Best Graphic Card to play ark @ 1080p in 2020?

[Shinygati]

So it's been a longtime struggle for me and playing ark with my GTX 970 and will be upgrading soon, i just need to know the best graphic card to go for that will guarantee the best performance at epic settings on 1080p, if anyone knows please let me know.

[necaradan666]

At least a 1070 might not be entirely epic, preferably a 2080ti. I get great performance on all epic @1080p with a 1080ti. Kinda depends on the rest of your system too, bottlenecks, compatibility, how well you set it all up etc.

[Shinygati]

Originally posted by necaradan666:

At least a 1070 might not be entirely epic, preferably a 2080ti. I get great performance on all epic @1080p with a 1080ti. Kinda depends on the rest of your system too, bottlenecks, compatibility, how well you set it all up etc.

Well i'm not looking for something TOO overkill but regardless of settings unless i change res to like 720p from 1080p even with everything unticked and on low/off i still get a lot of random freezes in aberration, other maps run fine at 30-50fps without any problems but it's just an eyesore on abb.

My specs are:
I7 6700k
1TB SSD
16GB DDR4
750W PSU
Gigabyte GTX 970

[Gran]

Originally posted by Shinigati:

Originally posted by necaradan666:

At least a 1070 might not be entirely epic, preferably a 2080ti. I get great performance on all epic @1080p with a 1080ti. Kinda depends on the rest of your system too, bottlenecks, compatibility, how well you set it all up etc.

Well i'm not looking for something TOO overkill but regardless of settings unless i change res to like 720p from 1080p even with everything unticked and on low/off i still get a lot of random freezes in aberration, other maps run fine at 30-50fps without any problems but it's just an eyesore on abb.

My specs are:
I7 6700k
1TB SSD
16GB DDR4
750W PSU
Gigabyte GTX 970

on main problem of the 970 is the ♥♥♥♥ nvidia pulled with the Vram.
use some tool like HwMonitor/HWInfo to check how much VRam ARK uses and try to keep it below 3.5GB. That actually helps a bit with the freezes and stutter.

Else a good factory overclocked 1070 should be good for around ~60FPS@1080 all epic with some lowered Shadows. Anything above should work better ofc. It always depends on the amount of Building parts and Dinos you keep around.

[yimimoto]

The question comes down to how much you are willing to pay. What is your budget?

[PlayerNumber03]

A 970 should have respectable fps on high textures with shadows turned down and occlusions turned off. My girlfriend played on a 970 and I played on a 980 for years.

[Dragorin]

I recently upgraded from a 970. Money will be your deciding factor, not what should I buy but what can you afford. The next logical jump up from a 970 is a 1080, however in today's market you'll pay around 1000 - 1200 for a 1080ti, might as well do what I did and go all the way to a 2080ti for just a 200 more. If you can't afford a 1080 then your 970 should be handling Ark just fine.

I wanted the boost for Borderlands 3 as my 970 wasn't cutting it there to my satisfaction.

[HALO_run]

1080 or 1080ti what ever one you can find a good deal on

[Nova8]

CPU that will work to its full potential in accordance with your cpu is going to be a gtx 1060 6gb - this card matches your cpu perfectly in amount of power. If you want to strech that and get a card that can still be utilized and worth it I wouldn't go any farther then a gtx 1070 TI(or a cheaper but equivalent amd rx 5700 xt), anything more then that would just be overkill and a waste of money without upgrading the rest of your computer. The best bang for you buck in the mid graphics tier range is a rx 580 which I have in my current build and works completely fine, might not do ultra too smoothly but can pull through high without a problem. If you want the most cost effective however with a slight sacrifice off power I'd go with a rx 5500 xt

[Shinygati]

Thanks for the response guys, i can see now that going for the 2080Ti is probably the only way for 1080p 60fps considering how badly optimized this game is, it’s kinda sad really.

[KROM]

well my 1080ti holds a solid 60fps @ 1080p, what more would you want. (all epic settings maxed)

[margalus]

2060 super or 2070 super...

[Night]

Originally posted by Shinigati:

So it's been a longtime struggle for me and playing ark with my GTX 970 and will be upgrading soon, i just need to know the best graphic card to go for that will guarantee the best performance at epic settings on 1080p, if anyone knows please let me know.

When I played at 1080p I tried some different graphics cards at it started being decent from 1070 Ti and up, because the 1070 was just not enough. 1080 would have been perfect so I would say something equal to a 2070 or super today. 2060 super if you can lower some settings. I would say a 5700 XT would be perfect!

[Schrader]

I have a 1070ti and I can play epic with some things turned down to high and get 80fps consistently

[Veeshan]

Even the 1060 does quite well at 1080p, allowing you to turn on quite a few bells and whistles. There of course is no upper limit.

[Raza Priest]

Originally posted by Shinigati:

Thanks for the response guys, i can see now that going for the 2080Ti is probably the only way for 1080p 60fps considering how badly optimized this game is, it’s kinda sad really.

That's absurd. I have a 1660 and I can set settings on most Epic at 60-63 fps. Sometimes it dips into 50's. It never dips under 45 because I play at locked 45 and I never see a dip. A 1080 would seriously be overkill for this game. You'll only really lag when you load a map for the first time (you should exit and re-enter the map) that would fix it for you. Otherwise you will have drops as the map loads itself.