ProphessorX
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At first it was funny but what if the PS4 really does melt? Surely you all jest.
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Watch Dogs specs revealed - 8 core CPU recommended
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920s run at 3.8 ghz comfortably and were/are beasts. Still no reason to upgrade, and this game won't do it.
Dictator93
Member
i7 900 series will last the entire console generation. Really, it will.
It's starting to show it's age in some games with poor threading.
However you are right that the thing will run games the entire generation.
Hell look at the minimum requirments for this game. Core 2 Quads are almost as old as the 360.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
They meant threads, right?
So a i7 4770 or 4770k can do 8? 4 physical and 4 virtual cores?
So a i7 4770 or 4770k can do 8? 4 physical and 4 virtual cores?
What are your specs?
Mr. Waffle
Member
More Cores = better game....
OR
This is just an unoptimized cross platform steaming pile.
OR
This is just an unoptimized cross platform steaming pile.
i7 2600k @ 4.6
16GB RAM
2x GTX 780Tis
Win 8.1
Dell U3011 - 2560x1600
aint worried about nothin
Soooooooo glad i went with a 3770K over the 3570k last summer when so many people were saying i was wasting money on going with the 3770k for those extra 8 threads. My gut feeling kept telling me it would be a safer bet with a 3770k over a 3570k for next generation gaming..sure enough i keep reading articles were developers are stating PC CPU's with 8 threads will greatly benefit with next gen console ports .. Not saying the brute force of a 3570k wont cope...i guess i just feel better i went with my gut feeling instead of what 75% if people were telling me i was wasting my money on a 3770k over a 3570k.
By the way...delidded my 3770k and get a solid and stable OC at 5ghz...altlhough i keep it at 4.6ghz...for the time being.
The best Overclock out of my system though to me is how my Sapphire 7970 OC's to a rock solid 1200mhz core & 1650mhz memory ..which is somewhere around 4.4Teraflops which is pretty damn good for the time being until i can no longer get that 1080p/60fps ....1080p is fine for me because i use my PC as a home theater media center on my 55' inch Panasonic Plasma...which of course is the resolution limit for that display although i've seen some insanely high resolutions on a PC monitor at my buddy's house and boy does it look lovely at double the resolution of 1080p.
I cannot wait until big screen Ultra HDTVs become reasonable priced ...i tend to go higher end with my HDTV's so its probably gonna be a while until higher end prices of Ultra HD TV's come down to a decent price.
By the way....i sure hope WatchDogs on PC is amazing as that old E3 footage.
EDIT: I use windows 8.1 64bit, 3770K@4.6ghz, 16gb DDR3 system ram, 7970 3GB @1200mhz core/1650mhz mem, SSD and HDD, High End Asus Mobo along with a nice logitech wireless mouse and keyboard that works great from the couch.
By the way...delidded my 3770k and get a solid and stable OC at 5ghz...altlhough i keep it at 4.6ghz...for the time being.
The best Overclock out of my system though to me is how my Sapphire 7970 OC's to a rock solid 1200mhz core & 1650mhz memory ..which is somewhere around 4.4Teraflops which is pretty damn good for the time being until i can no longer get that 1080p/60fps ....1080p is fine for me because i use my PC as a home theater media center on my 55' inch Panasonic Plasma...which of course is the resolution limit for that display although i've seen some insanely high resolutions on a PC monitor at my buddy's house and boy does it look lovely at double the resolution of 1080p.
I cannot wait until big screen Ultra HDTVs become reasonable priced ...i tend to go higher end with my HDTV's so its probably gonna be a while until higher end prices of Ultra HD TV's come down to a decent price.
By the way....i sure hope WatchDogs on PC is amazing as that old E3 footage.
EDIT: I use windows 8.1 64bit, 3770K@4.6ghz, 16gb DDR3 system ram, 7970 3GB @1200mhz core/1650mhz mem, SSD and HDD, High End Asus Mobo along with a nice logitech wireless mouse and keyboard that works great from the couch.
Mr. Waffle
Member
Yep my 920 is still going strong, and I render 3D animation, and video on it all the time... although with the current products out there I'm starting to push those tasks to the GFX Card.
Fellow 900 series bros represent! We and durrante will reign hellfire and brimstone on those dirty i5 peasants until the end of time!
Seriously though, easily going to end up being the best bang for my buck processor I ever bought. Thing might end up lasting me 8-10 years when it's all said and done if the thing doesn't kick over and die before then due to the OCing I do on it
People say SSDs are the most best upgrade you can make to your PC.
Honestly though I don't think I've liked anything as much as my 144hz monitor. If you are into FPS especially it's just a totally different experience. Never thought I'd be sighing to find out a game only supports 60FPS.
Speaking of which hopefully this game will.
Apophis2036
Banned
Isn't this to be expected though considering WD will sell something in the region of 10 million on consoles and only maybe a few 100k on PC at least at full price ?.
Of course in an ideal World esp with the new consoles hardware every game would start of development for high end PC's at Ultra settings and then be downgraded to High for PS4, Medium for XBone and low for WiiU.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
They recommend a CPU that doesn't exist...lol.
yeah yeah I know, typo and multithreading
BigEvilTurtle
Banned
Cool, I meet the recommended specs spot on, except I have the HD 7770 which is a little behind. Guess my computer is good for current-gen for a little while longer!
SSD is the biggest thing you can do. Should be standard in every modern PC.
Followed by a 120hz/144hz monitor
Although I prefer my U3011 over my 120hz monitors. due to colors and size...the difference between 60hz and 120hz is undeniable.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
All an SSD does for games is cut load times. You'd be better off using the money on a few 4TB HDDs. 50GB installs don't bother me at all.
I honestly did not realize that they made 8-core consumer processors. I'm rocking Dual quad core Xeons from 2008, but I've only ever seen quad i chips in the computers I pay attention to.
Don't get me wrong I love SSD's. I have two m4's in raid 0.
But in terms of being in game and playing it's hard to go back from 120hz.
Really wish we didn't have to make the decision on IQ vs frames though. Still waiting on a 1440/120 non-TN display.
What voltage for core and the ASIC rating, GPU-Z will tell you.
If Ubi sets recommended specs to i5 2400/460, anyone with even marginally better components falls below 60 FPS. they complain. Solution: set minimum specs low to maximize user base, set recommended specs above average to mitigate complaints,
flipswitch
Member
I have an i7 3770k, 16gb and gtx 670 but I think I will stick with my ps4.
Anyone else?
Anyone else?
It's not just about games. For your PC in general it is an enormous improvement over HDDs.
Garrus Vakarian
Member
Do you have to hit 120 fps to get the advantage of 120Hz monitors or does it just make things look smoother in general?
Mr. Waffle
Member
Bloomfield will be good to go also.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
There's no going back after having an SSD. This is unequivocal at this point. Any PC with a mechanical drive feels sluggish to me.
Fried Food
Banned
8 cores what a joke. I bet there is some graphics setting that you will be able to turn off that makes no perceivable difference. Just like in BF4
It makes everything look better 24/7, and in games it's optimal to have a high frame but it has an impact all the time, even just opening windows.
flipswitch
Member
That's what I really like about it. Unless the game is messed up (Titanfall) pretty much any variable framerate over 75 feels much better then 60. And tearing is hard to see on them as well. In fact I'd even go as far as saying I don't see tearing on my screen at all (w/o vsync) but I know it must be there.
It works out really well for shooters. I can average about 100 frames on my Ti Classy in BF4. I get a huge boost from the added smoothness and I don't have to enable vsync so I get even better control.
Fellow 900 series bros represent! We and durrante will reign hellfire and brimstone on those dirty i5 peasants until the end of time!
Seriously though, easily going to end up being the best bang for my buck processor I ever bought. Thing might end up lasting me 8-10 years when it's all said and done if the thing doesn't kick over and die before then due to the OCing I do on it
980X checking in!
Mr. Waffle
Member
Nice, if I had the money at the time I'd have been there with you. Waited an extra 4 months to get my rig so I could get the i7 920. Such a jump over the Intel's before that.
Garrus Vakarian
Member
Ok now I have to try one of these things, having to cap everything at 60 to avoid screen tearing (and sometimes still get it) is a pain at the moment.
A single core 386 can handle 8 threads. That's not what was meant. 8 cores means 8 cores, even if they're partial cores (like on the FX series) or some are virtual processor cores (like on HT-enabled i7s).
An i5 is not an i7, no matter how close it came in largely single threaded games last gen.
CambriaRising
Member
I'm not giving Ubisoft the benefit of the doubt when it comes to PC ports anymore, sorry.
adamantypants
Member
Pffffft
Fuck this game for sure. It's like they're trying to kill hype for me.
Fuck this game for sure. It's like they're trying to kill hype for me.
Bam Bam Baklava
Member
I'm gonna need to get some earplugs since this game is gonna make my PS4 fan go nuts.
Agent Icebeezy
Welcome beautful toddler, Madison Elizabeth, to the horde!
Damn, console version it will be.
It's not about PCs vs. consoles. It's about the absolute pigheadedness of the loud PC "enthusiasts" who keep claiming that old i5s (or even i3s) are good enough to play current gen games, thereby misleading new PC buyers into making bad decisions.
lolk
You can absolutely still play 8th gen titles on sandybridge+ era i5s and likely will be able to continue doing so throughout the rest of the gen, but I'd have to see the receipts on anyone from PCgaf earnestly saying that you could run the gen on an old i3.
NoSkillz187
Member
I got a 930 running at 4.0 ghz pretty good. That and a hot as hell gtx 480 is still destroying games.
They are not near identical, x86 is just an ISA.
PC gaming rigs normally don't use large pool UMA, HSA, extra GPU-CPU bus, SoC, esram, and compute is still left to the CPU. I think each console has different OS scheduler and intrinsics as well.
No doubt. Might as well buy it on PS4 without this mumbo-jumbo.