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    Just Cause 3 is the third installment of a tropical open-world shooter featuring a Rico the acrobat with a hook and a submachine gun.

    What is the effect of the graphics settings in the game, and which of them can be lowered so that the game works well even on low-power hardware?

    Minimum system requirements for Just Cause 3

    CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Phenom II X6 1075T.

    RAM: 8 GB.

    Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2 GB or AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 GB.

    The minimum requirements in 2017 usually imply a comfortable game at high settings in a resolution of no higher than 1280 × 720, and if you want Full HD (1920 × 1080), then many beauties will have to be turned off or reduced. If your PC does not meet these requirements, then the game can cause serious overheating of the video card.

    Recommended system requirements for Just Cause 3

    CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 or AMD FX-8350.

    RAM: 8 GB.

    Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 3 GB or AMD Radeon R9 290 4 GB.

    Owners of gaming computers with a configuration close to the recommended requirements shouldn't be too relaxed either. By no means always on such "machines" there are absolutely no drawdowns below 60 frames in especially dynamic moments or complex scenes.

    Setting the graphics for Just Cause 3

    Anisotropic Level Filtering

    low (1-2 FPS).

    Anisotropic filtering returns clarity to textures that are located on surfaces at an acute angle to the player's field of view. Without filtering, such textures look blurry - this is the overhead of displaying a 3D image on a flat screen. In reality, a similar effect can be observed if you close one eye and carefully look at the familiar surrounding space - all surfaces at an angle will slightly lose their clarity (for a full perception of the volume of the world need both eyes).

    As for the recommended settings for this parameter, here you can set the maximum value (16x) in most cases - only a couple of frames will be lost. However, the difference between 4x and 16x at resolutions no higher than Full HD (1920 × 1080) is barely noticeable. Therefore, if every FPS unit is dear to you, then you can put a fourfold filtering.

    Anti-Aliasing

    Impact on performance: FXAA - low (1-2 FPS), SMAA - low (2-3 FPS), SMAA T2x - medium (4-5 FPS).

    While we all have not yet managed to finally move into the era of 4K or Ultra HD (3840 × 2160), jagged “ladders” of pixels remain distinguishable at the edges of three-dimensional objects in games. A parameter such as "Antialiasing" (or "Antialiasing") is responsible for just the same smoothing these very "ladders" so that the picture as a whole becomes more pleasing to the eye.

    In Just Cause 3, you can fight the jagged edges of coconut trees, various stone buildings, swarthy characters, fast boats and other tropical joys using three types of "anti-aliasing artillery", three anti-aliasing technologies: FXAA, SMAA and SMAA T2x. The first is the cheapest (1-2 FPS), but it makes the textures a little duller (even those that are not angled). The second and third are pretty much the same, but SMAA T2x is more effective - it does a better job of anti-aliasing when the player's character moves quickly. Therefore, the SMAA T2x is a little more "voracious" than the standard SMAA (4-5 FPS versus 2-3).

    Depth of Field

    Impact on performance: low (3-4 FPS).

    The cinematic effect “Depth of Field” covers the distant part of the surrounding space with a slightly blurry and covered with a slight “haze”, while objects located at an arm's length from the observer leaves, on the contrary, clear. This is often used during staged scenes in games, and also allows you to hide the simplified detail of objects in the distance.

    In Just Cause 3, the inclusion of "Depth of Field" is almost imperceptible to the naked eye, in staged scenes it is absolutely always used (regardless of the settings), and even takes quite a few frames - as many as four. So we recommend that everyone, except for the owners of top-end "cars", turn off this option.

    Edge Fade

    Impact on performance: absent.

    "Darkening the edges" in another way is also called "Vignetting". And the first name speaks for itself - the edges of the image are slightly darkened, which makes it slightly more contrasting and like a movie.

    This setting does not affect performance in any way, so you can safely turn on "Darken edges" if you like this effect.

    Global Illumination

    Impact on performance: high (14-17 FPS)

    Another parameter that makes the image more realistic and pleasing. Global Illumination simulates the reflection of light on adjacent surfaces. Without it, only those surfaces are illuminated, on which the rays of the original light sources (the Sun, Moon, lanterns, etc.) fall.

    Unfortunately, "Global Illumination" spends as much as 17 frames on its "whims", so many will have to sacrifice additional beauty for a smoother gameplay.

    Draw distance (LOD Factor)

    Impact on performance: average (2-9 frames).

    Another setting with a self-explanatory name. "Draw range" is responsible for the visibility of elements of the surrounding space at medium and long distances. The higher the value is set, the more objects are drawn away from the player's character.

    In Just Cause 3, the picture becomes noticeably worse only when the value is set to “Low”. If you put "Medium", then only a couple of FPS units will be lost, and on "Very high" - all nine. So the “Average” value should be suitable for the majority.

    Screen Space Reflections

    Impact on performance: high (10-20 FPS).

    Any any glossy surface can reflect the surrounding world. In games, to achieve this effect, you must use special technology, since initially all three-dimensional objects do not reflect anything. Screen Space Reflections simulate reflections on glossy surfaces, making Just Cause 3's sunny world even more beautiful.

    In a game, this option usually consumes about 10 frames per second, but in especially saturated with explosions and action scenes, drawdowns can reach all 20. Therefore, on weak PCs, this beauty will have to be sacrificed.

    Shadow Quality

    Impact on performance: average (1-7 FPS).

    "Shadow quality", as you might guess, determines the resolution and detail of the shadows. In any three-dimensional game at all times it was the shadows that were one of the most "gluttonous" graphic effects. And the more realistic they become from blockbuster to blockbuster, the higher their appetites grow.

    However, in Just Cause 3, even at the maximum value of the parameter, the game slows down by no more than 7 frames. Therefore, only those who play on low-power systems should set the value below "High".

    SSAO

    Impact on performance: average (7-8 FPS).

    SSAO darkens various corners and grooves in surfaces. All this gives the picture more depth and contrast. It also allows nearby objects to cast shadows on top of each other.

    SSAO consumes quite a lot - about 8 frames, but also on appearance images are affected seriously. Therefore, it is recommended to turn it off only on computers closer to the minimum power requirements.

    Texture Quality

    Impact on performance: low (1-2 FPS).

    Video memory consumption: up to 3.5 GB.

    Although "texture quality" takes up part of the video memory, it does not affect the smoothness of the gameplay. And on a video card with less than two gigabytes of RAM, you still can't really play in Just Cause 3, so there is no big sense in manually configuring this option for a long time.

    And since you're forced to choose anyway, set it to High if your graphics card has no more than two gigabytes of video memory, or Very High if you have at least four.

    Water Detail and Water Tesselation

    Impact on performance: high (3-16 FPS).

    Both of these parameters are responsible for the quality of the water display. The first one - for the detail, variety and size of waves, and the second - for additional special effects like beautiful foam.

    In most cases, here everything can be set to the very or almost the very maximum, since the number of surrounding objects on the water is minimal and the number of frames is initially high.

    Table of optimal graphics settings for Just Cause 3

    Well, traditionally, we summarize the results in the form of a cheat sheet:

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    The company has published the official system requirements on the game page on Steam. As it became known to the site, they turned out to be slightly higher than the list of requirements that leaked to the network shortly before the announcement.

    In particular, the differences lie in the graphics cards. If the leaked photo lists the minimum requirements for an Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 GPU, the official list lists the GeForce 670. The official recommended requirements list for the graphics card is GeForce GTX 780, a more powerful model compared to the GTX 760, which was listed in the leak.

    At the same time, players, apparently, will need a slightly more powerful processor - at least an Intel Core i5-2500K with a frequency of 3.3 GHz or an AMD Phenom II X6 1075T with a frequency of 3 GHz. The rest of the requirements remained unchanged.

    Minimum system requirements:

    • Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.3 GHz or AMD Phenom II X6 1075T @ 3 GHz
    • RAM: 6 GB
    • Video Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 with 2GB of memory and AMD Radeon HD 7870 with 2GB of memory
    • Operating System: 64-bit Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1
    • Processor: Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.4 GHz or AMD FX-8350 @ 4 GHz
    • RAM: 8 GB
    • Video card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 with 3GB of memory or AMD R9 290 with 4GB of memory
    • Free space on hard disk: 54 GB

    The release date of Just Cause 3 is scheduled for December 1, 2015 - reminds Gamebomb.ru. The game will be available on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.

    Before buying Just Cause 3 for PC don't forget to compare system requirements, provided by game developers, with your system configuration. remember, that minimum requirements often mean that with such a configuration, the game will start and will work stably at the minimum quality settings. If your PC meets the recommended requirements, you can expect stable gameplay at high graphics settings. If you want to play with quality set to "ultra", the hardware in your PC must be even better than the developers indicate in the recommended requirements.

    Below are the system requirements for Just Cause 3, officially provided by the developers of the project. If you think there is a mistake in them, please let us know by clicking the exclamation mark on the right side of the screen and briefly describing the error.

    Minimum configuration:

    • Processor: Intel Core i5-2500k, 3.3GHz / AMD Phenom II X6 1075T 3GHz
    • Memory: 6 GB
    • Video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 (2GB) / AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2GB)
    • HDD: 54 GB free space
    • OS: Vista SP2 / Windows 7.1 SP1 / Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
    • Processor: Intel Core i7-3770, 3.4 GHz / AMD FX-8350, 4.0 GHz
    • Memory: 8 GB
    • Video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 (3GB) / AMD R9 290 (4GB)
    • HDD: 54 GB free space

    Aside from comparing your PC configuration with Just Cause 3 system requirements don't forget to always have updated video drivers. It is important to remember that you should only download the final versions of video cards - try not to use beta versions, as they may contain a large number of not found and not fixed errors.

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    Below are the system requirements for Just Cause 2, officially provided by the developers of the project. If you think there was a mistake, please let us know by clicking the exclamation mark on the right side of the screen and briefly describing the error.

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    • OS: Windows Vista
    • Processor: Dual-core CPU with SSE3 (Athlon 64 X2 4200 / Pentium D 3GHz)
    • Memory: 2 GB
    • Video: DX10 compatible graphics card with 256MB memory (Nvidia GeForce 8800 series / ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro)
    • Sound: 100% DirectX 10 Compatible sound card
    • Disk space: 10 GB
    • OS: Windows Vista SP1 or Windows 7
    • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6 GHz or AMD Phenom X3 2.4 GHz
    • Memory: 3 GB
    • Video: DX10 compatible graphics card with 512 MB memory (Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 series / ATI Radeon HD 5750 series)
    • Sound: 100% DirectX 10 compatible sound card with Dolby Digital 5.1 support
    • Disk space: 10 GB

    Aside from comparing your PC configuration with Just Cause 2 system requirements don't forget to always have updated video drivers. It is important to remember that you should only download the final versions of video cards - try not to use beta versions, as they may contain a large number of not found and not fixed errors.

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    With just a week left before the release of the open-world action game Just Cause 3, Avalanche Studios has announced the final system requirements for the game for personal computers.

    To run Just Cause 3, you need the following system:

    • Operating system
    • CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3 GHz or AMD Phenom II X6 1075T 3 GHz;
    • RAM: 6 GB;
    • Video card: with 2GB of memory, such as NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 or AMD Radeon HD 7870.
    • Operating system: Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 (64-bit systems only);
    • CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz or AMD FX-8350 4 GHz;
    • RAM: 8 GB;
    • Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 (3GB) or AMD R9 290 (4GB).

    Regardless of the configuration, the video card must be compatible with DirectX 11 libraries, and the hard disk must have at least 45 GB of free space. Finally, support for NVIDIA GameWorks functions is promised, however, which ones are not specified. Probably, we are talking about the functions HBAO + and TXAA.

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