Planning to buy a new gaming desktop computer to run ESO

pollywogs1970 · June 5

Would the spec below run ESO well?

Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 265 (20 Cores)
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GDDR7
2 GB SSD
32 GB of memory

Thank you

AetherialXL · June 5

I know nothing of PC's but if an Xbox/PS will work I'm sure that will.

Kickimanjaro · June 5

Assuming you meant 2TB for the SSD, yeah that should work well.

AzuraFan · June 5

That will work just fine.

reazea · June 5

I've read that intel processors are better with single core processing, which ESO is. But ESO should run on a 15 year old computer no problem. Just might have to scale back the graphics in game to accommodate an old video card.

You don't need a computer as nice as what your going to buy, but you'll enjoy having the nice machine for other applications too.

heimdall14_9 · June 6

pollywogs1970 wrote: »

Would the spec below run ESO well?

Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 265 (20 Cores)
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GDDR7
2 TB SSD
32 GB of memory

Thank you

yes, with the correction to SSD .

Pepegrillos · June 6

A new pc? In this economy?

majulook · June 6

The system specs you list are more than adequate for ESO. If you play now or are thinking about maybe playing other games that are newer than ESO and the if the additional cost is not a burden. I suggest you update the GPU to a 5070 TI 16 GB.

tsaescishoeshiner · June 6

People run ESO on 20-series with good graphics, and certainly 30-series at 4K on nice monitors. What you suggest is overkill for a 12-year-old game to a point that I wonder if you would even see a difference for ESO specifically (depending on your resolution, gsync, framerate, etc).

But you'd certainly hit higher performance in other graphics-intensive games, if you really and truly appreciate graphics quality to that extent that it makes you so happy and you don't just get used to it over time.

Gabriel_H · June 6

pollywogs1970 wrote: »

Would the spec below run ESO well?

Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 265 (20 Cores)
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GDDR7
2 GB SSD
32 GB of memory

Thank you

What resolution are you running?

Nemesis7884 · June 6

Next years? Comes the helix console that might be an option...steam machine this summer.... new spark laptops...

My fav would be the 2026 strix scar but it will cost you a liver

FurryCandyHearts · June 6

That's waaaay overkill. you only need a ryzen 2400ge processor with vega 11 grapivcs on the apu to run this game well on low settings. Like whats in an decades old hp elitedesk. ask me how i know...

Sluggy · June 6

Pepegrillos wrote: »

A new pc? In this economy?

I know it's a joke. And I'm also someone rocking to seriously dated hardware at this point. But the facts are, this might be the last real chance anyone gets to buy consumer hardware at consumer prices. They will be going up in the near future and likely will not be coming down.

BardokRedSnow · June 7

majulook wrote: »

The system specs you list are more than adequate for ESO. If you play now or are thinking about maybe playing other games that are newer than ESO and the if the additional cost is not a burden. I suggest you update the GPU to a 5070 TI 16 GB.

i got a 5060ti with 16gb, believe me its more than adequate even in cyrodiil. Its overkill really. You'll still get lag because thats not related to your specs at all but you will have zero performance issues.

Outside of cyrodiil you could get away with 8gb but you really should get the 16, no reason not to. Especially if you play other stuff besides eso, then its a necessity you get the 16gb.

pollywogs1970 · June 7

Thank you for all the help. I forgot to mention that I am running ESO on a MSI MEG381CQR PLUS 37.5" 21:9 175 Hz Curved IPS Gaming Monitor with a resolution of 3840 x 1600 with HDMI connection. I have already purchased a display port cable so I will be running from display port. I don't know how much that will improve.

I bought the Ibuypower computer from Costco so below is the specs:

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D (8-core) Processor
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 , 12GB Graphics
1 x 2TB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 Solid State Drive
32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5 5200MHz RAM

So far it is running flawlessly. I only stay in PVE zone though. I get 100 fps consistenly BUT i noticed my latency average from 70 to 100. No matter what I do, it is consider kind of high? I even tried to use cloudflare public dns and it didn't help much.

I am directly connected to a dedicated internet with cat6 cable.
Speed is Fiber - Standard 10Gbps

KalevaLaine · June 7

Not an Intel-fan here, I prefer AMD.

But the setup is more than solid, you will have a lot of fun with it.

EDIT: just noticed you got the new one. Congrats!

Gabriel_H · June 7

pollywogs1970 wrote: »

Thank you for all the help. I forgot to mention that I am running ESO on a MSI MEG381CQR PLUS 37.5" 21:9 175 Hz Curved IPS Gaming Monitor with a resolution of 3840 x 1600 with HDMI connection. I have already purchased a display port cable so I will be running from display port. I don't know how much that will improve.

I bought the Ibuypower computer from Costco so below is the specs:

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D (8-core) Processor
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 , 12GB Graphics
1 x 2TB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 Solid State Drive
32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5 5200MHz RAM

So far it is running flawlessly. I only stay in PVE zone though. I get 100 fps consistenly BUT i noticed my latency average from 70 to 100. No matter what I do, it is consider kind of high? I even tried to use cloudflare public dns and it didn't help much.

I am directly connected to a dedicated internet with cat6 cable.
Speed is Fiber - Standard 10Gbps

Check the GPU doesn't need Display Port rather than HDMI if you want to use G-Sync. G-Sync only works on some Nvidia cards with HDMI. IIRC.

A new PC won't affect your latency, that's all ISP and server connection. Even on a 50MB connection you'll get great latency. Sub-100ms is not high, in fact it's optimal for ESO.

As far as ESO goes, your spec is massive overkill. Other games require a lot more VRAM and RAM, but ESO won't need more than 8GB of the former, and 16GB of the latter. (The game itself only used 4GB of RAM, but Windows and background tend to use 4 to 6GB).

AzuraFan · June 8

Gabriel_H wrote: »

As far as ESO goes, your spec is massive overkill. Other games require a lot more VRAM and RAM, but ESO won't need more than 8GB of the former, and 16GB of the latter. (The game itself only used 4GB of RAM, but Windows and background tend to use 4 to 6GB).

This is true. Until I bought a new computer about 6 months ago, I was running ESO just fine (albeit not at the highest graphics settings) with an RTX 3060Ti card that was dying (forget how much VRAM it had). ESO was one of the few games I could still play with it.

With OP's new machine, they should be able to run everything on max, plus pay all new AAA SP-games on high settings, too. The specs of my new rig are similar to the OP's new rig.

Tallon_IV · June 8

pollywogs1970 wrote: »

Thank you for all the help. I forgot to mention that I am running ESO on a MSI MEG381CQR PLUS 37.5" 21:9 175 Hz Curved IPS Gaming Monitor with a resolution of 3840 x 1600 with HDMI connection. I have already purchased a display port cable so I will be running from display port. I don't know how much that will improve.

I bought the Ibuypower computer from Costco so below is the specs:

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D (8-core) Processor
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 , 12GB Graphics
1 x 2TB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 Solid State Drive
32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5 5200MHz RAM

So far it is running flawlessly. I only stay in PVE zone though. I get 100 fps consistenly BUT i noticed my latency average from 70 to 100. No matter what I do, it is consider kind of high? I even tried to use cloudflare public dns and it didn't help much.

I am directly connected to a dedicated internet with cat6 cable.
Speed is Fiber - Standard 10Gbps

70 to 100 is what I get too. Even people right next to the servers usually still hover around 50.

Orbital78 · June 8

It doesn't take that much to run the game, if it was built in the past few years. I still use an old Alienware my brother harvested the GPU from. It is water cooled and has an old Ryzen 5 5600 I think. I just stuck my old 3070 FE in it and it runs ultra wide at mostly high settings well. The only issues are major events were lots of ppl rush to incursions like the wall event.

Eldartar · June 8

I run ESO in 1440p on -

Amd 5800 x3d - 8core 16threads

MSI B550 MAG Motherboard.

EVGA GTX 1080Ti FTW3

1 x 1TB PCIe4® NVMe™ M.2 Solid State Drive

32Gb (4 x 8Gb Sticks) DDR4 3600MHz RAM

FPS on ULTRA Settings is 80 - 140+

Daoin · June 8

my old GeForce GTX 1080 8GB with all the specs of a computer that old when it was new still ruuns eso alright enough

erickhwk · June 8

pollywogs1970 wrote: »

Would the spec below run ESO well?

Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 265 (20 Cores)
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GDDR7
2 GB SSD
32 GB of memory

Thank you

That's exactly my spec and i run it smoothly 100-120fps in WUHD, HDR off (because i dont like de looks), Reshade up

Unfadingsilence · June 8

Im rocking
CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
GPU GeForce RTX 5090
MEMORY
128GB DDR5
STORAGE
8TB SSD
Also 10 gig upload and download speeds

When im on PC NA I sit around 50 PING and 250 FPS when im on EU 60-85 PING even during prime time no lag no crashing no bottleneck

phairdon · June 8

Really similar to my pc. Difference being the GPU. Mine is a 4070. Game will run no problem at all, as others said.

sshogrin · June 8

If it were me, I'd step up the video card to the 16 GB version. The 8 GB version is very lacking for the 5060 Ti. I would even recommend going to the 5070 since it's a 16 lane card. The 5060 Ti is only 8 lane.

code65536 · June 8

pollywogs1970 wrote: »

Would the spec below run ESO well?

Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 265 (20 Cores)
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GDDR7
2 GB SSD
32 GB of memory

Thank you

Keep in mind that ESO was launched 12 years ago. Any modern-ish spec will be way more than what you'd need to run it smoothly.

For example, I'm using a RX 6600, a low mid-range GPU from 6 years ago, and I'm running the game smoothly at high settings.

Roztlin45 · June 8

(Can't say here) There is a way run the graphic setting all the way up to ultra and zero lag. Because your hard ware is only processing half your max frame rate and the rest is virtual frames. The catch is on older games and hardware it makes ESO fast and solved most of my lag issue. You will have to do independent research. Sorry

The things that WILL make a difference is single core performance in the CPU ,not necessary the GPU. Older engines like ESO, raw clock speed overall is NOT the best metric. Single core here matters.

This is the list for the best single-core / single-thread performance.
1) AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D
2) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
3 AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

And any upgrade to NVME hard drive Over a mechanical drives or older SSD will also make a difference. For example a 990 evo plus has read speed of 7,150 MB/s but be ready for sticker shock!

wolfie1.0. · June 8

If the steam deck can run eso, then any rebuilt gaming desktop you can buy will run it.