According to the official PC Requirements list, Watch_Dogs needs at least 6GB of RAM. Well, today I can reveal that there won't be any hard lock mechanism preventing users from playing this game, e... Watch_Dogs Will Run With 4GB RAM
how much vram will it use at 1080 I wonder. whenever a game arrives, the vram usage is the first thing I wanna know about. good news all-the-same as I know some folks were worried about it.
finally games start using more ram its been to long for 8g as standard, there has been no reason to go over 8 gigs for gaming and still isn't there, but in two year i hope theyl start using whole 16 gigs
Games didn´t use more RAM because of consoles and that won´t change anytime sooner. Watch Dogs is gonna use 4GB RAM because they don´t have much more available on current consoles, nothing to do with PC´s available RAM.
4 GB? The default HP PCs I install at work have all 16GB ram. From receptionist to director. So I'm a bit surprised people at home would complain about a AAA title running on 6GB. It's not 2009 anymore, we've got bigger things to run than Windows Vista.
16GB even for office computers? What a waste of money. My laptop and desktop have 6GB and I have yet to run out. RAM is cheap but it's really quite frivolous to buy so much just simply because you can. The money you'd save by dropping 8-10GB would be enough to get an incremental step up for just about anything else in your computer and the memory drop shouldn't affect most of your users. Also if any of these are dual channel systems, you're actually losing performance - the sweet spot is roughly 5-6GB per channel. Anyway, 4GB sounds pretty reasonable for this game, considering the amount of detail that goes into it. However, I'm a bit skeptical - if 4GB is enough to run the game but eventually need a paging file, would you still be safe at 6GB? I'm just concerned about memory leaks.
"I am only asking that will it RUN smoothly on high settings with 4 gb RAM and a gtx 780.. :'(" This guy must not live in the US :s
Why the hell would you only have 4gb of ram with a 780gtx.... 4gb of ram became too little for me years ago :/
Well, take a look at my rig. I can't add more RAM because DDR2 is too expensive, and DDR3 would require to replace motherboard and CPU as well, which I can't afford nowadays. I'm not complaining, I know I won't be able to play Watch Dogs until I upgrade, but hey, now you can see why there's some people who still have 4gb of RAM. And my PC at work has only 2gb... Benefits of living in a third-world country.
My office computer has 16GB and I need it. It depends what you're using your PC for! If there's a memory leak (that occurs regularly), you'll run out of memory eventually with 128GB RAM. If there are memory leaks, they'll soon be fixed.
The minimum is 6GB for proper operation. The high system ram requirements are likely due to the data streaming, and the sheer amount of animations. Last time I heard, the devs were trying to not have loading screens in the game on NG systems; similar to the Witcher 3. Things like this require a lot of memory, because the HDD/SSD isn't fast enough to stream data; especially since you can drive vehicles in the game. If you want to preserve detail in the world around the character while he's moving, the streaming system needs to be very fast otherwise you'll get tons of LOD and texture pop in.
The PC master race disaproves of these low requirements. 12GB DDR3 should be mandatory, so that all can enjoy a superior graphical experience. Unlike these dirty console peasants.
perhaps the first time I've heard the word ram and superior graphical experience in the same sentence. I really wouldn't worry, if you have only 4gb then close down some aps.
No, 12GB should not be mandatory: * The average 32-bit PC user can get away with 1GB (on a well-optimized system), and be very comfortable with 2GB. * The average 64-bit PC user will have a comfortable experience with 3GB. * Playing the average last-gen (xbox360/ps3) console game user can easily work with 4GB, ideally if they don't multitask or leave random programs open. * The average good developer can work effectively with 6GB. * The average gamer can have a comfortable experience with 8GB, as long as nothing is too high-end. * Amateur graphic designers can work effectively with 8GB with good task management. * For everyone else, just keep adding RAM until you stop reaching 100% of non-buffered memory. Making high memory capacities like 12GB a requirement is a terrible idea, because it promotes sloppy code and poor task management. BTW, when I mean average, I mean people who aren't found on websites like this. Also note my comments are not OS specific.
