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[Davefevs]

Not that I know much about PCs and upgrades but a couple of years ago I thought about changing my card, only to read the specs and power supply was a critical thing.

Good post!

[Andrew]

We can post Unity minimum specs but you can find these on the internet.  Until we have had a chance to look at the real life usage of our game we will have no idea of what we propose the minimum specs should be, or course if you have a quad sli high end graphics card with 16 gig of Ram and an I7 chipset I feel confident that it will work.  Other than that we are not in a position to provide this info nor would we want to be responsible for someone going out getting a specific spec and then finding that it changes, so until the game is locked down we will not be able to provide any specifics.

[PurpleTurf]

Whatever the requirments I always suggest to owners of retail  (off-the-shelf) computers to find an earlier
(3 or 4 years) version graphics card at eBay or elsewhere and a 450 Watt Power Supply to handle any golf
they enjoy playing. A 450 Watt will cost about $40.00 and an earlier version card (new and in the box)
may only be around $60.00 to $100.00. 

 

Members please note: I mention an upgrade for a power supply because any middle range graphics
card will require 350 to 450 watts. Upper-middle to high-end cards may require 500 to 750 Watts.

A earlier version card is a great idea for any game like this that isnt too demanding but a bit much for most on chip graphics.  But for those that want to save money or whom arent good at upgrading and still want to enjoy some 3D games like this and other mid range games:

Id suggest if your going COMPLETELY off the shelf with no knowledge of upgrading that you steer more towards AMD A6-A10 machines.  The onchip video on those machines would be better for this type of thing than Intel onchip video.  True dedicated video with Intel processor would be much faster but not everyone knows how to upgrade their own machines like us long time computer geeks

[axe360]

Just do like the TW's PC series did, if you have a low end graphics card you can run the game with options turned off IE: no grass blades no reflective water etc. But if you have a high end card you can max everything out and enjoy the full experience.

I don't want a game with graphix restrictions, but I realize some folks dont have high end cards, either do I, I have a middle of the road card..

[✠ davef ✠]

lee

what does it cost to build a computer like yours?

[☠InDaSkies☠]

This is my rig I built in 2012.

Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit.
Silverstone ST1500 1500W ATX
3x 580 Hydro copper in SLI
GTS 450 (Fermi) For Phyx
4x OCZ 60GB SSD HD In Raid 0
1x1 TB HD
Rampage III Extreme Mother Board
24 GB Kingston Hyperx Memory
Intel® Core ™ i7x980@ 3.33GHz
Corsair Hydro H70 CPU Cooler (CPU)
Zalman Reserator XT External Water Cooling System (GPU'S)
1x LG WH10LS30 Blu-ray Burner
1x LG GGW-H20L Blu-Ray Player
HP ZR 30" 2560x1600

[☠InDaSkies☠]

I can see we both favor OCZ SSD's over Intel SSD's, I have one 60GB and another 120GB for my other PC's in the home.  You're i7x980 is super nice too. Can't beat a Hydro Liquid Cooler either, they certainly make the system a lot quieter and cooler by replacing the CPU fan.   When playing TW08 on highest resolution the GPU averages around 64° and my CPU stays around 53°.  I keep one case fan aimed at the video card, one inside the front of the case and one attached to the radiator.

I've probably got around $6,000 in my machine but if I were to buy it built it would be around 11,000 at the time.

[✠ davef ✠]

I've probably got around $6,000 in my machine but if I were to buy it built it would be around 11,000 at the time.

i looked at the utube video very cool,im not to techy but that looks like     quite a machine. i noticed you are moving to indiana

there is a guy in anderson i have been playing TWO with for 3 yrs,also a rider,harley. i used to ride them harleys but in 99 i went over to victory

and now victory also own indians,so im now looking at finding a way to geting a 2014 indian  111 ci  stock quite a motor

[BladeUK]

Unless it is a budget necessity I would not recommend buying a machine that meets any games minimum requirements as many machines run the game but so poorly it's not worth it imho.

 

Dave.

[PurpleTurf]

 

Like PT implied, there are many of us who live in "Geekdom Land".  You'll have plenty of us tech-heads to help you out when and if the time comes to upgrade or buy a new computer.

 

This is my current computer which I built in August 2011.
I chose Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit.
(there are still many brand new W7 computers on the Internet)
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Primary Drive: OCZ Vertex Plus 2.5" Solid State Drive - 120GB, SATA II 

Storage Drive: Western Digital 680 GB Hard Drive

Corsair Hydro H60 CPU Liquid Cooling

Ultra ULT40135 Performance 120mm Case Fan x 2

Asus M4A88T-V EVO USB3 Motherboard

AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Processor (OC to 4.1Ghz)

Transcend 2000MHz  16GB

Corsair 650 Watt Power Supply

PNY GeForce GTX 460 1GB GDDR5 PCI-e Video Card

 

 

Those AMD Phenom II Processors were some of AMDs best.  I dont think they have made one that has the same price to power ratio since.  The A series processors have been ok but are really just an alternative to dedicated video more than great stand alone processors.

I have the Phenom II in one of my older machines, running this as my main now:

Asus P8Z68-V Board, with i5 2320 processor, OCZ 250GB SSD, OCZ 1000W Modular Power Supply and EVGA GeForce GTX670 FTW 2048MB GDDR5 Video Card.  Rest filler, fans, lots memory, fan controllers, storage drive, ect...