ARK: Survival Ascended

ARK: Survival Ascended

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Rogred Nov 7, 2023 @ 9:36am
How well will it run on my machine?
I'm on the fence with buying this game 'cause of the reviews and high price.

RTX 3070
i7-10700k @ 3.80GHz
16 gb ram
M.2 SSD
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doombringer18720 Nov 7, 2023 @ 9:40am 
RTX 3070
i9-10900k
32 gb ram

runs on default medium on 1080p at around 30-60 fps with dlss on balanced and everything including vol clouds left on
PlayerNumber03 Nov 7, 2023 @ 10:04am 
Originally posted by Blackout:
It doesn't matter how good your PC is. You are still very likely to have a huge number of crashes in a short space of time.

I think I've had one or two crashes in 30 hours of gameplay.



Originally posted by Rogred:
I'm on the fence with buying this game 'cause of the reviews and high price.

RTX 3070
i7-10700k @ 3.80GHz
16 gb ram
M.2 SSD

It'll run fine, might want to invest in some more RAM at some point. Look into a guide for disabling sky effects (volumetriccloud, volumetricfog, etc) and you'll be fine. You can turn foliage and foliage interaction off as well.
Skons Nov 7, 2023 @ 10:10am 
It is really hit or miss. :steamsad:

Some people have smooth sailing and others are riddled with crashes.
I am somewhere in between with a i9-13900H and RTX4070. Managing to get 45 - 60FPS with mostly high settings. I do get the DXGI Device Hung crash a lot. Sessions range from 5 minutes to 3 hours.
Most solutions posted have not worked for me, but I'm fiddling.
Jrm Nov 7, 2023 @ 10:13am 
It is Unoptimized.

It runs pretty decent on A 6950XT at 1440P, 100% screen Resolution, No Upscale, AFMF on. This is at all Epic Settings too except Global illumination and Shadows to High.
70FPS - 100ish playing Single Player solo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6svzILZ5k8w

In Multiplayer on a big server even on an Rtx 4090 Rig your FPS can dip in half out of nowhere with a top of the line cpu.
Mordiaky Nov 7, 2023 @ 10:14am 
it will crash... trust me, I do not even need to look at your specs.. the game will just crash!
PlayerNumber03 Nov 7, 2023 @ 11:11am 
Originally posted by Blackout:
@PlayerNumber03

Within a few days I probably had over 1000 crashes. But it's nice that there is a rare exception like you and a few others.

CPU: Intel® Core i9-9900K 8X 3.6 / 5GHz
MBD: ASUS ROG Strix Z390-F Gaming
RAM: 2x G.Skill Aegis DIMM Kit 16GB, DDR4-3000, CL16-18-18-38 = 32GB
GPU: ASUS TUF RTX 3080 Ti OC 12GB
SSD: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 2TB (WIN10)
SSD: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 4TB (Steam, Games and more)

If this is true, then you have a persistent software issue and isn't necessarily the fault of the game. The crash reports tell you why the game crashed. You'd just have to read it and look into it.

Your specs look like you upgraded your GPU and probably didn't do a full wipe of your graphics drivers before installing the 3080ti drivers. We could look at your crashes if you have an example.



Originally posted by <XS>Jrm:
It is Unoptimized.

It runs pretty decent on A 6950XT at 1440P, 100% screen Resolution, No Upscale, AFMF on. This is at all Epic Settings too except Global illumination and Shadows to High.
70FPS - 100ish playing Single Player solo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6svzILZ5k8w

In Multiplayer on a big server even on an Rtx 4090 Rig your FPS can dip in half out of nowhere with a top of the line cpu.

Yeah people tend to forget that early access games aren't in a release state when it comes to optimizations.
Skunks Nov 7, 2023 @ 11:14am 
If you dont CRASH Like MAD 40 50 FPS on High at 1080p DONT BUY YET WAIT FOR IT TO BE FIXED!!!!
DeafBlindGamer Nov 7, 2023 @ 11:19am 
I have 2080 Q max 8gb
32g ram
legion Leovon laptop. You able to run it. I have to set my to med to play it.
Don't listen to the reviews they are not Real reviews The Game is in early access because it just came out so of course there are going to be bugs but Wild card will fix it just like they fixed the first game
I think your computer will do fine It has really pretty graphics and it is just really pretty
Kiwi Nov 7, 2023 @ 11:31am 
Originally posted by Blackout:
@PlayerNumber03

Within a few days I probably had over 1000 crashes. But it's nice that there is a rare exception like you and a few others.

CPU: Intel® Core i9-9900K 8X 3.6 / 5GHz
MBD: ASUS ROG Strix Z390-F Gaming
RAM: 2x G.Skill Aegis DIMM Kit 16GB, DDR4-3000, CL16-18-18-38 = 32GB
GPU: ASUS TUF RTX 3080 Ti OC 12GB
SSD: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 2TB (WIN10)
SSD: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 4TB (Steam, Games and more)
crashed depend on server tho, I never crashed in single player unless I truned my graphics up way to high, but on official pvp i crash alot more. Dont forget that
Kiwi Nov 7, 2023 @ 11:37am 
Originally posted by Blackout:
@Kiwi

I play single player, not on a server.

But of course everyone is free to defend this early access scam.
well seems youre just a child with no idea of fixing problems on your own, ofc the game is trashy just like the original was 8 years ago, we all know that, doesnt help anyone tho, it simply shows signs of missing braincells and lack of any solution, my game runs fine and my pc is cheaper than yours. Ig just git gud, no matter what it is, sounds like a mjor skill issue to me
Kiwi Nov 7, 2023 @ 11:38am 
Originally posted by Blackout:
@Kiwi

I play single player, not on a server.

But of course everyone is free to defend this early access scam.
Nobody is defending it, were stating what happened to us so our experince may help others, while you just sound salty about not being able to run the game, which imo looks damn great, shame you cant play it and enjoy it
PlayerNumber03 Nov 7, 2023 @ 11:41am 
Originally posted by Kiwi:
Originally posted by Blackout:
@Kiwi

I play single player, not on a server.

But of course everyone is free to defend this early access scam.
Nobody is defending it, were stating what happened to us so our experince may help others, while you just sound salty about not being able to run the game, which imo looks damn great, shame you cant play it and enjoy it

I think that this is the guy who was screaming about suing them over some EU policies regarding releasing games that are playable. I wonder if early access voids that, when you agree to purchase an incomplete game that may not be playable.

Also crying that a game is deemed unplayable if you need to disable all of the advanced graphics settings. Newsflash, pretty graphics aren't under the defined criteria of a playable game.
MystShade Nov 7, 2023 @ 11:44am 
Alot of people like to give their anecdotal stories when it crash so allow me to share you my 60h with 0 crash one : i7-8700 ; 3060 TI; 16GB
I did not need to "turn off" anything, it runs fine, stable 50 fps. we cant predict if you will crash or not, we don't know if the people crashing are overclocking, running unstable mods etc. we just know it is an issue for some. If you plan on hosting your own dedicated server however, you will need 32 GB.
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