I can game on pretty much every system, but I’ll always prefer consoles, due to the fact that my empty bank account would slap me in the face with a piece of hard salami if I ever attempted to try and build a proper gaming rig. And I’d need one for Thief as well if I went in that direction, because my limited knowledge is pointing to that game having some hefty system requirements.
Think you’re up for some thieving? Here’s the hardware that you’ll most likely have to pilfer in order to get the game running on your PC:
Minimum System Requirements:
- OS: Windows Vista with platform update
- CPU: High-performance dual core CPU or quad core CPU
- RAM: 4 GB
- Graphics Card: AMD Radeon 4800 series / Nvidia GTS 250
- DirectX: DirectX 10
- HDD/SSD: 20 GB
Recommended Specs:
- OS: Windows 7 or 8
- CPU: AMD FX 8000 series or better / Intel i7 Quad Core CPU
- RAM: 4+ GB
- Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD / R9 series or better / Nvidia GTX 660 series or better
- DirectX: DirectX 11
- HDD/SSD: 20 GB
Attitude Specs
- A smug attitude, because screw those damn console gamers with their ability to play games (nearly!) right away.
Console Specs
- A console
It’s almost time for Thief to step out of the shadows. The game is due out on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Xbox 360 as well at the end of February, and it includes a couple of game modes to amp up the difficulty and challenge that long-time fans should appreciate.
Is your PC up to the task of running the game?
Last Updated: January 20, 2014
CypherGate
January 20, 2014 at 08:40
Thats quite a bit of specs right there. Then again my pc is like the stone age lol my cpu will most probably burn out and ram will malfunction as well cause its so old. lol My 460GTX still runs like a dream though.
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2014 at 08:47
Yes. Yes it is. I meet the recommended & attitude specs 😀
General JJ Raven (John)
January 20, 2014 at 09:36
Look at the mad console requirements man. Makes me glad to be a pc gamer. Imagine having to buy a console to play a game.
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2014 at 09:46
I know right. You walk into the shop & what do you choose? So many of options.
Willem Swanepoel
January 20, 2014 at 10:49
The i7 is not needed. I swear Intel asked them to put it up there.
Games of today is not even CPU intensive, it is all about the GPU…
General JJ PanGirl
January 20, 2014 at 10:52
True. I was going to get me an i7 and the guy said it’s not worth it for gaming.
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 08:48
What the hell? An AMD FX with an R9? Hot damn! That’s nuts.
My PC (which is still aging relatively well) is only JUST in the minimum requirement range.
Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!
January 20, 2014 at 08:55
Remember the AMD R9’s have lower R9’s as well that are cheap. It didn’t say a top range R9. Most likely one of the cheaper ones that match up in specs to the GTX660
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2014 at 08:56
It’s not just R9s, it’s HD-series as well, so basically if it’s a DX11 card it meets recommended specs.
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 09:27
Yeah… but I’m not the kind of person to go for the cheaper R9’s… lol
Mossel: A Tale of One Mollusk
January 20, 2014 at 09:01
I just need a GPU upgrade then I’m set. I will be waiting patiently for the next Never Settle Bundle.
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 09:23
I’m still running a AMD 64 6000+ with 4 gigs of ram and a AMD HD4850 OC edition (from MSI)… it’s aged lol
Admiral Chief in Vegas
January 20, 2014 at 09:45
Damn, finally someone with CPU older than mine!
TiMsTeR1033
January 20, 2014 at 09:57
I raise you my intel dual core! with my elite Geforce 9600 gt!
Anon A Mouse
January 20, 2014 at 10:46
Ha, Pentium 4 1.7GHz, 512k ram, 40GB hard drive and S3 Savage 3D card.
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 10:49
Lol! You win… only because I can’t call out specs of the pc’s I have here at the office… because they’re not mine and that would be cheating.
Anon A Mouse
January 20, 2014 at 10:53
Still plays Solitaire and Minesweeper like a BOSS. Nothing else though ;-). I’m mainly on laptops now and not gaming on any of them so they are all i3’s or celeron.
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 10:56
I’ve got a Pentium 2 here somewhere… Windows 95 works pretty well on it… except we only use it for Linux 😛
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 10:07
HAHAHAHA! Nice way to make me feel worse about the current state of my PC!
ElimiNathan
January 20, 2014 at 08:50
To be honest those are pretty low specs, a GTX660 ? Come on. Yes they say R9 but remember the low end R9’s are pretty cheap. 4+ gigs of RAM if you don’t have that then I’m not sure how you play any games these days
Kyratic
January 20, 2014 at 09:23
I agree, I don’t consider my PC to be high end, its a few years out of date, and I still beat the recommended. On the bright side, I can’t wait to see it, it has been a while since a game didn’t try to be able to run on any old system, this could be beautiful.
R1ker
January 20, 2014 at 09:30
I agree. I think most pc gamers now a day have 8gb available anyway. (Thanks Crysis 2 for making me upgrade 🙂
Umar Break Dancing Cyborg
January 20, 2014 at 08:51
Mid to high. Graphics card is still in the GTX 5-series, so hopefully can squeeze out a lil bit of juice out of the old gal. Don’t meet the attitude requirement though, can’t afford the upgrade, but my GT Humble 9000x should be sufficient.
Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!
January 20, 2014 at 08:54
Meh. Those recommended specs aren’t that high.
4GB RAM is standard.
and the minimum requirements want a GTS250? That’s some very scalable graphics then coz those are old and almost obsolete GFX cards. So Not too bad really
AndriyP
January 20, 2014 at 08:58
Me thinks the console pheasants be trolling, we need to get the whip because they know not of what they speaketh of!
iAmWeasel
January 20, 2014 at 08:59
Tip for Darryn. RAM does not come on an optical disc 😉
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2014 at 09:00
Doesn’t come on a console either! BOOM!
Jaded_Reprobate
January 20, 2014 at 09:00
who needs a PC when you own a console…………
waits for backlash…. 😀
Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!
January 20, 2014 at 09:02
Why backlash? You’re still a gamer. We all have our preferences. You like a device dedicated to only gaming. I like a device that can game and do everything else I need it to do. Including being a wireless media center and workstation.
Depends what you expect from your devices I guess
Jaded_Reprobate
January 20, 2014 at 09:07
this is true… however not all of “the master race” feel as you do…
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2014 at 09:08
I do, it’s just not as much fun saying so though 😉
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 09:35
You’re just a troll Trev!
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2014 at 09:40
with a heart of gold 😉
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 09:41
yeah… steel with gold foil over it… 😛
Kensei Seraph
January 20, 2014 at 09:45
Pretty sure that might be polished brass over platinum.
TiMsTeR1033
January 20, 2014 at 09:46
more like Tinfoil with sprayed gold tinfoil..
General JJ Raven (John)
January 20, 2014 at 09:42
And a processor of mush
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2014 at 09:45
As long as it’s not Itanium, no Intel Inside this temple.
General JJ Raven (John)
January 20, 2014 at 09:37
“Feel”
Does not compute.
Kensei Seraph
January 20, 2014 at 09:20
Pretty sure the Xbox was designed to do everything, and the PS4 had a slightly more gaming focus but still is capable of a lot.
That being said I’d rather play nearly any game on a PC.
R1ker
January 20, 2014 at 09:32
I could not have said that better. The only thing that ticks me off is when developers make a half ass port to any one of the formats.
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 09:39
Don’t worry, I have a Xbox 360 and a PC and still get called a peasant from the “Master Race” guys here… just because they enjoy trolling so much.
General JJ Raven (John)
January 20, 2014 at 09:39
Peasant
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 10:07
Point proven… thanks JJ
General JJ Raven (John)
January 20, 2014 at 10:09
Always willing to help a brother out 🙂
Kensei Seraph
January 20, 2014 at 09:39
You’re a peon, it’s sort of like a promotion but not really.
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2014 at 09:40
I think the technical term is “serf”.
Kensei Seraph
January 20, 2014 at 09:41
I take offense at that, I prefer being called a peon over being called a serf.
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2014 at 09:43
That’s what makes serf better lol.
iAmWeasel
January 20, 2014 at 09:04
Haha.. all you PC okes. Whenever a new game drops you have a group bitch about the requirements, and then if a console gamer points it out then its suddenly not an issue.
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2014 at 09:07
We’re bitching? Consensus seems to be that requirements are very reasonable & we’re all quite happy.
iAmWeasel
January 20, 2014 at 09:14
Well your silly CPU does not support the bazillion teraflops required. By the way, whats this “attidude specs” business about?
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2014 at 09:17
Did someone pee in your cornflakes this morning? My CPU exceeds minimum, so yay for me & the attitude specs is a joke.
iAmWeasel
January 20, 2014 at 09:18
No but apparently no one can take a joke on a Monday morning.
ElimiNathan
January 20, 2014 at 09:30
Typical console gamer, has no sense of humor and lame jokes…..LOL, just kidding.
iAmWeasel
January 20, 2014 at 09:32
I’m multi-platform.. I game on 4 platforms including PC. So none of you can touch me and I have the ultimate sense of humor. I am the TRUE master race.
ElimiNathan
January 20, 2014 at 09:35
LOL
General JJ Raven (John)
January 20, 2014 at 09:37
Who are you?
iAmWeasel
January 20, 2014 at 09:38
iAmWeasel
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 09:39
Where r baboon?
iAmWeasel
January 20, 2014 at 09:40
Alter-ego #10
Kensei Seraph
January 20, 2014 at 09:40
He’s off EFFing himself somewhere.
iAmWeasel
January 20, 2014 at 09:41
“EFFing” himself? You know frag is not a bad word right?
Kensei Seraph
January 20, 2014 at 09:44
Doesn’t frag mean to kill an opponent in an FPS game such as Quake 3?
General JJ Raven (John)
January 20, 2014 at 09:39
LOL
Gr8_Balls_o_Fire
January 20, 2014 at 10:19
No. You are Weasel
Kerrits
January 20, 2014 at 11:08
The PC I had 4 years ago meets the minimum requirements. The PC I have now exceeds the recommended requirements. “Getting PC games to work” is also pretty damn easy these days, as long as you buy legit copies.
Filthy console peasants trying to justify their lack of 1080p 60fps by making troll posts. Yep, I think I meet the attitude requirements as well.
iAmWeasel
January 20, 2014 at 09:17
Oh err never mind.. saw in article.
Willem Swanepoel
January 20, 2014 at 09:31
I was smiling at the specs because I got better than the recommended. Awesome job = awesome PC ;-)~
veggiesaurus ZA
January 20, 2014 at 09:07
Wasn’t theif supposed to support mantle?
Kensei Seraph
January 20, 2014 at 09:18
Dam, it looks like I’ll either have to spend the R6000 or so to get a PS4 or buy another 2 GB of RAM for about R500.
Dam but this is a hard decision.
iAmWeasel
January 20, 2014 at 09:20
You’d rather pump another R500 into old tech? Well I suppose that’s one way to paper over the cracks. To each their own hey 😉
Kensei Seraph
January 20, 2014 at 09:22
That R500 will last me at least another year and I’ll use it daily.
A console I’d use once or twice a month over 3 – 4 years.
I’m actually curious as to how long the PS4 and Xbone will last.
iAmWeasel
January 20, 2014 at 09:25
My Xbox 360 from 2006 can play Thief. How old is your rig?
Kensei Seraph
January 20, 2014 at 09:26
Should be hitting it’s 4th year 1st week of Feb.
Not bad considering it was about a third of the price of a console at the time.
iAmWeasel
January 20, 2014 at 09:29
My 360 at the time cost R2500 and still plays new releases 9 years later… that is serious value. Look to each their own man, PC has it’s own merits.
Kensei Seraph
January 20, 2014 at 09:37
As do consoles.
It’s the reason I bought a PS3, pity that only seems to be used for movies and similiar recently, and even then I’m not the one using it.
General JJ Raven (John)
January 20, 2014 at 09:38
Same here. My PS3 is my blu-ray player.
FoxOneZA
January 20, 2014 at 11:14
4gb RAM is R400 max 😉
Kromas
January 20, 2014 at 09:24
Time to buy another R9290X so I can crossfire the hell out of thief. Oh and that is a check on the smug attitude so I am ready to game! 😛
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 09:24
Dude, I see you’ve got Rust… what’s it like?
Kromas
January 20, 2014 at 09:31
DayZ crossed with minecraft crossed with loads of CoD kiddies. The gameplay is interresting but you spawn in and almost die immediatly cause some idiot shot at you. I do like the base building though.
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 09:34
Ah, heard a lot of people complaining about that… the established go out and kill off the new comers and make it almost impossible to survive and enjoy the game. Sounds like a really cool concept, but I won’t get it just for the fact that some idiot will kill me just as I get started.
Kromas
January 20, 2014 at 11:42
If you want to play awesome survival horror then get yourself Project Zomboid. Top down and buggy as hell but the most fun you will have checking your status to see if your sick or infected cause a zombie scratched your toe. 😛
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 11:44
Will keep an eye on it for sales 😛
Rags
January 20, 2014 at 09:33
Yup, time to rock this. At 60+ fps 😉
Enjoy your 30fps on medium settings console gamers.
Seems I meet both requirements then.
General JJ Raven (John)
January 20, 2014 at 09:35
Wouldn’t want it any other way 😉
TiMsTeR1033
January 20, 2014 at 09:44
Console wins yet again!
Kensei Seraph
January 20, 2014 at 09:44
You are entitled to your misguided opinion.
TiMsTeR1033
January 20, 2014 at 09:45
YAY! We win!
Kensei Seraph
January 20, 2014 at 09:48
Here’s you cookie.
http://s3-media4.ak.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/ZkhxC8N1eRyK45UgXubppA/l.jpg
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 10:10
That cookie has seen better days!
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2014 at 09:53
Doctor come quickly, Timmy’s off his meds again!
TiMsTeR1033
January 20, 2014 at 09:56
The meds have dulled me for too long!
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 10:11
Tim’s always off his meds… I’m surprised you only noticed now.
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2014 at 10:15
I made the mistake of looking down when I stepped out onto the balcony of my PC Master Race Tower.
General JJ PanMan
January 20, 2014 at 10:17
So much win
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 10:24
Mistake because of Vertigo… or because you noticed how close to the floor you actually are?
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2014 at 10:26
Neither, because I noticed the serfs scurrying around like ants. It was horrible.
General JJ Raven (John)
January 20, 2014 at 10:01
You know what ‘wins’ means, right?
TiMsTeR1033
January 20, 2014 at 10:06
means Win!
General JJ Raven (John)
January 20, 2014 at 10:07
Like your mom telling you that you’re always a winner, no matter what?
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 10:10
Isn’t that what’s told to the “special” kids at sports events?
General JJ PanMan
January 20, 2014 at 10:13
O_O
HighlanderZA
January 20, 2014 at 10:08
On a serious note what is it about panda tank retiring from esports.
Willem Swanepoel
January 20, 2014 at 11:01
He is in the wrong country 😉
Pro-gaming in South Africa will not get you the house you always wanted. He probably realised that he needs to start with his studies and follow a boring life like the rest of us ;-)~
Skoobaz
January 20, 2014 at 10:21
Sure. Bring it
Willem Swanepoel
January 20, 2014 at 10:56
boring specs, I smell a console port … 😉
4GB RAM has been an issue for years, dont know if a PC gamer still have 4GB RAM… 8GB minimum.
I call the i7 CPU requirement bullshit. Games are not CPU intensive anymore, it is all about the GPU.
i7 is a waste of money and I swear Intel telling companies to just say .. “Just put i7 there, the proof of payment is in the e-mail.. *whink* *whink* “
Devon Stanton
January 20, 2014 at 11:35
Maybe I’m out of it for a while but those specs don’t look too demanding for any serious PC gamer?? 4Gb ram is pretty much a standard in fact I’d be surprised if most gamers didn’t have more than an 8GB setup I stand to be corrected tho.
Alex Hempel
January 20, 2014 at 12:11
4GB is pretty much the bottom line in gaming PCs these days, 8GB becoming the standard.
On a related note, these endless jabs of console players against PC players and vice versa are getting tiresome. Is it not possible that people can just peacefully enjoy gaming on their preferred system?
UltimateNinjaPandaDudeGuy
January 20, 2014 at 14:51
If you run a gaming PC with less than 8GBs of RAM these days
http://stephencorwin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Gonna_Have_A_Bad_Time_199402.jpg