Can my PC play AC: Unity?

[Anomaly1964]

See my specs in signature and let me know what you think...

 

[futurefields]

Dont do it man... its not worth it

Wait for a HUGE sale

 

[tential]

Specs are a GTX 680 minimum or a HD7970 minimum. So you're not at the minimum specs.

 

[Carfax83]

I'm pretty sure you can't. CPU and RAM wise you're fine, but your GPU is outdated and is slower than the GPU in the PS4 for all intents and purposes.

Looks like it's time for an upgrade. AC Unity despite what the naysayers say, is a true next gen game and up to now, is the best looking game I've ever played.

From a technical perspective, it's extremely impressive what Ubisoft has managed to accomplish; particularly with the seamlessness, combat animations and the global illumination lighting system.

Oh, and no current game can even touch ACU when it comes to PBR implementation, or physically based rendering for those that aren't familiar with that acronym.

 

[master_shake_]

don't do it.

it's not worth it and there are better games.

 

[Anomaly1964]

I'm pretty sure you can't. CPU and RAM wise you're fine, but your GPU is outdated and is slower than the GPU in the PS4 for all intents and purposes.

Looks like it's time for an upgrade. AC Unity despite what the naysayers say, is a true next gen game and up to now, is the best looking game I've ever played.

From a technical perspective, it's extremely impressive what Ubisoft has managed to accomplish; particularly with the seamlessness, combat animations and the global illumination lighting system.

Oh, and no current game can even touch ACU when it comes to PBR implementation, or physically based rendering for those that aren't familiar with that acronym.

What is the least expensive Nvidia GPU I can get to make it play well?

Thanks!

 

[futurefields]

Dude, this game is a mess, why do you want to upgrade your system for this game?

We are talking about an Assassin's Creed game where you go to open a chest and it tells you need to download the mobile app in order to open this chest. It is also an unoptimized mess. And the storyline and characters from what I hear are not very good. Why do you want to reward Ubisoft with your money?

 

[RockinZ28]

No need to upgrade, you'll get to experience that cinematic feel of 30fps or less.

Seriously though, I wouldn't say SLI 970s oc'd play it well at 1080p.

 

[tential]

i7-4790k+ GTX970 is what I'd recommend.

That'd give you 60 FPS if you're lucky on Ultra with No AA.

Now would I recommend you to upgrade to play this game? Absolutely not especially with the screenshots I've seen of this game at 1080p/NoAA.

I'd wait til 2015, when new graphics cards come out and get the same on sale then with a PC that is capable of handling it.

I would NOT upgrade my PC to play this wreck of a game though.

 

[Carfax83]

What is the least expensive Nvidia GPU I can get to make it play well?

Thanks!

Definitely a GTX 970. Other than the GTX 980, it's the best card performance wise for AC Unity and it's priced much more reasonably than it's bigger brother.. It's also highly overclockable for that extra kick..

Also, there are specials now where if you buy a GTX 970, you can get AC Unity for free..

You may want to overclock your CPU though if you haven't done so already, as this game is heavy on the CPU. An i5 2500k would need at least 4.2ghz (but preferably 4.5ghz) so as to not bottleneck your GPU and run all the A.I, streaming and decompression stuff without your frame rate plummeting.

 

[Raduque]

How about my Haswell i7-4700hq and Maxwell GTX 860M?

Note that I actually have this on Xbox One, and I don't plan on buying it for PC, but I just want to know where I sit relative to the desktop.

 

[mmntech]

That's not the question you should be asking OP. Rather, should anybody play AC Unity? The answer is no, just... no. The game is still a buggy mess. There's no way I'd fork out the full $60-$70 MSRP to beta test their game for them.

Here's the full minimum requirements from Steam.

MINIMUM:
OS: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8/8.1 (64-bit operating system required)
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.3 GHz or AMD FX-8350 @ 4.0 GHz
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon HD 7970 (2 GB VRAM)
Hard Drive: 50 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card with latest drivers
Additional Notes: Windows-compatible keyboard and mouse required, optional controller

RECOMMENDED :
OS: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8/8.1 (64-bit operating system required)
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.4 GHz or AMD FX-8350 @ 4.0 GHz or better
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 or AMD Radeon R9 290X (3 GB VRAM)
Hard Drive: 50 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card with latest drivers
Additional Notes: Supported video cards at the time of release: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or better, GeForce GTX 700 series; AMD Radeon HD7970 or better, Radeon R9 200 series Note: Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT officially supported.

The fact that they're so high tells me the game is very poorly optimized for the platform. Even Farcry 4 isn't that demanding. So no, your computer can't play it.

Assassin's Creed games are best played on console for this reason. They tend to run better even if they don't have all the eye candy.

 

[Anomaly1964]

Thanks for the info...

I'm just enjoying AC 2 right now, its so unlike all the shooters I usually play...

 

[tential]

Thanks for the info...

I'm just enjoying AC 2 right now, its so unlike all the shooters I usually play...

You could get unity for console but I wouldn't.

Throughout the years we've had increasingly unfinished games be released. This has culminated in AC unity. Not a bad game by design but the engine is clearly 6 months away from completion. Rewarding publishers for releasing an essentially incomplete game is not correct.

You can purchase it if you want to and will enjoy it but don't be surprised when next yearsbtitle requires crossfire/sli minimum because thepublisher knows they can rush an unoptimized game out the window any time.

 

[Jodell88]

Thanks for the info...

I'm just enjoying AC 2 right now, its so unlike all the shooters I usually play...

Get Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. Stay the hell away from Unity.

 

[Rakehellion]

See my specs in signature and let me know what you think...

You could play the game at 720p and 30fps, but it's really time for an upgrade.

 

[gevorg]

Sorry bro:
http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/gu...sassins-creed-unity-optimal-playable-settings

 

[Carfax83]

The fact that they're so high tells me the game is very poorly optimized for the platform. Even Farcry 4 isn't that demanding. So no, your computer can't play it.

That's kind of a simplistic way of looking at it. People were so used to being able to get high frame rates with medium and even low end hardware that the much higher specs for current gen only games like AC Unity must come as a shock.

But that doesn't necessarily mean the game is poorly optimized. Tahiti has been around for 3 years now at this point, and the GTX 680 for almost as long. Those cards are no longer considered high end anymore..

And AC Unity is an extraordinarily detailed game with lots of cutting edge technologies. It's not surprising that it requires beefier hardware to run properly.

 

[frozentundra123456]

You could play the game at 720p and 30fps, but it's really time for an upgrade.

Yay, some advice the OP asked for rather than just bashing the game(which my be deserved, but was not the question).

I agree, OP. You have plenty of cpu and ram, you would just have to lower the graphical settings to whatever level allows you to get a decent framerate. "Can I play the game", though is kind of vague. What resolution, graphics quality, and framerate are you willing to accept?

Without a gpu upgrade I suspect you would be better off on console.

 

[frozentundra123456]

That's kind of a simplistic way of looking at it. People were so used to being able to get high frame rates with medium and even low end hardware that the much higher specs for current gen only games like AC Unity must come as a shock.

But that doesn't necessarily mean the game is poorly optimized. Tahiti has been around for 3 years now at this point, and the GTX 680 for almost as long. Those cards are no longer considered high end anymore..

And AC Unity is an extraordinarily detailed game with lots of cutting edge technologies. It's not surprising that it requires beefier hardware to run properly.

Not "necessarily", but are you specifically saying this game is well optimized? Even though hardware requirements are justified to advance, personally I would consider a game well "optimized" if it scaled efficiently to various levels of hardware, not that it requires basically a top of the line system for decent performance.

 

[mmntech]

That's kind of a simplistic way of looking at it. People were so used to being able to get high frame rates with medium and even low end hardware that the much higher specs for current gen only games like AC Unity must come as a shock.

But that doesn't necessarily mean the game is poorly optimized. Tahiti has been around for 3 years now at this point, and the GTX 680 for almost as long. Those cards are no longer considered high end anymore..

And AC Unity is an extraordinarily detailed game with lots of cutting edge technologies. It's not surprising that it requires beefier hardware to run properly.

Just speaking from experience. Assassin's Creed has never run all that great on PC. Unity has been said to struggle with high end hardware as well.

 

[futurefields]

unity sucks on everything guys, Ubisoft has it running at 900p and getting 20fps on PS4

once again its Ubisoft just trying to do too much and failing to deliver