The Division: Can I run it?

[LiamGBailey]

I'm looking to play the division but i dont know if my pc can run it or not
specs:
amd a8 7600 3.1ghz
his radeon 7950 iceq boost 925mhz
gigabyte f2a88xm-hd3
8gb kingston hyperx 1600mhz ddr3 1x8gb

 

[Darkbreeze]

You can run it, but I wouldn't expect more than medium settings, if that, and you're likely to have "meh" frame rates with that lower end A8 cpu. But actually running it shouldn't be a problem if you don't mind dropping settings to realistic levels.

 

[LiamGBailey]

You can run it, but I wouldn't expect more than medium settings, if that, and you're likely to have "meh" frame rates with that lower end A8 cpu.

alright, because i think im gonna upgrade my cpu later on to something like a 4460. thanks a lot

 

[Darkbreeze]

You'll need a new motherboard too then. Can't use an AMD FM2+ motherboard with an Intel LGA 1150 CPU.

 

[LiamGBailey]

Yeah, i know i just need a bit more cash before i can upgrade.

 

[Darkbreeze]

I gotcha. Might consider Skylake unless you plan to buy used. Makes more sense. If you're going to invest, it might as well be in something that's not already two years old. This would be better than the 4460, and would offer you an upgrade path later to an i7 Skylake chip. You could probably get about five to seven years worth of good performance out of this platform, probably more if you factor in another CPU upgrade somewhere along the way.

For now, even just this though would be maybe 150% better performance than that A8. Maybe more.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($196.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus B150M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($76.43 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($35.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $309.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-23 00:10 EDT-0400

 

[LiamGBailey]

Thanks alot, ill try dig up some extra cash and go with skylake. But I do wanna see what amd's zen has to offer.

 

[Darkbreeze]

AMD Zen is projected, at best, which might be a stretch, to match Haswell performance, which is already exceeded by Skylake. Plus, with the LGA 1151 platform there is expected to be another round of CPUs loosely named Skylake refresh, which should offer maybe another 5-10% performance advantage over Skylake. So there's room to grow on this platform.

I'm certainly interested in seeing what Zen brings too, I just don't expect it to be all that exciting when it comes to the desktop chips.

 

[LiamGBailey]

AMD Zen is projected, at best, which might be a stretch, to match Haswell performance, which is already exceeded by Skylake. Plus, with the LGA 1151 platform there is expected to be another round of CPUs loosely named Skylake refresh, which should offer maybe another 5-10% performance advantage over Skylake. So there's room to grow on this platform.

I'm certainly interested in seeing what Zen brings too, I just don't expect it to be all that exciting when it comes to the desktop chips.

Think that I'm going with skylake then. Probably going to sell some old hardware I have to upgrade sooner. Thanks alot for your help!

 

[Darkbreeze]

Anytime.