Last month the Xbox One lost another exclusive, after the struggling Crytek revealed that Ryse: Son of Rome would be making its way to PC later this year. Ryse isn’t known for being a deeply engrossing title, but it is probably the most visually stunning title on the Xbox One. That makes me wonder what type of hardware is needed to get it running smoothly on PC. According to Steam, it’s going to take a lot.
Ryse went up for pre-order yesterday on Steam, revealing not only the PC requirements but also the price. Crytek is thankfully hoping PC players will shell out full price for their port, with Ryse currently priced at $40. That includes all the previously released DLC, as well as the game’s soundtrack for those who pre-order.
But what’s really catching everyone’s attention is the requirements. You’ve got your usual Minimum and Recommended, but if you look closely at the you might see something odd.
Minimum:
- OS: Windows Vista SP1, Windows 7 or Windows 8 (64bit)
- Processor: Intel Dual-Core 2.8 GHz/ AMD Dual-Core 3.2 GHz or better
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 11 graphics card with 1 GB video RAM
- DirectX: Version 11
- Hard Drive: 26 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible Sound Card with latest drivers
Recommended:
- OS: Windows Vista SP1, Windows 7 or Windows 8 (64bit)
- Processor: Intel Quad-Core or AMD Octo-Core
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 11 graphics card with 4 GB video RAM
- DirectX: Version 11
- Hard Drive: 26 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible Sound Card with latest drivers
A GPU with 4GB of VRAM is recommended? Hands up how many of you actually meet that? Oh, not many? Not any? That’s what I thought.
What the requirements page fails to state is that the recommended specifications are basically what it’s going to take to run Ryse at 4K. That’s the biggest change Crytek has introduced with the port, allowing you to really max out the resolution. It makes sense then that you’d need so much visual processing power to achieve that, but I’m guessing you won’t even need half for standard HD.
It’s either that, or Ryse’s weird boob physics are really taxing on PC hardware. The game is out on October 10th, placing it in and around a month with far more interesting, and newer, titles to steal your attention.
Last Updated: September 5, 2014
Travis
September 5, 2014 at 09:08
Yeah Im sure 4GB will only be for 4k as you say, Im sure 2GB will be plenty for 1080.
Lord Chaos
September 5, 2014 at 09:15
Finally, should push the PC to about 80%
Brady miaau
September 5, 2014 at 09:26
Yeah, our IT guy has a PC like that at home. Just ridiculous what what it cost, though
Sith JJ
September 5, 2014 at 09:27
Probably around the same price as an iPad. Or a car.
Spaffy
September 5, 2014 at 09:36
Car is probably cheaper
Brady miaau
September 5, 2014 at 09:37
Yeah, but my wife and buy old, good cars. So for us, yeah. Just bought a “new” car two weeks ago, for R45K, which is just a bit more than the IT Guy spent on his PC, 4 TB hardisk and all
Spaffy
September 5, 2014 at 09:40
I buy a “new” car every year. I also keep in the 50-70k bracket.
The value of the car doesn’t depreciate much in that price range, so I don’t lose money per se
Brady miaau
September 5, 2014 at 09:44
But what brands do you buy? We (me) love merc, truly awesome. Comfortable, not sporty, but a bit of power when you want it. I like that. Why buy new? Car payment? Nah.
2nd HOUSE is the goal now, even with wife not working
Spaffy
September 5, 2014 at 09:46
European lol
I currently have an Audi a4 but have owned e46 BMW, Alfa 156 and Jetta CLi to name a few
Sith JJ
September 5, 2014 at 09:52
Those 156’s are such nice cars.
Spaffy
September 5, 2014 at 09:56
That’s an understatement. I had the v6, 155kw of awesomeness (mine wasn’t stock). Used to pull Golf 5 GTi’s robot to robot. I miss that car :(. Just the spares are k@k expensive. But still, alot of car for little money
Sith JJ
September 5, 2014 at 09:58
Agreed. Those V6’s were the shiz man. I always wanted one, but always ended up with an Asian car instead.
Spaffy
September 5, 2014 at 10:01
At the same time as the Alfa I also had a Mazda MX6. Also a v6. Spent a small fortune restoring that car. Had a motor imported etc. Stunning car for it’s age
Sith JJ
September 5, 2014 at 10:03
That age of Mazda’s were great. I loved the MX6 so much. I had an Astina. Aside from my current KIA Koup, it’s the best car I ever owned.
Spaffy
September 5, 2014 at 10:05
The Astina was a stunner yes. Loved the “sports car” doors it had
Sith JJ
September 5, 2014 at 10:07
Any door without window frames is pretty.
Spaffy
September 5, 2014 at 10:11
I’m looking for a real classic now.
A guy in the plein had a Mercury Cougar rolling chassis he wanted to sell for 50k. But when he realized how scare it was he got very greedy very quickly.
My uncle had a Pontiac Fire-am when I grew up. I thought I was going to own it one day, but he ended up selling it to Johan Rupert for his car museum last year 🙁
Sith JJ
September 5, 2014 at 10:14
Damn that sucks. Those Cougars are crazy cool though.
Spaffy
September 5, 2014 at 10:17
Yea, lot of potential, and fairly unknown to the masses
Sith JJ
September 5, 2014 at 09:41
Moer.
I’m with you on the old-good car thing, but I’m a car nut so most older cars are nicer for me so put some personal touch on them.
Brady miaau
September 5, 2014 at 09:43
We buy German (not BMW or Opel) and now bought a Japanese sports wagon, n STASIE WAA vir die kind en al haar, um, goed
Sith JJ
September 5, 2014 at 09:47
Haha. I like my Asian cars. Usually stick to Nissan, Mazda and Toyota, but recently tried a KIA. Wow, am I impressed. 20 times a nicer car than the Merc I had before it.
I think one of my favourite stasie wa’s to date are those old Audi’s. Man those are cool.
Spaffy
September 5, 2014 at 09:47
Geoff’ll be so proud of you 🙂
Sith JJ
September 5, 2014 at 09:49
looool
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 5, 2014 at 10:01
Me too. I like my current Hyundai & the previous Toyota way more than the Volkswagen & Ford.
Sith JJ
September 5, 2014 at 10:04
They’re so refined but kept simple. Love it.
Skoobaz
September 5, 2014 at 11:30
Run X baby yeah! Love love love. And I’ve gone through the jetta range and opel’s including one very cool Super Boss.
Brady miaau
September 5, 2014 at 09:36
More like two Ipads and an Ipod
Lord Chaos
September 5, 2014 at 09:29
Luckily I buy direct from the supplier, so not that much.
Brady miaau
September 5, 2014 at 09:36
as does the IT guy, of course.
At home my desktop has a R150 graphics card, the cheapest I could buy that dual screens. Awesome!
Sith JJ
September 5, 2014 at 09:37
I so badly want a dual-screen setup. The previous owner of the house I bought left their 40″ tv behind, but that seems like overkill 😉
Spaffy
September 5, 2014 at 09:38
I use a 40″ as my monitor.
With a wireless keyboard and mouse.
It’s fine for casual play, doesn’t work so well for online though
Sith JJ
September 5, 2014 at 09:40
My problem is that I’ll have to put it on the desk, there’s no space on the wall. I play a lot of strategy games, so I enjoy watching something while I’m playing a casual game (hence the need for two screens)
Brady miaau
September 5, 2014 at 09:42
Ah, I play Civ V at night on my laptop, in the TV room on a small table (ok, our 2nd dining room at the back of the TV room) and watch TV like that, you are right about that
Sith JJ
September 5, 2014 at 09:43
Playing come Civ (or most turn based strategy) and watching TV is what Fridays are all about. 😉
Brady miaau
September 5, 2014 at 09:46
Indeed, I like that. Sometimes Master of Orion 2. Or Galciv. But I always come back to Civ
Sith JJ
September 5, 2014 at 09:48
If you haven’t yet, try Warlock. Pretty much a medieval Civ. But get it on special if you can.
Skoobaz
September 5, 2014 at 11:31
What about pip? ( picture in picture )
Brady miaau
September 5, 2014 at 09:41
I tried that with Starcraft 2, play on TV. Found it very difficult somehow, it seems as if the mouse and keyboard were too “far” away or something and I kept looking down and up, so hurt neck is a risk too. (do not tell me to learn the keys, I touch type)
Sith JJ
September 5, 2014 at 09:42
I think strategy games become an issue if you’re not sitting right in front of the screen.
Spaffy
September 5, 2014 at 09:42
My problem wit SC2 (or any other RTS) is that I can’t see everywhere at the same time lol
Brady miaau
September 5, 2014 at 09:39
If at a desk, yes, is overkill. Tried an HDMI switch? PC to TV or DSTV )or whatever to TV on a swtich or something
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 5, 2014 at 09:33
Yeah, everyone’s banging on the 4K drum, I’ll stick to 1080p for this generation thanks, I’m on a budget.
Sir Rants A Lot: On Pandora
September 5, 2014 at 09:58
1080p is just fine. 4K is over the top in my opinion.
geelslang
September 5, 2014 at 11:06
With that attitude we would still be on 640×480
Sir Rants A Lot: On Pandora
September 5, 2014 at 11:51
No. Not at all. I am saying currently. 1080p is just fine for now. 4K is enthusiast and doesn’t need to be in everyone’s living room.
Once 4K capable devices come down in price to current 1080p standards then 4K will be fine.
It’s not attitude, it’s realism
geelslang
September 5, 2014 at 12:05
1080p is for phones!
Its over the top but awsone, but I agree its just too expensive for what you get at the moment. Maybe in 3 years is will be realisitc, but by then we will all have VR sets strapped to our heads.
zeemonkeyman
September 5, 2014 at 12:36
Wow, you’ve got no idea
geelslang
September 5, 2014 at 13:46
Time to get a sense of humor, untill then you will ‘have a bad time’ on the internet.
zeemonkeyman
September 5, 2014 at 13:51
I’ve got a sense of humour, your comment was just stupid and it is you who will have a bad time if you keep up with the dumb comments!
geelslang
September 5, 2014 at 14:01
Ugh, if you say so, We had a perfectly civilized conversation untill you arrived and insulted me.
The bit you added, everybody knows that, so dont think your teaching anybody anything, believe it or not we are not idiots.
If you visit these comment sections regularly you would know to not take things so seriously. Now try to relax.
zeemonkeyman
September 5, 2014 at 14:20
I’ve got close to 2000 comments and you haven’t even got 200…so maybe you need to start visiting these comment sections more regularly?! Also take a step back and have a look out our conversation…you are the one that needs to relax, I said one little thing to you and you have done nothing but cry about it since! I think you really do need to get a bit more experience in here because you are going to get eaten alive lol. Don’t say dumb fuck comments and you won’t get people like me calling you out on them, simples.
geelslang
September 5, 2014 at 15:03
Ag this is pointless and Im done wasting time here. You sound like a very angry person, so good luck with that.
zeemonkeyman
September 5, 2014 at 15:25
Haha I’m the complete opposite of an angry person, I’m on of the nicest people you’d ever meet, you are just overly sensitive and like I said you need more experience with the internet.
Sir Rants A Lot: On Pandora
September 5, 2014 at 12:44
Lol…. I hope you are joking about 1080 being for phones.
geelslang
September 5, 2014 at 13:44
jip, its a joke
zeemonkeyman
September 5, 2014 at 12:36
What a stupid comment from you.
geelslang
September 5, 2014 at 13:44
Real deep comment from you there champ. I made a light hearthed comment, you just insulted.
zeemonkeyman
September 5, 2014 at 12:35
It’s all about screen size ratio, if you don’t play on a monitor any bigger than say a 24inch you don’t need 4K and to be honest I’ve got no idea why anyone would want a bigger screen than 24inches at desk?? I’ve got a 23inch and it’s perfect, any bigger and I’d have to move my head from side to side! C’mon people bigger isn’t always better…..
Sir Rants A Lot: On Pandora
September 5, 2014 at 12:44
I play on a TV…. heh…
Gareth L (That eXCheez Guy)
September 6, 2014 at 15:31
Apart from the 4gb GPU, I paid around R8k about 5 years ago for a machine like this. Your IT has been seriously ripped off.
Johan du Preez
September 5, 2014 at 11:10
Yup star citzen is the only game I can see thats really going to push pc’s in the near future.
Sith JJ
September 5, 2014 at 09:22
Score!
Putting my sound on high for this one.
PestControl
September 5, 2014 at 09:25
My 780 Ti only has 3GB 🙁
Aries
September 5, 2014 at 09:32
That fine i got a 770 4gb, but still want a 780, those things are beasts
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 5, 2014 at 09:25
I’m more interested in getting this than DR3. After the upgrade, even though min specs are fine.
Brady miaau
September 5, 2014 at 09:25
Is it not lucky the game did not review well then? Seems a good idea from the developers to me. Game did not review well on Xbox One, so limit the amount of potential haters on PC. Or something
th3SiCn3ss
September 5, 2014 at 09:27
my pc is ready 🙂
Spaffy
September 5, 2014 at 09:37
Liar 😛
th3SiCn3ss
September 5, 2014 at 09:47
my credit card disagrees my good man, every body part I have 2 of is in the process of being sold…. I will be using 1 right hand & 1 left foot for my gaming 🙂
th3SiCn3ss
September 5, 2014 at 09:42
The Xbox gameplay footage looks awesome so for the MasterRace I’m sure it’s going to be insane, also I’m a huge fan of the Spartacus series as well…. by Jupiter’s c0ck I do pray to the gods that this digital picture entertainment will be worthy of a keyboard gladiator…..
FoxOneZA
September 5, 2014 at 09:44
Recommended:
OS: Windows Vista SP1, Windows 7 or Windows 8 (64bit)
Processor: Intel Quad-Core or AMD Octo-Core
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: DirectX 11 graphics card with 4 GB video RAM
DirectX: Version 11
Hard Drive: 26 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX compatible Sound Card with latest drivers
4K Requirements:
CPU: Intel Quad Core or AMD Eight Core CPU
CPU Details: SSE1-3, 8+ logical processors
Memory: 8 GB RAM
GPU: DirectX 11 graphics card with 4 GB video RAM
OS: 64 bit Windows (Vista, 7, 8)
HDD: 26GB
Display: 4k Monitor (3840×2160 resolution)
Basically the recommended and 4K requirements differ by 2b of VRAM.
Sir Rants A Lot: On Pandora
September 5, 2014 at 09:56
The specs aren’t actually that outrageous if you consider it all.
The 4GB video ram is a real laugh however. That’s some seriously bad optomising going on there.
I am pretty sure that a DX11 card with 1 – 2 GB Vram will be able to run it at ultra on 1080p or at least close. Most definitely will be able to run it as good if not better at the same visual quality of the XBox
Sith JJ
September 5, 2014 at 10:16
A lot of these guys have been letting the games almost solely run off the gfx cards, using less RAM. There’s reasons to it (so my engineer friend tells me), but I can’t remember what it was.
Sir Rants A Lot: On Pandora
September 5, 2014 at 11:53
VRam is much, much faster than DDR3 ram. GFX card Ram is GDDR5 and is extremely fast.
The problem is the cost of GDDR ram. Hence why the more VRam a GFX card has the more expensive it becomes.
Sk3tz0
September 5, 2014 at 09:59
isnt this a kak game ??
Spaffy
September 5, 2014 at 09:59
Only if you believe the reviews
Sk3tz0
September 5, 2014 at 10:01
I heard this game got more QTE in it than a battlefield Single player campaign ??
Spaffy
September 5, 2014 at 10:02
That might be stretching the truth abit lol
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
September 5, 2014 at 10:05
Mmmm.. that port requirements….
Kensei Seraph
September 5, 2014 at 10:06
INCOMING!!!
http://gifshost.com/032011/1299505990_mortar-launch-fail.gif
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
September 5, 2014 at 10:17
That’s like every single BF4 squad I join these days…. :/
Labey-Kun
September 5, 2014 at 10:44
Those system requirements are pretty standard if you look at games like, Crysis 3 and BF4, but the 4GB requirement is just for 4k gaming, a graphics card with 1gb or 2gb should run this just fine on 1080p, from what I have seen the game looks fun despite the reviews being so cruel.
Khaan
September 5, 2014 at 11:03
My question here, is Ryse worth it? I remember a lot of horrid reviews for the game when it first came out, Metacritic seems to place it at 60/100 now though. running 780ti with 570 for physX, so will be interesting to see how it holds up.
Johan du Preez
September 5, 2014 at 11:08
Its a tech demo for cryengine …. expect it to be crap but a good benchmark tool ….
Khaan
September 5, 2014 at 11:10
Yeah thats pretty much what I remember from the reviews.
MakeItLegal
September 6, 2014 at 12:34
i have a 4 gig msi gtx760 i think , paid 4 k for it , was a choice btw a 2gig card or extra 1000 bucks to get 4gig ? future proofing my friends 🙂