A very early question about fantasy game's requirements

March 16, 2008 1:37 AM from

While I'm not expecting any info about the game itself yet, I'd like to ask a question in the hopes someone at Stardock could provide the answer (assuming they even know the answer yet).

Will the fantasy 4X game run (acceptably) on a newer integrated Intel graphics chipset like the X3100?

I'm trying to settle on a new laptop in the coming days. I know these chipsets really suck, but I don't intend to do a whole lot of gaming on it. I'd just like to have GalCiv2 and the new fantasy game on it. I know GalCiv2 won't be a problem, since it even runs on the 2 year old integrated graphics on my current laptop.

I know we're a long ways off from knowing the official system requirements, but I'm just curious if you Stardock folks have a feel for whether the fantasy game will run. I'm guessing you have some idea of your target minimum specs. I don't care if I have to scale down the graphics to 1990-era 2D sprites, as long as I can still play.

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Reply #1 March 17, 2008 10:49 AM from

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Can't say anything re fantasy game, but personally I'd always take discrete graphics if it's an option. Even a Geforce 8400M is better than intel integrated. And Intel's driver support of late has been even worse than nVidia's (and that's no small feat).

Reply #2 March 17, 2008 1:37 PM from

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Yeah, unfortunately it's not an option on some of the models I'm looking at. So to get discrete graphics, I actually need to switch to a different brand entirely, and make compromises elsewhere. Stupid hardware companies...

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