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Today, almost any Windows/Linux/Mac computer can run the game effectively; the main exception is that performance on built-in Intel 3D graphics chips can be poor.
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== System Requirements ==
|+''City of Heroes/City of Villains System Specifications''
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
!colspan="4"|System Requirements for Homecoming: City of Heroes as of January 2024<ref>Circa 90% of laptops sold above $300 since 2018 meet these requirements.</ref><ref>Linux systems are more likely to need to meet the above requirements; systems that do not meet the minimum requirements may have issues starting the client.</ref><ref>The [[Homecoming Launcher|Homecoming: City of Heroes installer]] is not distributed physically and hence there is no need for an optical drive.</ref>
|-
|-
|'''Requirement'''||'''Minimum'''||'''Recommended'''
! Requirement !! Minimum<ref>At a minimum, hardware that was sold during 2012 should still work today. Minimum specs are not guaranteed to last indefinitely; as Microsoft sunsets support for various libraries and 32-bit support, expect this target to move away from 2012 hardware as the 2020s goes on.</ref> !! Recommended !! Ultra Mode
|- style bgcolor="#D0D0D0"
|Operating System||Windows® 2000/XP||Windows® 2000/XP
|-
|-
|Processor||Intel Pentium® III 800 MHz or<br />AMD Athlon 800 MHz||Intel Pentium® 4 2.0 GHz or<br />AMD Athlon XP 2000+
| Operating System || 32-bit: Windows XP SP2/Vista/7-10<br />64-bit: Windows 8.1 or 10 || Windows 10 (32- or 64-Bit) || Windows 10 in 64-bit Mode<br/>Windows 11 (64-Bit Only)
|- style bgcolor="#D0D0D0"
|Memory||512 MB RAM||1 GB RAM
|-
|-
|Optical Drive||CD-ROM Drive<br />(DVD-ROM Drive if Collector's DVD Edition)||DVD-ROM drive
| Processor<ref>Apple Mac hardware has the same tech requirements with the following caveat: MacOS Mojave is the last version of Mac to support 32-bit apps, therefore HC Launcher must use 64-bit client from MacOS Catalina forward.  (Using 32-bit Mac hardware is no longer advised, since the last security update to OS X Snow Leopard was in 2011.)</ref> || Intel Celeron/Pentium (Pre 2022)<br/>Intel Processor (2023-present)<br/>or AMD A- and E-Series || Intel Core i-Series (Pre 2023)<br/>Intel Core Series (2024-present)<br/>or AMD Ryzen<br/>or Apple Silicon<br/>(M1-M3 and all variants) || Same as Recommended Spec
|- style bgcolor="#D0D0D0"
|-  
|HDD||4 GB available hard disk space||4 GB available hard disk space
| Memory || 2GB (32-Bit Win XP)<br/>4GB (32-Bit Win Vista+) || 4GB (32-Bit)<br/>8GB (64-Bit) || 16 GB
|-
|-
|Graphics||NVIDIA® GeForce 2 Series,<br />ATI™ Radeon® 8500 Series, or<br />Intel i865G and above Video Card||ATI® Radeon® 9500 or<br />NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6200 Series graphics card
| HDD || eMMC/PATA (platter HDD)<br/>SATA Gen I-II || SATA III || NVMe <br/>(or similar embedded HDD tech)
|- style bgcolor="#D0D0D0"
|DirectX||DirectX® 9.0c||DirectX® 9.0c
|-
|-
|Audio||16-bit sound card||16-bit sound card
| Graphics || Integrated Graphics:<ref name="IntegGPU">All integrated graphics systems will 'take' RAM from the system to perform their work, so expect less system RAM available than the spec.</ref><br />'''Intel UHD Graphics''' (2021-2023)<br/>'''AMD Radeon HD''' Graphics|| Integrated Graphics:<ref name="IntegGPU"/><br/>'''Intel Xe/Iris Xe''' (2020+)<br/>'''AMD Ryzen Vega''' or<br/> '''Navi Graphics''' (2018+)<br/>-OR-<br/>Discrete Graphics:<br/>'''NVidia GTX Cards''' with a<br/>Tens Digit above 5 (2012+)<br/>'''AMD R5/R7/R9/RX Cards''' with a<br/>Tens Digit above 5 (2013+)<br/>'''Intel Arc A500''' Series||Discrete Graphics:<br/>'''NVidia GeForce RTX''' (2020+)<br/>Cards with a Tens Digit above 6<br/>'''AMD Radeon RX 5000+''' (2020+)<br/>Cards with a Hundreds Digit above 6<br/>'''Intel Arc A700''' Series
|- style bgcolor="#D0D0D0"
|Internet Connection||56k Internet connection||Broadband Internet connection
|-
|-
|Input Devices||Keyboard and mouse||Keyboard and mouse with wheel
| Internet Connection ||colspan="3" style="text-align: center;"| Always-on Broadband (DSL with at least 3Mbps symmetrical)
|-
| Controls ||colspan="3" style="text-align: center;"| Keyboard and Mouse
|}
|}


See also:
Notes:
* City of Heroes Specs at [http://www.plaync.com/us/games/coh/specs.html PlayNC.com]
<references />
* City of Villains Specs at [http://www.plaync.com/us/games/cov/specs.html PlayNC.com]
 
== Historical (pre-2012) requirements ==
 
{{historical}}
 
As with most actively developed software, the system requirements for City have gradually increased over time. Below is a copy of the specs recommended on the NCsoft website.
 
Note that an optical drive is not actually required. The [[Game Client]] can be installed entirely via download as well.
 
== Specifications ==
=== Windows ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Requirement !! Minimum !! Recommended !! Ultra Mode
|-
| Operating System || Windows® XP/Vista/7 || Windows® XP/Vista/7 || Windows® XP/Vista/7
|-
| Processor || Intel Pentium® III 1 GHz or AMD Athlon 1 GHz || Intel® or AMD Dual Core processor || Intel® or AMD Dual Core processor or higher
|-
| Memory || 512 MB RAM || 2 GB RAM || 4 GB RAM
|-
| Optical Drive || CD-ROM Drive (if original) DVD-ROM Drive || DVD-ROM drive || DVD-ROM drive
|-
| HDD || 4 GB available hard disk space || 6 GB available HDD space || 6 GB Available HDD Space
|-
| Graphics || NVIDIA® GeForce 2 Series, ATI™ Radeon® 8500 Series, or Intel i810G and above Video Card || NVIDIA® GeForce FX 5600 Series (or higher), ATI™ Radeon® 9600 (or higher) || NVIDIA® GeForce 8 Series (or higher), ATI™ Radeon® HD 2000 Series (or higher)
|-
| Internet Connection || Broadband || Broadband || Broadband
|-
| Input Devices || Keyboard and mouse || Keyboard and mouse || Keyboard and mouse
|}
 
* For ATI based video cards, the Catalyst 10.8 drivers and higher are recommended to correct FSAA and Ambient Occlusion issues.
 
=== Macintosh ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Requirement !! Minimum !! Recommended !! Ultra Mode
|-
| Operating System || Mac OS X 10.5.5 Leopard || Mac OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard or higher || Mac® OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard or higher
|-
| Processor || Intel Core Duo Processor || Intel Core Duo 2 Processor || Intel Core Duo 2 Processor
|-
| Memory || 1 GB RAM or more || 1 GB RAM or more || 3 GB RAM or more
|-
| HDD || 5 GB available HDD space || 5 GB available HDD space || 6 GB available HDD space
|-
| Graphics || ATI™ Radeon® X1600 or NVIDIA® GeForce 7300 GT with 128MB of Video RAM, or X3100 Intel integrated graphics chip || NVIDIA 7300 GT (or higher), ATI X1600 or higher, X3100 (or higher) Intel integrated graphics chip (Intel GMA950 not supported) || NVIDIA GeForce™ 8800 Series (or higher) or ATI® Radeon® 3870 (or higher)
|-
| Internet Connection || Broadband || Broadband || Broadband
|-
| Input Devices || Keyboard and mouse || Keyboard and mouse || Keyboard and mouse
|}
 
* City of Heroes is compiled to work on Intel/AMD Processors.  However, it has been tested and works on Apple Silicon running Rosetta 2. (At the time of this writing, M1 through M3 processors and all Pro, Max and Ultra variants.)
 
== See Also ==
* [http://help.ncsoft.com/cgi-bin/ncsoft.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=462 City of Heroes Specs at NCsoft.com]


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Latest revision as of 14:21, 12 March 2024

Today, almost any Windows/Linux/Mac computer can run the game effectively; the main exception is that performance on built-in Intel 3D graphics chips can be poor.

System Requirements

System Requirements for Homecoming: City of Heroes as of January 2024[1][2][3]
Requirement Minimum[4] Recommended Ultra Mode
Operating System 32-bit: Windows XP SP2/Vista/7-10
64-bit: Windows 8.1 or 10		 Windows 10 (32- or 64-Bit) Windows 10 in 64-bit Mode
Windows 11 (64-Bit Only)
Processor[5] Intel Celeron/Pentium (Pre 2022)
Intel Processor (2023-present)
or AMD A- and E-Series		 Intel Core i-Series (Pre 2023)
Intel Core Series (2024-present)
or AMD Ryzen
or Apple Silicon
(M1-M3 and all variants)		 Same as Recommended Spec
Memory 2GB (32-Bit Win XP)
4GB (32-Bit Win Vista+)		 4GB (32-Bit)
8GB (64-Bit)		 16 GB
HDD eMMC/PATA (platter HDD)
SATA Gen I-II		 SATA III NVMe
(or similar embedded HDD tech)
Graphics Integrated Graphics:[6]
Intel UHD Graphics (2021-2023)
AMD Radeon HD Graphics		 Integrated Graphics:[6]
Intel Xe/Iris Xe (2020+)
AMD Ryzen Vega or
Navi Graphics (2018+)
-OR-
Discrete Graphics:
NVidia GTX Cards with a
Tens Digit above 5 (2012+)
AMD R5/R7/R9/RX Cards with a
Tens Digit above 5 (2013+)
Intel Arc A500 Series		 Discrete Graphics:
NVidia GeForce RTX (2020+)
Cards with a Tens Digit above 6
AMD Radeon RX 5000+ (2020+)
Cards with a Hundreds Digit above 6
Intel Arc A700 Series
Internet Connection Always-on Broadband (DSL with at least 3Mbps symmetrical)
Controls Keyboard and Mouse

Notes:

  1. ↑ Circa 90% of laptops sold above $300 since 2018 meet these requirements.
  2. ↑ Linux systems are more likely to need to meet the above requirements; systems that do not meet the minimum requirements may have issues starting the client.
  3. ↑ The Homecoming: City of Heroes installer is not distributed physically and hence there is no need for an optical drive.
  4. ↑ At a minimum, hardware that was sold during 2012 should still work today. Minimum specs are not guaranteed to last indefinitely; as Microsoft sunsets support for various libraries and 32-bit support, expect this target to move away from 2012 hardware as the 2020s goes on.
  5. ↑ Apple Mac hardware has the same tech requirements with the following caveat: MacOS Mojave is the last version of Mac to support 32-bit apps, therefore HC Launcher must use 64-bit client from MacOS Catalina forward. (Using 32-bit Mac hardware is no longer advised, since the last security update to OS X Snow Leopard was in 2011.)
  6. ↑ a b All integrated graphics systems will 'take' RAM from the system to perform their work, so expect less system RAM available than the spec.

Historical (pre-2012) requirements

This article or section contains information that no longer applies to the current version of City of Heroes/Villains. It is provided for historical purposes.

As with most actively developed software, the system requirements for City have gradually increased over time. Below is a copy of the specs recommended on the NCsoft website.

Note that an optical drive is not actually required. The Game Client can be installed entirely via download as well.

Specifications

Windows

Requirement Minimum Recommended Ultra Mode
Operating System Windows® XP/Vista/7 Windows® XP/Vista/7 Windows® XP/Vista/7
Processor Intel Pentium® III 1 GHz or AMD Athlon 1 GHz Intel® or AMD Dual Core processor Intel® or AMD Dual Core processor or higher
Memory 512 MB RAM 2 GB RAM 4 GB RAM
Optical Drive CD-ROM Drive (if original) DVD-ROM Drive DVD-ROM drive DVD-ROM drive
HDD 4 GB available hard disk space 6 GB available HDD space 6 GB Available HDD Space
Graphics NVIDIA® GeForce 2 Series, ATI™ Radeon® 8500 Series, or Intel i810G and above Video Card NVIDIA® GeForce FX 5600 Series (or higher), ATI™ Radeon® 9600 (or higher) NVIDIA® GeForce 8 Series (or higher), ATI™ Radeon® HD 2000 Series (or higher)
Internet Connection Broadband Broadband Broadband
Input Devices Keyboard and mouse Keyboard and mouse Keyboard and mouse
  • For ATI based video cards, the Catalyst 10.8 drivers and higher are recommended to correct FSAA and Ambient Occlusion issues.

Macintosh

Requirement Minimum Recommended Ultra Mode
Operating System Mac OS X 10.5.5 Leopard Mac OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard or higher Mac® OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard or higher
Processor Intel Core Duo Processor Intel Core Duo 2 Processor Intel Core Duo 2 Processor
Memory 1 GB RAM or more 1 GB RAM or more 3 GB RAM or more
HDD 5 GB available HDD space 5 GB available HDD space 6 GB available HDD space
Graphics ATI™ Radeon® X1600 or NVIDIA® GeForce 7300 GT with 128MB of Video RAM, or X3100 Intel integrated graphics chip NVIDIA 7300 GT (or higher), ATI X1600 or higher, X3100 (or higher) Intel integrated graphics chip (Intel GMA950 not supported) NVIDIA GeForce™ 8800 Series (or higher) or ATI® Radeon® 3870 (or higher)
Internet Connection Broadband Broadband Broadband
Input Devices Keyboard and mouse Keyboard and mouse Keyboard and mouse
  • City of Heroes is compiled to work on Intel/AMD Processors. However, it has been tested and works on Apple Silicon running Rosetta 2. (At the time of this writing, M1 through M3 processors and all Pro, Max and Ultra variants.)

See Also

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