Note: We do not have a list of minimum requirements for the game. If you're trying to play with a rig with settings below these requirements (you should plan to have 4 GBs of VRAM regardless), we cannot guarantee optimal performance.
Talking with folks on the team, you can give it a go with 2 GB VRAM, but it's definitely not recommended. As mentioned in the blog post, we're not posting minimum requirements, because we're looking to share requirements that show the game the way it was meant to be played.
oct 2 update:
and apparently it was all a lie
Quote:
Minimum requirements for The Evil Within can now be found below. You won't be experiencing the game at 1080p and you'll likely need to turn off some features, but you will still be able to have a great experience with the game.
Minimum Requirements
OS: windows 7/8.1
GPU: GTX 460 or an equivalent 1 GB VRAM card
CPU: i7 or an equivalent 4+ core processor
RAM: 4 GB
HDD: 50 GB
Seems like what you're expect for a Japanese developer porting to PC under the eyes of Bethsoft. Can't have much confidence in that arrangement and these absurd specs are just part of that.
Interested in seeing benchmarks between i5 & i7 on this, whether hyperthreading is actually needed, I would be surprised if it did. I bet overclocked i5s will be fine.
Bought Titans last year, best GPU purchase I ever made, despite all the negativity around the 1K price tag. here I am year and a half later still spanking 980s(reference) and not worrying about vram.
consoles are running on 8 Gb RAM on a low end tablet CPU + a mid end GPU. Assuming the system ram take up to 3-4GB, that still leaves 4Gb on Vram @ 720p/1080p for Game developers to play with, they could very well optimize the game with high resolution textures & other stuff.
if PC owners are going to run higher resolution with AA applied, dont be surprise that u would be needing 6-8Gb vram.
basically games in the future will be optimized for
low 8 threaded CPU
high RAM/VRAM usage
mid end GPU speed.
A bit OT, but out of sheer curiosity I just watched the trailer/gameplay videos. I'm all for a decent horror game but what is this? Clearly running off ideas from F.E.A.R., Amnesia, and throwing in a very poor combat system (imo). The trailer and initial gameplay lack context, and the first play through scene contradicts itself many times over through the movement of this random chainsaw dude; he's a dumb oaf while your actually in game, yet in cutscenes he's flying down hallways bloodthirsty as all heck? I don't get how this could have any appeal to someone...
Looks decent graphically otherwise, bar the character models.
My 270 and 6300 really aren't cutting it. I guess I better splurge and grab a 970 and 4690k. Hell, maybe I'll be really irresponsible and buy the 4790k.
Bought Titans last year, best GPU purchase I ever made, despite all the negativity around the 1K price tag. here I am year and a half later still spanking 980s(reference) and not worrying about vram.
Why? If it's for textures, then after a point, it's just a waste. You can only see so much resolution on a 1080P monitor.
If it's for fancy shmancy image quality improvements, then isn't it just as likely that you'll run out of GPU power before VRAM usage? Even current games with GREAT texture resolution work with less than 6GB VRAM on 3-monitor surround.
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