I read somewhere that the actual release would require less than beta, is that somewhat correct?
Somewhat yes and no.
The graphics are graphics, they won`t be spending much time making them streamed more and easier to run, thats done way back in early development.
HOWEVER
The beta could have minimal graphic setting options (say stuck at medium or medium-high settings) and the full version may allow you to adjust those settings, reduce it to low, or go very high, etc.... giving you more adjustability in the full release.
However, I`d say if you can`t run the beta, don`t be holding onto running the full game on the lowest settings, chances are you`d be dissapointed.
Like if you look at my specs noted above, It`s a laptop... you`ll notice I do have an intergrated Intel® HD Graphics Family chip just over 1.5GB and only 64MB of it is dedicated, but then my laptop also has two GeForce GT 540M that add 2GB dedicated memory. You want to make sure you have that dedicated card on a laptop.
Graphics processor is always the snag for gaming on a laptop. The 230M is just below the recommended requirement for the game so you should be sweet.
Diablo 3, as with all Blizzard games, is not the most demanding.
Some might argue because technology has progressed so far in the time they've taken to develop the game is why. Others will say that it's about style more than the latest fancy feature to add nose hair self shadowing.
A tip for anyone buying a laptop ever. If you plan to play ANY game on it, make sure it has its own dedicated graphics processor made by AMD or nVidia. If it says Intel run as if it's trying to stab you in the heart.
Exactly, Blizzard makes most their games to fit a wide scale of graphic prefference qualities so most people can play.
You`re laptop will deff be able to handle the game, probably very smoothly up and even a little past mid-range graphics setting, wouldn`t be suprised if it handled high quality settings at well... the only (and I mean i`d suprised if it does) issue you might have is the at high qualities in game, 4 people all doing their thing, you may have processor lag and I say this only because the Intel® Core™2 Duo isn`t quite up to par as say a i3, i5, or i7... but neverthe less is still good so I doubt foreseein any issues there.
And yes ABSOLUTLY make sure your laptop has an NON-INTEGRATED CARD! Nvidia GForce or ATI Radion card ... it should be advertised, make sure if does something that says Intel HD Graphics... that that is not the only graphics card, cause all that is is the graphics processor built into the mobo and is shared, it`s not dedicated.
I'd say given the + resistance from intelligence the wizard gets, + other items such as shield or anything.... that the 120% to resistance will go along way in helping out in later difficulities when resistance punishments are faced.
That is just an assumption based on the idea that lolz inferno is hard.
That is true... I pretty much only play HD so when blizzard had an interview video titled "you will die"... I'm kinda hoping it will be hard
I think the classes line up similairly... uses attacks similar to the zone, similar to straff and crown control / managment kinda more similar to a assasins traps. Should be a very interesting class.
I'd say given the + resistance from intelligence the wizard gets, + other items such as shield or anything.... that the 120% to resistance will go along way in helping out in later difficulities when resistance punishments are faced.
I've watched, wow, roughly 60+ hours of game play footage, a lot Force Strategy stuff, blizzcons pvp stuff, builds, patch reviews, random peoples play throughs, I've watched SOOO much. I have a friend who has beta (I don't) but I've found a few things (spelling mistakes mostly, and some random glitches, sugguests, etc)... that I have sent off to blizzard, and I'm not even in Beta, I havn't even played once, just watched SOOO many videos and with a background in gamming/devlopment/design I have a keen eye, so I do my part.
I just wish I had beta, I would play soooo soooo much, there would be no way I'd be starting a thread like this lol (no offence).
oh I know who you are you go to mohawk college your that one tall kid I see around, Im like the only asian kid there at that school til next year I go to university If i see you in the halls i'll give you my account info your a tall guy, friends with that hot chick with the blond hair and black hair
Lol sorry, that's not me. I did go to Niagara College 3 years ago (drove from Hamilton every-day) - for Police Foundations...I did have a really hot blond chick as a friend, but I'm not tall, and I have brown hair.... and I'd still take you up on the offer tho, but I'm in my last year now at University of Ottawa, so home (and Mohawk) is a far drive.
I do have a lot of Police Foundations friends at the Brantford campus tho
kk i'll add you on facebook but tell me is criminology hard when you go to university? like how hard is it? I might consider letting you use my account if you give me some info on the program
I'll tell you everything you need to know about Criminology, I graduate this year. And I have contacts from proffs and post doctorial teachers in criminology all over Canada at various schools.
I've watched, wow, roughly 60+ hours of game play footage, a lot Force Strategy stuff, blizzcons pvp stuff, builds, patch reviews, random peoples play throughs, I've watched SOOO much. I have a friend who has beta (I don't) but I've found a few things (spelling mistakes mostly, and some random glitches, sugguests, etc)... that I have sent off to blizzard, and I'm not even in Beta, I havn't even played once, just watched SOOO many videos and with a background in gamming/devlopment/design I have a keen eye, so I do my part.
I just wish I had beta, I would play soooo soooo much, there would be no way I'd be starting a thread like this lol (no offence).
oh I know who you are you go to mohawk college your that one tall kid I see around, Im like the only asian kid there at that school til next year I go to university If i see you in the halls i'll give you my account info your a tall guy, friends with that hot chick with the blond hair and black hair
Lol sorry, that's not me. I did go to Niagara College 3 years ago (drove from Hamilton every-day) - for Police Foundations...I did have a really hot blond chick as a friend, but I'm not tall, and I have brown hair.... and I'd still take you up on the offer tho, but I'm in my last year now at University of Ottawa, so home (and Mohawk) is a far drive.
I do have a lot of Police Foundations friends at the Brantford campus tho
I've watched, wow, roughly 60+ hours of game play footage, a lot Force Strategy stuff, blizzcons pvp stuff, builds, patch reviews, random peoples play throughs, I've watched SOOO much. I have a friend who has beta (I don't) but I've found a few things (spelling mistakes mostly, and some random glitches, sugguests, etc)... that I have sent off to blizzard, and I'm not even in Beta, I havn't even played once, just watched SOOO many videos and with a background in gamming/devlopment/design I have a keen eye, so I do my part.
I just wish I had beta, I would play soooo soooo much, there would be no way I'd be starting a thread like this lol (no offence).
Now this is just my opinion... but sure, I can see how being able to respec means not having to make 5 different paladin builds and that means low level items, and magic find runs for re-making characters is now lacking in desirablitiy, i get all this I really do.
I just see it this way, now I can connect more to my characters, focus on them more, instead of them being dispensable for a 'better build'. They are now actual characters, that you can live long, and prosper with. The characters themselves beomce less despensable at the cost of your skills being despensable. However, there is too a downside to that, less choices, less mistakes, etc.... However a blizzard interview once said that even their alpha team felt it was a difficult choice to decide the set of 7 skills to go with. And yes, I know you can swap them out easy enough but then it comes down to this:
You can now play HOW YOU WANT! Want to pick a skill and NEVER change it, then dont, want to only change your runes, then play that way. Want to see what you like, pick your skills then set in stone.... then make another wizard with a different build, go right ahead, play as you please. From only needing to make one character and chaging it to suit your need to having things set in stone and everything in between, blizzard did this right, they made the choice YOURS!
Now how does this affect the joy of getting items and starting new characters....if you like to do that, do it, if you find joy in finding new items to build a new character then set your skills in stone and focus on new charactes, if you prefer to only have one of each character than do that and... here comes the kicker...
those low lvl uniques don't become useless, with the AUCTION HOUSE.... there is always a purpose.... maybe instead of doing runs to get gear for your other or new characters, now you make money off it, increase what you need, etc... etc...
However you play, I only see D3 as one thing: more freedom, more control, more fucos on your characters, to pelase more people, have more fun, make it a challenge if you want, or don't, do this, or that, it's up to you.
Time of this report: 2/23/2012, 12:13:01
Machine name: DEEP-THOUGHT
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.110622-1506)
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2430M CPU @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 6144MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
Graphics 1: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
Display Memory: 1696 MB
Dedicated Memory: 64 MB
Shared Memory: 1632 MB
Graphics 2: GeForce GT 540M (x2)
Graphics clock: 672Mhz
Processor clock: 1344Mhz
Memort clock: 900Mhz (1800Mhz data rate)
Total Availivle Graphics Memory: 7592 MB
Dedicated Video Memory: 2045 MB DDR3
So I got this info for my laptop by going to start --> typing in and running 'dxdiag' I just provided relevant data, so you can see what really matters. Match it up with the diablo specs and you can see I can (or should be able to) easily run it. I don't have the beta but I can run Skyrim on highest settings (no lag, freeze, fps drop, or spikes... and loads times are a second or two tops)... which is good since PS3 and XBox360 run on medium-high settings.
If you need ANYHELP at all, free free to message me or post here. Just give the specs you have or the computer you looking into getting / making, and I'll let you know if it's good. So let me know any compairons (graphics cards exspecially), and I'll let you know
And I think April would be the SMARTEST for them to release in, it may be little known but 'graduate presents' at the end up april do contribute to a recognizable spike in electronic sales... then follow it through with the fact summer vacation is starting (or going to in a couple months) for many people... it's the perfect time to get out there.
I'm hoping the 24th (Tues) in april get's released as a relese date soon, but I wouldn't be suprised if it ends up being as late as June 4th (tues).
Somewhat yes and no.
The graphics are graphics, they won`t be spending much time making them streamed more and easier to run, thats done way back in early development.
HOWEVER
The beta could have minimal graphic setting options (say stuck at medium or medium-high settings) and the full version may allow you to adjust those settings, reduce it to low, or go very high, etc.... giving you more adjustability in the full release.
However, I`d say if you can`t run the beta, don`t be holding onto running the full game on the lowest settings, chances are you`d be dissapointed.
Exactly, Blizzard makes most their games to fit a wide scale of graphic prefference qualities so most people can play.
You`re laptop will deff be able to handle the game, probably very smoothly up and even a little past mid-range graphics setting, wouldn`t be suprised if it handled high quality settings at well... the only (and I mean i`d suprised if it does) issue you might have is the at high qualities in game, 4 people all doing their thing, you may have processor lag and I say this only because the Intel® Core™2 Duo isn`t quite up to par as say a i3, i5, or i7... but neverthe less is still good so I doubt foreseein any issues there.
And yes ABSOLUTLY make sure your laptop has an NON-INTEGRATED CARD! Nvidia GForce or ATI Radion card ... it should be advertised, make sure if does something that says Intel HD Graphics... that that is not the only graphics card, cause all that is is the graphics processor built into the mobo and is shared, it`s not dedicated.
That is true... I pretty much only play HD so when blizzard had an interview video titled "you will die"... I'm kinda hoping it will be hard
I'll tell you everything you need to know about Criminology, I graduate this year. And I have contacts from proffs and post doctorial teachers in criminology all over Canada at various schools.
Can you find me on facebook?
stirling.rob@gmail.com
Robert Stirling
Lol sorry, that's not me. I did go to Niagara College 3 years ago (drove from Hamilton every-day) - for Police Foundations...I did have a really hot blond chick as a friend, but I'm not tall, and I have brown hair.... and I'd still take you up on the offer tho, but I'm in my last year now at University of Ottawa, so home (and Mohawk) is a far drive.
I do have a lot of Police Foundations friends at the Brantford campus tho
I've watched, wow, roughly 60+ hours of game play footage, a lot Force Strategy stuff, blizzcons pvp stuff, builds, patch reviews, random peoples play throughs, I've watched SOOO much. I have a friend who has beta (I don't) but I've found a few things (spelling mistakes mostly, and some random glitches, sugguests, etc)... that I have sent off to blizzard, and I'm not even in Beta, I havn't even played once, just watched SOOO many videos and with a background in gamming/devlopment/design I have a keen eye, so I do my part.
I just wish I had beta, I would play soooo soooo much, there would be no way I'd be starting a thread like this lol (no offence).
2. Male Deamon Hunter (I think a DH main selling point is a kick-arse female ninja like rouge/assasin)
Tied in 3rd. Then Female Barb and Female Monk tied
I just see it this way, now I can connect more to my characters, focus on them more, instead of them being dispensable for a 'better build'. They are now actual characters, that you can live long, and prosper with. The characters themselves beomce less despensable at the cost of your skills being despensable. However, there is too a downside to that, less choices, less mistakes, etc.... However a blizzard interview once said that even their alpha team felt it was a difficult choice to decide the set of 7 skills to go with. And yes, I know you can swap them out easy enough but then it comes down to this:
You can now play HOW YOU WANT! Want to pick a skill and NEVER change it, then dont, want to only change your runes, then play that way. Want to see what you like, pick your skills then set in stone.... then make another wizard with a different build, go right ahead, play as you please. From only needing to make one character and chaging it to suit your need to having things set in stone and everything in between, blizzard did this right, they made the choice YOURS!
Now how does this affect the joy of getting items and starting new characters....if you like to do that, do it, if you find joy in finding new items to build a new character then set your skills in stone and focus on new charactes, if you prefer to only have one of each character than do that and... here comes the kicker...
those low lvl uniques don't become useless, with the AUCTION HOUSE.... there is always a purpose.... maybe instead of doing runs to get gear for your other or new characters, now you make money off it, increase what you need, etc... etc...
However you play, I only see D3 as one thing: more freedom, more control, more fucos on your characters, to pelase more people, have more fun, make it a challenge if you want, or don't, do this, or that, it's up to you.
The world is your hell-infested oyster.
Time of this report: 2/23/2012, 12:13:01
Machine name: DEEP-THOUGHT
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.110622-1506)
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2430M CPU @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 6144MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
Graphics 1: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
Display Memory: 1696 MB
Dedicated Memory: 64 MB
Shared Memory: 1632 MB
Graphics 2: GeForce GT 540M (x2)
Graphics clock: 672Mhz
Processor clock: 1344Mhz
Memort clock: 900Mhz (1800Mhz data rate)
Total Availivle Graphics Memory: 7592 MB
Dedicated Video Memory: 2045 MB DDR3
So I got this info for my laptop by going to start --> typing in and running 'dxdiag' I just provided relevant data, so you can see what really matters. Match it up with the diablo specs and you can see I can (or should be able to) easily run it. I don't have the beta but I can run Skyrim on highest settings (no lag, freeze, fps drop, or spikes... and loads times are a second or two tops)... which is good since PS3 and XBox360 run on medium-high settings.
If you need ANYHELP at all, free free to message me or post here. Just give the specs you have or the computer you looking into getting / making, and I'll let you know if it's good. So let me know any compairons (graphics cards exspecially), and I'll let you know
Cheers
And I think April would be the SMARTEST for them to release in, it may be little known but 'graduate presents' at the end up april do contribute to a recognizable spike in electronic sales... then follow it through with the fact summer vacation is starting (or going to in a couple months) for many people... it's the perfect time to get out there.
I'm hoping the 24th (Tues) in april get's released as a relese date soon, but I wouldn't be suprised if it ends up being as late as June 4th (tues).
Game:
http://us.battle.net/support/en/article/diablo-iii-system-requirements
Beta:
http://eu.battle.net/support/en/article/diablo-iii-system-requirements