Benchmarked: How Well Does Watch Dogs Run On your PC?

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Watch Dogs is one of the most anticipated games of 2014. So, we're testing it across a range of CPUs and graphics cards. By the end of today's story, you'll know what you need for playable performance. Spoiler: this game is surprisingly demanding!

Results: Low Detail, 1920x1080

We retain the same entry-level settings used on the previous page, but increase the resolution from 720p to 1080p. Also, the Radeon R7 260X and GeForce GTX 750 Ti are added to the list of tested cards, reflecting their greater graphics processing potential.

The Radeon R7 240 and GeForce GT 630 GDDR5 cannot cope with a more demanding resolution. Everything else stays above my 30 FPS minimum target, though.

As before, the Radeon R7 240 suffers severe frame time variance spikes, though that doesn't really matter, since its minimum frame rate is too low anyway. Generally speaking, the spikes do get more pronounced for all cards, which again is reflected as occasional stuttering, regardless average frame rate. 

Don Woligroski
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Don Woligroski was a former senior hardware editor for Tom's Hardware. He has covered a wide range of PC hardware topics, including CPUs, GPUs, system building, and emerging technologies.