Elite on Kickstarter...

[axel000]

I believe Frontier have indicated that a reasonably well equipped mid-range gaming PC of today could handle it, no listed specs though as its early days.

So in PC terms, DX-11 card, i5 or better, probably 8GB sys ram or better, I'd go for a 2GB video ram too.

Not sure how the iMac compares. Does it use discrete graphics like the iPad ? That won't be able to task I don't think but could be wrong.

[zip accident]

So in PC terms, DX-11 card, i5 or better, probably 8GB sys ram or better, I'd go for a 2GB video ram too.

My guess would be four real floating point capable cores at 2.0 GHz or better, or two cores at better than 3.0 GHz. Intel have been playing fast and loose with the definition of their i5, and AMD's recent CPUs haven't been impressive in comparison with AMD's previous CPUs.

[Mqark]

I believe Frontier have indicated that a reasonably well equipped mid-range gaming PC of today could handle it, no listed specs though as its early days.

So in PC terms, DX-11 card, i5 or better, probably 8GB sys ram or better, I'd go for a 2GB video ram too.

Not sure how the iMac compares. Does it use discrete graphics like the iPad ? That won't be able to task I don't think but could be wrong.

I was going to go for a beefed up imac config with: 32GB RAM, i7 @ 3.4 GHz, and a 2GB nVidia grfx chipset, so I think it'll be more than enough.

[Surfr]

Do we know a realistic spec that will be required to play elite dangerous yet? I'm so ready to pull the trigger on a 27" imac pimped with the best stuff.

I'm having those very same thoughts. 27", i7, 2GB GFX, 1GB Fusion drive. I'll upgrade the RAM myself for a lot cheaper though (I presume this is still the case of Apple overcharging for RAM anyway)

[Misfit]

Do we know a realistic spec that will be required to play elite dangerous yet? I'm so ready to pull the trigger on a 27" imac pimped with the best stuff.

I'm having those very same thoughts. 27", i7, 2GB GFX, 1GB Fusion drive. I'll upgrade the RAM myself for a lot cheaper though (I presume this is still the case of Apple overcharging for RAM anyway)

Can you get to anything to be able to upgrade it on these new super slim iMacs?

[Mqark]

Do we know a realistic spec that will be required to play elite dangerous yet? I'm so ready to pull the trigger on a 27" imac pimped with the best stuff.

I'm having those very same thoughts. 27", i7, 2GB GFX, 1GB Fusion drive. I'll upgrade the RAM myself for a lot cheaper though (I presume this is still the case of Apple overcharging for RAM anyway)

Can you get to anything to be able to upgrade it on these new super slim iMacs?

Memory yes, anything else is best done at factory build time as far as I'm aware because it's a pretty big job to pull it all apart properly.

[oktup]

My commander name got approved: Commander Black

https://elite.frontier.co.uk/backers/

[Mqark]

Some other bastard (maybe we're related?) has my name...

Now it's time to think of something wacky to use.

[Istar]

You may call me Valarian. Commander Valarian.

Name approved. Forum name the same.

[Christian]

Just noticed Frontier's copyright notice now says...

© Copyright 2010 Frontier Developments plc.

They went public very quietly didn't they?

Christian.

[adam]

is a private limited company if that makes any difference

[Christian]

is a private limited company if that makes any difference

I'm not quite sure what you mean. Companies House shows them as having changed to a Public Limited Company in Dec '12.

Christian.

[Firefox]

Surely a private limited company is just an Ltd?

My commander name got approved: Commander Black

Did anyone grab Commander Scarlet?

[adam]

sorry i was in a daze clearly and imagining a company with shares that wasn't public, that'll teach me to check wikipedia

[axel000]

Got my commander name, Alexander R. Just first name last initial nothing fancy.