Minimum System Specs for WAR

July 30, 2008 – 12:35 pm

No official word on Mac compatibility yet, but here’s what the WAR Herald lists as minimum system requirements for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning at release. Bear in mind, these are MINIMUM requirements, so you won’t get the best performance, however, you should be able to get by (not based on any beta feedback, just years of experience with PC gaming).

For Windows XP

· 2.5 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
· 1 Gigabyte RAM
· A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
· At least 15 GB of hard drive space

For Windows VISTA

· 2.5 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
· 2 Gigabyte RAM
· A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
· At least 15 GB of hard drive space

Supported Video Cards

ATI Radeon(TM) series

· 9500, 9600, 9800
· X300, X600, X700, X800, X850
· X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950
· 2400, 2600, 2900,
· 3650, 3850, 3870
· 4850, 4870

NVIDIA GeForce series

· FX 5900, FX 5950
· 6600, 6800,
· 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950
· 8400, 8500, 8600, 8800
· 9400, 9500, 9600, 9800
· GTX 260, GTX 280

Intel(R) Extreme Graphics

· GMA X4500

Unfortunately, I can’t really elaborate yet on my current system and performance in beta, but this appears to be what they’re aiming for. I’m quite happy to report that my new computer blows these specs out of the water, so I should be good to play WAR for years into the future. Also of note, these don’t appear to be much higher than World of Warcraft’s minimum system requirements.

Interesting to ponder the timing implications of this announcement. Sounds like they’re really gearing up for NDA drops and open beta (eliminating confusion by officially announcing the minimum specs). To me, this confirms that there is absolutely no chance they will delay release again.

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11 Responses to “Minimum System Specs for WAR”
“Unfortunately, I can’t really elaborate yet on my current system”

Ah yes, the Greenskin NDA…

By Werit on Jul 30, 2008
am I missing something here? Mythic said in 2006 that there will be no MacOS support, in a Slashdot interview.

By ror on Jul 31, 2008
Yeah, I remember reading that too, but I thought they might have changed their tune. Not many people have been following this game since 2006 (well, sure a lot, but nowhere near compared to how many there are now and will be), so I thought they might want to reiterate their plans for MacOS.

By Snafzg on Aug 1, 2008
Just a quick query, how do you know if your card has Pixel shader 2.0, is it a download, is there a way to check or will any card listed above have it?

I have a Nivida 8800 btw.

By Hellebron on Aug 3, 2008
Hmm, good question Hellebron. I found this page:

http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce8.html

which shows that your card definitely has a shader clock. Depending on the model, it may be very high or a bit lower, but your card will easily make the minimum specs based on Mythic’s released information.

By Snafzg on Aug 4, 2008
Cheers for that Snafzg, and aye mine is a GT, so looks like I’ll have few worries.

By Hellebron on Aug 4, 2008
You should be smokin! Er… according to their list!

By Snafzg on Aug 4, 2008
Hey guys my graphics card is NVIDIA Geforce 6200SE TurboCache(TM) and that is NOT listed under the minimum specifications although I do play World of Warcraft and my graphics card isn’t listed under those specifications aswell…I’m pretty sure it will work but just to make sure plz can some1 tell me?

By Can I still play if... on Oct 6, 2008