a warning about hardware anolyzer sites for ESO

Post » Fri Mar 28, 2014 12:24 am

There are a lot of threads floating around asking "Can my PC run ESO??" etc, and people replying with links to websites that anolyze your PCs hardware and tell you if you can run it or not. such sites include

http://www.geforce.com/games-applications/pc-games/elder-scrolls-online/gpu-anolyzer

http://www.canirunit.com

etc

These sites do not work very well and should not be taken seriously at all. I say base your decision to buy ESO on intelligence and common sense rather than what some bogus website tells you.

the first link I posted tells me that my PC can not run ESO at all. Lol. My rig is:

AMD Radeon HD 7650M 1GB

8 GB DDR3 RAM

i5 Processor

I run the game on a mix of medium and high settings at around 30+ FPS. I set the settings to Medium across the board, and then crank up various things to High, including Texture Resolution, Spell Detail, and view distance to 80/100 (100 is max). I run the game smoothly with these settings with my laptop. It's an entry level gaming laptop, not high end, not top of the line, yet I can still run it and enjoy the experience greatly.

So please use common sense when judging your rig, understand your components, realize what makes your game lag and why, which part is lacking, and crank down the graphic setting associated with that flaw...it really is just common sense...

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Love iz not
 
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Post » Fri Mar 28, 2014 3:12 am

Use systemrequirementlabs.

The one you linked is going to lie because you have an AMD card. AMD are ATI chips. That site is NVidia.
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Ian White
 
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Post » Fri Mar 28, 2014 1:27 am

All those base their results purely on the minimum recommendation, so results will always vary from card to card.

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Jhenna lee Lizama
 
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Post » Thu Mar 27, 2014 4:39 pm

Your PC's NVIDIA GeForce 710M is below the game's minimum specifications.

The minimum specification to enjoy The Elder Scrolls Online is a GeForce 8800 GT or higher. Check below to see some upgrade options.

That's what i get from Nvidea site

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lillian luna
 
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Post » Thu Mar 27, 2014 3:17 pm

Are you saying you disagree?

That gpu is below minimum specs, doesn't necessary mean you can't play, just that you most likely can't play.

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Anthony Rand
 
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Post » Thu Mar 27, 2014 9:35 pm

Yeah i do, this GPU can run recent games at medium/high.

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Mimi BC
 
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Post » Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:12 pm

Exactly. The anolyzers are laughable.
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Britney Lopez
 
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Post » Thu Mar 27, 2014 5:04 pm

What titles and at what resolution?

Most of these spec check sites also take it for granted that you play at 1080p, which is the standard.

I'm guessing you play at 720p?.

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Post » Fri Mar 28, 2014 5:14 am

BF4,Skyrim, Various Simulators playing at 1600x900

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danni Marchant
 
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Post » Thu Mar 27, 2014 10:48 pm

Then you can probably eso too.

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Jennie Skeletons
 
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Post » Thu Mar 27, 2014 1:23 pm

would you recomend driver agent for updating your driver or leaving it be?

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Post » Fri Mar 28, 2014 1:54 am

oO the 710m is a mobile version and not optimized for gaming but imho better than a 8800GT not by much but better. I think it will run on low settings.

My 2nd pc has a geforce 570 and is only a old dual core with 8GB ram (had some left over) and ESO runs perfect on high settings.

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Post » Fri Mar 28, 2014 1:52 am

Typically the graphics driver is the only thing that needs constant updating, and it's pretty easy/fast do manually.

I wouldn't use any automated software for that.

I think steam has a driver check thingy, at least that way you don't get any spyware/crap on your pc.

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Post » Fri Mar 28, 2014 5:41 am

this is true :)

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Post » Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:22 pm

I always felt the best bet is to find out what other people have to get a fairly good idea how the game will perform on your system. That said I'm going to post my specs for those looking to upgrade for the game.

Settings
Full Ultra Settings with max view Distance at 1920x1080 resolution on a signle monitor. As of last beta game ran at a pretty consistant 35 FPS.

Hardware
AMD Pheonom II X4 975 Black Edition Overclocked from 3.6GHz to 3.887 GHz
AMD XFX Raedon 6870 1GB GPU at stock speeds. (Can't really get the 6000 series anymore but the 7850 is suppose be about the same if not slightly better)
Corsair 800GS 800watt Power Source
4x4GB Corsair Vengence Memory 1600 (Overkill, probably only need 4GB but ram was cheap at the time)
ASUS M5A88-V Evo Mother Board (Don't get this MB, it's a POS and the biggest regret of my last build)
128 GB OZC SSD for games. 2TB seagate harddrive for everything else.
Windows 7 64-bit

I have other stuff installed that have no real affect on the game but my rig cost about $1100 three years ago. So to build the same thing probably be a few hundred less. To get the game to play at full ultra at 60fps you'll looking to spend at least $1000 unless you find some great sales on newegg or wherever.

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Silvia Gil
 
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Post » Fri Mar 28, 2014 4:03 am

Never ever intall any driver or (even worse) bios update agents on your computer! Big fail if you do.

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Latisha Fry
 
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Post » Thu Mar 27, 2014 7:32 pm

Geforce one I think is just for marketing. When I ran it, it tells me I should upgrade to the card I already own...

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Lisa Robb
 
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Post » Thu Mar 27, 2014 8:05 pm

I have an i5 running at 3.30Ghz, a GeForce GTX 660 and have 16GB of DDR3 memory a relatively modest setup and it runs TESO on a mix of Ultra & High settings, on a full screen at 1920 x 1080 without any problems.

I go with the OP, don't believe everything you read on those hardware comparison sites.

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