Looking to tap the tech cabal of TEST...

[BadMoonRicin]

My current specs are:

Intel Core i7-47905 CPU @3.20 Ghz 3.20Ghz
RAM 12Gb
Nvidea GeForce GTX 1060 6 Gb

Windows 10


Opinions on which of these two upgrades would help me most.

Upgrade RAM (16-32 Gb) or move Star Citizen to a SSD drive (currently on a HDD)

I have No big issues as I am currently set up. The usual FPS stuff (between 2 and 20) averaging 15 or so.

Load times are long ( up to 3 -5+ minutes to load into PO on start)


Your thoughts. feel free to add any other upgrades you might think...

THANKS

 

[Printimus]

My current specs are:

Intel Core i7-47905 CPU @3.20 Ghz 3.20Ghz
RAM 12Gb
Nvidea GeForce GTX 1060 6 Gb

Windows 10


Opinions on which of these two upgrades would help me most.

Upgrade RAM (16-32 Gb) or move Star Citizen to a SSD drive (currently on a HDD)

I have No big issues as I am currently set up. The usual FPS stuff (between 2 and 20) averaging 15 or so.

Load times are long ( up to 3 -5+ minutes to load into PO on start)


Your thoughts. feel free to add any other upgrades you might think...

THANKS

SSD and RAM should be your first priority.

 

[marcsand2]

SSD and RAM should be your first priority.

Yeap

 

[StdDev]

SSD and RAM should be your first priority.

ALL WHAT PRINTIMUS SEZ
and pretty much in that order too!

 

[EpilepticCricket]

This makes 3 votes for SSD then RAM.

 

[Toihva]

Add me into the SSD and RAM category.

 

[supitza]

I concur. Get an SSD.

 

[Thalstan]

SSD first, then RAM. Once you have the SSD, use it for your paging files if performance still lags

 

[DarthMunkee]

SSD will improve your load times just don't go too cheap on the drive. Cheaper SSDs won't improve your load times much over a good HDD. Also just because it's a SanDisk or Mushkin doesn't mean it's going to be faster. Most companies have a lot of different options and speeds will vary. Look at real-world transfer tests of possible and not just artificial benchmarks. I would recommend either a Samsung Pro or SanDisk Ultra SSD.

 

[EpilepticCricket]

I would recommend either a Samsung Pro or SanDisk Ultra SSD.

Yeah, I'm very happy with my Samsung Pro.

 

[Thalstan]

if you go with an m.2 drive, there is a big difference between the Samsung 950 and the 960

 

[BadMoonRicin]

I appreciate the direction all. Did a lil more research and I think i'll be heading the 960 "evo" way, depending on what kind of deal I can get the "pro" for.

THANKS again.

 

[hardroc77]

SSD and RAM should be your first priority.

Add me to the list to agree with @Printimus. When I moved SC to an SSD, I had an immediate improvement. Ram up grade from 16 to 32 afterwards help with fps a little.

Yeah, I'm very happy with my Samsung Pro.

That's what I have. There's a reason it has the word Pro in it's name.

 

[Bruce]

While agreeing with everyone before I'd like to say that there are two different ways to move forward
1) buy some mediocre SATA ssd of 500gb+ that will be used later on ( as most probably there is no nvme onboard )
2) buy 960 pro and some adapter, and 120gb or so for bootable ssd

 

[hi100040]

While agreeing with everyone before I'd like to say that there are two different ways to move forward
1) buy some mediocre SATA ssd of 500gb+ that will be used later on ( as most probably there is no nvme onboard )
2) buy 960 pro and some adapter, and 120gb or so for bootable ssd

I have never heard of OP's CPU and neither has Intel... I am going to guess he meant i7-4790 (but if this is correct, why are you underclocking a 4.0GHz CPU?) in which case there is no NVME support through m.2 which means that a SATA drive is your best bet otherwise you will have to use a PCIe card to plug an m.2 into to get the NVME speeds. That being said, since you didn't post your mobo it might be one of the special ones that did have the NVME m.2 support so consult your manual or post up your mobo if you get lost. 4700's CPUs were right on the bleeding edge of NVME so support is not as universal as it was for the next generation.

If you have a hard time getting an NVME drive to work try updating your BIOS.

I have noticed that Star Citizen loves it's RAM and that if you have too large a page file (like I did) you will have performance hits. The biggest area you will see an improvement in with a fast SSD is the mini-game modules like Arena Commander and Star Marine. If you like playing those I would suggest an SSD over RAM 100%. If you prefer the main Universe then I would ensure your page file is small(1GB or less), look at your RAM usage after a while of playing and if your RAM is less than 90% then you are best to go grab an SSD. If you are above 90% RAM at any point while playing Star Citizen it is time for more RAM because starving this game of RAM is the best way to make it run like ass.

I hope these 2 pieces of information help you out and anyone else reading this.

 

[Doyzer]

I would go with SSD
I run the game decent with 4670k (3.2), 16gb RAM, 850 EVO ssd, and a 1080ti

 

[Likewise]

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/1/thread/star-citizen-alpha-3-0-performance-tidbits

In the above link Chris Roberts recommends at least 16GB of RAM, so if you're trying to choose between SSD and RAM I would go with RAM. It's more cost effective, but you will likely want to get on the SSD train as soon as possible.

 

[ColdDog]

Looking like the SSD market is the best bet in performance. RAM is always important... I dont think i7 cpus really break a sweat since the GPU handles to load (unless you have a crappy i7 or a shit load of apps its running). Cant go wrong with 32 GB of ram... thats a given... next is the GPU... then the ssd. My opinion

 

[Han Burgundy]

Might I suggest the Soviet-built турбо-дро 486

Spoiler

 

[Radegast74]

Get the SSD first, and then the RAM...your 12GB is barely adequate...

How many RAM slots do you have? If you have an adventurous spirit, you could load up with 64GB of RAM and use 40 or so as a RAM disk for Star Citizen, and skip the need for an SSD.