Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI) Motherboard
Memory: 32GB DDR4 3200MHz Memory (2 x 16GB Sticks)
OS Drive: 500GB Seagate Barracuda 510 M.2 PCIe Solid State
I’m aware that I need a better graphics card and more RAM. So getting 64GB RAM and the best graphics cards I can afford should go a long way to making Unreal run better as it’s stuttering like hell now that I’m working with lots of foliage
I don’t really want to spend north of £2500 if I don’t have to but… it is what it is. What would you guys do? Upgrade the existing PC or get a new one?
For new computers, the Epic system requirements pages lists a typical performance config that Epic uses but with the “AI Bubble” is now rather unaffordable for most devs. So you get as close as you reasonably can.
For upgrading, [1] VRAM is the most critical with 8 GB a minimum. RTX 5070 with 12 GB or 5070 Ti/5080 with 16 GB are good. A next upgrade should be the [2] CPU, so check for BIOS update to support the 5900XT 16 core which will perform as well as the current gen Ryzen 7s. Next should be an [3] NVMe for everything Unreal. [4] make sure PSU is at least 850W ATX 3 and then if budget remaining [5] MAX whatever RAM the motherboard will take.
If you decide on something new, the Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus is by far the best value.
