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AbstraktProfSC2 posted...

no because i dont have an SSD with that much space :(

Definitely pick one up if you can. Their prices are going down quick. A Samsung Evo 870+ 1TB can be had for like $50

I'm just gonna jam it on my Steamdeck and hope for the best.

FaultyCircuitry posted...

when I only have 8 GB on that card

...there was a time when people thought 4gb on the card was excessive, and 6gb was just right pointless.

Requiem posted...

...there was a time when people thought 4gb on the card was excessive, and 6gb was just right pointless.

Yeah, they were right for a long time, but we are definitely getting games more and more that are making use of more than 8GB.

Pretty soon we're going to see multicore heavy games too.

Higher than recommended.

Requiem posted...

...there was a time when people thought 4gb on the card was excessive, and 6gb was just right pointless.

That was before consoles using >8 GB of VRAM appeared. Publishers arent going to give developers time to properly optimize for PC, which is exactly why every port that comes out of a next gen game is shit.

Currently yes absolutely.
Asrock Creator X299
Intel i9 10900X watercooled
32GB DDR4 RAM
RTX 3090 Ti watercooled
This setup chews up anything thrown at it. My next planned PC build will be in even more powerful for gaming and encoding tasks.
New PC build plan:
Asrock WS W790 motherboard
Intel Xeon W5-2455X (overclockable) watercooled
RTX 3090 Ti eventually to the 5090 when that releases. Watercooled of course.
64GB of DDR5 ECC RAM
And of course multiple SSDs.

The ultimate gaming and miscellaneous machine.

TonyKojima posted...

Currently yes absolutely.
Asrock Creator X299
Intel i9 10900X watercooled
32GB DDR4 RAM
RTX 3090 Ti watercooled
This setup chews up anything thrown at it. My next planned PC build will be in even more powerful for gaming and encoding tasks.
New PC build plan:
Asrock WS W790 motherboard
Intel Xeon W5-2455X (overclockable) watercooled
RTX 3090 Ti eventually to the 5090 when that releases. Watercooled of course.
64GB of DDR5 ECC RAM
And of course multiple SSDs.

The ultimate gaming and miscellaneous machine.

Youre not going to like the result of trying to game on a Xeon with ECC RAM. Especially something high enough core count the thread scheduler throws a shitfit.

Without looking, no

My PC isn't built for high end gaming

It can run some XBone/PS4 era games but anything really intensive is out of the question, so no current stuff

El_Marsh posted...

Without looking, no

My PC isn't built for high end gaming

It can run some XBone/PS4 era games but anything really intensive is out of the question, so no current stuff

Im honestly shocked theyre claiming requirements as high as they are. Bethesdas engine is like three decades of spaghetti code held together with duct tape and prayers.

i meet all the recommended settings except gpu.

i have a 6750xt instead of a 6800xt.

this game is too hot for my pc to handle.

PraetorXyn posted...

Youre not going to like the result of trying to game on a Xeon with ECC RAM. Especially something high enough core count the thread scheduler throws a shitfit.

Good thing this response isn't grounded in reality then. 8 P cores is far more than anything on the mainstream platform. And the Intel W790 platform is the new HEDT like mine is. My 10th gen HEDT out performs 12th and 13th gen cpus.

I know your mind is made up and you seem to be one of "those guys", but this article was written 6 days ago.
https://www.electronicshub.org/is-an-intel-xeon-processor-good-for-gaming/

Is Intel XEON Good Enough for Gaming?
For a lot of gamers, Intel Xeon processors may not be the optimal choice for gaming due to their primary focus on server and workstation environments. While Xeon CPUs offer excellent multi-threaded performance and reliability, they are typically designed for tasks like data processing, virtualization, and high-performance computing, rather than gaming.
Xeon CPUs often have a lower base and boost clock speeds than consumer-oriented CPUs. This can result in slightly lower single-threaded performance, which is important for gaming tasks that rely on fast instruction execution. Xeon CPUs also tend to be more expensive than consumer-grade CPUs. They often come with additional server-class features and optimizations, increasing the price. For gaming purposes, the additional features of Xeon processors may not be effective at all and can add unnecessary costs to a gaming build.

Mines is, but I'm not even sure if I want to get it.

I have the rtx 2080. Assuming these requirements are for 1080p, it'll suck because I'm used to 1440p gaming now.

bluezero posted...

I know your mind is made up and you seem to be one of "those guys", but this article was written 6 days ago.
https://www.electronicshub.org/is-an-intel-xeon-processor-good-for-gaming/

Is Intel XEON Good Enough for Gaming?
For a lot of gamers, Intel Xeon processors may not be the optimal choice for gaming due to their primary focus on server and workstation environments. While Xeon CPUs offer excellent multi-threaded performance and reliability, they are typically designed for tasks like data processing, virtualization, and high-performance computing, rather than gaming.
Xeon CPUs often have a lower base and boost clock speeds than consumer-oriented CPUs. This can result in slightly lower single-threaded performance, which is important for gaming tasks that rely on fast instruction execution. Xeon CPUs also tend to be more expensive than consumer-grade CPUs. They often come with additional server-class features and optimizations, increasing the price. For gaming purposes, the additional features of Xeon processors may not be effective at all and can add unnecessary costs to a gaming build.

ECC RAAM is also far slower, and RAM is very important for gaming performance at this point, especially for AMD CPUs. Still, you can find benchmarks where they took modern Intel CPUs and used them with slower RAM to see how much performance was lost.

bluezero posted...

I know your mind is made up and you seem to be one of "those guys", but this article was written 6 days ago.
https://www.electronicshub.org/is-an-intel-xeon-processor-good-for-gaming/

Is Intel XEON Good Enough for Gaming?
For a lot of gamers, Intel Xeon processors may not be the optimal choice for gaming due to their primary focus on server and workstation environments. While Xeon CPUs offer excellent multi-threaded performance and reliability, they are typically designed for tasks like data processing, virtualization, and high-performance computing, rather than gaming.
Xeon CPUs often have a lower base and boost clock speeds than consumer-oriented CPUs. This can result in slightly lower single-threaded performance, which is important for gaming tasks that rely on fast instruction execution. Xeon CPUs also tend to be more expensive than consumer-grade CPUs. They often come with additional server-class features and optimizations, increasing the price. For gaming purposes, the additional features of Xeon processors may not be effective at all and can add unnecessary costs to a gaming build.

Yeah yeah yeah blah blah blah, my HEDT 10900X processor still runs on par with the latest 13th gen. Besides limiting boards to 2 or 3 PCIe slots is criminal. PCIe lanes are the real reason I need HEDT.

PraetorXyn posted...

ECC RAAM is also far slower, and RAM is very important for gaming performance at this point, especially for AMD CPUs. Still, you can find benchmarks where they took modern Intel CPUs and used them with slower RAM to see how much performance was lost.

Again that just isn't true. This weird hate people have towards HEDT is bizarre.

TonyKojima posted...

Again that just isn't true. This weird hate people have towards HEDT is bizarre.

Yes, it is. We literally have benchmarks proving it from basically every outlet that reviews and benchmarks PC hardware.

If you need a shitton of PCIe lanes more power to you.
If you need more than 16 cores for video encoding or rendering, for actual professional applications instead of just being too impatient to wait a little longer, more power to you.

Using HEDT - especially Threadripper [Pro], which eats Intel HEDTs lunch for productivity - for gaming is utterly stupid and a waste of money.

PraetorXyn posted...

Yes, it is. We literally have benchmarks proving it from basically every outlet that reviews and benchmarks PC hardware.

If you need a shitton of PCIe lanes more power to you.
If you need more than 16 cores for video encoding or rendering, for actual professional applications instead of just being too impatient to wait a little longer, more power to you.

Using HEDT - especially Threadripper [Pro], which eats Intel HEDTs lunch for productivity - for gaming is utterly stupid and a waste of money.

At least now I can disregard everything you say about PC tech. YIKES this was just a world of wrong.

Yes but not interested in it. I'll buy baldurs gate 3 instead

apolloooo posted...

Yes but not interested in it. I'll buy baldurs gate 3 instead

Hopefully thats good.

TonyKojima posted...

Hopefully thats good.

I havent played it but the act 1 early access has been out for years and people said they are good, ans i watched some gameplay it looked goodm my worry is like divinity original sim 2, it will be front loaded and the 3rd act will be super buggy

5800x3d + 3080, More than enough for "Recommended".

The question is, what exactly is "Recommended" for?, 4k/60?, 1440p/30?, 1080p/60?

13700k + 6800XT + 32GB DDR5-5600. I be ok

Not by those definitions, but they also seem pretty high.

I dont think this is for 1080p/60, and if i end up playing this, thats probably what ill aim for (windowed mode on a 1440p display)

I am close though.

3700x and 2070.

apolloooo posted...

I havent played it but the act 1 early access has been out for years and people said they are good, ans i watched some gameplay it looked goodm my worry is like divinity original sim 2, it will be front loaded and the 3rd act will be super buggy

I never played that I heard bad things.

My CPU is the recommended, for AMD. But I plan on upgrading that in the next month or two. Gonna splurge on an 8 core! GPU is only a 6700xt though, but I don't plan on running raytracing. Hope that will make a difference.

Easily, apparently. 3070 Ti, 5800x, plenty of ram and storage.

Unfortunately my PC can't handle Phantom Liberty recommended settings, so some decisions have to be made..

No but I've learned that minimum and recommended specs mean next to nothing nowadays.
I'm convinced these companies just post up whatever their testing machines were and call it a day.