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Shadow of Mordor offers Ultra texture optional download, recommends 6GB VRAM @ 1080p
- Thread starter Regret Truth
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You and I both. Now imagine what the requirements for Witcher 3 and GTA V will be..
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
Well, looks like high for me for at least two years!
But this makes it more clearer now after the other system requirement threads. Ultra will probably require an arm and a leg to play. I'm cool with high. Even at high, it's still much better than the current gen consoles. So that's good.
I'm sure if you don't have a 4K monitor, you won't tell that much of a difference between Ultra and High @1080p. I don't know too much about PCs, but it's the AA settings that make or break the GPU, from my experience.
If I could hit high @1080p and 60fps, that's fine with me!
But this makes it more clearer now after the other system requirement threads. Ultra will probably require an arm and a leg to play. I'm cool with high. Even at high, it's still much better than the current gen consoles. So that's good.
I'm sure if you don't have a 4K monitor, you won't tell that much of a difference between Ultra and High @1080p. I don't know too much about PCs, but it's the AA settings that make or break the GPU, from my experience.
If I could hit high @1080p and 60fps, that's fine with me!
Krappadizzle
Member
At what resolution?
1080p.
muh optimization
Well, was a bit shocked at first but it makes sense if these textures are super-highres. Will wait for a comparison before judging. And all those people in here crying about the 700/900 cards being obsolete etc - hilarious
1080p?
After fixes of course, at launch is optimization in general was pretty crap and ultra textures would make even 4gb cards stutter.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
Oh my bad, I was looking at new ones. You're right.
EatinOlives
Member
You're making a bizarre statement here. It's clear these requirements really have nothing to do with the power of consoles since they physically don't even have 6 GB of VRAM, so that's out the window. Yet you're hinting at this nebulous idea that in 2015 and beyond, when we're well into this console generation, these cards aren't going to cut it...even though the current gen consoles still won't magically have more VRAM at that point.
Shadow of Mordor is providing settings for bleeding-edge PCs regardless of console power. That it's a cross-gen game has zero to do with that. Any other current-generation console port game released in 2015 and beyond can either do two things: provide bleeding-edge settings (which has been done today, in 2015, and in 2003), or simply "match" the settings to reflect the capabilities of the PS4/XB1 much more closely (like what happened with the vast majority of console ports last generation). Neither one of them has anything to do with the time that these games are being released.
3 GB cards won't be heavily affected unless most console-port developers choose to make bleeding-edge settings. That this particular developer is doing it doesn't mean every dev will do it, and just because it's being done now doesn't mean we can magically extrapolate this jump in requirements and say "oh wow every single game will have 6 GB ultra settings in 2015+ if this here cross-gen title does!" That's not how it works.
Krappadizzle
Member
Do you really want me to google that for you? Because the information is easily available.
answer is yes.
neogaffer1
Banned
And here I though a 2 GB 765m would be enough for 900p med-low for the rest of the gen.
Windom Earle
Member
Its still the same.
i did laugh a lot with this one. thanks for the laugh man. been a long day
This is some real butthurt here. Guys, don't punish developers who go out of their way to make a good PC version of their game, including PC-exclusive settings, by complaining that you can't max out everything. If you'd rather have a straight console to PC port, keep complaining - what other reaction do you think a developer would have?
Read and be educated.
Quick Google search tells me 2 gigs can only get high with fxaa.
Lord Phol
Member
So aggro, not even sure what you are doing in this thread when you have no interest in the game nor any ways to play it.
On-topic, had no idea my 680 would hold up so well, really glad I opted to pay a little extra for it. I remember people talking about the importance of VRAM back when I bought it 1-2 years ago.
I hope this was a joke. I reeaaally hope this was a joke.
I think people are freaking out because they aren't realizing that we have been in a console generation of locked specs since 2005/2006... So multiplats were always scaled back a ways from PC counterparts. Up til now...
With the advent of PS4/XBO and all the freedom it allows devs to ramp up graphs, the PC equivalent is adequately ramped up as well. Once people get their initial upgraded gpu's/rigs/etc by this time next year or so, the rest of the generation won't be as big an issue for requirements, I don't think.
We have just gotten so used to really low req's that it's kind of a shock. That's just my two cents anyway.
With the advent of PS4/XBO and all the freedom it allows devs to ramp up graphs, the PC equivalent is adequately ramped up as well. Once people get their initial upgraded gpu's/rigs/etc by this time next year or so, the rest of the generation won't be as big an issue for requirements, I don't think.
We have just gotten so used to really low req's that it's kind of a shock. That's just my two cents anyway.
Man, this game is basically Batman. And those ground textures look so flat...
brain_stew
Member
Ahahaha
Come on. Give it up. No one has to justify buying that piece of trash anymore with the 970 available. People still flying the 2GB flag at this point are damaging the PC platform and they've already done enough damage as it is.
Move on. Concede defeat.
It's a compressed youtube video. The ONLY site that you can even come close to accurately judging fidelity of a game outside of running on your rig is gamersyde. Every other site is just compressed garbage.
I can't imagine that this is a very well optimised game or utilises system memory (DDR3) as well as it should. Then again, if textures on PC are significantly more detailed than on consoles then 6GB makes sense. I mean, XBOne only has 32MB of fast RAM, the rest is what, twice the throughput of basic PC DDR3? Also, there's what 5GB max available for entire games after the OS is taken into account?
Leafhopper
Banned
I commend you for making it last so long. You actually show restraint with buying new hardware like crazy.
The card I had before my current R9 270 was a HD 5950 so that was a jump for me last year.
Wow dude.
Coffee Dog
Banned
What the fuck is this? Are you actually upset that the developers made a PC version that takes advantage of high end hardware? Come on.
I'm pretty sure xbox one will have 720p or some weird ass resolution.
muh optimization
Well, was a bit shocked at first but it makes sense if these textures are super-highres. Will wait for a comparison before judging. And all those people in here crying about the 700/900 cards being obsolete etc - hilarious
I'm pretty sure it's just a result of uncompressed textures. Even in that max settings video the close-ups looked like average last-gen quality.It aint no Witcher 3, that's for sure.
At worst, min PC spec will be PS4/X1 comparably.
STOP. Once again, X resolution does not quarrelate to Y VRAM. Never has and never will. The sooner people stop regurgitating this the better.
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
I had interest in playing it before this nonsense and reviews was published. But now, I can spend 60$ on something else..
What was the point in doing this if only 10% of all people actually have a chance to play this game on at least high settings? It's 2018-2020 already when such requirements will be norm?
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Are the 4GB 770 crew still allowed to fly the flag though? I knew the extra 2GB would be worth it.
Phew... Made the right choice for my setup with my PS4 preorder then.
Man! Even dual GTX 970s isn't hitting that ram req.
These GPU vendors need to stop cheaping out on ram. If a goddamn $399 PS4 can have 8 gigs of GDDR5 then what excuse does a $350 GPU have for only containing 2GB.
Man! Even dual GTX 970s isn't hitting that ram req.
These GPU vendors need to stop cheaping out on ram. If a goddamn $399 PS4 can have 8 gigs of GDDR5 then what excuse does a $350 GPU have for only containing 2GB.
GHG
Member
But he expected his 4 year old then mid-range card to max this game out.
But he also came kicking and screaming into this thread despite having no interest in the game.
Logic = 0
UnObtainium17
Member
Welp, my 970 already outdated even before it got delivered to my doorstep. You had a good run 970
Yeah they've definitely put a lot of thought and extra effort into this. Good job guys!
I'm probably just going to still buy a 970 with however much VRAM. Games like this aren't meant to be played at high specs for a few years and complaining will just discourage it... like Far Cry...
Paracelsus
Member
With 6gb I'd expect textures to look like real life, or high end AAA cg at the least.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
It's not a minimum requirement dude. They are offering an optional ultra-HD texture download. It doesn't even ship with the game normally. 6GB cards do exist at the ultra high end (via Titan, or 6gb 780 variants), but they are not common. Assuming we take this at face value (we don't have benchmarks yet, so it could easily be exaggerated), that would mean you think of this as a "nice to have" option for the next video card you get 2-3 years down the line when you play this again. It's a way to future proof the game. Like Ubserampling in Witcher 2, it's not supposed to be running on normal computers, not even fairly high end ones. It's for the future, or for ultra high end rigs that cost 2000 dollars or more.
But anyway, wait for benches.
GHG
Member
Is this serious?
GhostTrick
Banned
Dual GTX970 is 8GB... now come on. 350 dollars GPU ? 320 dollars GTX970 is 4GB.
I'd be curious to see your setup, jjust to see how much you're making out of it.
350 dollars GPU also have 3 times more raw performance than your PS4. It's not only about ram you know ?
Chance Hale
Member
Screenshot from IGN of the game at High settings (3 GBs needed)
Leafhopper
Banned
The PS3 has 8 gigs of normal RAM not VRAM.
You expect textures to change how a game is rendered too?
Crimsonclaw111
Member
lmao at everyone crying in this thread over options, btw.
You'll be fine turning down textures and still having the power for everything else.
You'll be fine turning down textures and still having the power for everything else.
I'd say hyper texture quality will be one of the reasons which will drives AAA game studios or projects (or viability) to bankruptcy (failing to meet projected profits or just not feasible).
There I said it now
Expecting it to come up in some Kotaku or some article up on some gaming website in four to five years from now, citing "AAA game development isn't keeping pace along side visual processing hardware advancement".
Then I'd laugh in my chair and say "Didn't give shit about extreme visuals, its all about the gameplay".
There I said it now
Expecting it to come up in some Kotaku or some article up on some gaming website in four to five years from now, citing "AAA game development isn't keeping pace along side visual processing hardware advancement".
Then I'd laugh in my chair and say "Didn't give shit about extreme visuals, its all about the gameplay".
GHG
Member
SLI doesn't double the VRAM. You will still only have 4gb even if you have 2 cards. The texture load is mirrored on both cards.