PC evaluation

[2Slow]

Dell XPS 8930 Desktop PC, 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7, 8GB Memory/16GB Intel® Optane™ Memory, 1TB Hard Drive, Windows® 10 Home, nVIDIA® GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5

Does the above meet good standards for game play?

[100Coogn]

Oddly enough, I do not see a minimum specs. on the home page.

Coogan

[Chalenge]

Here you go.

http://www.hitechcreations.com/gameinfo/gameinfo-minimumreq

[Greebo]

I think the main weakness of that setup is the video card. How much of a weakness it is depends on what monitor, TV or VR you intend to view the game on and on whether you want to run it with all the graphics options turned on. Higher resolution monitors need more video card power to push all the extra pixels at a decent frame rate. VR needs really needs a top end video card like a 1070 or above.

[Bizman]

The information lacks a few details, like which of the 8th gen i7 processor it has. Their speed varies from 1.8 to 4 GHz, the smaller ones most likely being a tad too slow for a high end video card.

And as has been suspected, the video card is weak no matter what kind of a monitor you use. A GTX 1030 scores about half of the old GTX 660 HiTech used in his development system and about a third of the GTX 960 mentioned in the recommended requirements.

Yet another thing to consider: If you get that computer and a better video card you may have to get a stronger power supply as well. The original one should suffice with cards without an extra power input. GTX 1050 Ti runs AH3 well and most of them come without the power connector.

[Skuzzy]

The NVidia 1030 is considered to be one of the worst video cards for any game.  I would not do it.

[2Slow]

The NVidia 1030 is considered to be one of the worst video cards for any game.  I would not do it.

Thanks Skuzzy.  You saved me some money.  Now I can look for something else with a better video card.  Or I could get the machine with the processor and memory that meets requirements and purchase the video card separately.

My current machine has started getting the stutters more frequently.  Time for it to go.

[Bizman]

Plan a rig at https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ and send the list here for evaluation.

[Brooke]

I get computers that cost about $290 + (whatever the cost of the graphics card you want) + (cost of Windows).  When I pick a $140 GTX 1050 card, that gives me 60 fps with environment map slider set to none.

You can select parts from superbiiz.com -- a place that is super cheap on prices -- and they will build the machine for you, ship it to you, and give you a 1 year warranty on it.

I've used them several times and am very happy.

Or you can order parts from them and/or Amazon for very low prices and put it together yourself.

Here's a topic where I went through what parts I selected:

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,392522.0.html

[guncrasher]

cpu is a i7 8700.


semp

[Brooke]

Yep, I know that's what he posted above, but if depending on what you are doing, you don't need that and can be much better off using money on GPU, not CPU.

For example, if the most compute-intensive thing you do is AH and aren't using VR or 4k monitors, you probably don't need that.

[2Slow]

Upgraded my current system from 4 GB ram to 8 GB ram.  Now getting better frame rates in the 40's to 60's.

[BOBO]

I've been ordering my PCs from Cyberpowerpc.com since 2001 as well as a few for friends and family.  It's a little more than building your own but you get to pick every component through their configurator, they warranty it and they test it out for a few days before shipping it.

So far I've had zero problems and zero complaints.

[2Slow]

Upgraded my current system from 4 GB ram to 8 GB ram.  Now getting better frame rates in the 40's to 60's.

If I take the ram up to 16 GB will I get a better performance?

[Skuzzy]

Probably not.