Gaming Mass Effect Andromeda Requirements Thoughts

[Skeet1983]

I am planning to get Mass Effect Andromeda when it is released, but am concerned about the required and recommended specs. I am concerned about the following:

- System RAM (Min is 8GB, recommended is 16GB)
- Video RAM (Min is 2GB, recommended is 4GB)

For System RAM, my laptop currently has 8GB, can go up to 24GB. Also, for Video RAM, my laptop has 2 Nvidia GeForce GTX 870M's with 6GB each.

Do you guys think I will be ok with what my laptop has? Thoughts and help GREATLY appreciated

 

[Originality]

Graphics wise I think you're set. Memory wise you're ok, but I would think about upgrading anyway. As time goes on, applications get bigger and need more memory.

Use a hardware scanner like Speccy or CPU-Z to see what memory slots are in use and if any are open/empty. If any are empty then just buy more RAM to fill it. If they're all full, then consider getting a 16GB kit. You don't need 24GB unless you use RAMDisks, but 16GB is the new comfort zone for memory.

 

[Noctosphere]

idk honnestly, recommended vram is not 4gb but 3gb and the gpu recommandation is a gtx 1060.
I dont know a lot about gtx gpu for mobile, so i cant say if 2x GTX 870M can be equivalent to a GTX 1060
To give you an estimate, the GTX 1060 is equivalent to GTX 980...

 

[Skeet1983]

I thought I would post this here as it is an issue I am having with ME:A:

My laptop has 2 Nvidia GeForce GTX 870Ms with 6GB each. With SLI enabled, I keep getting DirectX error and crashes. I disabled SLI and game is playable somewhat, but kinda looks and feels choppy. Anyone else have SLI with Nvidia and also experiencing this issue? Thoughts on this appreciated

 

[Noctosphere]

I thought I would post this here as it is an issue I am having with ME:A:

My laptop has 2 Nvidia GeForce GTX 870Ms with 6GB each. With SLI enabled, I keep getting DirectX error and crashes. I disabled SLI and game is playable somewhat, but kinda looks and feels choppy. Anyone else have SLI with Nvidia and also experiencing this issue? Thoughts on this appreciated

its your own topic

 

[Originality]

Considering all of the "developer hell" stories I've heard about the game, it doesn't surprise me that it wasn't optimised for SLI.