FF8 PC

[No OnE In pArTiCuLaR]

Hey all! (4th darn account )
Does anyone know the system requirements of the PC version of FF8? I'm thinking of getting it... heheheheh
Would'nt it be great if Matrox makes a EMBMed version of FF8?

[Broken]

What system do you have. It should run on a rather low end system, since most of the stuff is just 2D. I mean, how much resources can a PSX game realy require. I ran the demo on a PIII 450, which is probably way past the minumum requirements. I am looking forward to this game, as I started playing it on the PSX and then stopped when I saw they'll be releasing it for the PC, which will undoubtedly look so much nicer, especially the video clips.

So, anyway to answer your question, if you're sitting on a PII, with a G200 I should think it would run okay...

Bumpmapping would be nice, but I couldn't really see a use for it in the game, maybe on the GF's for sure...

[Marcelo]

This game is cool, I completed the PSX version in Japanese. I also played the demo of it in PC without any slowdown at all, which the game looks much better. I would expect it does not require a high end system to play, as Broken said the game engin is mainly in 2D with little render to do, except in battle and the world map.

[Lesley]

Go see the squaresoft web site, the requirements are there...
www.squaresoft.com

[No OnE In pArTiCuLaR]

Heehee
P111 500
256mb SD RAM
17GB H.D.D.
SB Live Deluxe
Matrox G400 32 MB Dual-Head


Enough???

the game was out three days ago, but I still can't seem to find any information abotu system requirements. Not that I don't think my CPU won't run it PERFECTLY but I'm just interested to know.

[TarnaC]

I just got the game and its having awful slow down in the most grahic scenes of fighting. I cant figure out what i need to do! I get good performance in Q3A and UT.

PIII 533 (133 bus)
128 PC133
ATA 66 Quantom 13G
PCI 128 SB
G400 (non MAX)

[TarnaC]

I just put in my 8 Mb Monster II and it runs just fine with it though. This sucks that a 32 Mb card cant handle this game! I mean talk about poorly written drivers.

[Scytale]

I downloaded the demo and it runs smooooth on Win2K,P3@560,G400MAX. Looks like it would even run on a 286... well some parts.
I haven't tried W98 yet, but you may want to try the G400 reghack to enable palettized textures. FF8 makes use of PT but you have to enable it in the drivers.

[Scytale]

Ahem... Don't bother trying palettized textures. It's much slower and pretty buggy.

Strange enough FF8 runs better with Win2K than W98. Not by much, but it's smoother.