Patch Notes and PC System Specs

I can only hope and pray that I get similar performance in ME:A that I did in DA:I. In DAI I was getting a solid 165 FPS with all settings on Ultra/Fade-Touched and v-sync off using a 1080FTW2 and an Intel 6850K. With all the hype and press concerning the 1060- even though it has been corrected and clarified...I'm a bit concerned. I'm sure I'll do really well (hoping for avg of at least 85 to 100 FPS), but now that everyone is all about the 1080Ti and how that is the only card capable of anything right now...I feel...I don't know how I feel.

But seriously, is there REALLY that much real-world difference between the 1080 FTW 1/2 and the 1080Ti? Numbers say (35% MORE of EVERYTHING)...But to me numbers are just ink (or pixels) on paper/screen, know what I mean? And if the FE starts at 1000...You can bet that any aftermarket edition (ie EVGA will cost a lot more) so is it realy worth it?

In my case, my 980 Ti tore through 1080p gaming like a baws, but then I got my 1440p monitor, and it's no longer performing satisfactory to me in some games. Anything below 60 fps hurts my eyes, and ~90 FPS seems to be my sweet spot where more doesn't really matter to me - might end up getting the 1080 Ti when Strix or the like gets released. Anyways, basically, if your card is good enough for your needs, that's all that should matter - different people, different strokes. Also, seeing you actually get 165 FPS in DAI, I wouldn't worry, at all.

Imo, none of the current cards on the market are truly 4k worthy/capable as standalone cards at all - 1440p seems to be the max I would deem their performance acceptable, but hopefully we'll get there at next generation or upcoming AMD GPU (hoping, but I really don't think that's gonna happen)...

I`m having serious issues installing the lastest driver from nvidia. Could my driver from last oktober run the game? This is the last one that works on my pc.


I cant play battlefield 1 anymore because of the driver requirements today. I`m afraid the same is going to happen for Mass effect Andromeda

Reinstall OS while you still have time, or take it to Tali I mean engineer

No problems here installing new drivers.

Hey Superstar. Thanks for your post. As for FPS in gaming...I find the only thing that truly hurts my eyes is excessive tearing; I honestly can't tell the difference between the visial fidelity of ME 3 (which is written to be locked at 30FPS) vs DA:I in which I get a solid 160.  Yes DA:I runs smoother...But I hear people talking about being able to see the individual frames...and I can't. I've never really understood how people can see the individual frames past a certain sample rate.   Now that being said...I can tell you that when The 3D version of The Hobbit came out...all they did to make the 3D was increase the FPS from 24 to 48, and I could see that--it gave me a huge migraine!  But in terms of gaming...like I said, I don't notice much difference.

I agree with you that 1440 or 1600p is the sweet spot and that as long as whatever card you have fits your needs than you're good.  In my experience with ATI/AMD....Well it has never ever been good.  I've had one AMD CPU (many years ago around 1998 or so)...and it was so under-powered that it over-worked itself to the point where it actually fused to the socket. 

And for video cards...I always bought ATI (because they were Canadian) and they offered comparable performance for a fraction of the cost of Nvidia.  But even if the cards were decent build quality, I always had problems with their CC and the Drivers.  In 2006...I went through several ATI cards (the 2600 series from Diamond, VisionTek, ASUS and ColorPalit) and not one of them last more than six months without crapping out in some fashion.  The same could be said for the ASUS motherboards I had at that same time...I had capacitors popping, defective RAM slots, BIOS issues, warping/twisting of the PCB....and REALLY horrible experiences with Customer Service.  So all that being said, I have no faith or interest in anything from AMD/ATI.  I know everyone has their own very different experiences with every company...Some have had the same experiences with Intel/Nvidia, I'm sure.  But I can only speak to what I have experienced. 

In any case...Thank you for your post.  Enjoy your trip to Andromeda!  T-7 Days....

Morning, Laudable.  I'm building two computers for colleagues at work who want gaming PCs for their families, and if you're looking for hardware recommendations...I'd be happy to offer my nickel's worth of free advice.

The configurations I am building are as follows.  Maybe you'll like these builds...or at least get some ideas:

-i7 6700K
-Gigabyte Gaming 3 ATX motherboard
- Gigabyte G1 or EVGA GTX 1070 (which ever they choose to buy)
-EVGA 850 G3 Gold Rated PSU
-G.Skill DDR4 Aegeis @ 2400
-WD Blue 1 TB SSD
- WD Blue 2TB HD
-Corsair H80i v.2 Liquid CPU Cooler
-Cooler Master HAF X Gaming Tower (and/or CoolerMaster HAF XB EVO Cube Case)
-Windows 10 64-bit HOME Ed.

Total Price after tax will be about 2300.00 CDN (not including Sale Prices)

My personal Preference for hardware/brand:

-CoolerMaster for Cases
-EVGA or Corsair for PSUs
-Western Digital for Mechanical HDs
-Samsung, Crucial or WD for SSDs
-Intel for CPUs
-Gigabyte (or EVGA if you can get it) for Motherboards and GPUs
-G.Skill for RAM (or Mushkin....But Gskill offers the better price/performance and is noted to be one of the most reliable brands for Memory with the least amount of sales-to-returns ratio.)
-Corsair for Liquid Coolers (my personal experience has been with the following models over the years: H55, H60, H90, H75 and currently H80v2) All have been exceptional in performance, quality and longevity.
-Windows 10 Pro 64-bit


Hope this helps!

Well, as previous comments in this thread demonstrate, I've been nervous about my Fx-6300 which doesn't meet the minimum requirements for the game. However, I just played the Battlefield 1 trial through origin access, whose minimum CPU requirements are also above my current system (though not by quite as much), and I'm happy to report that I was able to play the game on all high settings with perfectly decent frame rates at 1080p. This has me cautiously optimistic about being able to at least play MEA.

I PC game because I have the hardware to run it at high levels, PC gaming offers my keyboard/mouse gaming and modding. If you're not interested in that or don't have that available to you (sounds like that with the laptop specs) then yeah - console gaming is the way to go, in my humble opinion.

I'd almost guarantee that it will still run and look better on your laptop than the PS4. I linked to a reviewer on reddit earlier in this thread who was playing the game on similar specs on ultra (he had a 980M and a different i7, I think).

And from today's press footage it also looks like the PS4 has some significant performance hiccups with the game sometimes.

What exactly is the issue you're having?

I don't think they have? Unless they changed them immediately after releasing them, I've always seen the 8350 as recommended. I've got an overclocked 8320, so I'm hopeful with the requirements.

I'm good at pretending to know what I'm talking about.