Spore PC Specs Revealed

[Dark Drakan]

The specs for Will Wrights highly ambitious and interesting looking title Spore have been released.

Originally Posted by CVG

The final system specs for the hotly-awaited Spore have been released. And here they are. How's that for room service?

Straight from the official website. These aren't rumuors or speculation, they're the facts.

Windows XP:
2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
512 MB RAM
A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
At least 6 GB of hard drive space

Windows Vista
2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
768 MB RAM
A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
At least 6 GB of hard drive space

The site adds: "When launching the game, some Microsoft Vista users may receive a warning about running out of address space along with a link to the Microsoft Knowledge Base. If you see this message, it is recommended that you follow the instructions and go to the website listed in the message to update your system."

Oh and for PCs using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires:

Intel Integrated Chipset, 945GM or above
2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent
768 MB RAM

Read up on the specs some more here.

[Arseface]

Sweet! Does that mean that the PC version is coming out at the same time as the Xbox one? They're not as heavy on the graphics as I thought they'd be. Unless I'm reading the requirements wrong....

[Dark Drakan]

Originally Posted by Arseface

Sweet! Does that mean that the PC version is coming out at the same time as the Xbox one? They're not as heavy on the graphics as I thought they'd be. Unless I'm reading the requirements wrong....

Its coming out Sept 5th on PC and they are aiming for the casual PC owner market with very reasonable specs.

[Gikoku Harakami]

My computer can handle that, but I read elsewhere that these are just the 'minimum' system requirements. No info on the 'Recommended' specs though, which I imagine like The Sims 2 was at first, will be pretty high.

I hope there's a 360 version planned, I just can't be bothered to play my games on the PC these days.

[Arseface]

I thought it was a 360 exclusive title...

[Tsuyu]

What Spore? Nah, it never was. I'm still surprised it's coming out for the 360! I'll still get the PC version though, there's something you can't accomplish with a 360 controller when it comes to strategy games like this. Plus there is always the chance it could be moddable somehow.

[Gikoku Harakami]

Originally Posted by Tsuyu

What Spore? Nah, it never was. I'm still surprised it's coming out for the 360! I'll still get the PC version though, there's something you can't accomplish with a 360 controller when it comes to strategy games like this. Plus there is always the chance it could be moddable somehow.

Well, you can use a keyboard with the 360, but what about a mouse?

I think I read somewhere that you can use a mouse with some 360 games.. not sure

[Albion Knight]

Originally Posted by Tsuyu

What Spore? Nah, it never was. I'm still surprised it's coming out for the 360! I'll still get the PC version though, there's something you can't accomplish with a 360 controller when it comes to strategy games like this. Plus there is always the chance it could be moddable somehow.

I didn't think it was comming out on the 360 where did you hear that?

All I've heard it that they're considering it.

[Tsuyu]

Originally Posted by Albion Knight

I didn't think it was comming out on the 360 where did you hear that?

This thread!

I had no idea.

[Albion Knight]

Originally Posted by Tsuyu

This thread!

I had no idea.

Seems to have a high likelyhood but it will be a challenge for the Xbox The PS3 with the ablilty to have a dedicated server for a game could make it easier for it. Here's a like pinpointing the speculation
Xbox 360 News : Spore coming to Xbox 360

[Dark Drakan]

Originally Posted by Albion Knight

I didn't think it was comming out on the 360 where did you hear that?

All I've heard it that they're considering it.

I heard it was highly likely it was coming to 360 and would be silly not to really. It would be a huge hit on that, the online would be perfect on Live for it. Mods for PC and the expansions but 360 would be a great second home. I posted an article quite some time ago of some screens that were said to have came from a 360 build of the game.

Originally Posted by Tsuyu

What Spore? Nah, it never was. I'm still surprised it's coming out for the 360! I'll still get the PC version though, there's something you can't accomplish with a 360 controller when it comes to strategy games like this. Plus there is always the chance it could be moddable somehow.

Depends how they start life really, because often PC ported RTS games have poor controls. However Halo Wars is being built from the ground up on the 360 and has been complimented for its control style in many previews. All depends on how its handled and how far into production they decided on a console version.

Originally Posted by Gikoku

Well, you can use a keyboard with the 360, but what about a mouse?

I think I read somewhere that you can use a mouse with some 360 games.. not sure

Im pretty sure i heard that a USB keyboard and mouse is compatible with some 360 titles though im not sure if there are any restrictions.