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Tropico 4 system requirements revealed
Posted: 05.08.2011 16:59 by JonahFalcon Comments: 6
Kalypso has announced the system requirements for the PC version of Tropico 4, which will be hitting shelves on August 30.

 
According to the publisher's press release, Tropico 4 system specifications are:

Minimum Required:
* Operating System: Windows XP SP3 (32-bit), Vista / 7 (32 or 64-bit)
* Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core CPU
* Memory: 1 GB RAM
* HDD: 5 GB free hard disk space
* Graphics: Shader Model 3.0 (Geforce 6600 or higher, Radeon X1600-Series), 256 MB, DirectX 9.0c

Recommended:
* Operating System: Windows Vista / 7 (32 or 64-bit)
* Processor: 2 GHz Quad Core CPU
* Memory: 2 GB RAM
* HDD: 5 GB free hard disk space
* Graphics: Shader Model 3.0 (Geforce 8800 or higher, Radeon HD4000-Series or higher), 512 MB, DirectX 9.0c

Tropico 4 will also support NVIDIA's FXAA technology on both console and Windows PC, which offers advanced anti-aliasing features with a minimal effect on system performance.
Related games: Tropico 4 (PC)

Comments

By MindCoil (SI Veteran Member) on Aug 05, 2011
MindCoil
My CPU is showing age in all these new games, might be time to upgrade...
By unsilviu (SI Core) on Aug 06, 2011
unsilviu
Same here, but if I upgrade my core 2 duo to an i5 or a sandy bridge i5 I also need a new motherboard, new DDR3 RAM and, since these requuire power, new PSU. CPU's really are bottlenecks when you want to upgrade to a newer generation. I wonder if the system isn't designed that way...
By nocutius (SI Elite) on Aug 06, 2011
nocutius
It's nice to see quads finnaly slowly becoming required and finally used.

@unsilviu

Sandy bridge is quite power efficient. Forget the other stuff, Sandy bridge is where it's at right now (we'll see about Bulldozer when it actually arrives.

It's worth it, i went from q9550 to 2600k (used) and the difference in some games is quite obvious (i'm heavily throttled by the GPU in graphic intensive games - 4890)
I can't notice any difference while just casually using the PC though.

2500k & 2600k review
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/the-sandy-bridge-review-intel-core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/21

i7 870 (has older CPu's in there so you can compare)
http://www.anandtech.com/show/2832/17

Depending on your cpu it might not use any more power.

Unless you have a really old PSU of a lesser quality in that case i'd not risk putting my new shinies on something like that.
By unsilviu (SI Core) on Aug 06, 2011
unsilviu
Hmm so it's power efficient? My PSU is a 400W, but it's a really good quality one(Fujitsu Siemens), I'm currently running a 500W-rated GPU without problems. But the quantity of power is still too low for me to risk my "shinies" :P
By nocutius (SI Elite) on Aug 06, 2011
nocutius
Yes, the 'shinies' are too important to play with their safety :).

Well a good 400W PSU might be better than a cheap 600W one, so it's not all in the watts. They just play it safe when they require 500w cause they know tons of people have cheap PSUs.

But i still would not feel good about having a high end PC on anything less than a quality 500w.
They don't cost that much more than the cheap brands as long you don't go for the modular ones.
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Aug 08, 2011
herodotus
Standard fair for Sys Req's these days, an won't be taxing at all on my rig. No X11 support by the looks of things, though. Oh well....