Radeon HD6970 good enough?

[Itharus]

Good enough? Not really saavy on the various models of graphics card. I saw AMD R7 listed but I have no earthly idea how old that is.

[Sekij]

Well its alot stronger than GT730 which is also on minimum requirements, so i think you should be fine. I allways like to compare bannerlord to Shogun 2 i think its quite close to Graphical performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5gDivspj4I

[Itharus]

Right on, thanks for the reply. I can run S2 fullbore :)

The nomenclature they use and constantly resets always drives me nuts... It'd be nice if everything was named like the card that I'm using, where the 6 represents the generation and the three digits after represent the model. That way you could tell precisely where you stood, you know?

Love the M&B series!

[bewest169]

The why that graphic cards are flooding the market prices right now are very cheap,check out Amazon,great prices right now,can really add life to an old PC

[Itharus]

Alas, this is the latest GPU my mobo will support. This is a very old core2quad system that has held up surprisingly well.

[Sekij]

And Amazon is even an expensive site... so you can find alot of cards cheaper. For germans "mindfactory.de" is the best site i think.

[Death]

Originally posted by Itharus:

Good enough? Not really saavy on the various models of graphics card. I saw AMD R7 listed but I have no earthly idea how old that is.

I also have a R6970 HD 2GB, and it won't be enough for this game. Infact, this game is one of the reasons I am getting a new PC.

[Itharus]

Why do you think it won't be enough? Sekij said it's stronger than the minimum requirement.

[Death]

Originally posted by Itharus:

Why do you think it won't be enough? Sekij said it's stronger than the minimum requirement.

Well, I have literally played hundreds of games and I have this graphics card for like 4 - 5 years I think.

And no, it's not stronger than the minimum requirements. The minimum requirements ask for a GPU of the r7 series, and you have a r6 series GPU. Also, Nvidia and AMD graphics card are completely different, and their performance depends in each game.

Unless you have a high-end AMD or Nvidia or whatever brand graphics card, then it isn't that important what brand the GPU belongs to.

By the way, I play Shogun 2 as well, and Mount and Blade games are completely different than Total War games. So it's stupid to compare Hardware perfomance within those 2 games.

And note the minimum requirements are to play the game in the lowest possible settings which are absolutely terrible. In my personal opinion, all games in order to be proper enjoyable must be played at least on Medium or High video settings in most cases.

Anyway, you still didn't mention about your RAM and CPU which are also very important pieces of hardware when it comes to play games, or to run any type of software in a computer.

Since you seem like someone who is a bit insecure about hardware requirements, add me on steam so we can talk about this and if you want, my advice on getting a new pc with some good hardware as well.

[Itharus]

The only thing keeping me from getting a new PC is cost v looming student loan repayment :-P

I love the gameplay of M&B. So long as I can get it to run at a point where it looks at least as good as the previous M&B games - I'm happy. Given how oldschool M&B looks - that's a pretty low bar, lol.

[Death]

Originally posted by Itharus:

The only thing keeping me from getting a new PC is cost v looming student loan repayment :-P

I love the gameplay of M&B. So long as I can get it to run at a point where it looks at least as good as the previous M&B games - I'm happy. Given how oldschool M&B looks - that's a pretty low bar, lol.

You will be able to run it that's for sure, but you will most likely run it with a severe low ammount of FPS all the time, especially in the middle of a city or in battles with more than 50 soldiers.

The gameplay won't even be enjoyable at this point and you will probably quit it as you can't run it properly at a stable "gameplay speed", which not only is annoying and frustating from my experiences playing games that demanded more powerful hardware than what I had in different computers.

You basicly have 1 year or around that till the game is released so, there's still time to think about getting a new PC, and hardware prices are always decreasing as time passes by.

[Sekij]

Originally posted by Richard:

Originally posted by Itharus:

Why do you think it won't be enough? Sekij said it's stronger than the minimum requirement.

And no, it's not stronger than the minimum requirements. The minimum requirements ask for a GPU of the r7 series, and you have a r6 series GPU. Also, Nvidia and AMD graphics card are completely different, and their performance depends in each game.

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Look closer its not just saying R7 series its says R7 240 and the R7 240 is much weaker than the HD6970.

Its like saying the GTX 980ti is worse than the GTX 1060 "because its newer" NO... thats not how it works :D When a Game says its minimum requirement is GTX 960 than you can be sure that you can play it with your GTX 770 or even 680 just FINE.

See 680 even outperform the 2 generation newer GTX 960 http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-960-vs-GeForce-GTX-680

Also i tryed to find Test for r7 240 and HD 6970

Here its for Skyrim oh wonder look how much better it runs on the 6970

R7 240 (and someothers) http://www.hardwareluxx.de/images/stories/galleries/reviews/2014/asus-r7-250-240/diagramme/skyrim-1920.png

HD6970 (and someothers) http://www.pcgameshardware.de/screenshots/original/2011/11/TES-V-Skyrim-Grafikkarten-Benchmarks-1920.png

Maybe the HD6970 wont be the best choice Bannerlord BUT the HD6970 IS ABOVE the Minimum Requirements.

Allways provide Sources for your claims !

[Itharus]

My skyrim soars along pretty well and it's using the high texture pack and I believe most the settings are maxed or at least on high. Handles Dragon Age: Inquisition well on high settings, too. So I'll still give BL a shot :)

[Death]

I have stated my opinion about this, if you wanna use ancient hardware that barely allows you to run the game and actually enjoy what you paid for, that's up to you.

I have stated my opinion and explained why a r6970 is simply not enough for Bannerlord, and probably for all decent looking 2016 games and so on.

By the way Skyrim is a 2011 game... a 5 year old game is expected to run smoothly on a r6970 since it was a very modern GPU at the time. In my skyrim I used community mods that enhanced graphics more than the Texture Packs you mentioned, and it still runned smoothly at 60 fps.

So again, Skyrim is another game that isn't a good example.

[VakoNako]

Honestly don't know what Richard is piffling about, the HD 6970 is more than enough for Bannerlord. It literally dumpsters the R7 240 so hard that it vanishes from existence. I dare say you'll run it even 60 fps on medium at least. Also this isn't a R6 card. That's a notebook GPU.
The only thing you might want to upgrade is that dual core, but you'll probably also need to get a mobo with it and considering you're tight on budget I guess that's not an option right now.

[Itharus]

Yeah not an option, sadly. Although it is a quad core - it's the generation right before they launched all the iSeries stuff. It's held up surprisingly well. It's only in the last 2-3 years that the more advanced games (those new shiny shooters, mostly) have given me any problems. As I mostly play RPG and Strategy games - it hasn't been that much of a problem yet :D

As for Skyrim being a 2011 game - well, yeah, but it was damned shiny for its time. Mount and Blade BL does not look better than it graphically, at least from the screenies and videos I've seen.