Arkham Knight back on sale, WB/Rocksteady recommend Windows 10 users have minimum 12GBs of RAM to play smoothly

[Master Disaster]

Hi everyone,

With the game now available for sale, I wanted to provide a status update since the release of the September patch. 

As we confirmed earlier today, the PC version of the game now supports all add-on content that has been released thus far for console. The configurations for this content are being updated now and we expect everything to be available in the next few hours. We’ll confirm when this process is completed. 

We are still working with our GPU partners to add full support for SLI and Crossfire. In addition, we are working with these partners to address stability issues on certain cards related to the latest drivers. 

After extensive testing, a hard drive paging issue with some GPUs on Windows 7 may occur after extended gameplay sessions. If you encounter this, simply re-launching the game will resolve the issue. 

For Windows 10 users, we’ve found that having at least 12GB of system RAM on a PC allows the game to operate without paging and provides a smoother gameplay experience.

 

Sauce - http://steamcommunity.com/app/208650/discussions/0/490124466455488492/

 

All i have to say about that is

 

BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

I'm really sorry to sound lick a douche but 12 fucking GIGS of ram, for a game? Are they actually serious?

 

I thought the idea was to optimise the game for PC during the off sale period?

 

Good work guys, really good work. SPUD is currently littered with topics from users with no difference from the first build and some even claim things are worse now than ever, plus the DLC for PC still hasn't been released.

 

Can we now say WB & RS are digging?

[PlayStation 2]

ARE THESE FUCKS SERIOUS?!?!?!?

nice meme, warner bros.

[Morgan MLGman]

Meh, that's BS. I never saw my PC take more than 8 Gigs during Batman: Arkham Knight gameplay, I had the game since the start that came with my old GTX 970.

[xToFxREAPER]

Well i got 32 gigs so im not worried but seriously... thats pretty poor optimization all things considered. I bought my 970's back when the game came free with em so i guess i cant be to upset lol... guess its time for a test run after work tonight

[Curufinwe_wins]

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So they still have out of control ram leakage?

 

How embarrassing... How embarrassing...

[Levent]

the new definition of badly ported console game, now we dont have to use gta4 as an example

[KemoKa]

BS. If it takes that much RAM for a game, then they've done something horribly wrong with their memory management. Seriously...

[Kobathor]

I'm not surprised. Seriously, games are evolving. Star Wars Battlefront recommends 16GB of RAM, since the game can use around 7 GB just for itself, your last gig being used by OS and other programs (Origin, ECT.) So, 16 is good.

 

This game looks demanding. They're saying 12GB as a req not because the game will be using all that memory, but instead so that your computer has enough memory to keep up. Keep up as in enough for the game and the extra stuff you have opened (Steam, ect.)

 

Seriously, guys, this isn't something bad. This isn't because memory leaks. It's just a new game (4 month old new game, but still.) Newer games are gonna start using more RAM. Stop complaining and upgrade.

 

I'm not calling WB studios saints, but they're good for recommending your computer be up to date to play their new game.

[Virtual01]

Good news guys, we optimized the game SO MUCH that you now only need a mere 12 gigs of RAM to play it! *fireworks and confetti*

[Curufinwe_wins]

I'm not surprised. Seriously, games are evolving. Star Wars Battlefront recommends 16GB of RAM, since the game uses around 7 GB just for itself, your last gig being used by OS and other programs (Origin, ECT.) So, 16 is good.

 

This game looks demanding. They're saying 12GB as a req not because the game will be using all that memory, but instead so that your computer has enough memory to keep up.

"After extensive testing, a hard drive paging issue with some GPUs on Windows 7 may occur after extended gameplay sessions. If you encounter this, simply re-launching the game will resolve the issue. "

This is literally Rockstar saying... "We give up" on solving ram leakage issues.

[i_build_nanosuits]

It does not require anything more than 8GB...i played the game entirely my machine is equipped with 16GB of system memory and i monitor everything all the time (i'm a freak) and the most i've seen is 8200mb. (under win 8.1 though)

[Coombzy]

Alrighty then Rocksteady... ALRIGHTY THEN btw your game still looks like ass.

[Master Disaster]

I'm not surprised. Seriously, games are evolving. Star Wars Battlefront recommends 16GB of RAM, since the game uses around 7 GB just for itself, your last gig being used by OS and other programs (Origin, ECT.) So, 16 is good.

 

This game looks demanding. They're saying 12GB as a req not because the game will be using all that memory, but instead so that your computer has enough memory to keep up.

 

Seriously, guys, this isn't something bad. This isn't because memory leaks. It's just a new game (4 month old new game, but still.) Newer games are gonna start using more RAM. Stop complaining and upgrade.

 

Except the game only requires 8 GBs on 7 & 8, its only 10 that needs 12?

 

Explain that one if you can?

 

Its very simple, this game was ported so badly the only way they could fix it would be to literally open the source code folder, press ctrl & a then press delete and start again from scratch.

[PlayStation 2]

I'm not surprised. Seriously, games are evolving. Star Wars Battlefront recommends 16GB of RAM, since the game uses around 7 GB just for itself, your last gig being used by OS and other programs (Origin, ECT.) So, 16 is good.

 

This game looks demanding. They're saying 12GB as a req not because the game will be using all that memory, but instead so that your computer has enough memory to keep up.

 

Seriously, guys, this isn't something bad. This isn't because memory leaks. It's just a new game (4 month old new game, but still.) Newer games are gonna start using more RAM. Stop complaining and upgrade.

Really, huh.

My brother ran Battlefront perfectly fine maxed out with 8GB of RAM, it uses MAYYYYYBBBBEEEEE 4GB max.

[Whorax]

I'll make a safe assumption and guess that just like other AAA games, they over emphasize the recommended specs.

[mattebad]

I'm not surprised. Seriously, games are evolving. Star Wars Battlefront recommends 16GB of RAM, since the game uses around 7 GB just for itself, your last gig being used by OS and other programs (Origin, ECT.) So, 16 is good.

 

This game looks demanding. They're saying 12GB as a req not because the game will be using all that memory, but instead so that your computer has enough memory to keep up.

 

Seriously, guys, this isn't something bad. This isn't because memory leaks. It's just a new game (4 month old new game, but still.) Newer games are gonna start using more RAM. Stop complaining and upgrade.

Uhm, battlefront for me never used more than 6GB of RAM, and I have 16GB of RAM and a 15 GB page file. I must of played the beta for 30 or so hours and i never saw it go above 6, like ever

[KemoKa]

We seriously need Nintendo to start making PC games. Those guys know how to optimize games. This is just sad...

[Derangel]

So the requirement is rather amusing but people should look at the full recommendation. The sentence states it is to prevent using the page file. Accessing the page file is significantly slower than using RAM. The game relies HEAVILY on texture streaming, meaning using the page file, especially on a mechanical drive, could result in much slower access times effecting performance. What's weird is that the issue seems specific to Win10.

[Kobathor]

Really, huh.

My brother ran Battlefront perfectly fine maxed out with 8GB of RAM, it uses MAYYYYYBBBBEEEEE 4GB max.

Me playing Battlefront on Ultra settings, it reached a max of 7.0 FULL USAGE of RAM. If my system had 8GB only, it would have stuttered. Just because that was your brother's case doesn't mean that it's everybody's case.

 

 

Uhm, battlefront for me never used more than 6GB of RAM, and I have 16GB of RAM and a 15 GB page file. I must of played the beta for 30 or so hours and i never saw it go above 6, like ever

Read up there^

 

Except the game only requires 8 GBs on 7 & 8, its only 10 that needs 12?

 

Explain that one if you can?

 

Its very simple, this game was ported so badly the only way they could fix it would be to literally open the source code folder, press ctrl & a then press delete and start again from scratch.

I don't know. Maybe because Windows 10 isn't windows 7 and 8? I'm not a game developer.

[Oshino Shinobu]

They're still working on SLI and Crossfire support? 12GB RAM for a smooth experience? This re-release sounds like it will be more embarrassing than the first one. 

[Derangel]

We seriously need Nintendo to start making PC games. Those guys know how to optimize games. This is just sad...

 

Nintendo knows how to optimize games on their own hardware. That wouldn't apply to any other platform.

[pk-man]

only 12gigs of ram!! ram is so cheap, right??

[PlayStation 2]

Me playing Battlefront on Ultra settings, it reached a max of 7.0 FULL USAGE of RAM. If my system had 8GB only, it would have stuttered. Just because that was your brother's case doesn't mean that it's everybody's case.

Ah, Windows 10.

[ZetZet]

I am glad I watched a walk-through of this game already. Can't be bothered buying it anymore.

[Albatross]

I don't even need 12gb of ram to play Star Citizen smoothly. :lol: