CapCarell Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 (edited) I'm sorry, I know questions like these are a dime a dozen, but I've tried looking into it myself and still can't understand how to read and compare system specs to system requirements. I'm looking to buy a new computer, an Asus Essentio Desktop, more specifically this: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+Essentio+Desktop+/+AMD+A-Series+Processor+/+8GB+Memory+/+1TB+Hard+Drive/3237058.p?skuId=3237058&id=1218388673178 These are the relevant system specs outlined on the site: Processor Brand = AMD Processor Platform AMD VISION A8 APU Processor AMD A8-Series Processor Speed 2.4GHz System Bus 1333MHz Cache Memory 4MB System Memory (RAM) 8GB System Memory (RAM) Expandable To 16GB Type of Memory (RAM) DDR3 Hard Drive Type SATA (7200 rpm) Hard Drive Size 1TB Graphics UMA Audio High-definition with 7.1-channel support Network Card Built-in 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector) Operating System Platform Windows Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium System Version 64-bit Graphics Chip AMD/ATI Drive Capacity 1TB In short, would I be able to run SW:ToR smoothly on this machine, or should I continue to be on the market? At the $500 range, this sounds like a pretty good deal. Thanks ahead of time for any tips and helpful advice to those of you who provide it. Edited December 31, 2011 by CapCarell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwarstannith Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 im no computer guru so others will prob have better info.. BUT i know youd be hard pressed to run SWToR on a pc with an intergrated graphics chip..youd have to put in a better graphics card for sure! =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misrock Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 the integrated graphics processor that is built into this CPU WILL play swtor.their are a lot of trolls on these forums that honestly believe you need an intel extreme $1000 cpu, 24gb of ddr3 ram and two nvidia 580GTX graphic cards with dual SSD hard drives in raid 0 configuration to run this game, when the reality is this game has been in development even before these parts were made. i posted a thread on here asking what a computer with an older phenom x4 9650, 4gb ram and a nvidia 9800gt would be able to play on, in hopes someone may have a similar setup. instead i got one reply from an idiot that said "it will play like it is being played on a toaster :\"really... during beta i played this game with 1024x768 through HDMI on a 50" LCD TV on my sony viao laptop which had a 2.3 ghz dual core amd, 3gb ddr3, and an integrated ATI 4250.ok it played on low settings with a average framerate of 30 fps but if anyone knowing anything about computer reads this they should know this is far cry from a gaming machine. the PC you are planning to buy however has a GPU 5-10x better than what i listed in my laptop. not to mention AMD's A8 cpu is a dual core wile not as good as their phenom 2 x4 lineup mainly due to its lack of level 3 cache, it will play this game i would say 1024x768 with high character detail and high texture detail. be sure to keep bloom and shaders off or at least low. I am planning on buying a pc with an AMD a4 cpu which has a less powerful GPU and is only a dual core, this pc happens to have 2gb of ram and i know it will play swtor on at least low settings. amd's A-series apu processors are still very new and their is not a lot of information on them yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draakdorei Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 It sounds like it should handle SWTOR just fine. The graphics cards is a Radeon HD 6550D. Here's the review from PCMag:http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2396545,00.asp?tab=Specs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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