Question Fortnite minimum requirements? G4560, 8GB DDR4, and R7 260X 2GB GDDR5 not cutting it? Gaming on Wifi? How many people do that?

[VirtualLarry]

So, I built a PC for my friend for his kids to play games on. Only, that one wasn't powerful enough, to play Fortnite (Core2-era box, with only 4GB RAM).

So, I built him another one, and he was going to pay me the difference in cost between the boxes. It has a G4560, 8GB DDR4, and I think (IIRC) a 2GB 260X card. He said that his kids didn't want to use it, because it "stutters". (It has an SSD.)

His main gaming PC, I built for him a couple of years back, with a refurb Sandy Bridge i5-2500 (?), 16GB RAM, and a GTX 1050 2GB GDDR5 card. I thought that the G4560 was comparable, and so was the 260X 2GB GDDR5.

He did say that it was "on wireless". I told him when he first came to me with the issue, to "get it wired" (he has the router/gateway from his ISP in his room, so it shouldn't be a problem). In fact, I even gave him a few spare ethernet cables.

But, apparently, he couldn't even be bothered to try wiring it up. He tells me "Sometimes, I play PS4 wireless, and there's no problem!".

So, what say you PC Gaming Forum, is it under-powered for Fortnite, or is my friend just being stubborn and not trying to use the game wired?

He says that he'll bring the PC by to check out. I'm just going to keep it, since he hasn't made any payments on it (ever) in like 8 months. Not like he's even using it.

Edit: And as a sub-topic of this thread, how many of you have gaming PCs connected via Wifi? Are you using N, 5Ghz N, or AC? How well does that work out? I'm a big believer that any semi-permanent device installation that needs internet, should be WIRED. Even if you have to string a cable across the floor. (I realize that may not be for everyone, and for web browsing probably unnecessary, but for gaming, well, you should wire it up, IMHO.)

Edit: He says that it "stutters" in Roblox, too. Thought that was a low-spec game? I think that points to the wifi.

 

[NTMBK]

How CPU intensive is the WiFi driver? Cheap WiFi cards often put a fair load on the CPU, so that might be causing the stuttering.

 

[techmanc]

Wifi can work fine but its a lot more complicated than using your network wire which is always the best choice for speed I went to the trouble of running a gb network though my apt using the best ac modem and router and hooked up all my devices from 2gb switches and my router and I have a couple of devices running wifi and if anything happens to my network wire I have 2 ac wireless devices for my 2 PCs

 

[hoorah]

Yeah, I hear ya. The guy is in and out of jobs, has some employment issues.

Anyways, I told him that if he comes over to pick it up, I've got a 22"-class AOC FreeSync (75Hz) LCD monitor that he can have, gratis, to go with that R7 260X / G4560 rig. I've got the DP cable to go with it.

Edit: I told him that a few months ago, he has yet to drive over and pick it up. Also has yet to drop off the PC to have me "look at it".

Somewhat off topic, but like you I help out a lot of people by building PCs for people that 'can't afford them'. The people that don't have their life together usually just sell them immediately to get drug money. I learned that lesson real fast and now don't help out anyone that doesn't have it together. Maybe thats harsh of me but I have minimal free time in my life to go building free computers (even if all of my supply is free as it comes from electronics discards) and I can keep plenty busy giving my systems to kids that have a genuine interest in them.

Anyway, to your other point, I see the article about the stutter, but I still don't get it. My son games on an old optiplex 3010 with a single stick of 8gb of ram and the system will run for days and never stutter on roblox, minecraft, or anything else he plays.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Somewhat off topic, but like you I help out a lot of people by building PCs for people that 'can't afford them'. The people that don't have their life together usually just sell them immediately to get drug money. I learned that lesson real fast and now don't help out anyone that doesn't have it together. Maybe thats harsh of me but I have minimal free time in my life to go building free computers (even if all of my supply is free as it comes from electronics discards) and I can keep plenty busy giving my systems to kids that have a genuine interest in them.

Yeah, sadly, that's happened to me too, before, sort of. (A laptop I fixed up for a friend, that they had acquired, they turned around and traded it to a neighbor, for well, "things", even after they had paid me to fix it up for them.)

One of my current projects, is going to be taking those pair of BACE-3000 BRIX units that were a refurb special @ Newegg recently for $70 ea., supposedly complete with 2GB DDR3L, 32GB eMMC, and Windows 10, and a VESA mount, and mounting them to the back of a pair of VGA 20" LCD monitors that I picked up a few years ago BNIB off of ebay for like $40 ea., and hopefully (if I get permission), setting them up in the local Center at my apt. ccomplex for the older folks that may not own their own PCs to use when they go to the Center, or to check e-mail, or whatnot. I may be biting off more than I can chew here, not sure what kind of regular maintenance will be required for a public PC like that. I plan on putting on Norton, and setting up a limited user account with Firefox and VLC. Other than that, I'm not sure what's required for a kiosk-type PC. Maybe I should look up some guides on the internet.