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Do the system requirements of FFVII re-release tell us something



Take a look at the small print and judge for your self.


I want to make one thing clear, this is not rumour, I'm not grinding that old mill again, what I have in front of me are cold hard facts and those facts are the system requirements.


While we know that modern operating systems now require more power to run in general, we was surprised to see such a big leap, given that most low end notebooks are capable of running the original in a Windows XP / Vista / Win7 environment, with some tinkering to alleviate a few compatibility issues with modern OS's of course.



NEW Minimum System Requirements:

  • Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 (32/64-bit)
  • 2GHz Processor or faster
  • 1GB RAM
  • DirectX 9-compatible graphic card



Original Minimum System Requirements:
  • Windows 95 compatible system
  • DirectX 5.0
  • Intel Pentium 133 (recommended Pentium 200)
  • 4 megs Video Card (8 megs 3D accelerator recommended)
  • 32 megs of RAM
  • 4x CD-ROM
  • DirectX 5.0 compatible sound card (AWE64 or XG-MIDI compatible recommended)
While speaking with the UK PR representative for Square Enix today, I asked him a few questions about the newly announced FFVII re-release, unfortunately he had an air of "I would love to tell you but can't" approach to my questions.


We do know how ever that Square Enix will be attending next months Gamescon, where all eyes should be on Square Enix, for who knows what they will be showing.  We tried to ask nicely, but we were equally nicely told "we're not allowed to say anything right now".


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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous said...:

    its probably minor graphic improvements. I mean I am sure the resolution was improved ect.

  1. Anonymous said...:

    It probably runs on much higher resolutions than the original did and have higher resolution graphical assets.

    I hope it is good, then I'll get it on Steam.

  1. Cheifsfan said...:

    Thats also the minimum requirement for windows vista

  1. Cheifsfan already pointed it out, but the minimum requirements are more reflecting the operating system XP/Vista/7.

  1. Cloud Kuraudo said...:

    the game just re-released again...nobody used win xp nowdasy and win 8 are coming even less people use win xp today...and even win xp will org already being cut the support..ofcourse the system requirement will tell with minimum software and hardware available today...10 years ago might be 500 mb and direct 8 is minimum..nowdays not...1gb ram....win vista is standard minimum requrement..they might be just followed market standard...will it be weird if 2012 game requrement will list old minimum requirement...that what i think...please dont make assumption..wait for hints directly..dont think too much

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