It's not often that a real-time strategy game can look awe-inspiring, but Battlefleet Gothic: Armada truly does. Based on the classic tabletop game from Games Workshop, it's space battling on an epic scale. Ships several kilometres long duke it out in the Gothic sector, helmed by iconic Warhammer 40K races such as the Chaos, Imperium, Orks, and Eldar.
Players will be tasked with managing every aspect of their fleet, including equipment the giant battleships, choosing crews, captains, and slotting in weaponry. As you'd expect these deep space battles are absolutely gorgeous, so if you're thinking of picking Battlefleet Gothic Armada up you're probably wondering just how steep the official system requirements are...
Battlefleet Gothic Armada Minimum System Requirements
- OS: Windows 7 64-bit
- CPU: Intel Core i5-2500 3.3GHz or AMD FX-4100 3.6GHz
- RAM: 4 GB System Memory
- GPU RAM: 1 GB Video Memory
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce GT 560 or AMD Radeon HD 6850
- HDD: 10 GB Free Hard Drive Space
Battlefleet Gothic Armada Recommended System Requirements
- CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz or AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz
- RAM: 8 GB RAM
- GPU RAM: 2 GB Graphics Memory
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 or AMD Radeon R9 270X
I'm not really sure what's going on with the Core i5-2500 and the FX-4100 down at the minimum. The Intel CPU is on another level to AMD's chip so they're really even very comparable. What it does indicate is that you'll be able to get away with a lesser Intel CPU for Battlefleet Gothic Armada than the one presented, possibly even an i5-750.
Other than that though it's business as usual down at the lower end. From what little we've seen of Battlefleet Gothic Armada it's gorgeous at what it does. Those massive space vessels truly are a sight to behold, and you'll need the graphics hardware to match. By today's standards both the GTX 560 and Radeon HD 6850 are extremely low-end, hitting the market roughly five years ago.
Should you want to crank all them dials to the max then things get a little more interesting. Clearly Battlefleet Gothic is no slouch in terms of the number of units and actions happening on screen at any one time, and this comes at the cost of some meat processors if you want to enable some of the more advanced affects such as tracer fire. Both the i7 and the FX-8350 are skirting near the top of their respective families. Other than that there's not too much to worry with the graphics cards, which aren't really a massive leap even from the minimum.
Remember, you can always check out how well your PC can run the Battlefleet Gothic Armada Requirements here, where you can check benchmarking and performance from other users. Compare your graphics card to the Battlefleet Gothic Armada GPU benchmark chart.
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Kindly proof-read your article (or let someone else do it for you), before posting. Thank you very much.
It's not very coherent (missing words, wonky sentences..), nor does it make too much sense (although that's another discussion altogether).
Cheers
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i don't trust these requirements.when it comes to large battles im pretty sure even high end rigs won't even manage to keep a stable 60fps.plus an i5 means you're gonna need an i7 if you want to stand a chance online.
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By saying "Laying Down Fire On Your Rig" i presume this game is going to be really CPU intensive, maybe its getting to that time where i need to think of investing in a new CPU, too many games are beginning to require an i7
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laying down fire.. yeah Joffy was probably high writing this article.
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Damn, I thought my rig cant handle this good thing it can. That title though
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That's some dumb cu?t sh¡t right there. "...laying down fire on your rig"? All the while demanding an 8350, 8GB of RAM and a GTX 760? What exactly are you smoking?
?igga I was eXPecting some Core i9, 1TB of RAM and 512GB VRAM, not this joke. Damn, this has clickbait written all over it. I was expecting some quality content given the author.
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So you're expecting specs from like 100 years from now then is what you are getting at.
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"I was expecting some quality content given the author."
This is rich coming from you... The language you used there and your quality of writing is atrocious... Don't throw stones while sitting in a glass house...
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hey look at your language man.joffy's a great writer.i don't know what you were expecting but it looks to me like you seem to be really high on something rather than joffy.i for one can't find many mistakes on this article and your comment makes absolutely no sense.
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are you trolling? lol
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Wtf is up with the title? "Laying down fire on your rig" but the requirements aren't even demanding. Do you even try bro?
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The title made me think this will require a whole bunch of hardware and souped up gfx cards.
I read the post and then I'm like: "aaah Super Nintendo!" :D
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These are below average requirements these days. WTF
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Yay yet another game I can max out at 1080p
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Those system requirements are actually very good according to other Games -_- , GTX 970 everywhere ;D
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what?
the title made me think that these requirements were gonna be crazy, i mean i can't run the game but will be upgrading in September if i can find a part time job :-)
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Title lead me to believe GTX 970 minimum :P
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Decent requirements IMO
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Those system requirements are actually very good.
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LOL
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GTX 560 extremely low end? I would save the extremely for something like an Intel HD Graphics or GeForce 8800 GT
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Read the title and expected dissapointment xD
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See, it made it all the better for you!
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good guy jon
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Thanks, Jon!