- if i remember right, and Guy will say if it isn't, the minimum states 7800 gen ati card and the r7 are more better than the 7800 series so you would be alright i am thinking. still just a guess
I'm going to have to say no, the R7 240 is not the equal of the minimum (7870) and probably not a good risk.
Just because it's newer doesn't make it better. Every generation of GPU comes in a wide range of performance, from low-end GPUs suitable only for video playback and casual gaming to the high-end ones that are little supercomputers.
R7 240: 320 shaders, 8 output processors, maybe 6 GPixel/sec throughput. You could play TW2 on it, at very modest settings. I'm not sure it will be up to TW3.
7870: Four times the size of the R7 240. 1280 shaders, 32 output processors, about 25.6 GPixel/sec throughput. It can do TW2 at good frame rate on almost any settings. Even though it is a minimum card for TW3, it should play it very well.
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Welp, there goes my hope crashing through the window and onto the street to be pissed upon. i5 750 and 7850. Fuck me.
That's only fractionally below stated minimum. The 7850 is a cut-down 7870, maybe 80% of the bigger card.The i5 750 is better than the minimum Phenom II x4. I'd be surprised if it didn't work for you.
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In case CDP is taking a poll, no one in my family will be able to run this, even though we have all pre-ordered.
What I don't understand is how the PC specs can be set so high when it's supposed to be able to run on Apple products and consoles.
I don't need 60 FPS at 1080P or 20 gazillion by 16 gazillion or double screens or any of that stuff. I just want to play the last of the series.
I don't mind running minimum graphics at a reasonable frame rate at a puny 1280x1024 or even smaller, but I'm deeply offended that I might have to spend another $3000 upgrading computers in this household to do it.
The PC minimum specs are only slightly higher than the consoles. And I strongly doubt that the minimums amount to "no, you can't play it". I think being fractionally below the minimums means the game will still play well at reduced settings. (Some of the requirements, like 64-bit and DX11, aren't soft, though.)
So I think taking offense or blaming CDPR for not making a game that will deliver Old Masters-quality artwork on just any PC is premature.