Fallout 4 on a budget

[Mark_239]

I am running this system ... http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/335783/Lenovo-H535-57324741-Desktop-Computer-With/
Stock at the moment. I think the build of my specific tower is a little different as I remember the max ram being 16Gb, but otherwise these are the specs, oh and its running on Windows 10 64 bit now.

I want to run fallout 4. I have a decent 500w power supply to upgrade to already. I'm looking to just run the game, I'm good with lowest settings across the board for now if it gets me playing.

I know I need a graphics card, as the on board wont manage much more than running WoW on medium-high settings.

Will fallout 4 load at all on a system that doesn't meet the minimum requirements?

And if not what is the lowest end graphics card I could grab to at least get playing?

 

[logainofhades]

You are not going to do very well, even with a GPU upgrade. That CPU is pretty weak. Low might be doable, though. I wouldn't pair anything faster than a GTX 950, with that APU of yours.

 

[maddogfargo]

Fallout 4 will use multi-core CPU and GPU pretty effectively. It prefers an NVidia GPU (It's a gameworks title).

For a good experience, the lowest I'd suggest is an FX 6300 or 6350 with a GTX 960. 6350 has a decent stock cooler and is a little faster than the 6300, which will need something like a Hyper 212 EVO (6300 stock cooler is terrible). Both CPUs will work best on a Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P motherboard and with DDR3 1866 RAM, thought low latency (CAS 7 or 8) DDR3 1600 will be fine for gaming.

500-550w PSU should be fine as long as you don't go crazy with your overclock.

 

[Mark_239]

Thanks for the advice. I'll look into those card options. Trying to weigh the options of either upgrading my PC to play it or just stashing a little more cash and buying the xbox one bundle with fallout 4. I prefer playing via computer but cost wise I might be better off with the console. Might be easier to talk the wife into, can say its for the kids, lol.

 

[king3pj]

Fallout 4 will use multi-core CPU and GPU pretty effectively. It prefers an NVidia GPU (It's a gameworks title).

Wow. I've been playing Fallout 4 a ton since it came out and I didn't even realize it was a Nvida Gameworks title until I just read your post. It doesn't have the "Nvidia, The Way it's Meant to be Played" screen and I haven't seen the typical Nvidia settings like Physx. I just did a quick google search and you are correct though.

 

[logainofhades]

What kind of budget do you have?

 

[Mark_239]

What kind of budget do you have?

Minimal. I was going to upgrade the ram first. as that's a cheap fix.

I was hoping to keep the video card under $100.

 

[king3pj]

What kind of budget do you have?

Minimal. I was going to upgrade the ram first. as that's a cheap fix.

I was hoping to keep the video card under $100.

If you have 6GB of RAM you may not need to put any money into that. Most gaming builds recommend 8GB but Fallout 4 doesn't seem to use a lot of RAM. HWInfo shows that my system typically hovers around 4GB of RAM usage when I'm playing Fallout 4.

If your main concern is Fallout 4 I would put the money you had planned for RAM into increasing the GPU budget a little.

Edit: For just over $100 it looks like the best you are going to do is a GTX 750Ti. That will run Fallout 4.