Is Shadow the most demanding PC game?

[Sora]

I've heard that on max settings it's over 5 gigs of VRAM. That is utterly insane. You need an 8 gig card to effectively manage that. I have a 6 gig card and I can push it up to "High" if I really want to but the framerate takes a hit.

[Sunwave]

There are cards out there with 11gig already. And 8 gig card is not THAT crazy anymore. Still "a bit" expensive though. I certainly don't have one.
But hey, it doesn't matter. Why? Because it's not MEANT to be played on the most insane graphics by everyone. It's just an option they put in for the people that enjoy spending money on their gaming systems. You can just as well put the graphics on medium-high and enjoy the game that way. They're definitely not bad graphics even if you do that. So no need to complain.

The game is not that demanding. RISE was horribly demanding, but they learned from that mistake. This game can be decently played my most systems. At least, regarding on how demanding it is (there are still other bugs though).

[Sobrio]

On my gtx970 with max settings except textures (high) get 45-55 fps

And BTAO instead of HBAO+

[Sunwave]

Then don't put it on max settings is what I just said. =/ If they bring out a game A, and then game B which is EXACTLY the same game except with *optional* higher graphics, which one is better?

EDIT: And I might add, I can't play it on max settings either, so no, I'm not defending it because of such a reason.

[Revelene]

There are more demanding games out there.

This game actually runs rather well for me, even when pushing ultra settings at 1440p. It actually runs better than RotTR.

[ZedameX]

FFXV see's more resources used.
With FFXV and OBS open, I managed to prerty much max out the 1080ti's 11gb vram and 30gb of system RAM

[Bloomer0069]

This game is easy to run on MAX. But can you run CRYSIS ... ? :)

[Sam]

Originally posted by Bloomer0069:

This game is easy to run on MAX. But can you run CRYSIS ... ? :)

Yep, with max settings although I take a hit in the cave with the creatures.

[sling_shot]

to me, a "really demanding pc game" is when you can't even get solid 60fps at minimum settings at the lowest possible resolution on any mid/high tier machine.
this game clearly isn't that.

[johann]

rise of the tomb raider can use up to 10 gig vram for ultra textures, much more than shadow. So you need a 1080ti for rise with ultra textures. stutters on 8 gig cards.

[Narco Reus]

High VRAM usage doesn't necessarily mean 'demanding', but yeah, Rise of the Tomb Raider used 7.8GB of my 1080's VRAM on ultra settings, 2560x1440, SSAA on 4X,

[Sora]

Wow, I had no idea Rise was so massive. Maybe Shadow is a close second then. I was able to run Rise just fine so I guess I shouldn't complain too much. Anyway, although Shadow is demanding I'm pretty sure I can do a good 60-ish fps at "high" settings.

[Revelene]

Originally posted by johann:

rise of the tomb raider can use up to 10 gig vram for ultra textures, much more than shadow. So you need a 1080ti for rise with ultra textures. stutters on 8 gig cards.

Runs just fine with ultra settings and 1440p resolution on my GTX 1080. Not having any stuttering whatsoever with 8GB vram.

[ChickenBalls]

Originally posted by Sobrio:

On my gtx970 with max settings except textures (high) get 45-55 fps

And BTAO instead of HBAO+

That's far from "max settings"
I ditched the GTX 970 when it couldn't hit 60 fps at 1080p in Rise of the Tomb Raider.
I'd say for Rise of the Tomb Raider you'd need at least a GTX 1070 / GTX 980Ti
For this game a GTX 1080 Ti / RTX 2080
Time to say bye bye to my GTX 1080

[Sunwave]

Originally posted by ChickenBalls:

Originally posted by Sobrio:

On my gtx970 with max settings except textures (high) get 45-55 fps

And BTAO instead of HBAO+

That's far from "max settings"
I ditched the GTX 970 when it couldn't hit 60 fps at 1080p in Rise of the Tomb Raider.
I'd say for Rise of the Tomb Raider you'd need at least a GTX 1070 / GTX 980Ti
For this game a GTX 1080 Ti / RTX 2080
Time to say bye bye to my GTX 1080

Excuse me? This game requires lower hardware than Rise. I haven't changed hardware since, and I had to turn down Rise all the way down to low settings, and for Shadow I can *almost* put everything on max, except for two or three of the mroe demanding options.

Maybe on the ABSOLUTE MAX it might be that Shadow is more demanding, but overall it runs much more smoothly.

[Narco Reus]

Originally posted by ChickenBalls:

Originally posted by Sobrio:

On my gtx970 with max settings except textures (high) get 45-55 fps

And BTAO instead of HBAO+

That's far from "max settings"
I ditched the GTX 970 when it couldn't hit 60 fps at 1080p in Rise of the Tomb Raider.
I'd say for Rise of the Tomb Raider you'd need at least a GTX 1070 / GTX 980Ti
For this game a GTX 1080 Ti / RTX 2080
Time to say bye bye to my GTX 1080

Shadow is far less demanding that Rise, DX12 is also implemented correctly this time around.