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Fallout 4

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http://www.geek.com/games/a-budget-gaming-pc-plays-fallout-4-better-than-consoles-1638999/

A budget gaming PC plays Fallout 4 better than consoles

Today is Fallout 4 launch day, and just as important as how good the game is, is how well it performs on the different platforms. That’s because Bethesda is renowned for creating massive, open world games that can put a strain on hardware. Fallout 4 is no exception. What’s not surprising is that you’ll get the best visuals and frame rates on a PC, what is surprising is this remains true even on a budget gaming rig.

As usual, Digital Foundry was quick to get Fallout 4 hooked up to its testing hardware and see how it performs. From past releases across all Bethesda’s games, it’s fair to expect a certain number of performance-limiting bugs on release day, and Fallout 4 is living up to that expectation.

The game is capped at 30fps on consoles, but both the PS4 andXbox One dip down to near 20fps regularly. The PS4 is the better console version right now, with the biggest issue on Xbox One being regular stutters that can last up to a second even when doing very basic actions like changing weapons. Both versions are easily playable, though, and a patch (or three) will surely sort out the performance soon enough.

Where the surprise comes in is Digital Foundry’s use of a budget PC to play the game. The spec includes a Core i3 4130 CPU, GTX 750 Ti graphics card, 8GB DDR3 RAM, and no overclocking. Using the High preset the game easily hits 40fps while being the equivalent graphically to the consoles running at 1080p.

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Spent about four hours playing tonight. My 4 year old Z68/2500k & HD 6850 seem to run FO4 at medium detail without any major issues. I think Bethesda overstated the minimum system requirements for PC.
 
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Dryden said:
Spent about four hours playing tonight. My 4 year old Z68/2500k & HD 6850 seem to run FO4 at medium detail without any major issues. I think Bethesda overstated the minimum system requirements for PC.
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Given that some people haven't gotten over the 'minimum requirements' fiasco that was Oblivion, I have a feeling this is done on purpose.

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Got a text from a friend of mine who picked it up midnight release.. it simply says.

"Fallout has me".

I don't think he's gone to class or work in a couple days?
 
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Pornhub's traffic fell 10% with release of Fallout 4.

http://venturebeat.com/2015/11/13/pornhubs-traffic-dipped-significantly-the-day-fallout-4-came-out/

Fallout 4 isn’t just causing a wave of “sick” days across the planet. The excellent open-world role-playing game is also eating into the time people spend on …other habits.

Pornhub, one of the world’s most popular adult video sites, told GamesBeat that it saw a 10 percent drop in traffic among gamers after Fallout 4 came out earlier this week. On November 10, traffic started to drop at around 5 a.m. after most people finished downloading and installing the game. That decrease from normal patterns continued until around 3 p.m. Gamers then seemed to disappear again beginning at 6 p.m.

“We can’t say we’re too surprised with what happened to our traffic during peak gaming hours,” Pornhub vice president Corey Price told GamesBeat. “Based on the data, it looks like a huge surge of people decided to indulge in some wasteland wandering by taking the day off of work and school to play, while the rest of the world had to wade through what we assume were the longest hours of work ever in anticipation of some alone time with their consoles.”
 
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Dryden said:
Spent about four hours playing tonight. My 4 year old Z68/2500k & HD 6850 seem to run FO4 at medium detail without any major issues. I think Bethesda overstated the minimum system requirements for PC.
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I played most of the afternoon and evening yesterday and my computer easily handles this game.

One thing I do like so far is how it shows you what's in a crate w/o opening it. But fallout 3 and NV both are causing me to think I need to hit B (xbox 360 controller) to close the bin!
 
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ScarletInMyVeins said:
I've never played any of the Fallout games and I just bought it for XB1 with the Fallout 3 download. Should I play 3 first Or should I be able to jump right in to 4 and be fine?
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While this is Fallout 4, the storylines don't really line up, so you can if go right into this one. Fallout 3 is a fantastic game, though. So I would definitely recommend you play it at some point.
 
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