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[IMG News]

The final system requirements for the upcoming shooter, QUAKE 4, have been finalized, according to a note from Aspyr Media this morning. The long-awaited sequel to QUAKE II, QUAKE 4 enlists gamers in the role of Matthew Kane, a member of the legendary Rhino Squad, to penetrate deep into the heart of the Strogg war machine and engage in a series of heroic missions to destroy the barbaric alien race.

Operating System: Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later
CPU Processor: PowerPC G4/G5 or Intel chipset
CPU Speed: 1.67 GHz or faster
Memory: 512 MB or higher
Hard Disk Space: 3 GB free disk space
Video Card (ATI): Radeon 9600 or better*
Video Card (NVidia): GeForce 6600 or better*
Video Memory (VRam): 64 MB or higher
Media Required: DVD Drive
Multiplayer: Internet (TCP/IP) and LAN (TCP/IP) play supported.  Internet
play requires broadband connection.

* Supported Video cards: NVIDIA GeForce 6600, 6800, 7800, ATI Radeon 9600, 9650, 9700, 9800, X600, X800, X850, X1600

QUAKE 4 is set to ship in March 2006 and is currently available for pre-order at Macgamestore.com

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[MacProject]

Wow, that's one hell of a processor speed requirement.  
So much for those with recent consumer-class Macs.

[julianmayer]

MacProject, on February 2nd 2006, 09:28 AM, said:

Wow, that's one hell of a processor speed requirement.  
So much for those with recent consumer-class Macs.

the PC version requires 2 GHZ, so ... good job

http://quake4.ravengames.com/faq.php

[mtrank]

That is a high processor speed requirement.  However, I believe the PC requirements were for a 2 GHz Pentium 4 or 2000 AMD.

Hopefully, consumer-level Macs will not become high-end gaming obsolete so quickly once they all have Intel processors.

[UmarOMC1]

...those requirements are barely above those of Doom 3's, which I run pretty smoothly on my setup which isn't too powerful at all... nor does it necessarily meet the system requirements.

I'm still going to try it...

[teflon]

Actually, the specs are very very low.

I think some leeway must have been found by ensuring that only the top of the range G4 powerbooks can play the game, most of these have 128mb VRAM if im not mistaken. Also any computer with a 5200FX is excluded, so the initial imacs are out, but newer ones are supported, whilst any tower owner would need to upgrade.

Overall id say excellent job aspyr.

And even tho im on a 800Mhz cube with Geforce 2, i found the Doom 3 demo alright, and im always up for an interesting challenge, so ill give the Q4 demo a go too (though i do plan on getting a proc upgrade or just a Rev B Macbook)...

[halprin]

Thank goodness the recent consumer-class Macs easily bypass those requirements.

[nagromme]

I thought the reqs sounded low too. My 2+ year-old PowerBook very nearly meets those specs! (But that's a mobile GPU--and I already know Doom doesn't run that great on my machine.)

[macgeek2005]

So, will this not run AT ALL on my computer because I have a Radeon 9000?

[MacProject]

halprin, on February 2nd 2006, 12:40 PM, said:

Thank goodness the recent consumer-class Macs easily bypass those requirements.

And too bad 1-2 year old consumer-class Macs don't....

[nagromme]

In my experience, games usually DO "run" on systems lower than reqs... if your standards are very low, or if you just want to mess around until you get a faster machine. Doom III runs on my machine that doesn't meet specs--well enough to make the demo fun, but not enough to get through the whole game. (So I'll buy it when I get a new Mac.)

Trying the demo (will there be one for Q4?) is the only way to know for sure just how your machine will perform.

[MacProject]

nagromme, on February 2nd 2006, 01:20 PM, said:

In my experience, games usually DO "run" on systems lower than reqs... if your standards are very low, or if you just want to mess around until you get a faster machine. Doom III runs on my machine that doesn't meet specs--well enough to make the demo fun, but not enough to get through the whole game. (So I'll buy it when I get a new Mac.)

Trying the demo (will there be one for Q4?) is the only way to know for sure just how your machine will perform.

I know, I mean Doom3 ran surprisingly well on my eMac.  
But there were moments where it chugged a bit, and even those with G5's experienced some hiccups here and there.

[Riko]

I'm very happy with this. Job well done Aspyr!
I barely make the requirements on my 1.67 PowerBook so I'm looking forward to a demo.
But, looking at al the fun displayed, heck, I think I just buy it anyway.

[converted2truth]

I am excited by this.  On the other end, when i had my 1.67ghz/128mb 9700m powerbook, it did not play doom to my satisfaction.  I find it hard to believe that quake 4 would...

Perhaps this is another shot below the waist (when it comes to sys req), Aspyr...

Or perhaps Aspyr removed advanced shaders, disabled FSAA, or cranked back all the AI algorithms that RavenSoft was touting.

But, no matter what, i'm gonna own this game.  I just hope it plays on my powermac and new 1.83ghz macbook (if that ever gets here).

Which one will arrive first? Quake4? or Macbook? lol

[nagromme]

I think the answer lies in "to your satisfaction." Some people find gaming at minimum specs to be still fun. Others find it unacceptable. A personal call.

As for removing detail, that's always an option, and that's what you must do if you have minimum specs. But the detail options aren't gone, they can still be used by people with higher machines.

[FunkyGum]

CURSE THE DAY I PURCHASED AN  ATI 8500!!!

[yves]

with these SINGLE processor specs I'm pretty confident my dual 1,8 with 9600xt will do the trick for me as quake 4 was going to be patched for multi processors. (and I ordered an x800xt )
Maybe Glenda Adams is willing to confirm the succesfull implementation of the "smp patch" ?
anyways GREAT job Aspyr!

[GirSaysDoom13]

doom 3 can run alright on my ibook, will this be able to? i hope so.

[Amon CMB]

Any idea if it supports dual core CPUs like the PC version does?

[Siriusfox]

IMG News, on February 2nd 2006, 08:27 AM, said:

QUAKE 4 is set to ship in March 2005 and is currently available for pre-order at Macgamestore.com

Do they mean 06? I don't think it is set to ship 10 months ago.