Watch Dogs CPU benchmarks.

[deathjester]

http://www.techspot.com/review/827-watch-dogs-benchmarks/page5.html

 

I3=6350.

 

I5 slightly higher than 8350.

 

4770k can be clocked at 2.5 ghz. Overclocking means jack.

 

Nice BS CPU recommendation Ubisoft. Oh well least AMD CPU owners didn't get screwed (always good to see). AMD GPU owners? Yeah, that Nvidia Gameworks...  

 

Freakin Nvidia. VRAM usage is borked apparently and even 3 GB cards have to run high textures at 1440p or they get frame drops. People with 6GB cards have no problems on frame drops, or with 3GB VRAM at 1080p ultra, but that is pretty stupid having to run the game at 1080p on a 780ti to get ultra textures.

 

If you are having frame drops. Drop textures. VRAM seems to be the big problem.

[Coconut Money Affiliates]

I've been hitting 60 FPS at 900p with my 7870 and 6300 at ultra/high/medium settings, VSync off, tuned to my visual quality preference. No issues yet...

[ACatWithThumbs]

Yep, Vram is the biggest problem in the game it's also the biggest reason for crashing.
The game uses on 1080p with Ultra textures and 4xTXAA 3,4GB Vram so it will only run on TITANs or R9-290/R9-290X.
And with 2GB vram you can't use Ultra Textures or any AA over temporal SMAA or else you will go over 2GB which leads to crashing after a while.

This game pretty much shows that NVIDA bottlenecked their GPUs with not enough Vram.
Nvidia GPUs are running out of Vram before they run out performance that's not the case with AMD GPUs.

I knew I should have went with the 4GB version than I wouldn't have this problem

 

[deathjester]

FX CPUs on par with Intel? Better dismiss that benchmark.

 

It's nice to see the FX hanging with the I5.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BzDRzy

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BzDRzy

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BzDRzy/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BzDRzy/benchmarks/

 

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($134.99 @ NCIX US) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.94 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.43 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($219.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($47.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Micro Center) 

Total: $685.31

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-27 19:20 EDT-0400)

 

685 bucks with tax is pretty darn cheap for a computer with a R9 280 and it would play Watchdog's great. I would go with a z97 build for MMO's but for those looking for a steam big picture console and to play triple A shooters? That machine would do very nicely. Case is huge and easy to build in for a first timer. Star Citizen is Mantle and this should run the game pretty damn well. 

[Imabigmac]

"...we got a high quality game..."

 

"...the graphics have been incredible and so has the gameplay. Given its detailed open world environment, the texture quality is surprisingly good, as good as any linear AAA title I've played."

LoL wut? 

 

The number of threads on here about the issues in this game would suggest this statement should not exist. 

[thewhitestig]

FX CPUs on par with Intel? Better dismiss that benchmark.

It's a GPU bottleneck. The i5 and the R9 290X come at a perfect equilibrium. Anything higher on the CPU side would be a waste of money. Anything lower would bottleneck the GPU. If you put some unreleased future technology GTX 1280 or whatever you would certainly see a difference between the i5 4670K and the i7 4960X. If a GTX 1280 is able to push 200fps but the i5 is only able to feed 120fps worth of information to the GPU, then a bottleneck happens. In that situation, a more powerful CPU like the 4960X would come in handy.