Watch Dogs Minimum/Recommended Specs Revealed (8-core CPU)

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ethomaz on 04 April 2014

Minimum:
OS: Windows Vista (SP2), Windows 7 (SP1) or Windows 8 (Please note that we only support 64 bit OSs.)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66Ghz or AMD Phenom II X4 940 @ 3.0Ghz
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Graphics: DirectX 11 graphics card with 1 GB Video RAM - Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD 5770
DirectX: Version 11
Hard Drive: 25 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card with Latest Drivers
Additional Notes: Broadband connection and service required for multiplayer mode. Supported Video Cards at Time of Release: nVidia GeForce GTX460 or better, GT500, GT600, GT700 series; AMD Radeon HD5850 or better, HD6000, HD7000, R7 and R9 series Intel® Iris™ Pro HD 5200

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OS: Windows Vista (SP2), Windows 7 (SP1) or Windows 8 (Please note that we only support 64 bit OSs.)
Processor: Eight core - Intel Core i7-3770 @3.5 GHz or AMD FX-8350 X8 @ 4 GHz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: DirectX 11 graphics card with 2 GB Video RAM - Nvidia Geforce GTX 560 ti or AMD Radeon HD 7850
DirectX: Version 11
Hard Drive: 25 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card with Latest Drivers
Additional Notes: Broadband connection and service required for multiplayer mode. Supported Video Cards at Time of Release: nVidia GeForce GTX460 or better, GT500, GT600, GT700 series; AMD Radeon HD5850 or better, HD6000, HD7000, R7 and R9 series Intel® Iris™ Pro HD 5200

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I said last year the MS/Sony choice for 8-core CPU will drive the optimizations for multi-core in PC... well the games will use more and more threads in the future.

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manny10032 on 04 April 2014

Damn it Beat me to it

OP.....8 CORE CPU!?!?!?!?! Thats crazy.

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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 04 April 2014

Either its badly optimized or freakishly nice graphics that puts consoles so shame

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ethomaz on 04 April 2014

manny10032 said:
Damn it Beat me to it

OP.....8 CORE CPU!?!?!?!?! Thats crazy.

To be fair 8 threads CPU because they list the i7-3770 (4-core / 8-threads)...

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Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

Either its badly optimized or freakishly nice graphics that puts consoles so shame

It is CPU... so I guess it is more related with physics and effects than graphics

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Damn son I don't even meet the minimum requirements lol. Although the computer I have isn't really for gaming...But I can play 2012/2013 games on low settings.

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fatslob-:O on 04 April 2014

ethomaz said:

Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

Either its badly optimized or freakishly nice graphics that puts consoles so shame

It is CPU... so I guess it is more related with physics and effects than graphics

Isn't it possible to do GPU accelerated physics ?

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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 04 April 2014

Wait.... its DX11 ONLY??? OMG, thats stupid COD Ghosts logic.... God damn it! This can run on a ps3/360/wiiU, there is NO REASON that it has to be DX11 mandatory!!!

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shikamaru317 said:
Why are the minimums so high when the games is available on 360 and PS3?

The assests for the last gen versions are likely developed separately ...

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fatslob-:O on 04 April 2014

Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:
Wait.... its DX11 ONLY??? OMG, thats stupid COD Ghosts logic.... God damn it! This can run on a ps3/360/wiiU, there is NO REASON that it has to be DX11 mandatory!!!

This game should have been next gen ONLY from the start ...

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