The "Can I Run Planet Coaster" thread

Dom420

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My laptops will run Planet Coaster??

Hey, I've just buy a laptops (Dell Inspiron 15 5568) and I was wondering if i will be able to play Planet Coaster on it..
The settings are :

Intel i7-6500U
16GB RAM
Intel HD Graphics
Windows 10

I actually thinks the issue will be with my graphic cards(would it be possible to change it?) ..Thanks you.
 

Flutey

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Your computer won't be able to run it and there's no way to upgrade a laptop GPU unless it has Thunderbolt 3, and even then you'll need a $500 accessory. Sorry man :(
 
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aDOLPHINjoy18

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He is correct. You could try, but this game will run poorly on it, even on 720p low settings.

I have an HP 15-ab222tx which similar specs:
Intel Core i5-6200U
8GB DDR3L RAM
Windows 10
AMD R7 M360 2GB GPU

The Intel HD 520 can only pull out 1-2fps on 1920x1080 LOW settings. Both the i7-6500U and i5-6200U processors have VERY low clock speeds, and only have 2 cores, 4 threads.

Earlier this year, I decided to get my 1st custom desktop. And it has an AMD R9 390 which outperforms a GTX 970 (because it has 8GB GDDR5 RAM, higher bandwidth 384GB/s, and bigger bus 512-bit). According to Frontier's current "recommended specs", it's a GTX 980 or an AMD R9 380. If your PC meets the "recommended specs", it is capable of playing this game on 1080p High settings. I'm surprised the GTX 970 does not meet the recommended specs, but it certainly meets the minimum specs and is a good GPU. https://support.frontier.co.uk/kb/faq.php?id=292 My desktop also has an i7-6700k which has a high clock speed and is a quad core processor, 4 cores, 8 threads.
 
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Tino1

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New desktop

Last Friday i bought a new MSI Nightblade desktop with these specifications:

Intel Core i5-4460S
8GB internal memory
GeForce GTX 950
1TB Hard Disk

i bought an extra SSD to put Windows on and also an extra 8 GB so it will have a total of 16GB

Questions:
- What do you think of this setup? Enough for PC?
- Should i install PC on the SSD? Does this matter?
- I still need to buy a monitor. Not to big. Thinking about 22 to 24 inch. What things should i look at? Resolution? 5ms?
 

LeglessBloke

LeglessBloke
Tino said:
Last Friday i bought a new MSI Nightblade desktop with these specifications:

Intel Core i5-4460S
8GB internal memory
GeForce GTX 950
1TB Hard Disk

i bought an extra SSD to put Windows on and also an extra 8 GB so it will have a total of 16GB

Questions:
- What do you think of this setup? Enough for PC?
- Should i install PC on the SSD? Does this matter?
- I still need to buy a monitor. Not to big. Thinking about 22 to 24 inch. What things should i look at? Resolution? 5ms?
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Pc should run okish. The good news is it won't be awful, the bad news is you'll have to lower settings to get it to run reasonably well. Low to medium settings isn't terrible with this game so it still looks alright! There is no reason not to install PC on an SSD if you have the space available, it does help with loading times however it's not going to have a huge impact as you tend to load a park once then work on that unlike other games where you're loading new maps or areas.

What are you looking for in a monitor? Try and look at the panel technology used (IPS,TN,VA) as that will probably have the greatest impact on your overall experience! Response times for a dedicated computer monitor will generally be perfectly usable for the majority of games. If you're really into fast paced FPS games then sure a high refresh display is a wonderful thing, however with your setup you'd probably need to look at upgrading your GPU first anyway before refresh rate would be a limiting factor. Perhaps avoid VA panels if you enjoy FPS titles as they suffer the worst from ghosting and poor response times. Consider an IPS display if you want decent colour and good viewing angles and are willing to spend a little more over a TN panel!
 

BigDragon

BigDragon
Dom420 said:
Hey, I've just buy a laptops (Dell Inspiron 15 5568) and I was wondering if i will be able to play Planet Coaster on it..
The settings are :

Intel i7-6500U
16GB RAM
Intel HD Graphics
Windows 10

I actually thinks the issue will be with my graphic cards(would it be possible to change it?) ..Thanks you.
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Your laptop is inadequate for this game. The moment you start changing the terrain or having guests in the park your performance will drop to the single digit FPS or even lower. You'll be playing a frustrating slide show even at minimum settings. There are ways to improve the graphical capabilities of laptops, but you're better off investing in a desktop.

Tino said:
Last Friday i bought a new MSI Nightblade desktop with these specifications:

Intel Core i5-4460S
8GB internal memory
GeForce GTX 950
1TB Hard Disk

i bought an extra SSD to put Windows on and also an extra 8 GB so it will have a total of 16GB

Questions:
- What do you think of this setup? Enough for PC?
- Should i install PC on the SSD? Does this matter?
- I still need to buy a monitor. Not to big. Thinking about 22 to 24 inch. What things should i look at? Resolution? 5ms?
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You can play Planet Coaster probably at medium /performance settings. The game experience will be good. I used to have a GPU that performed similarly to the 950. Your CPU is also a decent quad core despite lacking SMT capability. You won't have any issues. [big grin]

Installing to the SSD will improve game and park loading times. It is unlikely to affect performance while running the game. If you intend to play Planet Coaster a lot then the time saved by the SSD may be appealing to you. You're likely looking at a 50% speed up in park loading. Not a huge amount considering it's probably 10 to 60 seconds depending on park complexity. If that SSD is 240GB or smaller I'd advise you to install Planet Coaster to the 1TB HDD.

Monitors are a tricky subject. Personally, I do a lot of digital art so I refuse to use a TN panel (too much color shifting and viewing angle problems) and want to see things like IPS panel and LED backlight. I'm happy with 1920x1080 or 1920x1200 at the moment for gaming. GTG response time is also important as it gives you an idea of how likely ghosting is on a monitor. Less than 5ms is an ideal target, but manufacturers fudge numbers. A Dell u2312hm doesn't ghost with an 8ms response time, but a Dell u3014 absolutely does ghost with a 6ms response time (it's actually 12ms...lies!).
 
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Dom420

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I've seen gameplays of multiples games like GTA 5, Battlefield, Cod,etc with the i7-6500U processor-Intel HD Graphics 520? but couldn't run Planet Coaster?
 
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gregorburns

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Dom420 said:
I've seen gameplays of multiples games like GTA 5, Battlefield, Cod,etc with the i7-6500U processor-Intel HD Graphics 520? but couldn't run Planet Coaster?
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No that graphics chip does not meet the minimum requirements for Planet Coaster, as I posted in your other thread.
 
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jamesair

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After looking for weeks I believe I've finally settled on the Chillblast Fusion Kyrpton PC (£1300). Before I hit buy I would like to post the specs for a final check, it's a big investment so I don't want to regret it! Thank you all for the advice.

Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K Skylake CPU, 4 Cores, 4.0 - 4.2GHz
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Graphics Card
CPU Cooler: Chillblast Centurion Direct Contact CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste: Standard Thermal Paste
Motherboard: Asus Z170M-PLUS Motherboard
Memory: 16GB DDR4 2133MHz Memory (2 x 8GB Sticks)
Solid State Drives: Not selected
OS Drive: 128GB Samsung SM951 M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive
Secondary Hard Drive: Seagate 2TB 7200RPM Hard Disk
Power Supply: Aerocool 80 PLUS 600W PSU
Sound Card: Onboard High Definition Audio
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit
 

Soggney

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jamesair said:
After looking for weeks I believe I've finally settled on the Chillblast Fusion Kyrpton PC (£1300). Before I hit buy ...
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You will be able to run planet coaster. 16 GB of ram will suffice. The OS drive is a tad small, but a small amount of games can be installed under that drive. I would heavily recommend to have 2 steam directories, one on the secondary harddrive, and one on the primary harddrive. Any game installed on an ssd will have shorter loading times. But by default (depending on your library), I would keep only a select few on the ssd, while the bulk should go on the secondary harddrive.
 

Curlyriff

Curlyriff
jamesair said:
After looking for weeks I believe I've finally settled on the Chillblast Fusion Kyrpton PC (£1300). Before I hit buy I would like to post the specs for a final check, it's a big investment so I don't want to regret it! Thank you all for the advice.

Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K Skylake CPU, 4 Cores, 4.0 - 4.2GHz
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Graphics Card
CPU Cooler: Chillblast Centurion Direct Contact CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste: Standard Thermal Paste
Motherboard: Asus Z170M-PLUS Motherboard
Memory: 16GB DDR4 2133MHz Memory (2 x 8GB Sticks)
Solid State Drives: Not selected
OS Drive: 128GB Samsung SM951 M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive
Secondary Hard Drive: Seagate 2TB 7200RPM Hard Disk
Power Supply: Aerocool 80 PLUS 600W PSU
Sound Card: Onboard High Definition Audio
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit
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Jamesair,

Check out https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk-tech-labs-skylake-z170-micro-atx-gaming-pc-configurator-fs-005-tl.html#t=a'c1e+f'h2i1 you can get the same build for slightly less monies. They have a great forum and service department also. The build itself is fine although I would say a larger traditional SSD would be better than the cost of the M.2 SSD as you really won't notice real world applications at this time making much difference and you could double your storage to 250GB wiith the SSD then.
 
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jamesair

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Curlyriff said:
Jamesair,

Check out https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk-tech-labs-skylake-z170-micro-atx-gaming-pc-configurator-fs-005-tl.html#t=a'c1e+f'h2i1 you can get the same build for slightly less monies. They have a great forum and service department also. The build itself is fine although I would say a larger traditional SSD would be better than the cost of the M.2 SSD as you really won't notice real world applications at this time making much difference and you could double your storage to 250GB wiith the SSD then.
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Thank you :) is the Zotac Geforce GPU as good as an Nvidia? The reason I'm interested in Chillblast is the buy now pay 12 months option (interest free), but I'm willing to pay now for a lower price.
 

BigDragon

BigDragon
Dom420 said:
Well.. I guess i'll have to wait to figure it out..

Here's an Intel HD Graphics 4000 (older than the 520) which run Planet Coaster(poor quality but i don't really mind): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cApWe36ihvQ so i don't see why it wouldn't run.
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I've tried this with an i5-3320M equipped with HD 4000 graphics. Planet Coaster "ran" but quickly became a slideshow. This combination of CPU and IGP could not handle the game once guests started showing up in the park. The more guests, the worse it ran. I would not trust any Intel IGP to handle Planet Coaster at a reasonable frame rate -- even the Skylake models with eDRAM. Guests will quickly overtax the system's rendering capabilities.

jamesair said:
After looking for weeks I believe I've finally settled on the Chillblast Fusion Kyrpton PC (£1300). Before I hit buy I would like to post the specs for a final check, it's a big investment so I don't want to regret it! Thank you all for the advice.

Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K Skylake CPU, 4 Cores, 4.0 - 4.2GHz
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Graphics Card
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This combination will be running Planet Coaster at High settings probably!
 

alliet7151

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Pentium G3258 @ stock 3.2ghz
Radeon HD 7770 1gb
8gb ram
I run games at 768p

I can run cities skylines at max without any problems. I hope I can run this game. What do you guys think?
 

Curlyriff

Curlyriff
jamesair said:
Thank you :) is the Zotac Geforce GPU as good as an Nvidia? The reason I'm interested in Chillblast is the buy now pay 12 months option (interest free), but I'm willing to pay now for a lower price.
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They also offer the same finance deal at Overclockers as that is what I done with mine although brought in parts and built it myself.

And the Zotac is the same card with their logo on it. And as BigDragon stated you are looking at High settings based on current info bearing in mind I have a 980 at 4k running it maxed out and although frames are lower than I want the GPU but the 1060 performs similar so if you are playing at 1080p then you will have no problem.
 

Ticmaster

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Is there any comparison pictures out there that shows us the difference between low/Med/high settings? I'm thinking of buying a new laptop soon and didn't really want to spend in excess of £1000 on what is already a fantastic looking game . I'm not that familiar with desktop/laptop specs so If people are telling me that there isn't a lot of difference then it may make my purchasing decision a little easier lol
 

stuk71

stuk71
Ticmaster said:
Is there any comparison pictures out there that shows us the difference between low/Med/high settings? I'm thinking of buying a new laptop soon and didn't really want to spend in excess of £1000 on what is already a fantastic looking game . I'm not that familiar with desktop/laptop specs so If people are telling me that there isn't a lot of difference then it may make my purchasing decision a little easier lol
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Here are some comparison pictures, as you can see there really is not a great deal of difference visually. Planet Coaster still looks fantastic on low settings.

These pictures were taken with my laptop, using a GTX 970m

Low - Medium - High

[IMGUR]PLuaj[/IMGUR]
 
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Ticmaster

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Wow,many thx for that.I've been trying to keep up to date with this game for over a year now, and understand fps could be an issue.I take it things are more likely to run smoother if you're on lower settings? I've found a laptop that has a gtx 960m 4gb.would that be OK for medium/high settings?
 
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