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Fallout 4 on Steam
PC Systems Requirements:

Minimum
Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
Intel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz/AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0 GHz or equivalent
8 GB RAM
30 GB free HDD space
NVIDIA GTX 550 Ti 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB or equivalent

Recommended
Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
Intel Core i7 4790 3.6 GHz/AMD FX-9590 4.7 GHz or equivalent
8 GB RAM
30 GB free HDD space
NVIDIA GTX 780 3GB/AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB or equivalent

Fallout 4 Drivers:
Nvidia: NVIDIA GeForce 358.91 WHQL
AMD: (NO UPDATES YET)

Fallout 4 Graphics, Performance & Tweaking Guide (Nvidia)

How to tweak Fallout 4's hidden graphics options (PCGAMER)

Benchmarks:
Is it okay to buy Fallout 4 on the PC? Absolutely! (Digital Trends)
Fallout 4 Performance Impressions (Inquisitr)
Fallout 4 PC Graphics Card Benchmark – 1080, 1440, & 4K FPS Tested (Gamers Nexus)

(Tom's Hardware)

Miscellaneous:

Analysis on a Budget PC (Digital Foundry)
"We've been playing the game on our budget gaming PC, pairing a Core i3 4130 with a GTX 750 Ti and 8GB of DDR3. We used the game's high preset as a base, then dropped shadow quality and distance down to medium, with lighting pared back to high - this gives us a visual experience on par or better with console. We have enough horsepower left over to put its object fade setting on par with actor fade (in excess of the high setting) and the end result is improved performance and marginally superior visuals, still at 1080p. As an aside, we can say that even ultra level textures still fit comfortably within a 2GB framebuffer at 1080p. VRAM utilisation isn't a problem for Fallout 4."

A GPU Focus (Tom's Hardware)
"In short, the biggest factor comes down to the GPU. Obviously, other components do contribute to the final score, but if you want to start the game on Ultra settings (as well as download what is sure to be a wave of graphical mods in the future), the focus should be on selecting the best graphics card for the money."

1080P/60 video of the PC version on Ultra settings

 

[Noray]

T-1 hour. I'm surprised there's no Nvidia Game Ready drivers since this game has Gameworks features, right?

 

[R3TRODYCE]

I really hope this runs good on PC.

 

[Succinct Verbosity]

I really hope this runs good on PC.

Beyond the obvious glitch fest, has a Bethesda game ever performed poorly on PC?

 

[Tankshell]

Is there an Nvidia game ready driver for this?

 

[Hip Hop]

Is there an Nvidia game ready driver for this?

There doesn't seem to be one at the moment. No idea what is going on.

 

[Bl@de]

Beyond the obvious glitch fest, has a Bethesda game ever performed poorly on PC?

Not really. Not for me at least.

 

[Corpsepyre]

Curious about this. Hoping for the worst so I'm not disappointed. Too many shitports out lately.

 

[Lanrutcon]

Beyond the obvious glitch fest, has a Bethesda game ever performed poorly on PC?

They can only squeeze their decade old engine so much. They've strapped a lot of bells and whistles on to it this time around, let's how how she holds out.

 

[v0mitg0d]

I made a video over the weekend with Fallout 4 running at 1080P/60. I'll post it up when the embargo lifts in about an hour.

 

[SliChillax]

I hope there's a way to force HBAO+ in this.

 

[Kezen]

Expecting really inconsistent performance with many areas where the framerates takes a nosedive for no apparent reason even on burly hardware.

My performance expectations are really low.

This is Bethesda after all.

 

[Aztechnology]

Wow those are pretty lofty recommended specs. Hopefully not completely accurate.

I have a 4670k @4.6ghz and a GTX 970 OC at 1500 mhz core and +300 mem.

Anyone else have a setup like mine that is currently running the game? What's your performance like?

 

[TBiddy]

They can only squeeze their decade old engine so much. They've strapped a lot of bells and whistles on to it this time around, let's how how she holds out.

The good thing about using the same engine is that it's easier for the modding-guys to get to work. I assume.

edit:

Also, I'm really curious on how FO4 will run on my old i5-2500k / GTX 580 in 1440p... I'm guessing it's not Ultra @ 60 fps ;D

 

[doomquake]

Beyond the obvious glitch fest, has a Bethesda game ever performed poorly on PC?

LOL.. yeah random crashes to desktop, missing quest scripting, issues with autosaves dont count as performance issues for sure!

 

[Hip Hop]

Wow those are pretty lofty recommended specs. Hopefully not completely accurate.

I have a 4670k @4.6ghz and a GTX 970 OC at 1500 mhz core and +300 mem.

Anyone else have a setup like mine that is currently running the game? What's your performance like?

I posted the thread a bit early it seems. We should get impressions rolling once the timer is up.

 

[Lanrutcon]

The good thing about using the same engine is that it's easier for the modding-guys to get to work.

I assume.

Aye. Modders will getting to work in no time at all.I fully expect to be playing dragonborn with smurf mounts and portal guns in a month's time.

 

[Ogimachi]

Beyond the obvious glitch fest, has a Bethesda game ever performed poorly on PC?

In some ways, yes. Skyrim and FO3 had stuttering, mouse acceleration and didn't work at 120+fps, for example.

 

[Renekton]

Beyond the obvious glitch fest, has a Bethesda game ever performed poorly on PC?

Oblivion destroyed my Q6600 8800GTX (not sure if poor or demanding), but that was the last time they ever pushed the envelope.

 

[Dictator93]

I am not grabbing this, but I hope you guys have good performance and an hbao+ profile.

 

[Leetums]

Dualshock 4 button input mod Inc.

 

[DarkFlame]

Beyond the obvious glitch fest, has a Bethesda game ever performed poorly on PC?

This.Can't understand how anyone would play it on console if he had a choice between console and PC

 

[PetriP-TNT]

Beyond the obvious glitch fest, has a Bethesda game ever performed poorly on PC?

Yes, Skyrim was compiled without any optimization flags because who knows what reasons which made it run like shit

 

[Darkstorne]

I made a video over the weekend with Fallout 4 running at 1080P/60. I'll post it up when the embargo lifts in about an hour.

Any chance you can post your PC specs? =)

 

[SolarMystic]

Oblivion destroyed my Q6600 8800GTX (not sure if poor or demanding), but that was the last time they ever pushed the envelope.

Yea, I was gonna say, Oblivion crushed PC hardware at launch.

Even for years after, since the game wasn't optimized for multiple cores, running graphics heavy mods could turn a beast of a PC into a slow crawl.

 

[Darkstorne]

Yea, I was gonna say, Oblivion crushed PC hardware at launch.

Even for years after, since the game wasn't optimized for multiple cores, running graphics heavy mods could turn a beast of a PC into a slow crawl.

And we have similar issues with Skyrim, but RAM related. No matter how powerful your hardware is, you can't use over 4GB RAM without the game crashing, so you can't go crazy with 4k textures. Hopefully with Fallout being DX11 and 64bit we're finally free to go completely nuts =D

 

[Pimpbaa]

Beyond the obvious glitch fest, has a Bethesda game ever performed poorly on PC?

Morrowind. And Oblivion ran terribly on midrange cards without significantly cutting back on foliage detail and shadows.

 

[2+2=5]

Will it even run on my notebook?

i7 4510u
8gb ram
gf 840m
win10 64bit

 

[Arkanius]

I just hope the game is optimized on PC
Nvidia GameWorks doesn't make me feel comfortable though.

 

[Aztechnology]

I posted the thread a bit early it seems. We should get impressions rolling once the timer is up.

I could of sworn quite a few Gaffers say they've been playing it since last week on PC. Maybe I'm crazy and it's just early console copies. I know quite a few Europeans recieved copies quite early.

 

[GavinUK86]

I'm dreading this thread when the game releases.

 

[samn]

Will it even run on my notebook?

i7 4510u
8gb ram
gf 840m
win10 64bit

It might start up but I think framerates will be poor.

 

[artsi]

I could of sworn quite a few Gaffers say they've been playing it since last week on PC. Maybe I'm crazy and it's just early console copies. I know quite a few Europeans recieved copies quite early.

I guess they would be reviewers in that case, as Steam has locked the game even for those who got the disc early.

 

[CaptainSmirnov]

Really hope there is 21:9 support this time around. I suppose I can wait for a fix if i must but official support is always nice

 

[Par Score]

Beyond the obvious glitch fest, has a Bethesda game ever performed poorly on PC?

Skyrim's PC launch was a disaster. No 64 bit support, memory issues, some weird issues with instruction sets being missing, you couldn't disable mouse acceleration, etc.

Oblivion and Morrowind were both technical disaster-pieces for a long time too.

Bethesda games are notorious for a reason.

 

[Renekton]

Will it even run on my notebook?

i7 4510u
8gb ram
gf 840m
win10 64bit

Doesn't look good, that's roughly my work-only laptop.

My friend got a i5-6300HQ GTX960m just for this

 

[diamount]

I could of sworn quite a few Gaffers say they've been playing it since last week on PC. Maybe I'm crazy and it's just early console copies. I know quite a few Europeans recieved copies quite early.

They probably let a few outlets review the PC copy, like PC Gamer, rockpapershotgun etc.

 

[Aztechnology]

I guess they would be reviewers in that case, as Steam has locked the game even for those who got the disc early.

Right. A reviewer could potentially tell me how their performance was if they had a similar system to mine without breaking NDA right? I mean it was worth a shot before I turn in for the night.

 

[imrblankie]

I'm honestly curious if there's anything I need other than a new video card (currently have a 1GB 7850) or is my 3570k holding me back as well.

 

[AndyMoogle]

I'm honestly curious if there's anything I need other than a new video card or is my 3570k holding me back as well

The CPU is fine.

 

[komplanen]

I'm honestly curious if there's anything I need other than a new video card or is my 3570k holding me back as well

Your 3570K will do you just fine so just worry about a new graphics card when it's time.

 

[GavinUK86]

I'm honestly curious if there's anything I need other than a new video card (currently have a 1GB 7850) or is my 3570k holding me back as well.

Like the others have said, you CPU should last you a while yet but a 1GB GPU isn't going to cut it anymore.

 

[hobblygobbly]

I'm honestly curious if there's anything I need other than a new video card (currently have a 1GB 7850) or is my 3570k holding me back as well.

If you're tight on cash just go for a GPU upgrade, your CPU won't be an issue for quite some time still.

 

[830920]

Will this run on 4GB memory or is it locked to 8GB minimum? I'm slightly above minimal specs apart from the memory.

 

[Spacecowboy77]

Really hope my 280x will hold

 

[diamount]

Will this run on 4GB memory or is it locked to 8GB minimum? I'm slightly above minimal specs apart from the memory.

8gb is the minimum.

 

[Renekton]

Will this run on 4GB memory or is it locked to 8GB minimum? I'm slightly above minimal specs apart from the memory.

8GB should be the hard minimum.

 

[MadD4mon]

Really hope my 280x will hold

I'm on the same GPU - let's hope the best.

 

[JaseC]

You can remove the language support list; it doesn't apply to the PC version.

 

[Starfield]

Gtx780
I7 4770k
16gb RAm


Here. Hope i can play max 1080p 60fps