We are truly entering a time in gaming where it feels like optimizations are a thing of the past, and the specifications needed to run 007 First Light are nuts.

We are truly entering a time in gaming where it feels like optimizations are a thing of the past, and the specifications needed to run 007 First Light are nuts. Thanks to the rise of DLSS, FSR and XeSS we’re seeing more and more AAA-level developers use them as a crutch for performance, at times setting them as an actual requirement to get the games actually playable.

And now it’s getting worse.

IO Interactive this week put up the required PC specifications for running 007 First Light, and you might want to be sitting down for this. To run it at just 60FPS with only a 1080p resolution they’re saying you need at a minimum 32GB RAM. Really? 32GB in this economy? And 12GB VRAM too. At least on the GPU / CPU side it’s reasonable.

  • Eternal192@anarchist.nexusEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Oh… that’s one of the reasons i still haven’t switched to Linux, but being on Windows for decades now has made me too lazy to get into trying to understand it properly and i’m currently on Windows 10 with disabled updates and i do have Linux on a few devices and it looks so much better now and so dumbed down so even i can understand it, i’m just too lazy at the moment till stuff starts breaking on Windows then i’ll have to get into it but Linux is picking up momentum and getting better and in 1-2 years it’ll be easier to understand.

    • Sturgist@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Installing GAMMA, or rather NOT installing it, is one of the few frustrations I’ve had with Linux. I don’t play competitive online games, so no issues with anticheat. I wouldn’t say that Linux is any harder than windows at all now, just different things are difficult.