Watch Dogs Ultra System Requirements Released

natr0n · May 27, 2014

TheMailMan78 said:
I stopped buying anything by Ubisoft when they used to have the stupid "Always Online" DRM back a few years ago. It hurt me because I love Spliter Cell games. Then they removed it and I got all happy......downloaded FarCry3 and had to install Uplay. Not again. Ill wait until they learn their lesson from it before I buy another Ubisoft game.

On topic does this game prefer i7 over i5? I have a feeling a lack of multi-threading might be biting people in the butt on this one. Am I wrong?

Game is well multithreaded uses all 6 cores here.

I use task manager on 2nd screen 24/7

Durvelle27 · May 27, 2014

erocker said:
Yeah, I'd like to see some task manager action while the game is running.

I'll do a short video to show usage

TheHunter · May 27, 2014

Another mini review, sorry if already posted

http://www.techspot.com/review/827-watch-dogs-benchmarks/page3.html

Apparently 4770K is enough and it doesnt matter 2.5ghz or 4.5ghz

Jeffredo · May 27, 2014

natr0n said:
Game is well multithreaded uses all 6 cores here.

I use task manager on 2nd screen 24/7

What sort of quality settings and FPS are you getting on your Thuban + HD 7870? Are you satisfied with what your AMD system can deliver for the game?

natr0n · May 27, 2014

Jeffredo said:
What sort of quality settings and FPS are you getting on your Thuban + HD 7870? Are you satisfied with what your AMD system can deliver for the game?

I can get 40-80fps (according to afterburner osd/fraps crashes) on low @2048x1152 driving around.

Not sure if satisfied. I Haven't gotten a feel for game yet. It is what it is.

Tintai · May 27, 2014

Sorry for offtop but I have a question. How can I adjust weapons/skills menu? (over Tab) I want to have only a pistol and skills. I don't need other weapons.

Toothless · May 28, 2014

Jeffredo said:
Are you using your FX-6300/GTX 660 machine? If so that's pretty depressing. Best hardware combo I can come up with is an FX-6300 @ 4.2 Ghz with a GTX 670 2GB. I'd hope to run it at "high" @ 1920x1200.

I'm just assuming. Still not using that rig yet due to the person that is ordering my new memory ordered the wrong.. Pair...

Still waiting on my 16GB 1866mhz,

pr0n Inspector · May 28, 2014

WhiteNoise said:
Thats why I'm mainly using my 360 controller. Game plays well with it. KB/M is a pain in the ass but I do use it during the major fire fights.

I lost 20 grand playing poker last night. I swear the deck is rigged! lol

I made back about 15 grand playing slots though.

Good thing making money is this game is about as easy as taking a shit.

I just tried with a Logitech Dual Action(with x360ce). Accessing the interface and functions is less awkward than the KB, but vehicle handling is still horrible and combat is still clunky and sluggish. They should've hired that company that helped them port Deus Ex.

Wastedslayer · May 28, 2014

Runs decent on my 780 @ Ultra w/ No Motion Blur/Depth of Field 60 FPS Solid... TXAA is a no-no though. Even without it game is using ~2800MB of Graphics Mem. The only issue is when driving... I just get random stutters for seemingly no reason and then its fine until it stutters again.

Urbklr · May 28, 2014

Been playing it tonight on my desktop(290+4770k) at 1080p, ultra, with 2x MSAA. No real issues other then some slowdowns when driving(which everyone is getting I guess) but I can live with that. Doesn't look nearly as good as I hoped it would, but it is fun so far.

Xzibit · May 28, 2014

Drone said:

For those interested that's from the Forbes article that's causing a stir on the Interwebz

Forbes - Why 'Watch Dogs' Is Bad News For AMD Users -- And Potentially The Entire PC Gaming Ecosystem

Forbes - 'Watch Dogs' PC Benchmark Results -- Multiple AMD And Nvidia Cards Tested

HardOcp - Watch Dogs AMD & NVIDIA GPU Performance Preview

HardOcp said:
Performance
In terms of performance we were surprised how close the R9 290X and GTX 780 Ti are. There has been a lot of FUD around the internet about AMD potentially lacking in performance compared to NVIDIA. We hope we have smashed the rumors and provided facts based on gameplay and not some quick-use benchmark tool that will many times tell you little. We actually found the Radeon R9 290X slightly faster in some scenarios compared to the GeForce GTX 780 Ti. We also found out that gameplay consistency was a lot better on Radeon R9 290X with "Ultra" textures enabled thanks to its 4GB of VRAM.

Fluffmeister · May 28, 2014

So it's not so bad for them after all.

pr0n Inspector · May 28, 2014

It's funny how some people went batshit insane because a PR guy from AMD told Forbes why nVidia is bad and they should feel bad. And for some reason Forbes is suddenly the go to place for tech benchmarks and reviews!

MartinNixon0422 · May 28, 2014

Wow...think time to build my new pc for it....(ultra spec...so take i7 4770k?)

natr0n · May 28, 2014

I was random video watching and saw this in the corner.
lol who would think this is part of the game ? It's like a demon mode

AsRock · May 28, 2014

natr0n said:
I was random video watching and saw this in the corner.
lol who would think this is part of the game ? It's like a demon mode

It was shown in one of there previews.

15th Warlock · May 28, 2014

I managed to make the game run at 1080p, Ultra settings, VSync off and no FSAA on my laptop:

Sorry for the long video

please skip to the 5 minute mark to skip the loading screens and intro movie; the fans can get loud but I usually game using headphones so I'm OK with it

Jeffredo · May 28, 2014

http://www.techspot.com/review/827-watch-dogs-benchmarks/page5.html

Looks like my FX-6300 system at 4.2 Ghz with a GTX 670 2GB @ 1920x1200 will be just fine. My other PC with an X4 980 BE at 4.1 Ghz is going to get clobbered - probably only 2/3 the FPS with the same GPU and resolution. Guess this is kind of the death knell for Deneb and Thuban.

Lopez0101 · May 28, 2014

AsRock said:
If vsync better left on or off on this game ?.

I tried setting vsync to 2 frames and was locked at 20FPS, 1 frame = 30FPS, no Vsync 45-60. I hate games that lock frame rates to 30 or 60 with vsync. Why not 45?!

pr0n Inspector · May 28, 2014

Lopez0101 said:
I tried setting vsync to 2 frames and was locked at 20FPS, 1 frame = 30FPS, no Vsync 45-60. I hate games that lock frame rates to 30 or 60 with vsync. Why not 45?!

Without triple buffering vsync will always limit your fps to refresh rate divided by a whole number. for a 60Hz display that is 60, 30, 20, 15 and so on

Lopez0101 · May 28, 2014

Ah, good to know.

Game uses even more VRAM than Wolfenstein! And seems to work the GPU harder. Wolfenstein only even gets up to 85C...

TheHunter · May 28, 2014

Another benchmark,

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Watch...s/Watch-Dogs-Test-GPU-CPU-Benchmarks-1122327/

looks the most accurate so far, here it shows cpu speed matters

Also UBIsoft finally confirmed PC stutter, apparently they werent aware of.
http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.ph...cb18a39696ef&p=9987635&viewfull=1#post9987635

Guess the engine has poor streaming vram system and poor multi threading, imo no wonder since its a mix of old anvil code + duna + new anvil code = disrupt..

Tintai · May 28, 2014

natr0n said:
I was random video watching and saw this in the corner.
lol who would think this is part of the game ? It's like a demon mode

Yes, this is a minigame.

And there was some update. My Nvidia Experience was detect Watch Dogs in the games list.
But for now I can't optimize. I don't have a button!

Devon68 · May 28, 2014

A few interesting watch dogs related topics from gamedebate:
AMD Claim Nvidia Is Crippling Watch Dogs Experience For Radeon Owners
http://www.game-debate.com/news/?news=12875&game=Watch Dogs&title=AMD Claim Nvidia Is Crippling Watch Dogs Experience For Radeon Owners
Bomb Squad Called In After Watch Dogs PR Stunt Backfires
http://www.game-debate.com/news/?news=12879&game=Watch Dogs&title=Bomb Squad Called In After Watch Dogs PR Stunt Backfires

After reading the article from the second link I just had to laugh. People are so paranoid sometimes.

GreiverBlade · May 28, 2014

i hate going like that but: the graphic looks... "meh" and it need a top notch computer to run it? ... not worth the Day 1 price imho, i hope it's the plot/story who is interesting... (dunno what to think about the graphic, for me they look plain and tasteless if i can say so )

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