PC/Mac System Requirements (official specs on page 4!)

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  • edited December 2010
    Cruff wrote: »
    Why are people still using integrated graphics? Even if you have virtually NO money at all, you can still get a Geforce 8400 GS for $29.99 on Newegg which will at least meet the minimum requirements.
    Because it's not just getting a graphics card. In my case, I'd also have to get a new power supply, plus get a service to install everything for me. I'm a novice when it comes to computer hardware, so I can't install anything internal myself. In all, doing a graphics upgrade would run me over $100, far more than I want to spend to be able to play a $25 game. :cool:
  • edited December 2010
    I'm assuming it's running similar to Poker Night, with the options to enable/disable shadows and AA, which makes the game run much better.
  • edited December 2010
    Well, I looked at your specs, you don't have an Intel card so odds are in your favor that it's not integrated.
  • edited December 2010
    I have a laptop so I guess I have an integrated graphics card, was TOMI and Puzzle Agent supposed to not support intergrated graphics cards? coz I could play those with no problem.

    BTW this is my graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

    Will I be able to play BttF?
  • edited December 2010
    My previous reply was supposed to be directed at prizna. :p
  • edited December 2010
    Well, I looked at your specs, you don't have an Intel card so odds are in your favor that it's not integrated.

    Ok, but if I check DXDiag it says DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC

    whats that mean?

    Edit: sorry Shadowknight1 I deleted it to edit it.
  • edited December 2010
    DAC Type? What does that mean?
  • edited December 2010
    :confused: I have no idea :confused:
  • edited December 2010
    Well, mine just says Internal. :confused:
  • edited December 2010
    Oh hm. I think I may be able to barely get my laptop to run it on minimum specs only.

    *phew*
  • edited December 2010
    Few things:

    1. Very few (if any) games support integrated cards. However, just because it's not supported, doesn't mean it won't work. Any card should be able to play it, given that it's powerful enough.

    2. The requirements are similar to Poker Night. The only notable difference is that it requires more RAM.

    3. If you have a Mac, note the Snow Leopard requirement. An odd requirement, but it's there.
  • edited December 2010
    Crap. Well, guess I cant play it then. Do we REALLY need Snow Leapord for it to run?

    Looks like I'll have to wait a year to download the games I already paid for. X_X

    EDIT: Actually, seems like my computer can handle Snow Lepord (just barely) and I can get it for 3300Y at the downtown electronics store. A bit of a pain, but that's actually not too bad. It should be about 29$ in the US, though.
  • edited December 2010
    Benito wrote: »
    1. Very few (if any) games support integrated cards. However, just because it's not supported, doesn't mean it won't work. Any card should be able to play it, given that it's powerful enough.
    What exactly is the difference between "supported" and "able to play it", though? :confused:
    Benito wrote: »
    2. The requirements are similar to Poker Night. The only notable difference is that it requires more RAM.
    Memory RAM or video card RAM?
  • edited December 2010
    markeres wrote: »
    What exactly is the difference between "supported" and "able to play it", though? :confused:

    Typically that means if there's a problem with the game, tech support will simply insist that it's your graphics card, not the game.
  • edited December 2010
    Typically that means if there's a problem with the game, tech support will simply insist that it's your graphics card, not the game.
    Gotcha. :cool:
  • edited December 2010
    Basically, buyer beware. :p Like when I played the demo for Devil's Playhouse, I had to have it on the second to lowest setting to lose the lag, and there were a couple of graphical glitches at the end.
  • edited December 2010
    Here are my 2 computer options. Will either work?*
    1. Toshiba *-
    Operating System Windows 7 Starter Edition 32 bit Processor and Chipset Intel Atom processor N455 1.66GHz, 512KB L2 Cache, Intel NM10 Express Chipset Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 with 0MB-250MB dynamically allocated shared graphics memory. Memory Configured with 1GB DDR2 667MHz

    2. Compaq*
    - 2.7GHz AMD Athlon LE-1640 Single-Core Processor
    - 1GB (1x1GB) RAM
    - 250GB SATA Hard Drive
    - LightScribe SuperMulti DVD Burner
    - nVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE Graphics
    - Windows Vista Home Premium
  • edited December 2010
    Amy Lukima wrote: »
    Late update but here are the specs:


    PC:
    Minimum Specs
    OS: XP / Vista / Windows 7
    Processor: 1.8 GHz Pentium 4 or equivalent
    Memory: 2 GB RAM
    Video Card: ATI or NVidia card w/ 256 MB RAM
    Direct X: Direct X 9.0c
    Audio card required

    Recommended Specs
    OS: XP / Vista / Windows 7
    Processor: 2.0 GHz Pentium 4 or equivalent
    Memory: 3 GB RAM
    Video Card: ATI or NVidia card w/ 512 MB RAM
    Direct X: Direct X 9.0c
    Audio card required

    Mac:
    Minimum Specs
    OS: Snow Leopard
    Processor: 2.0 Ghz Intel or equivalent
    Memory: 2 GB RAM
    Video Card: 256 MB NVidia or ATI graphics card
    Not recommended for Mac Minis or early-generation MacBooks

    Recommended Specs
    OS: Snow Leopard
    Processor: 2.3 Ghz Intel or equivalent
    Memory: 4 GB RAM
    Video Card: 512 MB NVidia or ATI graphics card
    Not recommended for Mac Minis or early-generation MacBooks

    Hey, I suck at systemrequirementology, but if I can play Devil's Playhouse in its highest setting with no problems, I can play this, right?
  • edited December 2010
    tredlow wrote: »
    Hey, I suck at systemrequirementology, but if I can play Devil's Playhouse in its highest setting with no problems, I can play this, right?

    If you can play The Devil's Playhouse at maximum settings, Back to the Future Episode 1 should not be a problem for your machine. :)
  • edited December 2010
    If you can play The Devil's Playhouse at maximum settings, Back to the Future Episode 1 should not be a problem for your machine. :)

    What if you can only play it at the next to lowest setting?
  • edited December 2010
    If you can play The Devil's Playhouse at maximum settings, Back to the Future Episode 1 should not be a problem for your machine. :)
    What if you can only play it at the next to lowest setting?
    Or the lowest setting? I'm able to play "Devil's Playhouse" at settings 3 & 4 for the most part, and "Poker Night" at setting 1. Is this good enough for BTTF?
  • edited December 2010
    Glad to know I passed recommended requirements! Good thing I have 3 gigs of ram too, I'll be able to push this baby up to 88mph with ease! :)
  • edited December 2010
    After seeing the official requiements I am sure that I can play on highest detail and resolution.
    Can't wait to play this game.
  • edited December 2010
    Ok, I am little confused and just need some clarification...:)

    I have a 2010 Mac Mini, and am looking forward to playing the new Back To The Future game.

    I saw the requirements said that the game wasnt designed with Mac Minis in mind, and advise against it.

    Though, just to see how bad the Mac Mini is (I only bought it 2 weeks back), I downloaded the Sam & Max demo to try it out.

    I ended up playing the demo on 1920 x 1080 (or something similar), full screen, and graphic details on 9, and it ran pretty smoothly? VERY few jitters, if any.

    Does this mean that the Mac Mini will indeed be good enough for the new Back to the Future game?

    Oh, and my Mac Mini specs are :

    2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
    4gb Ram
    Snow Leapord OS
    (have no idea what graphics card it comes with)

    Just want to make sure if the Mac Mini will indeed handle the BTTF game before I pre-order the season.:)

    Thanks!
  • edited December 2010
    I'm glad to hear the official specs... Guess I'll be pre-ordering now (a few days before it comes out, haha!). I had a feeling that it would likely work on my system, but I just wanted to be safe. I was able to run the third Sam & Max series on the highest graphics setting, although running it at 1440 x 900 resolution sometimes had slowdowns.

    Anyway... I'm really looking forward to the Back to the Future series. Thank you so much Telltale, for all of the cool adventure games!
  • edited December 2010
    Looks like my system is up to par. I have a 3.0 GHz Pentium 4 with 3GB RAM and my graphics card is an ATI 512MB, though it's AGP and everything is usually slower. If these are the same requirements as S&M3 why does it and TMI run so chopily and slow for me? Probably the ATI card...
  • edited December 2010
    Hello, everyone, I searched for "9400" in the forums and found no results, so I apologize if this has been answered before.

    I would like to buy this game as a Christmas gift for a friend of mine. I know she has an Intel iMac with a 9400m, and that the 9400m is a piece of crap. I have also read the system requirements and see that the 9400 technically meets them.

    My friend is not a gamer by any stretch of the imagination, but she is obsessed with BTTF. I realize integrated graphics are awful, and that running the game at the full 1920 x 1080 resolution of the iMac is out of the question.
    But if it would run at 1280 x 800 or something and still look decent I'd consider getting the game for her.

    I would like to know if there is anyone out there who has the same video card and plays TT's games on it to see if it's even worth buying this for her. Or better yet, someone from TT who could offer up their opinion.

    Thanks very much :)
  • edited December 2010
    I had no problems running Sam & Max Season 3 on my Macbook with 9400m graphics. Back to the Future shouldn't be too much more demanding.
  • edited December 2010
    My computer is above everything in recommended but RAM (only 2 GB's) and possibly the video card. I don't know how much RAM the ATI Xpress 200 has, but it can play Sam & Max Season 3 just fine, so let's hope it works (and if not, there's always the PS3~)
  • edited December 2010
    I have integrated graphics, and had no problems with Poker Night. I'm installing Snow Lepoard right now, too!
  • edited December 2010
    How well will i be able to run it with these specs:

    Windows XP
    AMD Athlon 64 3400+ (2.19 GHZ)
    2.50 GB RAM
    NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

    Would upgrading to 3 GB RAM & AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (2.21 GHZ) make a significant difference?
  • edited December 2010
    Just to be on the safe side, will this run the game on high settings:

    Windows Vista
    CPU: Intel Core2Duo 3ghz
    RAM: 4gb
    Gfx: ATI Radeon HD 4850 1gb

    I can run Tales of Monkey Island and Sam and Max: The Devil's Playhouse with the quality on 9 and a res of 1600x900, so I'm hoping my system is good enough.
  • edited December 2010
    Just to be on the safe side, will this run the game on high settings:

    Windows Vista
    CPU: Intel Core2Duo 3ghz
    RAM: 4gb
    Gfx: ATI Radeon HD 4850 1gb

    I can run Tales of Monkey Island and Sam and Max: The Devil's Playhouse with the quality n 9 and a res of 1600x900, so I'm hoping my system is good enough.

    Of course it is.
  • edited December 2010
    Strayth wrote: »
    Of course it is.

    I'm hoping so. Just a little worried cause of the increase in system requirements.
  • edited December 2010
    Well you might have a few slowdowns (since my system is much much powerful and still has some) but I'm sure it will run fine. ;)
  • edited December 2010
    Amy Lukima wrote: »
    Late update but here are the specs:


    PC:
    Minimum Specs
    OS: XP / Vista / Windows 7
    Processor: 1.8 GHz Pentium 4 or equivalent
    Memory: 2 GB RAM
    Video Card: ATI or NVidia card w/ 256 MB RAM
    Direct X: Direct X 9.0c
    Audio card required

    Recommended Specs
    OS: XP / Vista / Windows 7
    Processor: 2.0 GHz Pentium 4 or equivalent
    Memory: 3 GB RAM
    Video Card: ATI or NVidia card w/ 512 MB RAM
    Direct X: Direct X 9.0c
    Audio card required
    Have the official specs for "Poker Night" been released anywhere? I'm trying to find out if they're identical to these or not, and I don't see them on the store site or the "Poker Night" site.

    Or, I could just simplify my question and ask: If I am able to play post-patch "Poker Night" at level 1, will I be able to play BTTF at level 1?
  • edited December 2010
    I believe so. You can turn the shadows off in BTTF. And Poker Night has to generate a special engine for Tyco.

    So I think you could play it.

    But it will look pretty bad.
  • edited December 2010
    Strayth wrote: »
    But it will look pretty bad.
    I'm not too concerned with how it looks, just the ability to play it at all. :p
  • edited December 2010
    Actually if you avoid full screen, and play at low resolution, it might look decent.
  • edited December 2010
    Apologies for continuing to bump this thread, but I'm hoping to possibly get an official answer before release. I guess my real real question is: Will the game require Shader Model 3.0 support, or will I be able to play it with a Shader Model 2.0 graphics card? This was my problem with "Poker Night" on initial release. I was getting the black screen, as were many other people, but once Shader Model 2.0 support was added in the patch, I was able to play the game just fine (at least, I assume lack of Shader Model 2.0 support is what was causing the black screen problem). So, will BTTF have Shader Model 2.0 support on initial release? I really don't want to see another black screen when I launch BTTF for the first time. :( I don't care if the game is laggy, I don't care if I have to play on the lowest possible settings, I just want to be able to play at all. If somebody from Telltale could reassure (or disappoint) me that I will/won't be able to play the game, I would greatly appreciate it.
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