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[Mentalcowman]

Hi there i've just boguht a veteran pack incase i wont be able to run MWO, if i cant run it im asking you guys to help me which would be better to upgrade, either the RAM or graphics card, i know the obvious answer is both but i'm on a tight budget at the momment, my washine machine and cooker decided the break on me last week so im a bit low on funds for this month. Well heres my specs.

Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-2300 CPU @ 2.80GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 4078MB RAM
Page File: 3234MB used, 4920MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GT 430
Display Memory: 2776 MB
Dedicated Memory: 993 MB
Shared Memory: 1783 MB

Not looking for run 60fps on full graphics just wondering if ill be able to run smoothly on average settings, the gameplay and customozation is what draws me to mechwarrior! Thanks for any help and replies given .

[Aznpersuasion89]

If the gt 430 is the predecessor to the gt 440 then no. It falls way behind the hd 7770, which I would consider the minimum for good settings vs frps. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong

[Mentalcowman]

dam this game does have high graphic demands, i can run games like deadspace 2 and diablo 3 on full graphics with no problems , any graphics cards for around £80-£100 that would be acceptable anyone could suggest? are my processor and ram enough in your guys opinions?

[Scilya]

looks ok apart from graphics card and if your picky then ram as well
you want to spend arround 80-100 on a graphics card (thats pounds if your ammerian thats different) like the above poster said a 7770 would be a good starting point a GTX 560 would be fine altho i dont use nvidea cards im sure someone else will recomend u a beter one bt arrond those pricepoints is what your looking at for a new card for a decent gameplay expirience.

if you want anouther 4gb of ram then go for it however i suspect you wont notice much differance but worth it if u have some spare cash dont get more than 8 gb there is no point

Edited by Scilya, 05 July 2012 - 01:20 PM.

[WardenWolf]

I have a GT 430 in my home theater PC, and I can say from experience trying that it will not play modern games well (I tried Skyrim - wanted to see it on the 60" HDTV).

I would upgrade that, and the rest of your setup should be fine Just make sure that your power supply can handle whatever video card you think you might want to put in.

[Drenar]

The one thing to remember if you go for more RAM is the potential limitations of your OS. If you are running a 32-bit OS, it can't address more than 4 GB of RAM. If you are already using a 64-bit OS, however, you'll be fine.

That said, I would definitely consider the graphics a higher-priority upgrade than the RAM at this point. Everything else looks fine though.

Hope this helps.

[Evil Ash]

Mentalcowman, on 05 July 2012 - 01:17 PM, said:

>deadspace 2 and diablo 3 on full graphics with no problems<

You'll be fine.

[Vaneshi SnowCrash]

Mentalcowman, on 05 July 2012 - 01:06 PM, said:

Not looking for run 60fps on full graphics just wondering if ill be able to run smoothly on average settings, the gameplay and customozation is what draws me to mechwarrior! Thanks for any help and replies given .

Assuming you were serious then yes, you'll have no problems with the game on a 4xx class card. It's still stupidly powerful.

[Vulpesveritas]

You're going to want to upgrade your GPU to play anything but low settinhs at lower resolutions.

[buckaroo]

http://www.hwcompare...geforce-gt-430/

Like the Llano in the last thread I read: the 430, while a much more modern architecture than the 8800GT listed as MWO's minimum, still has less than half the raw oomph.

It might even work. Poorly. But I wouldn't expect it to be playable except at very low res. (720p or lower).

6850. Have a nice day.

[BigJim]

Mentalcowman, on 05 July 2012 - 01:17 PM, said:

dam this game does have high graphic demands, i can run games like deadspace 2 and diablo 3 on full graphics with no problems , any graphics cards for around £80-£100 that would be acceptable anyone could suggest? are my processor and ram enough in your guys opinions?

Mate, I can max-out Deadpsace 2 on my Prescott core Pentium 4, 3gb baby-slow ram (single chan) & a 512mb gts250, and I still get more frames than my monitor can handle (I get tearing because I don't like vsync as a rule).

Diablo 3 I dunno about to be fair though. I agree MWO looks to be a moderately demanding game, but I even get 60-70pfs in Crysis 1 on the above machine, albeit at medium settings.

My build for this game is going to be circa £500 and I *know* I'm going about £60 overboard on the GPU, but that's basically for future-proofing purposes.

Edited by BigJim, 06 July 2012 - 07:15 AM.

[Mentalcowman]

I've been having a quick look on youtube and there are people there with the gt430 like me with worse processors and only 2gb RAM who seem to be able to run crysis 2 fine so im queitly confident. O well, will just have to wait and see i guess ^^.

Just another quick question to you guys is there any way of fine tuning your graphics card in the nvidia control panel which can help or is overclocking worth it maybe even 10% would it be noticable? i've had a look into how to do it and i dont think my graphics card would melt, it never makes loud noises and im always in a nice chilled room .

[BigPhatPaulie]

Whats the resolution you want to play at? thats what will define the card you need

[Aznpersuasion89]

On the resolution topic. I'm using a hdtv with a 1440x900 resolution. I have been suggested to use a 7770 card and or a 7850. Now I was thinking about getting a 6850. I assume the 6850 will be enough to run high settings with this resolution? Vulpes been my mentor but im sure hes tired of seeing me constantly ask him stuff. Id love to get a 7850 but I'm too poor at the moment and the 6850 seems like it has simply has more brute power then the 7770 even if its last gen

[Mentalcowman]

BigPhatPaulie, on 06 July 2012 - 07:49 AM, said:

Whats the resolution you want to play at? thats what will define the card you need

I use a widescreen monitor with 1360*768 but wouldnt mind shrinking down a bit. i sit fairly close to my monitor since the room i play in is very small so it looks bigger.

[Vulpesveritas]

Aznpersuasion89, on 06 July 2012 - 08:30 AM, said:

On the resolution topic. I'm using a hdtv with a 1440x900 resolution. I have been suggested to use a 7770 card and or a 7850. Now I was thinking about getting a 6850. I assume the 6850 will be enough to run high settings with this resolution? Vulpes been my mentor but im sure hes tired of seeing me constantly ask him stuff. Id love to get a 7850 but I'm too poor at the moment and the 6850 seems like it has simply has more brute power then the 7770 even if its last gen

Lower power draw, better computing and tessellated game performance, same price.
Hence why I recommend it.
Otherwise, I recommend a HIS IceQ X Turbo 6850 should you go with it anyhow: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814161363

[Aznpersuasion89]

Does teasellation really play that big of a part in this game? Would the 6850 really suffer that much? Will driver updates not help with the tesselatio. Performance? I really just don't get how the 7770 will perform better unless the architecture is the key.

[Vulpesveritas]

Aznpersuasion89, on 06 July 2012 - 09:49 AM, said:

Does teasellation really play that big of a part in this game? Would the 6850 really suffer that much? Will driver updates not help with the tesselatio. Performance? I really just don't get how the 7770 will perform better unless the architecture is the key.

Tessellation is very heavy in Crysis 2, and it is a graphics tweak to fit more triangles into a space of a 3D image than normally could, and is implemented in DX11 mode. Drivers for the 6850 have already matured, and with the 7770 having the newer architecture, performance on the 7770 will increase over time, unlike on the 6850. And with that OC 7770 coming for the same price as a 6850, and being as fast as a 6850 pre 12.7 drivers (which have improved the Radeon HD 7000 line by quite a bit based on what I've read on it.).

[Aznpersuasion89]

Ok, now I SEE. And since im only running 1440x900 I should see even better fps then that bench mark.

[Vulpesveritas]

Aznpersuasion89, on 06 July 2012 - 10:17 AM, said:

Ok, now I SEE. And since im only running 1440x900 I should see even better fps then that bench mark.

correct. lol