Good question. I mainly play WW2 strategy/tactical games so not too graphics/resource intensive.
The only other types of games I play are Medieval TW2 (medium setting here) etc.
Thanks
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Good question. I mainly play WW2 strategy/tactical games so not too graphics/resource intensive.
The only other types of games I play are Medieval TW2 (medium setting here) etc.
Thanks
Might be worth trying a demo of a recent game with pretty graphics to see if you can run it on low. Most PC games are pretty scalable, means they can sell to as wide a market as possible.
I bought a micro cloth mouse mat a few days after building my PC. Got home and the mouse i had (Logitech G5 wired) wouldn't work
An old optical mouse worked OK just not my expensive gaming mouse.
Ended up using the box it came in
Got a decent Logitech G7 wireless mouse and a wireless solar powered keyboard for my birthday which solved the issue. Since I play lounging in my lazyboy and use one of the armrests some kind of mouse mat was required as the white leather doesn't really work too well.
I've always bought my components from ARIA. Always seem to be cheapest overall and never had any issues with my orders.
I think they also provide a service that builds the PC for you if you pick the components but what kind of girly man would do that
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I've always bought my components from ARIA. Always seem to be cheapest overall and never had any issues with my orders.
I think they also provide a service that builds the PC for you if you pick the components but what kind of girly man would do that
I always buy from Scan as they're not far away from me. I've priced up buying the components to self build but the saving is just not worth it.
The only area I'm having trouble deciding on is the graphics card. I've never given much thought to it before since gaming was never something I used a PC for, but after doing some reading I've learned that the graphics card is the most important bit. So far I'm edging towards an Nvidia GTX 770 since I'm expecting to have 3 monitors in 2D Surround plus an Accessory monitor. Read there's lots of problems getting SLI to work with multiple cards so figured single card would do.
Still got a couple of months to decide though so a bit more reading is in order I think.
Good idea and thanks
I always buy from Scan as they're not far away from me. I've priced up buying the components to self build but the saving is just not worth it.
The only area I'm having trouble deciding on is the graphics card. I've never given much thought to it before since gaming was never something I used a PC for, but after doing some reading I've learned that the graphics card is the most important bit. So far I'm edging towards an Nvidia GTX 770 since I'm expecting to have 3 monitors in 2D Surround plus an Accessory monitor. Read there's lots of problems getting SLI to work with multiple cards so figured single card would do.
Still got a couple of months to decide though so a bit more reading is in order I think.
The 770 GTX is a damn fine card.
Only thing I'd say is that it "only" has 2GB of Vram.
If you're running multiple monitors certain games may have issues due to this.
A 7970 with 3GB of vram is cheaper and about the same performance wise plus you normally get a few free games with AMD cards that make them an excellent bargin http://www.amd4u.com/radeonrewards/
Here's some benchmarks for both those cards
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/829?vs=768
I have a 7970 and I've not had any issues with it.
It best work on this ....I spent enough on it upgrading !!
Actually new PC games have somewhat stalled in their hardware requirements recently.
If your rig runs Skyrim - it can run everything.
The reason behind it is that a game actually requiring all the top range of hardware would have astronomical development costs in Graphic Engine etc.
Star Citizen Hangar got released yesterday. I was wondering if it would run on my now over 2 year old PC... smooth as butter.
Chris Roberts announced "You probably need a very powerful computer to run this" - the rig they used for the reveal party at Gamescom was a state of the art Alienware PC.
But i5 2500k and Geforce GTX560Ti or equal are still absolutely adequate to run everything there is on Ultra.
@synchromesh: HAH! It'd better do!
If your rig runs Skyrim - it can run everything.
The reason behind it is that a game actually requiring all the top range of hardware would have astronomical development costs in Graphic Engine etc.
Star Citizen Hangar got released yesterday. I was wondering if it would run on my now over 2 year old PC... smooth as butter.
Chris Roberts announced "You probably need a very powerful computer to run this" - the rig they used for the reveal party at Gamescom was a state of the art Alienware PC.
But i5 2500k and Geforce GTX560Ti or equal are still absolutely adequate to run everything there is on Ultra.
@synchromesh: HAH! It'd better do!
Well I decided to bite the bullet and build a PC instead of having one built for me.
All has gone very well so far and it also gave me the opportunity to get my son and daughter involved in the build, which they thoroughly enjoyed.
Not included the GPU yet since I don't need it for day to day use and work.
Now looking at the Nvidia GTX 780 after what you said. I've nothing against AMD but I have preferred brands for some reason, no longer as adventurous as I was
NVidia Titan ... wait a few months for it to drop in price a little, then come release day in 2014 buy a 2nd and SLI.
Moarr Poweh!
Blitzwing I am also in the testing for Star Citizen and the hangar module requires Windows 64 bit, and 8 gig of ram. So saying hardware requirements have stalled is wrong. In fact Skyrim will run on Windows XP and Star Citizen can't.
Also the hangar module will not run unless you have a DirectX11 video card, DirectX10 or below and it won't run, while Skyrim will. You just happen to have a Directx11 video card, 64 bit OS, and 8 or more gig of ram. Today that is not asking to much, but windows XP and a 32 bit OS is on the way out, support is done for XP by Microsoft so if people haven't upgraded to at least Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8, your support is at an end and time to move on. I just read Microsoft will support XP for corporate customers at the cost of $200 per license. So time to move on for home users.
So the notion of a stall is wrong, and Star Citizen is pushing the envelope and with over 239,000 people signed up and paying already to play the game shows the requirements are not turning a lot of people away.
Long story short even consoles are moving to a 64 bit OS, and upping the amount of memory they have. Time change and games need to lead the way as they always have. The pace for gaming is going up and quickly soon, lets hope Elite is one of the top if not top game in 2014 and not only has great game play but graphics that make people's draw drop.
Calebe
Also the hangar module will not run unless you have a DirectX11 video card, DirectX10 or below and it won't run, while Skyrim will. You just happen to have a Directx11 video card, 64 bit OS, and 8 or more gig of ram. Today that is not asking to much, but windows XP and a 32 bit OS is on the way out, support is done for XP by Microsoft so if people haven't upgraded to at least Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8, your support is at an end and time to move on. I just read Microsoft will support XP for corporate customers at the cost of $200 per license. So time to move on for home users.
So the notion of a stall is wrong, and Star Citizen is pushing the envelope and with over 239,000 people signed up and paying already to play the game shows the requirements are not turning a lot of people away.
Long story short even consoles are moving to a 64 bit OS, and upping the amount of memory they have. Time change and games need to lead the way as they always have. The pace for gaming is going up and quickly soon, lets hope Elite is one of the top if not top game in 2014 and not only has great game play but graphics that make people's draw drop.
Calebe
Looking for a bit advice regarding this laptop setup:
Intel® Core™ i7-4702MQ Haswell Quad Core Processor
15.6" HD Screen
Microsoft Windows 8 64bit
8GB DDR3 RAM
1000GB HDD
DVD-RW
Dedicated GT 740M 2GB Graphics
http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/MSI_CX61_Haswell_1389669.html
Would something like that be able to handle ED? I know we don't have any minimum specs at hand, so wild guesses are welcome here
My budget will be around £650 and I can only really go for a laptop, not ideal I know, but I'd settle for playing ED on low settings as long as its not a slide show.
Intel® Core™ i7-4702MQ Haswell Quad Core Processor
15.6" HD Screen
Microsoft Windows 8 64bit
8GB DDR3 RAM
1000GB HDD
DVD-RW
Dedicated GT 740M 2GB Graphics
http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/MSI_CX61_Haswell_1389669.html
Would something like that be able to handle ED? I know we don't have any minimum specs at hand, so wild guesses are welcome here
My budget will be around £650 and I can only really go for a laptop, not ideal I know, but I'd settle for playing ED on low settings as long as its not a slide show.
From what I have read it seems that the game is CPU heavy so a good quadcore should see you right ... I think the GPU will control the fluff
Cheers fellas. Gives me an idea of what to look for in the January sales!
Most games don't scale up well with multi threaded cores, so don't use them. A i5 would be just as good as a i7. In the future perhaps games will take advantage of multiple threads but right now, it's not really necessary. If you like doing graphics work or video editing then applications will eat up those extra threads and as much RAM as you can throw at them.
The specs you listed look mighty fine.
The specs you listed look mighty fine.
There will probably be better I-5 spec laptops available in January for the budget I'll have (£650ish). I guess I just wanted to make sure I wouldn't be priced out of ED by needing a super computer to play it :smilie:
God I hope this game is all that we hope it will be! I've never bought a computer specifically with a game in mind before, well not since 1993 when I got an A1200 just for Frontier! (it was too choppy on the A600).
About 2 years ago I bought a Dell laptop (i7 quad core , max speed + 4GB + Graphics card for just more than you are looking to spend) It plays most games on near full speed between medium and full graphics - can't remember the specs exactly - so I'd say you'll get what you want just fine