PC WORKSHOP

[thomasbs0210]

Hello
I am in need of your help.

Currently, Bannerlords is running alright so far on 'medium settings' (there's a little lag though some times in too large battles) - though after TaleWorlds are done with bug and performance updates it might be better.

It claims to be using an "Estimated GPU Memory Usage" of 1884/4018 MB. What does that mean?

I would like to know which upgrades to make if I would like to run the game smoothly on 'high' and on 'very high' settings.

OS: Windows 10
CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1230 V3 @ 3.30GHz
RAM: 16 GB (DDR4)
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Pro4
Storage: SSD

Also: Do you recommend me to wait for performance updates and see where that takes me, or buy the upgrades now, on the premise, that my PC is too weak?

 

[thomasbs0210]

And when I say it's running 'alright' - I really mean alright. It's not smooth at all, but it's playable and still fun.

 

[thomasbs0210]

Okay just played a siege with 400 troops on the ground. Massive lag on very low...

 

[AJIexander]

Okay just played a siege with 400 troops on the ground. Massive lag on very low...

Now the narrow neck of your system is the video card.

 

[thomasbs0210]

So

Now the narrow neck of your system is the video card.

I played another siege - only about 280 troops on low settings - fairly smooth though.

So you would recommend me to upgrade my video card, and not the processor?

 

[AJIexander]

So

I played another siege - only about 280 troops on low settings - fairly smooth though.

So you would recommend me to upgrade my video card, and not the processor?

As soon as you change the video card, the processor will become the narrow neck of the system

 

[thomasbs0210]

Thanks alot for the clarification.
What video card would you suggest I purchase? I reckon, that a small upgrade would still cost some hundred USD, so is it worth it to make a larger upgrade - or would the processor hold the game back so much, that it wouldn't be worth it?

 

[AJIexander]

Thanks alot for the clarification.
What video card would you suggest I purchase? I reckon, that a small upgrade would still cost some hundred USD, so is it worth it to make a larger upgrade - or would the processor hold the game back so much, that it wouldn't be worth it?

GPU
I would recommend the RX 5700 graphics card (take the version with good cooling) or the 2060 super. This will be enough for any games. The only thing to make sure is that you have a fairly powerful and high-quality power supply.

CPU
You need overclock your memory to increase processor bandwidth, after buy new gpu.