64 bit ONLY?
FUCK YEAH!
Those all seem reasonable but the recommended IvyBridge i7 kind of comes out of no where.
So, I have i7-930, Radeon HD 6870, and 12 GB of RAM; should I grab a 7950/7970 or wait a bit for something better (e.g. R9 280X)?
I wish. But I expect my 4 year old 250 CPU to handle this all too easilyIt's time for PC gaming to become expensive again.
What's your gpu. Also hell no at the very least you should have better IQ than the consoles. If your gpu is slouching upgrade it accordingly when the time comes and you see benchmarks.
Those all seem reasonable but the recommended IvyBridge i7 kind of comes out of no where.
64 bit ONLY?
FUCK YEAH!
I wonder how those people would have survived the 90s or early 00s, when your 2 year old system really was out of date.I can't believe there are people actively moaning about this needing a quad-core minimum, eight-core (read: threads) recommended.
The general consumer quad-core chip we all know and love came out in 2006, the eight threaded 920 in 2008, yet people are blaming Ubisoft creating a bad "port"?
I can't believe there are people actively moaning about this needing a quad-core minimum, eight-core (read: threads) recommended.
The general consumer quad-core chip we all know and love came out in 2006, the eight threaded 920 in 2008, yet people are blaming Ubisoft creating a bad "port"?
Interesting. I have a 7970, but my CPU is an older Phenom II x4 965 @ 4.0 Ghz. CPU won't gimp me too much, right?
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.
So, I have i7-930, Radeon HD 6870, and 12 GB of RAM; should I grab a 7950/7970 or wait a bit for something better (e.g. R9 280X)?
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.
That seems a little... off for some reason. Do they use the same engine? How optimized is AC3 on the PC?
I think it's great we're finally moving to a 64-bit application standard, DX11 standard, and taking advantage of Quad-Octo (likely referring to threads however) CPUs.
I realize there are probably a few users who may not agree but in my opinion we have been limited for far too long on outdated standards.
nah its just the game that s assly optimized.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.
That's a great CPU. It keeps goin, and goin, etc. I upgraded to a 8320, but I feel like I didn't even need to.
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?
I don't know why but that seems off. A current gen port is not something that I would imagine taking up 100% of CPU cycles unless it's poorly optimized.
can you run around boston in ac3 60fps on even the best of rigs?
Jaguar is a laughably weak CPU.
They've been stuck at seven cores with the i7. Don't think we'll need more.
Did anyone else not catch this lol
No, each Piledriver module has 2 128 bit FPUs. And they are clocked at more than twice the frequency of Jaguar.Jaguar cores are real cores though. In fact, an 8 core Jaguar has 8 FPU, while an 8 core Piledriver has only 4 FPUs.