Universe Sandbox
Universe Sandbox => Universe Sandbox ² | Support & Bugs => Topic started by: A Wise Limey on January 10, 2015, 04:56:58 PM
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I bought a better graphics card ( EVGA 02G-P4-3757-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 FTW w/ ACX Cooling Video Card) when it gets to my house. will US2 run better?
HP Pavilion p6-2016 Desktop PC
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Processor
Pentium G620
•Operating speed: Up to 2.6 GHz
•Number of cores: 2
•Socket: LGA1155
•Bus speed: DMI (Direct Media Interface) - 2.5GT/s
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Memory
6 GB
•Amount: 6 GB
•Speed: PC3-10600 MB/sec
•Type: DDR3-1333
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Video graphics
EVGA 02G-P4-3757-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 FTW w/ ACX Cooling Video Card
Model
BrandEVGAModel02G-P4-3757-KR
Interface
InterfacePCI Express 3.0
Chipset
Chipset ManufacturerNVIDIAGPUGeForce GTX 750 TiCore Clock1189MHzBoost Clock1268MHzCUDA Cores640
Memory
Effective Memory Clock5400MHzMemory Size2GBMemory Interface128-BitMemory TypeGDDR5
3D API
DirectXDirectX 11.2OpenGLOpenGL 4.4
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Here's my old GPU
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OLD Video graphics
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD Integrated graphics (DX10.1)
*Integrated video is not available if a graphics card is installed.
•Supports PCI Express x16 graphics cards
•DVI and VGA ports (both ports can be used at the same time)
More info on my GPU
Version: Direct3D 9.0c [igdumdx32.dll 8.15.10.2291]
Renderer: Intel® HD Graphics Family
Vendor: Intel
VRAM: 880 MB (via DXGI)
Caps: Shader=30 DepthRT=1 NativeDepth=1 NativeShadow=1 DF16=1 INTZ=1 RAWZ=0 NULL=1 RESZ=1 SlowINTZ=0
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Your new GPU is considerably more powerful, so you should get a pretty decent performance boost from it. Your cpu is likely to be your limiting factor now.
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You may have gotten a better GPU for your PC, but I have a feeling that Pentium G620 is going to bottleneck your system. Meaning, the graphics card will be too fast for your CPU, thus creating a "bottleneck." Also, how much do you have in you power supply unit (the box that powers you PC), if you only have 350W power supply, it won't run the GPU at it's fullest capacity.
The GTX 750Ti requires at least a 300W PSU. You're capping out on your power with that. The 750Ti may only draw 60W of power, but it's recommended to have above the required wattage. Without a doubt, you will see better performance, but your new GPU may be severely stunted due to the limitations of your CPU (and possibly your PSU). You can always check if you want. A sticker should be on the side of the box. Just open you PC's side panel.
Well, hope I didn't sound too off putting. Contrary to what Giant Army says about the specs required to run this game, you actually need way above what they recommend as a minimum. That's just the way it is, and that's probably the way it's going to stay. There is just no way you can run this software with a run-of-the-mill desktop or laptop. You can (kinda), but you're experience will be somewhat hindered.