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[VE3TRO]

Should be good for my pc. 8 cores though jeeze.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

It wasn't. It took a herculean rig to get a stable 60fps.

So it was a giant pile of shit on the PC and it should have no relevance to the WD? Good to know.

 

[Terbinator]

Considering a $549.99 Intel CPU technically doesn't meet the "recommended" specs...

Intel Core i7-4930K Ivy Bridge-E 3.4GHz LGA 2011 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor

Of course it does. As i already said, here cores = threads. If we go down the "technical" route then we only end up with AMD having half-cores anyway.

 

[Miguel81]

I have the same CPU but I keep it at stock 3.4ghz. Do you think I should buy an aftermarket cooler (looking at CM Hyper 212 Evo) and OC to 4.0ghz instead of buying an 8-core?


Also, these specs are for running at 1080p, right? So if we have lesser monitors (like 1600x900) we won't need as much power, correct?

Keep the 965, get the cooler,and OC it for the time being. I should have done that and waited for the 8350 to come down in price.

 

[GravityMan]

Eh, I think my PC will be just fine running Watch_Dogs at high settings at 1080p at a good framerate. (Unless it's poorly optimized.) i7-860 OC to 3.5ghz, GTX 670 factory OCed, 16 GB RAM. I do have the i7's hyperthreading disabled in the BIOS though so I may reconsider that.

Great news that the game is 64-bit only.

 

[Arulan]

I expect VRAM usage to increase vastly too on top of those which is why I am holding off on video cards for now. (doesn't help AMD is hiding their flagship card under NDA until the last second)

I expect 2GB of VRAM for 1080p will likely be safe (just barely) for another year or two but for anyone purchasing new cards I would go higher.

 

[Unknown One]

What a joke of a requirement. The is no consumer 8 core CPU from Intel and AMD offering is weak.

 

[Perkel]

Most of people reactions so far:

 

[CSX]

580 sli still got this

 

[diaspora]

No, each Piledriver module has 2 128 bit FPUs. And they are clocked at more than twice the frequency of Jaguar.

While Visheria's a power-hungry beast, it is if nothing else easily overclockable too afaik.

What a joke of a requirement. The is no consumer 8 core CPU from Intel and AMD offering is weak.

IMO, people\s takeaway from this should be that if they have a quadcore desktop CPU from 2008 or later, they're good.

 

[Terbinator]

While Visheria's a power-hungry beast, it is if nothing else easily overclockable too afaik.

The overclocking is easy. Cooling them, however..

 

[nature boy]

Gonna sell millions with those crazy requirements.

Lazy Ubisoft, get your shit together.

 

[MrHicks]

so 1000+ PC needed confirmed to play next gen ports???
lmao im out

 

[legacyzero]

Well, I got everything but the 8 core. I'm running a 3570k Quad. I think I'll be fine.

.........Right?

 

[something fishy]

None of the intel CPU's listed are 8 cores... unless Hyperthreading counts?

Our i7 2600k's will be fine. Tear for the i5 owners though.

I don't think it's going to make a lot of difference. Still more powerful than the 8 core consoles by some margin.

 

[diaspora]

so 1000+ PC needed confirmed to play next gen ports???
lmao im out

Wat, the consoles are effectively going to be running these games on what would be the bare minimum visually. The recommended/ultra settings are for anyone who actually expects their games to look the best.

 

[Xdrive05]

What a joke of a requirement. The is no consumer 8 core CPU from Intel and AMD offering is weak.

"Cores" probably means threads. So existing AMD's and i7's will be fine.

Like with BF4, we'll start seeing AMD creep back into competitiveness as next gen engines become the norm.

dem threds, folks.

 

[damaph]

This is me running around Boston in Assassin's Creed 3:

3570k @ 4.4Ghz
GTX 690
32GB Gskill@2400Mhz

I'm thinking that 3570k is going to be quite the bottleneck in Watch Dogs. Time to look for a cheap 3770k methinks.

I'm really hoping my 3570K won't bottleneck my system.

 

[Deepo]

So it was a giant pile of shit on the PC and it should have no relevance to the WD? Good to know.

I'm not so sure about the no relevance part. Going from a horribly optimized AC3 port to recommended spec of 8 cores for WD gives me a bad feeling about the quality of the port. Hope I'm very wrong though!

 

[OldAsUrSock]

so 1000+ PC needed confirmed to play next gen ports???
lmao im out

The specs do not cost 1k.

 

[BNGames]

COOLER MASTER HAF X Blue Edition
COOLER MASTER Silent Pro Gold Series RS800-80GAD3-US 800W
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO
Intel Core i7-3770 Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) - Overclocked to 4.3GHz
EVGA 04G-P4-2686-KR GeForce GTX 680 w/ Backplate 4GB - Overclocked
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77
G.SKILL Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900)
Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
ASUS Black Blu-ray Drive SATA Model BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS



.....Im Ready.

 

[Eusis]

curious if 3570k will be ok.

If it isn't then I'm jumping the PC ship. Fuck this shit if the top suggestion on Tom's Hardware before diminishing returns kicks in isn't enough.

(Actually it'd be more like "jump ship until next-gen hardware gets outpaced by cheap PC hardware again then climb back on board.")

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

So whats the console spec on this list?

 

[Dizzy-4U]

580 sli still got this

Brofist.

I aint even afraid.

 

[diehard]

All my hardware and gaming knowledge leads me to believe the CPU recommendation is .. kinda bullshit.

 

[Ty4on]

I'd laugh so hard if an i3 does well/ok for this game. Really a Pentium should have done fine considering it is more powerful than the next gen consoles' CPUs. Pentium = dual core while i3 = dual core with hyper threading. Both do ok in modern games because they have (as Haswell ones) slightly better cores than the 1000$ Intel CPU

Funny how they recommend an eight core yet their example with the Intel i7 3930k is "just" a six core. You have to buy a Xeon if you want eight cores.

 

[The End]

literally just built a machine two weeks ago

i5-4570, 8GB, 760 SC 2GB

probably should have spent the extra $90 to get the 3770k instead of the i5, but thems the breaks

the card should be good for a while though

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

I'm not so sure about the no relevance part. Going from a horribly optimized AC3 port to recommended spec of 8 cores for WD gives me a bad feeling about the quality of the port. Hope I'm very wrong though!

The problem is, while it may say i7's have 8 cores, it has 4 physical cores with 4 virtual, which run at 50% of each core, so it's closer to 6 cores for power. The 8 cores is more towards AMD true 8-core CPUs (I'd say).

 

[kinggroin]

My PC is so odd.

Minimum CPU - Phenom 2x4 at 3.99Ghz

Ultra videocard- GTX 670 2GB

 

[OldAsUrSock]

780's can't even run Last Light consistently at 60fps average

I suspect the Witcher 3 requirements are going to blow people away.

Yes they can. Just not with max SSAA.

 

[Eusis]

Funny how they recommend an eight core yet their example with the Intel i7 3930k is "just" a six core. You have to buy a Xeon if you want eight cores.

Or a cheap, otherwise vastly inferior AMD CPU, which incidentally are their recommended choices there. Like noted they'd probably have to do something that really depends on those 8 threads to cancel out how much faster and more effective Intel CPUs have been, and I can't help but wonder if they could've better optimized for 4 cores without sacrificing anything.

Though I imagine if it IS doing something like that going with 8 threads will shut it up. And admittedly this may finally put a fire under Intel's ass to really push further there.

 

[Future PhaZe]

Wat, the consoles are effectively going to be running these games on what would be the bare minimum visually. The recommended/ultra settings are for anyone who actually expects their games to look the best.

On Xbox One maybe.

People understimate how bad PC code can be. The type of hardware you'd need to run Killzone Shadowfall on PC at 60 probably doesn't even exist right now.

And there are last gen games that can't even lock at 60 with 650 dollar videocards.

I'm starting to get really concerned about PC optimization moving forward this gen.

 

[Derrick01]

So whats the console spec on this list?

Somewhere in the "recommended" range if we don't include optimization or anything like that.

 

[velociraptor]

I wonder if the PS4 version will look as good as the recommended/medium settings.

 

[Alasfree]

They really don't seem like crazy specs for the recommended requirements beside the 8 core thing, and the gpu they suggest are pretty affordable. It will be more interesting to know what those specs get you, for instance:
Recommended: High/30fps/1080p
Ultra: High/60fps/1080p+

 

[diehard]

On Xbox One maybe.

People understimate how bad PC code can be. The type of hardware you'd need to run Killzone Shadowfall on PC at 60 probably doesn't even exist right now.

And there are last gen games that can't even lock at 60 with 650 dollar videocards.

I'm starting to get really concerned about PC optimization moving forward this gen.

Faze..

you wrong here bro.

 

[Haunted]

Ready.

 

[diaspora]

On Xbox One maybe.

People understimate how bad PC code can be. The type of hardware you'd need to run Killzone Shadowfall on PC at 60 probably doesn't even exist right now.

And there are last gen games that can't even lock at 60 with 650 dollar videocards.

I'm starting to get really concerned about PC optimization moving forward this gen.

The PS4's specs are nothing, and are honestly much closer to the Xbox One than those Ultra specs.

I wonder if the PS4 version will look as good as the recommended/medium settings.

Not sure since the CPU is much worse.

 

[Novocaine]

Hmm, might not be able to comfortably ultra this game. All my other specs are fine but only rocking a 3770K right now. I could still overclock I suppose.

 

[Miguel81]

The problem is, while it may say i7's have 8 cores, it has 4 physical cores with 4 virtual, which run at 50% of each core, so it's closer to 6 cores for power. The 8 cores is more towards AMD true 8-core CPUs (I'd say).

Each pair shares an FPU, though, which sucks.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

On Xbox One maybe.

People understimate how bad PC code can be. The type of hardware you'd need to run Killzone Shadowfall on PC at 60 probably doesn't even exist right now.

And there are last gen games that can't even lock at 60 with 650 dollar videocards.

I'm starting to get really concerned about PC optimization moving forward this gen.

This is a new generation. I think with time, devs will be making better use of HW but you can't always have it all. I know we will likely have some games that seemingly require good HW to make up for optimizations. If Skyrim didn't have powerful HW then you would be a little upset at launch as well with some of the issues.

 

[LCGeek]

On Xbox One maybe.

People understimate how bad DX based coding can be. The type of hardware you'd need to run Killzone Shadowfall on PC at 60 probably doesn't even exist right now.

And there are last gen games that can't even lock at 60 with 650 dollar videocards.

I'm starting to get really concerned about PC optimization moving forward this gen.

Fixed that for ya.

We have oppportunities to move off this shit but people don't see why and mock both valve or amd for trying. Rather ubisoft is already admitting it they aren't spending much effort and are brute forcing it.

 

[shandy706]

The type of hardware you'd need to run Killzone Shadowfall on PC at 60 probably doesn't even exist right now.

Yeah..I'd have to disagree 100%

And there are last gen games that can't even lock at 60 with 650 dollar videocards.

Those games were next-gen on PC at High to Ultra settings. At console settings (aka lowest settings) they can run at 120fps+...and that's on a sub $150 card.

 

[Hrothgar]

My poor GTX 460.

x64 only? Finally, time to wave goodbye to x32.

 

[poisonelf]

I'll have to agree with the people saying this is hyperbole or a very poor port.

How can they be asking for recommended settings (let alone ultra settings) an 8-core CPU which doesn't really exist, and those that do exist are already significantly more powerful than the console actual 8-core ones, and also demand a GPU that is even more significantly more powerful than the console GPUs?

And 8 GB of RAM on top of the 2 GB of video RAM? Seriously, what for?

So we're either going to see greatly improved graphics to the console versions, more effects, much higher res, etc, or this is pure marketing hype, or it's a shitty port. Probably a bit of all of the above.

That's just what I expect based on what we know so far of course, we'll know soon enough.

 

[diaspora]

Fixed that for ya.

We have oppportunities to move off this shit but people don't see why and mock both valve or amd for trying. Rather ubisoft is already admitting it they aren't spending much effort and are brute forcing it.

I get this criticism when it comes to DX9 and 10. But 11? Really?

And there are last gen games that can't even lock at 60 with 650 dollar videocards.

Greatest thing I've seen all day lmao

 

[vpance]

Beefier CPU required for the PC version makes sense, since we know DirectX hamstrings draw calls massively compared to a console level API.

 

[solarus]

Well fuck, I was going to go for 8 core when I made my build a month back but I was told it would be a waste and never utilised as 4 core current CPUs are already overkill.

 

[crazepharmacist]

This means my dual 4890's will be no good? That's a bummer. Guess I'll have to upgrade to DX11 sometime soon.

 

[Durante]

People understimate how bad PC code can be. The type of hardware you'd need to run Killzone Shadowfall on PC at 60 probably doesn't even exist right now.

That's a very silly thing to say.