Watch Dogs PC specs released

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#1 Animal-Mother
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What you'll really need at minimum is an IntelCore 2 Quad Q8400 2.66Hz processor, or an AMDPhenom II X4 940 3.0 GHz. That's with 6GB of RAM, a 1024 VRAM Direct X11-capable graphics card, a Direct X9 sound card, and 25GB of disk space. There's no info yet on recommended specs, but we're sure Ubisoft will make that available closer to the game's release date of May 27.

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Eh not bad, although the 6GB RAM thing seems dumb. Hopefully they don't pull a COD Ghosts

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#3 R3FURBISHED
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Minimum specs

  • IntelCore 2 Quad Q8400 2.66Hz or AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0 GHz
  • 6GB of RAM
  • 1024 VRAM Direct X11-capable graphics card
  • Direct X9 sound card
  • 25GB of disk space

Wasn't Watch Dogs developed with consoles in mind?

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#4 MonsieurX
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7 years old hardware for minimum,lolz

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#5 FPSfan1985
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@MonsieurX said:

7 years old hardware for minimum,lolz

More like 4 but recommended specs are what we really need.

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#6  Edited By MonsieurX
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@FPSfan1985 said:

@MonsieurX said:

7 years old hardware for minimum,lolz

More like 4 but recommended specs are what we really need.

The Q8400 launched in 2007

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#7 Cranler
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@MonsieurX said:

@FPSfan1985 said:

@MonsieurX said:

7 years old hardware for minimum,lolz

More like 4 but recommended specs are what we really need.

The Q8400 launched in 2007

DX 11 cards didn't.

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#8 clyde46
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6GB of RAM? We still using 1366?

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I'm guessing by "6gb of RAM" they mean "6gb of GDDR5 RAM"?

I don't think you can achieve 1080p without lots of GDDR5 RAM!

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#10  Edited By chikenfriedrice
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Do you think they downgraded the graphics because the game is releasing on the PS3/360 as well? We should be moving past the last gen consoles.

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#11 clyde46
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@treedoor said:

I'm guessing by "6gb of RAM" they mean "6gb of GDDR5 RAM"?

I don't think you can achieve 1080p without lots of GDDR5 RAM!

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@R3FURBISHED said:

Minimum specs

  • IntelCore 2 Quad Q8400 2.66Hz or AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0 GHz
  • 6GB of RAM
  • 1024 VRAM Direct X11-capable graphics card
  • Direct X9 sound card
  • 25GB of disk space

Wasn't Watch Dogs developed with consoles in mind?

Well, the PC is supposed to be the lead platform for this game. Having downgraded last gen versions doesn't really change anything. I'm looking at the sort of tech in this game and I think the minimum requirements are very reasonable.

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I thought a potato would be good. Damn, time to upgrade.

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#14  Edited By R4gn4r0k
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@treedoor said:

I'm guessing by "6gb of RAM" they mean "6gb of GDDR5 RAM"?

I don't think you can achieve 1080p without lots of GDDR5 RAM!

It's been a while since I heard people/cows rave about the GoDDR5 Ram,

perhaps they realized how stupid overhyping it was.

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@lundy86_4 said:

I thought a potato would be good. Damn, time to upgrade.

Sorry, a potato is no good. At the very least you need a PS2.

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Not bad, I thought it was 8gb of ram glad to hear I'll be ok with 6.

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#17  Edited By lundy86_4
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@R4gn4r0k said:

@lundy86_4 said:

I thought a potato would be good. Damn, time to upgrade.

Sorry, a potato is no good. At the very least you need a PS2.

I don't even have that. I'm screwed.

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No way you'll need 6 gigs.

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For minimum specs everything is okay besides the RAM requirement. That's just silly. What, they'll ask for 16 gigs in the recommended specification?

And when the game looks and runs like shit in the end, following the community-made RAM fix, like in the case of CoD Ghosts, the common Ubisoft answer will be: "BUT BUH IT'S TEH NEXT-GEN".

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Wait people have rigs with less than 8gb of ram?

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I'll never trust anything Ubisoft says. This game is going to run like turd, even on high end machines.

Some artificial limitation like only developing for two or three threads on the CPU will hold this back.

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#22  Edited By EducatingU_PCMR
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Supposedly is going to look "good" on PC:

http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Watch-Dogs-Better-Than-E3-2012-Build-PC-PS4-Xbox-One-So-Much-62754.html

I don't buy it. I'll wait and see.

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@NFJSupreme said:

Wait people have rigs with less than 8gb of ram?

If you are still running 1366....

@ShadowDeathX said:

I'll never trust anything Ubisoft says. This game is going to run like turd, even on high end machines.

Some artificial limitation like only developing for two or three threads on the CPU will hold this back.

I still haven't bothered with AC4 although I got it with my 780Ti.

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@clyde46 said:

@NFJSupreme said:

Wait people have rigs with less than 8gb of ram?

If you are still running 1366....

@ShadowDeathX said:

I'll never trust anything Ubisoft says. This game is going to run like turd, even on high end machines.

Some artificial limitation like only developing for two or three threads on the CPU will hold this back.

I still haven't bothered with AC4 although I got it with my 780Ti.

ac4 is ballin

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#25  Edited By SakusEnvoy
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Woah, 6GB of RAM minimum on PC. That's pretty crazy. I don't think I've ever seen a game with a minimum spec of 6GB RAM for PC, much less a game that's also on last-gen consoles.

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6 GB RAM?

Sigh... Looks like I'll need to buy another 4GB module. RAM prices suck :(

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@SakusEnvoy said:

Woah, 6GB of RAM minimum on PC. That's pretty crazy. I don't think I've ever seen a game with a minimum spec of 6GB RAM for PC, much less a game that's also on last-gen consoles.

Technical marvel CoD: Ghosts required 6GB as well.

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It looks like my PC (which I haven't updated since 2011) should be more than good enough. I have 16 GB RAM and 1 GB VRAM, so the RAM isn't an issue for me.

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@EducatingU_PCMR said:

@SakusEnvoy said:

Woah, 6GB of RAM minimum on PC. That's pretty crazy. I don't think I've ever seen a game with a minimum spec of 6GB RAM for PC, much less a game that's also on last-gen consoles.

Technical marvel CoD: Ghosts required 6GB as well.

Although, I would use the term "required" rather loosely

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#30  Edited By foxhound_fox
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Terribly optimized port incoming.

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@fend_oblivion said:

6 GB RAM?

Sigh... Looks like I'll need to buy another 4GB module. RAM prices suck :(

Newegg.

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@TorqueHappens08 said:

@fend_oblivion said:

6 GB RAM?

Sigh... Looks like I'll need to buy another 4GB module. RAM prices suck :(

Newegg.

They suck everywhere

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@MonsieurX said:

@TorqueHappens08 said:

@fend_oblivion said:

6 GB RAM?

Sigh... Looks like I'll need to buy another 4GB module. RAM prices suck :(

Newegg.

They suck everywhere

Ebay