Metro Exodus PC requirements revealed

[midian182]

Something to look forward to: Since the launch of Metro 2033 back in 2010, the games have been up there with Crysis when it comes to pushing PC hardware to the limits, and it appears that the upcoming Metro Exodus is continuing that trend.

4A Games has just released the required PC specs for the third main entry in the franchise. As is the case with most modern games, it lists what you need to play the game at Minimum, Recommended, High, and Extreme settings.

Minimum, which is 1080p at 30fps, is the only level where you can play Exodus on Windows 7 and 8. Asking for a GTX 670, GTX 1050, or Radeon HD 7870, along with a Core i5-4440, the requirements are higher than most games, which tend to need literal potatoes to play at this quality.

Even the Recommended setting is more demanding than most. To bump that full HD gameplay up to 60fps, you’ll need a GTX 1070, RTX 2060, or AMD RX Vega 56, as well as a Core i7-4770K and 8GB of RAM.

Those with 1440p monitors who want 60+ fps better have a GTX 1080 Ti, RTX 2070, or AMD RX Vega 64 and a core i7-8700K with 16GB of RAM, while the magic 4K@60fps is reserved for those with deep pockets: you’ll need a Core i9-9900K, a RTX 2080 Ti, and 16GB of RAM.

While most of those settings ask for a pretty beefy setup, Metro Exodus does look gorgeous. It’s also one of the few games to feature real-time ray tracing—good news for owners of RTX products. 4A will be releasing performance profiles for these cards soon.

Metro Exodus will release for PC, PS4, and the Xbox One on February 15, 2019

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[amstech]

The 8700K is less capable for 'extreme' then the 9900K?
I'll need to see data to believe that!

 

[Capaill]

So, Ryzen is not supported?
What Ryzen would equivalent to the i7 4770K?

 

[Mister_K]

So, Ryzen is not supported?
What Ryzen would equivalent to the i7 4770K?

Derp.

 

[pencea]

The CPU requirements are always highly exaggerated the majority of the time. I'm willing to bet even the good old Sandy Bridge 2600K is enough to handle this game well above 60fps.

 

[Gezzer]

The 8700K is less capable for 'extreme' then the 9900K?
I'll need to see data to believe that!

It's likely the core count. But IMHO I can't see an extra 4 threads/2 cores making all that much of a difference. Truth is I take all specs with a grain of salt especially CPU.

I have one gaming system still running a i7 875K and it can still run most AAA games with the GTX 980 it's paired with. I do have it overclocked to 3.7 though which helps a lot.

What I find funny is the requirement for Win 10/Dx12 for anything above low. Wonder how much Microsoft paid for that being a specification, most likely around the same as Intel paid to only list their CPUs.

 

[Puiu]

You need an GTX 1070 to play it at 1080p High? O_o
I think these guys were really hoping that AMD or Nvidia had launched new mainstream cards by the time they finished the game.

 

[noel24]

You need an GTX 1070 to play it at 1080p High? O_o
I think these guys were really hoping that AMD or Nvidia had launched new mainstream cards by the time they finished the game.

I believe the same could be said about the infamous Witcher 3 "downgrade". Back in the 2000s, I changed a GPU every 1-2 years for double the performance. First years of 2010s when CDPR started the W3 developement was a time of shock therapy, with fewer "massive" improvements in performance/price, and today We are stuck with practically no improvements in that matter. Few % a year maybe? 2014, $330 GTX970 is equivalent of todays $200 GTX1060-3GB and probably will be around the performance of $179 GTX 1650. That's like a 50% drop in price per frame from nVidia in 5 years?
At that rate, next generation of 7nm GPUs in PCs and consoles will probably stay with Us for the next decade, very much like some 2600K/2700K CPUs.

 

[Dosahka]

So when a 1080 Ti is in pair with a 2070?
Not in performance/price/value defo not in VRAM.

These RTX cards a "bit" overrated.

also a 8700K is very capable to handle every game on 60 @ 1440p if you pair it with a right GPU (Radeon Vega 64 or Nvidia xx60/xx70/xx80(Ti) with the right video settings.