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Mirror’s Edge Catalyst PC Requirements Detailed

Checkout the minimum specs you will require in your PCs to begin your run through the city of Glass

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cleft53681d ago

Some developer decided not to optimize their game...

Majister-Ludi3681d ago

No shit. They need to go back to the drawing board. There is no way in he'll this unimpressive graphically deficient game should need a 970 and that much RAM. What the hell!?!?!

Free_Fro3682d ago (Edited 3682d ago )

@PS4PC

Relax
If you have anything as good or better than the minimum requirement, you'll be fine.

They always overestimate recommended specs. This is probably for 4K Settings 'nd such.

Skate-AK3682d ago

When has reccomened ever meant 4K?

Fishy Fingers3682d ago

I was wondering the same thing. While recommended specs are often inflated they usually target 1080p at high/max settings. It's never 4K.

SniperControl3682d ago

Hmmm, sounds like another p155 poor console port, no game should require 16gb ram. just stinks of poor optimisation again.

Hold_It3682d ago (Edited 3682d ago )

Eh not really. It's been long enough that 8GB of RAM was recommended. Anyone can buy 16GB of DDR4 (Which just came out last year) for $59.99. That's cheap as hell.
Recommended is usually all options on High and 1080p resolution.

Expecting 8GB to still cut it, is like expecting a 2GB VRAM card to still be enough for min spec for PC Gaming.

Fishy Fingers3682d ago (Edited 3682d ago )

Not exactly the point, when a console build can run on give or take 5gb of shared system AND GPU ram there's no real justification for the PC to require 16gb of pure system ram. Whichever way you cut it, that doesn't add up

Imalwaysright3682d ago

Nah. This game requiring 16 GB to me just screams unoptimization.

Pandamobile3682d ago

Recommending 16 GB of RAM for an open world game in 2016 is hardly outlandish. 16 GB of RAM is like $70.

jaycptza3682d ago

this isn't an open world game.

mochachino3681d ago

Why would generations of increasing ram requirements suddenly stop at 8 gigs?

Hold_It3681d ago (Edited 3681d ago )

Because the people downvoting us have no understanding of PC Gaming and/or PC Hardware.

DivineHand1253682d ago

Requirements does not make any sense.

Minimum 6 GB RAM and recommended 16 GB RAM. This is highly unusual as I have never seen memory requirements jump this much from low to high.

Another thing that does not make any sense is the GPU requirements.

VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 970 4GB or better / AMD Radeon™ R9 280x 3GB or better - See more at: http://gamerick.com/mirrors...

The GTX 970 and the R9 280x are not even in the same tier in terms of price and processing power so how can they be recommended together. What would have made more sense is if the GTX 970 was paired with the R9 390 or the GTX 960 paired with the R9 280/R9 380

mochachino3681d ago

It could be based largely on a VRAM, the 970 has 3.5gb and the R9 280x has 3gb. But I agree, the 970 has more processing power. However, with many games this year, AMD has been outperform higher spec'd Nvidia cards, by a substantial margin so maybe that has something to do with it.

I have a 970 but looking at how poorly it's performing compared to the 390 this year, I'm very much leaning towards getting AMD next time.

Hold_It3681d ago (Edited 3681d ago )

DirectX 12 more than likely. AMD Cards were built for DX12, Nvidia on the other hand has been lying about being DX12 ready for years now. They can't do ASync Compute with their cards, and they've been lying to their fanbase for years now by acting like adding ASync compute capability is as simple as flipping a light switch. I guess all those years of being malicious with Gimpworks is finally starting to catch up with them.

They completely deserve it though. AMD is trying to improve gaming by making all their tools open source so those who want to program and code can help them make drivers, and help utilize all the power of their cards, and share their tech with everyone. Nvidia wants to make everything closed sourced and hide all their technology, and gimp the competition with proprietary bs, so their cards look more powerful.

It's also sad that back in Crysis 2, they put a bunch of cinder blocks under the maps of the game and cranked up the tessellation on the cinder blocks, so it would gimp the performance of the AMD cards, because at the time AMD cards couldn't really do tessellation.

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Looking back to the failed parkour of 2016's Mirror's Edge Catalyst

Kaan writes: "Mirror's Edge will likely never get a third try. The second game does not look like a cheap effort. By all accounts it is beautiful, especially with its FPS Boost enhancements. The city glows at nights and shines in the day. Lights will reflect off of Catalyst’s many structures made of glass. It’s spectacular to run through. But such a lavish production often comes with risk aversion and sadly Catalyst crumbles under this pressure. It’s held back by the pressure to conform, rather than trying to be genuinely different."

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lellkay1807d ago

The parkour was great. It was just the story and characters didn't get interesting until the final moments and then it was to late.

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FPS Boost at 120fps: Battlefield 1/4/5 - Titanfall 1/2 - Mirror's Edge Catalyst Tested

Digital Foundry: Microsoft's FPS Boost support expands again, this time with 120Hz upgrades for 12 games and a 60fps boost for one! We decided to check out the improvement to some of our favourite games in the line-up, including the three Battlefield games that are supported, Titanfall and Mirror's Edge Catalyst. Which consoles support which games, what's the performance really like and are there resolution compromises?

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darthv721850d ago

FPS boost is a nice feature. Cant wait for more games to get that.

Eonjay1850d ago

While FPS boost is nice, I feel like it is the bare minimum in upgrades and only helps those with 120 capable TVs. Most of these games are PC titles as well. These games should be patched to run high/ultra PC video setting.

ActualWhiteMan1850d ago

Microsoft is killing it. Meanwhile Sony only lets developers upgrade older games if they make a PS5 version. Which means, less games getting upgrades on Sony’s offering.

jukins1850d ago

Alternatively seems to be a focus on releasing newer games? People barely played the games before 120 fpsnisnt gong to change that. Not to mention the people with the capable tv.

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nickanasty2061849d ago (Edited 1849d ago )

Soon this will not be the case though, and all of these other added perks like 120fps on older games will just be other great additions and features that PS users do not have available to them. I think any additional updates to features for games is something that shouldn't be discredited. Once Microsoft starts rolling out the new games on a regular basis, this argument is not going to age well. For now, you are correct on the new game front, but that is all going to change here soon enough. Sure most argue the "Wait until E3" remark over and over, but that will certainly be a thing of the past with everything Microsoft is working on now. Good things come to those who wait is the way I look at it for now.

Christopher1849d ago

***Once Microsoft starts rolling out the new games on a regular basis, this argument is not going to age well.***

This argument hasn't aged well for a long time now.

foker1850d ago

They are really killing it,.. They haven't released a new first party game in 600 days if not more

SpineSaw1849d ago

Now wait that's not true. 600 days is looong time and they did release a few First Party games that no one played or no one can remember by name but you do make a good point and it don't really matter if its been 6 days or 6yrs for Xbox First Party what they've released has been poor at best.

Army_of_Darkness1850d ago (Edited 1850d ago )

@actualwhiteman

Killing it? Ms? Lmfao! Boosting fps on old last gen games on a new gen console while not releasing a single first party next gen game is killing it to you?! 🤣😂
Meanwhile.... Sony what? Oh has been focusing on releasing actual new first party games. Funny, you forgot to mention that part bud.

Christopher1849d ago

***Meanwhile Sony only lets developers upgrade older games if they make a PS5 version.***

Well, this is just factually incorrect. The Division 2 got an upgrade for PS5 but is running the PS4 version. Other games have had similar.

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MetroidFREAK211850d ago

Man, that makes me want to reinstall the OG Titanfall... seeing people still playing it. Memories

Destiny10801850d ago

battlefield 4, 720p 120fps, campaign locked, multiplayer drops down to 98fps
battlefield 1, 792p 120fps, campaign locked, multiplayer locked
battlefield 5, 1080p 120fps, campaign locked, multiplayer locked
mirror's edge catalyst, 936p 120fps, campaign locked
titanfall 2, 810p 120fps, campaign locked, multiplayer locked, series s not so good
titanfall 1, 792p 120fps, campaign locked, multiplayer locked, no s support for this game

its better then nothing, if they were upped to 4k i would have been impressed, titanfall 1 looks so much better on Pc

darthv721850d ago

It is called "fps boost"... not "res boost"

Destiny10801850d ago (Edited 1850d ago )

titanfall 2, is 4k on the xbox one x, why not "fps boost"
Battlefield 1, is 4k on the xbox one x, why not "fps boost"

DJStotty1850d ago

"titanfall 2, is 4k on the xbox one x, why not "fps boost""

Erm, no

"In general, the One X plays out between 1440p and 1800p with rises to 4k (2160p) in quiet scenes with little activity."

On topic, this is a FPS boost, not a resolution patch so you did not need to add the resolutions for base vanilla xbox. BC normally uses the xbox one version, as opposed to the xbox one X "patched" version to answer your question about resolution.

Either way, all games will use the built in upscaler on either your TV, or the xbox series X to display an upscaled 4K image (not native).

That along with Auto-HDR should result in a good enough reason to replay these games at the new improved framerate.

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Crysis 3, Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Dragon Age Inquisition & more are now available on Steam

Electronic Arts has just released twelve games on Valve's distribution service, Steam.

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