DICE to require a 64bit OS next for games next year

Yaayuh! · 22 May 2012 at 19:39

DICE's Rendering Architect Johan Andersson has warned that some of his company's 2013 games using the Frostbite engine will need the extra bits as a matter of course. In other words, it won't matter if you have a quad Core i7 gaming PC of death should the software be inadequate; if you're still running a 32-bit copy of Windows 7 come the new year, you won't be playing.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/22/dice-to-require-64-bit-os-for-some-2013-games/

arknor · 22 May 2012 at 19:42

i doubt many gamers are running 32bit os anyway

Sin_Chase · 22 May 2012 at 19:49

About time!

badcompany · 22 May 2012 at 19:49

32bit?

Raumarik · 22 May 2012 at 19:51

Hopefully others will follow suit!

mrk · 22 May 2012 at 20:09

Battlelog 64bit browser support?

Maybe when the World ends!

Defy Belief · 22 May 2012 at 20:10

You'd hope that anyone buying an i7 would have the knowledge to install a 64 bit OS, but i'd bet you'd be suprised.

StriderX · 22 May 2012 at 20:12

Bethesda is the only company that think really requires it, as in REALLY.

mrk · 22 May 2012 at 20:14

Defy Belief said:
You'd hope that anyone buying an i7 would have the knowledge to install a 64 bit OS, but i'd bet you'd be suprised.

According to Valve's hardware survey taken in April, 53% of gamers use Win7 64bit:

http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey

JimAroo · 22 May 2012 at 20:15

arknor said:
i doubt many gamers are running 32bit os anyway

According to the latest Steam hardware survey about 60% running 64 bit.

http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey

But I expect that to drastically increase by next year.

EDIT: mrk beat me to it.

Relentless81 · 22 May 2012 at 20:18

Been using a 64bit OS for over 5 years, yet another example of how devs are dragging their heels if they openly announce there's benefits to it

Defy Belief · 22 May 2012 at 20:22

Nearly 12% still use Vista.

Interesting how only 0.50% use 64bit XP but 14.9% use XP 32 bit.

16.65% of users still run the res of 1366 x 768, woah. Quite an interesting read this.

Xelene · 22 May 2012 at 20:29

mrk said:
According to Valve's hardware survey taken in April, 53% of gamers use Win7 64bit:

http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey

47% of gamers are wrong.

FrenchTart · 22 May 2012 at 20:30

This so isn't going to happen.

Tombo · 22 May 2012 at 20:31

Likie I'm going to buy another DICE game until it's been out a few months.

JohnBondJovile · 22 May 2012 at 20:59

well considering you need an tri SLI GTX 790 water cooled marriage wrecker to play BF3 above 60FPS constant.

BF4 will probably require Tony starks Jarvis computer to pay on low settings

markomania · 22 May 2012 at 21:13

I still use vista 32 bit

*hides*

~>Dg<~ · 22 May 2012 at 21:22

im still playing bf3 on xp who cares

rhodeski · 22 May 2012 at 21:23

markomania said:
I still use vista 32 bit

*hides*

Heathen... Burn him!

*grabs pitchfork and matches* :eek:

Yaayuh! · 22 May 2012 at 21:30

markomania said:
I still use vista 32 bit

*hides*

BURN!!!!