What graphics card do I need ?

[Professor]

I have an RX580 8 gb. Will it play Starfield ?

[Flippy]

I think so. A 2 GB will play Fallout 4 no problem, not the best looking but not to bad either with a 2 GB, its playable anyway.

An 8 GB should run Starfield on medium high settings i am guessing.

Something like 75% to 85% of the install size of video games is textures, and those require video memory storage to run properly and quickly, followed by RAM. So look at video memory size when getting video cards.

Video games are getting to the point textures wont get any larger because they are "photo realistic" is the term. Larger topic. The next consoles and video cards should be capable of photo realism full video games but not the current gen. The top games will of course be super expensive to make x10 manpower or something.

Have to assume photo realism is already around, but high fidelity movies are nothing new at all and IMAX has been around for 20 years at least, so its just video games catching up is all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0fHFCyOih0

[Bastila Shan]

What sort of settings can i get on a 3070ti?

[vonbleak]

Originally posted by Hoboslayer:

What sort of settings can i get on a 3070ti?

No one knows for sure man - But i think a 3070ti would easliy do 1080p on ultra and maybe 1440p on high... with at least a locked 60fps... But thats assuming there is no RT/DLSS which could change things up quite a bit...

[Professor]

I am worried that many new games need GTX 1070 or better . Will my RX580 8gb play these games ( RX580 does not have ray tracing ) ?

[vonbleak]

Originally posted by Professor:

I am worried that many new games need GTX 1070 or better . Will my RX580 8gb play these games ( RX580 does not have ray tracing ) ?

Play them yeah, but you will have to stick to 1080p and turn some settings down to get a decent frame rate... For now you should be ok...

[Freak4Leeks]

Bethesda games aren't known for their graphics, i imagine you'll be fine assuming your CPU is good as well.

You should try to upgrade if possible.

if the game has DLSS or FSR (FSR in your case) then that could help alot.

and also pray that it is optimized, i really don't want another boston where i STILL can't get stable 60 with a OC'ed 3080 and a OC'ed i7-8700k

[wtiger27]

Originally posted by Professor:

I am worried that many new games need GTX 1070 or better . Will my RX580 8gb play these games ( RX580 does not have ray tracing ) ?

I do not think a RX580 supports Ray Tracing. But I think you will be fine playing the game as long as you do not have high expectations on the settings for the game's graphics. It is dumb of a company to make a new game now, which has a very limited range of required system specs.

The reveal trailer video showed Starfield having some improved graphics over say Fallout 4, but nothing spectacular.

[F A B L E D]

This game is going to run on XBOX Series S. So a rule of thumb is that if you have played other games that also run on Series S, you will also be able to play this one.

[Wenzel]

Originally posted by F A B L E D:

This game is going to run on XBOX Series S. So a rule of thumb is that if you have played other games that also run on Series S, you will also be able to play this one.

Does this mean a Geforce GTX 1060 6GB is good enough for Starfield?

[F A B L E D]

Originally posted by Wenzel:

Originally posted by F A B L E D:

This game is going to run on XBOX Series S. So a rule of thumb is that if you have played other games that also run on Series S, you will also be able to play this one.

Does this mean a Geforce GTX 1060 6GB is good enough for Starfield?

Without question. But, of course, not likely with everything on Ultra in 1440p and expecting 60fps ^^

[Wenzel]

Originally posted by F A B L E D:

Originally posted by Wenzel:

Does this mean a Geforce GTX 1060 6GB is good enough for Starfield?

Without question. But, of course, not likely with everything on Ultra in 1440p and expecting 60fps ^^

Sounds good! I hope you're right.

[Ｓｏｌｉｄｕｓ Ｓｎａｋｅ]

Originally posted by Freak4Leeks:

Bethesda games aren't known for their graphics, i imagine you'll be fine assuming your CPU is good as well.

You should try to upgrade if possible.

if the game has DLSS or FSR (FSR in your case) then that could help alot.

and also pray that it is optimized, i really don't want another boston where i STILL can't get stable 60 with a OC'ed 3080 and a OC'ed i7-8700k

My GTX 1660 Super 6GB back when I was on a measly 3200g CPU played Fallout 4 on 4K, ultra with 4K HD texture packs off Nexus and ENB no problem. I'm on a 5700g now with the same card. How did you not get stable FPS with a much better GPU (3080) than mine? Never OC'd.

[Freak4Leeks]

Originally posted by OG Octuple OG:

My GTX 1660 Super 6GB back when I was on a measly 3200g CPU played Fallout 4 on 4K, ultra with 4K HD texture packs off Nexus and ENB no problem. I'm on a 5700g now with the same card. How did you not get stable FPS with a much better GPU (3080) than mine? Never OC'd.

I get stable 120 FPS everywhere but boston, if you get stable FPS there id love to see footage of that

[darkholyPL]

Originally posted by Professor:

I have an RX580 8 gb. Will it play Starfield ?

With a good enough CPU (as to not bottleneck the RX580, so.. any modern cpu in all honesty) that card can run Cyberpunk2077 on medium settings with around 50fps avg with no FSR, and about 60 with FSR enabled @1080p.
You'll be fine, as I doubt Starfield will be anywhere near as demanding as CP2077.
Also, any sane developer will obviously allow any RT features to be turned off in the options.

[Professor]

I own cyberbunk 2077 and it runs great on my i7 8700D, RX558, ram 32 gb.