Specing for a Game

[PBComputer]

I always have problems working out of graphics cards are good enough for a game.

A client has (refurb from me)

Intel Core 2 Quad 2.50Ghz
6GB RAM
1TB HDD
Windows 10 Pro x64
Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT

Game needs

OS: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10.
Processor: 2.0 GHz Intel or equivalent AMD dual-core processor.
Memory: 2 GB RAM.
Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTS 450 Series, AMD Radeon HD 6770 graphics card or better (min 1GB VRAM)
Network: Broadband Internet connection.
Storage: 6 GB available space.

Do you think the graphics card will be powerful enough?

The game a Farming Simulator 2017

 

[ChrisTech]

Graphics card comparator websites will help, like this one http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=423&gid2=268&compare=geforce-gts-450-vs-geforce-9500-gt

When I build for gamers, on some occasions where there has been any doubt I have contacted the games manufacturer support team to ask them about a specific card.
http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=423&gid2=268&compare=geforce-gts-450-vs-geforce-9500-gt
The second biggest issue of course, is power supply capacity.

Hope this helps.

 

[Porthos]

Run this from the computer

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/farming-simulator-17/13772

 

[GTP]

Run this from the computer

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/farming-simulator-17/13772

Thanks for the share @Porthos
Didn't even know about this site!
I build/upgrade a lot of gaming machines and this will be very helpful!

 

[PBComputer]

Thanks. I went for a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750Ti Graphics Card (PCI Express 3.0 x16, 2GB, 5400GHz. Which I believe it should be OK.

 

[brandonkick]

I also like the Toms Hardware GPU Hierarchy chart....

It gives you an idea of where GPU cards stand in terms of
out of the box performance in "tiers". You can look at a games
minimum requirements and get some idea of what you need
to make the game run well.

I'd probably stay at least two or three tiers ahead of the
minimum though. While not everyone is a hard core gamer
that needs to crank the settings and get high FPS.... no one
wants to play with the settings dialed all the way down to
nothing and run into slide show like performance in the more
taxing parts of the game.

Also worth looking at is the bottle necking factor. That C2Q
is a pretty old architecture and it's likely to bottle neck anything
that's decently modern in terms of a GPU. Pick out what GPU
you feel is a good fit for the games, and then do a bit of research
to see how much horsepower you need to allow it to run to
it's potential.

For that, toms has a best gaming cpu for the money series of
articles. I don't often lean on toms for tech info, but this kinda
thing is a lot of research they do for you and it packages up
the results in a nice, easily accessible way.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-cpus,3986.html

The GPU you picked is 4 tiers above the Nvidia suggestion and
6 tiers above the AMD suggestion... I think it will run farming
simulator just fine.

The processor... well that's a lot more difficult since they just list
a clockspeed, which really means nothing. A 3.0GHZ core 2 duo
wouldn't hold a candle to a i7 6700k running at a much lower
clock speed. It's just so much more efficient per clock cycle. All
you can do in terms of CPU is just research the GPU that you
picked out and try to get an idea of what is needed to adequately
power the card. At lower resolutions, the cards tend to be restricted
more by CPU power then GPU power. At higher resolutions, the
opposite is usually true.