And the Bottleneck Calculator says...Good for Laptop with GTX 1660 Ti. Really?

[japp_02]

I'm soon to buy a new desktop but in the meantime I'm interested in playing on my Rog Strix gaming laptop with a pretty decent processor but a sub-required grafic card:

Intel Core i7 9750H (up to 4.5 GHz)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (6 GB VRAM)
16 GB RAM
Laptop LCD 144Hz, 3ms

The Game Bottleneck Calculator gives me decent numbers for 1080p and 1440p, the resolutions I will play (who cares about 4K really...)
Here the details:

https://pc-builds.com/fps-calculator/result/0Tf13Z/9m/starfield/

But how realistic is that ??
Can anyone confirm these numbers having similar computer configurations?
If yes, then Bethesda is way wrong with its min requirements.

Thanks.

[H5N1]

1080P should be decent on medium. Those specs are quite a bit better than my Steam Deck and it "runs" on there at an almost playable 30ish FPS.

[japp_02]

Originally posted by H5N1:

1080P should be decent on medium. Those specs are quite a bit better than my Steam Deck and it "runs" on there at an almost playable 30ish FPS.

And if I play it I will play through portable NVMe 3.1 with this laptop. Good results with Just Cause 2 at max settings, still need to test Mass Effect Andromeda, ok games of 2010 and 2014 but if you max them you may see the first signs of emerging problems (as far as portable stuff is concerned).

But would SF really play bad if say, I cap it at 30 FPS?

[kdodds]

It's not realistic. The 1660TI can play it, but not well. In busy battles you can dip down to single digits, or near enough. I've 32GB on my laptop, i7 and 1660TI. You're going to need to bump it down to lowest and may even need to utilize some mod that removes all unnecessary dynamic objects. It runs okay-ish otherwise. But, in all honesty, I'd wait until you have a PC capable of giving it the power it requires. Or, subscribe to Gamepass for a month and see how it goes. But if you plan on eventually buying it on Steam anyway, heck, go ahead. Just don't say you weren't warned.

[japp_02]

Originally posted by kdodds:

It's not realistic. The 1660TI can play it, but not well. In busy battles you can dip down to single digits, or near enough. I've 32GB on my laptop, i7 and 1660TI. You're going to need to bump it down to lowest and may even need to utilize some mod that removes all unnecessary dynamic objects. It runs okay-ish otherwise. But, in all honesty, I'd wait until you have a PC capable of giving it the power it requires. Or, subscribe to Gamepass for a month and see how it goes. But if you plan on eventually buying it on Steam anyway, heck, go ahead. Just don't say you weren't warned.

Which processor do you have? This may be the cardinal difference...

[kdodds]

Same, 9750H. It's also clean, no unnecessary performance monitors or streaming software running. It's basically the GPU that is going to kill you, but the 16GB won't help either.

[H5N1]

This vid is a decent example the CPU is a tad better but it should give a decent idea. Perhaps if you want to go even lower than 1080P it might stay above 30FPS. One thing to note Starfield doesn't feel horrible at 30FPS but it gets a bit nuts once it goes lower than that.

https://youtu.be/Y30W0D8od4E?si=PmcIODsW4K1J2zCw

[jonnin]

up to a point the game feels optimized around the SSD. But at some point if you drive your computer too low, you will struggle, and as already said this box sounds too weak to do well. It may be tolerable, but it may also be annoying at times. There are only a small number of large space battles where it would chug up, but I would worry about like the zero g mission or physics in general like if you throw a grenade into an office type room and send 50 pens and coffee mugs flying.

[japp_02]

Originally posted by kdodds:

Same, 9750H. It's also clean, no unnecessary performance monitors or streaming software running. It's basically the GPU that is going to kill you, but the 16GB won't help either.

Yeah I was warned before that I should not be optimistic. But at least it's playable, thank you for your feedback, my chance that you have the same laptop, I wish you a nice gaming :)

[japp_02]

TYVM for the link and your feedbacks, maybe Steam will hit some discount for SF while I'm waiting for my new desktop...hey you never know...

[HeyYou]

Originally posted by japp_02:

TYVM for the link and your feedbacks, maybe Steam will hit some discount for SF while I'm waiting for my new desktop...hey you never know...

Huh? I always know...... :D

[Skumboni]

Lap tops were made for spread sheets, not gaming. Good luck.

[Mentally Unstable]

If you plan on engaging in the outpost system on a large scale, it might be too weak for that. Even stronger machines can face lag when having multiple cargo links and container links across many planets. Possibly due to all the calculations going on in the background.

If you are not go going to bother with the outpost system to such an extent, you might be able to scoot by with it.

[japp_02]

Originally posted by Skumboni:

Lap tops were made for spread sheets, not gaming. Good luck.

A gaming laptop is not a simple tablet...I think you are confusing objects here...