AndyMoogle
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Gears of War Ultimate Edition PC Specs Leaked
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Recommended doesn't mean anything. It's completely arbitrary.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
I dunno, specs do seem a bit high for a last gen remake. Gears Ultimate is no Rise of the Tomb Raider in the graphics dept, that's for sure.
SunBroDave
Member
Gears Ultimate Edition PC |OT| Recommends 16 Gb of Raam
AndyMoogle
Member
We have no idea what the PC version will offer. Also, these aren't even guaranteed to be the final specs.
Another thing to consider is that the Xbox One version is running at 30 fps in the campaign. I would assume that the required specs are for 60 fps in both multi and campaign.
They said they're re-authoring textures and geometry to scale for 4K. Either it's going to look crazy good or they're putting out a poorly optimized port.
Seeing as these specs came directly from the Windows Store, one can have 99% certainty that those are the specs. Only the developer can change that. It's not like it's a rumor or from some guy/gal.
I'm wondering if some people in here are even PC Gamers. I'm glad I just know what I need to upgrade my PC to.
Which is why publishers and devs need to be more transparent with it.
EA took a big step in gaining the favour of PC gamers with the NFS requirements which specifically state "recommended for 1080p60 at high settings" and other configurations.
That's not really true in my experience, but I guess we'll know soon enough.
Don't judge my sweet, sweet, Intel HD Graphics.
why are you using the Xbox 1 version as a litmus test for highest settings on the pc version. we dont know what settings those recommended specs target
PC GAF YOU ARE EMBARASSING ME
specs seem fine
That's exactly it.
cyberheater
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Was there a reason given for the PC delay? I thought this was meant to be out by now.
It's a level-based shooter, not some open-world, day-night cycle game with real time weather effects and behavioral AI and physics puzzles with complex collision damage. There just isn't enough going on that makes me feel like the specs should be higher than what's recommended for The Witcher or GTAV.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
I would expect those of Gears 4 to be honest
doughEATER
Member
Processor-> looks reasonable and with such cpu there is potential to run SP campaign at more than 30 fps.
Memory-> 1,5gb for OS needs, 6.5gb available for games. Since memory is not shared on pc you need to transfer texture data through regular ram to gpu vram that means constant streaming take out another 2gb, so we have 4.5gb + pagefile available for games.
Graphics card-> same ballpark as X1 gpu, no?
Hard Drive-> 4K ready textures and potentially better geometry?
Seems about right to me. If minimum specs means X1 quality then everything is good.
Dick Justice
Banned
I meet those specs, but they still seem abnomally high. Probably just MS covering their asses.
IcyRhythms
Member
No way this game needs that kind of power. lol
It's a last generation game with a few new bells and whistles the original game didn't have. Nothing mind blowing.
It's a last generation game with a few new bells and whistles the original game didn't have. Nothing mind blowing.
Spacejaws
Member
Most of the time it's not minimum either. The consoles usually run a mix of medium and high settings with some effects from ultra high on pc versions at 30fps right?
Still seems a bit high im pretty sure its just a product of being highly optimized for the one and not so much for PC.
So the 6300 is minimum spec? Lol what. My FX6300's done much better than the consoles in everything I've thrown at it so far, even more so now that multicore rendering's more of a thing.
Edit: Forgot there are other 6 cores in the family, the 6100 for example, now I feel dumb, I should rest between min/req like usual.
Edit: Forgot there are other 6 cores in the family, the 6100 for example, now I feel dumb, I should rest between min/req like usual.
VolticArchangel
Member
As much as The Last Guardian and Zelda Wii U officially releasing on steam.
Faster 4K texture stream?
All Xbox One MSFT owned games that are getting PC releases now are WIN10 exclusive, for which D3D12 is as well, by default. Chances are rare that you're looking forward to these games while having D3D12 incompatible hardware.
Should have been first post.
UnrealEck
Member
The only way I would be against calling that ridiculous is if it looks considerably better than the Xbox One version.
So I can only say, 'we'll see'.
"Nothing more than a few new bells and whistles" suggests, like, a couple replaced models and some new particle effects, lol. Look at the XBO shot earlier in the thread and tell me the release doesn't have a huge amount of replaced assets.
IcyRhythms
Member
I did and it's still nothing that screams "you need this kind powah!"
Gears of War is not an AC Syndicate, Unity, or GTA V.
shortsFortallPeople
Banned
they might have been waiting for DX12 to roll out properly.
Pathfinder
Member
Most of it sounds very reasonable, except for the 16GB ram bit.
GoW Ultimate Edition is quite a looker on XO. I'm sure it'll look awesome on a beefed up PC.
GoW Ultimate Edition is quite a looker on XO. I'm sure it'll look awesome on a beefed up PC.
mullet2000
Member
Because they're adding stuff to the PC ports, and largely considering console equivalent settings to be on the low end of their specs.
60fps does not come for free either. Gears UE SP is 30fps on Xbox One.
SliChillax
Member
They don't seem high for 4K.
Probably not 60fps for 4k.
I don't know specifically about multiplayer but Gears of War 1 single-player played great with keyboard and mouse.
thelastword
Banned
And you would be wrong, maybe closer in power to the XB1 GPU, but certainly not the PS4 where it's GPU is much stronger than a 750Ti even.
This whole Gears debacle is just plain mystifying. A remaster of the oldest Gears game takes forever to get ported to the XB1,...another century to get ported to PC and now these ridiculous requirements. If this was the entire collection including judgement I would understand, but by the time this releases no one will care, who will buy this at MSRP on release????
Dreams-Visions
Member
I think if this
had instead been written like this
this thread would be shorter.
had instead been written like this
this thread would be shorter.
NeoRaider
Member
Arkham Knight is UE3 game too. XD
UnrealEck
Member
What equivalent PC GPU would you say a PS4's GPU is closer to?
If the AMD difference for DX12 is really that large, that's nuts. A 390x being the recommended card on the AMD side for 4k vs a 980Ti on the Nvidia side. Not even the Fury
At any rate, probably worth re-reading: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-the-making-of-gears-of-war-ultimate-edition
The Fury is limited to 4gb. 4k with very high texture quality will surely push the VRAM usage higher than that hence the 980ti requirements.
I'm sure the recommended requirements will be a great fit for very smooth gameplay. I'm sure it will run much better than, say, Arkham Knight but it's still a huge step up from most other Unreal Engine 3 games out there.
Unfortunately, some of the decisions actually look artistically worse than the original game. Ultimate uses GPU accelerated particles that are much more computationally expensive than the animated alpha textures used in the 360 original...but it actually looks worse in the end. Nowhere near as nice as Arkham Knight, that's for sure.
Water is also weirdly ugly in the Ultimate Edition for some reason.
This is a weird game in that it occupies a space between remake and remaster. In terms of visuals, everything was completely remade for Ultimate - there are no assets from the original Gears of War included here.
Yet, the actual core gameplay systems are identical (which was their objective).
So more effort was poured into the visuals than a typical remaster but it also lacks that "new" spark you often get with a full-on remake.
Unfortunately, some of the decisions actually look artistically worse than the original game. Ultimate uses GPU accelerated particles that are much more computationally expensive than the animated alpha textures used in the 360 original...but it actually looks worse in the end. Nowhere near as nice as Arkham Knight, that's for sure.
Water is also weirdly ugly in the Ultimate Edition for some reason.
This is a weird game in that it occupies a space between remake and remaster. In terms of visuals, everything was completely remade for Ultimate - there are no assets from the original Gears of War included here.
Yet, the actual core gameplay systems are identical (which was their objective).
So more effort was poured into the visuals than a typical remaster but it also lacks that "new" spark you often get with a full-on remake.
icecold1983
Member
for nvidia a 950, vram aside
Love Deterrence
Member
If this doesn't come to Steam then what is the point? May as well just play the original