Even though it's the quake 3 engine I'm really not that surprised. For example when i play CoD4 i can hold 333fps. When I'm recording a demo with a movie config that quickly drops to around 100. Just the combination of higher quality assets plus some commands we will probably be able to disable means these specs are very possible.
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Call of Duty: Ghosts min specs: x64 OS, 6GB RAM, 550Ti DX11, 50GB HDD. Recom: GTX780
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iamshadowlark
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My point is that, if we've been seeing the high end PC versions being passed off as next-gen version, then why do we expect the retail PC version to be better than the "PC versions" we've already been seeing. Which is it...
A computer wouldn't have to emulate these consoles. X86 doesn't have to emulate x86
polyh3dron
Banned
It would still need to emulate the console environment. Virtualization if you will. Something like Wine or Parallels.
iamshadowlark
Banned
No not necessarily.
I think this disagreement comes from 2 different view points from the information we have, neither bit of information is technically contradictory.
1: PC has higher quality assets than next gen
2: The footage we have seen is PC and not very impressive.
The two way's of looking at it are:
1: The footage shown was equivalent to the next gen version and the PC version will be better.
2: The footage shown was just the PC version and next gen will be uglier.
As we haven't seen the Next gen version yet we have no way to actually tell which is which.
In my opinion, the version shown is the PC version and the console version will be worse, I'm aware they said representative, But they said that for the Battlefield 4 presentation at the Microsoft conference at E3, we know how that turned out...It was just straight up the PC version on max settings, no compromises.
This would not suprise me one bit, i think most cross-gen games will only offer better IQ.
Best i could see is from stuff like the Nvidia/Ubi deals where it offers improved SSAO (or HBAO+ apparently) and TXAA (which imo falls under IQ.)
fluffydelusions
Member
Someone should shop in the dog biting down a gtx770 or something
It's a safe number for them, you need at least 50GB free to install the game. The download size of the game will be ~30GB more than likely. Not that large compared to some other games that have come out recently.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Dat next gen fish AI.
LOL I don't get why people are freaking out about the 50Gb requirement. Didn't they say that Ghosts is going to have much higher quality assets in the game? Things like 4K textures I believe. Well those things take a LOT of HDD space, so start stocking up on them 3Tb hard drives.
Takamura-San
Member
My 2tb game drive is ready.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Umm because not all pc are the same... Even if normal maxed out settings remain you can always increase the frame rate, AA and resolutions by having a better pc. Same with all games.
As several others have mentioned it likely includes high-end niceties like HBAO+, TXAA, & PhysX in the "recommended" spec. All features that are wondereful ways to kill your performance.
SuicidalSteve
Member
50GB of fishes.
wtf IW
Got to get the high resolution textures for each individual fish to make them look as realistic as possible
Including PhysX I'm surprised they didn't recommend an SLI 780 setup. Only having one will surely run like dog shit with it turned on.
AHA-Lambda
Member
I call bull, this game looks nowhere as good as even BF4!
You're right but FB3 is a modern engine and, even then, runs somewhat poor in the beta stage.
Sometimes those older engines with new features bolted on end up running the worst. Look at Splinter Cell Conviction and it's UE2.5 base. Runs like shit even on modern PCs. Was poorly optimized for PC and 360 despite the old engine base.
Educated guess: 400-450$
iamshadowlark
Banned
What does this have to with my question? Or anything else being discussed?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
But can your PC run CrysisoD: Ghosts?
Takamura-San
Member
Why do people think that 6Gb of ram is too much????...
This puzzles me.
This puzzles me.
OldAsUrSock
Banned
They think it is 2008.
lol, never heard of this... will console version skip this mode entirely then?
Backfoggen
Banned
Man these system requirements are beautiful. And I bet this is not the maximum of what we'll see around launch for next-gen titles.
Phil0sophy
Banned
Don't get the hype behind TXAA, it is a horrible form of AA, looks terrible in my opinion, seems like Nvidia are just throwing this in to every game now hoping it is going to stick.
As far as the specs are concerned on this game, there is no way this should be so demanding, it looks like complete garbage honestly.
As far as the specs are concerned on this game, there is no way this should be so demanding, it looks like complete garbage honestly.
iamshadowlark
Banned
To bad the game looks like,well, nm
Phil0sophy
Banned
I agree, Ram is so cheap these days I have no idea why anyone would run with under 8GB anymore.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
I don't think you get the point behind TXAA.
velociraptor
Junior Member
It would be pretty hilarious of the PS4/XBO version performs better than the PC version at equivalent GPUs.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Uh isn't that the whole point of the low level APIs on consoles?
Phil0sophy
Banned
What makes you come to that conclusion?
Sentenza
Member
It would be baffling if they don't, actually.
Then again, I wouldn't really expect more than marginally better performances at hardware parity. Nothing of that "console magic optimization 3X the powah" bullshit.
Well, you call it a "horrible form of AA", when it accomplishes the purpose of AA (anti aliaising, that is) better than any other current AA technology in terms of efficiency (aliasing reduction per performance).
You might not like the tradeoffs chosen (prioritizing defeating all forms of spatial and temporal aliasing over perceived spatial sharpness, particularly in still frames), and that is your right, but that does not make it a horrible form of AA.
Phil0sophy
Banned
Ok well let me rephrase myself, in terms of reduction of Aliasing I agree, it does a great job, however the tradeoffs as you mention make it not worth using over other forms of AA, just my opinion of course but other high end AA solutions do just as good a job without the drawbacks that TXAA offers.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
They couldn't release the game otherwise
velociraptor
Junior Member
Dunno, GAF told me you can build a gaming PC for the same price as the PS4. Although this is obviously factually incorrect.
As much as the next guy, I want a nice gaming PC. However, there is no chance in hell anyone can sustain a $400-500 rig for an entire generation. But I'm honestly surprised at the high spec requirements of COD and Watch Dogs. They are far higher than I anticipated.
Another problem I have with 'gaming rigs' is the amount of power they require. They suck up more electricity (and thus money) than your average console.
When can we expect monster GPUs which only require a 300W PSU?
It wouldn't surprise me if my PC forms a major part of my electric bill. 2500k, 6950OC, 600W PSU. This can't be cheap.
i5 2500k and 760 based PC consume less than 300W and is almost two times faster than Your 6950.