System Requirements for PoE is a joke

Minimum:
OS: Windows XP SP3/Vista/Windows 7/8
Processor: x86-compatible 1.4GHz or faster processor
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® 7800 GT or ATI Radeon™ X1950 Pro or better
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 5 GB available space


Source is from Steam PoE page.


i think this needs to be updated. Something like

OS: Windows XP/Vista/Win 7/8
Processor: intel-7 or faster processor
Memory: 8GM RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 770 GTX or ATI Radeon HD 7970 or better
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 10GB Available space and an SSD for faster loading.


At the end, you need a high end gaming PC for playing PoE. Witch is sad but true.


Edit: Wonder why they didnt post a maximum specs to play this game on max and enjoy it in parties. I know, what ever you buy you will get fps drop.

The word "Minimum" is key. You can play PoE so long as the minimum requirements are met.

good thing i can cross all those lines down then :)

disabled shadow worked fine

Well those minimum requirements are quite the joke..

But then again, all minimum requirements for games are always a joke.
I remember reading that crysis had a 2,8 ghz pentium 4 as its minimum cpu requirement.
I'd be surprised if you managed to get above 10 fps with that.

You should read minimum requirements as ''Minimum computer specs where the game won't just refuse to even start up'' rather than ''Specs that will actually play the game at any kind of reasonable fps''.

Actually my PC, has only 2 gigs of RAM, and 2.2 GHz dual core processor, with NVIDIA GeFOrce 7300 LE, and game runs nice, without Lag.

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DoomCloud wrote:

The word "Minimum" is key. You can play PoE so long as the minimum requirements are met.

Sure you can, 10 fps. Even lower, with those specs, i dont want to know what fps the guy will have on a group party with sporkers and shits.

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Drunkendx wrote:

Actually my PC, has only 2 gigs of RAM, and 2.2 GHz dual core processor, with NVIDIA GeFOrce 7300 LE, and game runs nice, without Lag.

It all depends on what you are used to I guess. I don't think your system even hits 30 fps on the lowest settings. For me personally anything under 60 fps is unacceptable in an ARPG (and most games in general).

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MGTopgun wrote:

At the end, you need a high end gaming PC for playing PoE. Witch is sad but true.

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MGTopgun wrote:

ATI Radeon HD 7970 or better

belive it or not u still gonna have fps drops