What kinda hardware do you need to run the game well?

[Lilleskutt]

So I've got a 144hz 1440p monitor, and yet on low settings I can only really get around 60 frames at average with a lot of dips way below that and while it's enough for me to still enjoy the game since it isn't that fast paced it's still a bummer and I'd love to be able to up the graphics cause the immersion is part of why I like this game.

I currently have a 1080ti, a Ryzen 7 2700x and 16gb of RAM and if I were to look at an upgrade, what would I prioritize for a game like this?

[brayboyyy]

i have a 3070ti and a 5600x and am at 1440p and my frames still suck, so idk

[Maki Nishikino]

i9-10900KF / RTX 3070 / 32GB DDR4 RAM @ 3200 / 1440p @ 75 Hz

I run fully maxed out and get at least 60 FPS.

[Randy Lahey]

Just played a few minutes ago. I play 1440p, highest settings, 5600x, 3070, 32GB Ram, I get a solid 73fps (my limit that I set on my 75Hz monitor). It must just be the video card, but a 1080ti is still a pretty solid card. Maybe the CPU, but I don't know enough about CPU utilization in this game, so couldn't say. My son just checked too and he gets a steady 80 fps (144Hz , 1440p monitor) at the same settings with a 3060ti, Ryzen 3600, 16GB RAM. Are you on Windows 11 by chance?

EDIT: it isn't the CPU as I didn't see utilization over 65% on mine or my son's with Afterburner. There is the occasional slight stutter when the GPU usage hits 99%, but the gameplay experience is smooth.

[Lilleskutt]

Well if you guys are reporting that kinda performance with such setups then I guess I can't really expect much more from my own and I'd probably have to look at a new GPU whenever they go down in price if that ever happens. My worst mistake was probably getting a 144hz monitor which completely changed my standards for what is a decent framerate.

Crazy to me how poorly the game runs considering it's not exactly graphically impressive. Post Scriptum runs about the same too and Beyond The Wire is downright unplayable.

[heinric]

game is unoptimized so good luck with getting anywhere close to 144hz unless you have like a 20k setup or something and i doubt that would even help

[Randy Lahey]

Originally posted by Lilleskutt:

Well if you guys are reporting that kinda performance with such setups then I guess I can't really expect much more from my own and I'd probably have to look at a new GPU whenever they go down in price if that ever happens. My worst mistake was probably getting a 144hz monitor which completely changed my standards for what is a decent framerate.

Crazy to me how poorly the game runs considering it's not exactly graphically impressive. Post Scriptum runs about the same too and Beyond The Wire is downright unplayable.

Post Scriptum is the same engine, so that makes sense. People's expectations of games now are kind of dumb with regards to fps, and the 1080ti is a 6 year old card now. It's a testament to how good it is that it is still in the mix. Squad is a fairly taxing game with the huge maps and number of people playing at once. It ain't Fortnite or COD. I think Squad looks about as good as one could expect with the latest update, although if you've been playing on low settings, it probably does look like crap. The effects in Squad and PS are also second-to-none. ARMA 3 runs like garbage if you really want to compare. That's horrible optimization.

You're only going to gain about 22% more performance moving to a 3070 in the best case scenario. I'd wait until the new ones come out and then maybe grab a 3080 for at or below MSRP if I were you.

[Lilleskutt]

Originally posted by Randy Lahey:

Originally posted by Lilleskutt:

Well if you guys are reporting that kinda performance with such setups then I guess I can't really expect much more from my own and I'd probably have to look at a new GPU whenever they go down in price if that ever happens. My worst mistake was probably getting a 144hz monitor which completely changed my standards for what is a decent framerate.

Crazy to me how poorly the game runs considering it's not exactly graphically impressive. Post Scriptum runs about the same too and Beyond The Wire is downright unplayable.

Post Scriptum is the same engine, so that makes sense. People's expectations of games now are kind of dumb with regards to fps, and the 1080ti is a 6 year old card now. It's a testament to how good it is that it is still in the mix. Squad is a fairly taxing game with the huge maps and number of people playing at once. It ain't Fortnite or COD. I think Squad looks about as good as one could expect with the latest update, although if you've been playing on low settings, it probably does look like crap. The effects in Squad and PS are also second-to-none. ARMA 3 runs like garbage if you really want to compare. That's horrible optimization.

You're only going to gain about 22% more performance moving to a 3070 in the best case scenario. I'd wait until the new ones come out and then maybe grab a 3080 for at or below MSRP if I were you.

The only reason I'm complaining about the framerate is that it causes input latency, when I'm on a 144hz monitor playing something at less than half the framerate my monitor supports it gets noticably awkward to do things like aiming, especially when the framerate varies up and down around that area. I am happy with a framerate around 100FPS in most games, although some games end up feeling worse than others, but it seems to me like even on low settings I'd need the latest graphics card to reach that which is fair enough I suppose, but that sucks.

I guess my biggest mistake was upgrading from a 60hz monitor to a 144hz one and getting used to it to be honest, although when I am able to utilize it all the way it does feel smooth as butter.

[Samwise]

Squad is a hog. Just for reference and to attest to this games thirst for specs, I have a beefy system (5900x, 3080ti, 32gb 3600RAM, etc) and I'm lucky to get 90-100fps on max settings. I'm running the game on an ultrawide 3440x1440 144hz monitor and I was initially hoping to get close to the 144fps limit of the monitor with my specs but I'm not even close lol.

[ninja_runner45]

SSD also will help

[Squiffy]

I lowered my ♥♥♥♥ to medium on a Ryzen 7 2700 with a 2070 Super. I was getting crazy frame drops on desert maps

[Psycha]

Originally posted by heinric:

game is unoptimized so good luck with getting anywhere close to 144hz unless you have like a 20k setup or something and i doubt that would even help

No setup rn can solve the performance issues. The latest patches and changes they've done for shadows and other loading assets has ruined performance for the time being. You'll get lucky some games and other games on the same map get more or less fps. Its inconsistent as hell.

Average frames on any good rig is 40-75 on fighting on any map.

[Randy Lahey]

Originally posted by PsychaChi:

Originally posted by heinric:

game is unoptimized so good luck with getting anywhere close to 144hz unless you have like a 20k setup or something and i doubt that would even help

No setup rn can solve the performance issues. The latest patches and changes they've done for shadows and other loading assets has ruined performance for the time being. You'll get lucky some games and other games on the same map get more or less fps. Its inconsistent as hell.

Average frames on any good rig is 40-75 on fighting on any map.

They'd have to change graphic engines completely, which isn't going to happen. I have played a few games on 6 different maps in the last few days and never see my FPS drop under my max 73 setting. My son's lowest on his 3600/3060ti was 78fps. If you're only getting 40 with a modern setup at 1440p, something else is going on. It could be high ping/latency on the server?

[♥♥ZIPO♥♥ ♂]

Ryzen 7 2700x its to slow. you gpu cood play +60 fps on high. but the limit is you cpu.
i have 4790 k and gtx 1080. drops to 40 fps. gpu load only 70% so i know i am in the cpu limit. 100 player large maps old cpu. will update to amd Ryzen 5 7600x

[HarambesFistVictim]

Im running with the specs recoomended. And i'm still chugging, maybe 30 FPS. The Devs really need to be working on their optimization. This game ran really well when it first came out. But it has went down hill after that.

[Treehugger]

Ryzen 1800X (that initial eight core cpu)
M.2 storage for OS and games
16 GB ram
GTX 1660 super
1440p monitor
= about 50-90 fps, but ofc fps drops below 50.

My screen refresh is limited to 90Hz though (freesynch). So I wouldn't get higher than 90 fps anyway. I could set it to 144Hz but I have it at the lower 90, as I probably won't get any stable fps around 90 anyway, certainly not around 144 fps.