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Gothic seriesSystem reqs for Gothic 2, as compared to Gothic.(6 posts)solved(6 posts)solved
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Posted February 04, 2009
Hello fellow Good Old Gamers, I was wondering how taxing Gothic 2 is on a PC as compared to Gothic 1.
I have Gothic 1, and I run it at full settings, 200% draw distance, and no AA. It runs smoothly. I was thinking of getting Gothic 2, but I wanted to be sure my PC would run it as smooth as Gothic 1 before I made the purchase.
My PC isn't that bad, but my video card died a few months ago, and I'm not buying a new one for a while, not until I build a whole new PC at least. There is a problem with the voltage on the PCIE slot on this rig, and it has burned out two cards already.
What I'm working with is
AMD Athlon 3700+ 2.13Ghz
1 gig Ram
Radion Express 200 graphics accelerator. Thats the onboard graphics chipset.
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Posted February 04, 2009
Minimum system requirements: Windows XP or Windows Vista, 1.2 GHz Processor (1.4 GHz recommended), 512MB RAM (1 GB recommended), 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with DirectX 9 recommended), Mouse, Keyboard.
You will not note a difference. Graphically Gothic 2 is only slightly better - I've played both games smoothly on horribly outdated computers.
There should be no problems at all.
Posted February 04, 2009
I figured it would most likely work fairly well, being Gothic 1 runs fine.
The sys reqs can be a little misleading when your running off an onboard chipset though. It depends on what the onboard chip does as far as pixel shaders and effects. I play alot of Diablo 2 on this rig, and it works fine, and so does Gothic and Dungeon Seige. I played Painkiller, and Unreal on this rig and they run fine as well. However, I play Morrowind (a game that has slightly lower sys reqs then Painkiller) and I have to turn the rez down to 800x600 and turn down the draw distance to get it to run smoothly. Neverwinter Nights runs a little choppy, and Neverwinter Nights 2 runs so poorly it isn't playable.
I was hoping to hear from someone with a similar onboard chipset, but I do think it sould work, its not as dynamic as a game like Morrowind.
Posted February 04, 2009
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Evilross: I was hoping to hear from someone with a similar onboard chipset, but I do think it sould work, its not as dynamic as a game like Morrowind.

I know what you're on to, but trust me when I say that you should not have any problems with Gothic 2, considering that you can run Gothic 1 flawlessly.
Posted February 04, 2009
To see how it runs, try the demo. You can get it from a variety of sites (e.g. here on World of Gothic). It lets you access part of the town. If I recall correctly, the armour worn by the paladins there uses some basic pixel shading. If your GPU can handle that metal effect it should have no trouble with the other uses of pixel shading in the game.
Posted February 04, 2009
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Arkose: To see how it runs, try the demo. You can get it from a variety of sites (e.g. here on World of Gothic). It lets you access part of the town. If I recall correctly, the armour worn by the paladins there uses some basic pixel shading. If your GPU can handle that metal effect it should have no trouble with the other uses of pixel shading in the game.

Ah, there is the solution. Had no idea there were still demo's of this game floating around.
I'll check it out, and see how it runs. Thanks to everyone who replyed, and thanks to GOG for making all these games avalible to us again.
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