Microsoft has just released a free demo for its new strategy game, Halo Wars 2. This demo is 17GB in size and features the opening mission of the single-player campaign, as well as the Blitz Firefight mode.
Here are the PC requirements for the Halo Wars 2 demo.
Minimum:
- OS: Windows 10
- Architecture: x64
- DirectX: DirectX 12 API, Hardware Feature Level 11
- Memory: 6 GB
- Video Memory: Not specified
- Processor: Intel i5-2500, AMD FX-4350
- Graphics: nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti, AMD Radeon HD 7750, Intel HD 520
Recommended:
- OS: Windows 10
- Architecture: x64
- DirectX: DirectX 12 API, Hardware Feature Level 12
- Memory: 8 GB
- Video Memory: 4 GB
- Processor: Intel Core i5-4690K, AMD FX-8350
- Graphics: nVidia GTX 1060, AMD RX 480
Those interested can get the demo from here.
It’s worth noting that 343 Industries and Creative Assembly have addressed the game’s performance issues we reported. As we can see, the latest patch that was released brought significant performance improvements.
Thanks to this patch, our CPU usage was increased and our framerate never dropped below 60fps (1080p on Ultra settings), even when there were lots of explosions and units on screen.
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It’s not a game that I want to play but a demo is better than no demo.
Holy hell, a 100fps increase??
Good indicator of how well polished the game was when they launched it.
Release day performance – now you need double that fps:
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Wow, the scaling on those graphs is giving me all types of cancer at once.
Now you have 200-250 fps instead 120-134 fps. This is probably best optimized game to date.
Doom and gears 4 would like to have a word with you
If I run pong at 1000 fps does that make it the best optimized game ever? It’s a high number of frames, right?
As much sh*t as I fling at Microsoft, I gotta give em props here. Won’t even complain about a demo and a significant optimization patch. Now if only the Windows Store itself could get such massive overhauls.
If a game can DOUBLE its performance after launch that is hardly a reason to applaud, if you really think about it -.-
Why? More performance is always good.
For example after release GTX 970 on 1080p ‘ultra” have 97-114fps. Now when game works nearly 2x faster you can try use 1440p Ultra instead 1080p and still have more than 100fps.
The implication is that it was a resource wasting POS at launch, my friend. Whether it’s optimized now we can’t tell, unless you’re a graphics engineer.
Please buy Windows 10 even though it spies on you and brings no advantage – Episode 103
Respect to any devs intent on fixing their sht. Even if they shouldn’t have released it before, but its not all in their hands. So, fair enough.
“Halo Wars 2 – Free demo available for download”
Yaay!
“…on Windows Store”
D’oh!
Sorry, but I simply can’t enjoy a RTS with an interface made for gamepads.
17GB DEMO.
Imagine if we where on Demo Disks still. xD