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By: Jarno Kokko May 27, 2009

Prototype PC System Requirements Revealed

Activision has published the minimum system requirements for the PC version of Prototype. Here is what you need for the game;

  • Operating System: Windows® XP (with Service Pack 2) and DirectX® 9.0c or (Windows Vista® with Service Pack 3)
  • Video Card: 256 MB 3D hardware accelerator card required - 100% DirectX® 9.0c with Shader Model 3 support*
  • Processor: Pentium(R) Intel Core® 2 Duo 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ or better
  • RAM: 1 GB of RAM for Windows ® XP / 2 GB Windows ® Vista systems
  • Hard Drive Space: 8 GB of uncompressed hard disk space (Plus 500MB for swap file.)
  • Sound Card: DirectX 9.0 –compliant sound card
  • Peripheral: 100% Windows(R) XP/Vista - compatible mouse, keyboard and drivers, 100% Windows(R) XP/Vista - compatible 4X DVD-ROM drive or better (600K/sec sustained transfer rate) and drivers

*Supported Chipsets for Windows(R) XP and Vista
All NVIDIA® GeForce™ 7800 256 MB and better chipsets
All ATI® Radeon™ X1800 256 MB and better chipsets

No recommended system was specified so that's all. Not sure if your system meets the requirements? The YouGamers Game-o-Meter can help - you can use it to compare your system to the Prototype requirements here

Thanks to FM/YG Community member 'get_loud' for pointing out the Activision forum post detailing the specs.


 

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Unregistered 2009-05-28 #1
those requirements are way 2 small for this game




Jarnis 2009-05-28 #2
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Originally Posted by Unregistered View Post
those requirements are way 2 small for this game
Those are the *minimums*.




RainWind 2009-05-28 #3
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Originally Posted by Jarnis View Post
Those are the *minimums*.
I hate minimum requirements. They should post "decently playable" system requirements.

The minimum requirement on a game box are like saying that your brand new ford truck is going to get 50 miles to the gallon... when it's being towed by another vehicle.




Lord_Micron 2009-05-28 #4
I think it's interesting that they post the 500MB for swap... I wonder if that means it won't run for users who have it disabled?




Jarnis 2009-05-28 #5
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Originally Posted by Lord_Micron View Post
I think it's interesting that they post the 500MB for swap... I wonder if that means it won't run for users who have it disabled?
Doubt it. It's there for those with 1024MB RAM probably... if you have modern amounts (2GB+) I doubt it'll touch swap.




buckiesmalls08 2009-05-28 #6
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Windows Vista® with Service Pack 3
Wow i must be really behind, with my service pack 1.




Jarnis 2009-05-28 #7
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Originally Posted by buckiesmalls08 View Post
Wow i must be really behind, with my service pack 1.
Supposedly that's a typo. It is supposed to be XP SP3 / Vista SP2 (which came out yesterday)




buckiesmalls08 2009-05-28 #8
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Originally Posted by Jarnis View Post
Supposedly that's a typo. It is supposed to be XP SP3 / Vista SP2 (which came out yesterday)
Ahh. Ok. Just checked for updates, didnt see any sp2. hmm




Astrodemoniac 2009-05-28 #9
Yeah those requirements are basically "This is what you need for the game to start (with some luck)" Whatever happened to Minimum, Medium and Recommended system requirements?




tomatomanz 2009-05-28 #10
Prototype on Steam.

I gotta say.. the requirements looks slightly different..

Heres the requirements showed in steam :-
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System Requirements
OS: Windows® XP (with Service Pack 3) or Windows Vista®
Processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo 1.86 GHz or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4000+ or better
Memory: Vista 2 GB RAM / XP 1 GB RAM
Graphics: All NVIDIA® GeForce® 7800 GT 256 MB and better chipsets. All ATI Radeon™ X1800 256 MB and better chipsets
DirectX®: Microsoft DirectX 9.0c
Hard Drive: 8GB of free hard drive space
Sound: DirectX® 9.0c compliant sound card

Cheers




IeatNvidiots 2009-05-29 #11
Yeah steam seem to lowered the core duo mhz and increased that of the x2.




Unregistered 2009-05-29 #12
Those are quite high minimum requirements to a multi plat title.




Murderklok 2009-05-29 #13
Those requirements look like they were written by a 5 year old.




Snixtor 2009-05-29 #14
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Originally Posted by IeatNvidiots View Post
Yeah steam seem to lowered the core duo mhz and increased that of the x2.
2.6GHz on the C2D did seem pretty steep for a minimum.




Jarnis 2009-05-29 #15
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Originally Posted by Snixtor View Post
2.6GHz on the C2D did seem pretty steep for a minimum.
Agreed.

Here you see one of the problems maintaining Game-o-Meter. No matter how apparently "official" source you pick (in this case, Steam, which probably got their requirements from the publisher *and* publisher's official forums), there may be conflicting reports.

With some luck, the actual game box may have a *third* set of requirements...

In this case the difference isn't too major - mostly on the CPU side of things. If anyone gets their hands on the actual game box before we do, feel free to report what it says!






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