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MAIKS1900
9 years ago
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Mass Effect Andromeda minimum system requirements

Can u help with at least minimum system requirements for ME:Andromeda? I'm poor student, so my PC isn't good. However, I wanna preorder game, and i wish it will be 12-15 fps. I'm big fun of ME seri...
  • badmojo88's avatar
    badmojo88
    8 years ago

    I have never been more excited and happy to be wrong in my life!

    PC system specs released !

    MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

    OS: 64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10
    PROCESSOR: Intel Core i5 3570 or AMD FX-6350
    MEMORY: 8 GB RAM
    VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB, AMD Radeon 7850 2GB
    HARD DRIVE: At least 55 GB of free space
    DIRECTX: DirectX 11

    RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

    OS: 64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10
    PROCESSOR: Intel Core i7-4790 or AMD FX-8350
    MEMORY: 16 GB RAM
    VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GTX 1060 3GB, AMD RX 480 4GB
    HARD DRIVE: At least 55 GB of free space
    DIRECTX: DirectX 11

    now this thread is solved. :D

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badmojo88
9 years ago

that is not a solution, not even a proper reply. Many of us if not most do not use twitter, and linking the ME:A twitter doesnt give us info in any way shape or form. The bottom line is the minimum system requirements should have already been officially posted a long time ago but havent been yet, likely due to EA trying to push ME:A to be only for windows 10 and not wanting to release that information in fear of it hurting pre-orders. Bad news is alot of people will not pre-order is on PC at all until they know they can run it so the tactic us self defeating. With only 3 months from release there is no excuse for sitting on the system requirements for any other reason. - in short this issue is currently unresolved and should not be marked as such. 

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Fred_vdp
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9 years ago
@badmojo88 wrote:

The bottom line is the minimum system requirements should have already been officially posted a long time ago but havent been yet

The game is coming out in over two months. Usually system requirements are shared a few weeks before release. This isn't out of the ordinary.

The last BioWare game, Dragon Age Inquisition, was released in November 2014 and the system requirements were revealed in October of the same year.  I expect we will get the system requirements of MEA around mid-February.

@badmojo88 wrote:

likely due to EA trying to push ME:A to be only for windows 10 and not wanting to release that information in fear of it hurting pre-orders.

You mean they want to limit their market potential by making the game exclusive to only one operating system? Why would they want to do that? And how will transparency hurt pre-orders? Do you think more people will pre-order if they don't know if their PC can run it? That seems backwards to me. Besides, pre-orders can be cancelled and EA has a refund policy.

  • badmojo88's avatar
    badmojo88
    9 years ago

    The ugly rumor thats been going around is their trying to have the games minimum requirements include directx 12 for the effects which would sadly make it windows 10, anyone using windows 7, 8, or 8.1 would not be able to play, by not releasing that info they could get people to pre-order for the pc without knowing that the buyer might not be able to run it. One thing leading this rumor is that on EA's Origin all windows 7,8, and 8.1 uses were given a message saying that Origin would no longer be supporting some features on those OS's. Personally, i hope the rumor is wrong, i love Mass Effect and would hate to miss out on Andromeda.... but i just cant upgrade my OS, I myself am on windows 8.1.

    • holger1405's avatar
      holger1405
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      9 years ago

      @badmojo88

      @badmojo88 wrote:

      The ugly rumor thats been going around is their trying to have the games minimum requirements include directx 12 for the effects which would sadly make it windows 10, anyone using windows 7, 8, or 8.1 would not be able to play, by not releasing that info they could get people to pre-order for the pc without knowing that the buyer might not be able to run it.

      That is simply absurd.

      Even if if BW or EA would decide to make Andromeda a DX12 only game, something that as @Fred_vdp rightly said would limit their market potential, (and not only by a small margin) all people who pre-ordered the game could return it according to EAs Great Game Guarantee, so it only would increase EAs administrative cost.

      • badmojo88's avatar
        badmojo88
        9 years ago

        I hope your right, I truly do. we'll just have to wait and see next month when is when they said they'll finally announce the specs

    • EA_David's avatar
      EA_David
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      9 years ago

      @badmojo88 I haven't heard this rumour but I have to agree with Holger, I'd be very surprised if this was the case. 

      While I'm sure there will be a DX12 option for the game -as in BF1- Frostbite 3 games have all had DX11 support and I don't see this changing any time soon. 

      This is speculation of course and not official until we get the specs, but I wouldn't worry too much yet. 

      • Fred_vdp's avatar
        Fred_vdp
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        9 years ago

        I think there's also no real visual distinction between DX11 and DX12 because the upgrade was about performance gains. DirectX 12 should look pretty much identical to DirectX 11 in this game, only it runs a bit faster.

    • brkbeatjunkie's avatar
      brkbeatjunkie
      9 years ago

      well rumors are one thing but here is the fact: its made with frostbite 3, developed by dice and implemented in a lot of recent games. It already supports windows 7,8 and 10, and dx11 and 12. I really wouldn't worry about anything being dx12 'only' for a long time.

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