Do I really need an i7?

[Robbiedarza]

Hello there, I was looking at the minimum requirements and it says I need an i7 proceessor.
I only have an i5, do you think it will still play please ?

Many thanks

Robbie

[vhapteR]

I have a I5 2500k @ 4.3 and the game is running just fine. Your cpu just has to be equivalent to the requirement.

[Robbiedarza]

Ok thank you very much

[Sifer2]

The minimum is vastly exaggerated. I'm on a AMD FX 4300 currently, and it still runs at 1080p. Seems like if you got a quad core 3.8 ghz at least it runs. Granted I have not finished the game yet.

[xoxxxoooxo]

The minimum request for an i7 seemed steep to me, because we haven't seen a game truly take advantage of all the new tech in top end processors. Asking for a quad-core processor as a base is just fluff, IMO.

Unless we get another game like Crysis back from the late 2000s.

[Sean8102]

As others have said you def do not need a i7. I have a overclocked i5 3570k and it runs great maxed out at 1080p.

[Minmataro]

I have three PCs in my home. My PC has a Intel i7 4790k 4.0ghz, my second PC has a AMD FX 8530 4.0ghz and my brother has a Amd Phenom IIx6 1100t Cpu 3.3ghz (3.8ghz OC).

All three PCs run the game at 1080p max settings. so no worries imo i3, i5, i7, Amdx4, x6,and x8 cpus are runnign this thing. Also the Vram req is BS also.

[Killbomb]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von vhapter:

I have a I5 2500k @ 4.3 and the game is running just fine. Your cpu just has to be equivalent to the requirement.

I have the same CPU and overclock settings and the game is running fine so far with everything maxed at 1080p. GPU is a GTX 970. Haven't messed with any console commands though and don't plan to for the first playthrough at least so I can't attest as to how it will perform under those conditions.

[Robbiedarza]

Thats great, thanks for all the replies guys.

A big help

Cheers, Robbie

[Konachibi]

I'd say the minimum and recommended specs are a little over-inflated. I'm running this on an AMD Bulldozer 4.2ghz and a Geforce GTX 650 Ti 2 GB and it runs perfectly fine with everything set to maximum (using a 1600x900 1080p HD resolution in Nvidia control panel).
I was expecting some frame-lag like I get with The Witcher 2 but so far it's smooth as silk.

It's seems the frame-rate issues other people are complaining about in the forum and in the game reviews are because they have their resolutions turned up way too high.

[Jack]

The recent trend seems to be to completely over state the system requirements. Wolfenstein, Dead rising 3, Alien isolation and now this.

I have yet to see a game look better than Crysis yet the requirements keep on going up and up for games that honestly do not look or run that great.

[Atermi]

Just FYI, i5 = i7 in terms of games.

[JokiseOlli]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Atermi:

Just FYI, i5 = i7 in terms of games.

I thought people had already learned since all the latest games have "required" an i7. I don't see any difference between my 4770k and the 4670k my brother has.

[Dynablaster]

I learned from a pro a i5 4660 is the cpu you only need as a gamer. when you look at the benchmarks this cpu smashes lower i7s. The rest depends on your grapic card.

So my next pc build will be an i5 4660 for the next 4 to 8 years.

Alien Isoaltion runs on my QuadCore Q8600 on High settings(not ultra) with gtx460OC so i think The Evil within runs too. My currenttly build is equally a little bit better than XBOX360 and PS3 and the game comes out for this platforms too.

What do you think?

[Atermi]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von JokiseOlli:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Atermi:

Just FYI, i5 = i7 in terms of games.

I thought people had already learned since all the latest games have "required" an i7. I don't see any difference between my 4770k and the 4670k my brother has.

Yep, because the difference is not small or non-existant; there is NONE.
i7 performs exactly like i5 in the current games.

[Plaid]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Dynablaster:

I learned from a pro a i5 4660 is the cpu you only need as a gamer. when you look at the benchmarks this cpu smashes lower i7s. The rest depends on your grapic card.

So my next pc build will be an i5 4660 for the next 4 to 8 years.

Alien Isoaltion runs on my QuadCore Q8600 on High settings(not ultra) with gtx460OC so i think The Evil within runs too. My currenttly build is equally a little bit better than XBOX360 and PS3 and the game comes out for this platforms too.

What do you think?

I think 8 years is too optimistic for a PC build. Things are progressing all the time.

If all you want to play is console ports, you might be alright, but the current consoles might not even be around for 8 years.