The results are in, please check it out. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIKm3882Zbk

Why did you make 2 topics?

1. It's just Duderandom84, we haven't seen every other PC youtuber out there running benches yet.

2. We haven't seen Nvidia release their game ready driver for WD2.

3. It's Ubisoft, of course they would fuck things up.

Results aren't entirely in until we see how it performs across the board.

"Watch Dog 2 is a sequel to a console port made Windows D3D11 compatible. It does look good and the PC version certainly has a nice selection of graphics settings available allowing you to tweak to your liking. As stated overall the game looks good, perhaps the one note I should comment is that the streets perhaps look a little dull as there isn't much traffic / people walking around. Ah well, it looks good, plays okay. If you like to run proper image quality settings with the HR Textures pack (+Ultra quality modes) then you'll need a beefy PC alright. If you will forfeit a bit on quality modes and settings the vast majority of the game plays with excellent framerates though, even with a mainstream card. Overall the game feels smooth in game-play, nothing negative to mention there. Both AMD and Nvidia are actually doing fine in resolutions up-to 2560x1440 really. Going upwards towards Ultra HD resolutions or DRS/VSR well then 4GB models will slowly start to run out of breathing air (VRAM). Obviously you can simply lower image quality settings a bit and work your way through there as the game will play just fine on pretty much any modern card as long as you stick to 1080P or 1440P for the more high end cards. Most modern graphics cards will run the game at Full HD without any issue. There is just no need to drop down in images quality modes too massively and heck, that's where we as PC gamers needs to be. At 1080P and Ultra quality settings your are looking at the 50+ FPS range for a GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB) and similar ranges for the AMD Radeon RX 480 series."

From Guru3D:

http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/watch-dog-2-pc-graphics-performance-benchmark-review,1.html

Chazore said: 1. It's just Duderandom84, we haven't seen every other PC youtuber out there running benches yet. 2. We haven't seen Nvidia release their game ready driver for WD2. 3. It's Ubisoft, of course they would fuck things up. Results aren't entirely in until we see how it performs across the board.

Also the fact that the Texture Resolution in the game is set to Ultra which means that it is using 4k textures and then down sampling to 1080p. Not that iNathan would ever bother research that lul.

http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/guides/watch-dogs-2-graphics-and-performance-guide#watch-dogs-2-texture-resolution

https://www.overclock3d.net/news/software/watch_dogs_2_pc_graphical_options/1

http://store.steampowered.com/app/525010/

It is why the Ultra Texture resolution requires you to download the UHD texture pack and have at least 6gb of VRAM

It's Ubisoft what do you expect. I remember the first watchdogs having crazy requirements despite looking like a standard 360 game.

Captain_Yuri said: Chazore said: 1. It's just Duderandom84, we haven't seen every other PC youtuber out there running benches yet. 2. We haven't seen Nvidia release their game ready driver for WD2. 3. It's Ubisoft, of course they would fuck things up. Results aren't entirely in until we see how it performs across the board. Also the fact that the Texture Resolution in the game is set to Ultra which means that it is using 4k textures and then down sampling to 1080p. Not that iNathan would ever bother research that lul. http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/guides/watch-dogs-2-graphics-and-performance-guide#watch-dogs-2-texture-resolution https://www.overclock3d.net/news/software/watch_dogs_2_pc_graphical_options/1 http://store.steampowered.com/app/525010/ It is why the Ultra Texture resolution requires you to download the UHD texture pack and have at least 6gb of VRAM

Totally forgot that they actually bothered to deliver on the 4k textures lol.

So you got 4k and 4k textures. Does this make it the first AAA game to have a dev actually support 4k res and textures in a single package? (barring Skyrim and modded textures).

 

Also found this recently.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3145429/software/watch-dogs-2-pc-impressions-a-smooth-running-romp-through-meme-filled-san-francisco.html

Didn't realize there was another one...

Thread lacks any context in addition to being inaccurate, no reason to keep a bait thread open.