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Current PC is too bad for Cities Skylines 2. Can anyone judge the PCPartPicker list I've put together? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is based off the "Great tier" AMD build, but I'm waffling a bit on the price. I don't really know a whole lot about PC specs, but I read this is supposed to be a good long-lasting build based on the DDR5 and something newer in the CPU or Video card. That being said, I've only really ever build mid-tier and while I do want something nice, I'm just not sure it's necessary for me? I tend to stick to Indie titles and the most demanding game I've played lately was BG3 (which my current PC has to be on med-low settings to run).

Also, if anyone has a good 22" monitor recommendations I'll take them.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor	$218.98 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Thermalright Peerless Assassin 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler	$37.90 @ Amazon
Motherboard	*Gigabyte B650M K Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard	$119.99 @ Amazon
Memory	*TEAMGROUP Elite 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR5-4800 CL40 Memory	$37.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Intel 670p 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive	$79.99 @ B&H
Video Card	*PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card	$319.99 @ Amazon
Case	Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case	$104.99 @ Adorama
Power Supply	*Thermaltake Toughpower GX2 600 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	$66.98 @ Amazon
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total	$986.81
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-10-06 20:02 EDT-0400

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

6700 XT ($320) is indeed faster than the RX 7600 ($250) - it's just that I already know OP is on a 1080p (22") monitor. I've seen the BG3 and CS:2 benchmarks, but not the cities skylines 2 benchmarks.

I also have a stupid question, but does support / firmware updates matter a lot for GPUs? It's been a while for me. The 7600 is brand new from last month, and the 6700 XT is from... 2 years ago? Is that support gonna expire soon or am I making up a problem that doesn't exist?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

25+ years of GPUs from three different major companies, and I don't think I've ever upgraded the firmware on my GPU. Support is based on the API, be it D3D or Vulkan or OpenGL. As long as there's support your card will work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Awesome! Thank you.