Watch Dogs Ultra System Requirements Released

[AphexDreamer]

My i7-4770

What are your settings? You seem to use a few hundred MB more RAM than I.

 

[Durvelle27]

What are your settings? You seem to use a few hundred MB more RAM than I.

All Ultra
HBAO+High
2xMSAA
2560x1080

 

[Frag_Maniac]

I can confirm that the disable page file command helps smooth out driving some, but it's still in serious need of that promised performance patch.

 

[Solaris17]

Thanks a bunch! it seems they were right about the system requirements it looks like in the system memory department its actually not that bad but probably rough for the now ageing 4GB standard but the CPU usage even on highend chips gets pretty nasty at points. considering the program measures process usage not system usage.

 

[AphexDreamer]

Thanks a bunch! it seems they were right about the system requirements it looks like in the system memory department its actually not that bad but probably rough for the now ageing 4GB standard but the CPU usage even on highend chips gets pretty nasty at points. considering the program measures process usage not system usage.

It seemed to use more of the Intel CPU then it did my AMD CPU, think that is negligible?

EDIT:

Probably circumstantial?

 

[Solaris17]

It seemed to use more of the Intel CPU then it did my AMD CPU, think that is negligible?

I think that is chance.

 

[INSTG8R]

I can confirm that the disable page file command helps smooth out driving some, but it's still in serious need of that promised performance patch.

I am on Uplay so I don't have the convenience of Steams launch options to try that one. That said it does drop down to 30FPS while driving but it's totally liveable, no "stutter"

 

[AphexDreamer]

I am on Uplay so I don't have the convenience of Steams launch options to try that one. That said it does drop down to 30FPS while driving but it's totally liveable, no "stutter"

I'm on uplay and you can. All you have to do is find the .exe from the root make a shorcut and add it there. Launch it and Uplay will recognize your playing it and do all its sync stuff.

 

[Frag_Maniac]

^^^Yep, works just as well using the target path in the shortcut's properties after right clicking it. Steam just uses Valve's version of the same thing really. Just make sure you put a space between the exe path and the command, and use a hyphen in front of it.

 

[AphexDreamer]

Started reading back in this thread to see what I missed and I'm surprised how many people didn't like the game. The steam reviews I get, people just want to hate on having to use Uplay, I too was mildly annoyed but got over it once i saw it wasn't a resource hog or that invasive, it was just something extra to play the game.

I suppose since I wasn't really following, nor hyped up about or saw any trailers and got the game for free (without even expecting it) that those are factors to me enjoying the game quite a bit.

The graphics aren't entirely "next gen" but completely pleasing for a sandbox of which I haven't played one since Prototype 2 and while Prototype 2 had some neat gameplay elements, the environment got bland, generic and boring to look at. In WD, its diverse, dense, and quite nice to look at and mess around in. Not having play a GTA game since III, of which I didn't even do the story (just drove around wrecking stuff) I find WD's story quite compelling, probably because I enjoy the idea of Big Brother Society (which I think is quite applicable to us today) rather than a mafia type telling.

Also my R9 270x has been a beast at running this game maxed out High Textures. I have put the story on pause to wait for that patch to see if I can continue on Ultra Textures, a difference I saw and would like to keep. I was getting stuttering too like most people.

The online elements spice up the game a lot. I played a few online races and I had as much fun dodging traffic and competing as a NFS game (probably the older ones, back when they were great).

So far, overall I give this game a 7/10. Maybe an 8 if that patch works for me and the story turns out to be stunning.

9/10 if the map were bigger but in all honesty the size it is now has been pleasing.
Would have been a 10/10 if the graphics were like the E3 trailer, as I came to find out was exaggerated. I hate when they do that.

 

[Lopez0101]

I feel like this game would have been better with a smaller world, so they could have concentrated on really exploring what they had the possibility to.

 

[Devon68]

Seeing many people were unhappy with the game I've decided to download the game and try it before buying it. It's a shame the download took more than 4 days as I missed a chance to pick up the game for 15$ in a form of a unused coupon people get when they buy a sudden type of graphics card. Oh well there will be other opportunities if I happen to like the game.

 

[ZenZimZaliben]

Started reading back in this thread to see what I missed and I'm surprised how many people didn't like the game. The steam reviews I get, people just want to hate on having to use Uplay, I too was mildly annoyed but got over it once i saw it wasn't a resource hog or that invasive, it was just something extra to play the game.

Same here. I didn't have any preconceived notions before playing the game. Didn't really know much about it honestly...just looking for a new game. So far, about to finish act 3, I have really enjoyed the game. Honestly the story isn't bad and the graphics are pretty good. I'm running the game maxed out @ 2560x1600 and it does stutter every now and then, but not a crippling experience. Most of the time it's from chain exploding a bunch of stuff while driving. Otherwise it runs great. Haven't played multi yet, not sure I will, but the single player has been enjoyable so far.

 

[BumbleBee]

the cyber batman premise is cool but the story is poorly written, disjointed and doesn't pay off. Jordi Chin is the strongest character and well.... the graphics are pretty flat. it's not a bad game but it's not great either. putting this one under "B" open world games. you guys might feel the same way if you played GTA V first.

 

[AphexDreamer]

Same here. I didn't have any preconceived notions before playing the game. Didn't really know much about it honestly...just looking for a new game. So far, about to finish act 3, I have really enjoyed the game. Honestly the story isn't bad and the graphics are pretty good. I'm running the game maxed out @ 2560x1600 and it does stutter every now and then, but not a crippling experience. Most of the time it's from chain exploding a bunch of stuff while driving. Otherwise it runs great. Haven't played multi yet, not sure I will, but the single player has been enjoyable so far.

Online is super fun. You should warm up with some online races if that is your thing.

 

[Frag_Maniac]

Agree on Jordi Chin, although T-Bone is right up there with him. I would have thought you were describing a 9/10 rating before you mentioned 7/10 Aphex. Hell, even I gave it roughly 7.5/10, and at least 8.5 if they fix the damn driving performance.

Just finished Act III and was glad to see Act IV has 8 missions. The mission for finding all the weapons crates was kinda cool, but I was hoping for better with the one for human trafficking.

I really don't care for a lot of the side stuff, too arcade. For me it's mainly convoys and gang hideouts, but some of the fixer ones are good. For a game that spams the chase and getaway to death, the driving needs to be much better though.

Did I say the driving sucks? Well, I'm sure it would be far more tolerable without the performance issues anyway. Here's hoping that performance patch actually does something, and comes before I beat it on the next two difficulty modes.

 

[Solaris17]

Agree on Jordi Chin, although T-Bone is right up there with him. I would have thought you were describing a 9/10 rating before you mentioned 7/10 Aphex. Hell, even I gave it roughly 7.5/10, and at least 8.5 if they fix the damn driving performance.

Just finished Act III and was glad to see Act IV has 8 missions. The mission for finding all the weapons crates was kinda cool, but I was hoping for better with the one for human trafficking.

I really don't care for a lot of the side stuff, too arcade. For me it's mainly convoys and gang hideouts, but some of the fixer ones are good. For a game that spams the chase and getaway to death, the driving needs to be much better though.

Did I say the driving sucks? Well, I'm sure it would be far more tolerable without the performance issues anyway. Here's hoping that performance patch actually does something, and comes before I beat it on the next two difficulty modes.

Is it only in cars that the performance tanks? is it like a motion blur setting maybe is their anything super different graphical wise about the cars that you notice vs the rest of the game to make it do that?

 

[Frag_Maniac]

Is it only in cars that the performance tanks? is it like a motion blur setting maybe is their anything super different graphical wise about the cars that you notice vs the rest of the game to make it do that?

It's mainly while driving and settings don't really do much. Well, I refuse to drop textures below High with a 7970 anyway, but I'm running no AA or VSync and the disable page file check command and it still is very annoying. Besides low FPS around mid 30s or lower, the mouse view lag is absolutely horrible. It often takes a long time for it to realign behind the car after turns during chaotic chases.

Occasionally the mouse lag will happen on foot, but usually only right after getting out of a vehicle after a nasty chase. I have to say though, overall the mouse optimization is spotty. I have a Logitech G400 and I have to set in game sensitivity at max with my mouse set at 800 DPI. As a result the mouse look is usually either a bit squirrelly or sluggish, depending what I'm doing. Sometimes I ramp it up on the fly for cameras, which pan very slowly.

According to the Ubi dev on Twitter, he claims it's a problem with PCs not having unified memory and not being able to load and unload textures quickly as you drive through the map. Others have called BS on this, stating PCs have been using shared RAM for some time, but I can see how high end APUs and the PS4's GDDR5 RAM might help considerably due to onboard cache and faster RAM, not to mention no MB latency between GPU and CPU.

That said, Ubi have admitted the game needs a performance patch, so it seems this excuse of no unified memory is just them trying to avoid being lynched by their fans with expensive PCs.

 

[AsRock]

Is it only in cars that the performance tanks? is it like a motion blur setting maybe is their anything super different graphical wise about the cars that you notice vs the rest of the game to make it do that?

Blur was the 1st thing i turned off and have not actually tried playing with it on as it annoys to hell anyways. Game plays flawlessly for me so should for you too unless not using SSD makes a great difference which could be a possible as texture loading or what it does at high speeds slowing the game for people..

I play @
1920x1080
vsync off
blur off
details all max
and MSAAx4

As TPU's OCD don't work i cannot tell you a frame rate but found it really smooth playing no stutters or lockups like that.


I though UBI would of had a patch out by now as a performance patch is due.

 

[WalterHughes1986]

well,my wallet have to empty,cry :'(((

 

[Tintai]

So STEAM version is 300 MB larger. I am on Win8.1, and have uPlay-only version.

Sounds like maybe STEAM has miner in it?

Yours has more files, and less folders!!!!

Hmm waht? Uplay version 14 GB?

 

[Devon68]

Hmm waht? Uplay version 14 GB?

I was surprised about that too. Even the pirated versions that can be found online are between 22-23 GB. Even in a unboxing video I watched had 3 DVD's included.

 

[cadaveca]

I was surprised about that too. Even the pirated versions that can be found online are between 22-23 GB. Even in a unboxing video I watched had 3 DVD's included.

Language packs. At least, that's what I think is going on here. I bought mine from uPlay direct.

I'm actually pretty happy with it. I understand those that have played GTA V like that better.. I am sure... but I don't buy console games any more, so I have not had the pleasure of playing a "new" GTA title in quite some time now. Watch_Dogs is GTA San Andreas to me, with better graphics, which was about what I had expected.

I'd actually like a larger world, a bit less busy than this one is.

 

[Durvelle27]

Hmm waht? Uplay version 14 GB?

Mines is 13.9GB

 

[AphexDreamer]

Language packs. At least, that's what I think is going on here. I bought mine from uPlay direct.

I'm actually pretty happy with it. I understand those that have played GTA V like that better.. I am sure... but I don't buy console games any more, so I have not had the pleasure of playing a "new" GTA title in quite some time now. Watch_Dogs is GTA San Andreas to me, with better graphics, which was about what I had expected.

I'd actually like a larger world, a bit less busy than this one is.

Same boat.

I moved the Data folder that contains, the sounds, textures, etc... onto my SSD (to see if it would help with stuttering, it did not) and the folder was only 14GB.

So the rest of the size is coming from something else.