NWN2 Specs and Whatnots…

“Borrowed” this from the NWN2 forums…

Well, it’s been a crazy couple of weeks here in NWN2 development land. Now that we are past the hurricane that was E3, the plan is to get back to some form of regularity as we get closer to launch. As many of you know, NWN2 was VERY well received at E3 and there has been a ton of new information hitting the internet just about every day since the show. But while E3 is now over, the month of activities and news on the game is not.

So, this week we’re going to try and load you up with information to help clear the air and set the record straight on a few things. The first being the DM Client. The DM client will not ship with the game in the box. We looked at a number of different scenarios and the best one that the team decided upon is to release the DM Client in full as a download the same day of the release. So while it will not ship in the box it will come out with the game. That’s the official word as of today.

Moving on to the official system specs – Yes, some comments were made at E3 regarding the system specs for the game. The previous comments were not necessarily incorrect as much as they were incomplete. Now, before we give you the current set of specs and supported cards, please bear in mind this may change somewhat prior to launch. But as of today here are the current system specs and supported video cards:

Recommended:
– 3 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
– 1GB System Ram
– ATI Radeon X800 series, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series or higher video card

Minimum System Requirements:
– Windows XP
– 512MB System RAM
– 2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
– 128MB Direct3D compatible video card with DirectX 9.0c compatible driver
– CD -ROM or DVD -ROM drive
– 4.6GB free hard disk space
– DirectX 9.0c (included)
– DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card
– Microsoft .NET 2.0 Framework for toolset (included)
– Broadband connection for multiplayer online play
– Keyboard, Mouse

Supported Video Cards:
– ATI Radeon X1900 series
– ATI Radeon X1800 series
– ATI Radeon X1600 series
– ATI Radeon X1300 series
– ATI Radeon X850 series
– ATI Radeon X800 series
– ATI Radeon X700 series
– ATI Radeon X600 series
– ATI Radeon X300 series
– ATI Radeon 9800 series
– ATI Radeon 9600 series
– ATI Radeon 9500 series
– NVIDIA GeForce 7900 series
– NVIDIA GeForce 7800 series
– NVIDIA GeForce 7600 series
– NVIDIA GeForce 7300 series
– NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series
– NVIDIA GeForce 6600 series
– NVIDIA GeForce 6500 series
– NVIDIA GeForce 6200 series
– NVIDIA GeForce 6100 series
– NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 series
– NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 series
– NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 series
– NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 series

We know this is a lot of information to digest so and we’re going to give the community an opportunity to talk directly with the development team sooner rather than later. Our friends at Neverwinter Vault and Neverwinter Connections are co -hosting this months developer chat with the Obsidian team. The chat will be Thursday May, 25th at 6:00 PM PST. IRC info is as follows:

IRC server: chat.neverwinterconnections.com
Channel: #NWVAULT_NWC_CHAT

Enjoy!

-Shane

Some pretty hardcore specs for the Recommended version of NWN2 (for me anyway)… and interesting that they’re not releasing the DM Client WITH the game… but it will be available for download on the release date of the game!? (I am curious if it’s going to be an open download, or if it’s going to require the seriel # key for the download, or how they’re going to handle that…)