Specs Advice

[Chris2pher]

Hi all. I thought I had a pretty decent PC but Ascended changed all that. Bit of advice on what to upgrade first?

I have 16GB RAM, my processor is a Ryzen 5 2600 and the graphics card is a Radeon RX 580.

Which do you think is holding me back the most? Thanks.

[Cryptix]

Your graphics card definitely.
Though I would follow up with the processor then the RAM after that.

I have 16GB RAM, my processor is the i5 8600k and I have a 3080. I can run the game decently well on high-mixed settings. My processor is my massive bottleneck if I ever run into any issues, my GPU is that much of an overkill.

I have never run into a RAM issue thus far but I think I will at some point or if I decide I want to have 50 chrome tabs, ASA and Netflix open at the same time.

[Cryptix]

To put it into perspective, my GPU is about 120~150% more powerful than yours but my CPU is only about 15-20% more powerful.

[DrunkenOrca]

Everything counts. latest i9-666KF wont worth a penny on TomatoBoard motherboard, and so on ...

[Chris2pher]

Originally posted by Cryptix:

Your graphics card definitely.
Though I would follow up with the processor then the RAM after that.

I have 16GB RAM, my processor is the i5 8600k and I have a 3080. I can run the game decently well on high-mixed settings. My processor is my massive bottleneck if I ever run into any issues, my GPU is that much of an overkill.

I have never run into a RAM issue thus far but I think I will at some point or if I decide I want to have 50 chrome tabs, ASA and Netflix open at the same time.

Great, thank you!

[Chris2pher]

Originally posted by DrunkenOrca:

Everything counts. latest i9-666KF wont worth a penny on TomatoBoard motherboard, and so on ...

I have the B450 Tomahawk Max. Will that do if I want to upgrade to Arc's recommended specs?

[Cryptix]

Originally posted by Hell's Bells:

Originally posted by Cryptix:

Your graphics card definitely.
Though I would follow up with the processor then the RAM after that.

I have 16GB RAM, my processor is the i5 8600k and I have a 3080. I can run the game decently well on high-mixed settings. My processor is my massive bottleneck if I ever run into any issues, my GPU is that much of an overkill.

I have never run into a RAM issue thus far but I think I will at some point or if I decide I want to have 50 chrome tabs, ASA and Netflix open at the same time.

Great, thank you!

No problem, glad to chime in!
Would be good to see if anyone disagrees with me or has better advice, but I am glad I was hopefully able to help.

[Chris2pher]

Originally posted by Cryptix:

Originally posted by Hell's Bells:

Great, thank you!

No problem, glad to chime in!
Would be good to see if anyone disagrees with me or has better advice, but I am glad I was hopefully able to help.

One more thing. The recommended graphics card according to the makers, is an AMD Radeon RX 6800. That's a bit expensive for me. Do you know of a cheaper alternative that will do the trick?

[RobbIe]

First change video card.
I owned an AMD Radeon RX 580 too. I exchanged this to a new RX 7800 XT from Saphirre. I'm very satisfied with this new card. ASA is running fine, even with epic settings. The fans are very quiet.
I produce YouTube videos (channel Robbie's Games) and my video production program use the GPU to process videos. To compare the power of the cards: with my RX 580 a processing of a video with 1 hour length took 30 minutes. With the new RX 7800 it takes only 10 minutes now.

[Chris2pher]

Originally posted by RobbIe:

First change video card.
I owned an AMD Radeon RX 580 too. I exchanged this to a new RX 7800 XT from Saphirre. I'm very satisfied with this new card. ASA is running fine, even with epic settings.
I produce YouTube videos and my video production program use the GPU to process videos. To compare the power of the cards: with my RX 580 a processing of a video with 1 hour length took 30 minutes. With the new RX 7800 it takes ony 10 minutes now.

Thanks man that's really helpful. Do you perhaps know of a slightly cheaper GPU that will do a similar job? Maybe not epic settings, but one below?

[RobbIe]

Originally posted by Hell's Bells:

Originally posted by RobbIe:

First change video card.
I owned an AMD Radeon RX 580 too. I exchanged this to a new RX 7800 XT from Saphirre. I'm very satisfied with this new card. ASA is running fine, even with epic settings.
I produce YouTube videos and my video production program use the GPU to process videos. To compare the power of the cards: with my RX 580 a processing of a video with 1 hour length took 30 minutes. With the new RX 7800 it takes ony 10 minutes now.

Thanks man that's really helpful. Do you perhaps know of a slightly cheaper GPU that will do a similar job? Maybe not epic settings, but one below?

If you need to spend money for a new card now, it makes no sense to buy an outdated older one to save money. I used the RX 580 6 years now and expect to use the 7800 this duration too. There is no cheaper one, which will do the job well, even as the 6800

[Chris2pher]

Originally posted by RobbIe:

Originally posted by Hell's Bells:

Thanks man that's really helpful. Do you perhaps know of a slightly cheaper GPU that will do a similar job? Maybe not epic settings, but one below?

If you need to spend money for a new card now, it makes no sense to buy an outdated older one to save money. I used the RX 580 6 years now and expect to use the 7800 this duration too.

Fair comment, I may just have to splash out, thanks.

[LittleBallOfPurr]

The peeps over on the Linus Tech Tips forum are absolutely amazing for helping with all things PC related. They'll happily take your PC specs, your budget and your goals, then turn that into a parts list including price and where to buy.

[Chris2pher]

Originally posted by LittleBallOfPurr:

The peeps over on the Linus Tech Tips forum are absolutely amazing for helping with all things PC related. They'll happily take your PC specs, your budget and your goals, then turn that into a parts list including price and where to buy.

Oh okay thanks I'll check them out!

[margalus]

Stay away fro Linus Tech Tips at all costs. They are scammers

[LittleBallOfPurr]

Originally posted by margalus:

Stay away fro Linus Tech Tips at all costs. They are scammers

How can an online forum of people offering free advice be scammers?