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r/blackdesertonline•
splitrune

System Requirements

Question

Just finished looking over the system requirements, but I am not savvy when it comes to understanding them completely.

I am looking to see if I could run the game in the bare bones settings.

Processor: AMD Athlon X2 220 - Dual core 2.8Ghz

RAM: 8GB

Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 6870

I took a look in the FAQ section and this is the conclusion I came to, please correct me if I'm wrong...

The graphics card will be able to handle the game up to medium graphics settings but the processor is probably going to just barely be able to keep up, which may require me to play in low graphics settings, but the game should still be playable. Is this assumption correct?

Posted Feb 9, 2016, 2:14 AM UTC

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slyboner•

BDO, like other MMOs is quite CPU heavy. Your CPU will definitely hold you back, if you have the money to upgrade I would definitely consider it.

You can check here to see if you can run the game; http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri

Here is a video comparison of the different video settings, low, medium, high etc in comparison so you know what to expect; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0wFOLWY4Nc

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splitruneOP•

Thanks for uploading that video with the comparisons. I almost want to say that the low graphics setting was reminiscent of the days of Marrowind.

I'll probably hold off on buying BDO until I upgrade my computer. I'm torn though, I want to upgrade my processor, but at the same time I want to start a new build entirely. If I were to do that, then I'd have to buy a processor that I would transfer over to the new build. I don't know if I have the money for that right now. Got some decisions to make.

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mithikx•

The X2 220 is about 33% less capable than an i3 530, the minimum recommended processor. It'll run but I doubt it'll be playable.

Here's a video of a Russian player running the game on an AMD Athlon 64 x2 4800 and a Radeon HD 7770, both the CPU and GPU are a bit weaker than what you have but your end results in terms of game performance in BDO should be quite similar.

The guy is getting 12-15 FPS @ 720P (with some settings turned on, no idea about the other stuff), so if you turn off things like tesselation, SSAO and so on, run the game at 720p and turn the textures down you might get up to the mid 20's.

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splitruneOP•

Thank you so much for the information and linking that for me. This was the question that sparked my thought of, "Do I buy the game or not?" Until I upgrade my processor, I'll probably hold off on buying it, as much as I don't want to.

Thanks again for the info, and linking the video. If that's the case, I could probably get away with around 20fps; I just wish I could test it out for a day to see how smoothly i could play while I work towards upgrading my computer.

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mithikx•

You could hope to get in to the closed beta test (https://www.blackdesertonline.com/news/view/49) or wait until (after) launch and try bumming a guest pass off someone who has a spare to see where you are performance wise.

Be sure to check with a relevant subreddit when you do decide to get a new computer or upgrade your current one as it'd suck to not get the performance you desire.

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splitruneOP•

I did apply to get in to the closed beta test, that would indeed be a perfect opportunity to test out if my PC can handle it. Thanks for the advice in regards to upgrading, I will definitely adhere to it.

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