My [OPINION] Of Fallout 4 System Requirements

[Mako Ruu]

Take great care to notice that I emphasized OPINION.

Firstly, lets take a look at Skyrim's system requirements

Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU.
4GB System RAM.
6GB free HDD space.
DirectX 9 compatible NVIDIA or AMD ATI video card with 1GB of RAM (Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 or higher; ATI Radeon 4890 or higher).

In the past, we've seen Skyrim run on a standard Hyperthreaded Pentium 4. So the Quad Core requirement is over exaggerated.

I, myself, have also played Skyrim on an older GPU that's only a quarter the power of the GTX 260. My old PC had a Core 2 Duo with GT 440, and it could play Skyrim on high settings at 1280x1024.

Todd Howard specifically noted that Fallout 4 runs on a new "next gen" version of his engine. So I assume they just modified the old one to support HDR and Volumetric lighting.

Fallout 4's system requirements should only be a little more than Skyrim's. Bethesda has a wonderful track record of optimizing their games to work with a lot of different hardware.

The follow system requirements are only my opinion as someone who builds recycled computers for gaming. And may or may not reflect the actual system requirements upon release.

Processor: Intel Core i5-750 / AMD Phenom II X4 850
6 GBs System RAM
25 GBs Free HDD Space
DX 10 / 11 Video card with 1 GB of RAM
GeForce GTX 650 or ATI Radeon HD 5770

This is from years of experience in playing video games and building PC's from used or out dated tech. You could easily build a gaming PC for less than $300 that would play Fallout 4.

I only spent $140 building my current PC, and I can play GTA V and Dragon Age Inquisition at very high settings at 1400x1050. A respectable HD resolution. (My monitor doesn't go to 1080.)

In closing. I would like to placate the masses who are forced into believing they need to buy the new GTX 980 ti to play Fallout 4.

Thank you for your time. And probably all your hateful comments.

http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=5013&game=Fallout%204

Game Debate's Projected Fallout 4 system requirements.
These guys are normally pretty close.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tl1yoTMCbM my GTA V video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OiJwpMB-r8 My Dragon Age video.

[The Vaudevillian]

Some fairly solid reasoning. And you're right - all the Gamebryo revisions are surprisingly good even on low-powered hardware. I'm expecting the requirements to be a bit higher than you speculate - but not really by all that much.

And I'm in the sub-1080 club too. I'm moving back and forth too much to be able to afford lugging around a full monitor. Currently on a Steam Machine coupled with a 1200x800 portable screen for my needs. That's high enough to suit me, and the colour reproduction is just beautiful :)

[Brandybuck]

To get it to look at awesome as the previews, you might need that GTX 980. But to play the game with decent graphics you won't need as much. Remember, this game is also being made for current gen consoles. They're not going to do a Witcher 3 and tell all their users to eff off for not being l33t enough.

[Mako Ruu]

Originally posted by Some Guy In A Waistcoat:

Some fairly solid reasoning. And you're right - all the Gamebryo revisions are surprisingly good even on low-powered hardware. I'm expecting the requirements to be a bit higher than you speculate - but not really by all that much.

And I'm in the sub-1080 club too. I'm moving back and forth too much to be able to afford lugging around a full monitor. Currently on a Steam Machine coupled with a 1200x800 portable screen for my needs. That's high enough to suit me, and the colour reproduction is just beautiful :)

That's definitely still an enjoyable resolution. Especially if you're moving about a lot like you said. I'd rather have a tripple A quality monitor at 1280x1024 than a B quality monitor at 1800x1200.

Originally posted by Brandybuck:

To get it to look at awesome as the previews, you might need that GTX 980. But to play the game with decent graphics you won't need as much. Remember, this game is also being made for current gen consoles. They're not going to do a Witcher 3 and tell all their users to eff off for not being l33t enough.

I'm sure the E3 trailers where shot on quad SLI Titans at 4k.

But I'll tell you something. The amount of 4k users in PC Gaming is less than twenty five percent. I'm sure a 500 or 600 series GPU can handle Fallout 4 at medium to high settings at 1080.

You have to think, 1280x1024 is almost sixty percent less work than 1920x1080. I believe that older GPU's would be able to run the game very well. I'm really looking forward to it.

[Incunabulum]

Originally posted by Mako Ruu:

My [OPINION] Of Fallout 4 System Requirements

Whatever the XBone/PS4 have under the hood will be the middle-of-the-road requirements to run at 60FPS/1080p/med to med-high settings.

[Reddin]

Anyone have any recommendations on a CPU within the $200-250 range? Looking at Fallout 4, it looks like I'm going to want to download a mod that increases the spawn rate to an unnecessary extent

[Mako Ruu]

Originally posted by Incunabulum:

Originally posted by Mako Ruu:

My [OPINION] Of Fallout 4 System Requirements

Whatever the XBone/PS4 have under the hood will be the middle-of-the-road requirements to run at 60FPS/1080p/med to med-high settings.

I'm not one of those butt-dudes who's like.. All in your face about PC's and Consoles.

If you play games, the medium you choose doesn't matter. I would have all of them if I could afford it. (There are some console exclusive games I want to play but I just can't afford both right now.) But I wrote this to give PC gamers an idea of what to shoot for.

Originally posted by Captain Pryk:

Anyone have any recommendations on a CPU within the $200-250 range? Looking at Fallout 4, it looks like I'm going to want to download a mod that increases the spawn rate to an unnecessary extent

Depends on the socket you're using. There are still some Core 2 Quad CPU's that perform just fine for intensive programs and games.

[Incunabulum]

Originally posted by Mako Ruu:

Originally posted by Incunabulum:

Whatever the XBone/PS4 have under the hood will be the middle-of-the-road requirements to run at 60FPS/1080p/med to med-high settings.

I'm not one of those butt-dudes who's like.. All in your face about PC's and Consoles.

If you play games, the medium you choose doesn't matter. I would have all of them if I could afford it. (There are some console exclusive games I want to play but I just can't afford both right now.) But I wrote this to give PC gamers an idea of what to shoot for.

Originally posted by Captain Pryk:

Anyone have any recommendations on a CPU within the $200-250 range? Looking at Fallout 4, it looks like I'm going to want to download a mod that increases the spawn rate to an unnecessary extent

Depends on the socket you're using. There are still some Core 2 Quad CPU's that perform just fine for intensive programs and games.

And what to shoot for is something that equals or exceeds the console hardware. People keep speculating on 'what's require' when there's no need to speculate. Its a port from console to PC - meet or beat the console hardware and you can meet or beat the console graphics.

[HippeusOmega]

Would be nice if those were the reasonable system specs. Cause I defintely get it for PC instead of PS4.

[Dave1029]

No way in hell. DX 9 wasn't demanding *at all*... DX 11 can bring GPU's to their knees. See the difference is that Skyrim came out as DX 9 died. Meaning graphics cards were powerful compared to games then. DX 12 isn't even out yet, so DX 11 is still in full swing. Expect to need a GTX 960 bare minimum if you want 45+ fps at high settings and a powerful 4-8 core i7. AMD (CPU's not GPU's obviously) won't even stand a chance if it's anything like last time.

[Mako Ruu]

Originally posted by HippeusOmega:

Would be nice if those were the reasonable system specs. Cause I defintely get it for PC instead of PS4.

I built my gaming PC for $140, mate. lol

[Mako Ruu]

And what to shoot for is something that equals or exceeds the console hardware. People keep speculating on 'what's require' when there's no need to speculate. Its a port from console to PC - meet or beat the console hardware and you can meet or beat the console graphics.

Any quad core CPU on today's sockets will out perform the processors on consoles. They aren't built the same. A desktop Processor is designed for every day tasks while a video game console processor is only designed to play video games.

Anything from the i3 line will handle any game that's out right now and will come out in the next few years.

I suggest the 1366 socket with a Xeon W5590. A hyper threaded quad core at 3.34 Ghz. The CPU itself retails for about $45 on eBay.

Or the X5650, a hyper threaded six core that goes for about $75. (You'll need to pick up an old workstation with the 1366 socket. Such as the Dell Precision T3500 or the HP z400/600. )

[Mako Ruu]

Originally posted by Dave1029:

No way in hell. DX 9 wasn't demanding *at all*... DX 11 can bring GPU's to their knees. See the difference is that Skyrim came out as DX 9 died. Meaning graphics cards were powerful compared to games then. DX 12 isn't even out yet, so DX 11 is still in full swing. Expect to need a GTX 960 bare minimum if you want 45+ fps at high settings and a powerful 4-8 core i7. AMD (CPU's not GPU's obviously) won't even stand a chance if it's anything like last time.

You need to do more research, mate. My GTX 650 ti can handle any of my games on very high settings around 60 fps. Check out my videos. The 960 is great for a budget, but the 680 is better. And the 770 is even better than that.

The Pentium G3258 is a dual core CPU with no hyper threading, and it will handle Witcher 3.

I very strongly doubt that you will need an i7 and a 900 series GPU to play Fallout 4.

[Godhand Himself]

so even ♥♥♥♥♥♥ computers like mine will be able to run it?

[Mako Ruu]

Originally posted by Flem:

so even ♥♥♥♥♥♥ computers like mine will be able to run it?

What kind of computer do you have? Components, I mean.

[Godhand Himself]

Originally posted by Mako Ruu:

Originally posted by Flem:

so even ♥♥♥♥♥♥ computers like mine will be able to run it?

What kind of computer do you have? Components, I mean.

Nvidia GeForce GT 520
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Processors (x4)
4GB Ram