When they say "4GB-Vram" they mean total V-ram not just GPU dedicated V-ram

[MooP]

UPDATE: Looks like the support guy is wrong!

http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1508448-the-evil-within-releases-next-week-things-to-know/

My email to Bethesda Support

"Hello,
After your announcement for the Evil Within system requirements for PC I have a quick question regarding the amount of V-ram you are asking. I have a GTX 670 with 2GB of "Dedicated Memory" and from the .jpg ( http://i.imgur.com/9GrhYko.jpg ) I have attached in this question it shows I have a total of 4 gigs "Total Available Graphic Memory". Is your 4GB V-ram requirement meant for just dedicated V-ram (ram only on the video card) or total shared V-ram? (As in total video memory) . Thanks for reading my question and I hope to have a reply to it."

-Their reply-

"The 4GB V-ram requirement should mean total shared V-ram on your computer. So from looking at your computer properties, you should be fine for when The Evil Within comes out."

This is what Bethesda support told me when I emailed them this question. I posted a .jpg ( http://i.imgur.com/CyHfSOv.jpg?1 ) of this email if you dont believe me.

Rest of my PC specs are on my steam profile, but i know the main concern people had was the V-ram needed to play this game.

A person on steam named "TESler [RUS]" said this on another forum and I doubted him about the V-ram making me email Bethesda support if this reply correct then he was right, This is how you can check if you have the correct amount of total V-ram needed to play The Evil within on recommended settings.

-TESler [RUS]-
"No. I have GTX 760 with 2 GB of RAM and 4096 mb of VRAM. You can check your VRAM:
Right-click on the Desktop and click Personalize.
Click Display in the bottom left corner of the Window.
Click the Change display settings on the left column.
Click the Advanced settings link to view a windows similar to the example below."
-Quote from "TESler [RUS]-"

This should be on the front page of the forums so if you can people just post a reply "+1" to keep this on the main page or post your comments long as people say something on this thread it will keep it in the front pages.

[iLLmEcHaNiCo]

So awesome. I read this when you posted it. Put me a little at ease. I'll be hanging on to my pre-order and hoping for the best. Thanks for sharing this.

[Angry Pirate]

Was never in danger of canceling my preorder but this put me at peace again after the mini heart attack I had today! Thank you.

[Dr.Metroid]

Can I see the .JPG?
It would be a MASSIVE relief as I have been stressing about this ♥♥♥♥.

[MooP]

Originally posted by Dr.Metroid:

Can I see the .JPG?
It would be a MASSIVE relief as I have been stressing about this ♥♥♥♥.

Here you go http://i.imgur.com/CyHfSOv.jpg?1 I hope this helps I was also on the fence about canceling my preorder!

[Dr.Metroid]

Huge relief, As my Total Available Graphic Memory is 4095.

[KuWanTum]

Hopefully a MOD will make this a sticky...

[MooP]

Originally posted by KuWanTum Binman:

Hopefully a MOD will make this a sticky...

I hope the same, a lot of people are mad about the V-ram specs for this game imo they just announced it wrong for the PC world to understand correctly... If the support person who email me is correct that is....

[KuWanTum]

Originally posted by «(MooP)»™:

Originally posted by KuWanTum Binman:

Hopefully a MOD will make this a sticky...

I hope the same, a lot of people are mad about the V-ram specs for this game imo they just announced it wrong for the PC world to understand correctly... If the support person who email me is correct that is....

Ryse needs 4gb dedicated vram for 4k mode... there is no way EW needs the same to run 1080p.

[Glurk]

Originally posted by AngelGraves13:

VRAM, meaning the RAM on your video card. If all you have is 2 GB, then it's 2 GB.

It'll still work, but won't be "optimal."

+1

Originally posted by KuWanTum Binman:

Originally posted by «(MooP)»™:

I hope the same, a lot of people are mad about the V-ram specs for this game imo they just announced it wrong for the PC world to understand correctly... If the support person who email me is correct that is....

Ryse needs 4gb dedicated vram for 4k mode... there is no way EW needs the same to run 1080p.

Except in case of Dead Rising like optmization...

[KuWanTum]

Originally posted by Glurk:

Originally posted by AngelGraves13:

VRAM, meaning the RAM on your video card. If all you have is 2 GB, then it's 2 GB.

It'll still work, but won't be "optimal."

+1

Originally posted by KuWanTum Binman:

Ryse needs 4gb dedicated vram for 4k mode... there is no way EW needs the same to run 1080p.

Except in case of Dead Rising like optmization...

Well, going off topic a bit but I don't believe that DR3 is a dedicated vram issue. I think they have just completely broken the game engine when trying to port it.

[Dr.Metroid]

Originally posted by AngelGraves13:

VRAM, meaning the RAM on your video card. If all you have is 2 GB, then it's 2 GB.

It'll still work, but won't be "optimal."

Did you not just read what the bethesda rep said?

[Balance']

my Total Available Graphic Memory is 3839 is that good???

[Glurk]

Originally posted by KuWanTum Binman:

Well, going off topic a bit but I don't believe that DR3 is a dedicated vram issue. I think they have just completely broken the game engine when trying to port it.

It was more a general thought, if TEW is badly optimized as DR3, 4BG vam requirement is plausible. I think DR3 is already a mess on console : it's locked on 720p with a crappy framerate.

We should wait Ryse for a real well done port.

Originally posted by Dr.Metroid:

Originally posted by AngelGraves13:

VRAM, meaning the RAM on your video card. If all you have is 2 GB, then it's 2 GB.

It'll still work, but won't be "optimal."

Did you not just read what the bethesda rep said?

Yeah, I won't trust that, it's not from a dev. Plus, did you ever try a mod requiring 4GB of vram on Skyrim ? It doesn't work very well even with the extra shared memory because it's a lot slower to use the "general" RAM than vram (you have micro-freeze or normal freeze and stuff like that).

Anyway, let's just wait for the launch, we'll know soon enough.

[Dr.Metroid]

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. Plus, did you ever try a mod requiring 4GB of vram on Skyrim ? It doesn't work very well even with the extra shared memory because it's a lot slower to use the "general" RAM than vram (you have micro-freeze or normal freeze and stuff like that


Yeah, Because skyrim mods actually do need 4gb of dedicated VRAM.
Hopefully the rep is right and they actually ment shared instead of dedicated.

[demarker]

""The 4GB V-ram requirement should mean total shared V-ram on your computer."

SHOULD?

You do realize that the bethesda guy is clueles about pc hardware right? That he doesnt know what exactly you asking him or how requirments work?

Anyway my gtx660 also has 4gb in the properties.

See the problem is the guy who puts up the requirments doesnt know anything about pc hardare or they have some seriously hard time communicating with the japanesse devs.