More Details Emerge About The Golf Club

[MERACE]

Quote: Originally Posted by pietasterp

I have, and I agree the requirements are very reasonable. The only thing is my current PC is borderline un-reasonable (in terms of its crappiness....). I'm still on like a single-core Pentium w/ 1GB RAM and a generic crap video card, the newest component on the thing being like almost 10 years old at this point. I can barely run 7-8 year old games. I've been meaning to upgrade, but haven't had a compelling reason to....until now, maybe.

If your Pentium is at least 3.0 GHZ this would meet the minimum CPU requirements. If you don't have a DirectX 11 compatible video card you can purchase one for around $100.

One of my laptops has a dedicated video card that runs DirectX 11 so I should be able to run the PC version of TGC albeit, on lower graphics settings.

If someone wants a quick way to check your PC specifications here's an easy way:

-Click on the Start button (bottom left of screen)

-In the window at the bottom type in: dxdiag


-MERACE

[OnlookerDelay]

Quote: Originally Posted by jmaj315

for a second i had a bit of fun imagining what 'both' would look/feel like... Click, backswing, click, downswing, click (this has to be at the impact of the ball), follow thru (always follow thru!!!)

They sort of have something like that already in Links 2003 (PC). It's called Powerstroke. You move the mouse right to left for the backswing, and then click the mouse button at the snap point... at least that's the way I remember it. I never quite got into it for some reason... I think it was because it wouldn't work with the real time, snap-view that Links 2003 offered. It also felt a bit clumsy to me, but maybe that's because I'm clumsy

[DivotMaker]

Quote: Originally Posted by MERACE

If your Pentium is at least 3.0 GHZ this would meet the minimum CPU requirements. If you don't have a DirectX 11 compatible video card you can purchase one for around $100. -MERACE

Gonna disagree here. If his machine is 10 years old and is struggling with 7-8 year old games, there is no video card that will be compatible with his ancient motherboard that can run the game. If you could even get it to load, it would be a slideshow. Save your money and get a more modern computer.....

[pietasterp]

Quote: Originally Posted by DivotMaker

Gonna disagree here. If his machine is 10 years old and is struggling with 7-8 year old games, there is no video card that will be compatible with his ancient motherboard that can run the game. If you could even get it to load, it would be a slideshow. Save your money and get a more modern computer.....

Yeah, I agree...appreciate the info, though MERACE. I could probably get the game to technically "run", but it would likely be a slideshow as Divot said. And playing a game that looks that good (from the shots I've seen anyway) on the lowest possible settings would just depress me. Probably time to get a new rig anyway.

[OnlookerDelay]

I found this blurb on Radeon's website concerning DX11 compatibility:

"every game out there using DirectX 11 is either demanding or very demanding."

I have a feeling that my system will be running The Golf Club at low res settings (provided I get selected for the closed beta), even though my Radeon HD7350 is DX11 compatible. I don't mind the low res though; I'm more interested in "feeling" the swing interface and the ball physics, even if I have to view the action at low res.

[pietasterp]

Quote: Originally Posted by OnlookerDelay

I found this blurb on Radeon's website concerning DX11 compatibility: "every game out there using DirectX 11 is either demanding or very demanding." I have a feeling that my system will be running The Golf Club at low res settings (provided I get selected for the closed beta), even though my Radeon HD7350 is DX11 compatible. I don't mind the low res though; I'm more interested in "feeling" the swing interface and the ball physics, even if I have to view the action at low res.

Agree, but the only thing is that the animation is crucial for a game like this, because of timing for the swing, etc. As animation/frame rate is a part of graphic performance, it may become an issue. But hopefully, maybe not for you.

[IowaAJ]

This might be an obvious answer but every video I saw the golfer was right handed. We can play Left Handed too right?

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Quote: Originally Posted by IowaAJ

This might be an obvious answer but every video I saw the golfer was right handed. We can play Left Handed too right?

Yes, that has been comfirmed.