Computer specifications

AshleyR1992 · Apr 11, 2016

Sorry if posted in wrong place, i really want to buy this game now but first needs me to get a new computer, the one I'm looking at has the specs:

Intel Core i5-6300HQ
Memory 16GB
Storage 1TB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

I'm not amazing at the specs on a computer and knowing which are best so could anyone let me know if these would be good enough

Thanks

psbaddie · Apr 11, 2016

that would run it but I would advise getting a desktop. much more power for your money. If you send me the link for that laptop I will build you a better desktop for cheaper on pcpartpicker

AshleyR1992 · Apr 11, 2016

psbaddie said:
that would run it but I would advise getting a desktop. much more power for your money. If you send me the link for that laptop I will build you a better desktop for cheaper on pcpartpicker

I'd love to get a desktop unfortunately i'm majorly lacking space so a laptop is really my only option at the moment.

this is the laptop:
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/compu...-vn7-592g-15-6-laptop-black-10137574-pdt.html

psbaddie · Apr 12, 2016

900 pounds? thats almost $1300us...is it the case size thats the problem or you just have nowhere to sit it. cause they make mini and micro cases that are pretty small.

let me build what you can get for that same price from a desktop.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Wrrj8d

CPU: AMD FX-8370 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme6
Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 32GB ram
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB Superclocked
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (White) ATX Mid Tower
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
Monitor: Acer V246HQL Cbd 60Hz 23.6" Monitor
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse
Total: $1221.75

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

There you go a super sweet computer with everything for £850. I highlighted the goodies in yellow

VACkillers · Apr 12, 2016

http://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/landingpages/FangbookIII/

might be slightly better for you, with a GTX 970 at the same price with just a slight adjustmant of adding 16GB RAM with an i7 vs an i5.

psbaddie · Apr 12, 2016

vackillers said:
http://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/landingpages/FangbookIII/

might be slightly better for you, with a GTX 970 at the same price with just a slight adjustmant of adding 16GB RAM with an i7 vs an i5.

Don't confuse the 970 with the 970M though. the 970M has 40-50% reduction in specs over its full counterpart. that's why almost all of the post on here saying they cant play a game are trying to do it on a laptop. Games aren't developed for laptops. You need a super nasty awesome gaming laptop to even get near any recent desktop but you will be paying double.

VACkillers · Apr 12, 2016

psbaddie said:
Don't confuse the 970 with the 970M though. the 970M has 40-50% reduction in specs over its full counterpart. that's why almost all of the post on here saying they cant play a game are trying to do it on a laptop. Games aren't developed for laptops. You need a super nasty awesome gaming laptop to even get near any recent desktop but you will be paying double.

a 970m is going to be better then a 960m and yes their not as good as their desktop counterparts, then not 40-50% less powerful, thats a bit of an over exaduration a bit, but a good 20-35% would be more accurate... Gaming laptops are still more then enough to play games, if you get the right kind and thats what i posted, they will never be as good as desktops, because their not supposed to be, their mobile and size restricted, but that laptop i listed is about as good as your gonna get without spending thousands....... and that is what the OP is looking for as their space restricted.......

psbaddie · Apr 12, 2016

I certainly wasn't arguing that the laptop you posted wasnt good. I was trying to point out that the naming conventions are tricky. Not that it matters but I can post the actual percentages later.

Anyway thank you for helping the OP. What is important is that we can play and test to make this an awesome game.

VACkillers · Apr 12, 2016

psbaddie said:
I certainly wasn't arguing that the laptop you posted wasnt good. I was trying to point out that the naming conventions are tricky. Not that it matters but I can post the actual percentages later.

Anyway thank you for helping the OP. What is important is that we can play and test to make this an awesome game.

Absolutely (o:]

psbaddie · Apr 12, 2016

vackillers said:
a 970m is going to be better then a 960m and yes their not as good as their desktop counterparts, then not 40-50% less powerful, thats a bit of an over exaduration a bit, but a good 20-35% would be more accurate.

Is I said, I got those numbers for you. I pulled all the specs and benchmarks from the GTX 960 2GB chipset and the GTX 960M 2GB chipset

	GTX 960	GTX 960M	measure	GTX90 (% better) than GTX 960M
PassMark score	5943	1724	score	110.06	%
3DMark 11 graphics	32987	23777.5	score	32.45	%
3DMark06	10767.5	5277	score	68.44	%
Effective memory clock speed	7012	5012	Mhz	33.27	%
pixel rate	36.1	17.6	Gpixel/s	68.9	%
Higher texture rate	72.1	43.9	Gtexel/s	48.62	%
floating-point	2308	1404	Gflops	48.71	%
BioShock framerate	75.8	45.3	fps	50.37	%
crysis 3 framerate	36.1	20.75	fps	54	%
render output processors	32	16	procs	66.67	%
shading units	1024	640	units	46.15	%
texture mapping units	64	40	units	46.15	%

AshleyR1992 · Apr 13, 2016

Hi,

Thanks for all your help, I went to a PC Store this evening after work and after trying out a few I've gone for a HP Laptop.

downloaded the game and runs perfectly (other than the frontier/King coaster start screen)

Had a small play around but can't do anything extreme as I forgot the mouse (oops) and the touchpad is useless for this game!

Thanks again, looking forward to an enjoyable Alpha with you both

psbaddie · Apr 13, 2016

Hey, awesome. Grats on the computer. can you link it or post a SPECCY. Im interested in seeing what you got. Glad you can play and its great to have you in the community!

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AshleyR1992 said:
I'd love to get a desktop unfortunately i'm majorly lacking space so a laptop is really my only option at the moment.

also

Every time I think of this post I think of this. hopefully you got more space than this or I'll feel really bad. again, welcome

LeglessBloke · Apr 13, 2016

AshleyR1992 said:
Hi,

Thanks for all your help, I went to a PC Store this evening after work and after trying out a few I've gone for a HP Laptop.

downloaded the game and runs perfectly (other than the frontier/King coaster start screen)

Had a small play around but can't do anything extreme as I forgot the mouse (oops) and the touchpad is useless for this game!

Thanks again, looking forward to an enjoyable Alpha with you both

Welcome aboard! You're gonna love it when you get the mouse situation sorted, the game is fantastic even in its limited Alpha form! [big grin]

MegaAlalil · Apr 13, 2016

psbaddie said:
900 pounds? thats almost $1300us...is it the case size thats the problem or you just have nowhere to sit it. cause they make mini and micro cases that are pretty small.

let me build what you can get for that same price from a desktop.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Wrrj8d

CPU: AMD FX-8370 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme6
Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 32GB ram
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB Superclocked
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (White) ATX Mid Tower
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
Monitor: Acer V246HQL Cbd 60Hz 23.6" Monitor
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse
Total: $1221.75

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

There you go a super sweet computer with everything for £850. I highlighted the goodies in yellow

Dude, you do not need that much ram, or that big od an SSD. Let me put together one for the thread's creator.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YHGTvK This one has a better CPU, A better GPU. A Better PSU. It is smaller. A good monitor. This one that I linked is the one to go for.

You can buy windows 10 from Kinguin. I bought it from there 3 months ago, and no problem yet.

Reasons to go for my build: 1. Better Game Performance. 2. Cores aren't everything, neither is GHz. You will be able to over clock the i5 6600k to a minimum of 4.5GHz. Most games can't take advantage of more than 4 cores anyway. 3. You do not need 32 GB'z of RAM for a gaming pc. You don't actually need more than 8, but 16 is better and future proofs the computer even more. 4. My build has a aftermarket cooler, instead of psbaddies stock cooler in his build. Which means better cooling and it's quieter. Reasons to pick his: I wouldn't call it a good reason, since you can buy a cheap one too.

psbaddie · Apr 13, 2016

That is a very nice build. You should notice that I wasn't building an optimal build for the money I was showing the OP How much more he could get for his money.

"let me build what you can get for that same price from a desktop."

He wasn't interested in a desktop anyway so I didnt waste much time on it. as for the CPU cooler I have that same one and the stock cooler runs fine.

He already got a laptop that he is happy with so it is neither here nor there.

AshleyR1992 · Apr 13, 2016

so I bought a HP Envy, 12GB RAM, 1TB Storage, Intel i7 6500U, Nvidia GeForce 930M and its running really smoothly.

Slowly getting the hang of the controls without using a mouse and building some nice things, really looking forward to getting a proper mouse tomorrow to really get going!

psbaddie · Apr 14, 2016

nice. Yeah it should be running quite good. now just gotta get a mouse then you can upload some creations on here.

aDOLPHINjoy18 · Apr 14, 2016

i would go for the 6th gen intel core i7 6700hq CPU which may have a higher clock speed. also gtx 980m 4gb or more dedicated ram of equivalent or better GPU. Games are already becoming more demanding on system requirements what may have been a good high end GPU 2 years ago would probably be low tier or medium tier at best today.

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i dont think the i7 6500u is a good cpu because it only has 2 physical cores with hyperthreading. the i7 6700hq is better with 4 cpus and higher clock speed. according to windows 10 task manager games are more cpu demanding than ram demanding. but games like sims 4 and cities skylines still use around 4gb ram.

aDOLPHINjoy18 · Apr 14, 2016

I'd recommend this one. I think I'll get it soon!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77q9tJoSv6w
http://www.dell.com/nz/p/alienware-x51-r3/pd?ref=PD_OC
It has a high end respectable 6th gen Intel Core i7 6700 quad core CPU and GTX 970 4GB dedicated GDDR5 RAM the GTX 970 has a higher bandwidth (over 200GB/s) than PS4 (176GB/s).
I love how you can change the LED lighting colours, the slimness, and it'll fit my needs for The Sims 4, Cities Skylines, and Planet Coaster. And it's priced from NZ$2,800. Dell has sells regularly so I'm eager to consider getting this.
Alienware x51 Desktop gaming PC.
Someone mentioned alienware desktops are cheaper than laptops. I stayed away from desktops because they're not mobile. But they're right. Desktops are cheaper than good laptops. I'll be upgrading this year asap but I'll still keep my HP 15'ab222tx laptop which I use everyday it's slim, white, has optical drive. If the product overheats under New Zealand and Australian Consumer Gaurantees legislation if used and stored properly and overheats, Dell is required to fix it free of charge. Sony makes the PS4 compact too. Some people want slim and that's what they've made. It looks great from YouTube videos and the hardware inside it is for sure good enough.