ARK dedicated server requirements and tips?

[Chris]

I'm looking to host a dedicated server with my friends on the same computer i am playing on. We are in total 6 player that are going to play at the same time.

Do you first of know a cheap and trustworthy server hosting website and also will i be able to play at around 50-60 fps like i normally do?

Would love to get some help with this.
Thanks!

[gamertaboo]

If you want to host for a few people AND play on the same PC at the same time you're going to need fairly decent hardware and a bit of system memory.

A lot of people use old laptops and stuff to host the server and it's not very demanding.

What are your Specs?

[ZánÐêr]

If you are hosting on your own computer, you don't need a server hosting site.

If you post your computer specs, we will be able to help you better.

[Ghost Ryder]

A dedicated server do not use much resorces to run.
If you have a half decent computer they wont be much of a problem.
You need to have like 16 gig of ram to run it well with like 3-5 players.

[Gran]

Originally posted by Ghost Ryder:

A dedicated server do not use much resorces to run.
If you have a half decent computer they wont be much of a problem.
You need to have like 16 gig of ram to run it well with like 3-5 players.

Excuse me? 16GB for a server that has 3-5 Players, if you installed the Server files they will do it with 4-6GB

[Ghost Ryder]

Originally posted by Gran:

Originally posted by Ghost Ryder:

A dedicated server do not use much resorces to run.
If you have a half decent computer they wont be much of a problem.
You need to have like 16 gig of ram to run it well with like 3-5 players.

Excuse me? 16GB for a server that has 3-5 Players, if you installed the Server files they will do it with 4-6GB

sure but he will be playing on the same computer

[Gran]

Originally posted by Ghost Ryder:

Originally posted by Gran:

Excuse me? 16GB for a server that has 3-5 Players, if you installed the Server files they will do it with 4-6GB

sure but he will be playing on the same computer

My bad, missed that. then 16GB it is :-)

[JRex]

unless you get a upgrade your fps will go down.

[Chris]

Originally posted by gamertaboo:

If you want to host for a few people AND play on the same PC at the same time you're going to need fairly decent hardware and a bit of system memory.

A lot of people use old laptops and stuff to host the server and it's not very demanding.

What are your Specs?

My specs are:
GTX 1060 6GB
16Gb RAM
3.4GHZ CPU
And i guess that is all you need to know.

[eliteangler]

I did what one of the other posters said. I used a laptop with 6 gb of ram as the dedicated server host. It worked good. I also used my machine (as a server and client) which is similar to yours in specs. Keep in mind, I only had 3 players on the servers (laptop and my machine).

[eliteangler]

Also, we have grown as a player base, so we decided to all pitch in and rent a server. The more players that join a dedicated server, the more RAM you will need.

[Chris]

Originally posted by eliteangler:

I did what one of the other posters said. I used a laptop with 6 gb of ram as the dedicated server host. It worked good. I also used my machine (as a server and client) which is similar to yours in specs. Keep in mind, I only had 3 players on the servers (laptop and my machine).

Did it work good when you used your machine?

[eliteangler]

Yes. It did. But, like I said, I only had 3 players, including me.

[gamertaboo]

Originally posted by Chris:

Originally posted by gamertaboo:

If you want to host for a few people AND play on the same PC at the same time you're going to need fairly decent hardware and a bit of system memory.

A lot of people use old laptops and stuff to host the server and it's not very demanding.

What are your Specs?

My specs are:
GTX 1060 6GB
16Gb RAM
3.4GHZ CPU
And i guess that is all you need to know.

Need to know what sort of 3.4GHz CPU you have. Is it like an 8 year old AMD CPU? Or is it a newer Intel i5 or i7? It sort of matters haha.

Having said that though you should be able to easily handle hosting and playing.

[Chris]

I have a I5 6500 3.2 GHZ not 3.4 mb