Just Cause 4 PC Graphics Benchmark

[Julio Franco]

Today we're benchmarking Just Cause 4 with a boatload of different GPUs to help you determine if your graphics card will handle this brand new title, and if need be, work out a suitable upgrade option.

Read the full article here.

https://www.techspot.com/review/1762-just-cause-4-benchmarks/

 

[Nightfire]

Thanks Steve, I knew there was a reason to stay up so late in the States. Amazing that this game runs so poor, especially on AMD cards like the RX 570, which is similar to what ps4 pro has.

Any chance you will be doing an article this December on how much system ram you need for gaming?
https://www.techspot.com/article/1535-how-much-ram-do-you-need-for-gaming/

It would be neat to see if anything changed in the last year, especially now Ram prices are much more reasonable.

 

[Vulcanproject]

Smashed it out quick on PC to catch the Christmas season. "Get it out the door and get some money in, maybe we'll fix everything later"

Should have been left to bake for a lot longer by the looks of this. It's unfinished! Disgraceful release.

I honestly would have preferred if they said the PC version wasn't coming until March and spent the next 3 months polishing it.

 

[BSim500]

So, another performance turd that's resulted in "Mostly Negative" reviews on Steam? Pass...

Edit: You have to LOL at the development patch update. "The reason we don't have rebindable keys and the menu's only half work is because of complex open world and physics". Huge LOL at that moment when you realise your multi-million budget AAA game keyboard's input code is still behind Commodore 64 titles after 35 years of "evolution" in PC gaming...

 

[Nobina]

Why did they feel the need to release JC4 when it's literally JC3 with worse performance? I hope they don't become like COD and BF with their annual releases that are all exactly the same games but 5% better looking and 30% more demanding. It just exists to get people to buy new hardware.

 

[toooooot]

I like that I am able to find my GPU in these benchmarks because it helps me track its performance compared to my possible future purchase.

 

[torchyear]

@Steve your benchmarking articles are legendary. Thank you!

I appreciate how you go all the way back to NVidia Kepler. We have a few old PC boxes lying around that get used as media centres / Steam boxes at home, so it's great to see you still benchmarking these >7 year old cards.

 

[Theinsanegamer]

Just cause 4 was the only game I was looking forward too this year, with the promise of a story that wasnt cardboard cut out of a poor novel and enhanced graphics tied into a massive world. The graphics certainly didnt deliver, performance this bad is just...bleh. Trying to enjoy whatever story this game might have in a stuttering world that has to be dialed down to PS3 levels just to run right isnt my idea of entertaining.

I know JC2 had the same issue upon release, but today it is finely polished and runs great. JC3 never received the same treatment, and I have no faith in JC4 being fixed either.

IMO, 2018 has been a worse year for gaming then 2016.

 

[QuantumPhysics]

So even with my 2080Ti, this game won't run at 60FPS in 4K.

And that's the most powerful card you can possibly buy.

 

[Capaill]

Any chance you will be doing an article this December on how much system ram you need for gaming?
https://www.techspot.com/article/1535-how-much-ram-do-you-need-for-gaming/

It would be neat to see if anything changed in the last year, especially now Ram prices are much more reasonable.

I imagine it's still the same - 8GB (2x4) minimum, 16GB (2x8) preferred. Depends on what games you play and at what resolutions. Would 24GB (2x8 + 2x4) be an option or do all RAM sticks need to be the same size?

 

[Mike89]

I'm on a 1070 at 1080p and this game runs smooth as butter. No slows downs or crashes at all. Graphics leave me shaking my head at times but the game is fun as hell to play and didn't come with the bugs that JC3 had. I already played through the main game, now I am going to go back and play it again and try to get everything.

 

[Nightfire]

I imagine it's still the same - 8GB (2x4) minimum, 16GB (2x8) preferred. Depends on what games you play and at what resolutions. Would 24GB (2x8 + 2x4) be an option or do all RAM sticks need to be the same size?

From what I have read, you can. However, max performance is never as good running all 4 dimms.

 

[urbanman2004]

This shouldn't be much of a surprise since this type of optimization treatment occurred during the predecessor game's launch. And Digital Foundry praised the alpha version when they got a chance to play through its demo. I guess old dogs can't learn new tricks.

 

[toooooot]

1080 = 2070, should I just buy used 1080 for 400? at least I would be able to pick a special edition with whistles and other extras

 

[urbanman2004]

1080 = 2070, should I just buy used 1080 for 400? at least I would be able to pick a special edition with whistles and other extras

The main reason I purchased a used 1080TI instead based on that logic... And the 2080 only comes w/ 8GB of RAM so take that NVIDIA

 

[Wu Yongjian]

Just cause 4 was the only game I was looking forward too this year, with the promise of a story that wasnt cardboard cut out of a poor novel and enhanced graphics tied into a massive world. The graphics certainly didnt deliver, performance this bad is just...bleh. Trying to enjoy whatever story this game might have in a stuttering world that has to be dialed down to PS3 levels just to run right isnt my idea of entertaining.

I know JC2 had the same issue upon release, but today it is finely polished and runs great. JC3 never received the same treatment, and I have no faith in JC4 being fixed either.

IMO, 2018 has been a worse year for gaming then 2016.

I have already called quits about upgrading my PC to chase the latest AAA games thanks to stale gameplay, sky-high GPU prices and performance optimizations seems to get worse every passing year.

If I just want to see the story I'll just watch at 60FPS on Youtube for free without any hassles.