16GB minimum is still insane IMO. I wonder if the game actually uses that much RAM, or if it’s just that they won’t put in values between 8 and 16.
IO Interactive have fixed the crazy PC specifications for 007 First Light
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rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 days ago
Bimfred@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The OS takes its chunk of RAM. And I’d imagine most people don’t close all unnecessary background processes when launching a game. So they’ll have Steam and Epic and Discord and the management software for their RGB (multiple, if the individual components are mismatched) and their browser with like 30 tabs open in the background. Under these circumstances, it’s not outside the realm of possibility that 8GB of RAM is gone even before the game is launched.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 1 day ago
True, but for minimum requirements, I’d expect that they consider the case where most of the unnecessary processes are closed. Also, only 30 tabs? Rookie numbers!
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 2 days ago
To get 12 gb of ram requires mismatched ram.
They come in 1-2-4-8-16gb sticks.
dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
And what does that have to do with how much RAM the game needs? If I have 32GB of RAM, and I’m usually running 18GB of other tasks, will I be able to run the game with the 14GB of free RAM or will I need to close other applications?
Because if it actually uses 16GB is quite different if it actually uses 10GB.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 days ago
It’s not that uncommon, especially on laptops (not sure if this game would run on any laptop, though). Also, you can get 4 sticks of 4GB RAM and have one with a flaw so you take it out. Granted, I don’t think anyone would buy 4x4GB RAM for a setup that might actually run this game.
SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 1 day ago
When I read the title I thought, "did they fix just the list, or the actual game requirements?". They need to make 'optimization' part of the budget again.
cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
I watched the gameplay video and it was just so, so meh. I see what they were going for, but it just falls flat on so many levels. Ironically for a Bond game, it lacks style. There was such a lack of consistency, of thought, it’s like they fed various better games to an AI and this is the result. It’s all over the place.