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What were the specs of the PC running the procedural planet [demo]?

TL;DRThe demo ran on a single high-end card with a six-core Intel i7 and 64 gigs of RAM, which they say is not crazy hardware, and they are working to use more CPU cores and future-proof the tech.

Brian ChambersDevelopment Director

We knew that question was coming, so we went to Dennis to actually go, hey, you built the machine, right? So, Intel i7, 6 core, 64 gigs of RAM, with an Asus 1080 with 8 gigs. I'm not sure on the SSDs.

Chris RobertsCEO and Project Director

I think it was, we're partnering with Intel, they have this new SSD, so they sent us some of their SSDs and so we had one of them. I don't think it's actually the future one that we may be involved in, which is going to be super, super fast, although I think this one was a really fast, good one.

Tony ZurovecPersistent Universe Director

A single card, not two cards.

Brian ChambersDevelopment Director

Yes, absolutely. I find it telling, though, that that was the most asked question out of everything by the time we had looked, right? Because people go, if I think it through, they go, wow, there was a lot going on there. What kind of rig do I need to be able to pull that off, right? And it's not crazy components there. They're definitely higher end, right?

Tony ZurovecPersistent Universe Director

But that's always a big part of the problem, right? There are a number of people in the industry that can basically push things to the next level, but doing it such that you can actually get a playable frame rate is a completely different set of problems. And, as you and Chris were both saying, there's a constant concentrated focus going forward, especially on all the new tech, to basically utilize additional CPU cores.

Brian ChambersDevelopment Director

Absolutely. I have had that question a lot with Frankfurt and engine tech and so on. And I would say, yes, we're absolutely trying to future-proof everything. Trying to build things now to where we can look ahead and go, okay, where's it going tech-wise and hardware-wise, to make sure that we're as solid as possible.

Reverse the Verse›Special Edition·
Published on this date.13 Oct 2016