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Jamal Garsk
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2016.07.09 03:05:25 -
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I'm looking to build a rig for playing ONLY eve on it. I'm new to Eve and I've never built a PC before but I've done a lot of software coding, just no hardware "Hello World"  .
With that being said, is this game more CPU or GPU intensive?
I by no means want this computer to be fancy with all the bells and whistles of a normal gaming/multimedia PC. Just play eve very very well.
So what are your top "setups" for under 500, under 800 and under 1000.
Thanks for your help! |
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
Escalating Entropy
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Posted - 2016.07.09 04:41:11 -
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GPU intensive. Definitely GPU intensive.
And make sure that...
- your case remains free of air obstructions for maximum cooling (hint: take off the panel on the "off" side of the case... you see those holes? You can route long wires back there to keep them from blocking airflow)
- there is a balance between the "vents" versus the "intakes"
This is a common newbie computer builder mistake. Most people will try to slap on as many intake fans as possible. You want to have as many fans venting hot air out as you do fans blowing cooler air in... with a bias more towards hot air being vented out.
- airflow is continuous and follows a steady "stream."
By this I mean... do not put a venting fan right right above the intake of an internal fan (like the CPU or GPU). Doing this will tax the fans and possibly rob cooler air from the fans that need it most.
Now here is my current setup (off the top of my head, so I may have some things incorrect) so you have an idea on what to aim for:
- AMD Phenom X4 (yes... it is old... shaddap!!)
---- massive aftermarket CPU copper fan
- 16 GB DDR2 RAM
- generic MSI motherboard
- Rosewell 1000w PCU
- NVIDIA GTX 760
- 650 Gb Western Digital HDD 7200rpm
- 1 TB Western Digital HDD 7200rpm
- ANTEC 900 case (GÖÑ)
I can run a single client with medium-high settings with minimal lag... even in fleet fights.
How did you Veterans start?
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Tsukino Stareine
Art Of Explosions
404 Hole Not Found
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Posted - 2016.07.09 05:18:23 -
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You can run eve in a rig under 500 very easily, we recently had a corp collection to help one of our lesser well-off members.
I believe in the end we got him a i5 processor with a gtx 970 with 8 GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD. Took a bit of searching but it was out there and overall cost around 500 euros. He can run max settings on one client with over 100 fps.
I personally run EVE on a laptop with an i7 processor, 8GB RAM and a GT 635M, much lower spec than the one we bought for our corpmate. This allows me to run 2 clients with minimum settings for 25-50 fps. |
ergherhdfgh
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2016.07.09 06:02:19 -
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ShahFluffers wrote:
- there is a balance between the "vents" versus the "intakes"
This is a common newbie computer builder mistake. Most people will try to slap on as many intake fans as possible. You want to have as many fans venting hot air out as you do fans blowing cooler air in... with a bias more towards hot air being vented out.
I am not an expert on airflow within computers but I am on airflow within ventilation systems. I understand that computer fans are dealing with far lower pressure drops however it is easier to push air than to pull air. The reason being that when you try to suck air it drops in pressure meaning lower concentration of air molecules. This makes the fan contact less air with every rotation and thus become less effective.
When you add on the fact that things like PSUs ( Power Supply Units) and GFX cards have their own fans blowing out of the case then it would seem that you want to bias towards more cases fans blowing in.
I personally have experienced problems with a pair of SLI GTX 280s overheating when my case fans were matched with 2 blowing in and 2 blowing out. Just shutting off one of the out going fans solved the problem but I eventually also added another intake so that it was 3 fans feeding air into my case and 1 case fan blowing out.
I personally try and create a positive pressure inside every computer case that I build. This can be easily tested by placing a small piece of tissue paper over any passive opening on your case and if it blows out your case if positive and if it sucks in then your case is negative.
However I also typically use filters and they reduce in air flow as they get dirty so I am typically heavily over feeding air into my cases so that as the filters get dirty I still have enough incoming air.
While some of the above is factual most of it is my personal preference take it for what it is worth. |
ergherhdfgh
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
1507
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Posted - 2016.07.09 06:19:59 -
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I just built a new computer but am currently still using my old GFX card. I have a higher end i7 system with an old GTX 680 card. A couple months ago I was running an old AMD socket 939 mobo with that same GFX card with two 1900 X 1200 monitors. The two larger monitors did work that system pretty hard but I still was able to run two eve clients with decently highish settings. If I had a crap ton tabs open in my browser along with 2 clients things could get choppy at times.
I also recently built a new computer for my nephew and he is currently running with onboard GFX and he is able to run 4K videos from youtube on his 4K monitor pretty well.
With that being said I would think that any newer system that you build would handle Eve fine.Certainly if you get a halfway decent mobo with an i5 and a GTX 1060 GFX card ( which were just announced ) that you would have more than enough to play Eve. Honestly a good i3 with onboard video would probably be passable.
I would say that you want at least 8 gigs of RAM. An SSD will make a noticeable difference. How many pixels that you are trying to push around makes a huge difference on how much of a system you need. Also how good you are trying to get it to run matters also. Just having the game look and play decent does not take much trying to max out all settings and get 140+ Hz will take much more. |
Do Little
Virgin Plc
Evictus.
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Posted - 2016.07.09 10:36:31 -
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Eve will run - albeit very slowly - on an old Acer Aspire 1 netbook with a dual core Celeron processor. I still use it occasionally to update PI or market orders if I'm out of town. Undocking with that configuration is not recommended!
Eve runs extremely well on an AMD FX8350 with 8Gb RAM, GTX 770 and an SSD. I can easily run 4 clients on 3 1920x1080 monitors with maximum settings. This hardware is now 2-3 years old.
Eve does not appear to be CPU intensive - put your money into a good quality SSD and a mid-range DX11 graphics card.
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Bumblefck
Kerensky Initiatives
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Posted - 2016.07.09 10:47:02 -
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Under '500' what? Euros, dollars, yen, rupees...?
Perfection is a dish best served like wasabi .
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Linus Gorp
Ministry of Propaganda and Morale
Black Marker
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Posted - 2016.07.09 10:59:48 -
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Bumblefck wrote:Under '500' what? Euros, dollars, yen, rupees...?
US dollars, obviously. Only US-Americans are so arrogant to believe the entire world revolves around them.
When you don't know the difference between there, their, and they're, you come across as being so uneducated that your viewpoint can be safely dismissed. The literate is unlikely to learn much from the illiterate.
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Iria Ahrens
Space Perverts and Forum Pirates
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Posted - 2016.07.09 12:10:58 -
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You can actually run Eve just fine on a computer with an intel graphics card in performance mode anyway. Just think of it as retro graphics.
My choice of pronouns is based on your avatar. Even if I know what is behind the avatar.
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Bumblefck
Kerensky Initiatives
12523
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Posted - 2016.07.09 12:15:45 -
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Linus Gorp wrote:Bumblefck wrote:Under '500' what? Euros, dollars, yen, rupees...? US dollars, obviously. Only US-Americans are so arrogant to believe the entire world revolves around them.
That was my thought but I was too polite to say it out loud
Perfection is a dish best served like wasabi .
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Jamal Garsk
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2016.07.09 14:21:43 -
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Bumblefck wrote:Linus Gorp wrote:Bumblefck wrote:Under '500' what? Euros, dollars, yen, rupees...? US dollars, obviously. Only US-Americans are so arrogant to believe the entire world revolves around them. That was my thought but I was too polite to say it out loud
Yes USD |
Tzuke
State War Academy
Caldari State
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Posted - 2016.07.10 06:01:56 -
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I'm not tech savvie but over the decade I've played EVE on around 4 different shop built systems and can see barely any differences between any of them heh! It's over a decade old game and I can see your only bottlenecks would be trying to run multiple accounts simultaneously. Dx9 will stop being supported soon by ccp so not sure if that will affect specs your considering. Might be a laugh googling the original specs required to run EVE. Everything must surpass that now. |
Mephiztopheleze
Laphroaig Inc.
774
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Posted - 2016.07.10 07:04:16 -
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Tzuke wrote:Might be a laugh googling the original specs required to run EVE. Everything must surpass that now.
It is a bit of a chuckle.....
http://gamesystemrequirements.com/game/eve-online
CPU:
CPU that supports SSE2 (Intel Dual Core @ 2.0 GHz, AMD Dual Core @ 2.0 GHz)
RAM:
XP SP2 GÇô 1 GB / Vista and newer GÇô 2 GB
GPU:
GPU with 256 MB VRAM or more that supports Shader Model 3 and DirectX 9.0c (AMD Radeon 2600 XT or NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS)
basically, any smartphone under a couple years old could probably run EVE.
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Tzuke
State War Academy
Caldari State
28
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Posted - 2016.07.10 08:39:06 -
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basically, any smartphone under a couple years old could probably run EVE.[/quote
Lol... OP seriously tho if budget is a major factor you don't have to spend a lot to run EVE effectively. How unhappy are you with running EVE now? Unless your running it currently on a really old machine I can't see you getting much of a performance boost from what you have now
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Sabriz Adoudel
Move along there is nothing here
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Posted - 2016.07.10 13:06:14 -
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Before I got my new rig about 2 months ago, I was running EVE just fine of a piece of junk computer I'd bought as a prebuilt for AUD 500 (at the time that was about USD 450) back in 2013.
The present rig does make EVE look a lot better but IMO that's neither here nor there. If EVE was all I used it for, the old $500 heap would still be fine.
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Nikea Tiber
Backwater Enterprises RD
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Posted - 2016.07.24 07:57:44 -
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Do Little wrote:Eve will run - albeit very slowly - on an old Acer Aspire 1 netbook with a dual core Celeron processor. I still use it occasionally to update PI or market orders if I'm out of town. Undocking with that configuration is not recommended!
Eve runs extremely well on an AMD FX8350 with 8Gb RAM, GTX 770 and an SSD. I can easily run 4 clients on 3 1920x1080 monitors with maximum settings. This hardware is now 2-3 years old.
Eve does not appear to be CPU intensive - put your money into a good quality SSD and a mid-range DX11 graphics card.
I did the same sort of thing on a laptop that I primarily used for EFT and dotlan maps. I called it my EvE Calculator, and would warn my corp mates when "i was logging on with my calculator." |
Tiranius Avetus
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd.
Arataka Research Consortium
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Posted - 2016.08.29 17:10:26 -
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I'm planning a new rig for myself, aiming mainly for EVE 1440p and some other games.
Here is what i cam out with:
- Intel Core i5 6600K
- Gigabyte Z170 Gaming K3 Motherboard
- 16GB DDR4 2666MHz Kingston HyperX
- Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB
- Corsair CS550M power supply
- Samsung 950 PRO M.2 256GB SSD
- Samsung 850 EVO SATA3 256GB SSD
- Dell P2416D 24" 2560x1440 monitor
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Memphis Baas
1960
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Posted - 2016.08.29 17:55:24 -
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This game is, technically, GPU-intensive, but honestly it's not as intensive as, say, Skyrim, and that's a couple years old now. So you can build a computer that runs EVE at max settings for, not a lot. I'm not sure about $500, but $900 - $1200 will definitely get you there.
The biggest item will be the video card; it'll be a big chunk of that budget, but go for an Nvidia GTX 980 Ti or GTX 1070, or whatever the equivalent is from AMD.
As far as building computers, not sure what vendors you're using for parts. Most people use newegg.com I think, because you can read user reviews and get an idea about any potential problems with the parts. In any case:
- match the CPU socket type (the pins on it) with the type of motherboard
- match the memory type with the motherboard
- get a good computer case with a sturdy build and plenty of air flow (the bigger diameter on the fans the less whiny they'll be)
- get a good internal power supply
- get whichever video card you want to use
- and then don't forget the miscellaneous, but necessary: hard drives / SSD drives, dvd/blue ray drive, keyboard, mouse, Windows operating system software, displays.
- and also extras, if any: ultra-quiet fans to replace the standard ones that come in the case, neon lighting, a better heat sink for the processor (the one that's in the Intel box may or may not be all that great), thermal paste to attach it, speakers, microphone (for voice coms), any other software that you need licenses for. |
Varcutii Renalard
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Posted - 2016.08.29 18:37:13 -
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As tempting as it is to give you a link to a handy dandy Abacus at an import online retailer & imply that yes, it's about all you need to run eve....
Eve's about the graphics first and foremost when it comes to what strains a system most. 'Mind you -couple caveats here. It just as equally depends on what you intend to do in eve. Some activities that feature large numbers of players flying together (or in violent opposition) may be very taxing on both cpu and graphics.
Further, if you wake up one day to find yourself enamored with playing space barbie, dressing, posing and styling your characters regularly.... You may notice that eve's Avatar "Carbon" graphics requirements are to say the least, on lower end systems, a bit less than optimized.
Finally, should you intend to get involved in PVE for fun & profit (or shooting bears in their habitat), some of eve's PVE environments feature clouds of particles. Not only are they frequently bright and ... colorful, - but prone to being extremely demanding to any computer that must load them.
On the other hand - if you just want to log into eve, market trade, change some skills you're training, run the game in low intensity mode? I'm willing to bet you might get away with running on an apple IIgs or c64 :) |
Varcutii Renalard
56
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Posted - 2016.08.29 18:43:54 -
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ergherhdfgh wrote: Honestly a good i3 with onboard video would probably be passable.
 
See! See! Even an abacus will run eve! |
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