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Revision as of 13:54, 28 July 2006
The system requirements to run the NWN2 game are as follows. Please note that these specifications could change prior to launch.
Recommended system requirements
- 3 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
- 1GB System RAM
- ATI Radeon X800 series, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series or higher video card
Minimum system requirements
- Windows XP
- 512MB System RAM
- 2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
- 128MB Direct3D compatible video card with DirectX 9.0c compatible driver
- CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
- 4.6GB free hard disk space
- DirectX 9.0c (included)
- DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card
- Microsoft .NET 2.0 Framework for toolset (included)
- Broadband connection for multiplayer online play
- Keyboard, Mouse
Supported video cards
- ATI Radeon X1900 series
- ATI Radeon X1800 series
- ATI Radeon X1600 series
- ATI Radeon X1300 series
- ATI Radeon X850 series
- ATI Radeon X800 series
- ATI Radeon X700 series
- ATI Radeon X600 series
- ATI Radeon X300 series
- ATI Radeon 9800 series
- ATI Radeon 9600 series
- ATI Radeon 9500 series
- NVIDIA GeForce 7900 series
- NVIDIA GeForce 7800 series
- NVIDIA GeForce 7600 series
- NVIDIA GeForce 7300 series
- NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series
- NVIDIA GeForce 6600 series
- NVIDIA GeForce 6500 series
- NVIDIA GeForce 6200 series
- NVIDIA GeForce 6100 series
- NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 series
- NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 series
- NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 series
- NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 series
NWN2 web site FAQs
1. Will Neverwinter Nights 2 support NVIDIA’s SLI feature?
- Yes, if you have two video cards that make use of SLI, Neverwinter Nights 2 will support them.
2. Does Neverwinter Nights 2 support AMD 64-bit processors?
- Yes, we’re planning to fully support AMD 64-bit processors running Windows XP; however, the game does not support Windows XP x64 edition.
3. Will Neverwinter Nights 2 make use of dual core CPU’s?
- The Neverwinter Nights 2 Toolset is a multithreaded application; as a result, it will utilize the benefits of dual-core processors from both AMD and Intel.
4. Does Neverwinter Nights 2 still use the Aurora graphics engine?
- Neverwinter Nights 2’s graphics engine has been replaced by the next-generation Electron engine, which supports advanced graphical features like fully dynamic lighting, normal mapping, specular mapping, shadow maps, and more.
5. Will Neverwinter Nights 2 make use of advanced features of newer video cards?
- Yes -- The game fully supports Shader Model 2.0 and 3.0 cards (such as the NVIDIA GeForce 6 and 7 series and the ATI Radeon X1800) to achieve stunning visual effects at a much higher framerate than possible on older video cards.
- The game requires at least a DirectX 9.0c compatible video card that supports at least Shader Model 2.0.
Pre-release notes
- Obsidian has stated that the "game runs great and looks great on all of our supported [video] cards, regardless of vendor. I'd look more to the performance features of the GPU than to the vendor when making my decision to upgrade." [1] Also, the "visual fidelity on either of the major vendors is pretty much equal. I attribute that to the fact that we've written the rendering engine to the DX9 spec. and not tried to get out there crazy with vendor specific features." [2]