Metro: Last Light, the sequel to one of the most demanding games ever released, is coming next month and the long awaited system requirements have finally been published.
Lets take a look to see if Last Light system requirements are as demanding as Metro 2033 was...
Metro: Last Light Minimum System Requirements
OS: Win XP (32-Bit only), Win Vista, Win 7, or Win 8
CPU: 2.2+ GHz Dual Core CPU or better
RAM: 2GB Memory
GPU RAM: 512MB DirectX 9, Shader Model 3.0 or better graphics cards
GPU: GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB, GeForce GTS 250
DX: 9.0c Direct x
Extra: Metro: Last Light utilizes NVIDIA 3D Vision with compatible cards and hardware.
Metro: Last Light Recommended System Requirements
OS: Windows 7 or Win 8
CPU: 3.0+ GHz Dual Core CPU or any quad core processor
RAM: 2GB (is this a typo? Maybe 4GB/8GB) memory
GPU: GeForce GTX 480 and above - Needs to be DX11 capable
DX: 11 Direct x
First off, notice the typo on the Recommended RAM. Did they mean 4GB? Perhaps 8GB?
The Minimum System Requirements suggest that integrated graphics won't be able to run Metro: Last Light, even at the lowest settings. They also strike our or just leave most mobile graphics card for low settings.
Hard drive space - No mention so far of the Drive space required for Metro Last Light. Metro 2033 needed 12 GB and that was 2 and a half years ago.
Looking at the Recommended System Requirements, we can say it will be tough to run this game at 1920x1080 with anything below a GeForce GTX 560 Ti/Radeon HD 6950. Players with today's fast-middle-class Graphics Cards, such as GeForce GTX 650 or Radeon HD 7750 will, most likely, have to settle for medium settings at 1080p and maybe high settings at 720p.
What do you think? Most Demanding game of 2013? Worst optimized game of 2013?
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can i run ti?
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sure low-med at current res , high at 1280x768/800 .
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gtx 480 in recommended requirements bad news for me :(
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But You Can Still Run In Med-High Settings, Can't You? :D
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yes easily but what fun would that be ;)
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Time for an upgrade then? :D
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At Least, You Can Run The Game With Decent FPS, Don't Care About On Which Settings :D
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well i care about graphic settings specially when it is a dx 11 game and yes i am planning to buy hd 7950 or gtx 670 maybe after 3 months
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Good, After That, Hand Your Current GPU To Me :D :D
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Ha ha ha ;)
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Many Games Which Came This Year Were Well Optimized, So It Should Be Good Optimized Too :P
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CAN I MAX OUT THIS GAME AND GET ATLEAST 20 FPS?
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if optimization is good, then you can max it with 60 fps :D
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Yes, you should be able to. :)
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Recommended CPU 'only' a dual core? :D
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pretty strange for this kind of game that had reputation....
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They probably mean an i3 with 3.0 GHz and more. Which is pretty powerful for a dual-core.
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should be more specific....
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Quite excited for this. The requirements aren't as high as I thought they would be. Should look good either way though.
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Now, let's just hope they actually tried to optimize it unlike 2033 lol.
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Cant i run it ?
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You should be able to run it on low at that resolution. Low-medium if the game is well optimized :)
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lol. i remember looking at metro 2033 system requirements, and i had an X mark, months later, after updating my GPU from time to time, i manage to get from 18-19 FPS ( 295.14 whql ) to 26-31 FPS ( 314.22 ) - good guy nvidia.
guess ,, i can't run Last light anymore :(
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wait what ???? i completed the game with 25 fps avg on lowest possible settings . how are you getting only 31 fps max with newest drivers
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medium settings, aa x4 , anisotropic x4 , dx 11 .
your gpu supports dx 10.1 only :D
high on textures. :D
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max 1080p with 2XMSAA what fps i get?
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Hopefully 60+. Your rig is a beast and if the game is well optimized you'll have a very smooth experience :D
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thanks man, im worried because nowadays i cant get 60fps on max settings with normal AA, game like tomb raider, hitman and AC 3 on boston icant get 60fps because i like to turn v sync on, even i played crysis 3 on max with med txaa i only get 30-40 fps, i expect 50-60 fps at first.
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Tomb Raider has that TressFX that really kills all Nvidia GPUs. Hitman was pretty badly optimized. Boston is a problematic area and everybody has problems there, so don't worry. And Crysis 3 was meant to melt rigs, so again- nothing unusual there :D And just a bit of advice, if you don't mind: since you're gaming at 1080p, don't enable any type of AA in games. You will see little to no difference but your fps will improve noticeably. Unless you are one of those people that see jaggies even at FullHD, of course.
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yaa, my friend tell me exactly like you said, if i play on 1080p idont need AA, after he tell me that, i never use high AA because it cost good amount of FPS, but i still use light AA like FXAA, 2XMSAA. it is true there are no difference at all if im using 2xMSAA and AA off? i believe there are no difference if im using 2xMSAA and 4xMSAA but AA and no AA? i dont keep my eyes wide open to see jaggies when playing a game :D, if there are no difference i wont use AA again.
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Well, I personally don't see a difference. You have to try yourself it to know. But as you said, if you aren't looking everywhere to see how everything is aliased then you shouldn't really need to turn on AA.
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thats the hard part to see a difference LOL, and another questions, is playing at 40 fps and 60fps has noticeable difference (i feel the difference playing shooter on 30fps (crysis3) vs 60 fps (crysis2))? and when gaming do you prefer vsync on or off? because i dont want to see screen tearing, but it is true tearing only occur when fps is bigger than monitor refresh rate? in my case is above 60fps, thanks a lot auntarie, you are the expert in game debate :D
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Aww shucks, you're making me blush :D About the fps, every gamer needs a different amount. For example, some people with godly rigs can't play below 60 fps because they are used to having extremely fluid gameplay. Others can play with anything above 25 or 30. I've seen on my logs of Borderlands 2 that my framerate has dropped to 13 at moments but I've never had a problem with it. I guess if the game is really good and you get completely indulged by it then you won't notice any drops :/ As for Vsync, it's better to leave it on, especially with your rig. Tearing can be nasty... And yes, it only occurs when your framerate exceeds the refresh rate of your monitor.
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settings for me??
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med 1080p and maybe high at 720p as stated above. It also really comes down to how well optimized the game will be. i don't know how much better the 650 ti is compared to the normal but you will probably see a slightly better performance.
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I'm sure I'm good.
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Me too... bring it on. :-)
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No, you're not good, you're overkilling it lol
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I don't have high hopes for Last light to optimized as it's coming out when the consoles are on their last legs, sure the Developers can do some great work and pull something awesome out of the hat but today with triple A titles it's all about the money. With it all being about money now the Developers just want to create a story that the fans will be happy with add some nice graphics, then start working on dlc's to be released on the day of the main game release date which will cost £10 each. So I don't see optimization being great for last light.
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can i run on med high no AA???
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most probably yea
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so will I be able to run it at high-max settings at 1920x1080?
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I don't think so..at least with MSAA.
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u no upgrade your ram ?
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can't right now, all my money is on the whole PC, I will have to wait a bit. I don't care about AA or MSAA either, just the resolution and settings
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yeah but with 8 gb ram your pc would be a beast . get 4 more 1600 mhz gb ram its only 10$ .
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Yes, I'd think you could. :)
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Recommended system requirements - this is ridiculous for this game. When this game comes out, it will detonate to the nines at the highest settings any video card, even Nvidia GTX 780, I'm sure. These guys love to do an ultra heavy games in graphic terms. This could be forgiven if they make a beautiful and interesting games, but in reality it is not so...
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GTX 780 is not coming before this game is released :P
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dx9 at last
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when i first saw the thread i thought it was about a delay of the launch
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good thing its not :)
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metro 2033 was very very badely optimised, i hope this one will give us thrill action and good optimisiation :)
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Hope the optimization is good ?
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can't say after the game released :(
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i know realy want to play it :(
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be patient.... :)
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i will you to :)
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Pass....
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:O
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I played Metro 2033 once and almost ran out of ammo :) and bad optimized :( I think I'll pass this one,,
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Real men use melee... :D As for optimization, we still don't know how this one will turn out. Hopefully the devs have learned from their mistakes. Don't knock it till you try it, you know?
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ok, I know.. and so u use melee? I caught a bullet with my hands :D
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...
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settings for me??
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Max, according to these requirements. Hopefully the optimization will be good.
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you had good chance for high setting :)