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Anonymous

11 years ago

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Did I buy the wrong new system

I just purchased a new computer today. One of the reasons for a new computer was because I got DA:I for Christmas and my current laptop couldn't run the game. I am waiting for the computer to be delivered but I just realized that it is a dual core processor, not a quad. Will I still be able to run the game or should I cancel the order. Here are the specs:

Processor 2.2 GHz Core i5-5200U

RAM 8 GB DDR3L SDRAM

Hard Drive 500 GB SATA

Graphics Coprocessor NVIDIA GeForce 840M

Graphics Card Ram Size 2000 MB

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

dragon age inquisition

Anonymous
11 years ago
Not only is a dual core now more or less obsolete for games, and I7s the rule, that poor Geforce isn't good enough to pass minimum. If you HAVE to use a laptop, get a GPU that still contains everything internal that is required, instead of accepting only HALF.

Demand a Radeon, and get nothing slower than an R9 270 mobile.

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Anonymous
11 years ago
I'm installing Steam now but the first thing that I did was use the (awesome) tool that checks if my system will play the game. I got a green checkmark for minimum requirements. Fingers crossed.
Fred_vdp
Hero+
11 years ago
@AwesomeJack570 wrote:

I'm installing Steam now but the first thing that I did was use the (awesome) tool that checks if my system will play the game. I got a green checkmark for minimum requirements. Fingers crossed.

Do you mean http://systemrequirementslab.com ? Because that's actually a very unreliable tool. Just to give an example:
Anonymous
11 years ago
Well, it took forever to install the game from the discs. It almost seemed like it was downloading everything. I finally got to the 4th disc and went to bed. When I woke up, I launched the game and got a message that I needed to update my video card driver. That took another 20 minutes. I then launched the game and............BAM......it worked! I had to leave for work, so I couldn't play much. I watched the opening "movie" that brings you into the story and got to a point where I could move around and everything seemed great. Maybe if I had a higher end system I would notice better performance or graphics but what I saw more than fine. It looked great. It was very smooth. Maybe when I get into a battle I'll have more of a problem but so far so good.
Anonymous
11 years ago
As a side note....
Thank you to everyone who responded. First rate support and awesome community!