Computer shopping

[BOP]

Fallout London is coming out in April, but only for PC. I've been needing a new computer for a while - this Lenovo is over 10 years old, I think, and the video is...not good.

I'm looking at a Lenovo Workstation with a Xeon processor, and I'm looking at refurbished. I'm not locked into that configuration, however, and am open to ideas or suggestions.

 

[GURPS]

why do you need a Xeon Processor

 

[BOP]

why do you need a Xeon Processor

Spec wise, my current Lenovo should have been able to run Skryim. Without looking, I know it has an AMD, and it never cut it.

 

[GURPS]

ok

Trying not to tell you what you might already know

If you are going new

4070 or equivalent Graphics

Processor is less critical

now a days an i5 or equivalent is plenty good enough unless you are playing a lot of RTS Games then maybe an i7


I was getting decent frame rates with Starfield with and i7 8700k and a GTX 1070 - this is about 5 yrs old at this point. I was in loading hell until I moved the game to an SSD

 

[PeoplesElbow]

ok

Trying not to tell you what you might already know

If you are going new

4070 or equivalent Graphics

Processor is less critical

now a days an i5 or equivalent is plenty good enough unless you are playing a lot of RTS Games then maybe an i7


I was getting decent frame rates with Starfield with and i7 8700k and a GTX 1070 - this is about 5 yrs old at this point. I was in loading hell until I moved the game to an SSD

Some people even game on an i3 and use the extra cash on the graphics.

NVMe drive definately.

 

[GURPS]

Some people even game on an i3 and use the extra cash on the graphics.

NVMe drive definately.

Indeed, i3's can be adequate enough ... in the past a gaming rig had to run an i7 for maximum performance .... but we are far enough along now