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[Juju Shinobi]

To play this game I would recommend a bare minimum of a APU A10-5700 with 1866MHz RAM. However I would like to know from the community out there, what is your gaming set up? What is your hardware? What settings are you playing on? What's your min and avg frame rate? I have looked all over the Internet and have not found a single decent benchmark result graph that tells me what I want to know.

This is where the community comes in. Post your MechWarrior benchmarks on this forum thread and be sure to tell us what map you are playing on as well. How much frame rate drop do you suffer during intense action?

[Tarl Cabot]

i5-3570 3.4 OC 4.2
ATI HD 7950 3gig GPU 1K MHz/VM 1.3K MHz
8 gig ram

Prefer medium settings but never seen any issues with high settings.
Resolution 1920x1080 (46in LCD TV )

Win8 64bit
Play in windowed mode so FPS max is 59-60 FPS, any map. During intense action it does not drop enough to get a solid reading. When I have played in full screen mode FPS would fluctuate between 90 to 160 FPS, with a steady 155 FPS.

dual boot - XP 32bit
Windowed or Full Screen 25-35 FPS (shudders). Not sure how anyone can really play MWO at that FPS.

Edited by Tarl Cabot, 25 June 2013 - 12:55 PM.

[unFearing]

Personally, I find MWO still playable from 15-25 FPS so long as you're not piloting a light mech. I'm playing on an Asus K55 Laptop with the Intel Integrated HD 4000 graphics card, which many might know is a card you can't upgrade. With the standard 4GB 1800Mhz RAM, the FPS is yes, very poor, at about 9-15 FPS. The only solution to Integrated graphics cards is increasing the amount of RAM by dual channeling the RAM. So I currently have 2 4GB sticks to run MWO. Something about Integrated cards utilizing RAM as the VRAM or something; I'm not intelligent in this area. The main thing is that it works and is enough for Medium-Assault gameplay.

Lowest FPS was originally on Caustic before they updated it, and that was around 13-16 FPS. Currently my lowest FPS is on Frozen City Foggy, and it's about 14-16 ish usually. During firefights the FPS doesn't dip too much.

[Rogue Jedi]

Processor: Athalon II x3 425 (2.7ghz)
RAM: 4GB DDR2 800mhz
Graphics card: AMD Radeon HD 7700
Motherboard: ASUS M3N78 SE
Hard Drive 5200 rpm 320 gb
Opperating System Windows 7 Professional 64bit


MWO settings
Resolution 1280 x 720
moton blur: low
custom settings,
medium for: effects, post processing, shadows, environment
High for: Object detail, Particles, shading, texturing
anti-ailiasing: post aa
Framerate averaging roughly 60 fps, across Caustic, Alpine, Forest, Tourmaline and River City Night

[Smokeyjedi]

Asus M5a97evo,Fx8350 @4.5ghz,12gb ddr3 gskill, gtx460 1gb 800core,4000mhz gddr5, Played max setting @1080P from the moment the servers turned on, used to be 50-80 now im effectively getting lows of mid 20s and highs of mid 50s with more than a few settings turned down, ill say 35-40fps avg. was much higher when DX11 was around. poor poor 8core with one hand(4 cores) tied behind its back.

Edited by Smokeyjedi, 24 June 2013 - 04:20 PM.

[Badconduct]

FX-8350 @ 4.8 w/ H100 for cooling
GTX 670 Amp! Edition
Window 7 Ultimate - 64 bit
16G DDR3 1866 CL10
Sabertooth 990FX r 2.0
7200RPM 1 TB

With Vsync disable, everything at very high (AA is disabled because it caused bugs) 1080p
Average around 70
Lowest I hit was about 34.

Edited by Badconduct, 24 June 2013 - 05:05 PM.

[ElCadaver]

I5-3750
32GB DRR3 RAM
GTX670
Gigabyte Sniper M3
Window 7 Ultimate - 64 bit

Once I got rid of my terribad router, 1920x1080 at highest graphics settings is lovely and smooth, didn;t check the actual FPS, but it must be up there, as I have no complaints at all.

[Catamount]

i5-3570k @ 4.3ghz
Radeon HD 7970 OC (1000/1450)
4GB DDR3-1600
Asrock Z77 Extreme 4
Windows 8 64-bit

Fraps run in the Caynon at maximum settings, at 1080P, returns the following:

Minimum: 43
Maximum: 62
Average: 59

Fraps recorded the following intervaled FPS measurements:

Spoiler

60
60
60
60
60
60
60
59
60
60
60
58
58
60
50
54
60
59
60
60

Vsync is off, but curiously I basically stayed nailed to 60fps the entire time. This may be fraps-related behavior. Fraps and mostly play nicely work together, but occasionally with funny behavior.

[Narcissistic Martyr]

We had one of these threads right after CB ended. Of course FPS has only degraded since then so it's good to start a new one.

I have

fx8320 @4GHz undervolted to 1.375V from 1.4 stock.
HD7950 at 1100/1570 and 1.181V
Gigabyte FXA-990FX UD3
8GB 1600 RAM
Coolermaster 212+ with 1 fan

I get around 50-60 fps average with minimums in the 40s usually. To do better I'd need to disable half my cores and OC the four MWO can utilize to 4.4 GHz or better.

[Vulpesveritas]

http://mwomercs.com/...arking-project/

sad it died.

[RobinSage]

I'm sure the demographics of this game have people playing with all sorts of systems. There is always something to be said about "Minimum System Requirements" and "Recommended System Requirements".

The minimum spec is there to let you know exactly what is too OUTDATED to play the game. You obviously play video games, you know when your hardware is getting old when it's running ANY of your games slower than 30fps. There's your magic benchmark. If you can't play the game at FULL or MAX video settings without slowing down to less than 30fps, you need to upgrade your hardware for that game.

[Bloodshed Romance]

GOOD NEWS... AMD A10-6800K CAN PLAY MWO!!!
pretty freakin well.. WITH NO GRAPHICS CARD!
720P on high gets 20-25FPS stable in the training grounds (haven't tested it in game as its 5AM here)
1080P on low it gets 20-25FPS in testing ground... (really smooth so its not super hard on the eyes)
1024X768 on low it gets 45FPS XD
720P on medium is about 25-30ish and on low its 35-40FPS

this is VERY respectable being there is no graphics card whatsoever (other than the APU itself) and its using the motherboard ram (only 512MB of it cause I don't know how to increase that..)

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND.. I installed windows... I put MSI Afterburner on it, Mozilla Firefox on it, and MWO on it.. there isn't a bunch of apps running in the background as this was a fresh and clean install of Windows 8 (the windows 7 they gave me was 32 bit and I was like "thats not getting put on this...")

for kicks i'ma do a quick demo video IN TRAINING GROUNDS.. of the FPSs and settings to show what it has and put it up.. then i'ma go pass the hell out...

the video for this will be live on my youtube in a few hours i'm hoping as i'ma let it run while I sleep...
youtube.com/bloodshedromance
the MWO video will be AMD Test Drive A10 6800K IN ACTION

[riTk0MA]

Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV extreme.
CPU: Intel 3930k.
GPU: Asus HD7970.
RAM: 32GB of Corasir 1866mhz.
Screen: 24inch 1080p.
OS: Win 7 64bit
Settings: Max
FPS: 50-60. (probably because of the second screen)

Edited by riTk0MA, 25 June 2013 - 02:42 AM.

[The Gunman]

Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV extreme.
CPU: Intel 3920 @ 4.3GHz
GPU: 7970GE
RAM: 32GB of Corasir @ 1600mhz.
Screen: 1080p60
OS: Win 8 64bit
Settings: Max
FPS: Locked at 60. Never dips.

[Catamount]

RobinSage, on 25 June 2013 - 12:24 AM, said:

I'm sure the demographics of this game have people playing with all sorts of systems. There is always something to be said about "Minimum System Requirements" and "Recommended System Requirements".

The minimum spec is there to let you know exactly what is too OUTDATED to play the game. You obviously play video games, you know when your hardware is getting old when it's running ANY of your games slower than 30fps. There's your magic benchmark. If you can't play the game at FULL or MAX video settings without slowing down to less than 30fps, you need to upgrade your hardware for that game.

Uh... thanks?

Unfortunately, not everyone can afford to just plop down several hundred dollars, or more, for upgrades or a new system to make their game run at "max" settings, and some aren't willing to play the game at a framerate as low as 30fps even if their system could do that.

Knowing how the game will run at a variety of settings on a variety of hardware allows us to give advice to people on how well hardware they actually have access to will run the game. If someone has an older computer and $150 to upgrade it, or a $600 budget to make a new system, they're not going to be running the game at very high settings, and they need to know just what their options are, and just how well the game will run with those various options. This information allows us to give that advice, what that way I can tell poster X whether, say, that Radeon HD 7790 that he can afford to pair with his Nehalem i5 is actually going to yield for performance, so that he can decide whether it's worth putting down the money.

Edited by Catamount, 25 June 2013 - 08:51 AM.

[Vimeous]

Asus P5E WS Pro
Intel Core 2 Q9450 @ 2.66GHz (Stock)
XFX Radeon HD7850
6GB 1600MHz
27" @ 2560x1440 (+ 17" @ 1280x1024)
256GB Crucial M4 SSD
Win 7 Pro 64bit

MWO Graphics Settings: Very High
FPS: 25-40

I subscribe to a 25fps minimum playable frame-rate for all FPS games. Very occasionally I'll see less when mech concentrations are very high (6+) with lots of energy weapons.


Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe
Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.4GHz (Stock)
Radeon HD 4650
8GB 1600MHz
17" @ 1280x1024
256GB Crucial M4 SSD
Win 8 Pro 64bit

MWO Graphics Settings: Low
FPS: 1-3

This is my ITX LAN rig on old graphics which proves old budget gfx cards are just not worth considering. As has been shown elsewhere an AMD APU will run rings round many older gfx cards. I had run a Radeon HD 2900XT but the 4650 has very similar performance so I'd expect it to fail here too.

Edited by Vimeous, 25 June 2013 - 10:36 AM.

[Catamount]

That's interesting that the 4650 just doesn't cut it at all. I knew playing on one would be bad, but I didn't expect it'd be that bad

[Jalik]

RobinSage, on 25 June 2013 - 12:24 AM, said:

The minimum spec is there to let you know exactly what is too OUTDATED to play the game. You obviously play video games, you know when your hardware is getting old when it's running ANY of your games slower than 30fps. There's your magic benchmark. If you can't play the game at FULL or MAX video settings without slowing down to less than 30fps, you need to upgrade your hardware for that game.

No, I don't agree. My system is pretty old (C2D E8500, HD4850, 4GB) and yes, I want to upgrade soon, but it's playable as it is now at minimum settings. below 30 FPS average but absolutely playable. a system is too old if you can't play it even on low settings not earlier. I mean, if you're here for the gameplay you dont care about high graphics settings anyway. Lowest settings are all you need. right?

Edited by Jalik, 25 June 2013 - 09:56 AM.

[Vimeous]

Catamount, on 25 June 2013 - 09:44 AM, said:

That's interesting that the 4650 just doesn't cut it at all. I knew playing on one would be bad, but I didn't expect it'd be that bad

Having read numerous reviews and aware of your budget considerations I'd suggest you pay close attention when gfx ranges refresh and aim for the cheapest card using the latest tech. The 7750 for example was essentially a 6650 with a new badge. The 7850 used the newer architecture.
Nvidia's 770/780 are now here so keep a close eye on what's actually powering other new cards in the range before spending your hard-earned cash.

[Badconduct]

Vimeous, on 25 June 2013 - 09:54 AM, said:

Having read numerous reviews and aware of your budget considerations I'd suggest you pay close attention when gfx ranges refresh and aim for the cheapest card using the latest tech. The 7750 for example was essentially a 6650 with a new badge. The 7850 used the newer architecture.
Nvidia's 770/780 are now here so keep a close eye on what's actually powering other new cards in the range before spending your hard-earned cash.

The 780 is a low cost Titan.

The 770 is basically a rebadge 680