Requirements

AndyM_75

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Hi,
My 16 year old son is looking to buy a pc with the money he’s saved up - and a big part of that is because he wants to get Planet Zoo (having been a big Zoo Tycoon fan when he was younger).

The spec he’s looking at is below recommended requirements but he seems to think it’s above minimum requirements (i5-3570, NVIDIA 1050 TI, 8G RAM). would really appreciate a steer on two things as I’m not particularly technical so am a bit lost with some of the terms! Firstly - is that really above minimum requirements and secondly is the gap of speed/quality of the game between minimum and recommended requirements so vast that it’s not worth it?

Any advice much appreciated!
 

Zieman

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Zieman said:
vs. minimum requirements listed in Steam for the game:
CPU i5-3570 is better than listed minimum (i5-2500)
GPU GTX 1050ti seems to fall slightly behind GTX 770, or in some situations quite a bit, depends
8GB ram meets the minimum requirement

some info on GPUs:

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs Geforce GTX 770 – Hardware Compare: Graphics Cards, CPU & SSD Comparison

www.hwcompare.com
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html (scroll down to Legacy GPU Hierarchy)
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GTX 1050ti is 4GB, so is better than the GTX770. I have one too. No issues with the game.
I would say the GTX 1050ti is perfect when you are looking in the midrange of video cards. Affordable and really good.


Overall the GTX150ti is slightly better.
 
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Zieman

Zieman
Luuknoord said:
Difference is minimal between both cards, but the extra VRAM sure will help.
It wasn't about correcting you 👍
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I know, but I also hate to present false information (even if I think I've researched it enough at the time of presenting it, and it later turns to be not completely accurate). :)
As usual, actual experience trumps theoretical info, and we both just want to help the OP. (y)
 
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CupCakeManiac

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The set-up seems good so far. My PC is slightly under the recommended specs as well (i5 6600k / 16gb ram / GTX970) and I can play the game on "high" settings pretty good. But I do notice the fps drops in bigger Zoos. Nonetheless your set up should work fine, maybe you can upgrade to 16gb ram, as thats not that expensive and really makes a difference.
 

jeruntje

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When I look at my videocard memory and system memory usage, I would defenitly go for at least 12 gb of system memory when choosing a 4gb gtx1050 ti. If you go for a graphicscard with 6 or 8 gb of ram, 8 gb system memory will be sufficient.
 

AndyM_75

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Great - many thanks for all the replies! Really appreciate people sharing their experiences and has helped me out loads. Cheers.
 
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