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rook Sep 23, 2015 @ 4:40pm
will a dell xps work good for this game
i'm thinking of getting a dell xps with an upgraded graphics card and ram
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crimsondrac Sep 23, 2015 @ 4:48pm 
It should work, but keep in mind many dell boxes have very limited upgrade options. Like many only have two slots for ram, so what you upgrade your ram to, may be the max the box can take. but as long as you get a better video card, you should be good. Make sure you get at least a i5 cpu, though an i7 is preferable. And at least 8 Gigs ram, 16 is preferable.
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rook Sep 23, 2015 @ 4:52pm 
Originally posted by crimsondrac:
It should work, but keep in mind many dell boxes have very limited upgrade options. Like many only have two slots for ram, so what you upgrade your ram to, may be the max the box can take. but as long as you get a better video card, you should be good. Make sure you get at least a i5 cpu, though an i7 is preferable. And at least 8 Gigs ram, 16 is preferable.
thanks
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TheMishthra Sep 23, 2015 @ 4:54pm 
Dude. . . you're getting a dell!
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Ottofyre Sep 23, 2015 @ 5:01pm 
It would really depend on the specs of the system in the end. The Dell XPSs are pretty good in general. I had the original one they made back when they started the XPS line.

Looking at what they offer now any of them should work for this game. It looks like the low end XPS systems are 3.4Ghz i5s with 8GB RAM. The minimum recommeded for the game is only 2GHz Dual-Core 64-bit & 4GB RAM.

And I agree with crimsondrac, if you can bump that to an i7 and 16GB RAM that will do you good for a good while down the road.
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rook Sep 23, 2015 @ 5:04pm 
i probably am gonna get i7 and 16gb ram
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Myst?c Sep 23, 2015 @ 5:05pm 
Originally posted by Rookt:
i probably am gonna get i7 and 16gb ram
go for i5, the only diffrence between i5 and 7 is hyperthreading, most games dont take advantage of hyperthreading, its usually meant for video editing
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rook Sep 23, 2015 @ 5:07pm 
Originally posted by blade.blaster56745:
Originally posted by Rookt:
i probably am gonna get i7 and 16gb ram
go for i5, the only diffrence between i5 and 7 is hyperthreading, most games dont take advantage of hyperthreading, its usually meant for video editing
oh i didn't know that i'm not gonna be doing any video editing so thanks
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mrmashpotatohead Sep 23, 2015 @ 5:45pm 
I bought an xps, um in 2008 I think, maybe 2009. It is a very limited design, and 2 years later I was having problems with running newer games. I did a lot of research and built my own through new egg, in 2011, still plays games with a high and mix of ultra, and it upgrades so much better than the dell. Dell also comes with a whole bunch of bloatware, and little idiosyncrasies that make upgrading harder.

By all means go with what your comfortable with, but do some research and make an informed decision. New egg also sells pre made computers.

Good luck, and enjoy.

Edit: spelling derp, I should learn to proof read, a screw it my grammer is probably off, lol.
Last edited by mrmashpotatohead; Sep 23, 2015 @ 5:46pm
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Spazegamer Sep 23, 2015 @ 5:46pm 
I have a dell XPS 8300 with everything default and the performance isn't impressive, but it isn't disappointing...
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Sai Sep 23, 2015 @ 5:52pm 
Originally posted by blade.blaster56745:
Originally posted by Rookt:
i probably am gonna get i7 and 16gb ram
go for i5, the only diffrence between i5 and 7 is hyperthreading, most games dont take advantage of hyperthreading, its usually meant for video editing
This.
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