Qui-GONE Jinn Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 I MUST try this game before I buy it because I'm not sure if my comp. can handle it... and no, here in Norway we can't get the game refunded because it doesn't work...that's like our responsibility to know before we buy the game =/ Appreciate any replies.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PissedJedi Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 Post your specs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akhilles Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 What's the last first person shooter you played? Outcast has alot of settings i.e. you can turn off LOTS of the features so it plays as smoothly as possible on alot of systems. I'd think if you had around a GeForce 3 card and 800mhz Intel P3 or higher, 500 mhz AMD Athlon or higher, you'd be fine. Lucas Arts posts the requirements for the game here: http://www.lucasarts.com/products/outcast/html/system.html They say a P2, which is fine for installing the game... It's interesting that they list alot of old low end video cards as well. Be interesting to actually try and play on those systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akhilles Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 Originally posted by Navaros1 If there was a demo then people would realize how much the game sucks and not buy it. LucasArts is being smart by not releasing a demo. Heh, mom won't buy it for ya huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ps2maddenman Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 Buy the game from EB or Babbages(Software ETC) if it doesn't work you can return it there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qui-GONE Jinn Posted April 5, 2002 Author Share Posted April 5, 2002 Well the last fps I successfully played through was RTC Wolfenstein, which worked perfectly on my extremely low-end computuer (although it was of course not maxed out on graphics and stuff..) MOHAA would definitely not run because my Banshee doesn't support multi-texturing. Does JK2 require this? I already posted my specs, and it was concluded that I could probably run it, but they weren't sure if the 3dcard would handle it... I'm reckoning "hey, I ran RTCW, so why not JK?" Is JK more akin to MOHAA or RTCW...'cause if it requires a "multi-texturing-able" 3dcard, I'm lost.. Well, again, my specs: PIII 450 128 MB RAM Voodoo Banshee 16 mb I have no ambitions of playing this with the best graphics, I just need to PLAY it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaderJM Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 Navaros is funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Darth Vega* Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 I would definatly not try it with a banshee. And I was under the impression that banshees had 12mb of onboard ram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forhekset Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 Qui-Gone, I play JK2 on a computer with the same specs as yours (though my 3d card is a GeForce 2) and I can run the game fine at 1024x768 with nearly all the settings at max, except for texture detail which I set to high rather than very high. Oh yeah, and I use low quality sound. You won't be getting 100 FPS or anything like that, but the game is still very playable with just a little slowdown here and there. I dunno about JK2 needing multi-texturing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qui-GONE Jinn Posted April 5, 2002 Author Share Posted April 5, 2002 No, actually the banshee's does have 16 mbytes..at least mine does:) probably a later build or something. It's the banshee that worries me here...but it DID run RTCW...anyone nkow about the multi-texturing thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Darth Vega* Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 Yeah probably like a pro version or something. Like at my school one of the labs has nothing but Banshee cards and they're all 12mb versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PissedJedi Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 um ouch. Your system would barely run the game. I wouldn't suggest it. Until you get some upgrading done. First off you gotta get yourself at the 800 mhz mark either duron,celeron or p-3 At least 256 megs ram and at least a 32 meg memory 3d card. That's if you want to be able to run the game decently. IF you want it to run at least 30 frames average possibly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amorpheus Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 Originally posted by Navaros1 If there was a demo then people would realize how much the game sucks and not buy it. LucasArts is being smart by not releasing a demo. People should listen to you. I'm serious - the only thing to consider is that you have the exact opposite opinion of everyone else, so it's gotta be a good game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaderJM Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 Wow, I was just playing you a couple hours ago Vega, you're really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badgerboy Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 I'm running JK on a Dual PIII 450 and it runs fine, with the graphics all turned up. A slight slowdown in large outside areas but thats it. Perhaps I could get around that if they had actually enabled multithreading! The Q3 engine supports it and they neglected to take advantage of it.... shame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qui-GONE Jinn Posted April 6, 2002 Author Share Posted April 6, 2002 Badgerboy, what excactly does Dual mean? How much RAM have you got? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millions o' Monkeys Posted April 6, 2002 Share Posted April 6, 2002 just to tell u im running on a old 333 celeron 256 mb ram and 32 mb gf2.....runs well at mid ranged settings, except for a few large outdoor areas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nK_Archangel Posted April 6, 2002 Share Posted April 6, 2002 Well, just to put all you ''low-end system users'' at ease, I have a: PII 266 288mb RAM 32mb TNT2 Obviously, I get some slowdown in massive areas chock full of enemies, but its still playable...i.e 20fps... Somehow I can run nearly every game on the planet, except for Medal of Honour and Ghost Recon...CPU upgrade time if I wanted to play them...but I don't, I only want to play Jedi Outcast... Now isn't that just dandy Qui-Gone, I'd say don't worry about upgrading your CPU just yet...The EASIEST way to triple your performance is just to wack on another 128mb RAM...Next, get yourself a TNT2 or Geforce 2 as a minimum...Both these items really are dirt cheap these days...It'll save you buying a new computer for a while yet. Although if you want to play JO, I'd recommend getting the new vid. card first...Not too sure about how well that Banshee will handle it. EDIT: Oh, and I run JO at: 800*600 resolution Low Geometry Medium Textures Normal Shadows Dyanmic Lighting on Low Sound Vsync off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimasterm Posted April 6, 2002 Share Posted April 6, 2002 My brother has a PII 333, 16mb Voodoo Banshee, and 128mb of ram. The game runs smoothly on his machine with everything on low detail. Try to turn anything up and it'll run at about 10fps. So yeah, it'll run on your pc, but the 3D card will be the drawback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanconnery Posted April 6, 2002 Share Posted April 6, 2002 Dual means he has 2 450mhz processors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qui-GONE Jinn Posted April 7, 2002 Author Share Posted April 7, 2002 Thank you guys, and especially you, jedimasterm! your brother's computer really put my mind at ease. We'll see if I can pick the game up soon. I think my brother and I will buy the game together, so that my budget don't suffer TOO heavily if the game doesn't run.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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