BioShock System Requirements Released
09 Jul
Posted by Gibran Nawaz as Action, Adventure, FPS, PC, Xbox 360
The very much so anticipated BioShock, developed by Irrational Games, is taking gamers by storm. Because of the games’ strange concept and wonderful visuals, a lot of buzz has been generating from this title. There are two versions of BioShock; the PC and Xbox 360 version. If you’re not sure about which one to get, maybe these system requirements will help you decide.
Tags: Action, Adventure, FPS, PC, Xbox 360Minimum Requirements
CPU - Pentium 4 2.4GHz Single Core processor
System RAM - 1GB
Video Card - Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 128MB RAM (NVIDIA 6600 or better/ATI X1300 or better, excluding ATI X1550).
Sound Card - 100% direct X 9.0c compatible sound card
Hard disc space - 8GB free spaceRecommended Requirements
CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo processor
System RAM - 2GB
Video card - DX9 - Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or better) / DX10 - NVIDIA GeForce 8600 or better
Sound Card - Sound Blaster X-Fi series (Optimized for use with Creative Labs EAX ADVANCED HD 4.0 or EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 compatible sound cards)
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217 Responses
Panther
July 9th, 2007 at 7:17 pm
1Bummer! Looks like that needed PC upgrade is coming before Crysis!
TheWickerMan
July 9th, 2007 at 8:15 pm
2Crysis will have the same specs man. No game in the same genre of (next gen in the sametime frame) will ever just be lop sided. I think crysis will run awesome on a 7800-7950 for dx9. 8600-9800 on dx9 and dx10, now u might not be able to do very much AA and AF.
Look at doom 3,half life2,fear and far cry they all stayed around the same systems spec. Key note, Bioshock looks amazing! It looks near or almost near as good as crysis, I think crysis will need an 8800 gts atleast to max it out on 9x and les resolution on dx10.
Zac Richards
July 10th, 2007 at 12:09 am
3Wow, that really isn’t bad at all.
N33D
July 10th, 2007 at 12:17 am
4thats the reason new games arent doing good.
just look at 2142…
TheWickerMan
July 10th, 2007 at 8:39 am
5WTF are u talking bout? One 2142 had really pretty graphics same with bf2. This game looks amazing man, I still dont understand what ur saying on ” thats the reason new games arent doing good.
haruncan
July 21st, 2007 at 1:12 pm
6hey i want to ask something my pc is a duo core 2.9ghz 1024mb ram(2x 512) 256 mb ram nvidia geforce 7300 gt but gothic 3 works very bad at my pc is it normal??? and i hope bioshock will works fallout 3 too i hope
ally
July 23rd, 2007 at 8:57 am
7haruncan your processor is good your memory is ok but that graphics card is pretty terrible. you would be better if you could getting a good card like a 7600GT which isnt that expensive.
for my my system is
AMD x2 3800+
2.5gb ram
ati x1900xt
i might be getting a job soon so i might upgrade to core 2 duo e6600
The Wicker Man
July 23rd, 2007 at 10:38 am
8Dont listen to ally, stay away from the 7 series.. and stay away from anything under the 8800 320mb. 7600 isnt that great(only 12 pixel pipeline’s, where the 8800 has 96 and 128.) Dx10, and will run the game in dx9 like cake.
Iowa
July 26th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
9This game looks amazing, but i’m not entirely sure if my rig will be able to run it. I plan to upgrade my PC’s video card to an NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT, will this be able to run Bioshock?
shoota
July 28th, 2007 at 11:26 am
10Iowa- the 8500 gt is a terrible card for gaming. if you’re on a budget check out tom’s hardware best gaming cards for the money, that’ll give you a good idea of what you can expect for your money.
Bamboonga
August 3rd, 2007 at 12:09 am
11I have a Intel Core2 6600 @ 2.4 GHz and 2 GB of RAM with a NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (only 1 8800 for now) can somebody tell me if this game should run alright on that?
Callum
August 4th, 2007 at 1:35 am
12I think what N33D was hinting at was how BF2142 managed to pull off great graphics while still keeping its requirements so low, something new games don’t attempt. And I completely agree with him
The Wicker Man
August 4th, 2007 at 4:19 am
13Bamboogna, yes. The spec’s have already been released for bioshock. The game other needed a 8600gts to make it out.
The Wicker Man
August 4th, 2007 at 6:09 am
14god whats with my freaking typos.. take other and put in ONLY* needs a 8600 to MAX* it out.. Note I was very tired.
Brylums
August 7th, 2007 at 5:07 am
15Bamboonga, it’ll run very well on your system. You’ll be able to crank all the settings up to high - even anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering.
Do you guys think it’ll run OK on an AMD x2 5200+, with 2GB RAM, and a 7950GT?
Bonic
August 7th, 2007 at 8:48 am
16Will my radeon x800pro card run bioshock?
Anonymous
August 7th, 2007 at 11:44 am
17Intel Pentium 4 3.60ghz
2GB RAM
2x Nvidia Geforce 7800GTX
Will it run okay on my system?
coolness
August 7th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
18Brylums, its gonna run pretty well, but with no dx10
but it will still be pretty sweet.
Bonic, if the game runs on ur card its gonna look like sh!t and have horrible fps.
Anonymous, look for good settings depending on what resolution ur running, but again no dx10.
looking forward to max this out with my newly made system: C2D e6750, eVGA 8800GTX, 2gigs ram
muchincho
August 7th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
19i just bought a duo core 2.2GHz with 2G of Ram and GeForce 8600GT…I should be able to max this game out right?
Bonic
August 7th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
20My card still costs around £200 to buy and some of the cards that ppl are saying will work ok cost well under £100,i dont get it.
Bonic
August 8th, 2007 at 2:34 am
21Ok forget my last comment,am gonna order a new alienware pc today,but i have another question,i get the 256mb 8600gts card as standard,but i can upgrade to,320mb 8800gts or dual 256mb 8600gts sli enabled both costing £133 xtra,which one would you advise me to upgrade to?
Bonic
August 8th, 2007 at 9:54 am
22just orderd this badboy from MESH,alienware look pretty but are well overpriced
Ultimate PC for megatasking enthusiasts
Four by four technology for realistic gaming
Genuine Windows Vista™ Ultimate Edition
Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q6600 Processor
(2.40GHz ,8MB L2 Cache, 1066MHz)
Hybrid TV Tuner - Digital & Analogue
Mainboard-nForce 680i SLI
Was - 2GB , Now With- 4GB Memory
500GB Hard Drive with 16MB Buffer
320MB nVIDIA 8800GTS Graphics
22″ Widescreen TFT LCD Display w/speakers
LightScribe Super Format 18x DVD Writer
Creative’s SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer
T7900 7.1 Speakers + Subwoofer
6 USB, 2x Firewire, GB LAN
Multi-format Memory Card Reader
Logitech Cordless KB & Mouse
USB Wireless Connection
3 Years On-site Warranty (Home Service)
FREE Delivery* ( Worth £40 )
Worminator
August 9th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
23So i have a Radeon X1650 series, the rest is all good, but i don’t know much about radeon. I know it has some decent quality, but i just don’t know how good it is.
Cef
August 11th, 2007 at 7:25 pm
24Should this computer be able to run the game smoothly at a reasonable resolution?
intel core2duo T7200 2.0ghz
2gig ram
7900gs
VF
August 11th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
25I’m guessing I’l only really need to upgrade my gfx card for this…
cpu: athlon 64 Fx-55, gfx card: Radeon X800 XT, Ram: 1.5Gig
Panzer_V
August 12th, 2007 at 3:19 am
26My system is covered : )
QX6600 @ 3.1Ghz
4GB 8500 1200Mhz 4.4.4.12
X1950XT 512MB
Father_Roach
August 12th, 2007 at 7:55 am
27Will I be able to run either Crysis or Bioshock!?
My specs are:
AMD X2 64 5600+ Processor
2Gb of DDR2 800Mhz RAM
GeForce 7900GS 256MB GDDR3
zirdox
August 13th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
28Yes it is.
The specs for bioshock are somewhat based on the Unreal 3 engine -so you’re good.
For dx performance i’ll recommend the 8800 series. It’s a killer card. Nvidia has leaped years ahead. 8800 is a peace of product every hardware vendor should envy. I mean the architecture alone made me change my gfx.
It kills every single benchmark in dx9
for dx10… well i think there still might be vista problems. But I believe it’s Microsoft not totally done tuning the dx10 core.
Selarion
August 13th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
29Will I be able to run Bioshock with decent framerate?
Amd64 3500+
2gb ram
ATI Radeon x1900XTX
Yongmonrathen
August 13th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
30Not to boast, but my system can eat this game alive; I can’t wait till’ the end of this month. And further down the line I anticipate Unreal Tournament 3
Dual PCI Expr. Nvidia Geforce 7950 512MB of memory each
3.0 GHZ Amd 6000+ Dual core Processor
6 Gigabites of of system ram
Anshuman
August 13th, 2007 at 8:05 pm
31Intel Pentium D 1.80ghz Dual Core
2GB RAM
ATI X1300 Hypermemory
Will it run okay on my system?
celticbhoy
August 14th, 2007 at 9:17 am
32my systems about 2 years old but i could run oblivion with mid settings but probably not bioshock unless i have the lowest setting and a bad fps.
pentium 4 HT 3 ghz
1gb RAM
ATI x600 hypermemory
what does hyper threading do to my games?
and i was thinking of upgrading the small form computer in my room but i need a good low profile/ half height card. any suggestions?
ElSenor
August 14th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
33Yongmorathen, are you running a 64 bit system, if not, your 6 gigs of ram cannot even be addressed. I have 4 gigs, and XP addresses 2.75 b/c 768MB is taken up by my GPU memory and the rest to memory mapped I/O.
jonc2006
August 15th, 2007 at 2:14 am
34Nvidia GeForce 7900 GO GS w/256 MB RAM
1 GB RAM
AMD Turion 64 Mobile 2.4 Ghz
(Its an Alienware Aurora m9700 notebook w/o the dual Nvidia cards in SLI mode option)
Would it run on the lowest settings? If I could upgrade only one which would be the most logical or effective to do?
VB yobbbo
August 15th, 2007 at 6:43 am
35hey can anyone tell me how a t7300 cpu with 2gig ram and a Geforce 8600M GS will handle bioshock and crysis?
Willhaven999
August 15th, 2007 at 9:54 am
36AMD X2 3800+
2gb ram
8600 gt Evga
What do you think?
MrPink
August 15th, 2007 at 9:58 am
37Needed to know if i should get the game for my 360 or notebook some help please. these are my specs.
Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo processor T7500 (2.20 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB
2GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm
511MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
is there anything else i need to know?
Andrew Pleva
August 15th, 2007 at 11:18 am
38ok so i have an e6850 @3.0 ghz each core 8 gigs of pc6400 ram 680i motherboard 2 8800 gtx oc2 in sli all on a 22” lcd screen at 1680×1050, can i max out bioshock and crysis?
zirdox
August 16th, 2007 at 6:19 am
39Ok so BioShock, Unreal 3 ~ aka. all unreal 3 engine..
This is the deal. The unreal engine is first off optimized for multiple cores. They use one thread to push out textures -and they use a thread for physics. So that’s the advantage. Quad cores will not benefit dramatically. Unreal 3 is more cpu intensive because a lot of the calculations are made here for physics.
You should still be fine with a single core processor like the San Diego’s from AMD. However there will be a performance boost with the unreal 3 engine with 2 cores.
Another thing. Unreal 3 is DX9 based so again a 8800gtx/ultra fx. will outperform any card at the present.
It has been reported that Unreal 3 has been seen on mid quality running on 7800GT’s -and very smoothe.
So looks like the guys making the unreal engine are doing a lot of optimization.
Oh and - yeah 64bit is fast with the 8800GTX
Gakkan
August 16th, 2007 at 9:28 am
40I have a core 2 duo 1.8ghz and 2gb ram which i guess will be ok for bioshock, my gfx card is a geforce 8400gs and im wondering if this will be good enough?
Grant
August 16th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
41“Bonic Says:
August 8th, 2007 at 9:54 am
just orderd this badboy from MESH,alienware look pretty but are well overpriced
Ultimate PC for megatasking enthusiasts
Four by four technology for realistic gaming
Genuine Windows Vista™ Ultimate Edition
Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q6600 Processor
(2.40GHz ,8MB L2 Cache, 1066MHz)
Hybrid TV Tuner - Digital & Analogue
Mainboard-nForce 680i SLI
Was - 2GB , Now With- 4GB Memory
500GB Hard Drive with 16MB Buffer
320MB nVIDIA 8800GTS Graphics
22″ Widescreen TFT LCD Display w/speakers
LightScribe Super Format 18x DVD Writer
Creative’s SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer
T7900 7.1 Speakers + Subwoofer
6 USB, 2x Firewire, GB LAN
Multi-format Memory Card Reader
Logitech Cordless KB & Mouse
USB Wireless Connection
3 Years On-site Warranty (Home Service)
FREE Delivery* ( Worth £40 )
”
why did you waste ur money on a quad core when dual cores are just barely supported by games… you will not get any additional benefit from a quad core unless your doing some extreme art or video editing or recording and mixing music… other then that u just wasted cash.
how much are you paying for that rig in USD, I bet you i could make somethign better that what you’ve listed for less than $2,000USD
Wanker
August 17th, 2007 at 2:46 am
42Ha got my new pc just in time
Leezo
August 17th, 2007 at 8:21 am
43Hey guys.i cant wait for bioshock,ive been following it closely since it was announced.i think it could be game of the year?I dont know much about computers tho.lol.Will my computer be able to play it?if so how well?my specs are:
AMD Live Dual Core 64×2 5600 (2.8GHz) Processor
Dual Channel 2GB (2×1024MB) 667Mhz DDR2 Ram
256Mb nVidia GeForce 8600GT Graphics card
trent
August 17th, 2007 at 11:36 pm
44Hey guys wondering if anyone could tell me if my system would run this game decently:
Intel Core 2 Duo T2700 2.00GHz Processor
2gb RAM
Windows Vista 32bit
ATI Mobility Raedeon X2300
Thats what i can quickly scrap up about the system.
RW
August 18th, 2007 at 8:59 am
45can a computer with Ati X200 or Ati Radeon 9200SE run this game? the first one can handle oblivion but alitle low fps.
fg
August 18th, 2007 at 11:07 am
46x850 work yes or no???
ser710
August 18th, 2007 at 11:24 am
47Well I’m good with everything.
AMD Athlon 64 x2 4200
2GB of RAM
ser710
August 18th, 2007 at 11:24 am
48Well I’m good with everything.
AMD Athlon 64 x2 4200
2GB of RAM
7900 GT
Oh yeah, bring it on.
Shaun G
August 18th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
49I think it is pretty pointless to tell how well a system will handle a game untill it comes out. In my experiences, if you go the minimum requirements it means that you experience stuttering and huge amounts of lag and even with the recommended requirements you can still get poor framerates. Look at Titan Quest and it’s expansion. TQ works fine with a decent system, but even if you have a killer machine if you install the expansion pack it rubberbands like heck. Rule of thumb is wait a week for it to come out, check the forums and see what kind of problems people are having before deciding.
The Wicker Man
August 18th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
50Bioshock looks amazing, but I dont see it killing ur computer. An 8800 will crush this game like no tomorrow, same with the 8600. I dont think u need that fast of a dual core processor either. It kinda felt like it didnt use as much as crysis would.
Leezo
August 19th, 2007 at 3:40 am
51so you think my AMD 64×2 dual 2.8GHz, 2gb Ram and 256mb nVidia 8600GT will run it well then? i would really like some opinions on it.thanks
amismissile
August 19th, 2007 at 6:14 am
52I’m really interested in Bioshock and I was wondering if my rig would run this game.
Amd Opteron 165@175
1gb RAM (going to buy another gb)
7900gs 512mb (overclocked and almost as fast as 7900gt
What do you think?
Greg
August 19th, 2007 at 11:54 am
53This is my rig:
AMD Athlon FX-57
2 GB DDR Ram
EN7800GT Dual 512mb
I can run almost all games on max resolution, but do you think my rig can take Bioshock?
Aevus
August 20th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
54I have a question, and I know the specs are up there, but in your opinion, you think my system will run bioshock more than in the minimum settings ?
My Rig:
Intel Core 2 Duo @ 1.9GHz
1024mb DDR Ram
ATi X1600 Pro PCI-Express 512MB
I hope I can because I already bought it through steam =/.
Superunknown
August 21st, 2007 at 8:47 am
55Hi..
Does anyone know if my system:
Intel Pentium 4 3.6 ghz,
2 gigs of RAM and
ATI Radeon X1950 Pro
would run BioShock well??
linkinparkfan007
August 21st, 2007 at 3:59 pm
56Why is everybody complaining even with the 7X series they quite good and those people with the 7600GTand higher will play it fine.
like the minimum specs are just pretty much
Intel Pentium D 805 / AMD Athlon 64 4000+
1-1.5gigs of ram
nVidia 7600GT / ATI Radeon X1600Pro
Seriously those should play the game with no problem if you aren’t maxing out too high but
Superknown your good to go
Aevus you can probably run on minimum depending on res
Greg it looks fine totally Athlon FX will wipe it away
amismissle It you work no problem with the 7800
& Leezo with your rig with the 8X series it’s good cuz 8600GT and up are rather good range.
GI Joe
August 22nd, 2007 at 3:51 am
57Damn game producers and publishers, they make games pretty unoptimized nowadays so hardware companies can sell their expensive garbage. Maybe their’s a conspiracy somewhere in this. Deus Ex wasn’t lying! If BioShock runs on my 6600GT with mynimum details ( i mean it should according to Irrational, but come on, right?)i’m probably going to choke with beer. If not, the same! When will official requirements meet the real ones?
Odd Bodd
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:55 am
58Got the game today and can’t play it. Just as I couldnt play Splinter Cell, and just as I won’t be able to play Crysis et all. Been running an ATI Radeaon X800XL which was the top card in its day, and in AGP 8X.
Only way I can upgrade the card, is to replace the board with a PCI-E 16x setup, and thats too damn expensive. So I will get another year out of my computer before doing the over.
THIS IS WHY new games aren’t selling anywhere near as well as they could. The Tech race is just pricing people out…. not with the cost of individual cards, just with the frequency they neeed to be replaced, and the frequency card architecture also changes.
Happy gaming. I’ll be taking up less expensive past times, or sticking with stuff that continues to soldier on and within reach of the lay man.
WoW anyone?
Adam
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:53 am
59My rig is Intel Core 2 duo, 1.8Ghz, 2GB Ram, Vista, Nvidia 8400m GT. Will i be able to run BioShock?? I hope so, it looks awesome!!
The Wicker Man
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:23 am
60Probably not with ur 8400.. that is the weakiest thing about ur pc.
Adam
August 23rd, 2007 at 8:46 am
61Thanks dude, although that kinda sucks!!! Sony make it seem like that card is the bomb in all their advertising!! Wish i could afford more than the VGN-FZ11L !!!
LORDBENO
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:09 pm
62WooW… what requirements… If I install this gam eon my PC it will burn becouse of overload…
Lombardo
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:13 pm
63Would love to play but not sure if my sys will handle it well. I don`t expect to crank it up to max but don`t want to have it running super low either.Here`s what I`ve got -
AMD64 3800+ (New Orleans I believe)
GeForce 7900GS 256meg
1Gig DDR2
Worried about the processor mostly. Any thoughts?
The Wicker Man
August 23rd, 2007 at 8:11 pm
64You should be fine lombardo.
Person
August 23rd, 2007 at 11:37 pm
65I just ran the demo at full settings, 1280×1024, with my X1950 PRO, 2GB DDR2, e6400 @ stock.
jayrich23
August 23rd, 2007 at 11:52 pm
66These is my specs:
Intel(R) Celeron(R) D CPU 3.33GHz
1024mb of memory
ATI SAPPHIRE X1650 PRO 512MB DDR2 MEMORY
Does anyone think I will be able to run Bioshock?
Thanks
The Wicker Man
August 24th, 2007 at 5:19 am
67yeah, but ur video card might be slowing u down alittle.
andrew
August 24th, 2007 at 8:26 am
68I have an:
Athlon 3400+
2 GB DDR PC3200 RAM
Nvidia 6800 GT 256 Mb RAM
The game runs very poorly, even on low to medium settings.
A am returning it tomorrow, waste of money on my machine.
Phil
August 24th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
69NOTE: THIS GAME WILL NOT RUN ON CARDS THAT DON’T SUPPORT PIXEL SHADER 3.0. AND YES, THAT WASN’T IN THE PUBLISHED SPECS. GRRRR.
Don't care
August 24th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
70Grant why have you included warranty information, monitor type, number or usb ports, card readers, mouse, delivery charge and and 3 year warranty in your spec. I’m affraid it wont run on your system because you got free delivery “worth £40″ get a life
Don't care
August 24th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
71If you want to be ripped off buying alien ware instead of building your own rig that’s your loss. Build your own, even a monkey could do it, and better probably. Some people are so lazy.
Don't care
August 24th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
72i meant Bonic not Grant, you obviously know a thing or two Grant and are not a noob like Bonic
Don't care
August 24th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
73I’m running this game on full settings on a rig I built 2 yrs ago for £350 granted ive upgraded my graphics since then, but that’s all.
QF
August 24th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
746600 duo, 2gig ram, 8800 gts 640 mb
running full graphics full anti at 1680 widescreen dx10
VERY HIGH fps even in the fire / water areas
The Wicker Man
August 24th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
75This game isn’t demanding for dx10. I expect anyone with a 7600 or up for dx9 or anyone with a 8600 and up for dx10. Now, when crysis comes out.. this will test our machines.
Aridnyk
August 24th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
76i’m running a BFG Tech 7800 GTX OC (DX 9) with 2GB RAM and an AMD Athlon 4000 San Diego Singlecore (overclocked to 2.8)
what will I need to upgrade to start playin these next gen games?
Super Gammer
August 25th, 2007 at 5:59 am
77I’ve got a SUPER Pentium 2 with 64MB of ram and a 16Mb graphic card coupled with an amazing 6 gigabyte hard drive.
Will I be able to run BioShock? Or do you think I’ll have to upgrade my graphic card to a 32Mb one?
waffletaco
August 25th, 2007 at 11:10 am
78I’m curious if my computer can run it. It’s pretty weak and obselete, but it can run oblivion decently.
2.66 ghz
512 ram
ATI 9550 128mb
eugkra
August 25th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
79Super Gammer- lol
waffletaco-no you cant, you need 1 gig of ram and your video card is gona choke to death,
Bye the way why did phil say you need shader lvl 3.0?
it says in the requirements you can use a gf 6600, those are 2.0 from what i know.
Spider
August 26th, 2007 at 12:01 am
80Eugkra, is right You need a GFX card thats got suport for pixel shader 3
x800 x850 , wont work, you can run the game , but it will be all messed up, If your still on (AGP) your best bet will be to buy a x1950 pro, you can get them for about £100
Phil
August 26th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
81Two issues when looking at x1950pro AGP cards:
1. Heat — adequate cooling of voltage regulators (VRE) is VERY important. Some cards (HSI, PowerColor) have it, others (Sapphire) don’t. My Sapphire just fell over after 2 days use due to heat.
2. Power supply — watts aren’t quite as important as amps. You need a PS that can supply 30 amps on the 12 volt rail continuously.
As usual, Google, Google, Google for the details.
rogue
August 27th, 2007 at 9:26 am
82this is my computer specs will bioshock work on my computer?
intel pentium 4 3.0ghz
1gb ddr ram
ati radeon sapphire x1300 512mb
windows xp pro
Shooty*
August 28th, 2007 at 3:50 am
83Guys,
Help me out here: I’m running XP at the moment. I’ve got an AMD 64 4000+ single core processor and a 7800 GT 256 meg, 2gb ram, A8n SLI Deluxe. I’m going to upgrade to a 320meg 8800 GT soon.
1. Does the DX10 version of Bioshock, or any other game, look much different to the DX9 version?
2. Will the single core processor cope with these new games, d’you think? The 4000+ is pretty good.
Cheers.
The Wicker Man
August 28th, 2007 at 5:26 am
84If I were you man. Go on ebay sell your processor for a good 50 bucks- 60 bucks. You can buy a nice AMD 6000 plus, as of right now I wouldn’t touch the 8800gts or 88000gtx. I made my mistake into doing that. You can buy the AMD 5600-6400 for around 150 bucks. That’s amazing, and it’s dual core with a fast bus speed.
I would think about upgrading your board to a AM2 socket, with 32x sli man. Your board has 8×8x, that sucks. No true sli there, you get no speed gained.. only VRAM to equal 512. The way your sli was meant to be was for better resolution. With a 32x sli board, you get 100 percent of your 2nd card.
Example…
I had the same motherboard.
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The Wicker Man
August 28th, 2007 at 5:38 am
85Okay, I sold that motherboard to my friend. So, I know a lot about it. And how nvidia tried to sucker me into thinking you got 100 percent of your card when sli just came out.
Look at the pattern bro, when 1 card is in 1 slot it’s 16x right? Well, when another card gets popped in it becomes 8×8x.
So, you have a 7900. Like me on my older card, it had this
600 core
1600 clock
256 mb memory.. this is on pci e 16x
With 8×8x sli the card ends up being more like this
300 core, 800 clock 256 mb + 300 core, 800 clock =
600 core, 1600 clock and 512mb. Basically old sli was for higher resolution.
The Wicker Man
August 28th, 2007 at 5:46 am
86Say you bought a 8800 gts 320mb card on a 680i mother board, they’re really cheap now. Around, 140-160 now. I bought a evga, but xfx,MSI,ASUS make great boards too.
MY 8800 ultra has these specs man. (evga)
655 core
2250 memory
128 PPL
768 mb memory
with sli being 32x man, it keeps all of the specs for the second card. So, now-a-day sli isn’t a waste anymore.
My card tally upped to
1310 core
4500 memory clock
256 pixel pipelines
1536 memory.
Shooty*
August 28th, 2007 at 7:05 am
87Oh, right, thanks Wickerman. I’m on a bit of a budget, though, see, so new mobo and processor is a wee bit down the line.
I’m not planning on going SLI at all, so would you still say NOT to get an 8800 gts? I’ll only be running on card, as that’s all I can afford.
The Wicker Man
August 28th, 2007 at 7:08 am
88Bioshock should be fine on a 4000 amd single core. 7800 gt should be fine also.
I would get the 8800 320mb, it’s a great card no doubt. PLus, ull play crysis maxed out on dx9. It should do high on dx10.
Shooty*
August 28th, 2007 at 7:08 am
89dammit, only be running ONE card.
I’m a brit, by the way, in case you haven’t guessed.
Shooty*
August 28th, 2007 at 7:09 am
90Good man, that’s what I wanted to hear. Many thanks.
Ryan
August 28th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
91I wanted to know if this would run Bioshock well.
Ryan
August 28th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
92Damn well that posted without letting me finish haha. AMD Athlon 64X2 Dual Core 4800+ 2.41 GHz, 2 GB Ram and a Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT
Ryan
August 28th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
93When I download the demo and try it for some reason it wont even let me try it. Gets an error =/
jakisbak
August 28th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
94new laptop:
AMB Turion 64 MK-38 2.20Ghz
1GB RAM
Vista 32-Bit
VIA Chrome HC IGP
God do you think it will still run?
gakkan
August 28th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
95Just tried the demo and its great, i advise getting it from steam make sure you have latest gfx and dx drivers also.
Running it on duel core 1.8 geforce 8400gs (woo budget!) 2gb ram and vista32
looks amazing all settings on high, slight dip in fps when action is heavy making it a little hard to aim but still very playable.
hope this helps ppl with their spec queries.
Wintergreen
August 28th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
96Here are my specs:
Athlon X2 4200+
2GB Corsair RAM
Soundblaster X fi sound card
Geforce 7950 GX2 1GB of memory
do you guys think it will run on dx9 with everything maxed out?
thanks!
The Wicker Man
August 28th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
97not to be a dick, but come on now wintergreen. It’s like mathematics, you sorta plug in the formula. Your system is way way way over the recommendations.
death of pc gaming - Page 3 - FreddysHouse
August 29th, 2007 at 9:09 am
98[...] it? It has no specs for that card, simply 256mb on board gfx card. Bioshock is quite intensive. BioShock System Requirements Released
Wintergreen
August 29th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
99LOL. Tis true, now that I think about it.
Vanquish
August 30th, 2007 at 1:18 am
100Will Crysis or Bioshock run on my system?
Pentium 4, 3.06 Ghz
Nvidia 7600 GS 512 mb gfx card
1 gig ram.
jomha
August 30th, 2007 at 2:26 am
101hey everybody i just bought a nvidia geforce FX5500 256mb
will this work for playing bioshock???
Abhijeet Mishra
August 30th, 2007 at 7:37 am
102u made a big mistake buying that card now, jomha… that card is out of even the minimum requirements of today’s games..
samuel.john
August 30th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
103LOL @ jomha.
anyways doing an upgrade on the cheap.
you guys reckon ill be running it alright on:
4200+ x2 939
2gb ram
7900gs 512mb
im figuring my cpu is the weak point of the system obviously but i may attempt an overclock
is this game more graphics intensive or cpu intensive?
and LOL i should try running it on my 3500+, 1 gig ram and 6600gt
thats like my mate playing hl2 on full settings with a 9250 =/
jomha
August 30th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
104thnx i am goin today to return and look for a better one i found online a geforce XFX 8600GTS 256MB DDR3 (will that work??) but it needs a 350 watt power supply but my computer only has a 250 watt power supply can i put a new power supply of greater power supply without damaging other parts of my computer??
GAMER
August 30th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
105I have a Radeon 9550 and only 512 RAM….should i even try to run the game
The Wicker Man
August 30th, 2007 at 7:50 pm
106Jomha, don’t get a 8600. Atleast spend the extra for a 8800. Trust me, the 8600/8400/8200 are a joke.
VF
August 30th, 2007 at 9:44 pm
107If your not sure about your system being able to run bioshock try http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest
It can/will tell you if your system can run it (and other games)and if not what is letting you down.
Ferg
August 30th, 2007 at 11:36 pm
108HI,I think my amd fx 57 , 7950 gx2 xt edition and 2 gigs of ram should about handle it but ive got a 24inch dell will it be ok 1900×1200 do you think?
Bogdan
August 31st, 2007 at 12:31 am
109I have a:
XP Professional
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 @ 1,86 GHz *
2 GB DDR2
Nvidia 7600GT 256MB **
*Tho, i want to Overclock it to about 2,40, what do you think, it will help me with performance in games that use Unreal 3 engine?
** if i wanna change it, what should i choose? (something not more than 200-250$, since i haven’t got much money now…)
jomha
August 31st, 2007 at 3:24 am
110hey everbody i just got a radeon 1650X PRO 512 MB DDR2 is that good for playing bioshock???other stuff are really new
jomha
August 31st, 2007 at 3:28 am
111i have a pent 4 2.8GHZ 1GB RAM 512MB radeon 1650X pro think it will run biochock???
The Wicker Man
August 31st, 2007 at 4:38 am
112Jomha yea, but I would update your video card.
Bogdan, you shouldn’t have a problem.
Bogdan, For 250 dollars you can buy a quad core (q6600) clocked @ 2.4 ghz. And a e6850 for 260 clocked at 3.0 ghz. The e6850 is alot better than the q6600 and with a zalman 9700 nt cooler. I can reach to 4.2 ghz on air around 40 c
Classic vin
August 31st, 2007 at 12:16 pm
113Hey, Will my pc Be Able to play this ok ?
amd athlon x2 5200
ati x1950 pro 512mb
2gb of ram
windows vista home premium 64bit
Please help !
thanks
Matt
August 31st, 2007 at 12:23 pm
114How’s this?
Widows Vista Home Premium
Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo processor T7500 (2.20 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
2GB DDR2 System Memory
511MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
120GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
Will Bioshock and other next gen. games run on it?
The Wicker Man
August 31st, 2007 at 1:36 pm
115classic and matt yes yes yes!
Bogdan
August 31st, 2007 at 3:01 pm
116@ The Wicker:
I don’t wanna buy a new proc, it’s good for now, if overclocked even better.
I was asking about an upgrade for the video card.
The Wicker Man
August 31st, 2007 at 6:57 pm
117I mean you cessor is fine, I would at least over clock it to a 2.4.
Spider
September 1st, 2007 at 12:39 am
118I run this game on full settings @ 1280×1024
XP PRO
x1950 pro 512mb AGP
single core AMD 64 3400+
1 gig Corsair ram
I get some jitters for the first 3 secs of starting a game, but other then that, it runs really smooth and fast.
I dont have a reasion to upgrade just yet
Heres a screen shot, running on my system
http://www.junglespider.me.uk/BioshockScreen1.jpg
The Wicker Man
September 1st, 2007 at 5:25 am
119Yeah that’s all you really need.
Bogdan
September 2nd, 2007 at 2:42 am
120@Wicker Man, ok, i’ve got a guide for overclocking (haven’t done it alone yet) and i’ll try to do it.
Anyway, what do you think about a new Video Card?
The Wicker Man
September 2nd, 2007 at 5:46 am
121Yeah the new card sounds great, but overlocking is easy.
When your pc starts up hit the delete key to get into bios, Im not sure of the other button. Usually it’s delete not backspace. It should tell you.
When in bios look around, mine says overclocking.
Find something that kinda looks like this\
Multi 8x. It might not be highlighted, but click it to make it 8x.
Then type in the numbers 333. This should give you the speed of 2.66.. faster than the e6700
Simon
September 2nd, 2007 at 10:59 pm
122Do you guys tihnk i will be able to run bioshock on low atleast?
RIG =
6600LE 256mb
2.0GHZ AMD
800mb RAM
Spider
September 3rd, 2007 at 3:20 am
123Simom, if your GFX card suports pixel shader 3.0, you should be fine to run the game on low, maybe medium, if your card dont suport pixel shader 3.0, thay is a mod fix on the net ( not made by 2K ) to suport pixel shader 2.0, its a little bit buggy at the moment also, but at least it works, maybe when 2K bring the first patch out, thay will include a 2.0 pixel shader fix