Sea of Thieves Specs

[Hielke]

Dear all,

 

I would like to talk about the specs required to play this game! I'm super excited for this game and found this chart online. Now, I'm playing on a 1440p monitor and I am currently gaming on a GTX 970, ouch yes I know. I am looking for an upgrade and I'm wondering whether or not a GTX 1080 is powerful enough to run this game at 1440p @ 60fps.

[Tsuki]

you have the chart right in front of you... why do you need to ask..?

[Hielke]

Just now, Tsuki said:

you have the chart right in front of you... why do you need to ask..?

Hey mister, if you look again at the chart, you will conclude that 1440p is not in there. Thanks!

[Jurrunio]

980ti is as high as you can go without breaking the bank, which is good enough.

[Hielke]

Just now, Jurrunio said:

980ti is as high as you can go without breaking the bank, which is good enough.

But I do not mind to break the bank ;). I do not think a 980ti can run this game @ 1440p 60fps, right?

[Tsuki]

3 minutes ago, Hielke said:

Hey mister, if you look again at the chart, you will conclude that 1440p is not in there. Thanks!

im aware, but you could infer based on the fact that if a 770 can do 1080p@60 and a 1070 can do 4k@30,  then yes, a 1080 will do fine at 1440@60.  use common sense jesus christ.

 

also, this chart is all anybody else has since the game isnt out yet.  so any answer you get is going to be based on guessing after looking at that chart.

 

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But I do not mind to break the bank ;). I do not think a 980ti can run this game @ 1440p 60fps, right?

980ti can do 4k@30 so it will manage 1440 just fine

[Jurrunio]

11 minutes ago, Hielke said:

But I do not mind to break the bank ;). I do not think a 980ti can run this game @ 1440p 60fps, right?

It can, it's on par with the GTX 1070. Probably at medium settings though.

 

10 minutes ago, Tsuki said:

use common sense jesus christ.

That's a bit more than common sense tbh. Needs knowledge on cards' performance as well which I'm sure schools nowadays dont teach.

[Hielke]

Just now, Jurrunio said:

It can, it's on par with the GTX 1070. Probably at medium settings though.

 

That's a bit more than common sense tbh. Needs knowledge on cards' performance as well which I'm sure schools nowadays dont teach.

Thank you, both for your reply! I will go for the 1080 then. And yes, I agree with Jurrunio. Most of us have no experience with any other graphics cards than we currently got, so it is hard to speculate which graphics card we need. That is why we are on this forum

[Hielke]

Btw, I do like me some ultra settings tho

[Tsuki]

3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

That's a bit more than common sense tbh. Needs knowledge on cards' performance as well which I'm sure schools nowadays dont teach.

i disagree.  nvidia has their cards labeled in a way that makes it easy to figure out their comparative performance. 1060 > 1070 > 1070ti > 1080 > 1080ti

if a lower end card(comparatively) can perform at a higher display, (1070 at 4k) then a higher end card will be able to perform at a lower display (1080 at 1440). 

 

while they dont use graphics cards,  they DO teach this in school, my daughter is 14 and is learning this same principal.  it should be common sense.  its being able to infer and extrapolate from a given data set.

[Jurrunio]

13 minutes ago, Hielke said:

Btw, I do like me some ultra settings tho

Not getting away from a 1080 then

9 minutes ago, Tsuki said:

i disagree.  nvidia has their cards labeled in a way that makes it easy to figure out their comparative performance. 1060 > 1070 > 1070ti > 1080 > 1080ti

if a lower end card(comparatively) can perform at a higher display, (1070 at 4k) then a higher end card will be able to perform at a lower display (1080 at 1440). 

 

while they dont use graphics cards,  they DO teach this in school, my daughter is 14 and is learning this same principal.  it should be common sense.  its being able to infer and extrapolate from a given data set.

It's 1070 at 4K 30Hz, which gives no direct comparison to 1440p 60Hz. Refresh rate and resolution are both different. You cant solve algebra with two unknown when there's only 1 equation.

[EG!]

36 minutes ago, Hielke said:

But I do not mind to break the bank

21 minutes ago, Hielke said:

Btw, I do like me some ultra settings tho

Then go  2 1080ti's and get a 4k gsync monitor upgrade your cpu to an i7 8700k get 64gb ram a 2tb nvme and your bank will be broken and ultra settings will be easily achievable.

 

[Tsuki]

2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Not getting away from a 1080 then

It's 1070 at 4K 30Hz, which gives no direct comparison to 1440p 60Hz. Refresh rate and resolution are both different. You cant solve algebra with two unknown when there's only 1 equation.

4k is 4 times the pixel density of 1080p, 30fps is half of 60fps.(and they are talking frame rate, not refresh rate in the picture)

1440p is 1.7 times the pixel density of 1080p

 

its not a direct comparison, no.  but using the known factors, you can extrapolate that you would be able to run 1440p@60fps on ultra graphics using a GTX1080.

itll work fine.

[Jurrunio]

26 minutes ago, Tsuki said:

4k is 4 times the pixel density of 1080p, 30fps is half of 60fps.(and they are talking frame rate, not refresh rate in the picture)

1440p is 1.7 times the pixel density of 1080p

 

its not a direct comparison, no.  but using the known factors, you can extrapolate that you would be able to run 1440p@60fps on ultra graphics using a GTX1080.

itll work fine.

Except the affect on resolution to frame rate isnt linear. Different games have different scaling.

 

 

[Hielke]

1 hour ago, EG! said:

Then go  2 1080ti's and get a 4k gsync monitor upgrade your cpu to an i7 8700k get 64gb ram a 2tb nvme and your bank will be broken and ultra settings will be easily achievable.

 

Pure heaven! But there is a limit to the degree my bank can be broken unfortunately haha!

[cfrozer]

I'd assume something between 1080 and the 4k 30, you SHOULD be fine but that game is not out yet. Probblay a 1070Ti or 980 would do you good.