Building A Pc For 1 Specific Game

Hello All

I am not at all mobile so use laptops 99% of the time. I do use a desktop although it is a small form factor I use it to myfeed always on media player and control it over my gigabit home network that was setup before I ended up like I am health wise now.

Right to my problem Im wanting to play Elite (which I played back in the 80's on the BBC 32 comp) But the new version is so power hungrey its unreal and to be able to buy a laptop that would run it I would need one with a CPU benchmark upward of 1000 so not cheap by any means and out of my pocket. The desktop I use is getting ready for upgrading as its only a coreduo and now starting to get a little slow as well as the 500gb drive filling up. So now that a laptop is out of the picture Iv been toying with building a PC to use in its place "IF" I could get the game to run over my home network like I run some of the other programmes I do now for which I use UltraVNC to do the running from my laptop or other laptops in the house.

The first question is do you think this would be possible if I had the PC that would run the game?
Second question would be what conponents would be a fair bet to be able to run the game when I would need a CPU benchmark of 9581. The Specs needed to run the game are as follows.

Windows minimum hardware specification:

• OS: Windows 7, Windows 8
• Processor: Quad Core CPU (4 x 2Ghz)
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia GTX 260 / ATI 4870HD
• DirectX: Version 11
• Network Broadband Internet Connection
• Hard Drive: 7 GB available space

Windows recommended hardware specification:

• OS: Windows 7, Windows 8
• Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K Quad Core CPU or better / AMD FX 4350 Quad Core CPU or better
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia GTX 770 / AMD Radeon R9 280X
• DirectX: Version 11
• Network Broadband Internet Connection
• Hard Drive: 7 GB available space

So if anyone has any suggestions or information on what im trying or wanting to do then please feel free to reply as I would be greatful for any input. Thank you

regards Os.

 

Which benchmark software is used for that score?

What's the budget?

 

That is by using the Passmark software. I was not aware there was differing results that could be gotton? As to price as cheap as it would cost to get to the range I need if that is possible?. So looking at what could be available and at what cost?

Thank you Os

 

Do you have a URL for the game, please?

All benchmarks have different test routines, different baselines, etc. They can't be compared directly with a different benchmark from another software. Even benchmarks from the same company can't be compared - unless they're both from the same part of the benchmark: http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/10120229

The easiest route to a good rig would be an Intel i7, E3, E5 Xeon plus a mid-high end GPU, something like this (same rig as above) would be a good starting point that should last a few years: http://www.passmark.com/baselines/V8/display.php?id=55845362226 but you'd need to look for the current model CPU/motherboard/RAM.

Gaming over the network would mostly depend whether DirectX or OpenGL graphics (whichever one the game uses) would actually be sent/received by the remote access software, it's tricky to control a game over a black screen.

 

Hello Satrow

The Game URL is https://www.frontierstore.net/games.html
This is for all the Elite range of games At this time I am only looking to play the base game
Elite Dangerous
Not the new addition
Elite Dangerous: Horizons

Also the form page is at https://forums.frontier.co.uk/forum.php

I will start to have a look into the info you have given me above and be back if I need more info. Thank you.

Thanks Os