Spiral Knights - What's your Computer specs, and SK framerates?

What's your Computer specs, and SK framerates?

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Tue, 02/04/2014 - 16:42

Mini-The-Monsta

Hi, i'm building a computer and i have all the parts except the gpu, planning to get it on saturday as i've found a seller. i am just curious as to what system you guys are running, and i would like to compare framerates, see how sk scales with certain cards and what hits it hard. like if culling transcients really eases the gpu that much, or if increasing anti-aliasing really takes more of a toll on your gpu for this game, etc.
but anyways,

all i am asking is if you could take a brief moment, and fill this out for me because i just want an idea of what cards are strong enough to max this game and if i really need to go and buy a mid-high range card or if i'd be fine if i buy a plain ol' gtx 650ti.

*Cpu:
*Cpu Clock speed (GHz):
*Gpu:
Gpu Clock Speed (MHz/GHz)
Memory Amount:
Memory Frequency: (like 1333/1600/1866/2100/2133MHz etc)
Are you running SK Off a Standard Hard drive or an SSD?
Framerates: in Fsc, and in haven. (state on low/med/high)
Resolution:

Really only the first and the 3rd, and probably second points are the most important. the others will also affect the game but i can tweak those more. Just want to get an idea of what people out there are running and what they get.

Tue, 02/04/2014 - 17:27

Legobuild

This is what I have,

This is what I have, generally I use it for work things, but also fun :)

*Cpu: Dual Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2650 v2
*Cpu Clock speed (GHz): Eight Core HT, 2.6GHz Turbo, 20 MB
*Gpu: 4 GB NVIDIA® Quadro® K5000
Gpu Clock Speed (MHz/GHz)
Memory Amount: 64 GB
Memory Frequency: (like 1333/1600/1866/2100/2133MHz etc) 1866MHz DDR3 ECC RDIMM
Are you running SK Off a Standard Hard drive or an SSD? 256 GB SSD

Tue, 02/04/2014 - 17:32

Mini-The-Monsta

ouh nice

what is your average framerate? (if you have an idea)

Wed, 02/05/2014 - 05:19

Megawatt-King

I can't tell my specs in here

I can't tell my specs in here since this isn't my main PC and I don't remember them, but you should also ask for the resolution people normally play with. Resolution does have a really high impact on performance after all.

Wed, 02/05/2014 - 06:44

Feyi-Feyi

I know people with really great computers, like fully equipped dual 780GTX ones, still drop down to 15 fps at the vana fire traps.
It's more the way SK is built than your computer sometimes.

Wed, 02/05/2014 - 09:01

Krakob

@Feyi

Bingo. I roll on a GTX 660 TI and I have flawless framerate even when recording almost everywhere but in FSC. Lowering the graphics quality does a lot there, though. I think 15 FPS is a pretty extreme exaggeration, though. Mine drops down from 60 to like 40 at most and I don't see why better cards would fare worse.

Wed, 02/05/2014 - 09:31

Joseanand

Intel Integrated Graphics. FTW!

Wed, 02/05/2014 - 20:54

Alfaomega

In vana and twins (basically

In vana and twins (basically the most demanding instances), it runs at 60 most of the time. Dips into the 45-50 there were oilers set on flames, enemies and the wheels going. However, I did see a 38 when everything was set on fire, a brand new spawn of enemies, and shiver going. Same thing for twins most of the time. it stays mostly at 60 and dipping into the 45-50 when effects really start pushing it.

I'm running on 1360x768, no AA.

http://www.passmark.com/baselines/V8/display.php?id=19017339365 that's my rig.

If you're going multicore cpu, it's not very optimized for it as only two cores are above 50%, the other two stay around 10%. And like others have said, much better graphic cards than mine aren't being taken advantage of, so just get something decent and hope you don't dip below 40fps.

Wed, 02/05/2014 - 21:26

Flowchart

Sounds like a joke but the Intel graphics aren't that bad for this game

I can run 1920x1080 @ 60fps on low or medium and about 45 fps on high on a HD 4000.

CPU i5-3570 @ 3.4GHz
RAM 16GB DDR3 1600

Thu, 02/06/2014 - 13:59

Mini-The-Monsta

Interesting

i am currently using a laptop
System Model HP Pavilion m6 Notebook PC
OS: Windows 7 Home Prem x64
Processor: Intel(R) QUAD Core(TM) i5-3210M CPU @ 2.50GHz
Video Card: AMD Radeon HD 7670M Inter-changeable Dedicated Graphics card 2GB
Ram: 2x 4GB=8GB Total

Get 60fps everywhere in the game on low except on vanaduke boss and warmaster boss when i'm not recording, on high it never passes 40fps unless its like at the end of a level by the elevator like fsc. And that is when hooked up to a 1920x1080p monitor on 4x AA. i want to be able to max/high most games with 4x MSAA or at Least FXAA with Anistropic filtering turnt on so games like natural selection and bioshock inf would show nicer. I am tied between a GTX 660Ti DirectCU II top (i've seen that thing work its a beast) or a radeon 7850 (would be difficult running on max would have to run on high but it's way way better than nvidia cards at anti-aliasing, its just the texture rendering where nvidia is king and that is pretty important in most modern games. The 660ti is $180 and the radeon 7850 is $140. running an fx 8320 with a corsair H70Core closed-loop watercooler. Case is Thermaltake V3 AMD Edition so having a green team card would be weird lool but in general it would perform better. IDKKKK x.x

if i find a 7870 i'm taking that any day over a 660ti even this version. but i don't want to spend over $180 on a GPU so eh that is why i am going to gpu merchants seeing what they got and for how much. But yeah leave your comments below and tell me your thoughts.
Shadowplay would be great from the 660ti as i could record lockdown and get the best parts easily, but running fraps on a 4.4GHz fx 8320 wouldnt impact the game at all so i could run the vishera cpu with an amd card and cut out those nvidia programs. graahhhh the choiiiice.

Thu, 02/06/2014 - 14:03

#10

Mini-The-Monsta

I AM THINKING TOO MUCH MAKE IT STAHPP

the 660ti is ASUS it's red/black. so hmmm its tough. the guy is offering the radeon 7850+hyper 212plus, i can sell the 212 for $20 easily and put that with the remainder of my cash and just crossifre 2 7850's. But that wouldnt benefit me that much on 1monitor. So i think GTX 660ti is my best bet. Just that my mobo only supports crossfire not SLI so i might have to save up $400 and then sell my 660ti if i get it, then buy a sexy ASUS formula Rampgae 990FX Chipset mobo and pop in a radeon 7970 and sell the fx 8320 and upgrade to the 8350. Considering the amd stuff sells super quick for bitcoin/litecoin miners . But anyways, 7850 route, or 660ti route.

Thu, 02/06/2014 - 14:07

#11

Thunder-The-Bright

gods ain't gonna help you, son.

how can that be mini? I have no lags in vana and seerus and I have half of your ram, intel graphic cards and a i3 2.53GHz processor. you think that 30MHz do the difference?

Thu, 02/06/2014 - 15:33

#12

Mini-The-Monsta

huh

no lag is like 25fps+, i am looking for the cheapest i can go on a gpu while being able to max out/near max modern games with 2-4x AA.\
intel graphics are good. you can run crysis 3 on med 60fps with newest intel intergrated graphics.

Fri, 02/07/2014 - 08:34

#13

Thunder-The-Bright

gods ain't gonna help you, son.

i3 is not the newest processor, how can I have the newest graphic cards?

Fri, 02/07/2014 - 08:50

#14

Yvanblo

I am using a GTX 650ti in my rig, and it works pretty well. DO NOT GET one with 1gb of ram... I made that mistake, and certain games will crash after filling the memory buffer (Borderlands 2 1920x1080 with physX on max... which is gorgeous, by the way). I don't have too many problems in any game I play, but some will have to settle for less than max graphics settings.

If you can swing it, go for a GTX 660, or even a GTX 660ti, you won't be disappointed, as long as you GET ONE WITH 2GB+.

Hope that helps!

p.s.
My system specs at a glance:
CPU: Phenom 2 x4 955 BE
GPU: GTX 650ti 1GB (don't get 1GB... that being said, Spiral Knights runs perfect at 1920x1080 w/max settings)
RAM: 4GB
HDD: old-school spinny drive, no SSD :(

Fri, 02/07/2014 - 11:18

#15

Shamanalah

my 2 cents

i5 3470 running at 3.2 GHZ
8 gigs ram
Nvidia GeForce GTX 650ti
HDD: I think it's a 2to barracuda, lots of streaming and recording so a lot of room for it.

I run SK in 1024 X 768 if memories good... (wow that is actually it!) and I can run 4 SK and get them through FSC.

Also I should point out that I have a uniform black wallpaper. Black is registered as a computer as a 0 instead of 1 so whenever I open something (like chrome or SK) then my memory cache is ready for more action since it uses like... 1ko? to save my wallpaper into cache... BUT if you have a HD picture, 1920X1024, whenever you open SK in fullscreen, your wallpaper is saved in your memory using a whopping 24 Mo for absolutely no reason.

So each time I go to a friend house and they show me their "gamer" pc they always have a picture as a wallpaper and I always wonder WHY? You have no use to do this as a gamer... AT ALL!

The more you know! (my teacher made us calculate it with a complex formula that I forgot and cannot translate from french to english, google should be enough to find it if you are curious enough)

Fri, 02/07/2014 - 23:34

#16

Lukehandkooler

*Cpu: i3570k
*Cpu Clock speed (GHz): 4.0
*Gpu: GTX550ti
Gpu Clock Speed (MHz/GHz) 972/2052
Memory Amount: 8GDDR3 *2GDDR5
Memory Frequency: (like 1333/1600/1866/2100/2133MHz etc) 1333
Are you running SK Off a Standard Hard drive or an SSD? reg.
Framerates: in Fsc, and in haven. (state on low/med/high) High 4xaa, 70fps+/- in front of busy AH, 145fps FSC @ beginning wheels.
Resolution: 1600x900

~Luke

Sat, 02/08/2014 - 03:16

#17

Timbalero

1. I run an overclocked gtx 660ti and its pretty good, with a haswell i7 and i get a constant 200+ fps with some dips to 150 in lockdown, and in some fsc rooms the minimum is 80 fps. be mindful that this graphics card was released a while ago so, If i were you i would buy a gtx 760, my upgrade after this gpu will be a maxwell gpu.

2. Shadow play doesnt support opengl

3. SK is pretty cpu intensive (ehrm only runs one and a half cores) so getting beefier cores will help. i used to have a core i5 2320 with gtx 460 and framerates in lockdown would never dip down below 120 fps in lockdown except in some rare occasions.

4. Right now i wouldnt build a pc because theres things that are coming out soon that will improve overall gaming experience greatly such as:

DDR4 memory

G-sync (if youre buying nvidia)

cheaper higher capacity ssd's

for the nvidia side maxwell gpu's will ship out next month

amd mantle support for opengl maybe?

Anyway these are some things for you to consider before you build or buy a pc.

Sat, 02/08/2014 - 14:03

#18

Klipik-Forum

How do I measure my FPS? (don't say fraps)

Sat, 02/08/2014 - 15:03

#19

Dreathuxy

Get twin Nvidia gtxtitans.

Sun, 02/09/2014 - 06:39

#20

Lukehandkooler

Kliptic, Riva tuner

Kliptic, Riva tuner maybe?

~Luke

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