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Fallout 76 - PC System Requirements
Bethesda has just sent word with the official PC system requirements for Fallout 76. According to the specs, PC gamers will at least need an Intel Core i7 4790 or an AMD Ryzen 3 1300X with 8GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 or an AMD Radeon R9 285.
Bethesda recommends an Intel Core i7-4790 or an AMD Ryzen 5 1500X with 8GB RAM and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 or an AMD R9 290X. The game will also require 60GB of free hard-disk space.
Fallout 76 (minimum):
Requires 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
Processor: Intel Core i7 4790 3.6 GHz/AMD Ryzen 3 1300X 3.5 GHz or equivalent
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 780 3GB/AMD Radeon R9 285 2GB or equivalent
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 60 GB of free disk spaceFallout 76 (Recommended):
Requires 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 7/8.1/10
Processor: Intel Core i7-4790 3.6 GHz / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5 GHz
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 970 4GB / AMD R9 290X 4GB
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 60 GB of free disk space
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#5600321 Posted on: 10/26/2018 10:02 AM
Doesn't Fallout 4 or Creation kinda cap out at 4 cores anyways? Maybe they've fixed that here though. (Would be nice but I suppose not although it should clear up once it's playable on PC.)
That and Fallout 4 really liked high-speed RAM although I guess that's more common now than when it initially launched so it should help '76 here nicely if it's the same thing.
(Though the 24 players and 4 player groups might see a bigger demand on memory and such this time.)
Doesn't Fallout 4 or Creation kinda cap out at 4 cores anyways? Maybe they've fixed that here though. (Would be nice but I suppose not although it should clear up once it's playable on PC.)
That and Fallout 4 really liked high-speed RAM although I guess that's more common now than when it initially launched so it should help '76 here nicely if it's the same thing.
(Though the 24 players and 4 player groups might see a bigger demand on memory and such this time.)
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#5600323 Posted on: 10/26/2018 10:12 AM
Prob. typo - min. and recommended has same intel cpu.
EDIT: yeah, min has i5 6600k
Prob. typo - min. and recommended has same intel cpu.
EDIT: yeah, min has i5 6600k
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#5600328 Posted on: 10/26/2018 10:41 AM
Heh, weird requirements. It's either random, based on what bethesda has lying around, or this game is very unoptimized as their gamebryo games usually are.
Probably both
Heh, weird requirements. It's either random, based on what bethesda has lying around, or this game is very unoptimized as their gamebryo games usually are.
Probably both
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#5600332 Posted on: 10/26/2018 10:46 AM
Is it my idea or min and recomended specs are very close?
Is it my idea or min and recomended specs are very close?
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#5600344 Posted on: 10/26/2018 11:16 AM
Heh, weird requirements. It's either random, based on what bethesda has lying around, or this game is very unoptimized as their gamebryo games usually are.
Probably both :p
It's Bethesda, unoptimized and buggy are their version of a watermark through their games. Lol
Heh, weird requirements. It's either random, based on what bethesda has lying around, or this game is very unoptimized as their gamebryo games usually are.
Probably both :p
It's Bethesda, unoptimized and buggy are their version of a watermark through their games. Lol
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#5600417 Posted on: 10/26/2018 03:43 PM
Sweet! lets see... i have the OS, the memory amount and the free disk space...... just need a modern computer
Sweet! lets see... i have the OS, the memory amount and the free disk space...... just need a modern computer
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#5600427 Posted on: 10/26/2018 03:58 PM
Those system requirements make no sense to me. Minimum system requirements state a 6th gen Intel (i5 6600K) CPU and recommended require a 4th gen Intel (i7 4790) cpu. Way to do stuff backwards Bethesda. It's no wonder their games are not optimized. Since this is only a beta lets hope they find their mistake and correct it.
Those system requirements make no sense to me. Minimum system requirements state a 6th gen Intel (i5 6600K) CPU and recommended require a 4th gen Intel (i7 4790) cpu. Way to do stuff backwards Bethesda. It's no wonder their games are not optimized. Since this is only a beta lets hope they find their mistake and correct it.
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#5600428 Posted on: 10/26/2018 04:00 PM
more threads.
Either way, these specs hardly ever mean anything.
Those system requirements make no sense to me. Minimum system requirements state a 6th gen Intel (i5 6600K) CPU and recommended require a 4th gen Intel (i7 4790) cpu. Way to do stuff backwards Bethesda. It's no wonder their games are not optimized. Since this is only a beta lets hope they find their mistake and correct it.
more threads.
Either way, these specs hardly ever mean anything.
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#5600439 Posted on: 10/26/2018 04:31 PM
Nope, not any more. Most games are using all cores which is actually due to OS improvements rather than the games themselves. Will it use them efficiently? Who knows. But every game I play on Win 10 uses ALL of my cores.
Umm seems you don't understand the difference between i5s and i7s.
Doesn't Fallout 4 or Creation kinda cap out at 4 cores anyways?
Nope, not any more. Most games are using all cores which is actually due to OS improvements rather than the games themselves. Will it use them efficiently? Who knows. But every game I play on Win 10 uses ALL of my cores.
Those system requirements make no sense to me. Minimum system requirements state a 6th gen Intel (i5 6600K) CPU and recommended require a 4th gen Intel (i7 4790) cpu. Way to do stuff backwards Bethesda. It's no wonder their games are not optimized. Since this is only a beta lets hope they find their mistake and correct it.
Umm seems you don't understand the difference between i5s and i7s.
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#5600524 Posted on: 10/26/2018 10:19 PM
The Creation Engine, even the one in FO4, can handle as many threads as you throw at it. It's just that FO4 was coded with 4 threads in mind, so the base game doesn't really get much help from more. Once you start throwing mods at it, though, having more threads helps tremendously, as the engine will pre-cache more of the game in the background as you go along. The more elements added to the game through mods, the more pre-caching helps.
Worth noting is that FO4 doesn't handle Hyperthreading very well, so them recommending a CPU with HT cores is a bit surprising. In FO4, you can tell the game to use 8 threads on a Core i7, but you get a lot more performance from physical cores than you do logical ones once you have stuff that will utilize them - which is understandable if you know how SMT actually works. A program that is constantly needing to load new elements rather than repeating the same threads will always benefit far less from HT. This may mean they have streamlined the engine to make better use of the CPU cache, which in turn makes SMT work better.
The Creation Engine, even the one in FO4, can handle as many threads as you throw at it. It's just that FO4 was coded with 4 threads in mind, so the base game doesn't really get much help from more. Once you start throwing mods at it, though, having more threads helps tremendously, as the engine will pre-cache more of the game in the background as you go along. The more elements added to the game through mods, the more pre-caching helps.
Worth noting is that FO4 doesn't handle Hyperthreading very well, so them recommending a CPU with HT cores is a bit surprising. In FO4, you can tell the game to use 8 threads on a Core i7, but you get a lot more performance from physical cores than you do logical ones once you have stuff that will utilize them - which is understandable if you know how SMT actually works. A program that is constantly needing to load new elements rather than repeating the same threads will always benefit far less from HT. This may mean they have streamlined the engine to make better use of the CPU cache, which in turn makes SMT work better.
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#5600527 Posted on: 10/26/2018 10:27 PM
Umm seems you don't understand the difference between i5s and i7s.
I get what you mean Joneleth, but it seems strange nonetheless. Why not a 4570K then? The difference isn't even 5% compared to the 6600k, and it's faster than the 1300X (just like the 3570(K), 3770(K), 2600K, maybe even the 2500K)
Why can't those CPU's not run the game if the 1300X can?
Probably they can, but Bethesda doesn't want to support it officially, so they can blame crappy performance on the "unsupported" cpu's instead of the ancient engine.
Umm seems you don't understand the difference between i5s and i7s.
I get what you mean Joneleth, but it seems strange nonetheless. Why not a 4570K then? The difference isn't even 5% compared to the 6600k, and it's faster than the 1300X (just like the 3570(K), 3770(K), 2600K, maybe even the 2500K)
Why can't those CPU's not run the game if the 1300X can?
Probably they can, but Bethesda doesn't want to support it officially, so they can blame crappy performance on the "unsupported" cpu's instead of the ancient engine.
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#5600531 Posted on: 10/26/2018 10:39 PM
I get what you mean Joneleth, but it seems strange nonetheless. Why not a 4570K then? The difference isn't even 5% compared to the 6600k, and it's faster than the 1300X (just like the 3570(K), 3770(K), 2600K, maybe even the 2500K)
Why can't those CPU's not run the game if the 1300X can?
Probably they can, but Bethesda doesn't want to support it officially, so they can blame crappy performance on the "unsupported" cpu's instead of the ancient engine.
My guess? Core speed and CPU cache. The real requirements are probably "minimum 3.7GHz clock speed and 8MB cache", but nobody would know what that means anymore.
I get what you mean Joneleth, but it seems strange nonetheless. Why not a 4570K then? The difference isn't even 5% compared to the 6600k, and it's faster than the 1300X (just like the 3570(K), 3770(K), 2600K, maybe even the 2500K)
Why can't those CPU's not run the game if the 1300X can?
Probably they can, but Bethesda doesn't want to support it officially, so they can blame crappy performance on the "unsupported" cpu's instead of the ancient engine.
My guess? Core speed and CPU cache. The real requirements are probably "minimum 3.7GHz clock speed and 8MB cache", but nobody would know what that means anymore.
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#5600539 Posted on: 10/26/2018 11:15 PM
Bethesda really do need to make a new "from scratch" engine.... Gamebryo just looks so old looking and...... why do they still use it, I mean you need to load outside and inside separately, they need an engine that does both at the same time xD
Bethesda really do need to make a new "from scratch" engine.... Gamebryo just looks so old looking and...... why do they still use it, I mean you need to load outside and inside separately, they need an engine that does both at the same time xD
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Interesting. Intel i7 4790 has 8 threads, Ryzen 1300X has 4 threads. Despite that difference, they are the minimum requirement.