Hardware & Technical Computer Build to run Elite Dangerous

StuartGT

StuartGT
Kortossis said:
Accualy Crysis is pretty dope on RAM and Call Of Duty Ghosts are the only two I can think of, ED is not one of them though. And that is a good thing, because the reasoning behind the other two games is rather stupid..they did it on purpose to be future proof?
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Crysis 3 needs 8GB RAM for playing at maximum settings: http://www.crysis.com/us/pc
COD Ghosts doesn't use much RAM: http://www.vg247.com/2013/11/04/cal...maximum-settings-users-create-mp-fov-unlocker
Battlefield 4 needs lots of RAM due to a memory leak: http://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield_4/comments/2fng3j/battlefield_4_memory_leak/
I'd recommend anyone getting a gaming PC to have 8GB so they can play all games available, but 4GB is suitable for 95% of games out there currently. This situation will change over the next few years with PS4 & XB1 having 8GB RAM, thereby pushing PC gamers to follow suit. Not withstanding shoddy ports of course! *shakes fist at Ubisoft*
 

adoredtv

adoredtv
There's a difference between "needs" and suggested amount of RAM.

Crysis 3 runs on 2GB systems. If the game needed 8GB that would be around 5-6x more content for "hi performance" users. Now I've never played Crysis 3 but I'll be downright amazed if there is ANY extra content for 8GB users. Vastly superior graphics which require a bit more VRAM, sure, but actual content that requires quadruple the amount of system memory?

Memory leaks are of course different however no amount of RAM will help with that, you'll eventually run out regardless. Any *working* game will not use anywhere near 8GB of RAM. There is not a game in existence (that doesn't have a memory leak) that uses even 4GB RAM that I'm aware of, maybe even 3GB. Seen a few around 2.2 (Civ 5, Wildstar though that was potentially a bug also).

From what I can gather, Crysis 3 did of course have a pretty bad memory leak at launch, simply reinforcing the belief that it was really intensive on memory.

I've seen two different posts from different people suggesting that it doesn't go over 1.6GB, however, so that's likely around the actual maximum.
 
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StuartGT

StuartGT
adoredtv said:
There's a difference between "needs" and suggested amount of RAM.

Crysis 3 runs on 2GB systems. If the game needed 8GB that would be around 5-6x more content for "hi performance" users. Now I've never played Crysis 3 but I'll be downright amazed if there is ANY extra content for 8GB users. Vastly superior graphics which require a bit more VRAM, sure, but actual content that requires quadruple the amount of system memory?

Memory leaks are of course different however no amount of RAM will help with that, you'll eventually run out regardless. Any *working* game will not use anywhere near 8GB of RAM. There is not a game in existence (that doesn't have a memory leak) that uses even 4GB RAM that I'm aware of, maybe even 3GB. Seen a few around 2.2 (Civ 5, Wildstar though that was potentially a bug also).

From what I can gather, Crysis 3 did of course have a pretty bad memory leak at launch, simply reinforcing the belief that it was really intensive on memory.

I've seen two different posts from different people suggesting that it doesn't go over 1.6GB, however, so that's likely around the actual maximum.
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Looks like Crysis 3 also suffered from memory leaks http://answers.ea.com/t5/Crysis-3/Memory-Leaks-With-Crysis-3-on-PC/td-p/1402374 , although they may have fixed that by now.
 

adoredtv

adoredtv
Memory leaks normally get priority fixed because they are fatal to the application, ie they will eventually cause it to crash. So many games launch with them as well and I think Crysis 1 and 2 were the same.
 

CMDR LODO-IRIDIUM

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My Rig: "Project X"

Hi All gentlemen!

This is my rig:

-CPU: I7 3820 @3.6Ghz Turbo Boost to ->3.8Ghz
-Motherboard: ASRock Extreme 4
-RAM: 8Gb Ddr3 1866Mhz Kingston Hyper X
-Graphics Card: GTX-780

HOTAS: Thrustmaster-HOTAS WARTHOG
 

Zelos1983

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I run on:
Intel Q9550
8GB DDR2 RAM
GTX 670/4GB VRAM (OCed)
Game is installed on HDD

E:D runs at max settings very smooth in borderless window mode on one of my two screens. Would be nice to put the HUD/Radar/Data Panels on the second screen, but the game doesn't support it :-(.
 

CMDRjacebenin

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A buddy is helping me design an awesome rig. Haven't gotten all the specs and stuff I want in it yet but hopefully soon! I definitely want to run it and everything else on max settings!
 

Troz

Troz
MARPATdroid said:
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Originally Posted by Troz
This seems like a good thread to pose a fairly dumb question on - I've not been a serious gamer since, well, Elite on the Amiga, so I don't really understand much about modern GPUs.

My system:

i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz overclocked to 3.14 GHz.
GTX 460
27" LG monitor @ 1920x1080

My question is: if I were to upgrade to a GTX 760 or 770, would there be a noticeable improvement playing Elite?
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I believe the only answer to this is yes. The 760 has twice the performance of the 460 on the books. I went from an SLI 660 to a single 980, which was about the same performance increase, and I now have a much better experience. BTW if your looking at a 770, you might be interested in a 970, it's only an extra $50 -$60 bucks and is a definite improvement over the 770. More CUDA Cores, twice the VRAM, and a higher core clock. Just food for thought.
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Just replying to say that I took this advice and bought a 970.

My initial impression of the difference between a 460 and a 970 was "bah - I've wasted my money". Apart from slightly reduced stutter in and around stations there was no appreciable difference. Then I upgraded the "GeForce Experience" utility that comes with it and downloaded the Elite optimisation settings - essentially applying multisampling as described elsewhere on here.

Now there is a noticeable difference in reduced jaggies and sparkly artefacts. And I think that things like specular reflections on outposts look a bit better (although I'm not about to reinstall the old card to check). But not the photo-realistic experience I was hoping for.

So, better - yes. Worth it? Maybe.
 

Catsage

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Will my computer run Elite Dangerous?

I'm thinking about playing this game, But I'm not sure if my computer will be up to running it. I have an older Asus Model U46E with an Intel HD3000 and 8gb of ram. It's done pretty well running most other games I've played, but it's getting on in years to be honest. I looked already looked at the system requirements for Elite Dangerous but I wasn't really able to determine if my computer met them or not.

Anyway, just wondering, Thanks.
 

Daud

Daud
Can I run the game?

I have a Lenovo Ideapad Y510P laptop.

Specs:

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M

CPU: Core I7-4700MQ 4-core 2.4GHz

8 GB of RAM

Thanks.
 

andyraptor

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just don't expect ultra settings and you'll be just fine.... I have a lower spec i5 which I play on during the week... and it's perfectly fine for Solo mode :)
 

Catsage

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It says my graphics card which is an Intel HD graphics 3000 doesn't have enough dedicated video ram, It needs 1gb and it has 64 mb. What I'm wondering is will it still be able to play the game at medium settings (or even low settings) or should I try to upgrade graphics cards?

If so is there any graphics cards that any of you would reccomend? I'm looking for something relatively inexpensive.
 

Catsage

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Catsage said:
It says my graphics card which is an Intel HD graphics 3000 doesn't have enough dedicated video ram, It needs 1gb and it has 64 mb. What I'm wondering is will it still be able to play the game at medium settings (or even low settings) or should I try to upgrade graphics cards?

If so is there any graphics cards that any of you would reccomend? I'm looking for something relatively inexpensive.
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by the way thanks YDS55 you were very helpful.
And I also wanted to mention that my computer is an Laptop.
 

pjgtech

pjgtech
Have you checked to see if your laptop has more than one graphics chip? some have two and you can switch between the two, usually via the makers own program or app on the laptop. I have a built in intel gfx chip and also anadd on chip, a geforce one, generally for games the add on gfx is better than the built in one (intel). You can also set up profiles for games to say which gfx chip to use.

Just my 2c worth, you never know, you may have two gfx chips but didn't realise... :cool:
 
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