Horizons Is Horizons just not worth it?(Will all Horizon content just be blocked for me?)

[Ddraig]

The different requirements for Horizons were announced way before the expansion was launched.
I do understand your point of view and how it seems weird.
However, it did not came out of the blue, was a well known thing.

Anyway, I find this reaction exagerated and I hope the 1060 makes you happy.

Cheerio.

 

[askavir]

Sorry OP that it doesn't work for you, but you have to understand that your GPU was already a low-end budget card when it first released almost a decade ago. For todays standards the GTX 250 is already considered an archaeological item.

If you cannot upgrade your card in the near future, I'm sure FD will refund you if you open a support ticket explaining your situation.

 

[Deleted member 38366]

I think almost any 10$ 2nd hand card off EBay & Co will do the trick and is better than a GTS250.

If you know any friends that also play Games, just ask them if they have old/obsolete Video cards. Chances are, you might be able to scoop up something that's collecting dust in a shelf for free - and still get drastically improved performance + be able to run Horizons.

 

[Ian Skippy]

Mm, that is an option but first I will look for answers regarding the contents of Horizon and if all of it will be blocked which I now assume it will or if they somehow can enlighten me to as why not making it so just planets landing content is restricted rather than all of horizons (would it be so that all content would be disabled due to my card).

And as for Horizons and refunding. I will probably buy a new card at the end of the next month and I can still play ED normally.

I might have repeated myself but it feels silly that fighter bays and such would be disabled when it is mostly the planetary landings content that screws me over for all that I know. So I will wait a bit longer but I would just want to know if I am up for some content or if I will work for a new card next month.
Thanks for replying though Agony_Aunt.

If you do not run ED:Horizons, you will not have the Horizons functions. So if you cannot run ED: Horizons, you will not have the Horizons functions. You always can run the base game, even if you have the expansion, but the base game does not have the Horizons features. By the way, pretty sure any random $50 card will run Horizons, if that helps in the meantime.

 

[Red Anders]

I mean I am sitting on a Intel core i7 4790k CPU
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 799MHz
Asus Z97-A motherboard
Nvidia Geforce GTS250
and two HDDs for a total of 4 TB.
(0.16Mb/s Down - 1Mb up)

But yeah, it is my own fault for upgrading my computer the way I did (Without a proper clue on what I was doing), leaving PSU and Graphics card for last which resulted in me getting frustrated and disappointed here and now.

Actually I think you did a reasonable job there. I've never really upgraded bit by bit because just due to timing each time I've needed to upgrade one component I've been at a point where I need to do something else at the same time, so I tend to end up just building a whole new PC.

In your case I'll assume that you couldn't really put a new processor into your old motherboard due to socket incompatibility, then there's no point bottlenecking all that new stuff with crappy old RAM (or not enough RAM) and then once you'd got an otherwise viable system, you're going to slot a new shiny card into it. I can't fault your logic at all really, something has to be done last after all and at least this way you have a system that's going to let you see the full benefit of a new card from day one. It's just unfortunate that you've been left with a decent spec gaming PC in every way other than having an up-to-date card until you get that final upgrade in.

Don't ever scrimp on a PSU though, I've had one blow on me once and thankfully it didn't take anything else with it but it was one of the most nerve-wracking moments I've had in 25 years of PC ownership.

As I said I totally sympathise with your frustration and there's nothing wrong with blowing off a bit of steam every now and then, it's usually better than letting it build up.

 

[Wylie28]

I just emailed support asking for a refund for Horizons. The Engineers pretty much killed any chance at a balanced game and have no place in a space sim. Get a refund while you can and stick with the base game.
Planetary landings are really cool, but not worth having to endure what the engineers did to the game. Get out now before you invest any more time and money.

You realize that A. Engineers is optional B. NPCs and players with mods still appear in the base game and C. it didn't kill balance because better ships still kill worse ships pretty easily before engineers.

 

[Doolittle]

Cheap graphics card...............Is a waste. Spend $300 or more if you can, otherwise you'll be able to run it but very poorly, and you'll still be peeved about it. Just wasted about $250 on a GTX960 4GB, it barely can handle todays games and get 20+ fps. Now if the games were made for PC it would be a different story, but they are mostly console ports that are horribly optimized for the PC so even the top end GPUs have a hard time.

 

[EzeThieL]

And EzeThieL I actually asked my friend for a recommendation so I tossed him my wallet and asked him to put it on the first best graphics card that would suit me. So now I will probably have to ask him again regarding a new PSU but I am pretty neutral(clueless) on the whole computer shenanigans nowadays.

Both 1060 and RX 480 will do the job well done don't worry about it. When I tested both of this cards the 480 was a bit better in some areas but the 1060 was better in some others so shenanigans all over the place. Whatever you will pick it will be just fine.

Cheap graphics card...............Is a waste. Spend $300 or more if you can, otherwise you'll be able to run it but very poorly, and you'll still be peeved about it. Just wasted about $250 on a GTX960 4GB, it barely can handle todays games and get 20+ fps. Now if the games were made for PC it would be a different story, but they are mostly console ports that are horribly optimized for the PC so even the top end GPUs have a hard time.

Man this is clearly an misguided info. With an GTX 960 the 4 GB one I was able to run ED pretty nice with steady FPS with some different changes in graphics settings but I was never ever even close to "very poorly" as you say. You can't use it at maximum graphics settings? Well, that's another story dude. That card is still in use by a friend for ED and some others games and it's doing just fine for an not so crazy about maximum visual settings player.

 

[MickyG1982]

Man this is clearly an misguided info. With an GTX 960 the 4 GB one I was able to run ED pretty nice with steady FPS with some different changes in graphics settings but I was never ever even close to "very poorly" as you say. You can't use it at maximum graphics settings? Well, that's another story dude. That card is still in use by a friend for ED and some others games and it's doing just fine for an not so crazy about maximum visual settings player.

Indeed, even the 2Gb version is able to cope with modern games, certainly does in my rig anyways. It's simply a matter of fettling with the graphics settings for a decent compromise between quality and speed, usually it doesn't mean dropping much. It runs Horizons perfectly well for me on high settings, even hobbled as it is with AMD 860k processor installed in my pc 60fps everywhere.

That said, if I'd known just how good the 1060 was going to be last year (when I replaced my GTX 750) I would have held off for it instead or sprung for a 970 now that the bottom has fallen out of the market for them.

 

[EzeThieL]

Indeed, even the 2Gb version is able to cope with modern games, certainly does in my rig anyways. It's simply a matter of fettling with the graphics settings for a decent compromise between quality and speed, usually it doesn't mean dropping much. It runs Horizons perfectly well for me on high settings, even hobbled as it is with AMD 860k processor installed in my pc 60fps everywhere.

That said, if I'd known just how good the 1060 was going to be last year (when I replaced my GTX 750) I would have held off for it instead or sprung for a 970 now that the bottom has fallen out of the market for them.

My advice for everybody that have a decent video card and wants an upgrade that isn't really necessary right now, to hold of to some money till next year when vega will show up (a new GPU from AMD http://wccftech.com/amd-vega-10-gpu-4096-stream-processors/). For nvidia fanboys surely will be some new GPU also to be in line with the AMD one. Also, another advice for ones that really wants an upgrade now and it's really necessary like the OP and they could get some more money to go for 1070 or even 1080. I know they are priced way high but they really are an awesome GPU upgrade. Myself wanted to get the 1070 but I have an R9 290 and this will hold me just fine till the next year when vega or whatever counterpart from nvidia will be so I wait until then.