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

Random Guy · 22 May 2012 at 21:49

Nice one DICE imo...

gronf · 22 May 2012 at 21:51

Cool, tech continues rising and gameplay keeps going down the crapper.

Matthew-1985 · 22 May 2012 at 21:55

mrk said:
Battlelog 64bit browser support?

Maybe when the World ends!

It already does.....

Weebull · 22 May 2012 at 22:13

JimAroo said:
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.

Steam is so much more than modern shooters though. I use it and I only play CS 1.6, Football Manager, and retro games on this not-particularly-powerful laptop.

Weebull · 22 May 2012 at 22:13

markomania said:
I still use vista 32 bit

*hides*

I'm not even angry, I just feel sorry for you.

no_1_dave · 23 May 2012 at 10:40

About time.
They should have started this 2 years ago.

Gimpymoo · 23 May 2012 at 10:46

Sin_Chase said:
About time!

/thread

Cue all the angry Windows XP 32 bit ludites.

R.P.L · 23 May 2012 at 11:26

FrenchTart said:
This so isn't going to happen.

Current consoles can't support 64-bit can they? If so, what FrenchTart said

Mr_Orange · 23 May 2012 at 11:29

Hopefully this gives other developers an excuse to do the same!

FrenchTart · 23 May 2012 at 11:31

R.P.L said:
Current consoles can't support 64-bit can they? If so, what FrenchTart said

I'd love if it did happen but I really can't imagine that kind of decision getting any publisher support. Alienating a big chunk of potential customers isn't a financially sensible thing to do

[TFU] Thegoon84 · 23 May 2012 at 11:36

What about consoles????? Not that i care, but all this min requirement makes it sound like they care about pc specs.

FrenchTart · 23 May 2012 at 11:39

Thegoon84 said:
What about consoles????? Not that i care, but all this min requirement makes it sound like they care about pc specs.

They don't. It's the same kind of talk they came out with prior to BF3's release...and we all know how that turned out.

Nightglow · 23 May 2012 at 13:52

Great news, long overdue, been running W7 Pro 64 for around three years now.

And I reckon they will want you to have 8gb memory minimum, you will see more peeps upping their memory to 16gb minimum.

EDIT:

Just realise my error, for some reason I thought it was 2014, must be this lovely weather affecting me.

maxilive · 23 May 2012 at 14:08

I'm guessing that is kind of taken out of context? What he probably means is future Dice games will need at least 4GB ram as recommended specs, therefore needing 64bit. I doubt they will stop 32bit OS's from running the game but they just wont support them.

No1newts · 23 May 2012 at 15:58

32 what?

Thought that went about the time of the dinosaurs? Even a raptor would lol at the nab on a 32bit system.

kissenger · 23 May 2012 at 16:20

Why is 64-bit such a bit deal anyway? I've never noticed a difference in any application.

PGdude · 23 May 2012 at 17:22

kissenger said:
Why is 64-bit such a bit deal anyway? I've never noticed a difference in any application.

Have you tried every application?

Squark · 23 May 2012 at 17:26

Wasn't this a given already as BF3 doesn't support Dx9?

Martini1991 · 23 May 2012 at 17:28

Nightglow said:
Great news, long overdue, been running W7 Pro 64 for nearly five years now.

And I reckon they will want you to have 8gb memory minimum, you will see more peeps upping their memory to 16gb minimum.

No you haven't.

ben1977 · 23 May 2012 at 17:39

FrenchTart said:
They don't. It's the same kind of talk they came out with prior to BF3's release...and we all know how that turned out.

+1

I can't believe anything that dice say after the build up to bf3

" pc will be the lead platform for bf3"