Fallout 4 Specs

[Jonathan Cave]

Why is an i7 recommended over and i5 ? am i missing something here or can fallout 4 use hyper-threading ? it makes no sense.


The PC requirements are:

Minimum:

Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
Intel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz/AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0 GHz or equivalent
8 GB RAM
30 GB free HDD space
NVIDIA GTX 550 Ti 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB or equivalent
Recommended:

Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
Intel Core i7 4790 3.6 GHz/AMD FX-9590 4.7 GHz or equivalent
8 GB RAM
30 GB free HDD space
NVIDIA GTX 780 3GB/AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB or equivalent

 

[overco]

I have noticed that games these days are recommending very high specs, and lets face it, they can recommend what ever they want, but it can run just fine if you have a powerful enough computer. Developers reserve the right to recommend what ever they want to. Just because a game recommends 5960x Quad SLI 980 Ti 32gb RAM doesn't mean you need that.

 

[Jonathan Cave]

If they are going to make a recommendation they have a responsibility for the benefit of their own brand that the recommendation is based on factual benefits.

My point still stands, why reccomend an i7 over an i5 when the difference is only HT.

 

[overco]

If they are going to make a recommendation they have a responsibility for the benefit of their own brand that the recommendation is based on factual benefits.

My point still stands, why reccomend an i7 over an i5 when the difference is only HT.

Maybe Hyperthreading is utilized in that game!

 

[migronesien]

If they are going to make a recommendation they have a responsibility for the benefit of their own brand that the recommendation is based on factual benefits.

My point still stands, why reccomend an i7 over an i5 when the difference is only HT.

Quite a few newer games are able to make use of hyperthreading. Thats why.

 

[sizzling]

Yeah Bethesda recommend an i7 for the Wolfenstein The New Order but my i5 4670k was able to max it out and never drop under 60fps

 

[Sakkura]

Pretty much all games benefit from hyperthreading, that's the main reason Core i3s are significantly ahead of Pentiums. The problem for Core i7s is that not all games benefit from more than 4 cores/threads. Whether that applies to Fallout 4 is anyone's guess, hardware recommendations are generally unreliable.

 

[nimbian]

Nothing benefits directly from hyper-threading. The game may and most likely will benefit from more cores/threads. Yes in most cases hyper-threading means more threads/cores but not inherently. The i7s tend to have a higher clock-speed which may be another reason it is recommended.

 

[rgd1101]

Probably it getting more cpu load. with HT can run a little more than without
will have to wait until it come out to see what the impact it.

 

[Jonathan Cave]

If they are going to make a recommendation they have a responsibility for the benefit of their own brand that the recommendation is based on factual benefits.

My point still stands, why reccomend an i7 over an i5 when the difference is only HT.

Quite a few newer games are able to make use of hyperthreading. Thats why.

This is my point, does anyone know if it actually supports HT?

 

[Jonathan Cave]

Nothing benefits directly from hyper-threading. The game may and most likely will benefit from more cores/threads. Yes in most cases hyper-threading means more threads/cores but not inherently. The i7s tend to have a higher clock-speed which may be another reason it is recommended.

I bet [removed] that a 4460 (3.2 ghz) vs 4790 (3.6 ghz) will make 1-2 fps difference. i don't see how this is justification over an i5 in terms of a recommendation, unless by having 8 threads vs 4 threads will improve fps to a commonly acceptable but subjective improvement in fps.

When paired with the GTX 980 (a very fast GPU by all means), the i7-4790 was 1% faster than the i5-4690 at 1680x1050 and no faster at 1080p. When accompanied by the more modest GTX 960, the Core i7-4790 was on par with the Core i5-4690 at 1680x1050 and 1% slower at 1080p.

source : http://www.techspot.com/review/972-intel-core-i3-vs-i5-vs-i7/page9.html

 

[rgd1101]

Games don't support HT directly, they use threads, it there enough load, it will use it.

 

[Sakkura]

This is my point, does anyone know if it actually supports HT?

There's basically no such thing as not supporting hyperthreading. It's not visible to the game anyway. The game just spawns a number of threads, then the OS handles spreading them across cores. The only question is whether the game is threaded enough to benefit from more than 4 cores - if it is, then it's also going to benefit from hyperthreading on quad cores.

 

[Gman450]

Anyone know why a 550 Ti and a 7870 are placed in the minimum specs?
There is a significant difference between the two.