Can I run Fallout 4?

[wallefan1]

My specs:

Windows 7
GPU:AMD 7770 1gb
16gb of ram
1 2tb hard drive and 1 1tb hard drive
Gigabyte GA-78LMT-U3B3 Motherboard
Processor: AMD 8320 3.52 ghz


Here are the specs for Fallout 4

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

 

[Hawkeye508]

I would say that your GPU will limit your experience. If you plan on playing in 1080p you might get away with low settings and get something around 30FPS, but if you plan on upgrading anything, make it the GPU.

 

[William Norberg]

Processor is fine, fallout will be able to use all of your 8 cores. Ram is more than you need. The graphics card is the bottleneck here, both because of the performance and low amount of graphics dedicated ram (1gb) i'd advice you to upgrade to something like an GTX 970, or r9 390 if you want to pull at least 60 FPS at high-medium settings.

 

[fudgecakes99]

Gpu is far below minimum requirements, your cpu is below recommended requirements. If you're trying to play games i'd say go and do a complete rehaul of your equipment. While having 1gb vram and an 8320 doesn't necessarily mean you can't play fallout 4, it'll either run like utter garbage, at any decent res 720p. Or it'll look like utter garbage at 640x480, in which case it'll probably still look horrible.

I'd replace the gpu first to begin with, give us your psu and case restrictions height width etc specs. if you want us to give you any recommendations.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

well your graphics card is below the minimum specs....... often you can still play the game with below minimum hardware, but it will run like crap.

 

[wallefan1]

Thanks everyone! I purchased a r9 380 and it was too long for my case. I'm looking at a gtx 950 2gb at the moment due to is being smaller that the alternatives and seeming to yield better results. my case can at most fit a 10 inch long card. and I'm already getting an upgrade for my power supply. My power supply is a 200 watt which would't be able to run any better alternatives. So, I ordered a 650 watt thermal lake bronze. which fits my case and should work for most cards. Please post or menage me your card suggestions and any tips on replacing a power supply.

Here's my case for reference: https://www.nzxt.com/product/detail/109-guardian-921-rb-case.html

Thanks in advance! And again thank you for telling me everything. I was worried I would need more. I've already pre-ordered it (If it wasn't a bethesda game i wouldn't have and i realize now it was a bad idea. Pre-ordering before spec release and all)

 

[William Norberg]

The GTX 950 is not better than the R9 380 in terms of performance since the 380 is slightly better than the GTX 960. Whats your budget? There are a lot of cards that are shorter than 10 inches. Pretty much any dual fan card solution will fit.

 

[wallefan1]

The GTX 950 is not better than the R9 380 in terms of performance since the 380 is slightly better than the GTX 960. Whats your budget? There are a lot of cards that are shorter than 10 inches. Pretty much any dual fan card solution will fit.

In the 250$ ish range. Prefer to buy from best buy due to the store credit I have from taking the r9 380 back.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

The GTX 950 is not better than the R9 380 in terms of performance since the 380 is slightly better than the GTX 960. Whats your budget? There are a lot of cards that are shorter than 10 inches. Pretty much any dual fan card solution will fit.

In the 250$ ish range. Prefer to buy from best buy due to the store credit I have from taking the r9 380 back.

the 950 is still a good choice. What power supply do you have? good quality 500w needed for a r9 380. Wither way any of the fore-mentioned cards are going to be significantly better than your current one. If the minimum is nvidia 550ti or amd 7870, can we safely say the game will favor nvidia cards? as the 550ti is significantly less powerful than the 7870. it just doesnt make sense.

 

[wallefan1]

The GTX 950 is not better than the R9 380 in terms of performance since the 380 is slightly better than the GTX 960. Whats your budget? There are a lot of cards that are shorter than 10 inches. Pretty much any dual fan card solution will fit.

In the 250$ ish range. Prefer to buy from best buy due to the store credit I have from taking the r9 380 back.

the 950 is still a good choice. What power supply do you have? good quality 500w needed for a r9 380. Wither way any of the fore-mentioned cards are going to be significantly better than your current one. If the minimum is nvidia 550ti or amd 7870, can we safely say the game will favor nvidia cards? as the 550ti is significantly less powerful than the 7870. it just doesnt make sense.

I feel silly. Opened up my machine. The power supply is an ATX 400w Model SL-F400. Tell me if that will cut it. I haven't ordered the 650 watt yet so tell me if i should.

 

[William Norberg]

The GTX 950 is not better than the R9 380 in terms of performance since the 380 is slightly better than the GTX 960. Whats your budget? There are a lot of cards that are shorter than 10 inches. Pretty much any dual fan card solution will fit.

In the 250$ ish range. Prefer to buy from best buy due to the store credit I have from taking the r9 380 back.

the 950 is still a good choice. What power supply do you have? good quality 500w needed for a r9 380. Wither way any of the fore-mentioned cards are going to be significantly better than your current one. If the minimum is nvidia 550ti or amd 7870, can we safely say the game will favor nvidia cards? as the 550ti is significantly less powerful than the 7870. it just doesnt make sense.

I feel silly. Opened up my machine. The power supply is an ATX 400w Model SL-F400. Tell me if that will cut it. I haven't ordered the 650 watt yet so tell me if i should.

It should cut it. But if you do have the money to get a new good quality PSU, you should consider getting one. Sure, it might work. But for how long? You don't need to get a beast PSU, 550 watts will be enough for pretty much any GPU out there. I'd recommend something like these:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/evga-supernova-550-gs-power-supply-black/1312980868.p?id=mp1312980868&skuId=1312980868

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/cooler-master-atx12v-eps12v-power-supply-black/1313049922.p?id=mp1313049922&skuId=1313049922

Or if you want some extra juice for the future, i'd recommend this one:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/antec-high-current-gamer-atx12v-eps12v-power-supply-black/1310213661.p?id=mp1310213661&skuId=1310213661



This is all up to you, and i do believe your current PSU will be able to power the GTX 950. But if you want to be on the safe side, you should get a new one.

 

[wollster]

The GTX 950 is not better than the R9 380 in terms of performance since the 380 is slightly better than the GTX 960. Whats your budget? There are a lot of cards that are shorter than 10 inches. Pretty much any dual fan card solution will fit.

In the 250$ ish range. Prefer to buy from best buy due to the store credit I have from taking the r9 380 back.

What about this one?
If you can save up for a gtx 970 at about 320 usd, that'd me much better though.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-strix-geforce-gtx-960-graphic-card-1-25ghz-core-1-32ghz-boost-clock-2gb-gddr5-sdram-pci-express-3-0-multi/1312461244.p?id=mp1312461244&skuId=1312461244

 

[Kevin_41]

Processor is fine, fallout will be able to use all of your 8 cores. Ram is more than you need. The graphics card is the bottleneck here, both because of the performance and low amount of graphics dedicated ram (1gb) i'd advice you to upgrade to something like an GTX 970, or r9 390 if you want to pull at least 60 FPS at high-medium settings.

I have the same setup but have 2 xfx7700 would that make any difference?

 

[William Norberg]

Processor is fine, fallout will be able to use all of your 8 cores. Ram is more than you need. The graphics card is the bottleneck here, both because of the performance and low amount of graphics dedicated ram (1gb) i'd advice you to upgrade to something like an GTX 970, or r9 390 if you want to pull at least 60 FPS at high-medium settings.

I have the same setup but have 2 xfx7700 would that make any difference?

The brand doesn't matter. You have 2 of them? It will boost the performance somewhat, but you're still limited to the low amount of GDram.