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#1 guest511234902

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Posted May 18 2014 - 09:06 AM

Hawken is pretty dang computer intensive. Unless you have a 4000$-water-cooled-triple-tower-case-with an I7 processor, you're going to be grinding your face on the floor with 10 frames per second.

The lowest settings just aren't low enough to give a usable frame rate, whereas those who have top-dollar supercomputers are DOMINATING games by themselves, with a berserker cutting down an entire enemy team.

Technicians with a good computer can take on anybody, really...

This game gives an unfair advantage to those with GODLIKE computers.

I feel like this is contributing to the low player base.

Oh wait, it is.

This game limits the player base to those with good computers, those with mediocre computers just quit.

For me, i feel like good graphics quality is nothing but icing on the cake compared to a usable frame rate.

So, in conclusion, we need lower graphics settings or some form of tweaking to the maps to make them less computer intensive.

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Posted May 18 2014 - 09:10 AM

My biggest problem is that my graphics card just doesn't do high-resolution and gaming very well. Lower resolutions would help but ADH have their sights aimed on being a graphical powerhouse and not much else.
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Posted May 18 2014 - 09:11 AM

I only have a mid range machine and I still can get by, but I do agree that hawken requires a little too much horsepower.

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Posted May 18 2014 - 09:12 AM

800$ could buy you a rig that can run the game at ultra settings. I have a normal rig (not gaming PC) and I run the game at Medium-Medium. Last eco still makes my computer crash, but it' still fine.

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Posted May 18 2014 - 09:14 AM

I can play just fine and I have far from a "4000$ GODLIKE computer". I run the game on a old Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 and Nvidia 9800 GTX+, and at low I get usually in the 30-60 fps range. Yeah Hawken requires a good computer, but not cutting edge - you only need that if you want to push the graphics. There are also some inis floating around to make it even better on low end machines. Also $4000 computers? I'm willing to bet you don't know anything about realistic pricing. You can get a PC to run Hawken (and a lot of other games in the same performance requirements) for pretty cheap.

What are your specs?

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Posted May 18 2014 - 09:25 AM

I play the game at low settings with 90+ fps (if I'm not recording), medium with 60-70 fps, 50-60 on high on a core i3 and a 550 ti. I spent no more than $500 to build a rig and I play Hawken just fine. Some very good players in Hawken run the game on a core i3 and a low-midrange GPU too.

You must have a really poor computer with integrated graphics to get really bad frame rates. List your specs.

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Posted May 18 2014 - 09:30 AM

...really?
I am playing on medium setting quite well ...
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and actually the graphics are still great..

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Posted May 18 2014 - 09:42 AM

View Postguest511234902, on May 18 2014 - 09:06 AM, said:

Hawken is pretty dang computer intensive. Unless you have a 4000$-water-cooled-triple-tower-case-with an I7 processor, you're going to be grinding your face on the floor with 10 frames per second.

Searched for 10 minutes on Amazon.com. Found a prebuilt PC for $670 (free shipping) that can run Hawken just fine. You can get if for even less money if you buy the parts separately and assemble it yourself.

shosca was able to find the necessary parts for a complete PC (without HDD) for even less: $561 via pcpartpicker.com

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Posted May 18 2014 - 09:44 AM

a quad core i5 4440 min imo with a 256 mb intel HD embedded chipset and 8gb of ram, for low quality gameplay with decent quality recording quality and backround applications  tho i recommend a 1gb ddr5 GPU for better gameplay and better recording, 1tb HD 7200RPM standard
you can make this setup for like 500-1000 depending
that quad core i5 4440 is a hard carry

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Posted May 18 2014 - 10:01 AM

Hawken is poorly optimized though. Anyone see the graphics nepacka uses? I am using the same setting and i am getting 15 fps?! I am running an  i7 8gb ram laptop with an HD INTEL 4000(yes i know shame on me for using that...) on these kind of low setting I should not be getting 15 fps for a game that looks like plado(cuz i play like nepacka) especially since i can run skyrim on like 60 FPS, POE similar, warframe similar.

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Posted May 18 2014 - 10:01 AM

Yea and don't forget, there's always ebay where you can find much cheaper stuff.

Here's another build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3GPWS

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Posted May 18 2014 - 10:09 AM

My setup cost me around 450 euros in parts bought between one and two years ago and I didn't even try hard to reduce costs. 60 FPS on medium in 1920x1080 including Last Eco. Had to change the motherboard couple of months ago (but the old was actually more than two years old) after the PCI-express port burned.

Motherboard : Asus M5A78L-M = 30 euros,
CPU : AMD Phenom II X4 945 = 50 euros (second-hand),
RAM : 8gb DDR3 = 40 euros,
GPU : Radeon HD 6850 1gb = 130 euros.

These are the first things I had to buy, totalizing 250 euros, no more, no less more than a year ago. Bought the rest for comfort, over the course of months.

Case = 30 euros (used a ten years old one before that),
Screen : a ViewSonic 27" I got for 150 euros a year and half ago,
Mouse : Gigabyte GM-6800M = 15 euros.

Point is, even if Hawken is badly optimized, it is not that demanding.

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Posted May 18 2014 - 10:11 AM

1) PC Gaming has always been and will always be dependent on up-to-date hardware.

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2) I rarely see frame drops. While my hardware is up-to-date, my total cost of upgrades was around $700 about 7-8 months ago. My skill, strategy, and reflexes are the only limiting factors I've run in to. No, it's not dominated by $4k super computers.
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Posted May 18 2014 - 10:11 AM

There is no way to play this Game without Watercooling. And i mean CPU+GPU+RAM full blown matrix. My Liquid Tank is big like a Horse.

Hawken is not cheap though

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Posted May 18 2014 - 10:12 AM

my laptop runs some low spec stuff and i get about 50-80 ping on medium graphics
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Posted May 18 2014 - 10:14 AM

As long as you have something better than integrated graphics, you shouldn't have too great an issue. You really ought to have a dedicated graphics card to play games.

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Posted May 18 2014 - 10:24 AM

View Postguest511234902, on May 18 2014 - 09:06 AM, said:

Hawken is pretty dang computer intensive. Unless you have a 4000$-water-cooled-triple-tower-case-with an I7 processor, you're going to be grinding your face on the floor with 10 frames per second.

800€ .. can paly on ultra and 60 FPS ... 'High-end' ... 4 years old ...

But you are not going to paly well with 10 fps I agree, maybe you should stop playing on a toaster?

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Posted May 18 2014 - 10:39 AM

If you're having FPS issues (and aren't in a situation in which you can upgrade your rig), talk to nepacaka. He's figured out some ultra-low .ini settings that might help you out.
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Posted May 18 2014 - 11:09 AM

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Posted May 18 2014 - 11:15 AM

This is ridiculous. OF COURSE people with better computers are going to have better frame rates and performance. That's a given with ANY pc game. It's a game about reaction speeds and aim, so of course if you're using a fuzzy bunny computer that doesn't even meet the minimum requirements, you're not going to be as good as anyone above that, not just people with really expensive computers. And you're also really exaggerating about just how high specs a person needs. Anything in the $1000 range (average gaming computers) will get you high performance in Hawken.

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