Not sure about cheap. Prices almost doubled recently.
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Ubisoft revises Watch Dog's PC specs (even more demanding ones, 6GB RAM minimum)
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Not sure about cheap. Prices almost doubled recently.
Yeah just saw the pic above. When is the 8 core expected? Late 2014? Thats still too late.
It'll be 2H 2014, and it'll be at least $600 for the processor if not more.
I don't agree with the "You've had 7 years to upgrade" thing because a PC from 7 years ago won't be running this game and even if someone upgraded this year they could just still barely be within the requirements if they went with an i5 build.
derExperte
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I guess RAM manufacturers slowed down production enough so that supply is in line with demand again which it wasn't for years. And the memory chips used in SSDs haven't become much cheaper to produce and they're going to hit other technological walls over the next decade. Which also means the classic hard drives won't get replaced by SSDs like some have prematurely predicted.
I avoid those parts of GAF nowadays but it was in the console war threads around the time of the PS4 reveal.
something fishy
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if it weren't for games I could run everything I need on tiny specs.
i'll leave my i53570k, not sure I can be assed with the expense again for very little benefit.
i'll leave my i53570k, not sure I can be assed with the expense again for very little benefit.
Barrel Cannon
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Looks like my 5770 is gonna struggle. Will wait for a new architecture before I upgrade though
My comment more or less meant you've have time to see how the state of development was changing and progressing over the past few years even if you weren't participating. You should have seen it tenfold if you were the ones complaining about how console gaming was holding PC gaming back. just as you've said, a PC from 7 years ago will not run a current gen game from today, so why would a PC built recently just to play current gen ports at a modest level be enough to run next gen console games? I mean the sentiments about people wanting to wait for cards to be released a year or two after next gen weren't without some kind of forethought.
chrominance
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I'm pretty sure the 3570k will be fine. It's well above even the revised minimum requirements of a Q8400. No one's sure what the Recommended specs refer to or how much better the graphics will be over the minimum specs--or even indeed if the minimum specs are actually ridiculous.
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That's the standard memory for just about everything that isn't physically soldered onto a GPU.
maabus1999
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With those specs, next gen consoles may be struggling it seems. Any word on frame rate or IQ for the consoles? I'm thinking downgrades are coming if PC is the lead a platform.
30fps, resolution not yet defined, at least that's what I recall.
This my 2x4GB sticks I got recently are now double or near that. Ram is not cheap these days like hard drives they have had a price increase from what they were the past few years.
PigSpeakers
Member
Dang. My video card is a gtx 460. I barely meet the minimum.
it will have to do. can't maintain being in the pc mustard race
but hey, if I get the
wiiu
lunchtoast
Member
It's what I have and I built a new PC less than a year ago. It's run everything max so far so bring it on.
TetraGenesis
Member
Hahahaha this one got me. I can't stop chuckling over here!
The card is old. Not knocking as I have 560, which is basically a rebranded 460 unless you have the newer ones. The fact it's lasted this long with oc'ing is amazing but this is one of those game you gotta have something a little more new and beefy for.
Whether you wait for new nvidia or get something on sale it's good time to get a new GPU.
It should be more than fine especially if it's overclocked. If certain cpus we know that can perform like much better cpus don't we will know something is off with how the game is utilizing cpus.
You'll regret it.
BruiserBear
Banned
Ask yourself how many games REQUIRE 6 gigs today? Then you've got the answer to your confusion. You can have 30 gigs of RAM if you want, but there is barely a game on the market today that needs more than 4.
chickdigger802
Banned
man i remember back in the day when i had to close all other programs before i play a game. now i have photoshop, thunderbird, 40 tabs of chrome open and i don't give a fuck.
Then don't complain about consoles holding PC back, ever.
I really hope they are bullshitting with the 8-core requirement for 'recommended' specs. I just upgraded to i5 4670k, and if this game runs significantly better (like 20-30% more frames) on an, for example, generally slightly less powerful AMD FX-8320, then it means I will have to sell all of it, go back to my old Phenom II and wait at least a year for some not too expensive Intel 8-core processors with decent single thread performance to come out (which I need because I want to use Dolphin and PCSX2)... That would really suck. I can't imagine how such a thing is possible since the PS4 and XB1 hardware is already significantly less powerful than a cheap i5 processor these days. But it would be really disappointing. Is it really possible that my new i5, even when it is OC'ed, will suck at this game simply because it doesn't have 8 cores?
I completely understand having an 8-core processor will be something that will be necessary in 3-4 years to meet the recommended specs, but now already, just at the beginning of a whole new generation, of a game that is also cross-gen?
I completely understand having an 8-core processor will be something that will be necessary in 3-4 years to meet the recommended specs, but now already, just at the beginning of a whole new generation, of a game that is also cross-gen?
Haha, I still do this out of habit after all those years. I played a mid-gen game last night and had to remind myself that it was okay to leave the pdf I was reading open. =)
Your PC will run it better than the PS4 will.
I still turn off some stuff when i play online and need stable 60fps just to be sure, in SP though? Nope
GTX 770M if you want to be comfortable.
This game is being made with next gen consoles in mind. Apparently the current gen ports aren't even being developed by the core team.
I've actually kept games running while starting other (usually MP) games.
This is very unlikely.
Well I wouldn't worry too much about the performance of your 4670K, especially if overclocked to 4.2+ ghz. I am curious to see how much better a 4770K might perform later down the road though.
chickdigger802
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I can already imagine what kind of gastly rig is required to run GTA5 on pc with all the bells turned up. Just playing it on ps3 you can see that they did all kinds of witchcraft optimization which is gonna be different on pc.
gonna be fun.
gonna be fun.
He changed the icon now I gotta get use to it.
Some people got comfortable. I'm always diligent since I hate spending excessive money on pc parts. Gotta have money for my arcade sticks and other accessories.
People should've expected this coming new gen and new specs are always in the works. If this is the griping we see now next 2 years should be something quite funny till hardware can brute force things again.
chickdigger802 rockstar and pc optimization is generally shit when it comes to gta. Outside of VC and San andreas it's been more of a mix bag especially 4 and 3 on pcs.
Adam Blade
WWKC
Can my MSI GT60 handle this game?
Laptop gamer I know...
Laptop gamer I know...
Well I'll just by some more ram, but instead of releasing a game targeted at 700-1000$ builds (let's face it, to even get the minimum requirements you have to pay atleast 600-700$), why not target it for a bigger price range? Like, if I were to buy a 500$ PC today I should be able to play the newest games on minimum specs. Thats not really the case here I'm afraid. (Okay maybe it works if you don't meet the minimum reqs, but we don't know that)
I pre order the PS4 Watch Dogs Bundle but if the ps4 ver is that bad ill get it on pc will need to wait for digital foundry
Did Ubisoft fix AC3? on pc that game ran bad day1
And run it worse?
Another over reaction thread.
Your i5's are going to be more than enough people.