Watch Dogs: PC specs released, prepare to upgrade

I can't remember seeing a game with such a high CPU spec. What is it going to do with all that horsepower?
 
Pretty hefty, but I see no reason why my i5 3570k will be much worse off than the i7. As for the rest I'm just fine.
 
Games are now being coded to make use of 8 cores/threads, because next gen consoles are technically 8 core machines.
Its not to say it won't run perfectly fine on a i5, its just for "optimal" performance they recommend a 8 core chip.
 
The Joker said:
Games are now being coded to make use of 8 cores/threads, because next gen consoles are technically 8 core machines.
Its not to say it won't run perfectly fine on a i5, its just for "optimal" performance they recommend a 8 core chip.
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Probably a stupid question, but what's the difference between cores and threads? I believe my CPU has 4 cores, but 8 threads.
 
Eugene said:
Probably a stupid question, but what's the difference between cores and threads? I believe my CPU has 4 cores, but 8 threads.
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Easiest way to explain it :)
CPU: The "brains" of the computer. Responsable for all computations, loading of data, etc

Core: An individual CPU unit. For instance, a Dual Core CPU can be thought of as having two seperate CPU's in a single package, with their own dedicated registers and cache. [This isn't entirely correct, but its a simlified explanation]

Process: A process can be thought of as a program. When you start a program, it kicks of its process, and all memory that is allocated is allocated at the process level.

Thread: A thread is a unit of execution within a process. One process can have many threads. For instance, you could have a thread to handle User Input, a thread for program control, a few threads for AI managment, a thread for audio, etc. All these threads exist within a single process.

Within most modern OS's, the thread is the smallest unit of execution; the OS schedules threads [usually based on priority], and the CPU spends some time operating on a thread, before swapping in a new one to work on [giving the illusion multiple things can happen at the same time].

On a multiple-CPU or multi-core system, multiple threads could be run at the same time, hence why there is an increasing focus on software parallelization.
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Oh and your pc will crush any and all next gen games bud, made sure of that ;)
 
The Joker said:
Games are now being coded to make use of 8 cores/threads, because next gen consoles are technically 8 core machines.
Its not to say it won't run perfectly fine on a i5, its just for "optimal" performance they recommend a 8 core chip.
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Now is when the 8 core AMD CPU's start leaving the 4 core Intels behind. Actually quite interested to see benchmarks of this game now. Can the pure per core processing power of the Intel CPU's maintain that competitive edge?
 
The Joker said:
Games are now being coded to make use of 8 cores/threads, because next gen consoles are technically 8 core machines.
Its not to say it won't run perfectly fine on a i5, its just for "optimal" performance they recommend a 8 core chip.
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The i7-3770 is a quad core chip, with 8 threads...
 
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