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Call of Duty: Ghosts needs 6GB RAM and 50GB installation on PC

Nvidia lists system specifications for the PC version of Call of Duty: Ghosts.

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Call of Duty: Ghosts will require 50GB of hard drive space, Nvidia has said on its website.

The requirements for this year's Call of Duty, which runs on an engine updated for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, are far more demanding than last year's Black Ops II, which required 4GB RAM and an Nvidia 8800GT or equivalent graphics card.

Neither Activision or Nvidia has commented on why the game required 50GB to install, but the large hard drive requirement is believed to be mostly down to an increased texture size to accommodate displaying the game on larger displays at higher resolutions.

Nvidia's minimum specs for Call of Duty: Ghosts are as follows:

OS: Windows 7 64-Bit / Windows 8 64-Bit

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 2.66 GHZ / AMD Phenom X3 8750 2.4 GHZ or better

RAM: 6GB RAM

HDD: 50GB Hard Drive space

Video: Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti / ATI Radeon HD 5870 or better

Sound: DirectX Compatible Sound Card

DirectX 11

Internet: Broadband connection and service required for Multiplayer Connectivity. Internet connection required for activation.

To reach the game's recommended specification, Nvidia says users will require a Nvidia GeForce GTX 780.

Last night Infinity Ward confirmed that Call of Duty: Ghosts will feature dedicated servers across all platforms.

Call of Duty: Ghosts will be released for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, and PC on November 5. Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions will follow at launch.

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Damn, those greedy fucks don't even care about optimization anymore, just shit it into the stores and also take some money from Nvidia to say "buy 780", even though 800 series is coming in somewhere around beginning of 2014.

But I understand that 50 GB - after all, those dawgs need some space, because peta would chase them for only 1 gig for those poor animals.

I won't be surprised if the dog would end up more fun than that fucking usless gta ifruit thing.

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@komuchen yeah they say it's possible to release in Q1 2014 but, if they do, it will still have to be in 28nm, so don't expect a much faster card. But yeah, of course it won't need these specs to run well, prob will but with one feature that NIVIDIA implemented just for that like some new AA or physics.

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I bet 40GB of those 50 is just Fish AI files.

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@mexetudo13 Saw the same comment on PCGM...coincidence?

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And the award for the worst port ever and worst optimization game ever made goes to = COD Ghosts.


If this is true, so how can next gen even run the game? Imagine the current gen then.

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@mikepp83 Oh come on! We all know that it won't need this to run. Plus Nvidia saying "We recommend you buying a GTX 780...our $650 card." Bull fucking shit. A 560ti would give you more than enough power to max this out. But then again, who the hell would want to buy this piece of shit console port?

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I AM ALWAYS READY

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Lol, just last week people were up in arms about Killzone being nearly 50GB now this.

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Yeah but that is all. You can have a piece of wood with a nail in it for a CPU and it will still run.

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I can see unofficial patches improving the performance (like GTA4) and rips coming to the PC version weeks after release, maybe sooner :P

This is so inflated. Can't believe the game ask this much req. while improving so little. The scale better be huge compared to previous CoDs

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@LADIES_MAN_2013 @AdderD reminds me of Cyrostasis, but I loved that game :(

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speaks about the quality of developers.

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This cr*p is so uncompressed, even BMP files are jealous..

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@ArChz Although I would use TIFF, great joke none the less.

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wtf my computer has only 4 gb ram and 50 gb hard disk unbelievable it is greater than max payne 3

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By no means whatsoever should the game require 50GB, there are way more advanced games that use around half that.

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@LoganDaDestroya How many of those other games require state of the art fish A.i? 50gb seems reasonable.

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When i have this argument with CoD fanboys ,they always say that their game is 4 everyone no matter what PC u have u can play it .....can't wait 2 see thier shitty reaction 2 this!

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BF4 with that awesome n spectacular graphics needs 4G of RAM n a simple 8800graphic card .


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I'm looking at Ghosts and Black Ops II screenshots now and I.....I just can't see it! Are those specs meant to be for 4k?

I don't play CoD that much so I even had trouble seeing is it BOII or Ghosts on screenshot. Dog on some screenshots saved me!

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LMAO!

Have never seen such a bullshit n unbelievable System Requirements!


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Pee See LOL

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@BoozerX SEE PEE YOU

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@adro191 @BoozerX SEE THREE PEE OH

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Game will be dead in a few months on the PC anyway just like Black Ops II was.

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Why would i install this shit when i can just take one?

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@LADIES_MAN_2013 @AdderD not sure about COD, as not really interested, i ran BF4 on beta with ultra high settings and frankly. i was not impressed as much as i was when i watched the 17min demo. not sure if thats because its BETA or graphic card drivers aren't really supporting properly or if it's direct X issues

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Im a lapsed PC gamer and I have chuckled at all the PC gamers slagging the next-gen consoles off. Im getting a PS4 and its going to cost a heck of a lot more than £350 to build a PC that will produce anywhere near what the PS4 will produce from the 2nd batch of games onwards.

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@Foolsgold89 So, what does that tell us? Either Sony and MS will be losing a buttload of money on each console, which they claim isn't true. Or, you can in fact build a PC that can run games just as well for similar money. I say the latter is true.

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@Foolsgold89 well technially the gtx 780 is wayy more powerful than either of the system's cards, in about 2 years PC's will completely dominate like they always do and you know it


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@Foolsgold89

Sure buddy. Keep acting like you know what you are talking about.

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I'll tell you the real reason why it's 50GB. They're padding the game to make it larger in size, so that less people pirate it. It's a known piracy-prevention technique. Most people will refuse to download it illegally because 50GB download is too much for them...

Textures and improved graphics is just a cover up. That ain't the real reason.

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@LADIES_MAN_2013 Have to agree with that, would deter pirates

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@LADIES_MAN_2013 oh man! it's like those last Doujin games! Wait for the 'reloaded' or 'rip' version.

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@sun4o_666 @pablo_godoy Its very much alive on Xbox!

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@thisBlueDude @sun4o_666 @pablo_godoy dont tell them that, your gonna give xbox a bad rap

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Ok. bf4 looks better and has more things to do but the recommend specs are higher for cod. must be badly optimized

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50gb HDD, u know for all those HD textures x)

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@Dari23 FIsh AI is 20gb alone, lets not even get into how much room arm hairs take up.

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Battlefield 3: 2GB RAM and 8800 GT

COD Ghosts: 6GB RAM and 550 TI

wat

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@AdderD Bad optimization, that's all. This game looks like crap compared to BF3.

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This is probably going to be the real reason.

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They should sale it as a bundle for PC: The game with 100GB internal hard drive.

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@DKRises @skabb15 not everyone has 300$ to drop on GB storage

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http://www.gamespot.com/call-of-duty-ghosts/images/1812261/

you're telling me that this stupid fucking game is maxing out the GTX 780 with these shitty graphics? It's the biggest scheme of all time.

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@bryjoered2007 Those are all pre-rendered images too. No in game footage.

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I really, really love my nvidia graphics card, but damn if this doesn't piss me off.

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i'll stick to my bf4 thank you very much.

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COD is dead on PC

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@pablo_godoy not only on PC

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BF its enough for me i don't care about cod..

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