Benchmark is telling us something...

[ValarianHeartbreaker]

If your computer looks like this, then yes, you will struggle, if not, i don't think there will be any problem.

[Tizzy_Tormentor]

I think the benchmark will probably cause my laptop to explode, currently vacationing and will be away from my PC for a week, I don't think my PC will have much trouble, GTX980 should be more than enough for solid results.

[RubenSnizzle]

Or....hear me on this one, turn down useless graphic options.



Shadows,glare,terrain/grass,water effect alllll that garbage takes a lot of juice. with everything on i roughly got 6k, and when i turned off a bunch of garbage i went to 13k. Didn't upgrade my PC for 5years, so that's pretty good.

[Jetstream_Fox]

Or....hear me on this one, turn down useless graphic options.



Shadows,glare,terrain/grass,water effect alllll that garbage takes a lot of juice. with everything on i roughly got 6k, and when i turned off a bunch of garbage i went to 13k. Didn't upgrade my PC for 5years, so that's pretty good.

That's true, I kinda touched on this in a previous post. I used to do that when Quake was huge, in the settings I would change all enemy models to be one specific model, turn as much as I could down depending on the arena. Was fun when we'd Lan on school computers, all equal in tech, but my game ran better cause I tweaked everything. But most people don't think that way anymore, they want all that eye candy.

[Kaethra]

My cpu is 3 gens old and my benchmark scores are higher than some people with newer processors. Its people who had crappy low end cpus from years ago that are struggling

This.

My computer is barely in the top 41% of Gaming PCs with a i7 4790k and GTX970. And its likely going to run Stormblood at max settings at 60+FPS. My laptop will likely do even more (its a bit newer and has a full sized 1070 in it).

Expansions as anyone who's played WoW or EQ in the last 19 years can attest, will require you to upgrade throughout the years. Hell EQ won't even fit on the harddrive I originally installed it on. And it definitely won't run on just 128MB of RAM either (gets close to 2GB these days). Talk about needing major upgrades.

[Naraku_Diabolos]

^ All graphics options do make a difference in how the benchmark runs/performs, plus looks. If you don't have the PC parts to see a difference, then yes, taking down unneeded options works. However, it really does make a difference once you have better hardware. I upgraded my Alienware PC's RAM, hard drive (to SSD), and graphics card earlier this month. Well worth it! Now my current game and the benchmark run fantastically.

[Averax]

Replacing a cpu isn't something a lot of us could do
And it's not just any part..it's the cpu that stormblood is really asking a lot of

It's actually very simple to replace them once you know how. The hardest, most grueling part of dealing with a CPU is the thermal paste. It gets -e v e r y w h e r e-

I built my own computer from scratch after some research on what parts i needed and how they interacted with each other. (Because who wants to pay all that markup for crap parts?)

To replace a CPU, you need to first get a CPU compatible with your motherboard (if you don't intend to replace the motherboard as well, that is), then you need to remove the CPU cooler, then you just unstick the lever, lift it up, pop out the old one, slide in the new one, secure the lever again, apply thermal paste, and put cpu cooler back in after cleaning off all old thermal paste with high percentage rubbing alcohol (re-using old paste is like asking for an air bubble to overheat your CPU). Then you just close up the shop.

You could also probably pay a guy 20 bucks to do it if you are not comfortable doing it yourself.

[Stitches1974]

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That or just buy a high quality aftermarket cooler with paste already on it. A good way to spread paste around is with a business card. Apply a small dab and spread it with the card. Add more as needed.

A good amount of aftermarket coolers are leaps and bounds better than stock and there are some motherboards out there that have an auto overclock feature that will make some use out of that better cooler.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

That or just buy a high quality aftermarket cooler with paste already on it. A good way to spread paste around is with a business card. Apply a small dab and spread it with the card. Add more as needed.

A good amount of aftermarket coolers are leaps and bounds better than stock and there are some motherboards out there that have an auto overclock feature that will make some use out of that better cooler.

just stick a small dot in the center and pop the cooler on. Boom, done.

[Stitches1974]

just stick a small dot in the center and pop the cooler on. Boom, done.

I've done just that and it didn't end well. Why I spread it now and why you see some aftermarket coolers with a thin square off paste on them and not a dot.