Gaming PC Expectations

[Camolian]

I have been happy with my new gaming pc so far and it has tackled almost every game i have played with 60 fps on ultra however I launched Watch dogs today hoping it to look amazing and the graphics were far worse than I had expected. What would I need to upgrade on my PC to tackle next Gen games with mid to high settings at 45+ fps?

PC specs:
8 gb RAM
i5-4440 3.1 GHz quad core
Nvidia GTX 660 (Zotac)

Thanks, Cameron. : )

 

[bumnut53]

I would start with a new graphics card and see if you are happy with it. Maybe a 770?

 

[Camolian]

Is Watch Dogs just poorly optimised? I can get really good performance on bf4

 

[rgd1101]

or wait for a game patch. Are you using the latest driver?

 

[CGurrell]

Watchdogs is an extremely stressful game for GPUs, as bumnut said upgrade that if you can to a GTX 770 or AMD r9 280x (what i have, i can run watchdogs with nearly all Ultra settings even before the game is optimised for AMD)

hope this helps!

 

[gumbykid]

Erm...what resolution are you running at? You should be getting ~20FPS with that card on Watch Dogs @1080p. A GTX 780 would get ~45FPS. At least that's what this benchmark is telling me, i'm not sure if Watch Dogs got optimized or anything since the test.

Despite if it's right or wrong, the GTX 660 is a mid-range card that is not designed to run new releases on max or even high. I have one and it handles every game I own, but on some you just have to accept that you can't run on max, such as Metro 2033.

 

[numanator]

Watchdogs is terribly optimized so you would need a gtx 780 ti for Ultra settings 60+ fps, the gtx 770 would probably get you over 40 fps right now. No one knows if they will release a patch to fix it but people are hoping.