I have been playing Baldur’s Gate 3 for a little while now but my PC is old and rusty so I have decided to upgrade. Balur’s Gate 3 is an interesting game and is complicated, According to chatGPT, “Baldur’s Gate 3 is a role-playing game set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe, specifically in the Forgotten Realms. The storyline follows a group of characters infected with mind-flayer tadpoles, leading them on a quest to find a cure while uncovering a larger conspiracy. Players create their own characters, choosing from a variety of classes and races, and engage in turn-based combat that adheres to Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition rules. The game emphasizes exploration and player choice, with a branching narrative influenced by the player’s decisions during interactions and dialogue with non-player characters. Baldur’s Gate 3 supports both single-player and multiplayer modes, allowing players to team up with friends or play solo with AI-controlled companions.” (“ChatGPT Conversation on Fortnite.” OpenAI, 22 Apr. 2024)
The system requirements for this game are pretty easy to go above when my limit for the price is $750. I was able to find a couple of good options for what I needed for Balder’s Gate 3 but decided to go with the MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti.
- The minimum and recommended system requirements.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
- Name and Manufacturer of the Card
MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
- Manufacturer of the GPU and GPU clock speed.
2640 G/hz
- Video Card RAM
12 GB
- Bus Interface (ex. PCIe 4.0 x 16)
2x PCIe 8-pin cables (adapter in box) OR
300 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable
- Power requirements
285 V 700 W
- Cooling
Dual fans
- APIs supported (DirectX and OpenGL)
Microsoft DirectX® 12 Ultimate
Vulkan RT API, OpenGL 4.6
*This is a part of a Classroom Project
Works Cited
YouTube: Home, 9 November 2017, https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compare/4699vs4117/GeForce-RTX-4070-Ti-vs-GeForce-RTX-2060-SUPER. Accessed 26 April 2024.
ChatGPT, https://chat.openai.com/. Accessed 26 April 2024.
“PassMark – GeForce RTX 4070 Ti – Price performance comparison.” Video Card Benchmarks, https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=GeForce+RTX+4070+Ti&id=4699. Accessed 26 April 2024.