Fallout 4 PC System Requirements Announced

[mad825]

However they've had four years to develop the Creation Engine and they're saying Fallout 4 will use a "Next-Gen" version with better physics

Lulwut. You mean Havok? The same middleware they've been puddling since Oblivion? Next-Gen? lololololololol

 

[Leon Royce]

HAHAHA.

Puny mortals.

IIIIIIII have a GTX970. I will crush your dirty console peasant game.

More yummy graphics for me, for you are weak, and I am mighty!!

 

[vallorn]

Wait a day to see how often it crashes and the game breaking bugs on launch before buying.

I've been hearing that there are some significant engine issues which PC users may have to deal with. It's just been rumours for now but I agree, I'm definitely in the "wait and see" camp as well. But then again, nowadays the "Wait and see" camp is the default for people who don't like buying unplayable games day 1.

 

[ResonanceSD]

Wait a day to see how often it crashes and the game breaking bugs on launch before buying.

Nah it's a bethesda game, they never do that.

 

[MercurySteam]

However they've had four years to develop the Creation Engine and they're saying Fallout 4 will use a "Next-Gen" version with better physics

Lulwut. You mean Havok? The same middleware they've been puddling since Oblivion? Next-Gen? lololololololol

Again, you can call it the 'same' just like how Portal and Titanfall use the same game engine. While it may be the same at a base level they've been upgrading each major component of the game engine since Skyrim.

If you have a car and replace the engine, suspension, exhaust, wheels, brakes with upgraded ones and leave the body alone, is it the same car? Sure it looks a bit like the old one but it performs a whole lot differently.

 

[faefrost]

I've long... ummm "suspected" yeah lets go with "suspected" that there is a bit of a "kickback" loop between the larger games manufacturers and the hardware manufacturers. At a minimum it involves the hardware manufacturers providing lots of "free" high end development tools for their and other hardware, in exchange for the of so inexpensive favor of padding out the games "recomended system specs" in order to market and encourage purchase of the hardware manufacturers latest and greatest toys.

So the game devs get tools, support, marketing partnerships such as pack in deals and demos. (and sometimes even development cash under the table) and all they have to do in return is amp up those upper end specs on the box. And it's not like this is anything new. The "recomended specs" is in no way critical to gameplay and has long been simply a marketing tool for Intel, AMD and nVidia.

 

[_Russell_]

So I've been saving up for a gaming PC for a while now but I don't really know what to get.
I want a rig that can run Fallout 4 (or any game that comes out in the next few years) on Ultra with everything maxed. I was thinking about getting the below:

Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Intel Core i7 4790 3.6 GHz
16 GB RAM
AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB

The consensus in this thread is that the 'recommended' specs are massive overkill & the above might be a bit much. But I'm tired of having to run games on High or mid to get them to work. A bit of overkill sounds good right now.

I've been saving since about February, I can just about afford the above; should I put the trigger on it?

 

[Damian Porter]

So I've been saving up for a gaming PC for a while now but I don't really know what to get.
I want a rig that can run Fallout 4 (or any game that comes out in the next few years) on Ultra with everything maxed. I was thinking about getting the below:

Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Intel Core i7 4790 3.6 GHz
16 GB RAM
AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB

The consensus in this thread is that the 'recommended' specs are massive overkill & the above might be a bit much. But I'm tired of having to run games on High or mid to get them to work. A bit of overkill sounds good right now.

I've been saving since about February, I can just about afford the above; should I put the trigger on it?

Hell yeah. That's a great PC. Maybe get Windows 7 64-bit Professional instead of Home Premium, if you can.