Zero Cool :
gomilly :
Kaunain :
sometimes the devs exaggerate the specs.....when the game releases,many find that they can play really well with their settings...
y would they recommend 3GB DDR5??
is it badly optimised or wat so that it will not run well with lower end cards?
i think it is possible the were told/paid to exadurate the system gpu requirements because they know a lot and i mean a lot of people will buy nothing less than the recommended requirements when upgrading their systems. there is a lot of money to be made by manufacturers exaggerating a few numbers by a little
The reason they recommend 3GB isn't because they're secretly working with Nvidia to sell 4GB cards haha. Battlefield 3 maxed out on my 7970 @ 1080p uses around 1700MB of VRAM. Since BF4 is on a new engine and undoubtedly has better textures, I'm sure the memory requirements are higher than those of BF3. They don't make a card with 2.5GB of VRAM so they recommend 3GB because the game will certainly require more than 2GB when settings are turned all the way up.
Btw, you might be correct. However, bf3 had a memory leak probs on some maps. this means that the vram used by the game is not all needed, the 1.7gb you mentioned might be a false number, and i highly doubt the new engine will be having the same problem. Secondly, a new game engine means better textures indeed, but it also means better optimization and better streaming of info or whatever through the gpu. Finally, the matter of bf4 being paid by either or nvidia or amd is a possibilty, we cant exclude it. After all, the requirements might be correct and 2gb cant run it well on full AA, nobody knows yet, but lets hope(for me) a 2gb can handle it
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