In terms of CPU/GPU use which of the newer games is most smilar to Fallout 4?

[RoNin1971]

31 minutes ago, AndalayBay said:

I've also found that the CPU speed is the governing factor with Bethesda games. I had a Core i7 and when it died, I actually went with a faster Core i5 and all my Bethesda games run pretty fast now (Oblivion, Skyrim, Fallout 3 & 4). Skyrim and Fallout 4 use the graphics card more than the old ones do, but they still seem to benefit from higher speed.

Core i5-10600K @ 4.10GHz
32 GB RAM
WD Black SN750 SE NVMe SSD

Having a fast SSD for your game files is also key. I have my saves on a traditional drive.

 

That's because the older games can't handle all those cores. They only use a few. The faster each CPU-core the better the game performs, in those cases.

 

& FO4 actually is pretty bad with SSD's. It can't handle the speed. Consequently loading can take forever.

[AndalayBay]

I'm using High FPS Physics Fix and that fixes the slow loading times. Also on NG.

[geala]

Really? I will try the mod. Are there negatives known, like danger of more ctds? I prefer long loading times and a stable game to fast loading and more ctds.

To performance, I would take into account wether you want the base game (meh, ugh) or a modded version. I for a long time used a 1920 x 1080 screen, my 3840 x 2160 screen caught dust in the basement because it seemed "too big" to me, I couldn't see everything on it at once (a matter of habituation surely). I think my PC would also not have be able at all to run FO4 on highest settings with the big screen. I had Fallout 4 with HD textures and an ENB at about 45-50 fps in worst case (i9-11900k, RTX 2070, fast SSD, 32 GB RAM) with the small screen. I didn't face high loading times, perhaps 30 sec at max.

With my new PC I finally switched to the bigger screen, using 4k to 8k textures when available. The game looks so much better but the loading times are abysmal, some minutes when leaving DC or Goodneigbor. I did not check my fps but I have it capped to 61 fps in the FO4.ini.

I would say that you should buy the fastest PC you can afford and don't look at minimal or average requirements.

[AndalayBay]

9 hours ago, geala said:

Really? I will try the mod. Are there negatives known, like danger of more ctds? I prefer long loading times and a stable game to fast loading and more ctds.

To performance, I would take into account wether you want the base game (meh, ugh) or a modded version. I for a long time used a 1920 x 1080 screen, my 3840 x 2160 screen caught dust in the basement because it seemed "too big" to me, I couldn't see everything on it at once (a matter of habituation surely). I think my PC would also not have be able at all to run FO4 on highest settings with the big screen. I had Fallout 4 with HD textures and an ENB at about 45-50 fps in worst case (i9-11900k, RTX 2070, fast SSD, 32 GB RAM) with the small screen. I didn't face high loading times, perhaps 30 sec at max.

With my new PC I finally switched to the bigger screen, using 4k to 8k textures when available. The game looks so much better but the loading times are abysmal, some minutes when leaving DC or Goodneigbor. I did not check my fps but I have it capped to 61 fps in the FO4.ini.

I would say that you should buy the fastest PC you can afford and don't look at minimal or average requirements.

I don't recall getting any crashes in FO4. I think I had some issues when I first enabled weapon debris, but the crash fix mod fixed that.

You've got an i9, but what's the speed? As I said, my i5 is superior to the i7 I had. Your other bottleneck will be that 2070. Have a look at the graphics card reviews and they'll discuss the changes Nvidia went through with their cards. I found the 4060 to be the sweet spot for me.

I've got three monitors 1920x1200. I don't like the 1080s but I guess I'll get forced into that ratio eventually. I plan to buy a 32" if and when I can afford it.