{"id":32,"date":"2021-09-15T14:53:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T14:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/engadget.vip\/?p=32"},"modified":"2021-09-15T14:53:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T14:53:51","slug":"far-cry-6-tech-review-and-the-meek-shall-inherit-the-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/?p=32","title":{"rendered":"Far Cry 6 tech review \u2014 And the meek shall inherit the Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Far Cry 6<\/em> is yet another open-world Ubisoft game that runs way better on max settings than I expected it to. Well, it\u2019s better optimized than\u00a0Watch Dogs: Legion<\/em>, at least. This is a gigantic, beautiful game, which is a statement that can be applied to every other game in the series (except maybe the second one). It\u2019s also got an HD texture pack that\u2019s just as big as the entire default install. But, you might want to hold off on bothering with that unless things change soon. Let\u2019s take a look at the specs:<\/p>\n

Minimum:<\/strong><\/p>\n

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 1200 \u2013 3.1 GHz \/ Intel i5-4460 \u2013 3.2 GHz<\/p>\n

GPU: AMD RX 460 (4 GB) \/ Nvidia GTX 960 (4 GB)<\/p>\n

RAM: 8 GB<\/p>\n

Recommended:<\/strong><\/p>\n

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X (3.8 GHz) \/ Intel i7-7700 (3.6 GHz) or higher<\/p>\n

GPU: AMD RX VEGA64 (8 GB) \/ Nvidia GTX 1080 (8 GB) or higher<\/p>\n

RAM: 16 GB<\/p>\n

Reviewer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 2600X<\/p>\n

GPU: AMD RX 5700 XT<\/p>\n

RAM: 16 GB<\/p>\n

My CPU\u2019s a bit worse than the recommended level and my GPU\u2019s better, so it\u2019s no surprise the game runs well for me. At max settings, I fluctuate between 50 and 70 fps. It\u2019s usually closer to 60, however, making the experience very solid. I play at 1440p as well, so I could boost my frames a good deal higher if I cut down on quality and lowered the resolution. Personally, I\u2019m happy with it. Granted, we noticed that the HD texture pack has some screwiness going on, with some textures appearing lower resolution than the ones in the default install. Well worth the extra 40 GB, indeed (not). Although our reviewer had numerous crashes while taking screenshots, I didn\u2019t have a single crash and nary a hiccup. For me, at least, Far Cry 6<\/em> has a great PC version that I\u2019m very happy with. Now let\u2019s look at the display options:<\/p>\n

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Lots of features to sift through here, typical of a Ubisoft game. I took screenshots with the HD pack off, FYI. Oddly, without them, you don\u2019t get a choice in selecting texture quality at all, just texture filtering. Granted the default textures are good. Not great, but good. Settings range from low to ultra and effect shadows, foliage, geometry, water, and the like. I guess terrain and geometry does affect texture quality, so that\u2019s one mystery partially solved. Raytracing settings are included if you\u2019ve got the right card for them. I don\u2019t have one of those cards, so no dice<\/em> for me.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s also the advanced settings tab, which doesn\u2019t have a lot of extra stuff in it. FOV scaling, adaptive resolution, v-sync. There\u2019s also super-resolution in case you have a super high-end card that won\u2019t explode with that turned on. All-in-all, there\u2019s a ton of options here that we\u2019ve come to expect from the developer. Here are some comparison shots.<\/p>\n

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Terrain Ultra<\/p>\n

\"Terrain<\/p>\n

Terrain Low<\/p>\n

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\"Environment<\/p>\n

Environment Ultra<\/p>\n

\"Environment<\/p>\n

Environment Low<\/p>\n

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\"Water<\/p>\n

Water Ultra<\/p>\n

\"Water<\/p>\n

Water Low<\/p>\n

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\"Shadows<\/p>\n

Shadows Ultra<\/p>\n

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Shadows Low<\/p>\n

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\"Geometry<\/p>\n

Geometry and Vegetation Ultra<\/p>\n

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Geometry and Vegetation Low<\/p>\n

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All controls are fully rebindable on both m\/kb and controllers, so\u00a0Far Cry 6<\/em> is completely configurable on that front. But, that\u2019s mostly standard for Ubi games, so, again, no surprises there. This is another really strong PC version that performs admirably in most aspects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Far Cry 6 is yet another open-world Ubisoft game that runs way better on max settings than I expected it to. Well, it\u2019s better optimized than\u00a0Watch Dogs: Legion, at least. This is a gigantic, beautiful game, which is a statement that can be applied to every other game in the series (except maybe the second […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[32,33],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}