Need Advice: ALienware, AMD vs. Nvidia for Starfield?

[burthole]

Hi everyone, so I thought I should upgrade to an Alienware R13 because Starfield needs a lot of power. The computer store guy was super nice and told me that AMD cards are better for Starfield, so he swapped my Nvidia card for a 6800XT for free. But my friend thinks the 6800XT isn't as good as the Nvidia one. I'm confused, is the game really better on AMD?

p.s. almost forgot, the nvidia card that originally came with the Alienware was a RT 4090

[Boe Jiden]

Well they were sponsoring AMD for starfield so I'd look into that if that's all you care about. Honestly though it was made dor xbox and ported to pc so becareful.

[Kai]

Alienware is overpriced for the component, about 30% of your payment is for the brand name.

Plus you don't know if they are throwing in cheap specifications on hardware for you.

You can use a moderate CPU and a moderate GPU for Starfield, just be mindful that you'd want a high RAM and VRAM capacity that is of modest speed as well since Bethesda games are 'data' hungry, not graphically demanding.

Even if you go with the best NVME SSD drives with the best speed, the game's engine isn't going to utilize it fully and I do not think they'll patch that.

And this game doesn't have DirectStorage, so tough luck on playing on Xbox Series S and hoping it'll be a consistent game (it's very buggy on consoles the longer you play the bigger the save file).

[dagdriver]

1: Stay clear of Alienware. 2: if he convinced you to swap an RTX4090 for a 6800XT, you were cheated.

[burthole]

Originally posted by dagdriver:

1: Stay clear of Alienware. 2: if he convinced you to swap an RTX4090 for a 6800XT, you were cheated.

But isn't AMD better for Starfeild?

[Kai]

Originally posted by Armadale:

Originally posted by dagdriver:

1: Stay clear of Alienware. 2: if he convinced you to swap an RTX4090 for a 6800XT, you were cheated.

But isn't AMD better for Starfeild?

Don't use 3rd party agency to build your PC for you unless you love to be ripped off.

I put this together in like 5 minutes of picking random parts that makes sense on the pcpartpicker site.

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZZ7Hz6

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor ($389.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($89.90 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard ($199.00 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($127.64 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus TUF-RX6800XT-O16G-GAMING Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB Video Card ($1189.00 @ Amazon)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Super Flower Leadex III Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($104.99 @ Newegg Sellers)
Total: $2284.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-09-24 03:00 EDT-0400

Just LEARN how to build a PC and take your time, it'll pay itself off tenfold.

[burthole]

Originally posted by Kai:

Originally posted by Armadale:

But isn't AMD better for Starfeild?

Don't use 3rd party agency to build your PC for you unless you love to be ripped off.

The computer was like almost $4500 with discount so I'm not worried about the price. I just wanted to make sure I got the best Starfield experience.

[Darth Zweig]

Assuming this isn't a troll post to get reactions... OP you got ripped the ♥♥♥♥ off.

[Affronter]

Let’s put it this way: AMD is for computer/gaming enthusiasts that are on welfare.

[Kai]

I didn't even put the price of Windows in there, but damn just the list I lay out is just half the price.

[Kai]

Originally posted by Affronter:

Let’s put it this way: AMD is for computer/gaming enthusiasts that are on welfare.

They are moderately good and is very usable for many games, just don't expect them to be supercomputers.

The same for Nvidia systems, don't buy the stupid marketing lingo they brainwash you with.

Build to a specific quality to the dollar per performance you want. 1080p? Save money, At least you don't have to deal with buyer's regret.

If someone wants to build a 1080p PC in today's graphical fidelity, I'd suggest they start with a $800 USD budget and try to cut down as much as they can.

For 1440p, you are around $1500 USD, for 4k, you might be hitting $2000 USD because the GPU puts the brunt of the work for the higher resolutions, not the other components.

A 4090 alone would eat up 75% of a 4k budget though.

[Kai]

Also you are fine using last generation high end hardware, you can still play today's games at fairly decent speeds and resolutions, just don't try to enable any of the niche or exclusive features because most AAA games are a unoptimized mess.

[Kai]

$4500 after savings for a full set of PC with a 4090?
I'd say that 4090 costed you about $2000.

Btw, you can probably get a Xbox Series X and a gamepass, and just play it on console for only $700 roughly, in terms of graphics there's not much difference from consoles to PC other than modding it in, and in terms of FPS, it's not very high but it's playable.

If you save on the cost of gaming, you can splurge on a gigantic flat screen TV so you can laze in a couch gaming instead of up close on a desk.

[burthole]

Originally posted by Zweig_Arvel:

Assuming this isn't a troll post to get reactions... OP you got ripped the ♥♥♥♥ off.

What do you mean isn't AMD the best for Starfield?

[Babylon Übermensch]

the 6800 should be better...

[burthole]

Originally posted by 8bmcb:

the 6800 should be better...

Thanks I was really worried maybe the RT4090 was better and the guy at the computer strore was taking advantage of me.