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Fallout 4’s 58GB high-resolution texture pack is now available for PC

Update: Just as Bethesda announced last week, Fallout 4's massive 58GB high-resolution texture pack is now available to download on PC. This is set to be a major graphical upgrade for the game but you will need a seriously high-end gaming PC to run it smoothly. You will also need a good chunk of extra hard drive space.

Here is the texture pack's official description: “Experience the wasteland like you've never seen it before with the Fallout 4 High-Resolution Texture Pack! From the blasted buildings of Lexington to the shores of Boston Harbor and beyond, every location is enhanced with ultra-deluxe detail.”

You can see the recommended system specifications for this texture pack below.

Original Story: While Bethesda might be all done cranking out season pass DLC for Fallout 4, the studio isn't quite finished with the game entirely. Next week, not only with there be a PS4 Pro upgrade for this game, but PC players will finally be able to download the high-resolution texture pack, requiring an additional 58GB of space and raising the game's system requirements significantly- to the point where it calls for an AMD GPU that doesn't exist yet.

Bethesda announced the high-resolution texture pack yesterday, including a single 4K screenshot of what to expect from the graphical upgrade, which you can see below.

Obviously, these higher resolution textures also require beefier hardware to keep the game running smoothly. Here are the recommended specs:

  • Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit required).
  • Intel Core i7-5820K or better.
  • Nvidia GTX 1080 8GB or AMD Radeon RX 490 8GB.
  • 8GB+ of RAM.

Obviously, the RX 490 doesn't actually exist yet and once that was pointed out to Bethesda, the studio edited its blog post to remove its mention. However, this wouldn't be the first time that mention of the RX 490 has appeared. In the past, this GPU has appeared on AMD's own website and there have been some rumours suggesting that the RX 490 could be a Vega-based graphics card, set for release in the first half of 2017.

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KitGuru Says: Chances are this was just a mistake on Bethesda's part and not any sort of nod towards an upcoming RX 490. Either way though, the system requirements for the high-resolution texture pack set the bar very high. Not only do you need an extra 58GB of space but you will also need a £600 graphics card to run it smoothly. 

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23 comments

  1. Those specs read as “We couldn’t be bothered to test it, just put high requirements down”

  2. Look who it is, the guy who cries about early release gameplay and it changes by gold release.

    Talking out of your ass again I see.

  3. Early release = unpolished, and often complete rubbish prototype.
    Gold release = polished game to play.
    Hard to see why one would change their opinion on a game between the stages. =rolls eyes= I see someone talking out their ass and it’s not Mazty.

  4. Lmao, I see you’ve been fuming in your little lonely basement the last few months! Kitguru isn’t for the salty, either join in the conversation, or piss off.

  5. I’d be shocked if my 390 8GB card can’t run this at (at least) 40fps.. Fallout 4 is hardly the hardest game to run. 1080 is a bit overkill, no?

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  7. You have it wrong, Matzy was complaining about titles where the developers would show gameplay at early events like E3 etc, but then because they had to reduce textures a bit etc by release that it was a cardinal sin. It was all lies.

    He complained about that, even when I told him that this is normal in development, an early gameplay video etc does not mean that is what you are going to get. Of course he complained more and cried like a little bitch.

  8. Not really, I just have a good memory.

    Getting angry again because you made another inane claim, the Bethesda never tested out the texture pack and just made up requirements?

    Well you are a young kid after all, and saltyness flows through you quite easily.

  9. Having a good memory doesn’t explain why you’re bringing up an old topic on a different thread. Salty m8, real salty. #basementdampgottothebrain

  10. Because like the last time I saw you, you are just the same arrogant person you were back then as you are now. And to make sure you knew we had a past discussion on here I recalled it.

    In fact as I pointed out the last time you only have to look at your own replies to see you are the childish one and you are the one very salty.

    And you get angry because someone doesn’t agree with you.

    Must be that Star Citizen bug you have, still not got a full game yet huh? All that money spent on nothing. I guess I would be upset at that also.

  11. Wah wah wah, you’ve a grudge cuz you were burnt, now your salty as f. Stick to world star, you’re not wanted around here 😉

  12. You’re age is showing. And it is very young.

    Such a ranting reply. Yep you are the salty one.

  13. If you’re not salty, then why did you come here to rant about the old thread? #saltyasthesea #saltybasement #strongsalt #saltfortheburn #staysalty

  14. I see that old skill of not reading fully hasn’t left you.

    I already answered that, or was there too many words again?

    You try so hard to be noticed it is almost laughable.

  15. Learn what rhetorical means – you’re salty as f m8!

  16. That would have made sense if you used a rhetorical question. And no that was not a rhetorical question you asked before.

    So now you have no clue about grammar also.

    Good job. Keep going.

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