Starfield hardware thread

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

As I have been saying for a while this game was going to be CPU heavy in NPC heavy areas. This is seen in Fallout 4:
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/th...ults.18946938/

It transpires the game can be very CPU intensive:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiIQpvpdXLc

That review tests the recommended hardware and CPU scaling. Here are some screenshots:
https://imgur.com/a/8CKq8gT

Some more testing on consoles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlStOHRI56o

The consoles can hold 30FPS but not in cities. It seems areas with lots of NPCs and firefights are CPU limited:
https://youtu.be/zTnYtbMPrxw?t=1081

[Jonj1611]

I expect some improvements with optimisation going forwards. (hopefully!)

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Some more tests:
https://www.digitaltrends.com/comput...ettings-fsr-2/



Some more benchmarks of various dGPUs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXG7gxVcVws

The RX6600>RTX3060 and RX7600>RTX4060.

[Rob_B]

I'm here to add the obligatory "it runs on steamdeck!" comment...
But it's not good... Like 800p at half res scaling =25fps "not good"


1440p with a 3060ti is disappointing

[Ttaskmaster]

I wonder how well it would run on a 7800X3D with a 4090....?

[Rob_B]

At least 10fps

I just skimmed that digital trends article, high preset Defaults to using FSR2 rather than full res!

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I'm here to add the obligatory "it runs on steamdeck!" comment...
But it's not good... Like 800p at half res scaling =25fps "not good"


1440p with a 3060ti is disappointing

It's an AMD sponsored title and Nvidia needs to release drivers too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGL3fczSXaI

The RX6700XT thrashes the RTX3060TI ATM. It might be a good excuse for me to upgrade!

I wonder how well it would run on a 7800X3D with a 4090....?

Seems OK if you look on OcUK forums.

[Jonj1611]

I have a RX6700XT and it is all over games in 1440p but think I will wait a bit for Starfield to be a bit more optimised before I purchase

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Some more GPU/CPU tests:
https://gamegpu.com/rpg/role-playing...d-test-gpu-cpu
https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Starf...eam-1428021/2/

I have a RX6700XT and it is all over games in 1440p but think I will wait a bit for Starfield to be a bit more optimised before I purchase

But the RTX3060TI/RX6700XT are getting on a bit now,so it will be the case of dropping settings down to medium or high.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

CPU benchmarks:
https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Starf...ungen-1428119/

Seems to scale with RAM speeds like Fallout 4 and has a preference for Intel CPUs.

[Jonj1611]

Here is a good vid for the 6700XT

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

GN tests some GPUs in the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JDbrWmlqMw

RX6700XT>RTX4060TI!

[Ttaskmaster]

Seems OK if you look on OcUK forums.

Only OK?
Might have to send them back, then...

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Some more CPU benchmarks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVMp-oUEJ3o

Only OK?
Might have to send them back, then...

Its a very taxing game and optimised to run on AMD dGPUs.

That above video tests that configuration. But if you look at post 10,the game seems to have a preference for Intel CPUs and high RAM speeds.

Fallout 4 showed the same preference for RAM speed.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Another test:
https://www.computerbase.de/2023-09/...chmark-test/3/

AMD cards are ahead,but seem CPU limited at 1080p by the Ryzen 7 7800X3D?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Another performance test:
https://www.tomshardware.com/feature...pu-do-you-need

Nvidia cards do seem to have some performance issues.