Build a PC for Rome 2 / Hardware Recommendations and Advice Thread

[SuperDJBling]

After contemplating my options, I've looked for alternative builds. I hoping this one is promising, and would like it to get a view on this kind of build. It looks like it'll be largely equivalent to Excellent.

[SuperDJBling]

After contemplating my options, I've looked for alternative builds. I hoping this one is promising, and would like it to get a view on this kind of build. It looks like it'll be largely equivalent to Excellent

CPU: Intel Haswell Core i5-4570 3.2GHz 6MB LGA1150 Processor
RAM: 8GB Kit Dual Channel RAM DDR3-1600
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB WD10EZEX SATA3 64MB
Optical Drive: Lite-On SATA DVDRW iHAS324 Super 24x DVD CD Writer
MotherBoard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-HD3 Socket 1150,Intel B85 CHipset, mATX Form
GPU: Nvidia Geforce GTX760 2GB DDR5 PCI-E3.0
Case: RaidMax Super Altas Black Front USB3.0
PSU: Corsair VS550 550W ATX Power Supply, 120mm fan, 2x (6+2)pin PCIE, 4x SATA, 4x Molex, Single Rail Design,
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM

The CPU could be upgraded to Intel Haswell Core i5-4670 3.4GHz 6MB LGA1150 Processor, and wonder what kind of differente there would be with the two.

Sorry about the double post, I couldn't edit the original after I accidently posted it. We,, J'm not sure how.

[Biggus Splenus]

GUYS! I did hear that AMD's new GPUs will be coming out October, but apparently it's late next month.

If you're thinking about getting a new graphics card, hold your horses and see how AMD goes

[alQamar]

GUYS! I did hear that AMD's new GPUs will be coming out October, but apparently it's late next month.

If you're thinking about getting a new graphics card, hold your horses and see how AMD goes

I thought I posted this.
The latest sources say end of October. However they also said the new cards will have a new core but not YET use a smaller lithography. Which should come early 2014. Perhaps when NVidia releases their new ones. So the we will see a rise of TDP and perhaps not much advantage in performance in the October if this news is true.

I thought Corsair PSU were of pretty good quality?

Would the PSU have any affect on this PC longevity or performance?

Again, thanks (I might as well just start paying you for all this advice)

Not all of them. It depends on the series. Corsair like many other vendors do not make own psu but let them manufacturer by another company and relabel them.

The best oem psu vendors are Seasonic, HEC and FSP but there are some more players on the market.

A bad psu influences the longetivity of the PSU itself and all attached hardware because of unclean power conversion. Also some of them smell like hell are louder and have a worser efficiency that raises your effective energy cost. This don't go in regions of hundreds per year and even may not make a ROI on a higher quality psu but counting in wear and this factor it pays out.

[Satrio Eko]

i planning to go with the very good tier ($894-$904). will it performance become better if i change the processor to i5?

[Rob-Fusion]

Ordered myself a new comp the other day, mostly for Rome 2.

Here's a brief rundown of the core components:

Intel® Core™ i7 4770K Quad Core 4x 3.5GHz 8MB Cache (8 Threads)
8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz
nVidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB
ASUS Z87-K
Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit


You chaps think I'll be able to ultra it?

[SamueleD]

Thanks for sharing our wisdom we gained last weeks SamueleD

I guess you can say it's become our job.

Because of the massive cpu capping of AMD processors I skipped my plans to upgrade a friends amd x4 945 with a 280 gtx to va 760/770 gtx

It does not help alot as SamueleD said right. ( my friend was sad of this news but 15 fps capping is not worth having a 4 times faster gpu.

Yeah, it's a annoying thing, mainly because you need to buy another motherboard to go Intel. I hoped over-clocking the CPU could give playable results, but it's still stretching it. And then you end up with a GPU with 10% load waiting for the CPU to finish all the soldiers movements and fights.
What's even more annoying is that, for almost any other game, upgrading the GPU would bring far greater benefits.

Advice please gentlemen.

I have taken the plunge, somewhat blindly and bought a new GPU for this game, an ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II(£190), don't even know if it will fit yet. My old card is the Radeon HD 4870 512MB
The rest of my system is between 5-8 yrs old:

OS: Windows 7 32-bit Home.
Case: Antec p180
PSU: Seasonic S12 600W silent ATX2.0
MoBo: Asus P5Q-E IntelP45 socket 775 PCI-Express DDR2
RAM : Kingston HyperX 2X1GB sticks PC2 8500 1066MHz
Processor: Intel core-Duo E8400 3.00GHz, was set at 3.8GHz but failed after 6 months.
Soundcard: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi
Hard/drive: 240GB 7200rpm, Sata II? make? but well known(replaced my old 10,000rpm Raptor).
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 226BW 22" display in ShoggyII is 1680x1050.

The CPU is old, but it might still handle itself well, make a shogun 2 CPU benchmark and see what you get. Don't know if it can take ultra unit sizes.
Your new GPU is an overkill for the resolution you are playing at, so it will max everything out.
2GB of RAM is within the min specs, and your system can't use more than 4GB (it's 32-bit), but still seems a bit too little. Anyway, since the new card can run in DX11, that will save you a lot of RAM in newer games.

Ordered myself a new comp the other day, mostly for Rome 2.

Here's a brief rundown of the core components:

Intel® Core™ i7 4770K Quad Core 4x 3.5GHz 8MB Cache (8 Threads)
8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz
nVidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB
ASUS Z87-K
Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit

You chaps think I'll be able to ultra it?

Unit size: ultra, particularly if you OC
Quality: High-Ultra

[alQamar]

Ordered myself a new comp the other day, mostly for Rome 2.

Here's a brief rundown of the core components:

Intel® Core™ i7 4770K Quad Core 4x 3.5GHz 8MB Cache (8 Threads)
8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz
nVidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB
ASUS Z87-K
Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit


You chaps think I'll be able to ultra it?

Not really ultra with that card perhaps if you choose fxaa instead of mlaa. Otherwise go for a 760 if you can afford

[airborne guy]

Not really ultra with that card perhaps if you choose fxaa instead of mlaa. Otherwise go for a 760 if you can afford

His 66o should be fine, its lnly about a year old

[The Prize Fighter]

I have 8gb of ddr3 ram @ 1333mhz, how much of a difference will I see with 2133?

[SamueleD]

I have 8gb of ddr3 ram @ 1333mhz, how much of a difference will I see with 2133?

Not enough to make the upgrade worth it, if you are on Intel.

[baptistus]

I have 8gb of ddr3 ram @ 1333mhz, how much of a difference will I see with 2133?

0,5 or 0,6 fps lol

[drommarnas]

Here's my 5 year-old rig:
Q9660 @4x3,6Ghz, 4 Gb DDR2 Ram, Vista, GTX 260 756MB Ram.

AFAIK the bottleneck is the GTX260. The rest should be just fine. I originally planned to keep this computer in its current shape until it dies on me.
Is there a cheap way to make the best out of it?
My idea would be to upgrade to a GTX660. Would the upgrade be as simple as changing the graphic cards, or do I need more changes?

[Mimoxx]

My advise is to buy cpu after game is out !!! in the last interview with CA they said R2 will use more cores ! so I7 may be the good choice

[Epic28]

My advise is to buy cpu after game is out !!! in the last interview with CA they said R2 will use more cores ! so I7 may be the good choice

Highly unlikely they will optimize the game equally through all cores even for an i5 CPU. Optimizing all for an i7? No way. Won't happen.

Rome 2 will still most likely utilize most of its CPU power through single core performance. We will still see core load dispersed to more than one, similar to Shogun 2, but probably see better optimization and distribution. Still not adequately utilizing full multi-core performance. Therefore making an i7 purchase over an i5 CPU for Rome 2 an insignificant waste of money...

[Project Spartan]

Hey guys im wondering if anyone can help me out and others who are also wondering the same thing.


So im looking to buy an ultrabook or even a laptop of some sort i remember watching a video of intel talking about how people can play rome 2 on ultrabooks on trains and planes etc so that got me thinking if i should buy one for rome 2?

But people also told me that ultrabooks are not meant for gaming, What should i do?

What specification should i be looking for Example ram size etc....

[westy1993]

Hey guys was thinking of getting a PC off Gumtree, so far found these
http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/ga...psu/1029375264
http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/x1...-pc/1027115994
http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/ga...#photo-content

Would anyone be able to tell me if any of these would run Rome 2? Really need a PC for gaming but dont want to spend alot, only looking for medium graphics and units, graphics dont matter to me, just so long as the game can play and run smoothly.

Thanks

[Achilleslastand]

Hey guys was thinking of getting a PC off Gumtree, so far found these
http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/ga...psu/1029375264
http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/x1...-pc/1027115994
http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/ga...#photo-content

Would anyone be able to tell me if any of these would run Rome 2? Really need a PC for gaming but dont want to spend alot, only looking for medium graphics and units, graphics dont matter to me, just so long as the game can play and run smoothly.

Thanks

Did the one have a 8800 GTX or did my eyes deceive me? These were like top of line cards like 5 years or so ago. Im guessing low settings maybe even med settings but still that might be stretching it a bit. I would have to say if you are getting one of these to run Rome2 you are basically throwing your money away. You can do much better.

[yutterh]

Hi i would like to know if i should try running this on my laptop. It is a dell latitude D830. here is a link to the specs http://www.cnet.com/laptops/dell-lat...-32451950.html. now i have a computer that can play this no problem but i wont be able to play using it all the time. My dad gave me this laptop and the only thing i know he changed is adding more ram. he put the max amount inside. If the game might destroy my computer i wont play it and just settle for every once in a while.

[Aruberikku]

My system!:

-Windows 7 Home Premium 64bits.
-Intel 4 core i7-3770 3.40 GHz.
-8GB DDR3 SDRAM.
-Nvidia GeForce GT 645.

Currently, that will probably run the game on medium settings. With an upgrade of the GPU you should be able to go for high settings.
What's your budget?

Hi i would like to know if i should try running this on my laptop. It is a dell latitude D830. here is a link to the specs http://www.cnet.com/laptops/dell-lat...-32451950.html. now i have a computer that can play this no problem but i wont be able to play using it all the time. My dad gave me this laptop and the only thing i know he changed is adding more ram. he put the max amount inside. If the game might destroy my computer i wont play it and just settle for every once in a while.

Here's a site which benchmarked the GPU from that notebook with some older games, mostly between 2004-2005, and it scores really bad. It will likely run Rome II with 1 FPS.
The CPU is also below the mimimum recommended.

Even if your laptop can handle games, they're not recommended for gaming. Games put a lot of stress on the hardware and power adapter, causing them to heat up a lot, which in an enclosed area like a laptop is even worse and will lead to a shorter life-span of those components.