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Steam account and internet connection to install the game. No internet connection required to play the game.
 
Steam account and internet connection to install the game. No internet connection required to play the game.
  
Recommendation from a user [1.069] concerning choice of PC components:
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Recommendation from a user concerning choice of PC components [1.069] / Feb 2015:<br>
Space Engineers is very CPU heavy. A quadcore with a high frequency is currently performing better than a hexacore with a lower CPU frequency.
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Space Engineers is very CPU heavy. A quadcore with a high frequency is currently performing better than a hexacore with a lower CPU frequency.<br>
  
In the users' case:
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In the users' case:<br>
1) Old system:
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i7-2700 @ 3.5 GHz
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GTX 580
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! Old system !! New system
8GB RAM
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SSD
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Win7 Home Premium
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* i7-2700 @ 3.5 GHz
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* GTX 580
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* 8GB RAM
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* SSD
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* Windows 7 Home Premium
  
2) New system:
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i7-5820 @ 3.3 GHz
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* i7-5820 @ 3.3 GHz
GTX 980
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* GTX 980
32GB RAM
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* 32GB RAM
SSD
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* SSD
Win7 Professional
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* Windows 7 Professional
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The FPS and UPS are slightly better with the old system ! The only "noticeable" advantage of the GTX 980 over the GTX 580 is the render capacity. At 6.5 million triangles the GTX 580 can't update all objects in a frame anymore frequently showing the interior of objects whereas the GTX 980 still manages to display all triangles in a frame.
 
The FPS and UPS are slightly better with the old system ! The only "noticeable" advantage of the GTX 980 over the GTX 580 is the render capacity. At 6.5 million triangles the GTX 580 can't update all objects in a frame anymore frequently showing the interior of objects whereas the GTX 980 still manages to display all triangles in a frame.
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So if you already have a high-performance quadcore and a good graphics card there's not much benefit from replacing it with a "better" system.
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Revision as of 10:32, 19 February 2015

Space Engineers is currently in alpha and these are only the preliminary specifications. Hardware requirements could increase or decrease depending on future iterations. As of now, here are the current specs for Space Engineers:

Minimum Requirements Recommended Requirements
  • OS: Microsoft Windows XP (latest SP)
  • Processor: Intel Core2 Duo 2.0 GHz (or AMD equivalent)
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT / ATI Radeon HD 3870 / Intel HD Graphics 4000
  • DirectX: 9.0c
  • Hard Drive: 2 GB free HDD space
  • Audio: DirectX® compatible on-board
  • OS: Microsoft Windows 7 (latest SP)
  • Processor: Intel Quad Core i5 @ 2.5 GHz (or AMD equivalent)
  • Memory: 3 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460/AMD Radeon HD 7800 series * DirectX: 9.0c
  • Hard Drive: 5 GB free HDD space
  • Audio: DirectX® compatible on-board

Steam account and internet connection to install the game. No internet connection required to play the game.

Recommendation from a user concerning choice of PC components [1.069] / Feb 2015:
Space Engineers is very CPU heavy. A quadcore with a high frequency is currently performing better than a hexacore with a lower CPU frequency.

In the users' case:

Old system New system
  • i7-2700 @ 3.5 GHz
  • GTX 580
  • 8GB RAM
  • SSD
  • Windows 7 Home Premium
  • i7-5820 @ 3.3 GHz
  • GTX 980
  • 32GB RAM
  • SSD
  • Windows 7 Professional

The FPS and UPS are slightly better with the old system ! The only "noticeable" advantage of the GTX 980 over the GTX 580 is the render capacity. At 6.5 million triangles the GTX 580 can't update all objects in a frame anymore frequently showing the interior of objects whereas the GTX 980 still manages to display all triangles in a frame.

So if you already have a high-performance quadcore and a good graphics card there's not much benefit from replacing it with a "better" system.