So i may consider buying this from steam early access, but i wonder how playable is it going on my computer. No point in buying game which wont run well even on low settings, that would bring only more frustration.
So my specs are:
Core i7 980x currently @ stock speed / can OC it to 3,8 GHz if needed
24 GB DDR3 1333
GTX 580 1,5GB / GTX 590 - currently running and will be for foreseeable future borrowed 580, cause my own 590 is undergoing repairs, as it started to show artifacts....eventually could not even get into Windows. Even with 590 i would still play just single GPU on, so the 580 is actually stronger option cause of higher frequency. Still, 5 years old GPU.
intel 310 SSD
Win 7 64bit - can upgrade to 10, but not sure, if it helps. if i dont have dx12 GPU anyway...
so can i run it? buy or not to buy? thanks
Perhaps StarDock will reply to your post but here is the Hardware Requirements from the Game Website
https://www.ashesofthesingularity.com/game/faq
These are the absolute MINIMUM System Requirements for the AlphaAbsolute Minimum:
We Recommend:
For final release, we expect to be able to bring the video card memory requirement down to 1 GB but otherwise, the rest will remain the same.
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=GeForce+GTX+580
From this benchmark test your score of 4989 is quite abit lower than the 6727 score for the recommended AMD R9 290 Video Card
I would say you can run the Game at 1920x1024 but will have problems running the Game at higher resolutions and with highest level of textures and shadows.
So it depends how much you want to push the game. Eventually you probably going to want to replace your Graphics Card.
The Intel I7-980X is listed as 6 cores with 12 thread capability - multi-core does seem to help the game as much as the GPU so you probably be fine but just not at the highest frame rate or highest resolutions and textures.
Currently it asks for 2 GB of Video memory - I am not sure your graphics card has that - the last note says they will try to reduce the memory requirement to 1 GB. Which might also limit your ability to display textures at your chosen video resolution.
Note with my I5-4690K running at 3.9 Mhz (4 core non-multi threaded CPU) running 16 Gigabytes RAM 1600 CL8 using a 4 GB AMD R9 290X GPU I get 17-24 Frames per second at 1920x1024 resolution at the highest texture and shadows setting running MSAA 8x. Visually the Game looks great (of course still only in alpha) but my hardware is hardly pushing out the frame rate. If you seen any of the 4K Video Benchmark tests for the game - the game can handle much higher end hardware both from GPU and CPU perspective. I am looking forward to getting a 4K monitor to try it out.
I can generally beat the Easy AI but have yet to win against even the NORMAL AI - I usually try to expand too much and get overrun by its superior ability to expand and produce units.
Hopefully BRAD or Oxide Games will respond for sure to your post.
Thank you for elaborate response Barry. Does not look that good. The GPU seems not to be good enough then.
Here is a You Tube Video of the Game Benchmark running on a I7-860 plus 7950 (recursor to AMD R9 290) GPU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAUSha37MEQ
Your specs do look decent enough, but that 580 is going to be problematic. You MIGHT be able to run the game on low settings but it's probably going to be a rough playability experience mid-late game when there are lots of units. The 590 with that setup should be good though.
I agree about the videocard. Upgrade to 2GB minimum video memory. 3GB better, 4-6GB best especially if you're looking to up the resolution of your display. Sweet little processor you have there. A little cooling with decent motherboard and memory and you should be able to cross 4Ghz easily.
Oh, believe me, i would love me some GTX 980Ti. If the 590 wont get fixed, i will seriously look into it. I want it mostly for doing archviz renders (just this weekend had to render something with the 580 and it was pain, 980Ti would be about 2,5x to 3x faster), but running Ashes on decent graphics and fluently would be awesome added bonus.... if only it was not so bloody expensive.
On other hand, after boasting dual chip card for past 4 years, it feels bit disappointing to get back to single GPU card, even if it is as powerful as 980Ti. Would naturally want upcoming titan X2 or whatever the name, but thats going to be probably twice as much as 980Ti or even more, as i know Nvidia.... oh well. Dont know about improvement to Ashes performance, but 6x speedup in my rendering soft over this 580 would be...satisfying at least for a while.
EDIT: So i just got it off Steam. Going to give it a try to see how it runs.
EDIT 2: so i tried the inbuilt benchmark without changing anything, the default settings as they were, and the final average score was 21,9 FPS. On DX11 1920x1200. Not so bad, but i guess it should be playable for me most of the times even with my current setup, while not looking completely hideous. At least it did not look that bad in that benchmark.
I don't know if you looked into the appropriate benchmark thread on the forum here. But my i7-920 OC'd to 3.6 on an x58 motherboard with a 980SC GPU ran 38+FPS. Everyone gets their own numbers. But the move to the 900 series is a good one. OR(!) wait to see what's coming in a few months to supersede the 900 series GPUs from Nvidia!
Yeah, that is another thing to consider, that next-gen "Pascal" from Nvidia. I dont expect the first generation top card to be much stronger than 980ti, so perhaps no reason to wait.
It is still mostly question of money for me, though.
I understand completely. And GPUs seem to be better buys as the tech matures. I agree the Pascal won't be that much of a leap. But by the time the "Ti" version of it comes out it should be jaw-dropping amazing. The 900 series isn't that huge of a bump over the 700 series until you get to the 980Ti. But if someone's running the 600 series, the 900s have always made good sense.
Good luck and keep scraping together those pennies!
Well i have 590 (the broken not sure if fixable yet) and 580 (currently in my rig as replacement, borrowed from office). So 980Ti would indeed be improvement for me, at least in terms of gaming. You would be maybe surprised though, in terms of raytracing, the 590 is maybe 85 percent as fast as 980Ti...and i care more about that than gaming. So in a way, i would rather wait for the mature Pascal, then drop 750 EUROs now for 980 Ti, only to have 15-20 percent more speed... even if it means worse performance within Ashes for quite a some time.
Anyway, thank you! I made some extra cash doing archviz for certain bank last week, one more side-job like that and i would hesitate far less.
I think that is a major advantage because with a single gpu you do not get the downsides associated with multi-gpu setups. Think about frametime inconsistency associated with Alternate Frame Rendering, SLI related bugs and reduced power usage/heat.
ps
Pascal is rumored to be a significant step up, at least according to Nvidia (they did not lie for Maxwell and Fermi): http://cdn.wccftech.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Screenshot-91.png. However it is also rumored to need NVlink which will require a new motherboard (and thus DDR4 and a new cpu). So not sure if I would recommend waiting for that if you need the extra power now. But that is your call!
You could hold out hope for a GTX990!
I think that is a major advantage because with a single gpu you do not get the downsides associated with multi-gpu setups. Think about frametime inconsistency associated with Alternate Frame Rendering, SLI related bugs and reduced power usage/heat.psPascal is rumored to be a significant step up, at least according to Nvidia (they did not lie for Maxwell and Fermi): http://cdn.wccftech.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Screenshot-91.png. However it is also rumored to need NVlink which will require a new motherboard (and thus DDR4 and a new cpu). So not sure if I would recommend waiting for that if you need the extra power now. But that is your call!
I dont mind dual chip cards, cause the point for me is not to play games with them, its about to get as much power for doing archviz renders into my case. I have shitty layout of my mobo and in combination with my case i cant have 2 cards in SLI other than close together - which i tried once and it was terrible, noisy as hell. So the only multi-gpu setup for me is dual-chip card. Raytracing with rendering softs like Octane, Arion, Iray etc...btw does not use SLI or crossfire, even though it can use all the available GPUs connected to the motherboard, so those issues related to them are of no consequence to me. I never used both gpus on the 590 while gaming anyway.
I would be honestly surprised if Pascal cards required new mobo or DDR4, because of some NVlink, that would be shooting yourself into their own leg IMO.
I dont really need that extra power now, i can technically wait until Pascal. It would be a downer that it is somehow superawesome improvement over Maxwell, with me buying 980Ti just few months before. Especially if it was much improved in computing...Some preliminary tests or performance expectations would be nice to know at this point or at least soon to help me decide.
@Kazzerigian
GTX990 would be great! Even if it was 2xGM204 chips, rather than GM210 - 2x2048 cuda cores would still raytrace faster than 2816 cores of 980Ti... if it was for about the price of 980Ti, maybe slightly more, i would seriously consider it. Even if for Ashes would be the single GPU better choice. Not gonna happen though sadly, there will be at best dual chip titan with 2 big maxwells, in order to beat fury x2 to get the crown of the fastest graphics card, and it will be 1500 at least, if not 3000 like Titan Z.
Just an update, seems my 590 is done for good, so i will very likely get 980Ti - considering the one from MSI (gaming 6G, factory OCed version with red black dual propeller 10cm fans):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g66ut9uKUc4
i like its only 27cm long, so it should fit my case no problems, unlike the likes of Asus strix, Gigabyte Windforce or MSI Lightning... which are all 30+cm cards,,,while being pretty much the same performance wise or having the same OC potential...
Anyway, aside of having Win10, do i need DX12 GPU to play the DX12 version of the game as well?
The GPU must be DX12 compatible, yes. I know my GTX670 is as I've run the benchmark with it. Win10's only a requirement if you want to run DX12. Sorry to hear about your long-time great GPU and good luck! I'd double-check warranties and cooling on any replacements I considered.
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