I was going to start an:

Unofficial "Will My Console Run Fallout 4?" Thread

But realised it wouldn't be a very long thread.

• PS4 / Xbox One - yes
• Everything else - no

The 980M sits between a desktop 770 and 780, and with 8GB it can handle most current games on full settings.

EDIT: I've seen the same card handle GTA V with almost every setting at maximum, and it ran a solid 60 fps

I may be wrong, but I think Core i5 don't support hyperthreading? I suppose it's conceivable that FO4 is using more threads than Skyrim, so the hyperthreading of Core i7 is useful.

But I suspect lefty666 is right, they just picked Intel's current desktop processors (aren't Intel pushing Core i5 as mobile processors now?) and saw what worked.

In my opinion it depends on: The utilisation across all threads on a Core i7 vs an Core i5. That's more importand on places with heavy population for example.

Meaning with an i5 you will get lower fps. (not much lower, (i guess), but i can't know that for sure before the game comes out, and the first official benchmarks comes alive)

I guess, and that's only a guess, an i5 should have 8% performance penalty vs an equivalent i7.

For anyone with Windows 10, once we see a DX12 patch for Fallout 4 the requirements should actually come down. DX12 is very efficient at boosting graphical performance, as long as you have a quad core.

Think they'll do a DX12 patch for it, though?

I don't see why not, especially as this will actually benefit the Xbox One as well.

I highly doubt a DX12 patch will ever happen, Bethesda never issued a DX11 patch for Skyrim after all.

I currently have an AMD FX-4300 3.0 GHz Quad-Core CPU. Next week I'm gonna order an AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHZ 8-Core CPU. I know that's still below the recommended CPU, but hopefully it'll be good enough to run the game. I can't afford the FX-9590.

I've been meaning to upgrade my CPU for over a year now, I keep putting it off.

I say only this. If recommended settings means: 1920x1080 (high settings) - that was the case with The Witcher 3 anyway...

You could play it at that resolution, if you either lower the graphics settings a bit (shadow quality, texture quality and so on), or play it at the same resolution with medium settings.

Judging from the requirements, your GTX 670 holds you back a little. (34% lower as intended)

12-16% below the recommended settings are no that bad. I would say, go for it. Just buy a decent GPU. !!!

The FX-8350 is a good processor overall, especially for that price.

Well, my wont.

I have only 4gb of ram.

Man, I just read the requirements and I was disappointed because my PC according to them can't run the game.

The weak point is my gpu, which is a AMD HD 6850. I bought that one back in 2011 so I can play battlefield 3, and I played that game on Ultra at 1080p with no AA, at least its single player mode.

I spent 150e which wasn't such a negligible amount given my country's austerity measures (Greece).

And now, 4 years later, my card doesn't even fit the minimum requirements for Fallout 4.

And I was waiting for this game so much, I was aleady making savings to buy it day 1.

As for the rest of my system I have an AMD FX 8350, and 8 gigs of RAM, and of course a 64bit of Windows, and enough space to install the game...

Only thing stopping me the gpu.

PS Given that the game uses by itself 8 gigs, it would be a good idea if you'd like to add tons of mods later on to add more gigs, make it 16.

But now Im in a dileema. Should I save money to get a gpu first, or more RAM ?

I wish they were telling us of the requirements earlier so I had the time to save and invest in more RAM and a better GPU.

At least when I will be able to play the game, there will be a few patches and mods already out for it.

Wouldn't DX12 need an almost complete re-write of the low-level renderer in FO4, and more explicit customisation for different GPUs?

I'm not seeing Bethesda undertaking a complex task like that in a patch, especially as changes at the low level might need significant architectural changes higher up that may well need a lot of QA.

Maybe for the next game, more likely the game after that, is my guess.

Look, your card will probably run the game. Idk. I bought a 5770 to play MGSV, whose minimum req was a 660 with 2gb. But I'm playing the game just fine in medium-high settings with 4gb of ram and a i5 3330 with 35-60FPS (35 fps only in motherbase where things get heavier).

I'd say GPU, I still haven't seen a game that can crash my 8GB RAM PC when I close down all other programs except for a rare case of notorious RAM leak like Heroes of the Storm beta.

Thanks, I've had my eye on the FX-8350 for a while now. Like I said, keep putting it off. Really shocked my FX-4300 has held me up for so long.

What's your opinion on my GPU, the Radeon R9-270X? Do you think it will be good enough?

I've been thinking about getting a R9-290X, but not anytime soon. I can't afford a new GPU and a new CPU in the same month.

(Plus the R9-290X is out of stock on Newegg...)

GPU first. Your RAM is acceptable, but a better GPU will make the biggest difference to your experience in this and most other games.

Thanks for the replies on the Core i5 vs i7. I thought the big difference between the CPUs was the cache.

It seems I meet recommended (barely). Question is where we are in a years time when all the DLCs have landed.

If Skyrim is any indicator, it could run on a much weaker PC than the required configuration. Question is what a fan is going to suffer in graphics penalty.

For those planning to upgrade, I would wait the month for game to come out and see what is possible with the system there is.

Wow that is way higer than i expected! Glad that i upgraded...

Big time thankful i meet the requirements with Win 7 64bit, i5-3570k, 8 gb ram, Gtx 970 4 gb vram. Just got the Gtx 970 a few weeks ago thanks to my tech genius brother inlaw paying for most of it as a gift.

Thanks to everyone who replied to me!

I see, I should better get a new gpu first and foremost.

It depends how the engine itself has been coded. DX12 has been available to top tier developers for a while now, and so they may have already put the groundwork in place. I guess we'll have to see what happens once the game has launched

How will my MSI R7 370 4GB do? Do you think I'll be able to get medium settings?

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