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Star Wars Battlefront Specs Announced
- Thread starter Kezen
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DICE is doing us a huge favor by helping erase "2500k" from the lingo.
Screw that CPU model, I'm sick of seeing it.
suddenlyissoon
Member
Really shocked to see 16gb & 6600 recommended. Oh well, my rig will still crush it.
Tortahegeszto
Member
Let me translate it for you:
It has to run on current gen (min spec), but our hw manufacturer partners would really appreciate if you'd go and buy their latest stuff (recommended).
It has to run on current gen (min spec), but our hw manufacturer partners would really appreciate if you'd go and buy their latest stuff (recommended).
That much power for what though, that's the question. It's irritating that precise targets are never given. It would not cost the earth to tell which resolution (1080p, judging by the specs), rough framerate and settings.
Why would system memory usage be tied to rendering resolution ? That makes no sense.
Rendering resolution affects VRAM usage, not memory usage.
alexandros
Banned
The 660Ti is more powerful than the PS4.
That's definitely fair.
On Windows it can. Windows will start using regular RAM if you run out of VRAM.
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
So, seems this game may be just out of reach for my PC. The 4790k can handle it but my aging 580 and 8gb of RAM could be an issue. Where do you get in on the beta thursday? Don't tell me, it's gonna be Origin exclusive?
derExperte
Member
That makes very little sense if your PC isn't a piece of crap. You can try the beta and see how it runs.
Of course it is, just like every EA game on PC.
Wait until everyone including me finds out that a 2500K is perfectly fine for this and tells everyone including you about it.
Heh seems like someone overspent. Did you build it?
Hip Hop
Member
I remember people recommending me a 2500k when the 3570K was out.
lol it was hilarious.
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
Yeah should have guessed. Well damn, I freaking hate that thing. I'm guessing they've at least made it possible to choose where your games install on there now, but has the malware issue with it been fixed? I'll go another round with it if I have to so I can get in on the beta but not gonna take that risk if it's still a vulnerability.
Baron_Calamity
Member
I must be getting old and out of the loop but I don't recognize either of those CPUs.
Well on the positive side, you won't be dealing with nearly as much with the hackers/cheaters. Which will be all thick through this.
Hip Hop
Member
What malware issue?
prag16
Banned
Why? They said 6600 "or equivalent". Anything 2500k and up is essentially "equivalent", even if not OC'd. For as long as PS4/bone are the targets, a 2500k won't be a bottleneck very often.
Yautja_Warrior
Member
Guessing the higher spec is aimed at 4k gaming maybe or higher than 1080p anyway.
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
Back when they first launched Origin I remember reading a lot of stuff about Origin having malware embedded in it. Just did a quick google search and it seems some people were still complaining about it up to January this year. Seems the original source may have been the Escapist though so now curious how much truth there was to it.
Nice. So I can lower some stuff to High for my 2500K/680/16GB.
derExperte
Member
Malware? That was like five years ago and got exaggerated to all hell. While Origin is mostly useless and doesn't add anything to PC gaming it's perfectly fine to use it for the occasional EA 'exclusive'.
Hip Hop
Member
It was blown out of proportion man.
Origin is fine. I never got the extreme hate people got for it.
They dont make shit up, they just dont clarify what 'Recommended' means.
Settings, resolution and framerate would be desirable as additional info next to 'Recommended'
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Talking shit about 2500K smh. Bow before your CPU king.
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
Awesome, I'll have to install it soon ready for the beta then. I have to admit the only reason I particularly disliked the client is that at the time you couldn't choose an install directory and it was flooding my drive. I couldn't be bothered to re-download everything to another drive either so just never got round to adding it again, especially after the malware story began circulating.
Glad to know its secure at the least, but yeah, it was never really anything spectacular nor a huge hindrance. It got the job done but was just a little feature slim when I last used it.
Yes, if you run out of VRAM (as textures need to be sent back to main memory). But if you don't then it won't change at all.
Jonneh3003
Banned
I haven't upgraded since the regular 460
jfoul
Member
Well, 16GB of DDR3 is pretty cheap right now ($70 - $85).