I tell ya, this game had better be good...

[Viking]

I've used £425 on ED so far, all in Kickstarter. I'm not counting hardware purchases into this, because that was needed anyway and, besides, I purchased it for running Star Citizen better.

IMO 16GB of RAM is more than enough. 32GB is overkill.
8GB currently is still more than enough for gaming, unless you're doing funky stuff like RAM disks or have 60 applications open at once then another 16BG RAM is not really worth it IMO.

Well, I think a RAM disk is natural when it comes to games like this one. If you can put some or all of the game into RAM before playing then it certainly speed things up! But the game must support it so it's easy to use, also for the non-technical player.

 

[mattyboy1509]

whoa hold on

I also forked out a small fortune basically for a game!!! my wife doesnt know !!!
But I went with the trackir option if I had known freetrack etc worked wouldnt have but in forums said it didnt
.. anyway built myself an i5 4570 with a gtx660 at a much more reasonable 550 600 mark.
I can tell you it at 1080p its smooth as and not had a problem with frame rates on the alpha luckily its not sc.
The only time frames do drop is once I hit a technical issue on the multiplayer defend the cruiser but that as I say was a technical hitch not down to my hardware.
So so far 600+140+200 = a lot!!! baring in mind last years holiday only cost just over 400 oh well at least divorce is cheap these days

 

[Riedquat]

This game will be fantastic, I am very excited about the release.

Playing the alpha just for the first ten minutes was enough to make me realise that they really have kept it true to the feel of the original game.

Elite itself is a simple concept, it is the story that unfolds as you play that really makes it.

 

[PacalB]

...I don't know how much David Braben has spent on this game, but I've spent over 2000 squid so far!!!

Kickstarter pledge £90
Upgrade to Alpha £115
Saitek X52 £90
Brand new top'o'the line iMac 27 circa £2000.00(!)

Please tell me I'm not the only one? The most amazing thing is that I've spent all this wonga with my wifes blessing!

Seriously, if you are in the alpha (which you are) and are seeing what they are talking about in the DDF with this game "cough cough"... you'd not be questioning the out laying of that money there.

Like I used to say about EVE online back in the day (whilst waiting for this to be made), its more like a hobby than a game. Hell, we can end up spending a hell of a load on a hobbie, yourself being an example. Replace the word "game" with "hobby" and everything makes sense.

 

[Ulysses_W]

This is great an' all, but pleeeease, what's the secret? LOL

Let me guess....she gets the house extension she wanted? so actually it's what, £2000 + £35K??

Seriously though, that is some serious cash to splash.

The secret is quite simple really, she loves me and would do anything to see me happy!

 

[jan]

Atleast 500£+ on the game joystick and hopefuly OR
1000£ on pc Upgrades just to be sure it runs smoothly
??? unknown on the game store for ingame fluff
so as of yet i not seen the final sum on the bill.

 

[Kettle]

As for my upgrade from overclockers UK a few days ago:

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 3x OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor
Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
NZXT Hale Power 90+ 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply
Corsair Vengeance K65 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Silver - Red Switch
Total £714.19 inc vat.

Had to upgrade mainboard from old z68 which had old 2.0 that is not compaitible with i5-4670k and Nvidia Geforce 3.0 Graphic Card as well as 2x8pins power supply over old 600w 2x6pins. Had kept my Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 1866MHZ & 2x128GB Corsair Vengeance SSD with DvD Drive, Silencio CoolMaster Case & Razer DeathAdder snake (mouse)

The last upgrade was in Oct 2012 which I had regret since BF3 cackz and never again EA!.

 

[Ulysses_W]

That £2000 iMac have nothing to do with Elite Dangerous. It is wholeheartedly your own upgrade!.

Elite will be better than good, it will be great and I can see within it playability glory!.

That £2000 iMac has everything to with E: D using bootcamp & Windows 7!

 

[Kettle]

Your poor wife!

A bunch of flowers sent!.

 

[Ulysses_W]

Seriously, if you are in the alpha (which you are) and are seeing what they are talking about in the DDF with this game "cough cough"... you'd not be questioning the out laying of that money there.

Like I used to say about EVE online back in the day (whilst waiting for this to be made), its more like a hobby than a game. Hell, we can end up spending a hell of a load on a hobbie, yourself being an example. Replace the word "game" with "hobby" and everything makes sense.

I see your point and I think it's a good one. But would anyone spend 2K on their new stamp collecting hobby before buying a single stamp?

 

[Cody]

But would anyone spend 2K on their new stamp collecting hobby before buying a single stamp?

Quite possibly, if this is anything to go by - aptly named too.

 

[streki]

If not for ED, I'd be £1300 better off, between my pledge and a new PC.

I was also planning to buy the Rift, but FB can FO!

Roll on Beta

 

[Lestat]

I only went software right now until I know more how Elite and Star Citizen play with my current hardware. Then I look at the problem areas like graphics cards and cpus. Then build my setup for the best game play.

 

[deusx_ophc]

backed ed with 2 accounts and assorted goodies. bought a round of tee-shirts for me & some oldschool (ya rly) friends. backed all elite related kickstarters and recently the fantastic books to boot. upgraded a few folks from the ks comments section to various alpha's & ddf's. bought new gaming rig, monitor and assorted hardware. and then some shares...

i am all elite'ed out. well except on shares

and the best is that all the while it feels like one of these one-horse races that a certain individual involved in elite likes.

 

[Lestat]

I only went software right now £300 until I know more how Elite and Star Citizen play with my current hardware. Then I look at the problem areas like graphics cards and cpus. Then build my setup for the best game play.

 

[Patrick_68000]

£165 for ED. 675 euros for a motherboard, a processor, a power supply, RAM (ED has just accelerated the purchase of components, which were planned anyway).
I still have to buy a graphics card, SSD SATA III, XBox 360 controller, a beefier cooling for the processor. And also a new keyboard / mouse.

 

[Smugallo]

...I don't know how much David Braben has spent on this game, but I've spent over 2000 squid so far!!!

Kickstarter pledge £90
Upgrade to Alpha £115
Saitek X52 £90
Brand new top'o'the line iMac 27 circa £2000.00(!)

Please tell me I'm not the only one? The most amazing thing is that I've spent all this wonga with my wifes blessing!

Don't worry, was on the Star Citizen sub-reddit, there is a post asking people to admit how much they spent. Some guy came out and said he had spent 10k....I'll let you digest that for a moment.....10,000 dollars. What the hell?????

 

[GMcA]

Well, if it was on Reddit, it must be true....

 

[Gen-Han-Solo]

...I don't know how much David Braben has spent on this game, but I've spent over 2000 squid so far!!!

Kickstarter pledge £90
Upgrade to Alpha £115
Saitek X52 £90
Brand new top'o'the line iMac 27 circa £2000.00(!)

Please tell me I'm not the only one? The most amazing thing is that I've spent all this wonga with my wifes blessing!

WOW you are a lucky guy in ttttooooooo ways your wife sounds just perfect and the game is not just going to be GOOD , it is going to be out of this world in every possible way .

 

[Robert Maynard]

Don't worry, was on the Star Citizen sub-reddit, there is a post asking people to admit how much they spent. Some guy came out and said he had spent 10k....I'll let you digest that for a moment.....10,000 dollars. What the hell?????

There were six Elite: Dangerous pledges for at least £5,000 - about $8,000 at the time that the KickStarter ended.