EA confirms that Mass Effect Andromeda’s PC requirements are for 30FPS gameplay

EA has now confirmed that Mass Effect Andromeda’s PC requirements are for 30FPS gameplay, with minimum requirements predicting framerates of 30FPS at 720p Low settings.   

Moving up to the game’s recommended PC system requirements, the developers recommend a GTX 1060 or an RX 480 and 16GB of system memory for a predicted framerate of 30FPS at 1080p high settings.  

This will mean that PC gamers will have a difficult time achieving solid 60FPS framerates, calling into question why Bioware, EA and Nvidia are pushing so hard to deliver 4K 60FPS gameplay almost exclusively before launch when such framerates will be almost impossible outside of a high-end SLI and Crossfire setups on PC. Surely 30FPS gameplay would be more representative of the final product? Especially for console gamers who cannot adjust the game’s graphical settings.   

  

It is undeniable that Mass Effect Andromeda will be a visually appealing game on all platform, which justifies these system requirements. That being said it does showcase how EA has chosen to deliver higher fidelity visuals at the expense of high in-game framerates and resolutions on PC and consoles.

 

You can join the discussion on Mass Effect Andromeda’s framerate targets on PC on the OC3D Forums. 

 

EA has now confirmed that Mass Effect Andromeda’s PC requirements are for 30FPS gameplay, with minimum requirements predicting framerates of 30FPS at 720p Low settings.   

Moving up to the game’s recommended PC system requirements, the developers recommend a GTX 1060 or an RX 480 and 16GB of system memory for a predicted framerate of 30FPS at 1080p high settings.  

This will mean that PC gamers will have a difficult time achieving solid 60FPS framerates, calling into question why Bioware, EA and Nvidia are pushing so hard to deliver 4K 60FPS gameplay almost exclusively before launch when such framerates will be almost impossible outside of a high-end SLI and Crossfire setups on PC. Surely 30FPS gameplay would be more representative of the final product? Especially for console gamers who cannot adjust the game’s graphical settings.   

  

It is undeniable that Mass Effect Andromeda will be a visually appealing game on all platform, which justifies these system requirements. That being said it does showcase how EA has chosen to deliver higher fidelity visuals at the expense of high in-game framerates and resolutions on PC and consoles.

 

You can join the discussion on Mass Effect Andromeda’s framerate targets on PC on the OC3D Forums.