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Assassin's Creed Unity Minimum System Requirements Revealed

Korean distributor Intra Games has revealed the game's minimum system requirements.

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CyrusLemont3890d ago

Gosh it's so frustrating that all the recommended Vram requirements for games are becoming 3GB, I thought most games used less than 1GB? I have a GTX 690 and the only thing going against it is its Vram. Ergh. It really sucks especially for games like Shadow of Mordor.

allgamespc20123890d ago

dont pay any attention to that, just pure bs. mordor said it needed 6gb vram, y 680 ran it at 60fps, yes with some drops, but 60 never dipping below 40 on ultra. same with crap watch dogs, ran it on ultra with no issues. and no, this generation games wont use less than 1gb anymore, thats good news, stop holing back pcs

SniperControl3890d ago

If true, all i can see is a console port that has p155 poor PC optimising.

Watch Dogs, Black Flag and The Crew are fine examples of ubi's attitude towards PC gamers.

bixxel3890d ago

Shadow of mordor ran well on my HD 5450!!!

MarkusMcNugen3890d ago

Shadow of Mordor only needed 6GB of VRAM for ultra textures. That's only if you downloaded the ultra textures pack. Otherwise it only needed 3GB of VRAM.

As long as games support offloading some textures to system ram, even if it's slower, I should be good. I have 16GB of DDR3-1800 and with the ultra texture pack downloaded I still got 30-60FPS with my 2GB GTX 770.

Unspoken3889d ago

6GB is needed if you don't want to swap out textures from the VRAM. Ultra on Watch Dogs was a stutter fest for the same reason.

If you found no issues with either you must be used to playing with stuttering or you are running the game at a really low resolution.

MarkusMcNugen3889d ago

@Unspoken
I played the game at 1080p. I locked fps to 30. I had smooth gameplay with ultra settings and the ultra texture pack installed.

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Ezz20133890d ago (Edited 3890d ago )

****– RAM:
Minimum – 6GB or above

– GPU:
Minimum – NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 680 or AMD Radeon HD 7970 or above
Graphic Memory minimum – 2GB****

Here's my honest opinion on those Minimum Requirements :

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RedstonerMC3890d ago

BullSandwich made me hungry

RedDevils3889d ago

does it taste good bull sandwich??

starchild3890d ago (Edited 3890d ago )

I know this game is going to be demanding, but that demanding? I think these are probably not accurate. I mean, are only people with relatively high end PCs going to be able to play the game?

I meet the minimum requirements across the board, but I wonder how it will actually run at those specs.

But people do need to realize that the recommended specs are to run the game essentially maxed out. The PC version of Unity is going to have a bunch of graphical enhancements that will make it even more demanding. Things such as tessellation, TXAA, tessellated god rays, HBAO+ and percentage closer soft shadows. So it's not surprising it's demanding, I'm just surprised at the minimum requirements.

Meltic3890d ago

Im fine with the specs no worry here. But just make TXAA and hbao+ off. Turn them off and make Everything else high or make everyhing medium and turn them on. No worry. Dont trust the specs. My old computer 650 gtx 1 gb could run Watch dogs on high settings and still enjoy it without any lag.

Agent-863890d ago

I don't think these requirements are legit. Assassin's Creed IV came out one year ago and here are those requirements:

MINIMUM

CPU: Intel Core2Quad Q8400 @ 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon II X4 620 @ 2.6 GHz
RAM: 2 GB
OS: Windows Vista SP or Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8 (both 32/64bit versions)
Video Card: Nvidia Geforce GTX 260 or AMD Radeon HD 4870 (512MB VRAM with shader Model 4.0 or higher)
Sound Card: Yes
Free Disk Space: 30 GB

RECOMMENDED

CPU: Intel Core i5 2400S @ 2.5 GHz or better or AMD Phenom II x4 940 @ 3.0 GHz
RAM: 4 GB
OS: Windows Vista SP or Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8 (both 32/64bit versions)
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 or AMD Radeon HD 5850 (1024MB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0) or better
Sound Card: Yes
Free Disk Space: 30 GB

How the hell did the minimum jump from a GTX 260 to a GTX 680 in just one year? This sounds like complete BS to me. Either that or Ubisoft doesn't want to sell many PC copies of the game.

Perkel3890d ago

AC4 wasn't next gen game. IT was basically still ps3/x360 game just upresed and with a little better textures (+better water) for new consoles and pc.

Unity looks waaaaaaay better to AC4

xTheMercenary_3890d ago

@Perkel As you are correct that it does look better, but not enough to increase the minimum and recommended specifications by a shit tonne

NoDucks3889d ago

This is a new engine, and new game designed purely for next generation systems. PC gamers instantly go from, STOP HOLDING US BACK, to NO WAY THIS GAME NEEDS THAT MUCH POWER

Back-to-Back3889d ago

Remember that this game is only available on next gen(PS4,PC,XONE).

There is no ps3/360 version to bottleneck what they can do.

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ATi_Elite3890d ago

@ cyrus

Don't worry those specs are BS.

Last gen a gtx8800 ran most ports for the entire gen and still today can run many games on low.

Also once Nvidia and AMD release new optimization drivers upon release you will see performance go way up.

Compare those specs to Crysis 3 and you will see and smell the BS.

But keep in mind if those are for 4k then yeah you are gonna need a powerful gpu but any 4 core Sandybridge or a core i7 920 can still manhandle any game today.

zeldapkmn3889d ago

I have a dual 750m sli and an i7 and could barely run the evil within. 8 gobs of ram and 4 gigs vram

Meltic3890d ago

i have 4GB, and i Think 3 and over 4 is too much. 2 gb max is only needed...

chaldo3890d ago (Edited 3890d ago )

@SniperControl

What was wrong with Black Flag and The Crew? :/

Yukicore3890d ago (Edited 3890d ago )

God dammit, I bought 2GB card instead of 3GB version for 1080p gaming, just because I was absolutely sure, at the time (1year ago), I wouldn't need any more for just 1080p.

Oh how these recent releases have wronged me...

starting with watch-dogs

MarkusMcNugen3890d ago

You should be all good still. I also have a 2 GB card, but as long as you have a little extra system ram, depending on the game some of the textures can be offloaded to system ram. You may take a bit of a performance hit but it can still be run.

6GB ultra texture pack for Shadow of Mordor
2GB GTX 770
16GB of DDR3-1800 RAM

Still got 30-60FPS with the game options maxed out.

Besides, it's not like you will need a new PC. Just maybe a new graphics card for $300. Cheaper than a new console.

duplissi3889d ago

You will be fine, but you should always try to purchase with the future in mind.

Yukicore3889d ago

I also have a 770.
Thing is, from all the performance issues there are with games, those hiccups and stutters are the most annoying one's. I always prefer steady performance over graphics.

The 970 seems like a pretty great performance improvement card over 770. And with much better power efficiency too. But I'm pretty sure that when Intel will release their next gen processors with improved power efficiency, and then year after that will greatly improve their performance too you will have to buy almost the whole set. Motherboard, CPU, GPU, maybe even RAM if the DDR4 will set off further from DDR3.

I think I'd skip the 970, unless all developers like Ubisoft get super lazy and start heavy usage of GPU's VRAM for other process processing.

Magicite3889d ago

why would you waste money on dual core gpu, when crossfire/sli is always a better/cheaper option.

Yukicore3889d ago

Because drivers, smooth performance, ease of use and reliability... is this all waste to you?!?

You really think you buy a more expensive car just for the engine power and price/HP ratio? They also need to perform in turns not just drive straight and crash at the first turn.

BeefCurtains3889d ago

Not all games support crossfire, and while SLI is cheaper, one card that is better always performs better than SLI (albeit, it is more expensive) for me, I chose 1 x R9 290X 4GB over 2 x R9 270x at 2GB each. And with current games demanding up to 6GB VRAM, I'm glad I went this route.

CyrusLemont3888d ago

I have a bitfenix prodigy so it could only fit one card. Plus I heard that stuttering is reduced with dual core gpus as opposed to sli due to different boards.

KontryBoy7063889d ago

It's because of the freaking consoles and their unified 8GB of RAM.

RedDevils3889d ago

I have a 4gb 970 evga card, worth every penny

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Vegamyster3890d ago (Edited 3890d ago )

If this is the real requirements then it just reeks of a poor port, a GTX 680 or AMD 7970 as the minimum is just ridiculous.

AHall883890d ago

It's Ubisoft, it's kinda their M.O. now.

Tru_Ray3890d ago

Well, looks like I will be getting this on the PS4 since my gaming laptop won't be able to run it.

Those are some high minimum requirements...

Tru_

DevilOgreFish3890d ago

expect scaled back visuals for the current gen.

MasterCornholio3890d ago

@Devil

You didn't read his comment right?

"since my gaming laptop won't be able to run it."

Everyone knows that the PS4 version won't be on par with the PC version but at least he will be able to play the game.

anticlimax3890d ago

My pc has never run anything on lower than medium-high. Most of the times it's more like high-ultra. And now I don't even meet the minimum specs?

Isn't there supposed to be a period in which I can run things at medium- and then medium low first?

Eonjay3890d ago

Don't feel bad... not withstanding this spec sheet is utterly ridiculous, my CPU from last year is suddenly obsolete according to Ubisoft.

BeefCurtains3889d ago

Yeah, all of the sudden my sweet i5 4670k doesn't meet the recommended Cpu specs. Ridiculous.

Although, I have a R9 290X with 4GB VRAM, and 16GB ram, technically shouldn't have been able to run the ultra texture pack for Shadow of Mordor, but it did easily at 60-80FPS at 1080p. So, I don't know what's up with all these inflated specs all of the sudden. Is it just to spur PC gamers to buy new hardware?

LaWiiG3890d ago

I've been holding on to the NVIDIA GTS 450 for years now. 12GB of DDR3 and an AMD Phenom II X4 have been holding it down. :( Maybe it's time to upgrade pretty soon. I don't know how much Ass Creed will make me purchase it on PC, though.

Axonometri3890d ago (Edited 3890d ago )

500 people working on a title and you can not optimize your game for PC? You build the damn games on PC and optimize down for consoles! It won't run on anything less than a FX-8350? You have got to be kidding. I hope this is not official. I'm good on my main PC but if this holds true, our others might not fair so well. Edit: "my" to "our"

Eonjay3890d ago (Edited 3890d ago )

Thats the one that got me. I got the 3.5Ghz AMD 8320 8core CPU and its still not good enough for minimum? And then the recommended is 8350? Impossible. The game shouldn't be able to run on any console if my CPU released one year ago is now obsolete. Ubisoft is insane.

Game can run on AMD Jaguar but can't run on i3 or FX-8320?

KillerResistance3890d ago

they said if you can run Assassin's creed IV then u wouldnt have a problem with running this but god dang the specs r gnna make me hav to upgrade quicker than i thought

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Skuletor460d ago

Do the NPCs still randomly levitate every now and then? Even years later I noticed they hadn't patched that out

andy85460d ago (Edited 460d ago )

Honestly I loved the PS4 ACs. I'd love next gen ports of Black Flag, Unity and Syndicate

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leahcim914d ago

I am playing the Batman Vita game, it is amazing really.

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Why Assassin’s Creed Unity remains one of the best games in the series

GF365: "Since the first Assassin’s Creed game, there have been entries up until now. There are more than a few titles that are far from an ideal stealth game. Let’s discuss why 2014’s Assassin’s Creed Unity is one of the best games in the series."

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isarai939d ago

Glitchy as hell and flat story, nah this aint it. AC2, brotherhood and 4 were amazing games in every respective

Furesis938d ago

Yeah i would say brotherhood and 4 were the best for me. I have not played the new ones and Unity was my last one. Seems like i made a good choice.

DarXyde938d ago

I gave up after Revelations. Just couldn't bring myself to care anymore and I got burned out of the gameplay.

Definitely agree on 2 and Brotherhood though. Great games.

YourMommySpoils938d ago

A Ubisoft AC game that's not glitchy? That will be the day.

Knightofelemia939d ago

After constant glitches Arno being boring nah I am good I skipped Unity. I will always like the Ezio trilogy, Black Flag, Rogue, Odyssey, Syndicate. I use to love the franchise but now it feels stale and boring. But my list of favorite entries into the franchise will vary from other players favorite entries.

RaidenBlack938d ago

Odyssey is a really well-made RPG game ... but it ain't a proper AC game, even though its part of the lore

ToddlerBrain938d ago

It’s funny because, at launch, it was universally panned for being unplayable. It’s a great game that holds up today. I’m glad they fixed it.

staticall938d ago

The only good things i remember from Unity are pretty graphics and really good descending mechanics (even though it sometimes didn't make much sense, when your character can drop down from like 10 meter height onto a flagpole perfectly).

Game is glitchy to this day, i was playing in it years after the release date (with all the DLCs) and it's still broken. You had to reload missions too often for my taste (characters do not spawn, you fall through the floor, getting stuck in falling/sitting/aiming animation, hidden blade stop working, assassination target running away at the start of the mission). Story was meh, searching for all the treasures wasn't enjoyable at all. Coop was pretty much useless, i've beaten every coop mission in solo. Helix rifts were awful as well.

Not saying i hate this game or anything, but it got too many problems.

Assassin's Creed (i know it's a controversial opinion) and Assassin's Creed 2 are still great to this day.

anast938d ago

Unity was okay. I prefer Syndicate and Origins.

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