Specs for NWN2

[dwightyoung]

Is there any way anyone can post the possible minimum hardware requriements for NWN2? If they are posted anywhere could anyone supply a link?

[tenebra_uk]

Hi dwightyoung, welcome to the forum :)

System Requirements (to be confirmed - please note that these are currently work in progress hence subject to change)

The minimum system requirements for Neverwinter Nights 2 are:

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


Atari recommend using a system that also meets the following:

3 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
1GB System RAM
ATI Radeon X800 series, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series or better video card



Neverwinter Nights 2 supports the following video cards:

- ATI Radeon X700, X600, X300 series
- ATI Radeon 9800, 9600, 9500 series
- NVIDIA GeForce 7900, 7800, 7600, 7300 series
- NVIDIA GeForce 6800, 6600, 6500, 6200, 6100 series
- NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900, 5700, 5600, 5500 series

[NWATA]

YAY it will work on my PC mdr1 :nuts: unless they change the requirements :cry:

[rr2gtfd]

Thanks for nothing. Why don't companies make games which will run on machines slower than 2ghz? First I can't play Oblivion and now I won't be able to play NWN2 either! What happens to poor people like myself that can't afford to upgrade their processor everytime a new game comes out. I meet all the other specs and then some, but I'm out of luck because I only have a 1.4 ghz puter. This sucks as usual. grrr

[tenebra_uk]

Yeah, rr2gtfd, you're surely not alone in your pain. That's the problem with PC gaming, it's expensive. That's the price you pay for sophisticated games, I'm afraid.

[NWATA]

YAY it will work on my PC mdr1 :nuts: unless they change the requirements :cry:

I just got a new computer :nuts: so it will definatley work :atari:

[darkwolf777]

I want to play on my laptop, but it's only 1.6ghz... I'm still going to try it regardless. But at least I have a 3ghz desktop to play on, if it refuses to work on the laptop.

I'm not a fan of gaming on my desktop, I use it for graphic design, and video production work, and like to keep games and other unnecessary space hogs off, as I like to have as much HDD space as possible for my projects. Plus, gaming on my laptop is just too nice. I can take it with me anywhere, without having to lug around a bulky case, and monitor like I would with the desktop.

I can play most games on it with no problems. Haven't tried Oblivion yet, but I haven't seen anything in that game that doesn't look doable with my laptop.

[Kriishna]

you know my friends, there are always options in life.....personally i believe that a true hard-core nutta-freak gamer should be prepared to sell his mother/children to purchase hardware with the appropriate specs.... mdr1

[InhumanOne]

I will be able to run it but I need to buy a new computer the end of this year anyways to be able to run Medieval 2 total war. my processor cant even keep up with rome total war.

so in Januari I will be running nwn2 at maximum graphics and with a good internet connection too :nuts: :nuts: :nuts: :nuts: :nuts:

[Blastie]

you know my friends, there are always options in life.....personally i believe that a true hard-core nutta-freak gamer should be prepared to sell his mother/children to purchase hardware with the appropriate specs.... mdr1
LOL I know quite a few people that fit that profile, Kriishna. Luckily, I think my comp will work.

[shiffty88]

Hi dwightyoung, welcome to the forum :)

System Requirements (to be confirmed - please note that these are currently work in progress hence subject to change)

The minimum system requirements for Neverwinter Nights 2 are:

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


Atari recommend using a system that also meets the following:

3 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
1GB System RAM
ATI Radeon X800 series, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series or better video card



Neverwinter Nights 2 supports the following video cards:

- ATI Radeon X700, X600, X300 series
- ATI Radeon 9800, 9600, 9500 series
- NVIDIA GeForce 7900, 7800, 7600, 7300 series
- NVIDIA GeForce 6800, 6600, 6500, 6200, 6100 series
- NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900, 5700, 5600, 5500 series

Man that stinks.................. i cant play it online than stupid dial up, and i cant get board band in the area i live in unless if it is that saterlite board band which is like around a grand a month lol oh well i guess i will just stick with the single player and modules than

[Taneli]

My current computer + question:

* Windows XP professional 64bit
* MB: Asrock 939Dual-SATA2
* Power: 450W Antec SmartPower2.0
* Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3700+ 2.2G/1000 MHz, 1152KB
* Graphic card: SAPPHIRE X1900 XT PCI-E 256M GDDR3 2XDVI
* Connection: Thomson cable modem 3mb/600
* HD: primary master MAXTOR (Master) 160GB, 133 ide, Seagate Barracuda SerialATA150 160Gb, Maxtor DiamondMax 10 SerialATA150 200Gb, Maxtor DiamondMax 10 SerialATA150 300.0GB
* RAM: 2X; Kingston 1GB 400MHz DDR-RAM DIMM 3.0
* Soundcard: Soundblaster Audigy Platinum
* +: Denon AVR-1603 + 5.1 system
* Monitors: ViewSonic VA902 19" TFT + IBM P97 19” (1280 X 1024)
* CD/DVD: NEC ND3540a + DVD/RW + LG Combo

Question:
I do realize that they do not make NWN2 64bit version. But do they make it so that I can play it with my Windows XP professional 64bit (so they do not use some old 16bit code there. I guess that is main concern?)

Or do they seriously mean that if you have old Windows XP 64bit or coming Windows Vista (64bit) you can not play this game :mefiant:

Oh I allso really love to hear if they make atleast linux server version. Becouse personally (no defence microsoft) I think linux server last a bit [and I talk about years] longer without reinstall / boot / updates and so.

Otherways I am quite sure my computer will work OK with NWN2. But I really hate idea to format C: and reinstall that old Windows XP 32bit version or buy new Vista yet just for NWN2.

[Lorft]

I seem to remember a similar question on the Bioware boards (about Vista mainly). I believe the response was that it should work, but they have not done any testing, so it is not 100% certain.

Lorft

[tanita]

also no warrants from me, but there shouldn't be any problem running a 32-bit application on your amd64 / winxp64 - if there was, i'd share your problem :-). it's very unlikely for uptodate software to still use 16bit code, so unless you lack some needed drivers (i had problems getting my scanner working under xp64) i'm really confident.

[kalniel]

Just a side note as well, for people earlier in the thread worried about the ghz requirement for the cpu:

Atari recommend using a system that also meets the following:

3 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor (bolding my own).

The Pentium 4 is a very odd CPU - increases in raw speed actually don't mean a lot in computing power, so you get an incredibly high ghz rating but still can't actually do all that much work. If you have an AMD64 system, a Pentium M or Core (1 or 2) Duo/Solo chip, you will have no problem meeting the requirement and almost certainly meet the recommendation - at a rough guess you only need a 1.8ghz AMD64 or a 1.6ghz Pentium M/Core etc. to meet the recommended spec, so don't worry :)

[tanita]

and in case you're still not sure...

at this site (http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest) you can test if your computer meets the minimum or recommended specifications. just select "neverwinternights 2" from the drop-down menu, allow the applet to run and test your pc and examine the results.

for my 2.0ghz amd64 dualcore system it says "2.0 ghz, rated at 5.7 ghz" and grazefully passes, and that's just the smalles a64x2 cpu you can get. anyway, nwn2 will run even on "minimum" cpu-power machines, critical components are memory (be sure to meet or better surpass the 512 mb minimum) and grafics board (the gpu must support directx 9.0c, and really should have that 256mb recommended unless you want to play with lowres textures and only limited effects - and gfx is the most stunning improvement in nwn2!).

[Dazlar]

A quote from a different forum. Anyone got any ideas what the req's for hosting will be for NWN2? And if it will be multi threaded so dualcore/multi proc servers will help?
(did they ever fix that for NWN1?) Unfortunately I can't give a real answer. Would for the most part depend on how large a playerbase is wanted.

Anyone able to make a real estimate (preferably official)?

[tanita]

i'd head over to bioware's forum, as it's the official "technical" forum where the obsidian devs read and post. anyway it will depend on how large your modules are, how many players are online and what sort of custom scripts you are running. even to the devs it must be almost impossible to answer this without knowing your worlds dimensions... :)

[Taneli]

Atleast toolset + NWN1 works with 64bit XP so I really hope NWN2 works allso (after all, I do not really understand why anyone want to use some 16bit code now days but who knows about coders) :bravo:

[Dazlar]

Searched around a little there (not seen official word yet), and pretty hard to tell without specifics, I know. But it works in the other direction as well, a world 's size can be dependant on the host's ability to cope.

[Taneli]

Oh and rr2gtfd and others:

Yes, it is kind of not so nice that you do have to upgrade your computer but consider it this way:

2002 NWN1:
Minimum: 450Mhz, Windows -98/Me, 96Mb RAM, 16Mb TNT2, DX soundcard, DX 8.1, 56k modem.
Recomended: 800Mhz, XP / 2000 +SP2 & 256Mb RAM, Geforce 2 / Radeon..

So well, it is not so much to ask that we get a game what needs a bit more. After all it have been more then 4 years allready!

And it is actually good idea to make game what use and need pretty powerfull machine.

It is pretty much same for consoles. Think about Playstation 1, 2 and there will be soon 3. If Obsidian make NWN2 what can be run under 450Mhz computer and 16Mb TNT2 I bet not so many were impressed.

Even I have to admid that playing evergreens like Pool of Radiance (no mouse, pc-peeper, dosbox, all 16 colours) is not fun anymore. It was before but now days I just want something better.