Evolve released their system requirements list and it got me thinking, how many of my friends would be able to run the game so I can play with them. Consoles undoubtedly are easier to setup and play with others, but the life of a PC is that of a divine being, always evolving. So if I were to hypothetically build a PC just to meet the basic or recommended requirements of the game, what would it cost me? and do remember the game itself will cost ₹1000 for a single PC copy.
Can you PC run Evolve? Have a look at the minimum and recommended requirements.
Here I take a look at two setups which only include the parts mentioned in the Evolve system requirements. We find out the cost of the parts here in India.[divider]
| Minimum Requirements: | Price | Alternate Part used |
| INTEL CPU: Core 2 Duo E6600 | ₹2,700.00 | |
| ₹2,600.00 | Frontech 945 Motherboard | |
| This was a really tough processor to get a cost on since this is so old but finally found one site that still an old selling price on it. | ||
| Cheapest board with the LGA 775 socket | ||
| AMD CPU: Athlon 64 X2 6400 | ₹2,700.00 | |
| ₹3,500.00 | Biostar A780LB Motherboard | |
| I was not able to find a price for the AMD processor so I used the same as Intel’s | ||
| SYSTEM RAM: 4GB | ₹1,905.00 | HP DDR3 2 GB PC (B4U35AA) |
| Cheapest ram from a known brand | ||
| NVIDIA VIDEO CARD: GeForce GTX 560 | ₹11,025.00 | |
| ATI VIDEO CARD: Radeon HD 5770 | ₹14,600.00 | |
| VIDEO MEMORY: 1GB | ||
| HARD DRIVE: 50GB | ₹3,063.00 | WD 500 Gb HDD |
| Keeping cost to a min this is for a 500 Gb HDD | ||
| OS: Windows 7 64-bit | ₹5,671.00 | Win 7 Home basic |
| Total Cost | ₹26,964.00 | |
| To make the total I went for the cheapest option on the list. i.e. The Intel setup and Nvidia Card | ||
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Building as per recommended requirements is advised as it makes sure that your PC is future ready and allows the use of all effects within the game.
| Recommended Requirements: | Price | Alternate Part used |
| INTEL CPU: Core i7-920 | ₹24,485.00 | |
| ₹14,540.00 | Intel DX58OG | |
| The one mobo I found was Intel DX58OG Motherboard with the required LGA1366 socket | ||
| AMD CPU: A8-3870K | ₹7,000.00 | AMD A8-5600k |
| ₹5,300.00 | MSI FM2-A85XMA-P33 | |
| 3870 is a much older processer hence instead the price mentioned here is of the much newer 5600 | ||
| At this range we have to look at a motherboard with at least 1600 Hz frequency for RAM optimization, I found MSI FM2-A85XMA-P33 Motherboard with the correct FM2 socket and this feature | ||
| SYSTEM RAM: 6GB | ₹4,500.00 | Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4 GB |
| Based on the cheapest Corsair 1600 Hz RAM, price adjusted for 6 GB | ||
| NVIDIA VIDEO CARD: GeForce GTX 670 or GTX 760 | ₹20,000.00 | |
| ATI VIDEO CARD: Radeon R9 280 | ₹25,080.00 | |
| VIDEO MEMORY: 2GB | ||
| HARD DRIVE: 50GB | ₹3,063.00 | WD 500 Gb HDD |
| OS: Windows 7 64-bit | ₹5,671.00 | Win 7 Home basic |
| Total Cost | ₹45,534.00 | |
| To make the total I went for the cheapest option in the list. i.e. AMD setup and Nvidia Card | ||
Disclaimer:
1. All prices as per (Jan 2015) and may be subject to change without notice.
2. Prices have been taken from popular Indian online retailers.
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1. An interesting thing to note in both the setup is that the game will not run on a 32 bit OS. Anyone still running those would need to change their OS to 64 bit.
2. Also, a modern AMD built is considerably cheaper than an intel one.
3. Nvidia was the preferred card in both setups, because of its much cheaper prising in India.
Thank you for reading Here’s a trailer as a thank you. Happy Hunting !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlaPT08Tmxc
Are there other games whose cost breakdown you would like to see do fell free to mention in the comments below.
