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greendra:

--- Quote from: Queso on June 24, 2015, 03:05:58 pm ---It also seriously depends on your definition of what "playable" is. For some, that means running the game at 800x600 at 20 Frames per second. For some it means running the game at 4k at 144 FPS.

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I would say that 30 or 40 FPS would be my definition. This will allow it to be 20FPS whilst recording gameplay.

Kamoba:
I run on a laptop for the simple reason of having twins took up any room my flat shall see and my laptop I can hide and tuck away tidily.
I hit 12 FPS on a bad day regular fps is 20 - 30.

And personally I think humans have become fixated on the numbers over everything else... I have no issues at gaming at these numbers, even when playing in competitive tournaments. So I am one of "Those people".

Newbluud:

--- Quote from: Kamoba on June 25, 2015, 06:55:30 am ---I run on a laptop for the simple reason of having twins took up any room my flat shall see and my laptop I can hide and tuck away tidily.
I hit 12 FPS on a bad day regular fps is 20 - 30.

And personally I think humans have become fixated on the numbers over everything else... I have no issues at gaming at these numbers, even when playing in competitive tournaments. So I am one of "Those people".

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THANK YOU o7

So so so sick of PC snobs with the mentality that <60fps = unplayable. It might be uglier but you really are at no mechanical disadvantage until you dip below 20. People treat frames like stats in WoW or something.

I'm in the same boat as well, regular 20 - 30 fps and severe drops when first loading into a game. 4v4s may require me to burn my laptop on heavier power settings (which I can't keep up because it overheats), otherwise I will drop to 10 or so, which is in the realms of unplayable for precision. Even so, it's smooth in that choppy frames do not effect my control or perception. GoI is one of those games where twitch reflexes are not absolutely paramount to the core gameplay, at least until they introduce boarding :^)

Would I prefer to get more frames on a better machine? Of course, but I wouldn't discourage someone getting a game they want, even if they have to compromise on framerate and can't top consoles with their PC. Often people have lives that they need to support or, like me, had to sell their expensive rig to afford rent (#studentlyfe).

As for OP; I play on a Lenovo G580, i5 etc etc. It has the power but the bundled Windows 8.1 is a complete nightmare and the machine itself has a very short lifespan before it begins dying. Mine is on its way out. Functional with GoI but would not recommend 3/8.

Allien':
High fps does not matter at all in Guns of icarus. High FPS is needed for First person shooters, for example CS.GO, where your fps will have an enormous impact on your game sensitivity as well as giving your opponent the advantage over you. Guns of Icarus is different, every gun has a rotation speed, so your reaction time is not really affected.
I normally play around 30 FPS and everything on low but a high resolution (1366x768). You should play with everything on low if you play as a crew imo. It helps a lot during engagements like when fighting flamers, seeing trough flared clouds and specially having a better time identifying components, if you want to be accurate with a merc or artemis. This being my competitive side speaking, since I've lost the casual side a long time ago :P

Arturo Sanchez:
first off wrong question.

the first question about getting a new machine is what is the highest you will spend?

What is the cheapest parts to hit the minimum benchmark?

personally 300-400 quid is a good area. those tend to run guns fine.

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