Hardware requirements

I read official FAQ and there has been stated, that you succesfuly ran the game on even older machines. But the term "older" is quite relative... could you please give us some hardware specifications of the worst computer that was able to run this game? Just in case it isn't some sort of secret, of course...

 

I asked Tiy on my Twitter this question and received this answer:

@zentuts I don't have exact sys req for you yet, but the game isn't optimised fully yet and a bunch of devs are playing fine on very old HW

So, yeah. I don't think they can tell you anything yet.

I'm kind of hoping these "older" machines are more like pc's running 2k/xp.
I use a Macbook Pro myself, but they said the game will be cross-platform on release.

 

Tiy said that you will be propably be able to run starbound with a normal computer.

 

Define normal.

 

My definition of normal is a computer with a dual core processor and 2 gigs of ram. That was considered normal in '07.

 

Define normal in '12. That computer would be considered drastically weak today.

 

Newer computers that i have seen usually have a quad core processor and 4 gigs of ram for a low-end new computer. Mid range has 2 quad cores and 8 gigs. And high end has 4 quad cores and 16 gigs of ram.

 

Normal: 1gb ram, normal Ati Radeon HD series 3450 graphics card (that couldnt even run MC).

 

To run Minecraft you need some nice amount of RAM for it to be stable...

@OP
I think it will be a bit higher than Terraria requirements... "a bit".
So if Terraria works to you, there should be no problems

 

Of course it will be higher, there's more details and much better animating in starbound which results in more ram needed for it, of course.

Also, try at systemrequirementslab.com and tell us if you can run a high quality game .

 

Sure, CYRI is nice thing in teh interwebz.

 

Yup. You should try running Terraria if there's an option for it there.

 

i would imagine any pc/ laptop made after 07 ,not counting netbooks of course, should be adequate to due the job.

 

Here is what i have.

My PC IS an '07 notebook.

 

Seems legit to play Starbound, for me.

 

My specs:

Operating System
MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD Athlon II X4 63045 °C
Propus 45nm Technology
RAM
6.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 533MHz (7-7-7-20)
Motherboard
PEGATRON CORPORATION VIOLET6 (CPU 1)49 °C
Graphics
HP w19b/w19e (1440x900@60Hz)
DELL E178FP (1280x1024@60Hz)
1024MB GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+ (BFG Tech)58 °C
Hard Drives
977GB Western Digital WDC WD10 EADS-65M2B0 SCSI Disk Device (SATA)
Optical Drives
DTSOFT Virtual CdRom Device
DTSOFT Virtual CdRom Device
hp DVD A DH16AAL SCSI CdRom Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio

These can run Skyrim on max settings with a framerate of about 40. I think i'm fine.

 

What if someone has a mac? Terraria is windows only.

 

Tiy said Iit will be released on all platforms AFAIK.

 

Terraria was released for PC only, that's what he was referring to.

 

yay! that means should be able to play