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The Official "Can My PC Run This" Thread

August 19, 2015 10:18:00 AM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

If your system meets the following requirements, the answer is yes, you can run Ashes.

These are the absolute MINIMUM System Requirements for Early Access.

Absolute Minimum:

  • 64-bit Windows 7 / 8 / 10 OS
  • Quad Core CPU
  • 8 GB Memory
  • 2 GB DirectX 11 Video Card
  • 1600x900 Display Resolution
  • High-speed Internet Connection


We Recommend:

  • 64-bit Windows 7 / 8 / 10 OS
  • i7 (or equivalent) CPU
  • 16 GB Memory
  • Nvidia GTX 970 or AMD R9 390 equivalent Video Card
  • 1920x1080 Display Resolution
  • High-speed Internet Connection

If you are still unsure if your PC can run Ashes, please post to this thread with your current PC specs, instead of making a new post. The community and I will be happy to assist and provide any tips you may require to get your PC up to spec to play Ashes of the Singularity.

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Reply #1 August 29, 2015 10:54:30 AM
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Hello,

 

I'm pretty sure my PC can run it at 1080p, but my question is: How horrible will I lag at 4k resolution?

 

Specs:

 

i5 6600k 4,4ghz

16gb ddr4 2133mhz

SLI GTX 760 2gb (what is the SLI scaling like?)

And an SSD to install it on if that helps.

 

So I figured the fact that I only have 2gb GDDR5 will make me lag alot since you guys recommend 4gb.. So maybe I should sell my 760's and get a 970? Will that be better? Or maybe even get some more and go for a 980 to be even more safe? I feel like more and more games are eating up GDDR lately and I've been thinking about selling my 760s for a time now to get something more robust like a 970 980 or 390(x)?

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Reply #2 October 16, 2015 10:35:33 AM
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Quoting SpaghettiCake,
reply 1

Hello,

 

I'm pretty sure my PC can run it at 1080p, but my question is: How horrible will I lag at 4k resolution?

 

Specs:

 

i5 6600k 4,4ghz

16gb ddr4 2133mhz

SLI GTX 760 2gb (what is the SLI scaling like?)

And an SSD to install it on if that helps.

 

So I figured the fact that I only have 2gb GDDR5 will make me lag alot since you guys recommend 4gb.. So maybe I should sell my 760's and get a 970? Will that be better? Or maybe even get some more and go for a 980 to be even more safe? I feel like more and more games are eating up GDDR lately and I've been thinking about selling my 760s for a time now to get something more robust like a 970 980 or 390(x)?

I'm not sure it's a great idea to run at 4K with your setup unless you want to turn lots of graphical settings down. Mostly due to your video card. Even in SLI, it may have trouble keeping up at 4K. I'll be in a similar boat with you for SLI, I have 770's totaling 4GB as well, but I max at 1920x1200 due to my monitor.

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Reply #3 October 22, 2015 5:31:21 PM
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Here are my specs.

CPU: i5 4670k @ 4.6GHz

RAM: 8GB DDR3 2133MHz

Graphics: GTX 760 4GB @ 1215MHz

What kind of performance can I expect at 1080p? Will I have any memory issues or performance losses with 8GB ram instead of the recommended 16GB? Thanks!

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Reply #4 October 23, 2015 9:47:44 AM
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Now that the game is on Steam early access, you may be able to find other players with similar hardware posting to YouTube or the Ashes forums. I'm unable to really tell you how well your system may perform, but it can run the game. More ram is always good, but you should definitely be able to play.

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Reply #5 October 23, 2015 10:28:11 AM
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I've seen this game on steam and i loved sins and supreme commander, this looks like the love child of the two games put together, BUT, before i buy it i want to make sure my pc can actually run it. My worries are that i have a 4K monitor, so i dont know how well the resolution will affect fps and the like.

 

My specs are... 

CPU: i7-4770k @ 3.5ghz

RAM: 16gb ddr3 1600mhz

GPU: GTX 980 msi @1500mhz

Will i be able to run at any decent fps? if anybody knows that'd be great 

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Reply #6 October 26, 2015 11:43:43 AM
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Yes, you will, for sure. But be warned this is an early access title. It's not fully optimized or finished. Your setup should net you decent FPS

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Reply #7 October 29, 2015 9:19:33 AM
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Quoting omnicognatee,
reply 5

I've seen this game on steam and i loved sins and supreme commander, this looks like the love child of the two games put together, BUT, before i buy it i want to make sure my pc can actually run it. My worries are that i have a 4K monitor, so i dont know how well the resolution will affect fps and the like.

 

My specs are... 

CPU: i7-4770k @ 3.5ghz

RAM: 16gb ddr3 1600mhz

GPU: GTX 980 msi @1500mhz

Will i be able to run at any decent fps? if anybody knows that'd be great 

 

I'll make a conservative guess of upper 30s FPS on 1080p with DX11 with current code. Keep in mind that it's in their best interest to make the game very playable and enjoyable for builds like yours. Your hardware should be able to run anything out today very well.

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Reply #8 November 23, 2015 9:08:40 AM
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Hi,

I'm would love to play this game on my Laptop, too... There won't be any problem with the requirements except that I'm not sure about the resolution that is listed in the minimum requirements. My Laptop Display works with 1366x768.

To make the problem more clear: I already bought this game on my laptop and there even was the option to set the resolution to 1366x768, no problem so far. It looks beautiful, runs fluently but I can't see everything on the right side... When I choose an engineer to construct something I can see the basic buildings but only half of the defense buildings, the third group doesn't even appear on screen and I can't get there with the cursor.

Is there any possibility that the resolution 1366x768 will be supported in the future?

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Reply #9 November 23, 2015 2:35:12 PM
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Hi

Wondering why my game crashes on start up... Can't find it out. Did all suggested solutions on Stardocks support. https://esupport.stardock.com/index.php?/default_import/Knowledgebase/Article/View/530/175/general-ashes-of-the-singularity-troubleshooting

Is it my rig?

CPU: Quad Core2 3GHz

Win 7 64bit

2x Nvidia geForce GTX 260 in SLI

8GB DDR3 Ram at 533 MHz

DX11

Thx for your answer!

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Reply #10 November 23, 2015 5:03:30 PM
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Time for a new computer, dude.

 

A GTX 260 isn't DX11 compliant, I wouldn't expect anything older than a 400 series GTX to behave at all based on them only being DX10 compliant.  Even if it were, even two of those is insufficient processing power, and I wouldn't be surprised if you were incapable of running the game well even with a GPU upgrade.  Your system is severely dated, the ram is extremely slow by today's standards, you have very little bandwidth to work with by modern processing standards, probably can't even feed a modern GPU.  Your system is about half the strength of a hot five year old system, and a hot 5 year old system is about what you need to run the game at reasonable frame rates.

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Reply #11 November 24, 2015 12:14:18 PM
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Hei Bud

Yeah, I thought so. Most new games still work quite well though, but this one will need some upgrade I fear. Anyhow, last upgrade is a few years back already 

Guess I'll have to go for a new motherboard, ram, gpu and cpu. Yay 

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Reply #12 November 24, 2015 4:03:34 PM
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You could start with a new, near-top-of-the-line GPU if you want to at least run the game until you can get all the cash together for a complete replacement. Then you can just move the new GPU to that new build. AoTS is VERY GPU dependent. So I'd reach for the stars there. And if you want to SLI wait until you get the new build put together and then get that 2nd, matching GPU.

 

Good luck!

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Reply #13 November 24, 2015 5:31:43 PM
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His problem will be that the mobo/cpu is almost surely PCI-E 1.1, and has a fourth of the throughput of the modern 3.0 lanes.  My 680 GTX, which is merely passable for Ashes, can't quite run full bore on an original 16x PCI-E, and the typical game has nothing like the bandwidth usage going on with Ashes.

 

Now, if he's got a PCI-E 2.0 motherboard and CPU(I don't know if they even made any) then he'd probably be golden aside from power issues as long as he was operating in a DX12 environment.  The overhead would absolutely kill him in DX11 though, the processor is sub 2GHZ for today's fare.

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Reply #14 November 24, 2015 9:13:24 PM
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I'm assuming a PCI-E 2.0, that's true.

 

AoTS is very, very GPU dependent. It's more about how much work the GPU can do than the CPU. If you can run a GTX980Ti without too much bottlenecking by the CPU and bus the game should be playable with shadows,etc. turned down/off, etc. I'm by NO MEANS saying that's a way to play the game. Just that, since you know you're investing in a new platform, you could probably get a new GPU, slam it in the current build, and at least have livable play with options turned down.

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Reply #15 November 25, 2015 12:34:45 AM
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Based on 533Mhz ram and it being a quad, his board should be one of the earlier LGA 775 chipsets, by the time they started using 2.0, the minimum DDR3 was 800Mhz.  It would have to be a non-standard memory configuration that someone filled in with much slower ram than was available.

 

Don't under estimate the load on the CPU either, under DX11, I burn almost 50% CPU at game start, and I'm running a 2500k overclocked to 4.2GHZ, a 980 would eat his system for lunch.

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Reply #16 November 25, 2015 3:53:43 PM
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Hello,

 

I have a G73SW ASUS ROG Laptop

 

i7 - 2630

8 GB RAM

64 bit Win 7

GTX 460M - DX 11

 

Think I can run this game decently?

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Reply #17 November 25, 2015 7:20:52 PM
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Quoting psychoak,
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Based on 533Mhz ram and it being a quad, his board should be one of the earlier LGA 775 chipsets, by the time they started using 2.0, the minimum DDR3 was 800Mhz.  It would have to be a non-standard memory configuration that someone filled in with much slower ram than was available.

 

Don't under estimate the load on the CPU either, under DX11, I burn almost 50% CPU at game start, and I'm running a 2500k overclocked to 4.2GHZ, a 980 would eat his system for lunch.

 

I didn't catch the 533Mhz RAM. I can't really say how it'd all behave. Again, if you're going to upgrade the whole system, buying the new GPU first and trying it in the old system while you buy up the rest of the parts and get the new PC running isn't stupid. It may be a lost cause, true. But it's not a waste of money, just a bit of time.

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Reply #18 November 25, 2015 7:22:19 PM
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Quoting ChillyoBro,
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Hello,

 

I have a G73SW ASUS ROG Laptop

 

i7 - 2630

8 GB RAM

64 bit Win 7

GTX 460M - DX 11

 

Think I can run this game decently?

 

I can tell you nothing other than your GPU supports DX11. Therefore it should be able to at least RUN the game. At what speeds, I don't know. There's a benchmark thread here somewhere you might be able to look over to see if anyone near your specs has posted. All that said, your GPU is definitely at the low end of those that run DX11.

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Reply #19 November 25, 2015 7:27:53 PM
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If it can run Sc2 on Ultra in 4v4, I have to imagine it will do OK?

 

Quoting Kazzerigian,
reply 18


Quoting ChillyoBro,
reply 16

Hello,

 

I have a G73SW ASUS ROG Laptop

 

i7 - 2630

8 GB RAM

64 bit Win 7

GTX 460M - DX 11

 

Think I can run this game decently?



 

I can tell you nothing other than your GPU supports DX11. Therefore it should be able to at least RUN the game. At what speeds, I don't know. There's a benchmark thread here somewhere you might be able to look over to see if anyone near your specs has posted. All that said, your GPU is definitely at the low end of those that run DX11.

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Reply #20 November 25, 2015 7:49:01 PM
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Quoting ChillyoBro,
reply 16

Hello,

 

I have a G73SW ASUS ROG Laptop

 

i7 - 2630

8 GB RAM

64 bit Win 7

GTX 460M - DX 11

 

Think I can run this game decently?

460m? Then I am going to say no way I'm afraid. I have a laptop with a 765m, which is far more powerful, and running the benchmark I think I got 23fps on the low setting and 17fps on the standard setting. So not really playable.

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Reply #21 November 25, 2015 7:57:50 PM
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Major chug, perhaps mitigated with low enough visual settings, but we're talking major chug.  SC2 is over 5 years old now, even at ultra, it's not much of a comparison to current releases that are much less weighty than Ashes.

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Reply #22 November 30, 2015 6:31:39 PM
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I've had pretty good success getting about 28*32fps on the high settings, with A Xeon @3 GHz, an Asus Radeon R7360, and 16 gigs of of DDR4 ECC RAM. I think it helps that it's on an SSD too. There's a noticeble improvement running the DX12 vs DX11 version of the game. I've played all my games on a Xeon workstation that doubles as a work computer when I need it, and I don't know why, at this point, I'd invest in any other CPU.  A better GPU for sure though. 

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Reply #23 November 30, 2015 11:11:16 PM
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The DX12 benchmark should show you how bottlenecked you are by your GPU, barless.

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Reply #24 December 1, 2015 5:18:41 PM
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The game runs fine for me, so I am not worried about potential bottlenecks.  I'll grab an R9 Fury card sometime soon, but only after they drop in price a bit. 

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Reply #25 February 26, 2016 9:25:48 AM
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i have run a couple of benchmarks, varying in settings from medium to lowest possible.

and at best i get about 5-6 fps...

 

i have updated my graphic driver to the latest.

my specs:

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System Information
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      Time of this report: 2/26/2016, 15:19:32
          
         Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 10586) (10586.th2_release.160104-1513)
           
      System Manufacturer: CLEVO                            
             System Model: P170EM
                     BIOS: BIOS Date: 09/27/12 18:05:42 Ver: 04.06.05
                Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
                   Memory: 8192MB RAM
      Available OS Memory: 8080MB RAM
                Page File: 3709MB used, 8466MB available
              Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
          DirectX Version: 12
      DX Setup Parameters: Not found
         User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
       System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
          DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
                 Miracast: Available, with HDCP
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Supported
           DxDiag Version: 10.00.10586.0000 64bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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      Display Tab 1: No problems found.
      Display Tab 2: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
          Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D:    0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw:  0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay:  0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow:  0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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          Card name: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
       Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
          Chip type: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
           DAC type: Internal
        Device Type: Full Device
         Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0166&SUBSYS_71021558&REV_09
     Display Memory: 1792 MB
   Dedicated Memory: 32 MB
      Shared Memory: 1760 MB
       Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
       Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
      Monitor Model: unknown
         Monitor Id: AUO159D
        Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.064Hz)
        Output Type: Internal
        Driver Name: igdumdim64.dll,igd10iumd64.dll,igd10iumd64.dll,igdumdim32,igd10iumd32,igd10iumd32
Driver File Version: 10.18.0010.4276 (English)
     Driver Version: 10.18.10.4276
        DDI Version: 11.2
     Feature Levels: 11.0,10.1,10.0,9.3,9.2,9.1
       Driver Model: WDDM 1.3

   Driver Date/Size: 17-08-2015 00:00:00, 11053048 bytes
       

          Card name: AMD Radeon HD 7970M
       Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
          Chip type: AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x6800)
           DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
        Device Type: Render-Only Device
        
     Display Memory: 6066 MB
   Dedicated Memory: 2026 MB
      Shared Memory: 4039 MB
       Current Mode: n/a
        Driver Name: aticfx64,aticfx64,aticfx64,amdxc64,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,amdxc32,atiumd64,atidxx64,atidxx64,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a,atitmm64
Driver File Version: 8.17.0010.1404 (English)
     Driver Version: 15.201.1151.1008
        DDI Version: 12
     Feature Levels: 11.1,11.0,10.1,10.0,9.3,9.2,9.1
       Driver Model: WDDM 2.0

   Driver Date/Size: 04-11-2015 00:00:00, 1479808 bytes
       
     Rank Of Driver: 00D12001
             
 
My best guess is that the game/pc is chosing to run with HD Graphics 4000 instead of AMD Radeon HD 7970, which afaik should be above the minimum?
 
do you have any tips/advice ?
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