Watch Dogs PC Requirements Recommend 8 Core CPU
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That 8-core requirement... it just doesn't make any sense. All the rest of the recommended requirements are super tame in comparison. A 560Ti? The recommended card is a midgrade card from two generations ago. But, I guess it is what it is. Makes me think they are putting a whole lot of load on the CPU rather than the GPU for some strange reason. If that is recommended, I imagine it's gonna run like shit on consoles.
"We can't be bothered to optimize our game for the PC, so we're going to inflate the system requirements so that jerkass elitist gamers think it's 'true next-gen' and can smugly say 'get a job and upgrade your PC' on forums everywhere."
Yeah that has me scratching my head. The 3770 is a quad core processing. It's eight thread thanks to hyperthreading, but it's still just quad core.noobium said:
It's a technicality, it may be a logical or virtual core, but it's still a core. It's something of an annoyance to be honest, there's no consistency which allows for confusion and making something look like something it isn't. Something this industry seems fond of lately, like graphics card re-badging.Redhawkmillenium said:
We'll see. I'm above the minimum spec, but I sure as hell don't have an eight-core processor. The most recent Steam Hardware Survey suggests most people don't. Games really taking advantage of that kind of processor power still seem to mostly be few and far between. Hell, games that require a 64-bit OS are still a tiny minority.
It's hard for me to believe that they'll release a game that plays badly on hardware that's arguably superior to the console versions that are going to expect to be run at at least 30FPS at 1080p. That may be naive optimism; there have certainly been poor PC ports before. But the PC is less and less a platform that any player in the market can take for granted, and I have to imagine that Ubisoft has ambitions beyond that <5% that may have 8-core systems.
It's hard for me to believe that they'll release a game that plays badly on hardware that's arguably superior to the console versions that are going to expect to be run at at least 30FPS at 1080p. That may be naive optimism; there have certainly been poor PC ports before. But the PC is less and less a platform that any player in the market can take for granted, and I have to imagine that Ubisoft has ambitions beyond that <5% that may have 8-core systems.
Is there such a thing as an 8 core i7 3770? I didn't think they made those with more than 4 cores.
I'll either pass on this or turn down some settings. Already been having to do that with a few titles and they still look pretty great.
I'll either pass on this or turn down some settings. Already been having to do that with a few titles and they still look pretty great.
The way I am reading those recommended specs is that they are putting a lot of the load on the processor with lower requirements elsewhere. The other thing these specs feel like to me is they are going "the consoles have 8 cores, so the PC version will need the same", but to me that is comparing apples to oranges especially with how much more stuff the consoles seem to be running in the background now.
i'm pretty convinced this is bullshit in some way. if this were really seriously the minimum/recommended settings, there is no way on earth the weaponized toasters they call ps4 and xbone could run this.
i suspect a marketing ploy of sorts, just not really sure to what end. maybe showing of how super duper open and big their game is? dunno, remains to be seen.
either that or it's really, really, REALLY badly optimized.
i suspect a marketing ploy of sorts, just not really sure to what end. maybe showing of how super duper open and big their game is? dunno, remains to be seen.
either that or it's really, really, REALLY badly optimized.
Bull....shit....
This is one of the more ludicrous required/recommended specs lists I've seen in a while.
Requires an 8-core CPU for recommended specs but supports low-end dual core CPUs and 5000 series AMD GPUs?
Yeeeeeah, no. Bullshit. There are only three possible situations that explain this:
1: Watchdogs is incredibly unoptimized on PC.
2: Watchdogs runs on one of the most robust and adaptable engines I've ever seen.
3: Whoever wrote the specs list has no idea how computers work and just picked some random brand and model names/numbers from a list.
This being Ubisoft, I'm willing to bet it's not #2.
This is one of the more ludicrous required/recommended specs lists I've seen in a while.
Requires an 8-core CPU for recommended specs but supports low-end dual core CPUs and 5000 series AMD GPUs?
Yeeeeeah, no. Bullshit. There are only three possible situations that explain this:
1: Watchdogs is incredibly unoptimized on PC.
2: Watchdogs runs on one of the most robust and adaptable engines I've ever seen.
3: Whoever wrote the specs list has no idea how computers work and just picked some random brand and model names/numbers from a list.
This being Ubisoft, I'm willing to bet it's not #2.
Having actually tried running new games on my old Celeron Dual Core LGA775 system, I can tell you the minimal specs look close to what they probably will be if you want a smooth experience. If you can do with a bad framerate and the game audio certainly turning into dubstep at some point, you can of course run the game on a very old system.Charcharo said:I will sound like a broken record, and for some odd reason most escapists dont pay me attention but:
Dont. Listen. To. System. Requirements.
They almost ALWAYS lie in this day and age. Probably to aid AMD and Nvidia in selling their products.
The game WILL run on less. And if for some reason (very VERY VERY small chance) these prove to be real, then, the truth is, Ubisoft coders are noobs. ALMOST Infinity Ward Ghost level clueless noobs.
@ as for buying games on consoles, no.
It is cheaper to get a gaming PC (450 + dollars
The recommended specs on the other hand... NOPE. Those are just bonkers (also, last I checked there were no 8-core CPUs for neither Intel's Socket LGA1155 nor in the whole i7-3XXX lineup). Even though I cover the recommended specs (I have an AMD FX-8320), I have yet to actually witness a game loading the CPU 100% (even Planetside 2 doesn't, and that's basically the CPU-heaviest game I know of). The GPU recommendation also looks weird considering that Ubisoft seems to have very detailed models of almost everything in the game (except if they scrap them for the release version again, dirty bastards. It's not as if it's terribly difficult to put them in, seeing as they're probably already in-engine anyway). RAM requirements, on the other hand, may actually be accurate........ nah, who am I kidding. Games run fine with less than 2GB of RAM even these days.
8 Cores? Oh no..say it isn't so! So devs finally decided to actually use the power of our CPU's for once? Color me very surprised.
The recommended requirements for this game is what my PC currently has, something I bought 3 years ago. I still think the requirements are rather low to play on ultra.
The recommended requirements for this game is what my PC currently has, something I bought 3 years ago. I still think the requirements are rather low to play on ultra.
Hyper threading. Also, I like your optimism about a company whose employees went on record saying that you don't need to optimize on PC, people can just buy better hardware, and their latest title (AC4) occasionally drops to 40 FPS on sli Titans while looking like a 5 year old game with some cool water effects and god rays.HanFyren said:
Yup. One would think "game-journalists" would seek to clarify the whole core vs. thread situation, rather than actively help to disseminate misinformation.noobium said:
Also, afaik those specs are based on outdated info released by Ubisoft some time ago.
How anyone didn't see this coming is beyond me, I've been putting FX8120-8350s into budget gaming rigs for almost a year now.
If both new consoles using 8 core CPUs doesn't make developers start utilizing multithreading nothing ever will.
If both new consoles using 8 core CPUs doesn't make developers start utilizing multithreading nothing ever will.
I see three possibilities here.
1: The people writing the min/rec specs have no clue what they're talking about.
2: The game is horribly inefficiently optimized (somewhat unlikely, given the identical CPU instruction set, and only using 6 of the PS4's 8 cores)
3: They've finally made a game engine that can effectively use multithreading, in which case: kudos!
1: The people writing the min/rec specs have no clue what they're talking about.
2: The game is horribly inefficiently optimized (somewhat unlikely, given the identical CPU instruction set, and only using 6 of the PS4's 8 cores)
3: They've finally made a game engine that can effectively use multithreading, in which case: kudos!