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For our initial launch, testing will begin on Friday, December 20, 2024, at 10 AM Pacific and continue uninterrupted until Monday, January 6, 2025, at 10 AM Pacific. After January 6th, we’ll transition to a schedule of five-day-per-week access for the remainder of Phase II.
You can download the game launcher here and we encourage you to join us on our for the most up to date testing news.
AoC - monitor choice
Quentus
Member, Alpha Two
Hey guys.
I'm currently building a PC, I've been saving up my money for the last few years. I've slowly started purchasing components but I just don't know what monitor to choose.
I'll mainly be playing AoC and Star citizen. Not sure whether to go ultra wide, oled, qd oled, mini led! There are so many to choose from. Just wondering if any of you guys have experience with these different formats in mmorpgs.
Any help or advice is greatly appreciated 👍🏼
I'm currently building a PC, I've been saving up my money for the last few years. I've slowly started purchasing components but I just don't know what monitor to choose.
I'll mainly be playing AoC and Star citizen. Not sure whether to go ultra wide, oled, qd oled, mini led! There are so many to choose from. Just wondering if any of you guys have experience with these different formats in mmorpgs.
Any help or advice is greatly appreciated 👍🏼
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I dont have any specific monitor brand to suggest but in general, you want to pick the type you are comfortable with. Ultra wide might look and sound cool but it might not be the right fit for you. I personally dont like it. I usualy go reallll standard, bigger than smaller. And depends on your budget ofc!
I'm also worried about potential burn in with oled monitors, so maybe I should go the mini led route. Ideally I'd like a high spec monitor that can make AoC and Star citizen look as good as possible.
As for PC specs, I'm picking up the AMD 7950x3d next month, the rest of the components I have purchased are:
power color 7900xtx red devil gpu
64gb ddr5 6000mhz cl32
Seasonic prime 1300px PSU
Asus ROG strix x670e-e gaming wifi Mobo
Fire cuda 530 nvme ssds
Well I am planning on keeping my current 27" ips monitor and using that as a second monitor for discord/web pages etc. So ideally thinking of getting one high spec monitor to play games and my current on will be desk mounted next to it.
AMD 7950x3d suggestion: 120 watts max draw.
These are the biggest power draws. Why have you gone for a 1300w PSU? In theory you can get a better 750w psu or if you need a lot of peripherals a better 1000watt PSU.
You do not have to change the psu but you have a lot of excess you just won't need it.
Well I purposely chose an overkill PSU because of the way the industry seems to be going ... Higher power draw! I'm thinking if I change my GPU or CPU later in the AM5 life cycle, that I may need the extra horsepower.
Yes. The G8 is very awesome. The HDR is excellent and I've requested HDR support in Ashes. I'm personally torn between the G8 and the Asus Rog swift G-Sync monitor. 32inches is perfect for 4k. The screens will produce absolute beauty.
Oh that's great to hear. I'll definitely do some more research on those 2 monitors. Did you ever get any response with regards to hdr support in AoC?
As for your earlier question about AMD. Yes, I'll stick with AMD for cpu but in a few years could possibly change GPU manufacturer.
We won't know much until a2 but hdr support could come with the final flourishes before launch. I find it's best to ask in advance to see what can be done.
With the 7900XTX you can probably do a regular 4K resolution with decent FPS. I use a 4K 120Hz monitor myself and I am very happy with it. AoC is gorgeous, even in A1 when they used UE4, and it's only improved with UE5. There is a lot of detail in the game, so to me going 4K makes the most sense for maximum eye candy.
If I had the money I'd try his one: https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/341901-ces-2023-samsung-unveils-worlds-first-57-inch-8k-ultrawide-oled-gaming-monitors
4k requires 24gig of vram to operate at the best levels - as in 4k max graphics, raytracing and hdr. 4k hdr blows 8k native out of the water.
Haha, it's funny you should mention that monitor. I was checking that out from some of the CES coverage. It's crazy!! Too large and too curved for my personal preference (I say that, I've never tried anything like it!)
I can't wait for alpha 2 so I can experience ashes for myself. I didn't back the project early enough to gain access to alpha one. I think I'm leaning towards a 4k monitor rather than an ultra wide now. The neo G8 is the front runner. Like you say, the 7900xtx will have the horse power to drive a 4k panel with decent frame rates 😃
PSunits are built for optimal efficiency at 50% draw, this changes according with the rating, but unless you go the super premium route you never want to have a PSU with a max wattage anywhere near your draw.
Usually you go larger psu if you oc or dual card but water cooling should take no more than 80w unless you have a dual card setup.
With water cooling 555w power draw still falls under a 750w psu. If you really want to be comfy you could go 850watt psu. I guess you can buy rubbish parts but I felt the op can afford decent gear.
Ddr5 is 20% less power draw than ddr4. AMD architecture also draws less power than Intel and Nvidia, however, Intel and Nvidia usually have the performance edge.
I used to just buy the best of any bracket - often Intel and Nvidia, these days I buy the screen first and then build a system best designed to harness the screen.
When I grew up I used to build amd systems and I'm still amd at the core. I like the current AMD line up but Ashes isn't even in A2 yet. I will build a system prior to Ashes release.
I'm going air cooling this time. I've built custom water loops in the past, used aio's and tbh I just like the simplicity and lack of maintenance that a high performance air cooler provides. Plus, the case I have purchased is really good for air cooling and not quite as well designed for aio's.
Braver than me, I always find air cooling to be lack luster as soon as I start nearing the upper end of my hardware's limits, and I have a thing for large games like X4:foundations.
The 32:9 aspect ratio, aren't you worried that will impact your ability to actually see everything that is on your screen?
I would probably say 6 months for Alpha launch, Alpha for 1 year then each beta lasting 1 month with 1 month between then launch.