Hello, im trying to figure out if its worth upgrading all our work computers for better performance in Unreal engine 5.
We are using UE 5 to create a huge open map with alot of different assets and textures, nanite and lumen.
At the moment its a bit laggy to work with on these “old” specs. Getting the poolsize error, gpu crashes and low framerate when switching programs.
Anyone here have any idea if upgrading to these new specs are worth it?
Main goal is to work as lag free as possible in real time, with the possibility to have Premier / after effects running in the background. (atm we need to close everything else). End product is rendering out to video.
Probably alot we can do to optimize our level better, but atm it feels like our computers are not good enough for our workflow.
Any benefit to have 2x 4090 cards in unreal engine 5`?
Or maybe a Nvidia RTX A5000 instead?
If you want more performance and are willing to pay for it, that’s all you need to know. Though I will advise you not to get some of those parts.
Better specs means better performance.
I think that there’s a different problem since I have a similar setup and don’t get anywhere near those issues.
Don’t get a 5965WX. The 7950x has comparable performance at a fourth the cost and is on the latest DDR5. In this case, you can get a great motherboard for $300.
If you’re spending 10k on a computer, get something better than a $60 ssd. Like the 990.
Absolutely do not get two 4090s- SLI is long dead. Even if it wasn’t, Unreal doesn’t support it.
i9-10900k → 7950x could be worth it; 30-70% less wait time, depending on the task. The leap from 5950x to 7950x is actually large. A step up i9-10900k → 7950x is considerable.
3070 → 4090 is probably worth it for the vRAM alone, especially if you’re struggling.
At this price point, consider investing extra £££ in better SSDs. Direct Storage is becoming a thing, albeit slowly. And a second 4090 makes little sense, at least in UE environment.
Whether a Threadripper is worth it depends on what you waste time waiting for. It gets little to no benefits in certain scenarios. Some tasks fixate on a smaller number of cores only and it will turn out slower.
Welcome back to the Unreal Forums! More performance is definitely a great asset to have. FPS drops and such are frustrating to deal with. In regards to the system specs, I always tend to fall back on the requirements posted directly by Epic/Unreal Engine. However, the additions of some of the things you mentioned will help keep your FPS a bit more stable.
From my own personal experience my GPU only carried me so far until I replaced my CPU, grabbed some additional ram, and a new NVME drive to put everything on. The speeds are definitely noticeable from all of that. Running two GPU’s can also benefit your FPS. However, keep in mind that modern GPU’s put out a lot of heat and running two of them can increase the temperatures inside your case. So, it’s a bit of a trade off without excellent cooling. You could also run the big map on your old system and check to see which components are being strained/bottlenecking. That may help give you an indication of what is lacking.
(Again, keep in mind that a lot of that is just my personal experience and not directly from Epic itself) I hope that this was some helpful information to help you make your decision!
