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v0.31:System requirements
| This article is about an older version of DF. |
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OS
- Operating System: Requires Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, or newer
- Non-Windows OS: Linux using Wine, native Linux version, Mac OS.
- The 40d article has detailed info on Non-Windows OS' that is probably mostly still valid.
RAM
DF is not particularly RAM-hungry. With 512MB you may be a bit on the short side, but 1 GB is absolutely sufficient. World Generation can eat up far more than that, but Generation will only be slower if not more RAM is available. Otherwise the influence of RAM on game speed is limited, as DF is not loading and offloading big chunks of data much.
There are no detailed requirements per se. However, because simply saying the more RAM you have and the faster your CPU is the better is not all that helpful, here are some stats that users have experienced while playing this game on a variety of different environments. (Please note that ‘fast game-play’ and ‘slow game-play’ are subjective terms and not intended to relay anything specific or exact. What may be fast to one person might be slow to another). It's also essential that you mention the state of your fortress - how many dwarves there are, animals, terrain, speedups, and so forth.
System : Result
P4 3.0Ghz with 1GB of RAM : Slowish
Dualcore 2.0Ghz processor with 2GB of RAM : Fairly slow
Quadcore @2.3Ghz with 3.25 GB of RAM : Fast
AMD 64 2.2 Ghz with 1 GB of RAM : Slow on maps with lots going on. Okay, but not great speed (~35 FPS) with Partial Print set on and temperature and weather turned off. It is playable until population passes ~80.
Intel Pentium 3-S Tualatin 1.4ghz with 1.5GB ram : Very slow but playable (~7FPS)
AMD ATHLON XP, 1.7 Ghz, 1 GB RAM, Win XP : Fairly Fast (~40 FPS)
AMD Athlon X2 dual core, 2.2GHz, 4GB RAM : Fast (~80FPS)
Intel Atom N270 1.6ghz HyperThreaded, 1GB RAM : Slow but Playable (12-24FPS default, 35-100FPS with PARTIAL_PRINT set to YES)
AMD ATHLON II 250 3.4 Ghz, 1.5 GB RAM, Win XP : Fast enough on Fortress, but Adventure will bog down.
Intel PII MMX 233Mhz, 256MB RAM, Win 2k : Very slow but functions enough to play Fortress
HP mini 110 1.6 Ghz, 1GB RAM, Win 7 : Excelent to unplayable (130-5FPS) Depending on what you're doing
AMD Athalon X2 4200+ 2.2 ghz, 2.5 GB RAM, Ubuntu 9.10 : Linux ssh server running in text-mode and able to have 3+ clients @ 70-100 fps *using previous version of DF v0.28.181.40d19*
ZT Computer, Intel I5, 4 core processor, 6gb RAM, 2.67ghz : On a max size world, 4x10 embark space, 95-100fps, occasional dips to 40.
Intel Atom 1.66 GHz, Windows 7 starter, Netbook, 1 Gig RAM : Version .04 (Windows/Small) - at 46 dwarves, 45 tame animals, map size = 2X2, frame rate 23 (13), slow but still playable if patient.