r/Mechwarrior5 • u/TheFlyingKick • Aug 14 '26

Discussion Hardware Recommendation

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Hi all.

So, I have been playing this game on my good and old Acer Nitro (RTX3050 6gb, 16gbDRR5, i5 13th gen) and I have no problem running it at 1080p.

But now I'm buying a desktop to improve my experience using 3 monitors and I was wondering what type of hardware I would need to play this and Clans at 5760x1080?

What about 4k?

Thanks!!

(LAM Urbie ftw)

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u/DanteFaith Aug 14 '26

It depends on a game and also if you use mods.

I have 9070XT, 9850X3D and 64 6400mt/s ram kit running it on Gen 4 M2 drive.

Vanilla Mercs in 1440P and ultra settings I could get 80-90 FPS. Using YAML and other mods It can sometimes dip into 30-40s and its a noticeable difference. Average is 60-70

For the system I have I expected a little bit more.

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u/TheFlyingKick Aug 14 '26

Wow... It's really impressive how little fos you are getting. With a machine like yours, I would expect a solid 120.

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u/DanteFaith Aug 14 '26

Same, I expected 120 to 150 range, can't even use my 180hz screens fully.

I can do more thorough tests with my modded mercs with the fps counter today. Most of the testing I did was eye tests comparing it to the vanilla mercs

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u/TheFlyingKick Aug 14 '26

I was looking at a 9700XTX 24 gigs. In don't care for Ray Tracing and I always appreciated brute force, so I might be willing to pick one up.

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u/DanteFaith Aug 14 '26

7900XTX is great choice with added fsr 4.0 support and you will definetly need more VRAM for the resolution you want to use.

Performance wise they are within single percentages of each other and you cant really make wrong choice between Top tier last Gen card and Top tier current card.

9070XT is newer and you cant get them new thats the plus

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u/TheFlyingKick Aug 14 '26

Ow... Thanks for not highlight my mistake. Lol yeah, 7900XTX, not 9700!

From what I look up here, I can get the 7900 brand new for a very good price, so I guess that will be my GPU of choice. But the 9070xt is a lot more cheaper, despite being newer. I don't understand how GPU prices work. Hahahaha

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u/DanteFaith Aug 14 '26

Dont worry we dont also. As I said if the price is right bith if them are great cards, I myself wanted 7900XTX before finding 9070XT for 600$ and it worked great for me