@TipsizAdam3535 oof, I've especially avoided upgrading to intel cpus because I do not want to use windows 11 for the e core management. I'm hoping AMD will have a high-performance homogeneous cpu in their next generation.
Great content! Thought I'd built my last gaming PC, but Stanton has the infrastructure in place for 3 jump gates. Nice to have a clearer idea of what's required to traverse them. Thanks!
@@Gamer_Leos I use to run it a similar rig, what you see above is my old rig. I have sense upgraded. But my old set up still runs the game great as my son uses the old rig.
Great video! It's almost startling to find a PC specs youtuber who looks at games realistically and boils it down to "it's playable" like a majority of gamers are really wondering. Keep up the great work man!
I play on a laptop. 12450h, RTX4050, 32gb ram. I would say with these specs the worst FPS I ever get is 30+, and that's just about anywhere. Some places would be better for sure.
Ryzen 6 3600, rtx 3060 and started with 16gb ram. Ran fairly well but bumping up to 32gb ram definitely improved some situations. In cities etc I see 20-22gb or so memory utilization.
I played on a ssd with 16gb of ddr3, upgrading to m.2 and 32gb seemed to help. Running i7-4790K and GTX 980 (no HDR on display port, Booo.) Upscaling 720p to 1080 seemed to help as well. Playing on a samsung super ultrawide doesn't help. Of everyone I know that plays even with new systems they still get close to 30fps in cities so performance seems to be server side. Personally I'm holding off on upgrading until direct attach storage becomes the norm. Thanks for the great content!
@@Cdsmity sure. But the game really shines using a X3D chip. When I went from the 5600x to a 5800X3D I doubled in FPS in some situations. Game is really dependent on fast switching between fast storages.
@@Cdsmity hard to say cause the rendering of the game back then was completely different than how it is done now. But it runs way better now with lighter hardware and the game has upscaling techniques on top of that. 100% sure that with the correct settings, you can get a smooth experience with the hardware
There may not be a performance bonus for playing pcie over sata, but there's absolutely a load difference, especially with the current equipment menu. I went from a sata that took about three minutes of standing still in a station to get my gear to load in my inventory to a m.2 pcie which takes about 10 seconds.
For a game like star citizen NVME absolutely makes a difference simply because of the sheer amount of shit you're loading. Especially when just loading into the game.
I do think for a test like this to really see what the CPU can/can't do you should be on 32 gb of RAM and a NVME SSD for at least the CPU benchmarks to ensure that RAM/storage isn't bottlenecking you. And then have a seperate section detailing 16GB RAM.
We see that in discord now and then, after a download. People come in and need help. This topic has been upfront for awhile now. Glad to see it finally updated
It's great to get info like this out to the community, noting you're referring to 1440p in most parts would be good since lower spec systems can play at 1080p enjoyably or even 720 optimized on an old system. The numbers had me scratching my head and I didn't see anywhere until you showed the upscaling section that you are running 1440 for the low numbers "saw the 1660 at 41fps also 33 then 89 & it's margins closing or widening compared to the 3080 or lower spec cards. Some tags at the bottom when stating fps would be very helpful since those with low spec systems could live without 1440/4k and are probably fine with 1080p or 720 on a laptop. At 1080p an i5-10400 on an old r9 Fury 4gb has usually been a 30fps combo running a tad behind the i5-11400h 3500ti laptop I still run given their 4gb GPUs I never pushed into 1440 for that reason & the laptop's 15.6 screen. But now at least in PU I suspect the laptop at least could pull more frames. An r5-5600g with 5700xt has ran 40-60 in ptu lately with neither the gpu or cpu hitting beyond 70% usage low-high in Area 18. I suspect it could jump to a steady 50-65 when they dial things in & open the throttle back up since I know they are trying to fix the CPU spikes currently I could be between 30-55 in the crapshow that was 3.19.1. "all numbers for a decent to good server, 1080p high with optimizations done, clouds off etc. 3.19.1 could be lower on a bad/low frame server giving 5-10fps server side and 28-35 on my end during the roughest points of 3.19.1
I really hope they update these specs. It's especially frustrating that they plaster it right on the freefly page for prospective players who'll boot up the game and think the game is completely broken if they have a very low spec system. At 4k I get comparable performance as starcitizen in Starfield (albeit Starfield is much more consistent and a bit higher). So it's not as if Star Citizen isn't fairly optimized nowadays. Just doesn't make sense for them not using their back-end metrics to figure out what kind of specs give a good enough experience.
Yeah I'm pretty chilled about most of CIG's decision making, but the official minimum specs are a complete joke at this point! I can only assume they are waiting for S42 before updating them.
my 13900KS, 3090RTX, 128GB 5600MS system gets 60-80FPS on paper, but the choppyness and drop frames, especially inside some ships and cities is ridiculous
you might have a issue, 12600k on a GTX 1050TI -- for me its impressively stable and i dont remember the last time the game "chopped" or "froze" yea fps drop at random places. I am still today blown away at the no loading screen/choppy/freezing is non-existant.
@@bulletauto2605 turns out my computer and the game specifically didn't like running with 128GB RAM, I took out two DIMMS and it's solid as a rock now... frame rates do suck badly however in my 400i for some odd reason.
I use a Ivy Bridge EP Xeon, the E51680v2 8c/16t 25Mb L3 @ 4.5Ghz 1.31 vCore + RAM 32Gb DDR3 Quad-cannel (X79 platform) @ 2400Mhz + GTX1080 Ti + NVME SDD connected through PCI-E x4 since the X79 platform doesn't support NVME natively. It plays like a champion the limiting factor in this case is the GPU but not by much. I dare you to try the X79 or the X99 Xeons.
Ryzen 5700G or 5700X should be a minimum CPU to actually enjoy Star CItizen. Both of them ran @ 4.8GHz all cores when I used the settings from "SkatterBencher" from the video "5 Minute Overclock: Ryzen 7 5700G to 4850 MHz"
Biggest hurdle to smooth gameplay is the HDD/SSD. Facts. Unplayable on a HDD, moved to an OLD Intel SSD and smooth as it can be. 3080GTX, 16gb DDR4, Ryzen 5600X.
Definitely have to disagree with you on the RAM spec... I've had 16GB, it ran ok back in 2016. 32GB now and I would occasionally get out of memory errors and CTD. I added 32GB of VRAM and have eliminated the CTDs altogether now. 32GB is really the minimum spec and it can get maxed out depending on what you are doing and where you are in game.
Do you know 16Gb RAM is okish but when running games you will need to turn off running apps, like steam etc. I hardly ever get 30k since i updated to 32Gb. I am on a gaming lappy as well, not tower.
Very helpful video dude. I just went upto a 7800x3d with ddr5 5600 cl28 from i7 7800k. Still got the 2080ti in there but I've seen a massive uplift in frames at 4k. Still not 60 and still no clouds tho 😂 but I'm pretty happy with the investment. You defo played a part in that decision so I can't thank you enough.
I have a ryzen5800x a 6600 (bout to get an 6700xt) and 32gb of ram, the game runs at 90 plus fps, but stutters and skips. why would i upgrade any more if its like this still, my vega 64 didnt stutter at 40-70 fps with an amd 3600
I have a scavenged together rig running a 5600 non x and a 1080ti. 64gb of ddr4 ram and a 980p m2. Ran pretty good on high settings running 1440 rez. But after i replaced my original ram with the fastest cl ram i could find and bumped it up to 3600mhz, it made a huge difference. The speed and latency of the ram cannot be understated in sc.
11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-11900KF @ 3.50GHz 3.50 GHz 32.0 GB (31.8 GB usable) Nividia Geforce 1060 6gb SSD 111 GB I've played it before, but it I was stuck at 1080p resolution on a 2k monitor. That was with a i7 and I managed to get stable frames. How much fps would you reckon I'll get with this? Im unfortunately stuck with the 1060 since I can't afford shit right now :((
I'm running the following: i7 13700k, 64GB DDR5 RAM, Nvidia RTX 4090, star citizen and OS running from a nvme and I struggle to get over 30ps no matter what I do. I've tuned everything, tried overclocking the CPU and nothing, nothing works. I do run at 1440p, I've tried running it at different resolutions and nothing improves the performance
Its the same story with the game Squad. They also started this game a long time ago and it works perfectly with a GTX970, but people with a new expensive PC have a worse experience than me with my antique PC. The old cards are technically different and can represent the old games much better. So I'll wait a while before getting a new PC
16GB only works because behind the scenes Windows automatically expands the pagefile up to 32GB in size. the game needs at least 40GB combined ram and pagefile
i9 unlocked, 64gb ram and 8gb graphic card and i was needed to issue a refund on the game becouse i couldn't play the game. on low settings i've got 25fps when i was lookin on the ground. i don't know if i need a 24gb video or what
@@tenpoundfortytwo i got the i9-13900K and the ram memory is a Kingston FURY Beast DDR5 6000MHz, the graphic is a MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GAMING X TRIO 8GB. i know the graphic card is not so modern but it should run the game without shuttering or something.
The 3060 should be getting a lot more than that as long as you're not running at a crazy resolution. Star citizen doesn't play well with Intel's e cores- Id try turning them off in the bios and see if it performs better.
Wow reading through the list of PC builds in the pinned comment seems to show a huge team red victory for GPU. I wonder if its for the same reason as me, more vram... Might be interesting if you did a poll on GPUs used by your subs. Team red, green or blue.
Ive tried shadow for a while, but it looked like there was something wrong, maybe it was running on HDD back than. Current specs (still;)); AMD Ryzen 5900X 32GB 3200MHz 3070 8GB Game ran pretty ok at 1440p, but i feel like im missing a few frames for +60 fps experience. Aka recommending a slightly better setup (most likely CPU) Tried DSR to run at 3k but missing the vram
Yeah shadow did feel like it was using a HDD- but not according to the specs! 60FPS is really hard to hit, even for the top systems. The 5800X3D would be an upgrade for you- but the 5900X is still very capable!
i watched this hoping that maybe my computer was maybe just out of date for star citizen since the newer update because i now crash on loading into the game every single time i try. i run an nvidia 2070super max, intel 10875H, 8gb ddr6 vram, 8 core 16 threads at 5.1 ghz. ive tried everything short of reinstalling windows and factory resetting my computer. game ran surprisingly well before in my opinion. always good fps with very few stutters.
I have a Ryzen 5 3600 and a 5700xt. Game runs okay when out in space, but in cities it is around 15-20 fps. Sometimes its even 10fps or less. Might be because I only have 16GB of ram. This PC used to feel so fast but now modern games turned it into a snail :(
Not run the game yet, Wondering if my specs are ...ok... specs or just not worth trying till I upgrade? Running a Ryzen 7 3800x,Nvdia 2080Ti with 2666 mhz Ddr 4 16gb, My main worry would be the ram, with only 16gb.
Game is free right now to check out: robertsspaceindustries.com/iae2953#/schedule/welcome (make sure you get a referral code for some free in game money if you buy). It will run on that system- might need to manually set the page file if you find you are crashing. See how it runs, but I'd probably recommend picking up 32GB of RAM and if you can afford it the 5800X3D would be a big CPU upgrade!
@tenpoundfortytwo, interesting addition of the laptops. I've got a Lenovo Legion 7, 3080 16GB with the i7-11800H. It's only got 16gb, I'd be happy to upgrade it to 32gb, just not sure how much the i7-11800H would hold me back.
Nice machine! 32gb would likely help smoothness, but it wouldn't give you any noticeable improvement in fps. If it's not too expensive and you can get a faster kit than you already have (check compatibility with your laptop), it's probably worth doing.
Great video as always, love your in depth testing. Its so weird for me that CIG just won't change the requirements on their website. Few days ago i realised that now, when you buy game package, you have to confirm that you have seen the system requirements, which in theory is great, its good to let people now what PC they need before buying as Star Citizen is very demanding, but oh my god the requirements on the website are so far off the actual minimum system spec
Game is free right now to check out: robertsspaceindustries.com/iae2953#/schedule/welcome (make sure you get a referral code for some free in game money if you buy). The GTX 1060 will struggle a bit, but it will run the game. Is the cpu a 7700X or something else (maybe a 1700X)? Best to try it out and see how it performs!
Isn't it true that once they're fully complete with their Gen12 update and they bring in Vulkan that then the game will be more GPU bound rather than CPU bound? Plus, are you running Win11?
Yep win 11. I'm hopeful that vulkan will make a difference to performance, but I'm doubtful that it's going to take us from cpu bound to gpu. Hopefully we'll find out soon rather than later!
@@tenpoundfortytwo I thought the whole point of Gen12 was to get the engine up to snuff in utilizing the CPU more efficiently and offloading more to the GPU. Especially with Vulkan and how draw calls are performed and a more asynchronous render pipeline. So I'm really hoping all that will ship the focus more on the GPU. Regarding Win11 vs 10. Any pros/cons about SC?
I have lot of problems stability with my provisory setup, msi b550 gaming plus, 16gb ram 3200, ryzen 9 5950x, and RX 6600, gigabyte 750w gold plus, i must change something for more compatibility performance ?
Are these Specs good enough to play it on 20 FPS: Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 Gaming Notebook - Intel® Core™ i7-13700HX - 16GB - 1TB SSD - NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 4060
Yeah should be pretty decent with that machine. You might want to turn off ecores, and potentially upgrade to 32gb of ram at some point, but should be very playable on than machine. Here's a slightly slower laptop example: th-cam.com/video/XnmPxXCmeaM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=hEprJtogGvQ4x5Ru
How quickly does the game become more demanding? If I aimed for slightly above minimum specs would it still probably be playable a year or two down the line? I don't want to waste money trying to run the game now if it's going to be worse shortly down the line.
i have i5-12400f and rtx 4060 16gb ddr4 (going to upgrade 32gb) and nme drive or what name was.... is my computer enough to play that game? i don't care graphics i just want smooth game
Well, no-one gets 'smooth' gameplay, but that machine should run it pretty well! There is a free flight event coming up on the 17ht- I'd suggest trying it out for free then!
im playing on a Asus Strix OC gtx 970 on Alpha 3.23.1 with 30-90 FPS on low with TSR performance (1080p) it doesnt look that bad and it IS playable. I need to upgrade my Ram though. 16GB is not that much.
Great videos mate ! I found your channel when I was digging on star citizen xD With you experince could this work? 7600x 32gb ddr5 7900xtx Its either I get the 7600x with a massive gpu or 7800x3d with a lesser gpu ( Im not only bulding it for star citizen) How do you think its gonna perform? Mainly on 2k or maybe 4k not sure yet
Thanks! Yeah that looks like a great system (should be able to push 4K around 60FPS in SC with the 7900XTX). I would be tempted by the 7800X3D, but the 7600X is still very good- you can always upgrade later!
@@tenpoundfortytwo thank you for the reply dude Yeah ordered the 7900xtx nitro yesterday And gonna get the 7600x for now ( maybe upgrade it when 8000 cpus drop since its the same socket) Do you think it could hit 60+ on 2k ?
I can nearly get a stable 30fps on the amd 7840U which is a APU no dedicated graphics at all. Plan to get the 8840U win max 2 when it's available and I'm betting it will be a bump enough for constant 30 fps.
as someone who tried using a 1660 super. no it doesnt run on a 1660 , it will freeze constantly and nothing will load up and you will fall through the ground
It should run, but the CPU is likely going to hold back the 1070. There should be a free fly event coming up in the next few months so you could wait for that if you want to try it for free!
Hmm, that should definitely run (probably not that well, but it should run)- have you tried manually increasing the size of your pagefile? Some locations can cause 16gb of ram to crash.
@@tenpoundfortytwo Think so to. I am really hoping that 32 gigabytes of RAM will make it flow better. My friend told me that I should use high on the graphic settings. He said it will Load the GPU instead of the CPU. What is your thoughts about that, do you think it will run better?
Ryzen 9 3900X 12c/24t - 32GB RAM - NVMe (non-OS drive) - GTX1080Ti at 1440p. I get around 28 - 40 in cities, 45 - 60+ in lower load zones. Pagefile set to 20GB - 32GB on non-OS SC drive. NVidia shader cache set to 5GB. I'm planning to upgrade to RX 6800XT next.
I'd have a think about popping a 5800x3d instead of the 3900x before switching gpu. Although the 1080ti must be creaking at 1440p, the 5800x3d would probably make gameplay feel smoother overall.
My 8700 nonK seems to be a Warhorse after all in this Category. Sadly, it was really expensive back in the Day. Got it for free last year because "its old now" hehe. Good to know. I used the Account of a Friend to test SC in my System. Sadly, i startet in Loreville without knowing :D I considered it unplayable paired with my RX 6600 in 2560x1080. But i guess i'll have to check out other Systems/Places. I know about the menu shenanigans and how the Presets behave. What a mess. It "works" but it is not a great experience tbh. I a not coming from Planet "Everything under 60 is unplayble". Look at my Specs. But below 20 was hard. I found out, later, that Loreville has or could be the Problem. Also, i would consider Starfield a bit better running. Different Problems i would say.
Hey I've gained some interest to play Star Citizen recently because of it's space exploration like style but I'm wondering if my specs are good? I don't mind running at like 720P low everything I'm more for the fun My specs are i5-2400 (fairly dated) GT 1030 (It was on a sale i had to buy it) 16GB ddr3 ram 1TB HDD (it's fairly old and slow though)
SC is currently free to play, so you can try it, but I'm not even sure the 1030 will be able to open it. The cpu and the hdd are also going to be a big problem unfortunately. Best case scenario will be a very very stuttery experience I'm afraid!
Considering the pvp nature of the game I really hope certain things like clouds are unable to be disabled. The moment you start playing the "I get an advantage by turning down settings" then it's simply a race to the bottom.
The problem is that volumetric clouds are quite computationally expensive to run. Without the ability to turn something like that off you are just shutting players with lower performing machines out entirely (not exactly a good strategy for an MMO). Now instead of a "race to the bottom" which is accessible to (just about) everyone you have a "race to the wallet" where the person with the most expensive rig has a much greater advantage over those who are stuttering at 10 fps. Competitively-minded players are ALWAYS going to initiate a 'race to the bottom' no matter what you do, but in the grand scheme of things that's ultimately the fairest solution for everyone. Everyone can turn off expensive effects like clouds to compete, not everyone can just go out and buy a top of the line GPU/CPU to compete.
@@arstulex I dont really have sympathy for those with weaker machines tbh. People have basically had 10 years to save up. (with many spending their money on spaceships instead of putting it into the piggy bank). 5 dollars a week put in a piggy bank over 10 years would give you. 2600 dollars. All games have a minimum spec if you want to have decent performance. I hope that Star Citizens are ultimately high. I do understand your what you are getting at, however star citizen is meant to push the envelope. People should have an appropriate machine.
@@XellithUS MMO's as a matter of principle pretty much have to accomodate for the widest audience possible. Locking the ability to be competitive (or even have enjoyable FPS) in the game behind having a top-of-the-line PC is just an objectively terrible idea. Not many people are going to be interested in making a multi-thousand dollar purchase for the sake of being able playing a single game at a reasonable level. Ultimately, "pushing the envelope" can't come before accessibility when your goal is to make an MMO with a decent playerbase.
Don't you just love it when the function of word fails to work for some people. The minimum specs are not the recommended specs. That is kind of why they have the recommended spec listed right by the minimum spec. Functional is the minimum not playable. Playable is the recommended. The next problem is that playable is subjective. Some have much higher standards. I find 60fps is my minimum playable condition and why I have 3090 Ti with a 5800X3D and 32GB RAM.
@@tenpoundfortytwo My AB350 board won't support that CPU and my ram is extremely slow for AMD in general. I came back here to say though, it seems the pagefile is extremely important. I started playing again the next day after my initial comment here. I was getting a crash to desktop every 75-90 minutes guaranteed. Checked the logs and got an Out of Memory error each time. My pagefile was set to 12GB to match the 16GB of ram I had at the time I set it two years ago. I never increased it after upgrading to 32GB back in 2022. Well I decided to double it to 24GB to make it 66% of my ram (like it used to be) and I haven't had an Out of Memory CTD since. I play at least 4 hours a day.
@mstrickk1 good stuff with page file! Shame that your board won't support 5000 series cpus, I thought most of the 300 series boards had been made compatible. I assume the 3000 series cpus are compatible- even those would be a pretty big upgrade from the 1600.
@@tenpoundfortytwo My particular Gigabyte board (AB350 gaming) is a real pile of **** that has given me issues from day one with everything from USB resetting or getting knocked off entirely until reset, RAM randomly slowing down and throwing errors, storage drives (I have 4, 2 hdd 2 ssd) slowing to a crawl or flat out hanging for minutes at a time, audio glitching out and sounding like the matrix, etc. Basically anything can happen with this board and I'm not willing to throw the best CPU on it and tax it even harder. I'm looking into a 5700x and some 3200MHz ram for Christmas, possibly, to at least get a better experience in SC. Newer mobo would be next.
I should have a 6600 arriving today- so I should be able to find out whether the newer AMD cards perform well. It should easily out perform my 1660- I'll aim to get a video out in the next couple of weeks!
@@tenpoundfortytwo was looking into it again aftet being disappointrd with starfield. I have a 5800x3d, 6800xt and 32gb dual rank 3466-cl16. How would the PU run you rekon
@The_Noticer. should run pretty well (for SC at least), the 5800x3d is good! The game is free to play until the end of today (not sure exactly what time)- best to try it before you buy! Make sure you get a referral code for some extra stuff if you decide to buy!
i actually built my current (first ever) PC with help from your previous guide and it's been running SC as expected. AMD 5600g, 16gb 3200mHz, RTX A2000 12gbVRAM (more effecient 3050 basically). This guide is a cool update to have on the info, and i'm happy i slightly overbuilt compared your last one ahah
Love your stuff! You have the perfect timing for me, aince i am currently building a PC for a new SC fan as an unexpected present. This helps tremendously!
Should run pretty well (for Star citizen) at 1080p. SC doesn't play well with ecores so you might want to turn them off either in the bios or using another method (Google should point you in the right direction). The game won't run well compared to any other proper game, but it should be playable enough on your system!
Just subed!! Great info and much needed...but a question as I am a total pc gaming noob but did buy a ASUS a while back. It's a ASUS ROG G512 Strix i7 RTX 2070 (G-6) Model G512LW-WS74 laptop Will it work ok?? I want to play Star Citizen so much! lol
Thought it might be borderline at best lol It is future proofed so the internals are upgradable I will look into that. I do want to build my own gaming pc and well aware of the learning curve lol But that way I can get the biggest bang for my buck, I think lol Thanks for your help!!
I'd love to know what specs everyone is running?
i7-12700F 2.10 / 8P+4E 20 Threads
64 GB DDR4 1330Mhz
XFX Speedstar Merc / AMD RX6800XT 16GB GDDR6
Samsung 2TB 980 PRO NVMe M.2
And i got stuck with 12th and 13th gen stutters problem...🤣🤣🤣🤣
R9 5950x / rtx 4090
64gb 3600mhz mem
Nvme sdd (not a particularly fast one)
@TipsizAdam3535 oof, I've especially avoided upgrading to intel cpus because I do not want to use windows 11 for the e core management. I'm hoping AMD will have a high-performance homogeneous cpu in their next generation.
5800x
6800xt
48gb 3200 ddr4
2tb Intel 670p
ASRock b550 PG VELOCITA
corsair rm850e gold psu
EDIT: win 10
I7 12700kf
32gb 5200mhz ddr5 ram
rtx 3080 10gb
crucial p5 plus gen4 nvme
32'' 1440p 75hz display
Just wanted to say that i have been watching your content for a while now and you have been doing the community a service. Thank you sir!
I appreciate that, thanks!
Great content! Thought I'd built my last gaming PC, but Stanton has the infrastructure in place for 3 jump gates. Nice to have a clearer idea of what's required to traverse them. Thanks!
I have a Ryzen 7 3700x with a 1660ti and 16gb of RAM. I don’t have an issue running the game most of the time. But Star Citizen will be Star Citizen.
My 3700x is terrible for this game. I play at 3440x1440 and have a 3080ti. Frame timing makes it a very unenjoyable experience.
@@JC-Alan I play at 1080 with a 1660ti. My monitor is only 1080 anyways. No shame in turning down the settings 😂
@@JC-Alansame here, r7 3700x with 3060ti and 32gb ram, 1440p and i get 20 fps in new babbage
Sorry to comment on your old comment but can u tell me if 15 11th gen 16 gigs ram 1 TB SSD nvidia1650 max clock will be able to run this
@@Gamer_Leos I use to run it a similar rig, what you see above is my old rig. I have sense upgraded. But my old set up still runs the game great as my son uses the old rig.
Great video! It's almost startling to find a PC specs youtuber who looks at games realistically and boils it down to "it's playable" like a majority of gamers are really wondering. Keep up the great work man!
Thanks!
I play on a laptop. 12450h, RTX4050, 32gb ram. I would say with these specs the worst FPS I ever get is 30+, and that's just about anywhere. Some places would be better for sure.
Ryzen 6 3600, rtx 3060 and started with 16gb ram. Ran fairly well but bumping up to 32gb ram definitely improved some situations. In cities etc I see 20-22gb or so memory utilization.
Yeah I'm thinking I may need to upgrade my ram, Similar system to yours performane wise, just 16gb.
I played on a ssd with 16gb of ddr3, upgrading to m.2 and 32gb seemed to help. Running i7-4790K and GTX 980 (no HDR on display port, Booo.)
Upscaling 720p to 1080 seemed to help as well. Playing on a samsung super ultrawide doesn't help.
Of everyone I know that plays even with new systems they still get close to 30fps in cities so performance seems to be server side. Personally I'm holding off on upgrading until direct attach storage becomes the norm.
Thanks for the great content!
My son played for a while on the 5700xt, performed really well. Thought I share this cause you mentioned the card.
Thanks, good info!
So would my i7 7700k be enough @tenpoundfortytwo
@@Cdsmity sure. But the game really shines using a X3D chip. When I went from the 5600x to a 5800X3D I doubled in FPS in some situations. Game is really dependent on fast switching between fast storages.
@@MrFWStoner so what you recon in fps will i get with a CPU - i7 7700k . GPU - radeom 5700 xt
@@Cdsmity hard to say cause the rendering of the game back then was completely different than how it is done now. But it runs way better now with lighter hardware and the game has upscaling techniques on top of that. 100% sure that with the correct settings, you can get a smooth experience with the hardware
Been playing on the same gaming MSI laptop for almost 2 years. Never had any major trouble playing Star Citizen.
There may not be a performance bonus for playing pcie over sata, but there's absolutely a load difference, especially with the current equipment menu. I went from a sata that took about three minutes of standing still in a station to get my gear to load in my inventory to a m.2 pcie which takes about 10 seconds.
For a game like star citizen NVME absolutely makes a difference simply because of the sheer amount of shit you're loading.
Especially when just loading into the game.
For me, upgrading to 32Gb RAM was a complete and utter game changer in the FPS department.
I do think for a test like this to really see what the CPU can/can't do you should be on 32 gb of RAM and a NVME SSD for at least the CPU benchmarks to ensure that RAM/storage isn't bottlenecking you.
And then have a seperate section detailing 16GB RAM.
We see that in discord now and then, after a download. People come in and need help.
This topic has been upfront for awhile now. Glad to see it finally updated
Yeah this one is long overdue!
It's great to get info like this out to the community, noting you're referring to 1440p in most parts would be good since lower spec systems can play at 1080p enjoyably or even 720 optimized on an old system. The numbers had me scratching my head and I didn't see anywhere until you showed the upscaling section that you are running 1440 for the low numbers "saw the 1660 at 41fps also 33 then 89 & it's margins closing or widening compared to the 3080 or lower spec cards. Some tags at the bottom when stating fps would be very helpful since those with low spec systems could live without 1440/4k and are probably fine with 1080p or 720 on a laptop.
At 1080p an i5-10400 on an old r9 Fury 4gb has usually been a 30fps combo running a tad behind the i5-11400h 3500ti laptop I still run given their 4gb GPUs I never pushed into 1440 for that reason & the laptop's 15.6 screen. But now at least in PU I suspect the laptop at least could pull more frames. An r5-5600g with 5700xt has ran 40-60 in ptu lately with neither the gpu or cpu hitting beyond 70% usage low-high in Area 18. I suspect it could jump to a steady 50-65 when they dial things in & open the throttle back up since I know they are trying to fix the CPU spikes currently I could be between 30-55 in the crapshow that was 3.19.1. "all numbers for a decent to good server, 1080p high with optimizations done, clouds off etc. 3.19.1 could be lower on a bad/low frame server giving 5-10fps server side and 28-35 on my end during the roughest points of 3.19.1
i9 13900kf, 32 gigs of ram 5600mhz and a 4090....still stutters! o.O game is poorly optimized, ill come back in a few years
This video is confirmation that CIG needs to optimize Star Citizen better. Great video!
I really hope they update these specs. It's especially frustrating that they plaster it right on the freefly page for prospective players who'll boot up the game and think the game is completely broken if they have a very low spec system.
At 4k I get comparable performance as starcitizen in Starfield (albeit Starfield is much more consistent and a bit higher). So it's not as if Star Citizen isn't fairly optimized nowadays. Just doesn't make sense for them not using their back-end metrics to figure out what kind of specs give a good enough experience.
Yeah I'm pretty chilled about most of CIG's decision making, but the official minimum specs are a complete joke at this point! I can only assume they are waiting for S42 before updating them.
my 13900KS, 3090RTX, 128GB 5600MS system gets 60-80FPS on paper, but the choppyness and drop frames, especially inside some ships and cities is ridiculous
you might have a issue, 12600k on a GTX 1050TI -- for me its impressively stable and i dont remember the last time the game "chopped" or "froze" yea fps drop at random places. I am still today blown away at the no loading screen/choppy/freezing is non-existant.
@@bulletauto2605 turns out my computer and the game specifically didn't like running with 128GB RAM, I took out two DIMMS and it's solid as a rock now... frame rates do suck badly however in my 400i for some odd reason.
Xmp was crashing me hard in 3.19. Maybe because I was using it to run rated speed. Not sure but, been really stable running default.
I use a Ivy Bridge EP Xeon, the E51680v2 8c/16t 25Mb L3 @ 4.5Ghz 1.31 vCore + RAM 32Gb DDR3 Quad-cannel (X79 platform) @ 2400Mhz + GTX1080 Ti + NVME SDD connected through PCI-E x4 since the X79 platform doesn't support NVME natively. It plays like a champion the limiting factor in this case is the GPU but not by much. I dare you to try the X79 or the X99 Xeons.
I'd love to test something like that at some point- I'll keep an eye out on ebay!
this actually really helped.. i cant gets more than 14 fps in cities..
Ryzen 5700G or 5700X should be a minimum CPU to actually enjoy Star CItizen.
Both of them ran @ 4.8GHz all cores when I used the settings from "SkatterBencher" from the video "5 Minute Overclock: Ryzen 7 5700G to 4850 MHz"
Ryzen 7 5800x
3060ti
32 gb ram
Getting 35-40 fps at 1440p
Defo 32 gb ram not a big fps boost but game runs smoother than 16.. ssd is of course needed.
I7 12700H, RTX 4060, 16Go RAM (Laptop)... Is it possible for me to run it ?
Yeah should run fine (for SC)- you may want to manually set the size of your pagefile with 16GB of RAM, but it will run!
@@tenpoundfortytwo Ok thx so, should i try to upgrade to 32go RAM ? Idk what are the main changes about it...
How’s arena commander performance since the update?
I've not had a proper look, but it did seem as though the good doctor maps had improved a little!
Biggest hurdle to smooth gameplay is the HDD/SSD. Facts. Unplayable on a HDD, moved to an OLD Intel SSD and smooth as it can be.
3080GTX, 16gb DDR4, Ryzen 5600X.
Definitely have to disagree with you on the RAM spec... I've had 16GB, it ran ok back in 2016. 32GB now and I would occasionally get out of memory errors and CTD. I added 32GB of VRAM and have eliminated the CTDs altogether now. 32GB is really the minimum spec and it can get maxed out depending on what you are doing and where you are in game.
It seems you overlooked a very important part of the conversation, that is, didn't mention what in-game settings you used for the testing.
Bro j’ai recherché cette vidéo pendant plusieurs mois, merci beaucoup
hey, i have a R7 5700x ,24gb ram and a1660 super on a520 aorus elite...... but i cant get star citizen to run.... how did you do it ?
As in it won't open at all?
My specs:
I7 12700k
MSI RTX 3080 10GB
32GB ddr5 4800mhz
Corsair MP600 PRO PCIe Gen. 4
Do you know 16Gb RAM is okish but when running games you will need to turn off running apps, like steam etc. I hardly ever get 30k since i updated to 32Gb. I am on a gaming lappy as well, not tower.
Very helpful video dude.
I just went upto a 7800x3d with ddr5 5600 cl28 from i7 7800k. Still got the 2080ti in there but I've seen a massive uplift in frames at 4k. Still not 60 and still no clouds tho 😂 but I'm pretty happy with the investment. You defo played a part in that decision so I can't thank you enough.
No problem- happy to help in any way I can! That's a big upgrade- enjoy!
I have a ryzen5800x a 6600 (bout to get an 6700xt) and 32gb of ram, the game runs at 90 plus fps, but stutters and skips. why would i upgrade any more if its like this still, my vega 64 didnt stutter at 40-70 fps with an amd 3600
I have a scavenged together rig running a 5600 non x and a 1080ti. 64gb of ddr4 ram and a 980p m2. Ran pretty good on high settings running 1440 rez. But after i replaced my original ram with the fastest cl ram i could find and bumped it up to 3600mhz, it made a huge difference. The speed and latency of the ram cannot be understated in sc.
11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-11900KF @ 3.50GHz 3.50 GHz
32.0 GB (31.8 GB usable)
Nividia Geforce 1060 6gb
SSD 111 GB
I've played it before, but it I was stuck at 1080p resolution on a 2k monitor. That was with a i7 and I managed to get stable frames.
How much fps would you reckon I'll get with this?
Im unfortunately stuck with the 1060 since I can't afford shit right now :((
I'm running the following: i7 13700k, 64GB DDR5 RAM, Nvidia RTX 4090, star citizen and OS running from a nvme and I struggle to get over 30ps no matter what I do. I've tuned everything, tried overclocking the CPU and nothing, nothing works. I do run at 1440p, I've tried running it at different resolutions and nothing improves the performance
Its the same story with the game Squad. They also started this game a long time ago and it works perfectly with a GTX970, but people with a new expensive PC have a worse experience than me with my antique PC. The old cards are technically different and can represent the old games much better. So I'll wait a while before getting a new PC
16GB only works because behind the scenes Windows automatically expands the pagefile up to 32GB in size. the game needs at least 40GB combined ram and pagefile
Thanks! This must have taken a lot of work and I appreciate it.
I have a ryzen 7 and a 3060 and I cannot get over 45 fps. What's up with that?
Which ryzen 7 for you have?
i9 unlocked, 64gb ram and 8gb graphic card and i was needed to issue a refund on the game becouse i couldn't play the game. on low settings i've got 25fps when i was lookin on the ground. i don't know if i need a 24gb video or what
Which i9 do you have?
@@tenpoundfortytwo i got the i9-13900K and the ram memory is a Kingston FURY Beast DDR5 6000MHz, the graphic is a MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GAMING X TRIO 8GB. i know the graphic card is not so modern but it should run the game without shuttering or something.
The 3060 should be getting a lot more than that as long as you're not running at a crazy resolution. Star citizen doesn't play well with Intel's e cores- Id try turning them off in the bios and see if it performs better.
I played on a basic shadow up until about 3.17. It did okay but playing on a very out of date local machine was a much better experience.
Wow reading through the list of PC builds in the pinned comment seems to show a huge team red victory for GPU. I wonder if its for the same reason as me, more vram... Might be interesting if you did a poll on GPUs used by your subs. Team red, green or blue.
Yeah it is interesting! It's been a while since I did a gpu poll- good idea, thanks!
Ive tried shadow for a while, but it looked like there was something wrong, maybe it was running on HDD back than.
Current specs (still;));
AMD Ryzen 5900X
32GB 3200MHz
3070 8GB
Game ran pretty ok at 1440p, but i feel like im missing a few frames for +60 fps experience. Aka recommending a slightly better setup (most likely CPU)
Tried DSR to run at 3k but missing the vram
Yeah shadow did feel like it was using a HDD- but not according to the specs!
60FPS is really hard to hit, even for the top systems. The 5800X3D would be an upgrade for you- but the 5900X is still very capable!
i watched this hoping that maybe my computer was maybe just out of date for star citizen since the newer update because i now crash on loading into the game every single time i try. i run an nvidia 2070super max, intel 10875H, 8gb ddr6 vram, 8 core 16 threads at 5.1 ghz. ive tried everything short of reinstalling windows and factory resetting my computer. game ran surprisingly well before in my opinion. always good fps with very few stutters.
I have a Intel i5 12600k
3070ti
1TB SSD (wd blue sn570 1tb)
64GB RAM
AND MY SHI RUNS AT 30FPS AND 20 SOMETIMES.
Thats star citizen for you unfortunately! That's a good system, hopefully with some optimisation in the future you'll be fine
I have a Ryzen 5 3600 and a 5700xt. Game runs okay when out in space, but in cities it is around 15-20 fps. Sometimes its even 10fps or less. Might be because I only have 16GB of ram. This PC used to feel so fast but now modern games turned it into a snail :(
What kind of fps would an i5-12400f and rx 7600 get?
Not run the game yet, Wondering if my specs are ...ok... specs or just not worth trying till I upgrade? Running a Ryzen 7 3800x,Nvdia 2080Ti with 2666 mhz Ddr 4 16gb, My main worry would be the ram, with only 16gb.
Game is free right now to check out: robertsspaceindustries.com/iae2953#/schedule/welcome (make sure you get a referral code for some free in game money if you buy).
It will run on that system- might need to manually set the page file if you find you are crashing.
See how it runs, but I'd probably recommend picking up 32GB of RAM and if you can afford it the 5800X3D would be a big CPU upgrade!
@tenpoundfortytwo, interesting addition of the laptops. I've got a Lenovo Legion 7, 3080 16GB with the i7-11800H. It's only got 16gb, I'd be happy to upgrade it to 32gb, just not sure how much the i7-11800H would hold me back.
Nice machine! 32gb would likely help smoothness, but it wouldn't give you any noticeable improvement in fps. If it's not too expensive and you can get a faster kit than you already have (check compatibility with your laptop), it's probably worth doing.
Great video as always, love your in depth testing. Its so weird for me that CIG just won't change the requirements on their website. Few days ago i realised that now, when you buy game package, you have to confirm that you have seen the system requirements, which in theory is great, its good to let people now what PC they need before buying as Star Citizen is very demanding, but oh my god the requirements on the website are so far off the actual minimum system spec
Thanks! It's pretty crazy that they haven't changed them!
Hi I have a Ryzen 7 700X, 16GB and an Nvidia GTX 1060 and before buying the game I would like to know if I could play it without problems
Game is free right now to check out: robertsspaceindustries.com/iae2953#/schedule/welcome (make sure you get a referral code for some free in game money if you buy).
The GTX 1060 will struggle a bit, but it will run the game. Is the cpu a 7700X or something else (maybe a 1700X)?
Best to try it out and see how it performs!
Is a 7700x
That will be great for SC, the 1060 is right on the borderline of playable at 1080p, you might need to turn off the volumetric clouds
@@tenpoundfortytwo thanks for your help and availability
can i play star citize wite cpu AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor
and a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Yeah it will run with that! You might be fairly CPU bound in the city, but it will be playable (for SC).
Isn't it true that once they're fully complete with their Gen12 update and they bring in Vulkan that then the game will be more GPU bound rather than CPU bound?
Plus, are you running Win11?
Yep win 11.
I'm hopeful that vulkan will make a difference to performance, but I'm doubtful that it's going to take us from cpu bound to gpu. Hopefully we'll find out soon rather than later!
@@tenpoundfortytwo I thought the whole point of Gen12 was to get the engine up to snuff in utilizing the CPU more efficiently and offloading more to the GPU. Especially with Vulkan and how draw calls are performed and a more asynchronous render pipeline. So I'm really hoping all that will ship the focus more on the GPU.
Regarding Win11 vs 10. Any pros/cons about SC?
I have lot of problems stability with my provisory setup, msi b550 gaming plus, 16gb ram 3200, ryzen 9 5950x, and RX 6600, gigabyte 750w gold plus, i must change something for more compatibility performance ?
Are these Specs good enough to play it on 20 FPS: Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 Gaming Notebook - Intel® Core™ i7-13700HX - 16GB - 1TB SSD - NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 4060
Yeah should be pretty decent with that machine. You might want to turn off ecores, and potentially upgrade to 32gb of ram at some point, but should be very playable on than machine. Here's a slightly slower laptop example: th-cam.com/video/XnmPxXCmeaM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=hEprJtogGvQ4x5Ru
This is actually incredible info, thank you so much for making it.
No problem!
I have Ryzen 7 3700x RTX 3070ti 16 gigs of ram and an SSD. planning on upgrading my ram soon is there any good reason to go to 64?
I don't think so, unless you run a lot of stuff in the background or have a particular use case for 64GB!
How quickly does the game become more demanding? If I aimed for slightly above minimum specs would it still probably be playable a year or two down the line?
I don't want to waste money trying to run the game now if it's going to be worse shortly down the line.
I own a laptop with a i5 10500H, runs great until the sudden fps drops. So your 11800H checks out.
i have Ryzen 7 5800X 16GB RAM and GTX 1650, would I be able to play it? ( I also have an SSD to download it to )
It'll run, but the 1650 is under what I would recommend, you will probably have to drop the resolution to 720p or us some upscaling!
Nice overview mate. It would be a nice idea to always say which GPU you use (on screen) in your CPU tests.
Good call! I always explain in the original videos- but when I chop up the older ones into something like this, it would be helpful! Thanks!
How will the ryzen r9 AI 370 HX with 32gb lpddr5x ram at 7500 mhz do? Graphics and Radeon 890m
Gonna run this with 1650 gtx and Ryzen 5 3500....wish me luck...btw great video...i will leave a sub!
Should just about run!
i have i5-12400f and rtx 4060 16gb ddr4 (going to upgrade 32gb) and nme drive or what name was.... is my computer enough to play that game? i don't care graphics i just want smooth game
Well, no-one gets 'smooth' gameplay, but that machine should run it pretty well! There is a free flight event coming up on the 17ht- I'd suggest trying it out for free then!
im playing on a Asus Strix OC gtx 970 on Alpha 3.23.1 with 30-90 FPS on low with TSR performance (1080p) it doesnt look that bad and it IS playable. I need to upgrade my Ram though. 16GB is not that much.
Great videos mate !
I found your channel when I was digging on star citizen xD
With you experince could this work?
7600x
32gb ddr5
7900xtx
Its either I get the 7600x with a massive gpu or 7800x3d with a lesser gpu ( Im not only bulding it for star citizen)
How do you think its gonna perform? Mainly on 2k or maybe 4k not sure yet
Thanks!
Yeah that looks like a great system (should be able to push 4K around 60FPS in SC with the 7900XTX). I would be tempted by the 7800X3D, but the 7600X is still very good- you can always upgrade later!
@@tenpoundfortytwo thank you for the reply dude
Yeah ordered the 7900xtx nitro yesterday
And gonna get the 7600x for now ( maybe upgrade it when 8000 cpus drop since its the same socket)
Do you think it could hit 60+ on 2k ?
I'm running an i7 and geforce 3060 it runs pretty smooth
I can nearly get a stable 30fps on the amd 7840U which is a APU no dedicated graphics at all. Plan to get the 8840U win max 2 when it's available and I'm betting it will be a bump enough for constant 30 fps.
as someone who tried using a 1660 super. no it doesnt run on a 1660 , it will freeze constantly and nothing will load up and you will fall through the ground
Reckon it would work with i5 7400k gt1070?
It should run, but the CPU is likely going to hold back the 1070. There should be a free fly event coming up in the next few months so you could wait for that if you want to try it for free!
Got a i5 8400K
GTX 1070 OC
16gb ram dd4 2666mhz UPDATE, 32GB. Today(yaaayy)
2tb m2 ssd.
1000W net supply
Can't play at all.m, just crashing.
Hmm, that should definitely run (probably not that well, but it should run)- have you tried manually increasing the size of your pagefile? Some locations can cause 16gb of ram to crash.
@@tenpoundfortytwo Think so to. I am really hoping that 32 gigabytes of RAM will make it flow better. My friend told me that I should use high on the graphic settings.
He said it will Load the GPU instead of the CPU. What is your thoughts about that, do you think it will run better?
Ryzen 5 3600 with RX5500xt, game definitely struggles is cities.
Ryzen 9 3900X 12c/24t - 32GB RAM - NVMe (non-OS drive) - GTX1080Ti at 1440p. I get around 28 - 40 in cities, 45 - 60+ in lower load zones. Pagefile set to 20GB - 32GB on non-OS SC drive. NVidia shader cache set to 5GB. I'm planning to upgrade to RX 6800XT next.
I'd have a think about popping a 5800x3d instead of the 3900x before switching gpu. Although the 1080ti must be creaking at 1440p, the 5800x3d would probably make gameplay feel smoother overall.
So which CPU is great around 400-500? I was thinking abiut getting AmD 7 7800X3D but getting mixed reviews
My 8700 nonK seems to be a Warhorse after all in this Category. Sadly, it was really expensive back in the Day. Got it for free last year because "its old now" hehe.
Good to know. I used the Account of a Friend to test SC in my System. Sadly, i startet in Loreville without knowing :D I considered it unplayable paired with my RX 6600 in 2560x1080. But i guess i'll have to check out other Systems/Places.
I know about the menu shenanigans and how the Presets behave. What a mess. It "works" but it is not a great experience tbh. I a not coming from Planet "Everything under 60 is unplayble". Look at my Specs. But below 20 was hard. I found out, later, that Loreville has or could be the Problem. Also, i would consider Starfield a bit better running. Different Problems i would say.
Hey
I've gained some interest to play Star Citizen recently because of it's space exploration like style but I'm wondering if my specs are good?
I don't mind running at like 720P low everything I'm more for the fun
My specs are
i5-2400 (fairly dated)
GT 1030 (It was on a sale i had to buy it)
16GB ddr3 ram
1TB HDD (it's fairly old and slow though)
SC is currently free to play, so you can try it, but I'm not even sure the 1030 will be able to open it. The cpu and the hdd are also going to be a big problem unfortunately. Best case scenario will be a very very stuttery experience I'm afraid!
@@tenpoundfortytwo Ah gotcha
Thanks for the help, really appreciate it 😄👍
Considering the pvp nature of the game I really hope certain things like clouds are unable to be disabled. The moment you start playing the "I get an advantage by turning down settings" then it's simply a race to the bottom.
The problem is that volumetric clouds are quite computationally expensive to run.
Without the ability to turn something like that off you are just shutting players with lower performing machines out entirely (not exactly a good strategy for an MMO).
Now instead of a "race to the bottom" which is accessible to (just about) everyone you have a "race to the wallet" where the person with the most expensive rig has a much greater advantage over those who are stuttering at 10 fps.
Competitively-minded players are ALWAYS going to initiate a 'race to the bottom' no matter what you do, but in the grand scheme of things that's ultimately the fairest solution for everyone. Everyone can turn off expensive effects like clouds to compete, not everyone can just go out and buy a top of the line GPU/CPU to compete.
@@arstulex I dont really have sympathy for those with weaker machines tbh. People have basically had 10 years to save up. (with many spending their money on spaceships instead of putting it into the piggy bank). 5 dollars a week put in a piggy bank over 10 years would give you. 2600 dollars.
All games have a minimum spec if you want to have decent performance. I hope that Star Citizens are ultimately high. I do understand your what you are getting at, however star citizen is meant to push the envelope. People should have an appropriate machine.
@@XellithUS MMO's as a matter of principle pretty much have to accomodate for the widest audience possible. Locking the ability to be competitive (or even have enjoyable FPS) in the game behind having a top-of-the-line PC is just an objectively terrible idea.
Not many people are going to be interested in making a multi-thousand dollar purchase for the sake of being able playing a single game at a reasonable level.
Ultimately, "pushing the envelope" can't come before accessibility when your goal is to make an MMO with a decent playerbase.
Just purchased a 5900x today to go along with my 6900xt. I'm hoping the combo will give me a decent level of stability.
Don't you just love it when the function of word fails to work for some people. The minimum specs are not the recommended specs. That is kind of why they have the recommended spec listed right by the minimum spec. Functional is the minimum not playable. Playable is the recommended. The next problem is that playable is subjective. Some have much higher standards. I find 60fps is my minimum playable condition and why I have 3090 Ti with a 5800X3D and 32GB RAM.
I can tell you my ryzen 1600, corsair 32gb 2400, rx580 red devil, samsung sata ssd just dont cut it. Haven't played since November.
The good news is that if you whack a 5800X3D and a newer GPU you'd have a great system for SC!
@@tenpoundfortytwo My AB350 board won't support that CPU and my ram is extremely slow for AMD in general.
I came back here to say though, it seems the pagefile is extremely important. I started playing again the next day after my initial comment here. I was getting a crash to desktop every 75-90 minutes guaranteed. Checked the logs and got an Out of Memory error each time. My pagefile was set to 12GB to match the 16GB of ram I had at the time I set it two years ago. I never increased it after upgrading to 32GB back in 2022. Well I decided to double it to 24GB to make it 66% of my ram (like it used to be) and I haven't had an Out of Memory CTD since. I play at least 4 hours a day.
@mstrickk1 good stuff with page file! Shame that your board won't support 5000 series cpus, I thought most of the 300 series boards had been made compatible. I assume the 3000 series cpus are compatible- even those would be a pretty big upgrade from the 1600.
@@tenpoundfortytwo My particular Gigabyte board (AB350 gaming) is a real pile of **** that has given me issues from day one with everything from USB resetting or getting knocked off entirely until reset, RAM randomly slowing down and throwing errors, storage drives (I have 4, 2 hdd 2 ssd) slowing to a crawl or flat out hanging for minutes at a time, audio glitching out and sounding like the matrix, etc. Basically anything can happen with this board and I'm not willing to throw the best CPU on it and tax it even harder. I'm looking into a 5700x and some 3200MHz ram for Christmas, possibly, to at least get a better experience in SC. Newer mobo would be next.
Do you have any 6000 AMD GPU's?
Do they fair better? Like a 6800XT.
I should have a 6600 arriving today- so I should be able to find out whether the newer AMD cards perform well. It should easily out perform my 1660- I'll aim to get a video out in the next couple of weeks!
@@tenpoundfortytwo was looking into it again aftet being disappointrd with starfield. I have a 5800x3d, 6800xt and 32gb dual rank 3466-cl16. How would the PU run you rekon
@The_Noticer. should run pretty well (for SC at least), the 5800x3d is good! The game is free to play until the end of today (not sure exactly what time)- best to try it before you buy! Make sure you get a referral code for some extra stuff if you decide to buy!
Would a ryzen 7 7700 with 4060ti be good?
Yep would be a decent option at 1080p and just about capable of 1440p!
Good update thanks alot!
i actually built my current (first ever) PC with help from your previous guide and it's been running SC as expected. AMD 5600g, 16gb 3200mHz, RTX A2000 12gbVRAM (more effecient 3050 basically). This guide is a cool update to have on the info, and i'm happy i slightly overbuilt compared your last one ahah
Nice system! Yeah that should be a good bit quicker than my minimum!
@@tenpoundfortytwo it is abit yeah but only on 1080p and usually needs clouds turned off to run cities above 30fps. next upgrade will be ram
If you have more than 32 gigs, will star citizen use it?
I don't believe it will make any difference to SC's performance (unless you have lots of programs and chrome tabs running in the background).
Always a pleasure tô watch your conclusions
Very kind, thank you!
Another great video mate! Keep them coming!
Love your stuff! You have the perfect timing for me, aince i am currently building a PC for a new SC fan as an unexpected present.
This helps tremendously!
Glad I could help!
Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core Processor + RX 7900 XT ...... still fps very low , and i can't get out of the bed and leave the room =.=
I would recommend popping a 5800X3D in for the 3800X, should give you a significant boost in performance.
My i7-8700 is at 100% what are you setting
What if your gpu? It might just be that the gpu is powerful enough to let the cpu run at max.
My 9900k with 3060 did quite well in star citizen. 9900k with a770 is unplayable for that game. Thinking of going back to rtx 3k series.
Sir, I think you drop this 👑
How comfortably will my pc run star citizen?
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4060 8 GB
16 GB DDR4-3200 Ram
Intel® Core™ i5 13400F (13th Generation)
Should run pretty well (for Star citizen) at 1080p. SC doesn't play well with ecores so you might want to turn them off either in the bios or using another method (Google should point you in the right direction).
The game won't run well compared to any other proper game, but it should be playable enough on your system!
Thanks @@tenpoundfortytwo
thank you so much, this is so useful for me
Glad it was helpful!
i got an i5 11400H and a 3060 16gb ram, im i gud?
Yep should be plenty to get you in the game! There will likely be a free flight event coming up pretty soon so you can see how it performs for free!
What graphic settings you recommend with the minimum spec mention in the video (R5 3600 + GTX 1660)?
Quality: Very High or High?
In all of the testing that I've done it doesn't really make much difference, so I tend to leave it on very high!
i have GTX 1650, should it work?
It'll work but you might want to drop the resolution to make it playable!
i have been having wories bc people said that the game is not playable at 16gb
thanks man
It will definitely run- but 32gb is smoother and a better experience!
Just subed!! Great info and much needed...but a question as I am a total pc gaming noob
but did buy a ASUS a while back.
It's a ASUS ROG G512 Strix i7 RTX 2070 (G-6)
Model G512LW-WS74 laptop
Will it work ok??
I want to play Star Citizen so much! lol
Do you know what model of i7 it has? There should be a free flight event coming up in the next month or so, so you can test it out for free!
@@tenpoundfortytwo Thanks for responding so fast!
It's an i7-10870H/BGA
Intel Model: AX201NGW
@@ahhotep1833 I think it might struggle in the cities, but I reckon it will just about be playable!
Thought it might be borderline at best lol
It is future proofed so the internals are upgradable
I will look into that.
I do want to build my own gaming pc
and well aware of the learning curve lol
But that way I can get the biggest bang for my buck, I think lol
Thanks for your help!!
Watching your PC Build for 2023 video now
Will check out your channel too