Oh, yeah, I heard TEW wasn't too hot, CDProjekt are mainly PC devs though, but yes, waiting for benchmarks and actual numbers is a wise choice
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Oh, yeah, I heard TEW wasn't too hot, CDProjekt are mainly PC devs though, but yes, waiting for benchmarks and actual numbers is a wise choice
Oh, yeah, I heard TEW wasn't too hot, CDProjekt are mainly PC devs though, but yes, waiting for benchmarks and actual numbers is a wise choice
Pissed me off, man. On the other hand, Shadow of Mordor runs fine on my PC so I guess it really is all about optimization.
Rogue_Ledr
Banned
I NEED a new computer.
Here is what I want to know:
Is there any chance of a new hardware upgrade before or around the time of release for this?
I would hate to buy a new computer for this if a major upgrade was right around the corner.
Wasn't AMD supposed to release a new card soon or something? The 300 series?
Here is what I want to know:
Is there any chance of a new hardware upgrade before or around the time of release for this?
I would hate to buy a new computer for this if a major upgrade was right around the corner.
Wasn't AMD supposed to release a new card soon or something? The 300 series?
Glad to hear it, I'm interested in it and I upgraded from an E8500 to an FX6300 last week
SniperHunter
Banned
I need a new cpu and mobo
Glad to hear it, I'm interested in it and I upgraded from an E8500 to an FX6300 last week
Nice! What's your video card?
Saintguine
Member
Seems reasonable.
At the moment, a 9600GT :lol. My old GPU (HD5870) decided to die with my old motherboard, hell it might even have been what killed it. Aiming to get a GTX 760 by the end of the month however (along with 2 extra sticks of ram for a total of 8gB)
At least Team Fortress 2 runs better than ever so I got something to play while I wait for the new GPU.
that's interesting because I've always heard that Pc's (windows) is a huge road block for game performance. isn't that the whole reason why the "steam box" is such a hot thing. of course for now the only way it'll work with most games is to put windows on it
Well, windows (any PC OS, really) requires that you leverage some manner of high level API in order to access GPU resources. The OS just won't let you talk to the GPU in the same direct way it'll let you talk to the CPU. That API (DirectX most likely, at least on PC) requires a lot of CPU overhead to handle that communicaiton between application and GPU. The reason we need that API of course, is to abstract the various different GPU's out there. But the OS itself doesn't get in the way of gaming performance. As mentioned, the OS can occupy a very small memory footprint and CPU time. Modern operating systems are very smart about gettting out fo the way of applications. Console OS's lack that type of sophistication.
DX12 and what will be a new iteration on OpenGL should drasticlaly cut down on that overhead though, so we will likely see CPU bottlenecking become a thing of the past on PC this generation.
As to the high memory requirements, I haven't done GPU programming since school, and maybe some DX9 as fun little projects here and there a few years back, so things might have changed by now. However, if I recall correctly, anything on the GPU buffer, ALSO needs to be on the system buffer. So if a game is asking for 3 gigs of rendering assets and 1.5 gigs in world state data, on consoles that would be held on a single 4.5 gig buffer. On PC, that would be held in 4.5 gig buffer in system memory, and 3 gig buffer on the GPU.
Hahaha! Yeah, I spent most of my late teens and early 20s trying to keep up with the PC upgrading race until consoles took over for a while. Now that PC gaming is really back, I'm also back in the race and things have changed a lot since the early 2000s.
drotahorror
Banned
Guess I'll just wait til Skylake comes out to play TW3. Oh wells, should be a decent sale on it by then.
i5 2500k, 7950.
I'm good on not playing at lowest settings. Probably be some sick cpu's and gpu's out by the winter.
i5 2500k, 7950.
I'm good on not playing at lowest settings. Probably be some sick cpu's and gpu's out by the winter.
But that game ran worse on consoles.. and those ugly black bars....
Largely for the worse thoughHahaha! Yeah, I spent most of my late teens and early 20s trying to keep up with the PC upgrading race until consoles took over for a while. Now that PC gaming is really back, I'm also back in the race and things have changed a lot since the early 2000s.
It seems unfair really that when I had no money amazing progress in hardware was made seemingly every other month and now that I have some disposable income PC gaming is cheaper than ever.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
That CPU should be fine though at more than the lowest settings, especially with a bit of overclocking. GPU could use an upgrade though, yes.
No one knows for sure until new cards are basically around the corner. Nvidia is close to releasing their 960, or multiple versions, and rumors say AMD are releasing most likely their 380(X) this quarter. The 380X might range from getting close to or perhaps even beating the 980.
MyOtherBike
Member
my CPU is the minimum. i5 2500k @ 3.30
I was already gonna pull the trigger on a gtx 980.
I want to run it well. I got a baby on the way, so I'm not eager to be fronting too much money beyond the gpu, though this is easily my most anticipated game for a number of years now.
I don't need max, but I would love to have 1080p and 30fps. Do I need to buy a new mobo and cpu? Is there an upgrade path to a z68 LGA 1155 chipset?
I was already gonna pull the trigger on a gtx 980.
I want to run it well. I got a baby on the way, so I'm not eager to be fronting too much money beyond the gpu, though this is easily my most anticipated game for a number of years now.
I don't need max, but I would love to have 1080p and 30fps. Do I need to buy a new mobo and cpu? Is there an upgrade path to a z68 LGA 1155 chipset?
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Depending on your CPU cooler, you can just upgrade that and overclock the 2500k.
Largely for the worse though
It seems unfair really that when I had no money amazing progress in hardware was made seemingly every other month and now that I have some disposable income PC gaming is cheaper than ever.
It couldn't have come at a better time for me considering I'm a (Currently) jobless student
The current consoles reserve more memory then a modern windows OS uses.
MyOtherBike
Member
Thank you. I actually own a very good cooler but never oc'd it past stock because I have no idea what I'm doing. Time to learn.
With Z68 you can overclock your CPU. Which is what I'll recommend as long as cooling is up to scratch.
i7 3770k is the fastest CPU you can have in your motherboard. Which is literally only slightly slower than a 4790k. Overclock that and your at the top of the pile again.
SpecialAgentZ
Member
Minimum:
Recommended:
Yeah, okay.
Fake as my sex night with 5 2000$ whores.
As if the 2500k wasn't much superior than the 940 and even the FX.
Seems like AMD is throwing some money to push the perception their processors aren't crap (or that Intel's aren't so good) or the people responsible for the sys reqs doesn't have any clue.
Recommended:
Yeah, okay.
Fake as my sex night with 5 2000$ whores.
As if the 2500k wasn't much superior than the 940 and even the FX.
Seems like AMD is throwing some money to push the perception their processors aren't crap (or that Intel's aren't so good) or the people responsible for the sys reqs doesn't have any clue.
texhnolyze
Banned
Well, at least I made it to the minimum requirements.
that's interesting because I've always heard that Pc's (windows) is a huge road block for game performance. isn't that the whole reason why the "steam box" is such a hot thing. of course for now the only way it'll work with most games is to put windows on it
No. Steam Box is a "hot thing" on GAF because it's Valve.
You can already install and run SteamOS (Debian GNU/Linux + Steam) on your PC if you so desire. Performance is generally worse than in Windows 8.1 for cross-platform games. (Although Valve showed that a newly redesigned 2014 game engine on SteamOS ran better than an outdated 2007 game engine on Windows in a bit of marketing fluff.)
Certainly there is some API overhead with certain graphics frameworks on both Windows and GNU/Linux that can be eliminated and progress is being made in that direction with Mantle, DirectX 12, and OpenGL 5/NG.
EdwardTeach
Member
I'm betting my i7 930 oc'd to 3.8 or higher should work or fine with this. My msi 670 oc power edition should be fine as well as it is faster than a 770.
There have been a few games recently suggesting I will need to upgrade sooner or later. AC unity springs to mind. Ideally I will put off upgrading for a couple more years. I will probably get a ps4 beforehand, which should tide me over.
There have been a few games recently suggesting I will need to upgrade sooner or later. AC unity springs to mind. Ideally I will put off upgrading for a couple more years. I will probably get a ps4 beforehand, which should tide me over.
SpecialAgentZ
Member
They should be called out for this bullshit.
In before someone misquotes John Carmack and thinks consoles are twice as powerful as PCs with comparable hardware.
Id tech 5 is a pile of shit. Every game it touches it stains.
TEW is fine now, took them a while but the last patch gave insane fps boosts to people.Oh, yeah, I heard TEW wasn't too hot, CDProjekt are mainly PC devs though, but yes, waiting for benchmarks and actual numbers is a wise choice
wat
EdwardTeach
Member
There is no reason to have a k unless you are going to overclock it.
SpecialAgentZ
Member
I'm referring to this.
It's not the first time I see this shit.
Ubi did the same thing with Unity:
And everyone and their moms know how a i5 fares against a FX and even the i7 when we are talking about games.
And lol @ PII940
copelandmaster
Member
TITAN to TITAN BLACK...Why? I say this as a 780 to TB: go 980 for gaming. Don't go for that unless you have a CGI rendering project you're rendering on the side. That's the only thing a TB will beat a 980 in.
Fyi, TB's are $750 on the bay new. If you must get rid of your titan, do it now before Maxwell Titans show up.
Oh really? I'll have to check it out then
He's essentially saying the Minimum 2500K should smash the recommended AMD cpu
gregor7777
Banned
Funny thing, that. I hadn't thought about that before.
zero shift
Banned
Is an i5-2500k overclocked to 4.5GHz comparable to an i7-3770 at 3.4 GHz?
Looking around, OC'd 2500k should beat the 3770 at stock. And even if they're both stock the gaming performance should be minimal.
zero shift
Banned
I really hope that this game is well optimized. I want 60fps. Wanna have that Ground Zeroes level of optimization.
Sounds great.
Sounds great.
I think that's because DICE is one of the very very few developers who know how to code for AMD bulldozer series.
What are some games that aren't? Everything else?
Objectively Bad Opinion
Member
It's not even that, the game is just really well multithreaded.
There's a wall at 60FPS for that CPU (and AMD CPUs in general) though so it's not like it runs the game well compared to a fast quad core Intel CPU. Which are like 50%+ faster.
Mantle doesn't count.
MyOtherBike
Member
Thank you sir!
Looking at benchmarks, there's neither a "wall" at 60 FPS, nor is it that far off from other CPUs either.
Edit: Images were 403'd so Have A Link instead
There's not that much of a difference these days.
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Objectively Bad Opinion
Member
I realised that, and the benchmark I linked benched with the Multiplayer. Though those numbers paint a wildly different image. Going by videos, the bench you posted seems much more accurate though
