wraggster
May 22nd, 2012, 11:54
Some Frostbite-powered PC games released next year will require a 64-bit operating system, engine maker DICE has revealed.http://images.eurogamer.net/2012/articles//a/1/4/8/4/4/8/2/dsc_0011frost_bite.jpg.jpg/EG11/resize/300x-1Chilling.
This presumably includes new DICE games, whatever they may be - Battlefield 4, maybe Battlefield: Bad Company 3, maybe Mirror's Edge 2.It also stretches to include the growing number of EA games built on Frostbite 2 - a tactic that allows EA to save on (Unreal Engine 3) licensing fees.BioWare's Command & Conquer: Generals 2 (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-12-11-bioware-announces-command-and-conquer-generals-2)will be powered by Frostbite 2, as will, we presume, Dead Space 3.Games already built on Frostbite 2 include Need for Speed: The Runs and the new Medal of Honor game, Warfighter."We'll have Frostbite-powered games in 2013 that will _require_ a 64-bit OS," announced Frostbite 2 rendering architect Johan Andersson (http://www.eurogamer.net/) on Twitter."If you are on 32-bit, great opportunity to upgrade to Windows 8."More than half of the PC users in the world don't own a 64-bit version of Windows, regardless of whether or not they have 64-bit CPUs. They can't flick a switch to enable 64-bit - they need to buy a new version of Windows, which is costly.So why is DICE making the switch? Well, 64-bit processors are the future, even if they've been mainstream since 2003 - although they didn't take off properly until the Core 2 Duo arrived in 2006.A 64-bit CPU handles twice the data of a 32-bit CPU per clock cycle. Therefore, it's better. A 64-bit CPU also more efficiently uses RAM.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-21-some-frostbite-games-will-require-a-64-bit-os-in-2013-dice
This presumably includes new DICE games, whatever they may be - Battlefield 4, maybe Battlefield: Bad Company 3, maybe Mirror's Edge 2.It also stretches to include the growing number of EA games built on Frostbite 2 - a tactic that allows EA to save on (Unreal Engine 3) licensing fees.BioWare's Command & Conquer: Generals 2 (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-12-11-bioware-announces-command-and-conquer-generals-2)will be powered by Frostbite 2, as will, we presume, Dead Space 3.Games already built on Frostbite 2 include Need for Speed: The Runs and the new Medal of Honor game, Warfighter."We'll have Frostbite-powered games in 2013 that will _require_ a 64-bit OS," announced Frostbite 2 rendering architect Johan Andersson (http://www.eurogamer.net/) on Twitter."If you are on 32-bit, great opportunity to upgrade to Windows 8."More than half of the PC users in the world don't own a 64-bit version of Windows, regardless of whether or not they have 64-bit CPUs. They can't flick a switch to enable 64-bit - they need to buy a new version of Windows, which is costly.So why is DICE making the switch? Well, 64-bit processors are the future, even if they've been mainstream since 2003 - although they didn't take off properly until the Core 2 Duo arrived in 2006.A 64-bit CPU handles twice the data of a 32-bit CPU per clock cycle. Therefore, it's better. A 64-bit CPU also more efficiently uses RAM.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-21-some-frostbite-games-will-require-a-64-bit-os-in-2013-dice