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EverQuest Next: Landmark: Alpha System Specs Revealed
SBFord
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Sony Online Entertainment has revealed the system specifications for those who will be participating in the EverQuest Next: Landmark alpha test set to commence at the end of January. Users will be required to have a 64-bit system as, according to Dave Georgeson, the game is not yet optimized.
Minimum System Requirements:
OS – Windows 7 64 bit
Processor – Intel i5 Dual Core or higher / AMD Phenom X3 or higher
Memory – 4GB RAM
Hard Drive – 20GB Free
Video Memory – 1,024 MB RAM
Video Card – nVidia GeForce GTX 275 series or higher / AMD HD 4890 or higher
Sound Card – DirectX compatible
Internet – Broadband (10Mbit/sec or higher)Recommended System Requirements:
OS – Windows 7 64 bit
Processor – Intel i5 Quad Core or higher / AMD Phenom II X6 or higher
Memory – 8GB RAM
Hard Drive – 20GB Free
Video Memory – 1,024 MB RAM
Video Card – nVidia GeForce GTX 560 series or higher / AMD HD 6870 or higher
Sound Card – DirectX compatible
Internet – Broadband (10Mbit/sec or higher)Please be aware that throughout Alpha, we will continue to make adjustments and optimize system performance. As such, throughout Alpha (and Beta), these system requirements are subject to change.
Read more on the EverQuest Next: Landmark page.
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Recommended System Requirements:
OS – Windows 7 64 bit Check!
Processor – Intel i5 Quad Core or higher / AMD Phenom II X6 or higher Failed (AMD Phenom II X4)
Memory – 8GB RAM Check!
Hard Drive – 20GB Free Check!
Video Memory – 1,024 MB RAM Check!
Video Card – nVidia GeForce GTX 560 series or higher / AMD HD 6870 or higher Check!
Sound Card – DirectX compatible Check!
Internet – Broadband (10Mbit/sec or higher) Check!
Ok! Just the CPU that is 1 step under recommended. I should be fine... Lets go already!!!
Looks like recommended is quite easy on specs, actually. Just wonder what they consider "recommended". Can such a system run the game at 60 FPS with all settings maxed, or is it more like medium settings. My rig is far above the recommended, so should be safe, but still wondering.
We'll see in a month or so, I guess. I don't believe that anyone will be getting in alpha within January.
There were several articles in the past two days with SOE staff saying it would be out by the end of January.
ok- never been an everquest player- i recently ran into an article here and started to inquire further into this game.
looks pretty amazing from the youtube videos on the forth coming 'everquest next'!!!
so i will be trying out 'landmark' for sure!!!- i finally was able to distinguish the the two.-lol!!!
this def could be the next gen mmo- if they deliver what they showed for 'everquest next'!
im excited!
alpha is feb 28th!
Alpha is Feb 28th, if I recall correctly. Glad I meet every spec except cpu for recommended, Looks like my 965BE, is getting dated. Happy my new computer is nearly complete, got over a month to finish tinkering.
Internet – Broadband (10Mbit/sec or higher)
You have got to be kidding me? What information is this game passing?
I played EQ1 for years on dial-up and it was lag free. This included 70 man raids and heal rotations, etc.
Every other MMO I've played recently runs fine on my 3 MB dsl and that is while using mumble or teamspeak at the same time.
SO once again, what is this game transferring that requires that much bandwidth?
You can't be seriously comparing EQ one to Landmark in regards to bandwidth demands?
seriously
Voxel data. That's why it also takes a ton of memory. This has been discussed over in the Everquest Landmark forums before and we suspected the bandwidth requirements will be heavy.
They're talking about their event at the SOE campus on the 31st, where people will be able to play. Nothing solid said about the alpha starting this month, unless I've missed something.
Can you point me to a place where they definitely say that?
All we really have is a tweet from Smedley stating that alpha should begin by the second half of January. It's in one of the mmorpg posts. There was no official announcement. Therefore this late in the month with no date announced, I doubt this will be true, but they could surprise us at the last minute. I doubt we will have to wait long after Feb 1st though...
yes,indeed...i believe that maybe for the Jannuary 31st 2014 attendees in san diego event! they said some keys maybe distributed.
nevertheless- purchased my pack -so looking forward to this!!
Eh, I'm sure for most situations sub-10Mbps will be fine, they're probably just trying to cover situations with lots of terrain modification going on in a small area with lots of players. Just running around exploring however? Doubtful that much is necessary.
If that is indeed required for average game play though, then they're excluding a large chunk of potential players.
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