Hi Guys,

My name is Jesse and I am a complete noob when it comes to pc gaming (I've only been a console gamer). That being said, I am very excited to jump into Fallout 4 and all the future mods the community has to offer on my new PC my buddy built for me.

As I said above I am super new to this side of gaming and was in hopes you guys with more knowledge on the PC and system requirements could help me out.

My question is, Do you guys think my PC will be powerful enough to run FO4 with mods on High - Ultra settings?

I know Bethesda has not released FO4 system requirements yet so that's why I was hoping you guys will be able to take an educated guess based on your experience and knowledge you have.

Any help is much appreciated below my system info. (I copy and pasted from the site "Can You Run It"

Thank you and see you guys in the wasteland

Jesse

Processor - Intel® Core™ i5-4670K CPU @ 3.40GHz

Video Card - AMD Radeon R9 200 Series

Memory - 16 GB

Operating System - Microsoft Windows 10 (build 10240), 64-bit

Hello and welcome to the forums! Your ram and cpu look fine, I'm not familiar with the graphics card but I'm sure somone else here will know.

Hi CheshireKhajiit,

Thank you very much for the reply that's a relief because I am super stoked to play Fallout all modded. I watch Modded Skyrim youtube vids all the time. So I wanted to be apart of all that community and enjoy Fallout 4 all modded up.

I think PC is the way to go for sure. Unfortunately for me, I don't have a PC so I will be playing on the PS4. However, I have begun collecting components for a new PC so perhaps by the time the mods are getting good, I will have it up and running.

Ya I would be playing on my XB1 but I've been watching Gopher's modding vids and MrMattyPlays vids and now I have to play FO4 on my PC. Been a huge fan of Betheasda and their elder scrolls games since Daggerfall. Can't wait until Nov

Welcome! You will find PC gaming offers many more options and a ton of freedom that unfortunately console gaming lacks. I as well a few years back decided to build a gaming PC for pretty much the same reason(s) - Mods!

With that comes multiple control options, increased visual fidelity and performance, as I'm sure you know.

In order to answer your question accurately, it would help to know precisely what kind of Graphics card you have, AMD Radeon R9 200 Series is still quite vague, It could be any of these for instance, and performance varies between each, some to a great degree, others not so much - R9 295X2 R9 290X, R9 290, R9 285, R9 280X, R9 280, R9 270X, R9 270. I'd think if you at least have a R9 280X you would have a good chance of playing high-ultra along with some of the more graphically/performance heavy mods. You might even get away with having lower than the R9 280X, it really depends on how demanding Fallout 4 turns out to be, which in my opinion, will not be very demanding, if Skyrim is anything to go by.

I've heard pvssyr that if you can run Skyrim Ultra with mods then you will be able to handle FO4 more or less. So if you have Skyrim or plan on grabbing it, that would at least be a decent test how well your system will handle Fallout 4. I think you will be able to handle modding, it just depends on the kinds of mods you are wanting to use and at what settings and the frame rate that you are happy with. The great thing about PC gaming is that you have the option to lower a setting here and there or your resolution for instance, to get better performance.

I have the same CPU and it's a beast, no issues there at all and you have plenty of RAM. I think you will be fine!

Thank you Falloutwander! You made my day. Thank you so much for all that info. Tomorrow I will see what my graphics card is. Man oh man I hate waiting for games I want, it svcks lol

You're welcome! I know what it's like waiting, I obsessed before the release of Skyrim and more recently, The Witcher 3, now I'm waiting eagerly for Fallout 4! Look at it this way, at least we only have around 2 1/2 months to wait, that's honestly not that long and will be here before we know it! Waiting for Witcher 3 felt like forever, considering I followed the game consistently from announcement to release, which ended up being over 2 years! Now that is a long wait

Btw, what resolution are you going to be playing at? 1080p? This is very important, just as one example, it could be the difference between playing a game maxed out or med-high settings depending on your specs.

I would really recommend you not wait.

Grab Skyrim ($39.99 - wait for a sale) now, or Fallout 3 ($9.99 - worth it) or Fallout NV ($9.99 - grab it).

If you get both the Fallouts (and the DLCs), run the TTW mod which runs them both as one using the Fallout NV engine.

Any or all of these will check out your new PC as well as the world of mods. Then you will be all set for Fallout 4.

Besides which, playing sure beats just waiting.

You are 100% right!! I've been replaying Skyrim on my 360 but I totally should grab it on my PC and start testing it and learning how to install and run mods!! Thanks

I would actually recommend Fallout NV. It is a lot cheaper, and will get you used to the Fallout world. Tons of good mods too.

Get Skyrim on one of the regular sales - I have seen it as low as $4.99. For Skyrim you will want the Legendary edition.

Since this is only a time filler until Fallout 4 comes out, you can skip the DLCs unless you get a good buy on the GOTY version.

Also, get familiar with Nexusmods:

http://www.nexusmods.com/games/?

They are a primary source of PG and below mods, for all games..

Hey Falloutwanderer, this is my graphics card info what do you think?

sapphire r9 290 tri x

Also just wanted to thank all you guys for all your help!

Well if your rig can

1. Run all the texture overhaul mods at HD to Ultra resolution AND

2. play a script intensive, loaded mod deck (running at min these mods: Frostfall, CWO, Wet & Cold, WATER, RND, SFO, BUGS 101, ETaC, Hunterborn, Animallica, FNIS, Touring Carriages, Fishing in Skyrim, and Art of the Catch) then you should be good to go with fallout 4.

Because fallout's graphics aren't that far off from Skyrim's tbh. Only time will tell how CPU intensive the combat system will make the game. If the visual effects are anything like EVE + MMM, then that's going to eat a lot of your rig's RAM, GPU, & CPU resources

That being said, welcome to the Master Race my new noob brother/sister.

I switched over to PC too over the last year after over a decade away in console country. Even without mods Skyrim and older Fallout games will look better and run at nice buttery smooth frame rates. Once you get them modded to your taste, you'll never want to go back to playing them without haha. Good luck and have fun

Yes, really excited to get into the PC gaming world!

Bit of a hijack, but I have a question. There's a site called game-debate that has projected system requirements for FO4. Now, I don't trust them as far as I can throw them, but their tool shows that my graphics card is my limiting component. It's an AMD Radeon HD 7850. Hitting their 'Remove Bottleneck' button swaps the graphics card for a Radeon R9 290 XFX Double Dissipation Edition, which goes for $299 USD on NewEgg. Thing is, I know almost nothing about hardware specs, and this is my first time upgrading a component of my pc, so I'm wondering: is there another card that offers similar performance for a lower cost, or do I need to expect to spend about $350 USD anytime I upgrade my graphics card?

A 290? A 7850 in Skyrim ultra, 1080p, 8XAA with HD DLC should give 50+FPS, even if FO4 is twice as hard on your card it should be mostly playable, and you could drop to lesser anti-aliasing for more frames. Unless it uses over 2GB VRAM, which would cause stuttering on the majority of owned cards. If the VRAM is an issue, I'll bet my hat and my favourite shades that a 4GB 960 or 380 will run FO4 maxed out and more than playable.

Yup, you are good to go buddy. That is a great card for your particular wants and needs per the topic of this thread, running FO4 with mods. 4gb of VRAM is the sweet spot imo, Unless you are playing or planning on playing at higher resolutions above 1080-1440p, you will never have any significant VRAM issues with that card. I have a 4gb VRAM GPU and rarely do I ever go over 3gb with 99% of games, mods included. I do not see you having any majors issues of concern, You should be able to play FO4 ultra + Mods comfortably. *Unless there is something we currently are unaware and/or BGS screws up majorly, which is highly doubtful, so no worries. Congrats!

Thanks Falloutwanderer! You totally made my year! Thank you and all the others who contributed to my thread!! What a great community we have here.... 馃榾馃榾馃憤

Huh. That's good to know. My Graphic Card is several years old at this point, and the game-debate site says that I'm below the 100% mark for FO4. Again, I don't trust the site as far as I can throw it, but I figured that if my Graphics Card was my limiting factor, then upgrading it would up my chances of being able to run FO4 on my PC, which I really, really want to do. It's good to know that my setup is actually still pretty solid; I wasn't sure what the turnaround on having to upgrade parts was, so I was afraid I needed to upgrade.

Frankly, while I put the system together myself, I still know pretty much nothing about PC gaming. I've only played New Vegas and Skyrim, really, and I know nothing about PC part specs, so I've no idea what I'm doing, really. And frankly, I have no idea where to start learning. After all, if I'm going to do PC gaming as much as I actually want to, then I should probably know what I'm doing.

Risking the wrath of the moderators - again - let me recommend Toms Hardware for the best reviews going on gaming rig components:

http://www.tomshardware.com/

They are always my first stop when I am getting a new video card or processor.

AMD or NVidia - they will have a comparison chart showing performance on current games.

Reviews on the parts themselves are nice, but there are other intricacies. For example, would my current CPU be up to handling the R9? It seems I don't need to upgrade, so it's more a rhetorical question, but in my searches, I've seen people ask, 'Would this work?', only to get a response of 'Your CPU can't handle that'. Asking people is certainly a solution, but I'd like to get to the point where I can make those determinations on my own, and I simply don't have the know-how to do that.

I think you will find most people in two camps:

1) Over-build because they can. $1000 vido card is just the price of entry. They are good for whatever the next 3 years brings.

2) The rest of us. Our gaming rig is getting a little old in the tooth, but frame rate is OK on all owned games.

A new game comes out that we want - like Fallout 4. Whoops - this thing runs like a dog. Framerate 5 FPS... Now what to do...

Narrow down the problem area. Is it GPU, VRam, or processor or main memory? Or does the GPU simply not support DX12 or whatever is required.

If the processor is your bottleneck, find one you like on Toms. That probably implies a new motherboard and maybe memory and power supply also. Get the best you can afford that will carry you the next 3 years.

If the GPU is the problem (there are some really good programs that will narrow it down), go back to Toms and find a board - fast enough - in their ratings.

Note: A new video card might require all the previous processor upgrades too. Maybe not. Try just a new video card first. Us cost-limited players expect to pay a little over $200 for a good one with 4GB of VRam.

I call 2) Reaction mode. Get new hardware when you have to, not just because it feels good, and don't worry too much about whether your rig will be good enough for that next game.

Hi again everyone,

Wondering if I can ask you guys for your help again and pick your brains?

Now that the spec have been release for Fallout 4; how do you think my PC will stack up with the game (Graphical settings) and eventually graphical mod enhancements?

Here is my current PC -

Processor - Intel® Core™ i5-4670K CPU @ 3.40GHz

Video Card - AMD Radeon R9 290 tri X

Memory - 16 GB

Operating System - Microsoft Windows 10 (build 10240), 64-bit

Fallout 4 System Requirements -

Minimum
Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
Intel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz/AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0 GHz or equivalent
8 GB RAM
30 GB free HDD space
NVIDIA GTX 550 Ti 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB or equivalent

Recommended
Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
Intel Core i7 4790 3.6 GHz/AMD FX-9590 4.7 GHz or equivalent
8 GB RAM
30 GB free HDD space
NVIDIA GTX 780 3GB/AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB or equivalent

As always just want to thank this community for all the help and knowledgeable replies you guys have given me in the past

Thank you

I recommend definitely starting with Fallout New Vegas as your "transition" game. I did about three years ago, and cannot even play it on a console anymore...I've quite spoiled myself. NV is easy to mod, it will completely immerse you in the FO environment (better preparing you for FO4), and with Gopher's video series for NV, you can't go wrong. He could literally teach a monkey to mod NV (the proof? He taught me!). Just remember, and Gopher will reinforce this, you need to pay attention to your mod load order. A bad load order is probably the number one reason of crashes and innumerable other issues, playing non-vanilla NV. He will show you how to do this.

Best of luck and welcome to the master race. If you're anything like me, you'll soon be saying to yourself why the hell it took you this long to embrace the dark side.