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[lostmytwinky]

so i used to be heavy console gamer but know im wanting to get back into pc gaming i have a crappy dell laptop with only dell 4k hd graphics witch suck for doing anything other that maybe youtube lol but im looking for a desktop that can run the game    ARK servival evolved and im told this one can run it...http://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-refurbished-pavilion-desktop-amd-a10-series-8gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-snow-white/4806900.p?id=1219825712977&skuId=4806900 ,,,,plz im kinda broke ATM but ur thoughts and tips wud be greatly appreciated  

[lostmytwinky]

this is the minimal requirements to run the game

 

• MINIMUM: 
  • OS: 64-Bit Windows 7 Service Pack 1, or Windows 8 
  • Processor: 2 GHz Dual-Core 64-bit CPU 
  • Memory: 4000 MB RAM 
  • Graphics: DirectX10 Compatible GPU with 1 GB Video RAM 
  • DirectX: Version 10 
  • Storage: 40000 MB available space

[FruitBasketSilex]

I've got a 390x and a 4790k and the game runs like shit on low 1080p.

 

You're going to need more than that to run ARK.

 

I haven't actually played the game more than about 30min because it runs so bad.

[alexhelvetica]

That looks like a good deal, but that description looks really sketchy.

 

"1024GB HDD" (NO, probably 931GiB or 1,000GB)

"AMD A10-Series"

"R7 Series Discrete Graphics"

 

Even more sketchy, it lists the PCIe 16x slot as available even though it says it has a discrete GPU.

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Expansion Slots

1 PCI-Express x1 (available), 1 PCI-Express x16 (available), 1 PCI-Express x1 mini socket slot (occupied)

 

[Aytex]

Just now, FruitBasketSilex said:

I've got a 390x and a 4790k and the game runs like shit on low 1080p.

 

You're going to need more than that to run ARK.

 

I haven't actually played the game more than about 30min because it runs so bad.

Agreed

Ark is a very unoptimized game, it runs like shit on all computers

[lostmytwinky]

is this desktop able to handle like a higher graphics card

[FruitBasketSilex]

4 minutes ago, lostmytwinky said:

is this desktop able to handle like a higher graphics card

Not without the CPU bottlenecking the performance.

[lostmytwinky]

lol i bought the game like a week after it hit steam an i still havent got to play it cause it crashed my game so many times lol