Is FC4 a lot more demanding than FC3? :: Far Cry 4 General Discussions

-=SOF=-WID99 has Far Cry 4

Nov 6, 2015 @ 9:21am

YES as it requires a Quad core CPU...... Dual cores are not supported
Memory your can install it if you have at least 4 gig i would reccomend you have 8 gig
you also will need a Decent Direct X 11 Graphics Card with at least a gig of DDR 5 Ram as some laptop ones are not supported as they fall below the minimum system requirements , Hardware wise .
you also must have a 64 bit operating system . thats another thing that was not required for Far Cry 3 ..it is with Far Cry 4

Minimum supported Intel CPU is a quad core
http://ark.intel.com/products/42915/Intel-Core-i5-750-Processor-8M-Cache-2_66-GHz
# of Cores 4
# of Threads 4

Minimum supported AMD CPU is a quad core
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K10/AMD-Phenom%20II%20X4%20955%20Black%20Edition%20-%20HDZ955FBK4DGM%20(HDZ955FBGMBOX).html
The number of cores 4
The number of threads 4

Far Cry 4 Minimum Requirements
MINIMUM
OS: Windows® 7 (SP1) / Windows® 8 / Windows® 8.1 / (64-bit only)
Processor: 2.6 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-750 or 3.2 GHz AMD Phenom™ II X4 955 <---*note* both are Quad core CPU's
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD5850 (1 GB VRAM)
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 30 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX-compatible
Additional Notes: Windows-compatible keyboard, mouse, optional controller.

RECOMMENDED:
OS: Windows® 7 (SP1) / Windows® 8 / Windows® 8.1 / (64-bit only)
Processor: 2.5 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-2400S or 4.0 GHz AMD FX-8350 or better
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon R9 290X or better (2 GB VRAM)
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 30 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX-compatible
Additional Notes: Supported video cards at the time of release: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or better, GeForce GTX 700 series; AMD Radeon HD5850 or better, Radeon R9 series.

Note: Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT officially supported.

Last edited by -=SOF=-WID99; Nov 6, 2015 @ 9:24am

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-=SOF=-WID99 has Far Cry 4

Nov 6, 2015 @ 9:34am

also to see how demanding the game can be even with a modern graphics card see this reveiw
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2015/01/07/far_cry_4_video_card_performance_review/1#.VjzkifmrQdV

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*| Lion Heart |* Nov 6, 2015 @ 11:16am

Originally posted by -=SOF=-WID99:
YES as it requires a Quad core CPU...... Dual cores are not supported
Memory your can install it if you have at least 4 gig i would reccomend you have 8 gig
you also will need a Decent Direct X 11 Graphics Card with at least a gig of DDR 5 Ram as some laptop ones are not supported as they fall below the minimum system requirements , Hardware wise .
you also must have a 64 bit operating system . thats another thing that was not required for Far Cry 3 ..it is with Far Cry 4

Minimum supported Intel CPU is a quad core
http://ark.intel.com/products/42915/Intel-Core-i5-750-Processor-8M-Cache-2_66-GHz
# of Cores 4
# of Threads 4

Minimum supported AMD CPU is a quad core
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K10/AMD-Phenom%20II%20X4%20955%20Black%20Edition%20-%20HDZ955FBK4DGM%20(HDZ955FBGMBOX).html
The number of cores 4
The number of threads 4

Far Cry 4 Minimum Requirements
MINIMUM
OS: Windows® 7 (SP1) / Windows® 8 / Windows® 8.1 / (64-bit only)
Processor: 2.6 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-750 or 3.2 GHz AMD Phenom™ II X4 955 <---*note* both are Quad core CPU's
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD5850 (1 GB VRAM)
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 30 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX-compatible
Additional Notes: Windows-compatible keyboard, mouse, optional controller.

RECOMMENDED:
OS: Windows® 7 (SP1) / Windows® 8 / Windows® 8.1 / (64-bit only)
Processor: 2.5 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-2400S or 4.0 GHz AMD FX-8350 or better
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon R9 290X or better (2 GB VRAM)
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 30 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX-compatible
Additional Notes: Supported video cards at the time of release: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or better, GeForce GTX 700 series; AMD Radeon HD5850 or better, Radeon R9 series.

Note: Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT officially supported.

Hi M8, I know all that...
and yes the question was about a intel quad core cpu, ram and gpu are all above specs, only worry is the CPU at 2.4...thats why I asked if anyone actually used such setups...I know what the min/rec specs are...

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-=SOF=-WID99 has Far Cry 4

Nov 6, 2015 @ 12:07pm

i use a core 2 Quad Q6600 with an Asus Strix gtx 960 ... game works fine in 1080 P as long as ya have a quad core (i have another system with a Q9650 3.0 Ghz too @ my brothers house ..also has a GTX 960 tho right now it has a AMD R 9 270 X still in it i think ... i have not used it in a few months i been letting him use that as i also have yet another system its a Dell with a Q6600 and an AMD HD 7750 as a back up in my bedroom)

if that helps answer your question .. i get about avg 40 to 50 FPS for a GTX 960 so there does not seem to be much if any bottleneck using my old core 2 quad

the system with the 7750 card i run the game with med textures in 720 P never checked FPS
or bothered to bench it .. it runs decent enough to play up to 1600 X 900

i have 8 gig of DDR 2 800 ram as well and run on Win 10 Pro 64 on my two system with the GTX 960's and run with most settings on Ultra

the Dell with theQ6600 and 7750 system runs win 7 64 bit and 6 gig of ram and run it on like i said medium detail settings (cant fit the R9 270x in that box tho)

if you have a similar Intel CPU you should be ok sir (on an AMD quad core i dunno as i do also have a laptop with an A10 5750 / AMD 8650 G quad core CPU but the video card in it sucks ,, only plays on low settings )

i posted the way i did as alot of people buy the game and try to run it on Dual core CPU's they will not work as many of the games assests seem to run off core #3

if you open the map edit program it seems to shift to the #4 core at least on my setup

and the system requirements for this game are higher then they were for Far Cry 3 as this game uses a more modified version of the Dunia 2 engine

many seem to think just because it has the same engine that the system requirements should be the same ..they are not

a few Intel Hyperthreaded Dual core cpu's have been reported to work fine as well ... like some I3's but with slightly reduced performance as the 3rd CPU core is a hypertheaded one on those CPU's

Last edited by -=SOF=-WID99; Nov 6, 2015 @ 1:10pm

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Dick Chungus has Far Cry 4

Nov 6, 2015 @ 1:08pm

Originally posted by -=SOF=-WID99:
YES as it requires a Quad core CPU...... Dual cores are not supported

Far Cry 4 Minimum Requirements
MINIMUM
OS: Windows® 7 (SP1) / Windows® 8 / Windows® 8.1 / (64-bit only)
Processor: 2.6 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-750 or 3.2 GHz AMD Phenom™ II X4 955 <---*note* both are Quad core CPU's

WTF... I have dual core i3-3240... I ran the game without any problems... When 2 quad core cards listed that doesnt automatically mean that dual cores are not supported... We have a hardware badass here... You can wipe your ass with those links...

Last edited by Dick Chungus; Nov 6, 2015 @ 1:08pm

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-=SOF=-WID99 has Far Cry 4

Nov 6, 2015 @ 1:13pm

Originally posted by Morbo:
Originally posted by -=SOF=-WID99:
YES as it requires a Quad core CPU...... Dual cores are not supported

Far Cry 4 Minimum Requirements
MINIMUM
OS: Windows® 7 (SP1) / Windows® 8 / Windows® 8.1 / (64-bit only)
Processor: 2.6 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-750 or 3.2 GHz AMD Phenom™ II X4 955 <---*note* both are Quad core CPU's
WTF... I have dual core i3-3240... I ran the game without any problems... When 2 quad core cards listed that doesnt automatically mean that dual cores are not supported... We have a hardware badass here... You can wipe your ass with those links...

if you read my last post i did say yes some Intel I 3's do work ..they are not supported but yes they will work ..the same cant be said of several hyperthreded AMD Dual / tri core cpu's
or be said of the Pentium G series Dual cores

bottom line i try to buy an Intel Always over AMD and yes my old Core 2 Quad i did not expect to work with the game ..but it does

and i cant count how many posts i have answered in this and other forums from people that think the game will run on the laptop they bought for $500

Last edited by -=SOF=-WID99; Nov 6, 2015 @ 1:19pm

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Dick Chungus has Far Cry 4

Nov 6, 2015 @ 1:16pm

Originally posted by -=SOF=-WID99:
Originally posted by Morbo:
WTF... I have dual core i3-3240... I ran the game without any problems... When 2 quad core cards listed that doesnt automatically mean that dual cores are not supported... We have a hardware badass here... You can wipe your ass with those links...
if you read my last post i did say yes some Intel I 3's do work ..they are not supported but yes they will work ..the same cant be said of several hyperthreded AMD Dual core cpu's

Originally posted by -=SOF=-WID99:
a few Intel Hyperthreaded Dual core cpu's have been reported to work fine as well ... like some I3's but with slightly reduced performance as the 3rd CPU core is a hypertheaded one on those CPU's

Now I see it, my bad.

Last edited by Dick Chungus; Nov 6, 2015 @ 1:16pm

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-=SOF=-WID99 has Far Cry 4

Nov 6, 2015 @ 1:22pm

belive me i was shocked the day i installed the game on Nov 18th of last yr and it ran on my old Q6600 system .. i can also run the Withcer 3 pretty well too .... so i put off building an I 5 / i 7 system and just upgraded my vid card .. do i plan on building a new system? .. yes once prices go down again after the holidays

i found out a long time ago staying on the cutting edge of tech you usually get burnt ..i still have a system in my storage room with voodoo 5 5500 in it ..that card alone was $550 ..it lasted what ? a year ......if that ? ..never again will i try to build a $2k + system ..hell back then you didnt even wanna see what ram prices were

i take your comment as me being a hardware badass as a compliment too sir .. i have been building computers since 1981 ..my first job was working for commodore building Vic 20's
so you can say i kinda have a lil bit of experience ...with computers

Last edited by -=SOF=-WID99; Nov 6, 2015 @ 1:32pm

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*| Lion Heart |* Nov 6, 2015 @ 3:54pm

Originally posted by -=SOF=-WID99:
i use a core 2 Quad Q6600 with an Asus Strix gtx 960 ... game works fine in 1080 P as long as ya have a quad core (i have another system with a Q9650 3.0 Ghz too @ my brothers house ..also has a GTX 960 tho right now it has a AMD R 9 270 X still in it i think ... i have not used it in a few months i been letting him use that as i also have yet another system its a Dell with a Q6600 and an AMD HD 7750 as a back up in my bedroom)

if that helps answer your question .. i get about avg 40 to 50 FPS for a GTX 960 so there does not seem to be much if any bottleneck using my old core 2 quad

the system with the 7750 card i run the game with med textures in 720 P never checked FPS
or bothered to bench it .. it runs decent enough to play up to 1600 X 900

i have 8 gig of DDR 2 800 ram as well and run on Win 10 Pro 64 on my two system with the GTX 960's and run with most settings on Ultra

the Dell with theQ6600 and 7750 system runs win 7 64 bit and 6 gig of ram and run it on like i said medium detail settings (cant fit the R9 270x in that box tho)

if you have a similar Intel CPU you should be ok sir (on an AMD quad core i dunno as i do also have a laptop with an A10 5750 / AMD 8650 G quad core CPU but the video card in it sucks ,, only plays on low settings )

i posted the way i did as alot of people buy the game and try to run it on Dual core CPU's they will not work as many of the games assests seem to run off core #3

if you open the map edit program it seems to shift to the #4 core at least on my setup

and the system requirements for this game are higher then they were for Far Cry 3 as this game uses a more modified version of the Dunia 2 engine

many seem to think just because it has the same engine that the system requirements should be the same ..they are not

a few Intel Hyperthreaded Dual core cpu's have been reported to work fine as well ... like some I3's but with slightly reduced performance as the 3rd CPU core is a hypertheaded one on those CPU's

Thanks for the info, I was planing on upgrading to a Q9650...but could not find one at a decent price, and I have the same spu you mentioned with a better GPU...so looks like it should run fine.

Thanks for all the info.

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*| Lion Heart |* Nov 6, 2015 @ 3:57pm

Originally posted by -=SOF=-WID99:
belive me i was shocked the day i installed the game on Nov 18th of last yr and it ran on my old Q6600 system .. i can also run the Withcer 3 pretty well too .... so i put off building an I 5 / i 7 system and just upgraded my vid card .. do i plan on building a new system? .. yes once prices go down again after the holidays

i found out a long time ago staying on the cutting edge of tech you usually get burnt ..i still have a system in my storage room with voodoo 5 5500 in it ..that card alone was $550 ..it lasted what ? a year ......if that ? ..never again will i try to build a $2k + system ..hell back then you didnt even wanna see what ram prices were

i take your comment as me being a hardware badass as a compliment too sir .. i have been building computers since 1981 ..my first job was working for commodore building Vic 20's
so you can say i kinda have a lil bit of experience ...with computers

Agreed, the Q6600 was and still is an amazing cpu, I did not even think of overclocking it yet...was rather hoping to find a Q9650 and oc that, if needed...but so far I did not like the prices...and I agree as to the "i" series, its not worth it yet... I might hold off untill 2017, or atleast to see what AMD brings to the table...although I doubt they will really turn the tables on intel. So far the last best investment I can reccomend to all is a good SSD, it really helps out a lot (not only in gaming)

if you dont mind me asking waht frames are you getting in witcher 3? Was thinking on holding off on its purcahse till I upgrade my CPU atleast to a Q9650. Since I bet my gpu shoul dbe fine with atleast medium high, or high visuals.

Last edited by *| Lion Heart |*; Nov 6, 2015 @ 3:59pm

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-=SOF=-WID99 has Far Cry 4

Nov 6, 2015 @ 4:14pm

with the witcher 3 and my q 6600 + GTX 960 was about 30 to 40 FPS with high settings ..yea i need a better CPU for that game ..(yes i think i ran it in lower then 1080 P) but i also did not try to overclock my Q6600 yet with that title ( i can easily i just choose not to as i really dont play it alot an 40's is ok for me..and really i dont like the game or play it much)

Witcher 3 i got free with my GTX 960 (non Steam game )

and yes these old Q6600's are tanks and over clock very well .. the Intel 9650 's CPUs are dropping in price .. my brother paid like $120 for the one in my other system .. i have seen em drop lower ..but i'd still rather have an I 5 or I 7 and move up to DDR 3 ..but for now what i have .....has been working

i dunno if you are in the USA but lowest price i saw for the Q 9650 was here .. the Q 9550
intel CPU is under $60 US $
https://starmicroinc.net/intel-cpu-processors/intel-desktop-cpu/intel-core-2-quad/

the Q9650 my brother bought was priced well over $120 ..its down lower that now and you can find em on e bay and even amazon for under $80 ..again depends on if your mother board and bios support em ..and no matter what .. your better off going to an I 5 / I 7 sytem and DDR 3 / 4

but to answer your question yes ...FAR CRY 4 runs fine on an old Q6600 if you have a good vid card

if you have a GTX 970 or an amd R 9 380 ,,yea your gonna see a bottleneck .........and you will be like me thinking .. yea its time to upgrade to get over 1080 P

Last edited by -=SOF=-WID99; Nov 6, 2015 @ 4:37pm

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*| Lion Heart |* Nov 6, 2015 @ 5:13pm

Originally posted by -=SOF=-WID99:
with the witcher 3 and my q 6600 + GTX 960 was about 30 to 40 FPS with high settings ..yea i need a better CPU for that game ..(yes i think i ran it in lower then 1080 P) but i also did not try to overclock my Q6600 yet with that title ( i can easily i just choose not to as i really dont play it alot an 40's is ok for me..and really i dont like the game or play it much)

Witcher 3 i got free with my GTX 960 (non Steam game )

and yes these old Q6600's are tanks and over clock very well .. the Intel 9650 's CPUs are dropping in price .. my brother paid like $120 for the one in my other system .. i have seen em drop lower ..but i'd still rather have an I 5 or I 7 and move up to DDR 3 ..but for now what i have .....has been working

i dunno if you are in the USA but lowest price i saw for the Q 9650 was here .. the Q 9550
intel CPU is under $60 US $
https://starmicroinc.net/intel-cpu-processors/intel-desktop-cpu/intel-core-2-quad/

the Q9650 my brother bought was priced well over $120 ..its down lower that now and you can find em on e bay and even amazon for under $80 ..again depends on if your mother board and bios support em ..and no matter what .. your better off going to an I 5 / I 7 sytem and DDR 3 / 4

but to answer your question yes ...FAR CRY 4 runs fine on an old Q6600 if you have a good vid card

if you have a GTX 970 or an amd R 9 380 ,,yea your gonna see a bottleneck .........and you will be like me thinking .. yea its time to upgrade to get over 1080 P

I saw the Q9650 out for $60 was still contemplating and it was gone on amazon...now its around $70/$80...kind of regret not jumping on it ..but oh well, its not like its super important..its only gaming ;) I planned to get a 9650 so that I could comfortably wait for the 8 core cpu's to come out in 2016 or 2017...ish...and then be good for another 6 /10+ years :)

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-=SOF=-WID99 has Far Cry 4

Nov 6, 2015 @ 5:43pm

but you still need an I 5 or i 7 to get ddr 3 support ..you won't get even a year as old socket 775 tech = old

thats why i didnt upgrade yet ..if ya want 6 to 10 YEARS

i have no clue on where we will be

but i do know socket 775 is outdated and no longer has suppport

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*| Lion Heart |* Nov 6, 2015 @ 6:19pm

Originally posted by -=SOF=-WID99:
but you still need an I 5 or i 7 to get ddr 3 support ..you won't get even a year as old socket 775 tech = old

thats why i didnt upgrade yet ..if ya want 6 to 10 YEARS i have no clue on where we will be

but i do know socket 775 is outdated and no longer has suppport

I know but a 9650 will get me a nice 2 more years...atleast one, if I OC it to about 3.4 or so. After that ill go for an octacore. Somethig that will come after Cabylake, since current skylake is underwhelming...and by the looks of things well see a nice jump to 8 cores being more common in 2.5 to 3 years. After all 775 shipsets were around back i 2006...so 10 years from a single mobo is not bad ;-) I upped from dual core before, to quad,but a faster quad with some oc should give me anoher 2 years (stretchign it till proper cpu's arrive on the market)
Since frankly there arent any games out there that I really even want to play so far for 2015, or 2016...maybe besides the ashes of singularity game, but so far it feels like its more of a tech demo than a proper game from what I heard...

Last edited by *| Lion Heart |*; Nov 6, 2015 @ 6:22pm

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