One of my favorite games of all time is Dishonored. So I was excited when they announced Dishonored 2 two years ago. My wife bought the game for me on prerelease for Christmas last year. It took it over a year to actual get released, and during that time they finally released the system specs.
Well, the specs are
Minimum:
Seriously? No 32-bit Windows version? Ay-ay-ay!
My specs were:
But, I bought two more 4 GB DIMMs, giving me 12 GB total. Then I downloaded and installed Windows 10 64-bit (this is free if you have a valid Winodws 10 license -- no cost to change versions). Once I got that done, I (of course) had to reinstall all my applications, since it is a clean install, not an upgrade (per se).
And finally, I broke down and bought an Intel Core i5-3570 at Star Micro. $165.60 after shipping, which is way lower than Amazon, New Egg, or anybody else. (Usually retails for about $199.)
Even though Star Micro is on the opposite coast, and I selected First Class shipping instead of Priority Mail, I received it in three days! I love how the USPS speeds up its operations around Christmas time!
So, Monday night I removed the fan, popped out my old CPU, popped in the new CPU, grabbed my heat sink paste, and ... it was empty. Grrrrrr!!!! Due to family stuff, I did not have the opportunity to go get some Monday night. So I was computerless--and dying to try it out--all Monday night.
But yesterday, on the way home from work, I hit up Best Buy for a tube, and after an agonizing hour of putting the kids to bed and doing dishes, and helping my wife with a project of her own, I finally got the fan on and plugged everything back in.
With much anticipation, I pressed the power button, and ... no post.
Woops. I had forgotten one of the power connectors. Quick fix, and she booted right up!
I got to play a little of the game, and it is awesome. And there are no hiccups so far, even though I am somewhere between the minimum and recommended specs. Woo hoo!
Well, the specs are
Minimum:
- Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit versions)
- Intel Core i5-2400/AMD FX-8320 or better
- 8 GB RAM
- 60 GB free HDD space
- NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB or better
- Steam activation
- Windows 10 (64-bit versions)
- Intel Core i7-4770/AMD FX-8350 or better
- 16 GB RAM
- 60 GB free HDD space
- NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB/AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB or better
- Steam activation
Seriously? No 32-bit Windows version? Ay-ay-ay!
My specs were:
- Windows 10 32-bit
- Intel Core -3-2100
- 4 GB RAM (the max allowed by 32-bit Windows)
- Plenty of drive space (I have two SSD drives)
- NVIDIA GTX 760 4 GB
- Steam
But, I bought two more 4 GB DIMMs, giving me 12 GB total. Then I downloaded and installed Windows 10 64-bit (this is free if you have a valid Winodws 10 license -- no cost to change versions). Once I got that done, I (of course) had to reinstall all my applications, since it is a clean install, not an upgrade (per se).
And finally, I broke down and bought an Intel Core i5-3570 at Star Micro. $165.60 after shipping, which is way lower than Amazon, New Egg, or anybody else. (Usually retails for about $199.)
Even though Star Micro is on the opposite coast, and I selected First Class shipping instead of Priority Mail, I received it in three days! I love how the USPS speeds up its operations around Christmas time!
So, Monday night I removed the fan, popped out my old CPU, popped in the new CPU, grabbed my heat sink paste, and ... it was empty. Grrrrrr!!!! Due to family stuff, I did not have the opportunity to go get some Monday night. So I was computerless--and dying to try it out--all Monday night.
But yesterday, on the way home from work, I hit up Best Buy for a tube, and after an agonizing hour of putting the kids to bed and doing dishes, and helping my wife with a project of her own, I finally got the fan on and plugged everything back in.
With much anticipation, I pressed the power button, and ... no post.
Woops. I had forgotten one of the power connectors. Quick fix, and she booted right up!
I got to play a little of the game, and it is awesome. And there are no hiccups so far, even though I am somewhere between the minimum and recommended specs. Woo hoo!