System Requirements For 'Gears of War 4' Revealed, Windows 10 Anniversary Update Required

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  • thinkspeak
    980 ti for ideal? Well this should be interesting
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  • sillynilly
    Update required? Deal killer. I tried to do the update and was told I had video and music files with older DRM that would not be available to me after the update. Of course, the files were not listed nor was there some output file to check which ones or how many would be affected. So I have no idea if I would lose my Two Live Crew catalog or if it was just Bobby Brown.

    Of course for those of you that haven't updated to Windows 10 you can still do the accessibility update. I did that on an older laptop I had forgotten about.

    Sucks since this looked like a fun title and I have my 1080 all ready to go!
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  • clonazepam
    How are they handling press kits with this one? Do the press only get the xbox one copy? Will the PC version be available for early review? Is there a review embargo? If so, when does it end (days or hours before release)?

    Lately, it feels like the answers to these questions can be more telling about the enjoyment and quality of titles.

    I don't feel like a significant amount of time has passed since the last major (still a whimper on the grander scale) release on the Windows store. It'll be pretty interesting to follow the progress, to try to gauge how serious they are about providing quality content on the PC side of things.

    I haven't watched the video yet, but I'm interested to find out how much they've differentiated this title from past Gears of War games. It could just be more of the same. I'm interested in finding out.
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  • Jeff Fx
    18453411 said:
    Update required? Deal killer. I tried to do the update and was told I had video and music files with older DRM that would not be available to me after the update. Of course, the files were not listed nor was there some output file to check which ones or how many would be affected. So I have no idea if I would lose my Two Live Crew catalog or if it was just Bobby Brown.

    The problem is that you have files with DRM on your system. That's a problem you're going to have to deal with eventually, so you might as well fix the problem now so you can try Gears in 4K. Staying locked into an OS version because you didn't get around to stripping DRM is not a good long-term solution

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  • jaber2
    I only made it to recommended :(
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  • dstarr3
    Those ideal requirements, though. I've never seen a game require, like, a $1,500 computer before.
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  • sillynilly
    18453491 said:
    18453411 said:
    Update required? Deal killer. I tried to do the update and was told I had video and music files with older DRM that would not be available to me after the update. Of course, the files were not listed nor was there some output file to check which ones or how many would be affected. So I have no idea if I would lose my Two Live Crew catalog or if it was just Bobby Brown.

    The problem is that you have files with DRM on your system. That's a problem you're going to have to deal with eventually, so you might as well fix the problem now so you can try Gears in 4K. Staying locked into an OS version because you didn't get around to stripping DRM is not a good long-term solution

    I have Windows 10 - just not the recent update that kills off whatever it wants to kill off.

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  • wifiburger
    yeah I'll pass, don't care about your Windows 10,
    i'm sure others will pass too and you'll release it on Steam but who cares anyway that franchise is already on it's last legs,
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  • danwat1234
    Needs 80GB of space? Finally, a game that takes more space than GTA 5!. Needing anniversary update, doubt it really needs it to be compatible. Licensing.
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  • danwat1234
    Finally a game that take more space than GTA 5! I doubt it really needs the anniversary update, ..
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