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Leaked Watch Dogs PC specifications state 64-bit OS requirement

Ubisoft's "ultra" specification for Watch Dogs on PC also asks for an Nvidia GTX 670 or Radeon HD 7970 graphics card, and an Intel Core i7-3930K or AMD FX-9370 processor.

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Watch Dogs will require PC users to be running a 64-bit operating system, leaked system specs for the game suggest.

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The specifications, which popped up briefly on Ubisoft's Uplay store before being taken down, were archived by NeoGAF, detailing the 64-bit OS requirement alongside the need for 20GB of hard drive space and minimum, recommended, and "ultra" specifications.

The game's minimum specifications require a DirectX 11 graphics card with 1GB RAM, a quad-core CPU, and 4GB of system RAM. The recommended specs are a DX11 GPU with 2GB of RAM, an eight-core CPU, and 8GB of system RAM.

Meanwhile, Ubisoft's "ultra" specs for Watch Dogs recommends over 8GB of system RAM alongside an Nvidia GTX 670 or Radeon HD 7970 graphics card, and an Intel Core i7-3930K or AMD FX-9370 processor.

Ubisoft will released Watch Dogs for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii U on November 19. Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions will also be available at launch.

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Also, how the hell is this going to be playable on X360 and PS4??

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@greenmz I think the PS4 has these specs. You meant the PS3?

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@DIGN @greenmz Ah yes, ofcourse, my bad :P.

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@greenmz ultra low settings.

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@Gamerno6666 @greenmz Trolling aside probably low to medium maybe.

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@Gamerno6666 @greenmz THIS

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@Gamerno6666 @greenmz Haha, jeah, gotta love pc :P

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In b4 PC elitists tells people to get GTX 780 in order to play this game. No way, I rather buy used PS3 then.

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@Gamer3344 get amd's 290x for $1100. :P

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@Gamerno6666 @Gamer3344 ? Both wrong.

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Wow, no DX9? That would suck, since I get much better performance than with DX11 :P.


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Ludicrous requirements

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They never state what screen size these specs are for. Then you get the game and your rig crushes the Ultra settings @ 1080p and check the benchmark sites and find out that the "Recommended" settings are for 1600p or higher resolutions. Or that if you just turn down shadows or SSAO a level down, your FPS doubles.

I never trust these things, especially when they say you'll need some crazy ass i7 processor.

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@red_city SSAO what that?

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@iampenguin @red_city go to www.google.com, and in the search box type SSAO, search, answers will be found.

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@topeira @iampenguin @Lash540 @red_city Thank you good sir/mam

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@iampenguin @Lash540 @red_city SSAO is screen space ambient occlusion. it simulates shadows between two close objects or planes without actually calculating light , but calculating distance. the closer they are - the darker the shadow between them is.

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@Lash540 @iampenguin @red_city the time it took you to write that you could have dont that for me.

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use google. It's a rendering technique for efficiently approximating the computer graphics ambient occlusion effect in real time.

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@iampenguin @red_city

creen space ambient occlusion use the google -.-
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i wonder if the ps4 version is the same as ultra for pc

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@freeformrulz Not likely, as the ps4 version will be already capped at 30 fps.

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@freeformrulz lol. nope

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I'm in! o/

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Damn! those are quite the requirement *sigh

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Meanwhile you'll still be able to play Arkham Origins with 8800GTS.

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@Gamer3344 lol. true, but WD will look so much better....


i hope....

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time for a beefy upgrade.

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Looks like I'm all good for ultra.

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some decent requiremnts

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