SOW System specs

[Skoshi Tiger]

Originally Posted by Hunden

Hey everyone, I just picked up on il2 by chance at the end of 2009 I guess im one of the lucky ones. After reading the forums and looking at the dates i realize you are all diehards. IM just happy I didnt have to wait that long.

The first couple of years were the worst.....Then again the next two were fairly bad as well.... after that time started to loose any meaning for most of us.....I seem to rember having a full set of hair and good eyesight when I started looking forward to BoB!

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger

The first couple of years were the worst.....Then again the next two were fairly bad as well.... after that time started to loose any meaning for most of us.....I seem to rember having a full set of hair and good eyesight when I started looking forward to BoB!

haha ... i feel sorry for the people that ran off to buy a "SOW ready" PC back in what was is 2004/2005 ?

It will be ready when its ready ... be sure

[Flanker35M]

S!

I remember when Oleg mentioned SoW ages ago, as it feels now, that sure he can make a simulation surpassing IL-2. But he also stated that if we want more fidelity, complexity, realism we have to pay for it with increased hardware requirements. Gone will be the days of IL-2 that runs on an ancient machine.

So so far we know SoW runs at least on DirectX versions 9 and 11. This makes assumptions and guesses a tad bit easier concerning the system specs. I would guess that for DirectX 9 that is supposed to be the "worse renderer" you can run it on a nVidia 8xxx/9xxx/2xx-series ATI 4xxx series and above, some 2-4Gb RAM, 2GHz+ CPU and 10Gb+ HDD space. This also means it can be run in WinXP minimum.

For the DirectX 11 and with all the bells and whistles: best visibility distance, best effects and lighting, most DM/FM on etc. In short: max settings. Then you would need the best of the crop out there: nVidia 4xx/ATI 5xxx series in SLI/XFire, Intel i7/i5 CPU, 8Gb RAM etc. And even then I would not expect screaming FPS in certain situations like with lot of fire, explosions, smoke and tracers, lot of NPC etc. around.

We asked for more and we get more but do not expect it to run with a crappy computer. Days of IL-2 are gone with SoW.

[lbuchele]

Originally Posted by Flanker35M

S!

I remember when Oleg mentioned SoW ages ago, as it feels now, that sure he can make a simulation surpassing IL-2. But he also stated that if we want more fidelity, complexity, realism we have to pay for it with increased hardware requirements. Gone will be the days of IL-2 that runs on an ancient machine.

So so far we know SoW runs at least on DirectX versions 9 and 11. This makes assumptions and guesses a tad bit easier concerning the system specs. I would guess that for DirectX 9 that is supposed to be the "worse renderer" you can run it on a nVidia 8xxx/9xxx/2xx-series ATI 4xxx series and above, some 2-4Gb RAM, 2GHz+ CPU and 10Gb+ HDD space. This also means it can be run in WinXP minimum.

For the DirectX 11 and with all the bells and whistles: best visibility distance, best effects and lighting, most DM/FM on etc. In short: max settings. Then you would need the best of the crop out there: nVidia 4xx/ATI 5xxx series in SLI/XFire, Intel i7/i5 CPU, 8Gb RAM etc. And even then I would not expect screaming FPS in certain situations like with lot of fire, explosions, smoke and tracers, lot of NPC etc. around.

We asked for more and we get more but do not expect it to run with a crappy computer. Days of IL-2 are gone with SoW.

You are right that's for sure.
I have a concern about memory in SOW.
If you have to build a new system , do you think is better a 8 Gb dual channel setup as I am seeing a lot of offers in newegg or a 6 Gb triple channel?(please don't answer a 12 Gb triple channel...)

[swiss]

In fact I'be happy just to know whether SoW engine will favor Nvidia cards or not.
Think of Crysis for instance.

That's the point that pisses my of the most, since, unless oleg reveals some of those infos, I cannot build or even project my new system.

[Bobb4]

Originally Posted by swiss

In fact I'be happy just to know whether SoW engine will favor Nvidia cards or not.
Think of Crysis for instance.

That's the point that pisses my of the most, since, unless oleg reveals some of those infos, I cannot build or even project my new system.

Oleg will announce the system specs "two weeks" after you buy the wrong graphics card
Seriously though, looking at the screenshots he is posting any current "good" graphic card should do.
He has already said it will use directX 9/10/11. It will not use OpenGL.

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Bobb4

Oleg will announce the system specs "two weeks" after you buy the wrong graphics card
Seriously though, looking at the screenshots he is posting any current "good" graphic card should do.
He has already said it will use directX 9/10/11. It will not use OpenGL.

Crysis was directX, still it favored nvidia cards - a lot.

Unless you show my a Xfire and SLI compatible motherboard, I'll stay annoyed.