Dragon Age - Performance on "Middle Class Hardware"

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PC Games Hardware says Dragon Age ran flawlessly at GamesCom on "middleclass hardware":
At the Gamescom in Cologne the men behind genre hits like Baldur's Gate or Neverwinter Nights presented their new title Dragon Age: Origins on a PC with Core 2 Duo E6750 (2.66 GHz), Geforce 8800 GTS/512 MiByte and 3 GiByte RAM.

On this middleclass system the RPG run absolutely smoothly and without any performance problems with a resolution of 1,680 x 1,050 (no FSAA/AF). The graphics is up to date and does not need to hide behind other competitors. The character details are very high. Especially the facial animation is very impressive. Combat animation is worth seeing, too, and metal parts of armors look very realistic due to the brightness effects rendered with Specular Maps. Also fire looks impressive as well as the detailed and soft shadows of protagonists and opponents.
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My computer is as well. Cool.
 
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That is exact same specs as my current rig. Nice, no need to worry about upgrading your PC just to play new game.
 
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Cute avatar Remus :) I didn't expect anyone on RPG forum to have Heather as avatar :p
 
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Mine too. Slightly less powerful CPU (but I could probably overclock it to that spec, if it was absolutely necessary), signficantly more powerful video card. Lookin' good...
 
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I'm glad for this - I like the trend. Wolfenstein is a great looking performer on low-end hardware, and as far as I'm concerned sacrificing a little for more PC inclusion is a great idea!
 
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Prime Junta said:
Mine too. Slightly less powerful CPU (but I could probably overclock it to that spec, if it was absolutely necessary), signficantly more powerful video card. Lookin' good...
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Keep in mind they're talking about the 8800 GTS/512, which was the newer version with the G92 core, not the old GTS 320/640.
 
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How about my Athlon 64 3500+? Anyone? *sigh* I guess I need a new machine fast. ;) I did replace my old 6800GT with a new 50,- video card that trounces it in every way (Radeon HD 4650), but many modern games really do tax your CPU to its limit. Dual core is a must these days!
 
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What's the fastest CPU you can plug into your mainboard?
 
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Wow, that's almost exactly like my computer, so it is now a 'middle class' one, oh well, I still play all games I get at maximum settings with no issues. That should give me at least another year to upgrade.
 
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JDR13 said:
Keep in mind they're talking about the 8800 GTS/512, which was the newer version with the G92 core, not the old GTS 320/640.
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I just upgraded mine to a 9800GT/512, which beats the pants off all the 8800's, so I should be OK.
 
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Okay, make that "equally powerful," then.

(You're probably right, BTW -- I checked the Tom's Hardware charts, and the 9800GT/512 clocks in only very very slightly higher numbers than the 8800GT/512 or 8800GT/1024. In any case, it's a whole bunch faster than the 8800GTS/320 I had before.)
 
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They even pulled the trick a 2nd time. Several cards of the next gen were also simply relabelled relabelled GeForce 8 cards.
 
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