Watch Dogs Should Run Well on Almost Any PC
Got a gaming PC? Good news then: Ubisoft’s upcoming Watch Dogs should run fairly well for you. It’s a decent looking game, but you’re not going to need a super powerful rig to get it running. No, it’s playable on ‘ultra’ settings with a Geforce 670 – a decent card but hardly high end.
This was revealed by the creative director of Watch Dogs, Jonathan Morin, on Twitter:
@RaR_XPyr0X 90% of the dev team runs on Nvidia Geforce 670, that will run Ultra if you have the CPU to match.
— Jonathan Morin (@Design_Cave) May 19, 2014
Notice that the question isn’t exactly answered, leaving whether it’ll play at above HD and at 60FPS a little vague. The minimum we can take from the reply is that Watch Dogs has been fairly well optimized, and that it’ll deliver a decent experience so long as you have a half-decent computer, you’ll be able to play it at high or above.
Watch Dogs has been the centre of many a discussion in the last few months, and has arguably been terribly mishandled by Ubisoft. After initial hype, it was delayed and presumed cancelled by some. A re-reveal earlier this year ended up getting a lot of negative feedback, mostly because of a lacklustre last gen trailer. Finally, a leaked review earlier this week scored it around the 7 mark, and although Ubi was quick to say it wasn’t a ‘valid’ critique, many are left unsurprised by the ‘merely good’ reaction.
Article By Mat Growcott
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