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128MB RAM: Not much to say here, if you have the other requirements, you definately have this. | 128MB RAM: Not much to say here, if you have the other requirements, you definately have this. | ||
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| − | 3. | + | Dwarf Fortress loves as much raw CPU power as you can provide it with. Recommended: |
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| + | Core2: 1.4GHz or higher | ||
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| + | Pentium 4: 3.0GHz or higher | ||
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| + | Athlon: 3000+ or higher | ||
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| + | The more units there are and the larger the map area you choose, the harder your computer needs to work. Generally DF stirs every bit of juice out of your processor it gets, but you can play it (very slowly) with P3 766MHz. If you're purchasing a new system, the fastest Core2Duo in your budget is strongly recommended. | ||
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| + | You'll also want enough video card to keep up with the CPU. Integrated on-motherboard video cards are a bad idea, even a separate gaming-type video card that's several years old will satisfy DF under most circumstances. | ||
===Dual Core Machines=== | ===Dual Core Machines=== | ||
| − | + | If you're running a lot of things at once while playing Dwarf Fortress, open Task Manager and set everything to Core0, set DF to Core1. You now have an entire core dedicated to running DF and you should eke out a slightly better performance. | |
Revision as of 21:50, 16 November 2007
Requires Windows 98 or newer
~100MB Disk Space: The game itself takes only about 20MBs, but savegames and screenshots (if you take them) use considerable amounts of harddisk space.
128MB RAM: Not much to say here, if you have the other requirements, you definately have this.
Dwarf Fortress loves as much raw CPU power as you can provide it with. Recommended:
Core2: 1.4GHz or higher
Pentium 4: 3.0GHz or higher
Athlon: 3000+ or higher
The more units there are and the larger the map area you choose, the harder your computer needs to work. Generally DF stirs every bit of juice out of your processor it gets, but you can play it (very slowly) with P3 766MHz. If you're purchasing a new system, the fastest Core2Duo in your budget is strongly recommended.
You'll also want enough video card to keep up with the CPU. Integrated on-motherboard video cards are a bad idea, even a separate gaming-type video card that's several years old will satisfy DF under most circumstances.
Dual Core Machines
If you're running a lot of things at once while playing Dwarf Fortress, open Task Manager and set everything to Core0, set DF to Core1. You now have an entire core dedicated to running DF and you should eke out a slightly better performance.