I think am good with my processor core2 quad q9300@2.50
4 gig ram.
My video card is only a nvidea gt 440. I imagine this is going to cause some problems?
do you think with an ati 6850 I would be able to run on high setting at full resolution?
thx.
I posted this back in November. Have 8 gigs of ram now, rest of system is still the same. Just wondering if the 6850 is the best bet for getting me to run at highest settings. I'm looking for the least expensive way to run at highest quality.
Thanks.
If I were you I'd wait and see. Based on what we know, the graphics card is a bit low. GeForce 550 Ti seems to be a good card for a low cost upgrade, but maybe wait till the game is out and see what kind of performance other people are getting? You should at least be able to play the game day one, and if not, video cards are pretty quick and easy to swap out.
Not in the beta, so I played through Titan Quest pretending that it was Diablo. I came to realize though, Titan Quest is a pretty nice looking game on high settings. It made me wonder if Diablo would look any better on my aging machine. ie. I could set everything to high on Titan Quest, but doubt very much I can do the same in D3. Titan Quest was fine, except for two sections of the Immortal Throne which really dropped in fps.
Does anybody in the beta have similar specs? If so, how does it run?
I figure the bottleneck will be my cpu. I use a fairly low resolution (1440x900), so maybe that will be my saving grace.
CPU Type:
Intel® Core™2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz
CPU Speed:
1.82 GHz
System Memory:
3.5 GB
Video Card Model:
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Gamespot actually tried it out with something approaching my specs.
Hopping onto our test beds, we thought we'd limbo down a bit and pair up an Intel Core i3 with a practically ancient GeForce 9800 GT. Frame rates ended up pegged at 60, the maximum the monitor allowed with V-sync enabled, and we were still running with everything cranked at 1920. Clearly, we were still overestimating the game's demands.
Off we went to our dusty 1.8GHz Core 2 Duo paired with a GeForce 8800 GT. This has to be the bottom, right? Wrong. We maxed out everything and still ended up with a machine that could output 60 frames per second under normal conditions and in average battles.
Not in the beta, so I played through Titan Quest pretending that it was Diablo. I came to realize though, Titan Quest is a pretty nice looking game on high settings. It made me wonder if Diablo would look any better on my aging machine. ie. I could set everything to high on Titan Quest, but doubt very much I can do the same in D3. Titan Quest was fine, except for two sections of the Immortal Throne which really dropped in fps.
Does anybody in the beta have similar specs? If so, how does it run?
I figure the bottleneck will be my cpu. I use a fairly low resolution (1440x900), so maybe that will be my saving grace.
CPU Type:
Intel® Core™2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz
CPU Speed:
1.82 GHz
System Memory:
3.5 GB
Video Card Model:
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
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If I were you I'd wait and see. Based on what we know, the graphics card is a bit low. GeForce 550 Ti seems to be a good card for a low cost upgrade, but maybe wait till the game is out and see what kind of performance other people are getting? You should at least be able to play the game day one, and if not, video cards are pretty quick and easy to swap out.
Gamespot actually tried it out with something approaching my specs.
http://www.gamespot.com/features/diablo-iii-beta-how-low-can-it-go-6337821/
Hopping onto our test beds, we thought we'd limbo down a bit and pair up an Intel Core i3 with a practically ancient GeForce 9800 GT. Frame rates ended up pegged at 60, the maximum the monitor allowed with V-sync enabled, and we were still running with everything cranked at 1920. Clearly, we were still overestimating the game's demands.
Off we went to our dusty 1.8GHz Core 2 Duo paired with a GeForce 8800 GT. This has to be the bottom, right? Wrong. We maxed out everything and still ended up with a machine that could output 60 frames per second under normal conditions and in average battles.
Does anybody in the beta have similar specs? If so, how does it run?
I figure the bottleneck will be my cpu. I use a fairly low resolution (1440x900), so maybe that will be my saving grace.
CPU Type:
Intel® Core™2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz
CPU Speed:
1.82 GHz
System Memory:
3.5 GB
Video Card Model:
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT