Nvidia Gameworks has been a contentious issue amongst PC gamers this entire year, with some games exhibiting an affinity to Nvidia hardware when implemented and others showing no such bias. Ubisoft has been using Gameworks extensively for their titles this year, and the recently released Assassin’s Creed Syndicate shows some fair performance across the board. So Gameworks shouldn’t be a problem in Rainbow Six Siege right?
We won’t know that until the game is out next week, but Nvidia have given us a sneak peek at what their exclusive technologies will bring to the multiplayer-only online shooter. It’s pretty standard stuff at this point, with support for TXAA (Temporal Anti-Aliasing), which reduces shimmering at the expense of image crispness. There’s also the fancy HBAO+ shading and my overused downsampling, so that Rainbow Six Siege looks as good as it possibly can on your Nvidia hardware.
It’s not a huge difference, especially for a multiplayer shooter, but they appreciated additions. All anyone on AMD hardware can hope for is parallel performance across their cards too, and none of the performance gaps that led to the controversy surround Gameworks in the first place. If you need a reminder of Siege’s PC specifications, they’re listed below:
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- Operating System: 64-bit version of the following operating systems: Windows 7 SP1 / Windows 8 / Windows 8.1 / Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i3 560 @ 3.3 GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 945 @ 2.6 GHz
- RAM: 6 GB
- Video card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD5770 (1024MB VRAM)
- DirectX: 11
- Sound: DirectX Compatible Sound Card with latest drivers
- Supported Controllers: Xbox One / 360 Official Controller for PC, PS4 Controller, any controller compatible with X-Input.
RECOMMENDED REQUIREMENTS
- Operating System: 64-bit version of the following operating systems: Windows 7 SP1 / Windows 8 / Windows 8.1 / Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.3 GHz or AMD FX-8120 @ 2.6 GHz
- RAM: 8GB
- Video card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 or AMD Radeon HD7970 / R9 280X or better (2048MB VRAM)
- DirectX: 11
- Sound: DirectX Compatible Sound Card with latest drivers
- Supported Controllers: Xbox One / 360 Official Controller for PC, PS4 Controller, any controller compatible with X-Input.
Are you jumping into Rainbow Six Siege next week?
Last Updated: November 24, 2015
Admiral Chief - World on Fire
November 24, 2015 at 10:32
Such an oxymoron
Admiral Chief - World on Fire
November 24, 2015 at 10:33
Wow, requirements are not that high actually
Admiral Chief - World on Fire
November 24, 2015 at 10:34
I’m hoping they have a solid launch, the Rainbow Six name I’m quite fond of
oVg
November 24, 2015 at 10:39
Top Tip
How to get rid of that pile of corpses in a settlement you just cleared. Dam, the bodies stay there forever.
http://i.imgur.com/eoi0mEl.gifv
Admiral Chief - World on Fire
November 24, 2015 at 10:47
Fire in the hole!
Hammersteyn
November 24, 2015 at 10:49
Can we load R6, Battlefront and Pay Day 2 in the canon next?
oVg
November 24, 2015 at 10:54
Depends where they land.
Admiral Chief - World on Fire
November 24, 2015 at 10:58
Hopefully….IN THE SEA!
Hammersteyn
November 24, 2015 at 10:59
The canons angle is true
Admiral Chief - World on Fire
November 24, 2015 at 10:59
See my comment above
Admiral Chief - World on Fire
November 24, 2015 at 10:59
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RiRYBNL8Gj8/TfpzDN11y-I/AAAAAAAAAC4/Bw8dSI6FlsE/s1600/Canon+vs+Cannon.png
RinceThis
November 24, 2015 at 11:00
2016!
Admiral Chief - World on Fire
November 24, 2015 at 11:01
Indeed, AHEAD OF THE CURVE.
Every time you post that, I take it as a compliment, so go ahead
RinceThis
November 24, 2015 at 11:03
You can take it anyway you want, it isn’t meant as one 😛
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 24, 2015 at 11:16
Happy new year!
Hammersteyn
November 24, 2015 at 11:16
2016!!!
https://media.giphy.com/media/2drZLqvRhWQ3m/giphy.gif
Hammersteyn
November 24, 2015 at 11:17
Wow,thanks,never realized how retarded I am
Jan Prins
November 24, 2015 at 11:17
Now you know.
Hammersteyn
November 24, 2015 at 11:20
I feel better already…
Jan Prins
November 24, 2015 at 11:24
There there. No one is really retarded. I am sure when Einstein took the hacksaw to the atom people thought he was a bit retarded as well.
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 24, 2015 at 11:27
At least we got bubbly beer from that.
Jan Prins
November 24, 2015 at 11:31
We did? I am sorry. I failed science on lower grade. In fact, in Standard 7 when my science teacher found out I was continuing with science, she raised an eyebrow and said: “Science does not come in lower than lower grade, Mister Prins.”
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 24, 2015 at 11:34
Yes. Unless the movie Young Einstein wasn’t a documentary.
Jan Prins
November 24, 2015 at 11:36
How can a movie starring a guy called Yahoo Serious NOT be a documentary?
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 24, 2015 at 11:37
Exactly! It’s serious!
Jan Prins
November 24, 2015 at 11:18
I am so sending this to my Grade 1 teacher friend. As soon as I have a Grade 1 teacher friend. In fact, I am going to make a Grade 1 Teacher my friend just so I can share this with him/her
RinceThis
November 24, 2015 at 10:59
hahahaha can you actually do this?
Mossel
November 24, 2015 at 13:25
I’m busy downloading the open beta for this as we speak! Hopefully this can scratch the itch that is my desire for a new multiplayer shooter.