Hardware & Technical Computer Build to run Elite Dangerous

KING5TON

KING5TON
xyphic said:
If you ever get married, you'll know!

To be honest, I like being around the missus even if she's watching telly and I'm playing a game. Plus, with a 3-month-old around, it shows a bit of solidarity. Unfortunately we don't have enough space in the living room for a desktop PC, so a laptop is a decent compromise. I'm happy to be allowed to play games at all.... :)
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Luckily for me my girlfriend has said she doesn't want to get married (again) and doesn't want kids.
I also don't want to get married as I don't see the point of it and I don't want kids as I'm too selfish and want to spend all my time pleasuring myself (not in that way you dirty minded person!)

That may change though as it sometimes does.
 

Majere

Majere
Majere said:
I have no inside knowledge but I would suggest that the required specifications might be lower than most people seem to think.

For a start, the game is being ported to Mac and also muted as a likely to move onto consoles. Take a look at those specifications of what should be able to run ED.

Secondly, ramped up specifications quite often cover over bad design and programming. I don't expect either from Frontier.

This is a showcase for the Cobra engine. I would hope there is no bloat.

Just my two penneth.
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Alpha spec is out. I told you so.
 

Commander Mick

Commander Mick
I was looking at my dad's most recent computer yesterday afternoon and noticed the specs for the first time.

They do look impressive

Windows 8

Intel Core 1 5 (or I 5 or L 5) Processor 335OP

AMD Radeon HD 7350 1024MB

1 TB Hard Drive

8 GB DDR3 Memory

DVD Super Multi Drive

Multi-In-1 Media Card Reader

Wireless LAN Bluetooth​

And he hardly ever seems to use it himself.

Perhaps if I plead with him I can borrow his for Alpha/Beta testing of the game.
 

Slawkenbergius

Slawkenbergius
Majere said:
Alpha spec is out. I told you so.
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I think people are slightly misinterpreting the specs, and they're actually reasonably high... Namely:

Quad-core processor. Dual-core unlikely to perform well.

2GB GDDR5. Which not everybody has. I stopped buying games/drinking coffee in town/eating well, especially for alpha and swapped my 1GB Radeon 7750 for a 2GB GTX 770. Glad I did!

Also the graphics card has to support DX11.
 

Oss133

Oss133
Slawkenbergius said:
I think people are slightly misinterpreting the specs, and they're actually reasonably high... Namely:

Quad-core processor. Dual-core unlikely to perform well.

2GB GDDR5. Which not everybody has. I stopped buying games/drinking coffee in town/eating well, especially for alpha and swapped my 1GB Radeon 7750 for a 2GB GTX 770. Glad I did!

Also the graphics card has to support DX11.
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It was 2gb system ram.
 

Commander Mick

Commander Mick
Slawkenbergius said:
I think people are slightly misinterpreting the specs, and they're actually reasonably high... Namely:

Quad-core processor. Dual-core unlikely to perform well.

2GB GDDR5. Which not everybody has. I stopped buying games/drinking coffee in town/eating well, especially for alpha and swapped my 1GB Radeon 7750 for a 2GB GTX 770. Glad I did!

Also the graphics card has to support DX11.
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Is it the more Core Processors, the better?

I do plan on getting six or eight eventually.
 
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Slawkenbergius

Slawkenbergius
Commander Mick said:
Is it the more Core Processors, the better?
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It mainly depends on the actual processor you're looking at (possibly also the particular game you're looking at). Intel's quad core processors often run games faster than AMD octa core ones, despite the AMD processor looking much better on paper.

Edit: Maybe someone who knows what they're talking about could do a better job answering this one...
 
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Pyros

P
Slawkenbergius said:
I think people are slightly misinterpreting the specs, and they're actually reasonably high... Namely:

Quad-core processor. Dual-core unlikely to perform well.

2GB GDDR5. Which not everybody has. I stopped buying games/drinking coffee in town/eating well, especially for alpha and swapped my 1GB Radeon 7750 for a 2GB GTX 770. Glad I did!

Also the graphics card has to support DX11.
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As referred, system RAM must be 2GB. No minimum of video RAM was referred, but 1GB seems likely.

The software environment must be DX11, but the card requirement is of DX10 class (from what I perceived in Michaels post). Which means Windows Vista or newer.

Slawkenbergius said:
It mainly depends on the actual processor you're looking at (possibly also the particular game you're looking at). Intel's quad core processors often run games faster than AMD octa core ones, despite the AMD processor looking much better on paper.

Edit: Maybe someone who knows what they're talking about could do a better job answering this one...
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Because games typically hardly use more than one core... something that is changing now. Although the quality of the cores is quite significant (Intels "core family" are currently quite better, but they put less of them. for example, Atoms were pitiful things, now quite a bit better, still weak though).

looking to the market (not referring to ED in particular), multithreading and octa core systems will become quite popular for gaming in the next years...
 
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Slawkenbergius

Slawkenbergius
Pyros said:
As referred, system RAM must be 2GB. No minimum of video RAM was referred, but 1GB seems likely.
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As pointed out above, the minimum specs referred to Michael's test rig, which was stated (in the specs) as having a 2GB card. Further on in the thread he said 1GB was currently on the low side, but they will try and make it doable.
 

Richard Voorhees

R
After a lot of dithering about I think I've settled on this lot:

Case: Antec 1100 Gaming Case
CPU: Intel i7 4770K OC to 4.4ghz
RAM: Adata XPG Xtreme 16GB @ 2133mhz
GPU: KFA2 Geforce GTX780 Ti
SSD: Samsung 120GB 840 EVO
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB
MOBO: Gigabyte Z87-D3HP
PSU: Corsair 600W 80+ Bronze
CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro H80i
Sound: Creative Soundblaster Z Hi Performance

That'll do for another 5 or so years, hopefully.
 

rab

R
Commander Mick said:
Would this one do......

Intel Quad Core i7 4770 3.4GHz 1TB 4GB Desktop Gaming PC System Computer

or this one.....

INTEL CORE i7 3770 QUAD GAMING DESKTOP SYSTEM COMPUTER BAREBONES PC RAM

I really need to know :?
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The first one is better than the second one mainly because it has a dedicated GPU but the graphics card is still really low end and might struggle a bit, if you could afford to upgrade it to the AMD 7770 or the GTX550 then I think you would be all set :)
 

Rog

Rog
Commander Mick said:
Would this one do......

Intel Quad Core i7 4770 3.4GHz 1TB 4GB Desktop Gaming PC System Computer

or this one.....

INTEL CORE i7 3770 QUAD GAMING DESKTOP SYSTEM COMPUTER BAREBONES PC RAM

I really need to know :?
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The first one has the more modern Haswell i7 CPU.

Both look like they have only 2 RAM slots, so make sure you get what you want up front. 16GB max.

The first one also looks to have the more modern CPU socket, so upgrade later on may be easier.

They both have integrated (Intel HD) graphics, the first one has the (about 50%) better, but neither will cut it for E; D. You'll still need to get a graphics card as well.

Someone else will be along shortly to advise...
 
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