It’s a case of system requirements round two for Watch Dogs, as Ubisoft has once again revealed the Watch Dogs minimum system requirements for the heavily delayed title.
The open-world adventure from Ubisoft Montreal has undergone quite a change in appearance since we first saw it way back at E3 2012, and now finally the Watch Dogs dev team are talking updated system requirements…
Creative director Jonathan Morin revealed the specs view Twitter, writing “Min:
IntelCore 2 Quad Q8400 2.66Ghz or AMDPhenom II X4 940 3.0Ghz, 6GB RAM, 1024 VRAM DirectX 11 Shader 5.0 SCard: DirectX9 25 GB.”
The goods news is, these are exactly the same as the Watch Dogs specs we revealed way back in April. The bad news is you’re still going to need 6GB minimum RAM if you want any chance of exploring a future vision of Chicago.
Watch Dogs Minimum System Requirements
OS: Win Vista SP2 64bit / Win 7 SP1 64bit / Win 8 64bit
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 2.66Ghz / AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0Ghz
RAM: 6GB of System Memory
GPU RAM: 1024 VRAM and DX 11 capable GFX with Shader Model 5.0 capable tech
GPU: NVidia GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD 5770
AUDIO: DX9 capable audio card
No word on the recommended Watch Dogs system requirements yet, but judging from the lack of changes to minimum requirements for Watch Dogs we’d expect them to be unchanged. Check out the full Watch Dogs System Requirements here.
For those worried about the appearance of the recently released Watch Dogs trailer, Morin also wrote that this wasn't a good point of reference for how the final product would appear, saying "Guys... Trailer wasn't a good GFX ref. E3 2012 was PC as we always said and E3 2013 is PS4 reference. Was always the case..."
Remember, you can always check out how well your PC can run the Watch Dogs System Requirements here, where you can check benchmarking and performance from other users.
Compare your graphics card to the Watch Dogs GPU benchmark chart.
Watch Dogs is arriving worldwide on 27th May for PC, PS4, PS3, Xbox One and Xbox 360.
The old system requirements have pretty much been confirmed now, what do you think of them?
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Just need to get an i5 2500k then i'll be set.
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highly doubt i can run this game :/
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gonna get it for my ps3 then
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Gonna run it at 720p high - medium settings AA x2, Feild of view low and cinematic blur off at a lovely 30 fps or so. Anyone says otherwise I will find you and put my hand in ur pants -_-
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Does anyone know what game is this ?
http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/w546/Andrej997/a_zps1734a9de.png
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no clue sorry friend :(
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i think its from a MW series but dont know which one
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Looks like cod4
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But there isn't a pistol like that in CoD4...at least not without mods.
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I also think it's a CoD game, could be MW2, G18 in MW2 looks a lot like the gun in that pic.
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i still need to find that picture but thanks for the help guys
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It's not COD right top corner you can see it says 36. WeapGlock and in the middle of the screen it says 84. Motorcycle which are definitely not in COD.
the only FPS with motorcycles and a Glock i know is War Rock.
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watchdogs specs still not final yet...
link
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haha. yeah and the graphics downgrades a lot it say. lol
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No, these latest trailers were on console. And it will look epic on pc :D
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Yeah the PC graphics aren't being downgraded at all!! xD it only looks crap because it was done on PS4 :D
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Waiting for a Console Fanboy to break your jaw LOL :D
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dont you meant the psfail hehehe
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yeah!!:P
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DuToit04@ if it done it PS4 how about the gameplay? it done on PS 4 too last year then the new trailer its downgrade if it not. don't thinks console will last longer in the next 6 years!!! lol
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I think that 14 min ps4 gameplay was on pc
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E3 2012 was on PC
E3 2013 was on PS4
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link to the e3 2013 vid plz
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link
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPYgXvgS6Ww
IMO the game looks great on PS4, don't understand the reason for console hating...
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Well maybe it's the lighting i guess, but look at this gameplay, it's meant to be on the ps4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1JQ5ZATbEs
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So...what about that gameplay? To me it looks good, though on night time Watch dogs looks better thanks to great lightning and rain effects even the daytime looks good.
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Yeah, agreed. Also it does look good but some of the textures in the gameplay link that i sent look really bad. Also PC is the lead so it will probs be better on PC. Also Fudge you may have a chance at running WD on ultra :D
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Well, they cant do miracles with 400$ machine, and i'm already pretty sure that i'll get this for PS4. The PC that i have on my profile is at my dad's place and i can only use it for every third or fourth week.
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Okay then, ps4 is the best option and it will be better on ps4 than xbox one
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Ya probably better....
960p on Xbox 1 and 1080p on PS4 (30fps capped).
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They say all the reviewers that posted about watch dogs, have played watch dogs on PS4 and the reason why we haven't seen another PC trailer is because like they said they have improved the game and some of the graphics and added more variety to the game because they thought it was becoming repetitive :D :P
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http://www.polygon.com/2014/3/6/5477236/watch-dogs-hands-on-video-interview-release-date
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I wanna share something with you guys....
I was just checking Flipkart for Watchdogs info and i happen to come across something...
in the system reqs section the minimum specs are same as mentioned and the recommended are also same but the recommended GPU is GTX 560ti and HD 7850....
I mean wtf?
If that is true then il be dancing now.....
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do you think the minimum specs will be changed ??
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Yes, they most likey will, also i think it says on gamedebate it is a 560 ti.
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560 ti. its Ultra Requirements dude i meant about the minimum, will they change them ??? TNX
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Can i Run the Game ? Thank you
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Low to tweaked medium depending on optimisation :)
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if i change resolution, turn off AA will i run it ok ?
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Yes...lower the resolution turn off AA and you can increase the settings till you find it running smoothly...
I would say that 30 fps is playable for an open world game if you can..:)
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don't get to the res. man until the game is released maybe it will be well optimized or maybe not :) i think you will not face much problem with that rig. that gpu is good though
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I wish what you just said about optimisation is really true :)
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which one good one or bad one :P
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good optimisation ofc :P
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Dipankar were you talking about my rig ???
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Can my current CPU run this game or not ?
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Its just below minimum but i say it can run it..
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yes, but lowest settings at that gpu and resolution...good luck :)
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What? that GPU is 2x weaker than those at minimum so not even lowest forget about it.
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oops sorry...he maybe can run this game lowest at lowest resolution...i don't recommend buy this game though(i say maybe)
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The question is:If this game supports directX 11 GPUs and my GPU is full support directX 11.So,what is the problem that Prevents me to play the game ?!!
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sorry, your gpu
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The performance of your gpu is just to slow-
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Can i run it?
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a bit early but most likely high at your res
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that GPU cant lead his rig to high tweaked med or med will be great if optimized well :)
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i still think med. setting will give you much better perfomance and still not sure as the game official req. aren't announced :)
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Okay thanks. I was a bit scared of my Graphic card. And it's a laptop so i cant change it :(
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it's good gpu mate don't worry :)
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Low settings on that res :D
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how about me friends ?? can i run this ?
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Low settings at a lowered res
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I think that it will be better optimized for next-gen consoles and a bad port to PC.
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Might be, judging from some recent Ubisoft PC ports...
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Haha, funny. This game is not a PC port, PC is the lead for this game :D
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Sorry, didn't know that. I hope that they manage to do the PC version right for once :)
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With all the time we gave them, they better or else
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damn high-min sys reqs.:-(
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Well that's next gen for ya
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Hey guyz...turns out that Jonathan Morin tweeted in reply to someone that the minimum specs were posted by him on the site but later he was told that nothing have been confirmed completely.
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So they could still change? ugh could they give us a straight answer??
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yes...the minimum may change.
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Pretty sure the min specs are the same, I asked Jonathan Morin about the ultra specs but he said more to come
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can i run the game ???
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Maybe if ya oc a little bit
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explain OC what ???
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Over clocking
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Has anyone wondered one thing that this game will be on X360 and PS3 which have very weak/Much weaker hardware compared to min reqs.
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yes they have indeed,but since they have APIs they get to harness the whole hardware power...
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But whatever API is there doesnot make those ancient 7800GTX and X1800=GTX460/HD5770..They are 4x stronger..
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You are right...but what can we do bro?
The Last Of US looks so pretty in PS3 yet it would have some high configs if it were meant to be on PC..
Its just how consoles differ from PC on this aspect...
I agree with you that the minimum specs are high....
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Well the ps3 and 360 may have really bad gfx
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yes they do...but they could have lowered the minimum settings.
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@Kaunain now we can only hope these specs are bogus because if we need to have GTX460 to run at crappy X360 quality..Then i am sure we unfortunately have another unoptimized mess at our hands.
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I cannot agree more...they raised the specs because it may be another unoptimised piece from ubisoft.
people with lower config will face problems so they raised it to evade the circumstances.
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Agreed^^
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Il wait for the game to release and gain feedback from others...
Then i can decide whether il buy or not.
Well,so many people have hopes on this one..if they screw this up then surely this will affect the upcoming games.
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Guys, you dont get it, it'll look better on low settings on PC than lsat gen, jezzz
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And also when a new console comes out it means that the min req will go higher
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I will agree with Kaunain on that one and wait for the release I dont want Ubi to rip us off once again..
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Ubisoft can't they have taken forever to make this game, and if it's a fail, well then.
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yes,they took 5years to develop this game.They also delayed the game from being releasing last year to this year...After all these if they screw up optimization,then oh boy i dunno how will i react....!!!
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Heres a thought does anyone remember Splinter Cell: Double Agent? Didnt it look better on the original xbox than the xbox 360?
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Having good gpus are proving to be ineffective here since the demand for cpu is high...
A nice gpu paired with a decent quad core is getting kicked from achieving ultra....
I still think people with powerful quads can reach ultra...
Lets see,time will tell.
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Well, they aren't finalized yet, if you look at my post on the Watch Dogs page
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I know buddy....These are last year's pre-release specs...
This year's officials are yet to come,but seeing that the minimum specs remained unchanged so we cannot put hopes now...
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Lol, am I the only one who feels that Watchdogs has already come out already. Watch Dogs looks like a game that they have developed very well, and I look forward to its release.
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It's just nonsense to me Ubisoft..!!
Its like AC 4 Black Flag it says has to more than GTX 280 but I can play it smoothly on I5 3317U and Intel HD 4000 at lowest settings got 20+ fps.
Only time will tell
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How? friend of my can't get more than 15fps on a hd6670 with i5-750
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it could be he pirate it cuz I play with the new patch
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But have he tried play it yet..??
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Yes he did, but was rather unplayable
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Will I be able to play it? D:
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on low settings
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Why is it still so surprising that games are making a jump in system requirements? It happens every time a new console gen drops.. way back when the PS1 and other 3D consoles hit many games started coming out with a 3D GPU required not just option. I remember when 640Kb ram and DOS was king of the hill for so long then almost overnight you needed 1 or 2Mb and Windows 3.1 to play a AAA game.
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in two to three years these recommended requirements will become the minimum requirements ... it's scary how fast technology grows... :/