The "Can I Run Planet Coaster" thread

[Stiff]

I have the following specs for my laptop:

Windows 8, 64-bit
16GB RAM SO-DIMM DDR3-1600
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M - 2GB
HDD with 5400 rpm

I'm wondering if this should work smoothly. The RAM should be fine. However the videocard is the minimum which is needed (2GB) and not the recommended 4GB..

Also, I just use a normaal HDD with 5400 rpm which isn't that great when it comes to starting up things and saving them.

I think I will be able to run the game without a problem when I set the graphics to a lower/mid range, but I guess it won't be able to run itself in full potential with the highest graphics settings.

 

[Keverjeroen]

While I'm waiting for the beta I've build myself a new pc. Hope it will be powerfull enough to run PC! [happy]

- CPU: Intel Core i5-6500
- MB: Gigabyte GA-B150-HD3P
- Video: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6GB
- RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury HX421C14FBK2/16 (2x 8GB)
- Power: Corsair CX450M
- HDD : Samsung 850 EVO 500GB

 

[Stiff]

While I'm waiting for the beta I've build myself a new pc. Hope it will be powerfull enough to run PC! [happy]

- CPU: Intel Core i5-6500
- MB: Gigabyte GA-B150-HD3P
- Video: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6GB
- RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury HX421C14FBK2/16 (2x 8GB)
- Power: Corsair CX450M
- HDD : Samsung 850 EVO 500GB

That seems pretty good for this game. I think with a i7 CPU you would be able to play the game at its highest settings.
Might be already possible due to the fact you're using a 6GB videocard and 16GB of RAM.

 

[harlight833]

Hi,
I've got a home office general-use type of laptop here, so don't think I will be able to run the game, but I'd like to check!

I'm not really that technical ha ha so I literally copied word for word my specs in settings.

AMD A10-8700P Raedon R6, 10 Computer Cores 4C+6G 1.80GHz

8.00 GB RAM

Windows 10 64-Bit

Will I be able to run the game??

 

[BigDragon]

I have the following specs for my laptop:

Windows 8, 64-bit
16GB RAM SO-DIMM DDR3-1600
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M - 2GB
HDD with 5400 rpm

I'm wondering if this should work smoothly. The RAM should be fine. However the videocard is the minimum which is needed (2GB) and not the recommended 4GB..

Also, I just use a normaal HDD with 5400 rpm which isn't that great when it comes to starting up things and saving them.

I think I will be able to run the game without a problem when I set the graphics to a lower/mid range, but I guess it won't be able to run itself in full potential with the highest graphics settings.

Your GPU is scoring 1,290 benchmark points. I wouldn't recommend the game to you. I wouldn't feel comfortable recommending the game to anyone with a GPU scoring under 2,000. I'm assuming your CPU is a dual-core i5 as well. I just can't see Planet Coaster running smoothly on that setup. You can try it, but you'll probably refund the game after hitting performance problems in a park 1/4th full.

While I'm waiting for the beta I've build myself a new pc. Hope it will be powerfull enough to run PC! [happy]

- CPU: Intel Core i5-6500
- MB: Gigabyte GA-B150-HD3P
- Video: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6GB
- RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury HX421C14FBK2/16 (2x 8GB)
- Power: Corsair CX450M
- HDD : Samsung 850 EVO 500GB

You will have absolutely no problem. Your video card is about double the strength of my Radeon 7950, and I run at medium-high settings. You'll be in ultra category. Your i5-6500 isn't as strong as my i7-3820, but it's relatively close. There will be no issues running Planet Coaster even at higher resolutions.

Hi,
I've got a home office general-use type of laptop here, so don't think I will be able to run the game, but I'd like to check!

I'm not really that technical ha ha so I literally copied word for word my specs in settings.

AMD A10-8700P Raedon R6, 10 Computer Cores 4C+6G 1.80GHz

8.00 GB RAM

Windows 10 64-Bit

Will I be able to run the game??

I don't think your R6 can handle the game. You'll need a GPU upgrade. The benchmarks I'm seeing on that card list it as 646 benchmark points. I don't want to recommend the game to anyone under 2,000.

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Like many on here, I'm thinking about building my own PC. Here's what I've got planned:

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/TxqfvV

I'm going to disagree with Judge here. Your selected GPU (and CPU) is fine. The Nvidia 960 is perfectly capable of running the game. Just make sure you get a good price on it! The 9x0 series has nosedived in price thanks to the release of the 10x0 series cards which are significantly faster. Just keep in mind that more VRAM is preferred especially if you want to play console ports. I wouldn't advise going under 4GB of VRAM these days. I have 3GB and games eat it up no problem -- not ideal!

Will this pc be able to run planet coaster without any issues on the highest performances?

AMD Athlon X4 860K CPU - 4 Core - 3,7GHz
Kingston Fury Hyper X 8gb DDR3-1866 MHZ
MSI AMD Radeon R7 360 2GB OCV1
MSI A68HM GRENADE

Not at the highest performance, no. You will likely be at low or medium-low settings. Your CPU and GPU are not quite up to the task of handling a complex simulation game with good visuals. They can do it, but prepare to scale down your settings and resolution. Planet Coaster will likely look rather RCT3-like to you because of hardware limitations. It should run without game-breaking issues though.

 

[gregorburns]

The video card is a no go on your build.

Absolutely disagree with you, sorry. I run the game on the highest settings with a GTX960 and a pretty cheap CPU and I have high frame rates until around 3000 guests. The 960 is absolutely fine for this game and any spare money would be better spent ugrading your CPU to the best you can get.

 

[fultre]

Absolutely disagree with you, sorry. I run the game on the highest settings with a GTX960 and a pretty cheap CPU and I have high frame rates until around 3000 guests. The 960 is absolutely fine for this game and any spare money would be better spent ugrading your CPU to the best you can get.

Hmmm... What resolution are you playing on?

My GTX980ti is under full load to render 1080p maxed above 60fps.

Having said that I do agree that top end CPU is more important than top end GPU for this game....

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While I'm waiting for the beta I've build myself a new pc. Hope it will be powerfull enough to run PC! [happy]

- CPU: Intel Core i5-6500
- MB: Gigabyte GA-B150-HD3P
- Video: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6GB
- RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury HX421C14FBK2/16 (2x 8GB)
- Power: Corsair CX450M
- HDD : Samsung 850 EVO 500GB

Very solid setup. My only recommendation would be to go for the K series i5 or i7 and overclock it to the absolute max. You will need every bit of processing power you can get once your park goes over 4000 guests, even the mighty i7 6700k starts to struggle with very populated parks...

The game is great, hope you get your copy very soon! [big grin]

 

[Flutey]

^He'll also need to get a z170 motherboard to overclock, but if he already has his parts then it's too late anyways.

I'm wondering if this game takes advantage of more than 4 cores, unlike most games. It would be great if someone with a 6+ core i7 could try disabling all but 4 cores to see if it drops performance. Would anyone with such a processor be willing to try it out?[wink]

 

[gregorburns]

Hmmm... What resolution are you playing on?

1080p

 

[Stiff]

Your GPU is scoring 1,290 benchmark points. I wouldn't recommend the game to you. I wouldn't feel comfortable recommending the game to anyone with a GPU scoring under 2,000. I'm assuming your CPU is a dual-core i5 as well. I just can't see Planet Coaster running smoothly on that setup. You can try it, but you'll probably refund the game after hitting performance problems in a park 1/4th full.

I actually have a i7 processor quad core, forgot to metion this:

Intel Core i7
Quad core (4)
Clockspeed
2400 MHz
Turbo Frequency
3400 MHz

So that'll make it:
Windows 8, 64-bit
i7 Processor 2,4Ghz Quad-Core
16GB RAM SO-DIMM DDR3-1600
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M - 2GB

Does this change your thoughts, or you'd say the videocard is still too low?

It is just the videocard which is set to the minimum requirements of the game. The rest is above the minimum requirements. This is why I think I can run the game, but only on low/mid graphics settings.

Otherwise I might consider getting a new laptop. Or upgrading my older desktop (which has i7, 16GB RAM but a 1GB videocard. Can always change the videocard on that one.

 

[danlightbulb]

Or upgrading my older desktop (which has i7, 16GB RAM but a 1GB videocard. Can always change the videocard on that one.

Has to be the way to go for this game. £250 on a new rx480 and you should be flying on your old system at 1080p. Keep laptop for less demanding things. I was going to buy a new laptop until I found out about this game and ended up building myself a desktop instead!

 

[Guitar_Sly]

^He'll also need to get a z170 motherboard to overclock, but if he already has his parts then it's too late anyways.

I'm wondering if this game takes advantage of more than 4 cores, unlike most games. It would be great if someone with a 6+ core i7 could try disabling all but 4 cores to see if it drops performance. Would anyone with such a processor be willing to try it out?[wink]

Indeed, it does! I run a 8-Core AMD FX8350 and it uses all 8 Threads. On six-Core I7 CPUs, it will use all 12 Threads.

 

[kingpieman]

Waiting for the beta, but is anyone playing with a i5 4690K and a GTX 970. If so what fps and performance do you guys get, and yes i'm aware that it's in alpha

 

[BigDragon]

I actually have a i7 processor quad core, forgot to metion this:

Intel Core i7
Quad core (4)
Clockspeed
2400 MHz
Turbo Frequency
3400 MHz

So that'll make it:
Windows 8, 64-bit
i7 Processor 2,4Ghz Quad-Core
16GB RAM SO-DIMM DDR3-1600
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M - 2GB

Does this change your thoughts, or you'd say the videocard is still too low?

It is just the videocard which is set to the minimum requirements of the game. The rest is above the minimum requirements. This is why I think I can run the game, but only on low/mid graphics settings.

Otherwise I might consider getting a new laptop. Or upgrading my older desktop (which has i7, 16GB RAM but a 1GB videocard. Can always change the videocard on that one.

I'm still uncomfortable saying the game will run in an acceptable manner given the 750M. Yes, it's at the minimum requirements. The game will launch and try to run. I'm not convinced it'll be at a comfortable frame rate once you start putting things in a park. You can certainly try it! Just purchase in such a way that you can get a refund if it doesn't work on your hardware and you don't plan to upgrade a computer. If you do plan to upgrade then the refund importance goes away since you're probably a genre fan. [up]

 

[Fishook]

At the end of the day, it all down to personal preference on what is exceptable performance. Even with my high end rig, I know I there will be certain games I have to tweek to get stuff to run to my liking.

Some people are quite happy playing stuff on lower resolutions and such, I suppose it all down to your financial situation and how much your passion for games are. I learned a long time ago for the stuff I enjoy playing not to scimp on my hardware.

 

[aDOLPHINjoy18]

According to MSI afterburner, my i7 6700k has 4 cores and 8 threads and the game uses all 8 threads in my processor (cpu 1-8). Windows 10 task manager refers to it as 4 cores 8 logical processors. It has hyperthreading and i DO think the game takes advantage of it.

 

[nathanasmiddy20]

I'm thinking of getting a Laptop that has the following

Intel® Core™ i7-6500U
12Gb RAM

2Tb Hard drive

NVIDIA GeForce 920MX 2GB Graphics

15.6 inch FHD(1920 x 1080) display

Windows 10 Home 64-bit

802.11 a/c Wifi + Bluetooth 4.0

720p HD camera

Ports: 1 x USB 3.0, 2 x USB 2.0

3.5 mm Combo Audio Jack

1 x VGA

HDMI

RJ-45

4-in-1 Card Reader (SD, SDHC, SDXC, MMC)

DVD/RW

Price £829.99 from www.littlewoods.com

would this laptop be close to still run the Game or low or mid settings?

 

[pwc1]

I currently have an i7 4700, and a Evga 760, but I plan to get a 1060 or 1070 gtx. I also have 16gb of ram. Is this Okay?

 

[ManiaMuse]

Ok so I've bitten the bullet and decided to upgrade my 5//6 year old computer for Planet Coaster. Was thinking of just upgrading the CPU but then I would have needed a new motherboard and probably DDR ram + a new cooler and thought screw it, might as well start fresh.

Gone for an i5-6600k so should be able to overclock it slightly if I want.

16gb DDR4 3200mhz

Hybrid SSD so might improve load speeds if it learns I play Planet Coaster a lot.

I'm going to swap over my GTX 750 ti that's in my current machine, it's less than a year old after I fried a 560ti and most of the people here seem to say that Planet Coaster is CPU limited right?

What do you think the logical replacement will be for my 750 ti when I decide to replace that in a year or two? I don't want to pay silly money for a graphics card nor get one that is really power hungry. Is the rumoured 1050ti going to be in that midrange price/performance spot?

 

[aDOLPHINjoy18]

I'm thinking of getting a Laptop that has the following

Intel® Core™ i7-6500U
12Gb RAM

2Tb Hard drive

NVIDIA GeForce 920MX 2GB Graphics

15.6 inch FHD(1920 x 1080) display

Windows 10 Home 64-bit

802.11 a/c Wifi + Bluetooth 4.0

720p HD camera

Ports: 1 x USB 3.0, 2 x USB 2.0

3.5 mm Combo Audio Jack

1 x VGA

HDMI

RJ-45

4-in-1 Card Reader (SD, SDHC, SDXC, MMC)

DVD/RW

Price £829.99 from www.littlewoods.com

would this laptop be close to still run the Game or low or mid settings?

The 6th gen Intel Core i7-6500U is only a dual core processor, not a quad core. It's clock speed is also sitting on the low side too. This game is heavily dependent on your CPU, not just your GPU. You should be able to play this game on LOW everything settings in 720p, but even then you may run into like below 10fps when you hit 1,000 people in your park or have larger more detailed parks. You should be able to play it, it's just that you won't get the performance as someone with a GTX 980 or AMD R9 390 and a quad core i5/i7 processor with above 3.5Ghz clock speed. Your game may also take noticeably longer to load and save since HDD's are far more slower compared to SSD's.

Have you considered getting a desktop? They can be much cheaper than gaming laptops. Or even a custom desktop PC? Even if you don't know a lot of stuff about PC's, there are companies who make recommendations and they'll build it for you and troubleshoot give you a warranty and ship it to you. There's this special New Zealand company called 1stwavetechnologies which does this. I got my first custom desktop PC from them earlier this year. They provide an 18 month warranty too. It's also the first desktop PC I've had too. I prefer my laptops like my HP 15-ab222tx. Laptops are useful as they're mobile, have a battery, and are good for school and work.