 2 year old game that runs on same hw on max settings looks better.

Vash-HT · 8th Aug 2007, 15:22

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Originally Posted by naokaji

they are prolly just telling the real hw requirements unlike others that give out hw requirements which are then only good for 1024x768 at lowest quality settings so that a 2 year old game that runs on same hw on max settings looks better.

Actually you have it mixed up, minimum requirements mean the minimum required to install the game, not play it at good settings. Recommended hardware is what you're thinking of, which is always on there anyways. If this is the minimum for this game, I can't imagine how ridiculous the recommended hardware probably is.

BioSniper · 8th Aug 2007, 15:27

There is something wrong with this sentance:

Quote:

Loathe though we are to say it, it looks like a fair number of people will be grabbing Stranglehold for the PlayStation 3.

Why is there no mention of Xbox360 in there considering it's on all 3 (PC, 360, PS3) platforms?

Bauul · 8th Aug 2007, 15:33

Hot damn they're high requirements! I'm surprised by the dual core requirement, do you think they actually mean you must have two cores to run the program, or that they're just using dual core as an example of a quick processor? I'm guessing the latter to be perfectly honest.

Thank goodness I meet the rest of the requirements, I'd be ****ed off if a PC I put together six months ago is now out of date.

Amon · 8th Aug 2007, 15:41

No chance in hell I could play this game. The 15GB of hard disk space would only make sense if the game were long enough and had a lot of unique environments.

The X1300 / 7800 video card requirements were probably cited as minimums due to their widely-offered frame buffers (512MB) rather than their scene rendering power; I refer back to the 15GB of content.

DougEdey · 8th Aug 2007, 16:46

There's a demo on XBL. But it's killed the whole of XBL (including online gaming, voice chats and downloads)

Delphium · 8th Aug 2007, 16:59

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Originally Posted by DougEdey

There's a demo on XBL. But it's killed the whole of XBL (including online gaming, voice chats and downloads)

Smooth :/

DougEdey · 8th Aug 2007, 17:03

Working now, seems like they fixed it. Just sloooow

8th Aug 2007, 11:49	#1
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8th Aug 2007, 11:55	#2
lamboman Hypermodder Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 969	Pretty needy game. But, it is strange that the minimum requirements are a X1300 or 7800, completely different cards. __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 @ 3.04GHz \| OCZ Platinum Rev 2 @ 760MHz (4-4-4-12) \| Asus P5K-E/WIFI-AP \| Asus EAX1950 Pro \| Coolermaster CM690 Corsair VX450 \| Samsung 932B \| Logitech G5/Media Elite/Z-3

8th Aug 2007, 12:02	#3
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8th Aug 2007, 13:47	#8
Delphium You there computer man fix my pants Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: on teh interwebz Posts: 1,256	Well with the minimum gfx card being a 7800, then I suspect that the game will be DX9 compatible, with support for DX10, much like company of heroes is atm? Still 2gb min ram?!!! What they doing with that vast amount, installing the game direct to RAM for best performance?!! Would be interesting to know if the game has native or patched support for 64bit if at all. As for dual core requirement, would the people out there still running older machines with hyperhreading be ok to run such a game I wonder. __________________ \| Asus P5N32-E SLI \| Q6600 G0 @3.0ghz Watercooled \| 8GB Corsair Dominator PC8500 @1066mhz 5-5-5-15 2T \| XFX GTX285 \| BFG 8800GTS \| XFX 9600GT \| 1x 128GB Crucial M225 SSD \| 5x 500GB Seagate SATA-II \| BFG 800W SLI PSU \| Logitech Z-5500 5.1ch speakers \| 3x Dell S2209W 22"wide TFT's (5760x1080res) \| 1x Panasonic 42"Plasma \| All working on Win7 Ultimate x64 \|

8th Aug 2007, 13:51	#9
Hells_Bliss Supermodder Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NC, USA Posts: 548	I would hope it's 64bit native these days, bloody annoying when my program files folder is basically empty, by my program files (x86) is bursting at the seams :P Soo, looks like i'm going to be poor(er) __________________ Asus P5N32-SLi Extreme, Intel Conroe E6600 @ 2.4GHz, 4GB Corsair XMS2 @ 1060MHz, eVGA GeForce 8800 GTX @ 621MHz, 2 WD 250GB 7200RPM HDD's, Creative Soundblaster Fatal1ty pro

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8th Aug 2007, 14:15	#13
naokaji whatever Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Belfast Posts: 1,879	they are prolly just telling the real hw requirements unlike others that give out hw requirements which are then only good for 1024x768 at lowest quality settings so that a 2 year old game that runs on same hw on max settings looks better.

8th Aug 2007, 15:33	#16
Bauul Sir Bongaminge Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Godalming, near Guildford Posts: 1,553	Hot damn they're high requirements! I'm surprised by the dual core requirement, do you think they actually mean you must have two cores to run the program, or that they're just using dual core as an example of a quick processor? I'm guessing the latter to be perfectly honest. Thank goodness I meet the rest of the requirements, I'd be ****ed off if a PC I put together six months ago is now out of date. __________________ Pentium 4 CPU 3.4 Ghz \| 1Gb + 2x512Mb Corsair DDR2 667 Mhz Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 512Mb\| WD Raptor 36Gb, Seagate 300Gb \| Asus P5LD2 SE Ibanez RG 470 Japanese Edition \| 1991 Japanese Lo-TRS Tremolo \| V7 S1 Custom V8 HSH Pickups

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Amon inch-perfect Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: cannoning into the reds, Toronto, Canada Posts: 2,456	No chance in hell I could play this game. The 15GB of hard disk space would only make sense if the game were long enough and had a lot of unique environments. The X1300 / 7800 video card requirements were probably cited as minimums due to their widely-offered frame buffers (512MB) rather than their scene rendering power; I refer back to the 15GB of content. __________________ Defunct Socket 939 San Diego 4000+::2GB PC3200::Radeon 9600 SE 128MB::200GB HDD::24" Dell 2407WFP-HC::WinXP x64/x86 dual boot Dell Vostro 1500 laptop::Socket P Merom T7100::2GB PC5400::Go 8600m GT 256MB::660GB HDD::15.4" WXGA+, 24" Dell 2407WFP-HC::WinXP::Fanatec 911 Wheel+Pedals

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