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Post by Pearl on Mar 5, 2017 4:50:42 GMT

Overclocking laptop GPUs is generally not a good idea because they already get quite hot under load, and have troubles dissipating heat effectively because of how compact the systems have to be. Combined with the fact that a 920M is not good for gaming, and I would say that if you actually get a stable overclock (which I doubt), it'll be so minor that your performance will barely change, if it changes at all.

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Post by fredvdp on Mar 5, 2017 11:01:30 GMT

I agree. You won't be able to squeeze much out of a 920M.

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Post by aard on Mar 5, 2017 13:31:02 GMT

My Rig:

I5 3550
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Since i play at a "Stoneage" Resolution as my best Friend calls it (1366 x 768) until now i have not found a Game i cannot run at High-Ultra Settings.
The 8GB of Ram is starting to reach its limit though.. but Ram is the cheapest to upgrade so soon i will get another 8GB.

I think it will run simillar to DA:I at launch. Wich means for me it ran just fine. And back then i had a GTX 660^^

Usually System Requierements are dramatically overblown so the Devs are safe..

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Post by Solas on Mar 5, 2017 17:52:37 GMT

I upgraded or updated (whatever) those 26-months-out-of-date drivers and Far Cry 4 runs a lot more smoothly now, who'dve thought :facepalm:

probably pre-emptively helps how andromeda will run. thanks guys!

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Post by BadgerladDK on Mar 5, 2017 18:14:57 GMT

Mar 5, 2017 17:52:37 GMT Solas said:

I upgraded or updated (whatever) those 26-months-out-of-date drivers and Far Cry 4 runs a lot more smoothly now, who'dve thought :facepalm:

probably pre-emptively helps how andromeda will run. thanks guys!

Keep an eye out for new ones around release time, though. Big enough title that there's likely going to be a "game ready" driver release.

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Mar 5, 2017 18:14:57 GMT BadgerladDK said:

Mar 5, 2017 17:52:37 GMT Solas said:

I upgraded or updated (whatever) those 26-months-out-of-date drivers and Far Cry 4 runs a lot more smoothly now, who'dve thought :facepalm:

probably pre-emptively helps how andromeda will run. thanks guys!

Keep an eye out for new ones around release time, though. Big enough title that there's likely going to be a "game ready" driver release.

ooh! duly noted, I wasn't aware of that. I knew saying I'd updated them in this thread would be a good idea

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Post by spacev3gan on Mar 5, 2017 18:33:08 GMT

Mar 5, 2017 17:52:37 GMT Solas said:

I upgraded or updated (whatever) those 26-months-out-of-date drivers and Far Cry 4 runs a lot more smoothly now, who'dve thought :facepalm:

probably pre-emptively helps how andromeda will run. thanks guys!

AMD graphics card? It's said their cards age better, and I assume better drivers released over the years have much to do with that.

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Post by Hrungr on Mar 5, 2017 20:03:28 GMT

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Patch Notes and PC System Specs Mar 5, 2017 20:39:58 GMT

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Post by Obadiah on Mar 5, 2017 20:39:58 GMT

Oh crap! My processor is only an i5 750 running at 2.6 GHz. Don't think that will cut it for this game if the minimum specs are for a 3 GHz processor.

[Edit] Extra Specs:
RAM: 12 GB
Video Card: GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

[Edit2] Gonna take advice and just see what happens...

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Mar 5, 2017 20:39:58 GMT Obadiah said:

Oh crap! My processor is only an i5 750 running at 2.6 GHz. Don't think that will cut it for this game if the minimum specs are for a 3 GHz processor.

GHz isn't everything, your GPU is going to be far more important than your CPU anyway. Does your GPU match the specs?

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Post by pantherdane on Mar 6, 2017 1:27:03 GMT

My specs are slightly below recommended so I am all good.

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Mar 5, 2017 20:39:58 GMT Obadiah said:

Oh crap! My processor is only an i5 750 running at 2.6 GHz. Don't think that will cut it for this game if the minimum specs are for a 3 GHz processor.

Wait and see how the game runs on your system. If you were to upgrade, you would need to purchase a new CPU, new motherboard, and new RAM. That's quite the hefty investment to base on "might not cut it".

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Post by jastall on Mar 6, 2017 4:28:56 GMT

Quick question; my new computer will have a RX 480 card (which I know to be a fairly powerful one) and a Intel i5-7400 3.0GHz processor. Will the latter bottleneck me? 4 cores @ 3.0 seems slightly low, but I'm no expert.

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Mar 6, 2017 4:28:56 GMT jastall said:

Quick question; my new computer will have a RX 480 card (which I know to be a fairly powerful one) and a Intel i5-7400 3.0GHz processor. Will the latter bottleneck me? 4 cores @ 3.0 seems slightly low, but I'm no expert.

Not likely, a core i5 is still sufficient for a majority of games.

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Post by Pearl on Mar 6, 2017 4:51:36 GMT

Mar 6, 2017 4:28:56 GMT jastall said:

Quick question; my new computer will have a RX 480 card (which I know to be a fairly powerful one) and a Intel i5-7400 3.0GHz processor. Will the latter bottleneck me? 4 cores @ 3.0 seems slightly low, but I'm no expert.

No. Bottlenecks generally don't happen until you pair a 1080 with an i3 or a Pentium, and even then, you can play on 1440p or 4k to minimize the effect (as you should with a 1080).

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Post by Cyberzombie on Mar 6, 2017 8:35:15 GMT

Hey so do ya reckon I'll be able to run it with a GT 640, when the minimum is GTX 660?

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With GTX 660 2gb, FX-8350, 8gb RAM and Win 7 i should be fine

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Post by mesiasmith on Mar 6, 2017 8:52:12 GMT

I hope that my laptop GTX950M VRAM 4GB can run it smoothly on med setting

(as the same requirement like BF1).
Yep go ahead to pre-order within this week.

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Post by narcoticbiotic on Mar 6, 2017 9:33:14 GMT

Mar 6, 2017 8:35:15 GMT Cyberzombie said:

Hey so do ya reckon I'll be able to run it with a GT 640, when the minimum is GTX 660?

Is that the 2GB version? Either way that'll be tough. Maybe on low settings if you go below 1080p, or lower the resolution scale.

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Post by Cyberzombie on Mar 6, 2017 9:44:13 GMT

Mar 6, 2017 9:33:14 GMT narcoticbiotic said:

Mar 6, 2017 8:35:15 GMT Cyberzombie said:

Hey so do ya reckon I'll be able to run it with a GT 640, when the minimum is GTX 660?

Is that the 2GB version? Either way that'll be tough. Maybe on low settings if you go below 1080p, or lower the resolution scale.

Yeah I'm fairly sure it's the 2GB version, it looks like it's a solid step down from the GTX 660

www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gt640/specifications

www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-660/specifications

Gonna be a bit of a stretch I think. Mainly (read: exclusively) interested in the MP so depending on how that pans out I may not even need to purchase the game anyway.

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Mar 5, 2017 20:39:58 GMT Obadiah said:

Oh crap! My processor is only an i5 750 running at 2.6 GHz. Don't think that will cut it for this game if the minimum specs are for a 3 GHz processor.

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Don't sweat it.
Its still Intel CPU and like someone already mentioned - frequency isnt everything (looking at you, AMD).

I think you will play just fine one 1080p, but may experience some bottlenecks in combat intensive areas or where a lot of physics is calculated (floating debris everywhere ect.)

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Mar 6, 2017 4:28:56 GMT jastall said:

Quick question; my new computer will have a RX 480 card (which I know to be a fairly powerful one) and a Intel i5-7400 3.0GHz processor. Will the latter bottleneck me? 4 cores @ 3.0 seems slightly low, but I'm no expert.

You will see picture like 100% gpu usage, 50-70% cpu usage in most of the games. At least its totally like this in my 7700k/1070gtx spec in 1440p.

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