What are the SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS to run Cliffs of Dover ?

[Hapo54]

...will a Geforce 960M hack it...???...

[343KKT_Kintaro]

I managed to play "Cliffs of Dover", both the 2011 original edition and the 2017 Blitz edition, with my old GTX 460... so in my opinion the answer is yes.

 

You'll need a minimum of 8 Gb of RAM, but 16 or more would be better. Also, plan a few tens of Gb as empty space in your hard drive, that's better too.

 

AND... I think a good TrackIR is a must have (model 5 is the latest and very tough, very good in my opinion, I purchased mine 12 years ago, and it's working as if it was completely new).

 

AND... a good HOTAS as well (just in case you don't have one).

 

 

[FTC_Karaya]

The 960M is a mobile card, not really sure it stands up to it. Also a lot of "gaming" laptops suffer from throttling when operating near peak performance due to heat issues. I'd say get Blitz in a sale, which means it'll be like 7$, and give it a try.

Edited February 22, 2021 by Karaya

[Sokol1]

Nvidia "M" cards cause graphics issues in CloD, like gunsight light disappear.

[Buzzsaw]

21 hours ago, Sokol1 said:

Nvidia "M" cards cause graphics issues in CloD, like gunsight light disappear.

But generally systems with NVidia cards work better with the game.

[Sokol1]

This is true, but the problem is that Nvidia VGA with "M"  suffix (like OP 960M) are for laptop, that seems don't have all features of desktop VGA models, several people complaining about some graphics issues like cross hair don't rendering correct are using laptop with this VGA cards.

[354thFG_Drewm3i-VR]

On 2/22/2021 at 4:34 PM, Karaya said:

The 960M is a mobile card, not really sure it stands up to it. Also a lot of "gaming" laptops suffer from throttling when operating near peak performance due to heat issues. I'd say get Blitz in a sale, which means it'll be like 7$, and give it a try.

It will be fine...I used to play Cliffs 4.312 on an it-4700mq and 760m on high settings at 900p. I was able to get about 45-50 FPS if I recall, but it was very stable unlike Great Battles which is never stutter free no matter one's system. Cliffs is not very demanding at all anymore thanks to TF.

On 2/23/2021 at 6:35 PM, Sokol1 said:

This is true, but the problem is that Nvidia VGA with "M"  suffix (like OP 960M) are for laptop, that seems don't have all features of desktop VGA models, several people complaining about some graphics issues like cross hair don't rendering correct are using laptop with this VGA cards.

I have not found this NOT to be true...I run Cliffs on ultra on my RTX 2070 Max Q at over 150 FPS in combat...before I ran it on a GTX 1060M and have had no issues other than the odd particle limit exceeded glitch which causes clouds and everything to momentarily disappear (known CLoD issue that the new weather engine will fix).

On 2/22/2021 at 2:38 PM, Hapo54 said:

...will a Geforce 960M hack it...???...

Yes, easily. See above.

Edited February 25, 2021 by =AW=drewm3i-VR

[Bax]

So does anyone know the minimum system requirements that Ubisoft recommends to run this game these days. I'm returning to the sim and I guess it's changed a bit since I last played, still have the old disc and the quoted requirements back then were as follows -:

 

OPERATING SYSTEM - Windows 98/ME/XP/2000 .

PROCESSOR - Pentium" III or AMD Athon" 1 Ghz .

MEMORY - 512 MB .

3D CARD - 64 MB minimum .

DIRECT X - Direct X 9 or Higher . 

DVD DRIVE - 4x . 

SOUND CARD - DirectX 9 complaint .

HARD DISC - 4.0 GB hard drive space for installation .

PERIPHERALS - Mouse Keyboard .

MULTIPLAYER  - Broadband Internet Connection .

 

Scrap that I just had a look on the Ubisoft website and came across it but I'll post the requirements anyway just in case it helps but I don't think it's up to date.

 

CLIFFS OF DOVER :MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover system requirements

OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows® 7 / Vista SP2 / Windows XP SP3
PROCESSOR: Pentium® Dual-Core 2.0GHz or Athlon™ X2 3800+
(Intel Core i5 2.66GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 2.6GHz recommended)
RAM: 2GB (4GB recommended)
VIDEO CARD: DirectX® 9.0c compliant, 512Mb Video Card (1GB DirectX® 10 recommended) - See supported List*
DIRECT X®: DirectX® 9.0c or DirectX® 10 (included on disc)
DVD-ROM DRIVE: 8X
SOUND CARD: DirectX 9.0c compatible
HARD DISK: 10GB
PERIPHERALS: Mouse, keyboard (joystick with throttle and rudder control recommended)
MULTIPLAY: Broadband connection with 128 kbps upstream or faster

 

*SUPPORTED VIDEO CARDS AT TIME OF RELEASE:

ATI® 4850/4870/5830/5850/5770/5870/6870/6950/6970
NVidia®: 8800/9800/250/260/275/285/460/465/470/480

 

I also plan on getting back into DCS, ARMA and maybe look into the New Microsoft Simulator so if like me and you do to, here's a heads up on what they require in case you're thinking of upgrading.

 

DCS SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (LOW graphics preset settings): OS 64-bit Windows 8/10; DirectX11; CPU: Core i5+ at 3+ GHz or AMD FX / Ryzen; RAM: 16 GB (32 GB for heavy missions); Free hard disk space: 120 GB on Solid State Drive (SSD); Discrete video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 / AMD Radeon RX VEGA 56 with 8GB VRAM or better; Joystick; requires internet activation.

• RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS(HIGH graphics preset settings): OS 64-bit Windows 8/10; DirectX11; CPU: Core i5+ at 4+ GHz or AMD FX / Ryzen; RAM: 16 GB (32 GB for heavy missions); Free hard disk space: 120 GB on Solid State Drive (SSD); Discrete video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 / AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 or better; Joystick; requires internet activation.
  
  RECOMMENDED VR SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS (VR graphics settings): OS 64-bit Windows 8/10; DirectX11; CPU: Core i7-9700 / AMD Ryzen 3700X or better; RAM: 32 GB; Free hard disk space: 120 GB on Solid State Drive (SSD); Discrete video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 2080 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 5700 or better; Joystick; requires internet activation.

 

 

 

I was looking at building a new computer or buying one with the sole purpose of Flight Simulation and come across this site https://www.originpc.com/gaming/desktops/millennium/ which is where I got these recommended requirements for flight simming. I guess one has to weight up whether you'll upgrade to a Virtual Reality system one day. 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 10, 2021 by Bax

[Angry_Kitten]

At least steam remembered my old account from 2015..... grrrr if things had been funner..

 

Endless downloading of things sadly. Better be some boootiful scenery and the italiano planes better be pretty

[Buzzsaw]

7 minutes ago, pocketshaver said:

At least steam remembered my old account from 2015..... grrrr if things had been funner..

 

Endless downloading of things sadly. Better be some boootiful scenery and the italiano planes better be pretty

Please read the 'Getting Started and Troubleshooting Guide' if you have any problems.

 

It is located in your main il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover folder in the 'manuals' folder.

 

Can also be accessed through the game start page.

 

You should not have the old CLIFFS OF DOVER game installed... only BLITZ.  (and TOBRUK if you have the dlc)

On 4/8/2021 at 3:03 AM, Bax said:

So does anyone know the minimum system requirements that Ubisoft recommends to run this game these days. I'm returning to the sim and I guess it's changed a bit since I last played, still have the old disc and the quoted requirements back then were as follows -:

 

OPERATING SYSTEM - Windows 98/ME/XP/2000 .

PROCESSOR - Pentium" III or AMD Athon" 1 Ghz .

MEMORY - 512 MB .

3D CARD - 64 MB minimum .

DIRECT X - Direct X 9 or Higher . 

DVD DRIVE - 4x . 

SOUND CARD - DirectX 9 complaint .

HARD DISC - 4.0 GB hard drive space for installation .

PERIPHERALS - Mouse Keyboard .

MULTIPLAYER  - Broadband Internet Connection .

 

Scrap that I just had a look on the Ubisoft website and came across it but I'll post the requirements anyway just in case it helps but I don't think it's up to date.

 

CLIFFS OF DOVER :MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover system requirements

OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows® 7 / Vista SP2 / Windows XP SP3
PROCESSOR: Pentium® Dual-Core 2.0GHz or Athlon™ X2 3800+
(Intel Core i5 2.66GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 2.6GHz recommended)
RAM: 2GB (4GB recommended)
VIDEO CARD: DirectX® 9.0c compliant, 512Mb Video Card (1GB DirectX® 10 recommended) - See supported List*
DIRECT X®: DirectX® 9.0c or DirectX® 10 (included on disc)
DVD-ROM DRIVE: 8X
SOUND CARD: DirectX 9.0c compatible
HARD DISK: 10GB
PERIPHERALS: Mouse, keyboard (joystick with throttle and rudder control recommended)
MULTIPLAY: Broadband connection with 128 kbps upstream or faster

 

*SUPPORTED VIDEO CARDS AT TIME OF RELEASE:

ATI® 4850/4870/5830/5850/5770/5870/6870/6950/6970
NVidia®: 8800/9800/250/260/275/285/460/465/470/480

 

I also plan on getting back into DCS, ARMA and maybe look into the New Microsoft Simulator so if like me and you do to, here's a heads up on what they require in case you're thinking of upgrading.

 

DCS SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (LOW graphics preset settings): OS 64-bit Windows 8/10; DirectX11; CPU: Core i5+ at 3+ GHz or AMD FX / Ryzen; RAM: 16 GB (32 GB for heavy missions); Free hard disk space: 120 GB on Solid State Drive (SSD); Discrete video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 / AMD Radeon RX VEGA 56 with 8GB VRAM or better; Joystick; requires internet activation.

• RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS(HIGH graphics preset settings): OS 64-bit Windows 8/10; DirectX11; CPU: Core i5+ at 4+ GHz or AMD FX / Ryzen; RAM: 16 GB (32 GB for heavy missions); Free hard disk space: 120 GB on Solid State Drive (SSD); Discrete video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 / AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 or better; Joystick; requires internet activation.
  
  RECOMMENDED VR SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS (VR graphics settings): OS 64-bit Windows 8/10; DirectX11; CPU: Core i7-9700 / AMD Ryzen 3700X or better; RAM: 32 GB; Free hard disk space: 120 GB on Solid State Drive (SSD); Discrete video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 2080 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 5700 or better; Joystick; requires internet activation.

 

 

 

I was looking at building a new computer or buying one with the sole purpose of Flight Simulation and come across this site https://www.originpc.com/gaming/desktops/millennium/ which is where I got these recommended requirements for flight simming. I guess one has to weight up whether you'll upgrade to a Virtual Reality system one day. 

 

 

 

 

 

Hello Bax

 

The first set of requirements you listed are for the old game and are not applicable anymore.

 

The last set of requirements you list are correct.

[Sokol1]

Totally unrealistic this UbiSoft requirement at time - just look at the "drama" in 1c "Bananas" forum.  

 

 

Too, this Millenium specs above are outdated, today the ideal minimum CPU you should get for gaming is Ryzen 5600X, that have an good price/performance balance, and will give more FPS in MSF2020 (and other flight sim) than the expensive Intel i9-10900K/11900K (the latter an small "Sun" in former of CPU). ?

 

Ryzen 5800X, 5900X, 5950X will give some FPS more , but is way more expensive. An issue with Ryzen's is their low availability today.

 

 

See this IL-2 sturmovik Great Battles (Bo"X") benchmarks:

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gJmnz_nVxI6_dG_UYNCCpZVK2-f8NBy-y1gia77Hu_k/edit#gid=1266758920

 

Of course, matched with an high end VGA - virtually unavailable today.

 

And for DCS get 32 GB of RAM at least.

Edited April 23, 2021 by Sokol1

[Sokol1]

"Chernobyl" i9-11900K (>300 watt peaks) in MSFS2020 need an overclock for give few FPS more than Ryzen 5600X. $880 x $300.

Spoiler

 

Edited April 24, 2021 by Sokol1