tm2dragon Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 (edited) Question is simple: I'd like to get a new PC so I can play Fallout 4 at Ultra High graphics settings without frame-rate drop.......do I go for a pre-built gaming PC, or build one from scratch? How much would each cost? Can a pre-built one even handle what I'm asking, or must I make this beast from scratch? I know most would say "CUSTOM BUILD FOR THE WIN" automatically, but keep in mind I'm pretty much computer illiterate, and would need to seek out help from more knowledgeable people either way, so if a pre-built can handle it, an increased cost might just be worth saving myself the stress and confusion. Edited December 17, 2015 by tm2dragon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DudeyGeeza Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 you could easily spend 200-1000 and still have framerate issues with this game. It's poorly coded with bugs and issues coming out of every orifice. It will only annoy you even more after you have spent hundreds/thousands on a system and still have issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Username0815 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 It all depends on budget and your know-how. A pre built pc always has issues, a custom built may have issues, if your short on money or dont know what your doing. For Fallout 4 and decent reserves for the future, I recommend an I7 Core, a decent brand MB from asus, gigabyte, etc, ddr4 rams 16 gb or more, 2-3 Solid State Disks 1 for the system, 2 in raid for the games, 4 tb+ HDD for storage and most importantly high end graphic cards, this time NVidia cards only. I recommend a 980 ti hybrid, thats the card im going to get for xmas. This setup may cost up to 2.000 $ depending on the country you live in. Do not cheap out on ram, cpu and mb, a weak cpu will bottleneck a high end cpu, also bethesda games heavily rely on cpu performance. My current rig is a I7 4930K six cores, @4,4 ghz oc, 32 gb of ddr Ram (2400s), a rampage gene 4 board, with 3 SSDs and a custom cooled 290x 8GB. I can play fallout 4 in 1440p with high settings, thats pretty much the most you get out with any rig, unless crossfire/sli builds, which can run 4k. I'll replace my modified R9 290x with a 980ti hybrid from inno 3d, with that I'll run the game at 1440p with ENB, and as many mods as I want. Keep in mind that boston downtown area bugs down pretty much everyone on ultra settings, shadow and godrays are devastating to performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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