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Attention all Slugga Boyz: Dawn of War II system requirements are here photo

As someone who admittedly spends most of his time on a console, it takes something big to get me off the couch and back into the ol' office.

Apart from say Demigod, which looks fantastic, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II is probably one of the only other upcoming PC games I'm genuinely excited for. Relic has finally dished out the juicy requirements for the game and thankfully, they are very doable.

Minimum Requirements:

  • Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista SP1
  • P4 3.2 GHz (single core) or any Dual Core processor
    1 GB RAM (XP), 1.5 GB RAM (Vista)
  • A 128MB Video Card (Shader Model 3) - Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT / ATI X1600, or equivalent
  • 5.5 GB of Hard Drive space

Recommended:

  • Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista SP1
  • AMD Athlon 64×2 4400+ or any Intel Core 2 Duo
  • 2 GB RAM (XP and Vista)
  • A 256MB Video Card (Shader Model 3) - Nvidia GeForce 7800 GT / ATI X1900, or equivalent
  • 5.5 GB of Hard Drive space
For those of you anticipating Dawn of War II as much as I am, make sure to check back at the Relic Web site on Thursday for an update on what's happening with the game's multiplayer beta.

[Via Shacknews -- Thanks, Gemsi]


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Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2009 18:48
Holyetheline
Wish I had a rig that could run that bad boy.
Darth Kupi's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2009 18:55
Darth Kupi
Yes, good relic, goooooood.

Declare WAAAAAAUGH! on insane system requirements.

If I recall, both the first WH40K:DoW and CoH, ran very, very well on a whole spectrum of systems.

Probably the best optimised games outside of Valve's HL2/source engine games IMO.
Krow-Kupo's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2009 19:16
Krow-Kupo
Oh God I'm so hard for this game.
KaL YoshiKa's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2009 20:31
KaL YoshiKa
I do love it when PC developers/publishers remember that scalability of software is the exact advantage of the PC platform.
yaesir's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2009 20:37
yaesir
Great, been playing the Dark Crusade now i know that i will be able to play DoW2.
ChronosWing's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2009 22:55
ChronosWing
Looks like I'm in the clear for full blown settings. Thank you relic.
Kathos's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2009 22:57
Kathos
Hmmm... I was JUST playing Company of Heroes again... Godamn I love that game. Relic makes a goooooooood game.
Coldbrand's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2009 23:17
Coldbrand
DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA
CannibalCalvin 's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2009 00:00
CannibalCalvin
I frothing at the mouth for this game.

I can't wait to start purging Xenos in the name of the Emperor.
episodic's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2009 03:48
episodic
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD

Looking at a new rig for Feb, this is top of my list :D
Demtor's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2009 06:38
Demtor
My PC is goin' to chew dis game up 'n spit it back out >:-D
masterninja's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2009 06:41
masterninja
Walk softly and carry a big gun!


I'm ready for this...the only RTS I have been waiting for...
mistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2009 10:32
mistic
Great! I'll have loads of power to spare :-)

just bought a new PC, got a Quadcore, dual SLI Nvidia 260GTX, 4 Gb of corsair RAM and 1 Tb of diskspace :-)

so I can hopefully run this at the highest quality-setting they've got :-)
Sentry's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2009 12:42
Sentry
We (our LAN center, that is) just received notification from iGames.org regarding showcasing Dawn of War II sometime in the near future. We're definitely going to do it.
Midgetsnowman's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/09/2009 05:45
Midgetsnowman
Holy crap..my computer actually makes the minimums.

I love you so much relic.
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