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hey guys welcome back to harbor unboxed this is the first of what I hope will be many what does it take to play type videos the idea is to quickly or quickly for me anyway address the kind of hardware gamers require to play certain games using certain settings take this video for example what does it take to play battlefield 1 multiplayer at 1080p the goal this time will be to target at least 60 FPS using the ultra quality preset at 1920 by 1080 in the big 64 player battles please note this isn't a big benchmark video how it's not really even a benchmark video at all I'm simply testing a single hardware configuration that I've found to deliver the perfect balance of price versus performance in the chosen title I mean come on guys after all not every hub video has to be a benchmark marathon anyway the focus here will be on new hardware and although I will be testing just a single new hardware configuration I will also discuss acceptable alternatives so if the smooth performance in all of the battlefield 1 multiplayer modes I recommend a true quad-core processor ideally I would have gone with something like the core i5 7400 but since it's currently priced a bit above $182 MSRP right now I went with the core i5 6400 instead which can be had for the $182 MSRP truth be told though both processors are going to deliver virtually the same experience anyway particularly given we are using a sensible graphics card here in the Radeon rx for 70 with that question right now the best value sub $200 graphics card is either the rx 470 or the 4 gigabyte RX 480 that's on sale since the RX 470 can easily push over 60 fps and battlefield 1 using the ultra quality settings this is what I went with over the weekend I spent a few hours playing with this rig and I was very satisfied with the performance for the most part frame rate seemed to hover around 70 FPS and on a 60 Hertz display with vsync enable you're going to see very very smooth performance for those wondering the system was configured with 16 gigabytes of memory which was a bit of an oversight but unfortunately right now I only have 8 gigabyte ddr4 modules and I didn't really want to run the system in the single-channel mode even if it doesn't make that much difference anyway I recommend if you are stretching your budget to get a core i5 processor with the RX 470 to save a little bit of cash then just get an 8 gigabyte kit also please note that the memory was down clock to the ddr4 2133 spec as this is likely the memory frequency most locked skylake core i5 owners will be running on a h 100 or p150 motherboard for example also the performance seen here was recorded using their sous RX 470 Strix practice card depending on how sticky you are it is possible to use the new pentium g 45 60 processor though be aware at times you will notice stuttering it's far from extreme but wasn't noticeable at times older unlocked core i5 processors such as the 2500 k also worked well when overclocked to around 4 gigahertz or more so to recap for you guys wanting to play 64 player battlefield 1 and are looking at building a new pc or upgrading an old one I recommend for optimal performance starting with an entry-level Scylla core cable a Core i5 and of course pairing it with AMD's RX 470 or possibly the 4 gigabyte R X 480 depending on pricing are there any other games you'd like me to check out with certain test criterias such as targeted frame rates quality settings and resolution for example if so let me know about it in the comment section below and I'll try to get one of these videos out per week I'm your host Steve have fun gaming we have taken objective George you