Square Enix has released Shadow of the Tomb Raider's official PC system requirements

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[TheF34RChannel]

Hmm way too low for an enjoyable experience for us graphics lovers. I'd like to know what it takes to run it with all eye candy enabled (sans RT).

 

[Piskeante]

with a 1060 recomended, you´ll have to play high details and not everything activated. So not realistical this pc recomendations.

 

[Dicehunter]

with a 1060 recomended, you´ll have to play high details and not everything activated. So not realistical this pc recomendations.

A 1060 for recommended is pretty good considering the graphics in this game.

 

[MiNo]

A 1060 for recommended is pretty good considering the graphics in this game.

But ... it is really not saying much is it? If anything, it is the marketing department saying that THEY suggest you buy the game if you got that card. And their interest is sales. I think they are OK with you being able to run the game around medium settings....



A better way, would be to list what is needed to run the game at various settings. "Recommended" is really worthless.

 

[NeverBackDown]

But ... it is really not saying much is it? If anything, it is the marketing department saying that THEY suggest you buy the game if you got that card. And their interest is sales. I think they are OK with you being able to run the game around medium settings....



A better way, would be to list what is needed to run the game at various settings. "Recommended" is really worthless.

If it was a Recommended of High 30fps then it wouldn't be as bad. But considering it's battlefield, a 1060 at 1080p high is easily able to hit 60fps. So in this instance I don't think it matters much. But I don't disagree that it should be more detailed. A few games have done that and it's very helpful.

 

[Dicehunter]

But ... it is really not saying much is it? If anything, it is the marketing department saying that THEY suggest you buy the game if you got that card. And their interest is sales. I think they are OK with you being able to run the game around medium settings....



A better way, would be to list what is needed to run the game at various settings. "Recommended" is really worthless.

General rule of thumb -

Minimum specs - What you need to run the game at THE lowest possible settings at a very low resolution.

Recommended specs - What you need to run the game at default settings at a resolution of around 1080P.

It's not really worthless, It's just a bit vague.

 

[NeverBackDown]

General rule of thumb -

Minimum specs - What you need to run the game at THE lowest possible settings at a very low resolution.

Recommended specs - What you need to run the game at default settings at a resolution of around 1080P.

It's not really worthless, It's just a bit vague.

Well depending on the game being vague could be worthless.

In this case though BF runs really well so a 1060 at 1080p could probably do High 60 quite easily if not better. They have a well optimized engine.

Edit: I'm a noob. I swear I should stop posting when it's early in the day..
I thought this was a BF V specs thread. It's clearly not. So ignore my post ^_^

 

[SPS]

They have to be vague because there's too many variables to guarantee an exact frame rate. Two PCs with the same hardware could run the same game at different frame rates because of the setup.

 

[NeverBackDown]

They have to be vague because there's too many variables to guarantee an exact frame rate. Two PCs with the same hardware could run the same game at different frame rates because of the setup.

It's been done before with great success. Really not much of an excuse to not include it. You can say this recommended list should be able to run 1060p60 at High/medium/etc settings. If you have such a degree of difference in the same hardware that it becomes impossible to know how it will run then it's most likely down to optimzation. Yes in some cases it's user end. But if for example it's like PUBG where high end hardware can either run it great or terrible, even on a fresh install, that's definitely Dev end. That's even using UE4 which has many great games that run well.

Now I understand why you said what you said because you indeed are a software developer, however it's not always user error. Now as you know I'm on track to earning my CS degree so my limited knowledge in comparison to you means you are most likely right. However I'm confident enough to believe my statement has merit, not always but definitely exist.

 

[SPS]

It's been done before with great success. Really not much of an excuse to not include it. You can say this recommended list should be able to run 1060p60 at High/medium/etc settings. If you have such a degree of difference in the same hardware that it becomes impossible to know how it will run then it's most likely down to optimzation. Yes in some cases it's user end. But if for example it's like PUBG where high end hardware can either run it great or terrible, even on a fresh install, that's definitely Dev end. That's even using UE4 which has many great games that run well.

Now I understand why you said what you said because you indeed are a software developer, however it's not always user error. Now as you know I'm on track to earning my CS degree so my limited knowledge in comparison to you means you are most likely right. However I'm confident enough to believe my statement has merit, not always but definitely exist.

No I just mean I can see why they do it, to save their asses. I've debugged compatiblity issues like this in the past they often tend to be software related due to something else installed. i.e. f.lux can completely destroy a game's frame rate, fraps can often crash drivers, etc. I'm not saying they should do it, I can just see why.

 

[ImprovizoR]

What's the problem? It's a mature engine, the graphics are very similar to the previous title and the game is not a PC exclusive. It needs to run on consoles at 30fps at 1080p.

 

[NeverBackDown]

No I just mean I can see why they do it, to save their asses. I've debugged compatiblity issues like this in the past they often tend to be software related due to something else installed. i.e. f.lux can completely destroy a game's frame rate, fraps can often crash drivers, etc. I'm not saying they should do it, I can just see why.

Well in that case I think a user warning about other software known to cause performance issues could also be listed as "recommended off" lol

 

[TheF34RChannel]

I'm actually going to wait with this one until I have my next GPU, whichever model that may be and whenever it may come. It's all in the wind right now.