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Min System requirements

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 2:37 am
by ghealy
Have searched without success. Is therr a min System requirement to run FO on a Windows notebook?

Am I correct in stating one must eith be running a Windows machine Or a Linux box? There is not a version that would run on android.

Should FO run properly on a Windows 10 Intel Celeron CPU, 4GB RAM, 500GB HD with a10 screen?

TIA.

- Gene

Re: Min System requirements

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 5:52 am
by Geoff the Medio
ghealy wrote:Is therr a min System requirement to run FO on a Windows notebook?
There is no carefully maintained / test-based official minimum, other than (as far as I know) at least WinXP with OpenGL 2.0 support. Turn processing time and UI responsiveness will be better on better systems, particularly for larger galaxies and with more rendering options enabled.
Am I correct in stating one must eith be running a Windows machine Or a Linux box?
Also OSX and some Linux-like operating systems, possibly including BSD and Chrome.
eg.: http://www.freeorion.org/forum/viewtopi ... 28&t=10336
There is not a version that would run on android.
No: http://www.freeorion.org/forum/viewtopi ... 227#p78227
Should FO run properly on a Windows 10 Intel Celeron CPU, 4GB RAM, 500GB HD with a10 screen?
Not sure what an "a10" screen is, but it likely depends more on the graphics chip / card than the monitor specs. "Celeren CPU" is very non-specific, but FreeOrion can be CPU limited for some things, so that might limit in-game performance.

Re: Min System requirements

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 1:13 pm
by ghealy
Thanks, Geof. Appreciate the feedback.

- Gene

Re: Min System requirements

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 9:09 pm
by Vezzra

Re: Min System requirements

Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2016 7:02 pm
by ghealy
Thanks a lot. Of particular are the video requirements re: OpenGL 2.0 or greater.

- Gene