Age of Conan FAQ reveals system requirements

If you've been waiting with bated breath (much like us) for Funcom to finally release the recommended and required system specs for Age of Conan, then you'll be pleased to hear that the wait is finally over. It's about time too, we were starting to look into the cost of flying to Norway and raiding their offices Barbarian-style. Then when we thought about it, the cost of double-sided great axes and authentic moleskin trousers was just too much when combined with the plane ticket.

It all works out in the end, since you can find the much-awaited required specs after the break.

Without further partially-crazed delays, here's the system requirements:

Required
OS: Windows Vista/XP
Processor: 3GHz Pentium IV
RAM: 1GB RAM
Video Card: Shader Model 2.0 and 128MB RAM: NVIDIA GeForce 5800 or ATI 9800

Recommended
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz (E6600) or better
Vdeo Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7950GX2 or better
RAM: 2GB or more

Enhanced for: DirectX 10, 64-bit processors, multi-core
Supports Parental Controls on Windows Vista

We're actually surprised with recommended, seeing as Age of Conan looks so very pretty we were thinking it would take a bit more muscle than what is listed. Hopefully everyone passes the required specs, otherwise we hope you've got enough cash-flow to afford a slight upgrade before the game launches on May 20th.

Reader Comments (22)

I'm actually near the bear-bottom thanks to an old AGP MoBo.

Looks like I'll be upgrading before May 20th.

So the game is enhanced for DirectX 10, but doesn't require it? XP is listed as one of the OS options...

This is good news for me. The game might run like crud, but I didn't want to have to upgrade to Vista for it. Yet, at least.

No Vista, No DX10, simple as that.
Also, I thought that there would NOT be a native 64 bit version an only a 32bit version???

No 64 bit client according to TenTonHammer:
http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/26022

I should have been more clear, Mark. I know DX10 is only out for Vista. But the rumor was you'd need DX10 (and therefore Vista) to play AoC. But this spec list says otherwise.

Lord of the Rings Online has full support for DX10, but you don't need Vista to run the game. Besides, XP is right there in the requirement listing. :)

so if i have exactly 2 gigs of ram its probly not going to lag tons right?

What's your processor and graphics chipset? 2 gigs of ram is a good amount but lag is determined by more than just your overall RAM.

Well my processor isn't quite up to speed (but it is a dual core) but my graphics card and ram is over the limit. I hope I can just turn down the settings a bit and it'll be "alright". I am looking forward to this for some reason, it could be quite good!

i got a radeon x1300 and a dual core processor.

@Shawn: Don't think you should worry. May have to tone down the graphic settings a tad but nothing horrendous. Shouldn't look ugly if thats what you're worried about ;) Pretty and lag-free that is.

Heh, I'm sitting on an overclocked Athlon 64 3000+... something tells me its going to look like crap.

Hey that's not so bad. I ran an old Athlon XP 1700+ for a long time. I am passed it now, but I ran it WAY past my its prime. :-p And sadly...yes.. it made things look like crap.

Looks good. I think the recommendation for 64-bit processors is to tell you what family of CPU is going to run it well. All 939 and AM2 AMD processors are 64-bit capable, as are all Core 2 families on the Intel side.

If you have a powerful and recent graphics card and enough ram (you really shouldn't be gaming these days with less than 2GBs, and that is dirt cheap), that will determine how good your experience will probably be. If your processor is even a bit on the old side but you have enough ram and a recent+powerful graphics card, you will play most games better than someone with a great CPU and a crap graphics card (or merely a GB of ram - but even there, a good graphics card can somewhat compensate!).

my system dont meet
Required
OS: Windows Vista/XP
Processor: 3GHz Pentium IV
RAM: 1GB RAM
Video Card: Shader Model 2.0 and 128MB RAM: NVIDIA GeForce 5800 or ATI 9800
will i be able to play this game with lower then this i have a 5200 nadvia video card 1g of ram and 1.76g processor

Can anyone please tell me if i have problem with Nvidia 9800Gx2 ? I know sound this very funny but i run the test from site runmypc i choose AOC for test and the resault say "That card (9800gx2) is not minimum req and say with big words FAULT TEST you cant run AOC!!!!!!!!!" why? I play wow without problems all full, is this site stupid or something going wrong with AOC?

aposperittis - My guess is that because you have a new video card the website you're using hasn't quite caught up to the newer drivers your card is using. You should be completely fine and so long as you've got the CPU and RAM to back up the card you'll be running AoC just like you see it in the screenshots and videos.

I currently have:

AMD Turion Dual Core
2 gigs of ram
ATI radeon xpress series (0x5975)

Can anyone give me an estimate at how poorly the game will play. SHould I even bother playing AoC with the current specs?

OS:Vista

Graphics Card:EVGA 01G-P3-N810-AR GeForce 8800GT 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported.

Processor:AMD Phenom 9850 BLACK EDITION 2.5GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Processor.

Ram: Transcend 2GBx2

I hope my new build can run this well.

Hey i´m thinkig of buying a new computor and im wondering if a laptop with Acer Aspire 6920G Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 2.0GHz, 4GB DDR2, 250GB SATA HDD, Nvidia GeForce 9500M 512MB, 16" Wide, Vista Home Premium can run age of conan? and if so can i run it on highest graphics? Thanks in advance =)

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