I meet all of the minimum requirements except for the processor. I have an i3 (2.9 GHz) instead of an i5. Will it still work okay?
The "Can I Run Planet Coaster" thread
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Joël
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The minimum required specs may raise or get lower, but that is still unknown at this time. The final minimum specs will be published around final release of the game.
Joël
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It may work okay, but you may also experience a lower quality and lower frame rates. It depends on your computer and the combination of circumstances. There are a lot of things that can affect the performance of a game. In case of Planet Coaster, the game will automatically scale down certain things if your processor is of a lower end type, so you might as well have a great experience, only it may be scaled down a bit. Though I have no experience as to what the result of the scaling down will be. That also depends on a per case basis.
You should aim for much higher than the minimum. If you are playing Planet Coaster for hours there is no reason to buy a new computer at the minimum (maybe should be called the slide show mode), get something that can run large parks in a smooth high FPS manner. Get something with an Intel i5 or i7 and is close to 4GHz. Then get a computer with the new AMD 470 or 480 graphics cards(comes out end of June), or step up to the Nvidia 1070.
If I have to get a new computer anyway might as well go big or go home. My budget's pretty tight at the moment but I have several months to get things sorted out before the game is released I suppose.
For a CPU, no less then 8 threads! This game loves the CPU.
Video card, I agree with Bergenia Tanoak, AMD RX480 is an insane video card for the money it will run PC great! If it struggles on a huge park, get a second one and crossfire them. More powerful then the GTX1080 and costs less!
Video card, I agree with Bergenia Tanoak, AMD RX480 is an insane video card for the money it will run PC great! If it struggles on a huge park, get a second one and crossfire them. More powerful then the GTX1080 and costs less!
Feel free to post asking for help later. Let us know your budget and where you live and we can help you figure it out.
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An Intel i5 that is clocked fast and only has 4 threads can run the came fine. With AMD on the other hand 8 core cpu would definitely be recommended because they are cheap and is needed to reach the performance of the Intel counterparts.
Is there a specific thread for that I should post in or is here okay?
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This is the perfect place to post it. [up]
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Okay great! [big grin] I'm in the US. As for budget, again, that's going to be fairly small. I'd like to try and spend $100 or less on each component if I can help it. If I have to spend a little more though I'll find a way to do it.
Fortunately my dad had a spare tower lying around that he said I can use so thankfully I don't need to buy an entirely new computer, just need to give it the proper upgrades and I should be set! I'll need to check what the specs are on that one but it is a slightly older gaming computer so I will still probably need to upgrade at least the processor and graphics card. I'm already factoring in what the OS upgrade will cost.
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Does this game take advantage of multi core CPUs effectively? As far as I am aware the majority of games don't.
I think it was said in one of the livestreams that the game will use all of your cores as much as it can- so yes. [happy]
The speed of your CPU cores ALSO matters. I have the 6th gen intel core i7-6700k. It has 4 cores 8 threads and is better than the i7 6700HQ & i7 6700 because it has a HIGHER base speed of 4Ghz.
Don't forget to check what is compatible with the motherboard and BIOS.
Hey Everyone,
So I love the look of Planet Coaster, but I really don't know if I can run it. My specs are:
Intel Core i3-3220 CPU @ 3.30GHz
Intel HD Graphics
Windows 8.1
6GB RAM
I'm pretty sure I can't run it, but I want to play so badly! Can I play it on my boyfriend's PC until I can buy a new PC (my current one is an all-in-one so no upgrades for me [cry])
So I love the look of Planet Coaster, but I really don't know if I can run it. My specs are:
Intel Core i3-3220 CPU @ 3.30GHz
Intel HD Graphics
Windows 8.1
6GB RAM
I'm pretty sure I can't run it, but I want to play so badly! Can I play it on my boyfriend's PC until I can buy a new PC (my current one is an all-in-one so no upgrades for me [cry])
Unfortunately you won't be able to play the game with those specs. Sorry.
I figured as much. If I purchase the game, can I download it on my parent's PC to play it until I can get a better one or is the game computer exclusive? (Have to pay for each download)
No. Its NOT limited to one PC. You just cant play it on more than one PC at a time. I knos this cuz I got it on my laptop. 3 months ago I got a high end custom desktop. All you do is sign in with your account and download and play. Also you get unlimited downloads for this game. Nice friendly system Frontier has.
The way I understand I'd just need to get a new motherboard if it's incompatible, yeah?
Hopefully the computer still works and you can start it up and install a program to find out what the CPU, GPU, Motherboard and ram is there. One that I'm familiar with is CPU-Z. Here is a download link: http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html . I'd recommend downloading the ZIP version -- you can unzip it somewhere and just doubleclick the cpu_x32 or cpu_x64 file to run the software. The ZIP version won't install anything on your computer.
CPU-Z has information tabs that will tell you what the CPU, Mainboard(Motherboard), Ram, and GPU is. Then you can tell us those and we can advise you if you have a good upgrade path. Knowing the Power Supply can also help us, you'll need to open up the computer case to find the label.
This is what 4 of the tabs look like in the application for my computer:
So my CPU: Intel Xeon X5670
Motherboard: Asustek P6T Deluxe
Memory: DDR3 48 GBytes
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 4870 --- Trying to upgrade this one myself, but can't find any of the new Nvidia cards in stock.
Power Supply: Corsair HX620
Knowing those 4 or 5 items will help us help you.
Edit: Also, what version of Windows is the computer running? Did your Dad use the Windows serial for a new computer, if not you may be able to update it to Windows 10 for free (That would be the best case for you.)
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