Fallout 4 System Specs Announced
Find out if your rig can handle the next journey into the wasteland.
Bethesda has rolled out its system requirements for Fallout 4, along with a handful of other assorted release details.
A Bethesda Blog post gives the specs rundown, plus details on when, where, and how you can start the next journey into the Wasteland.
Minimum:
- Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
- Intel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz/AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0 GHz or equivalent
- 8 GB RAM
- 30 GB free HDD space
- NVIDIA GTX 550 Ti 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB or equivalent
Recommended:
- Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
- Intel Core i7 4790 3.6 GHz/AMD FX-9590 4.7 GHz or equivalent
- 8 GB RAM
- 30 GB free HDD space
- NVIDIA GTX 780 3GB/AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB or equivalent
On consoles, Fallout 4 will require 28-35 GB of storage space. The number is variable based on which languages it supports, which varies by region. If you purchase the digital version in North America, it will unlock at 12:01 EST on November 10. The PC version is compatible with Xbox One and Xbox 360 controllers. Retail pre-orders come with a Perk Poster.
The Pip-Boy app will launch on November 10, and the Pip-Boy Edition will include foam inserts for the iPhone 4-6s, and Samsung Galaxy S3-S5. Another insert is said to fit most other phone models.
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32bit OS has been nearly dead for a while now... I doubt many AAA games will ship with 32bit executables.
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GalCiv III also requires it.
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GTA 5 too.
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I imagine 32bit is gonna be around for quite a bit longer.
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crazy that the footprint is ~4-5 times bigger than skyrim.
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Wish Bethesda would figure a way to enter houses and buildings without a loading screen.
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Mafia 1 did it to some degree, and GTA IV and V, so I figure it's an engine limitation holding Bethesda back.
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I think a big part of what's preventing it is the number of interactable entities in a Bethesda game. Most games will have basically no interactive tchotchkes in a room unless they are somehow important. A room in a BethSoft RPG is liable to have boxes and pots and books and silverware and toys and all kinds of other things that are, at a minimum, physics objects.
It creates a lot of additional demand for RAM and CPU.
That said, based on the videos it looks like there will be more unzoned interior areas, even if they're not all open and unzoned.
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Novigrad was awesome. Highly detailed, well populated and totally seamless. I cant wait for Cyberpunk.
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Seemed like that was the case to some extent in the previews they showed.
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Memory footprint, Skyrim was minimum 2GB.
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RAM requirements were being artificially held down by the last console generation. As more games aimed at the current generation are released, we're seeing more increased RAM requirements. The Witcher 3 has 6GB minimum/8GB recommended. MGSV has 4GB minimum/8GB recommended. SOMA is 4GB/8GB. Mad Max is 6GB/8GB.
8GB isn't at all out of line, especially considering "minimum" requirements tend to mean "the game won't actually stop working" and "recommended" requirements tend to mean "the minimum needed to have a good experience".-
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yup... if your building a new system might as well just get 16GB. But a 4GB or 8GB upgrade for an older system isn't too expensive.
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That's good. We want PC games to take advantage of our machines.
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Min=Recommended too, which is interesting.
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The consoles run 8 gb ram now as well. They'd be crazy to not target that.
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yup... the consoles are 8GB shared though between system & vram. Still no surprise they are targeting 8GB minimum.
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Oh good. I'm sick of seeing my 660 Ti being listed as a minimum. Since the car, fridge, and dog needing to go to the vet ER, I just can't afford to upgrade for a while.
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Yeah, I meant to say that the car and fridge both died in the same month. Set me back quite a bit.
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In a way, Skyrim was just Oblivion with a few extra graphical goodies. It wasn't as advanced as many expected it to be and they had to keep it playable on really on console hardware. Hopefully F4 has more of a jump in the graphics department (better animation, goddamnit!)
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Intel cpus haven't had pins since 2005 or so?
Something in the 4690K range with a GTX970 and 16GB of ram is both rather fast and also affordableish.
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I dropped 16 GB of RAM and a GTX970 into my rig last night for $420. For some people, that's not remotely affordable.
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$420? Yeah, that's high.
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I just did an i5-6600k build (cpu/mobo/ram) for ~$450, https://pchound.com/Nd305K/
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Oops, you'll need a cooler too, I added the one I used, total price $483. https://pchound.com/Nd305K/
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2500K definitely came with a cooler.
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My processor is a little low, but probably doable. My GTX 460 won't cut it though.
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