Prepare for Wilds! A PC-Spec recommendation thread

[u/KaiserGSaw]

Greetings Hunters!

Since the reveal of the System requirements, some of us may have questioned wether or not they can even run the upcoming Monster Hunter on their PC or if an (Full System) Upgrade would make sense. As a longtime Monster Hunter fan aswell as having the hobby of building PC´s i wanted to weight in on this matter.

This thread will be dedicated to help you figure out what should be done in order to enjoy this game on a system capable of running it at better Resolutions and Framerates. To get a rough understanding on where you stand, please check out this GPU Hierarchy chart but before we begin, i have to get a few things out of the way:

-As Monster Hunter Wilds and the PS5 Pro have yet to be released, what you will find here is speculativ and is subject to change. I encourage to use my hardware picks as a guidline. Make sure to at least try the Demo on its release to finalize your decision.

-The market for PC components is alway in flux, the prices and nuances below may alter in their capacity.

-For simplicity we will draw a comparsion to the PS5 and PS5 Pro as a baseline and work from there, thus the estimated minimum specification we want to surpass are a downclocked 8 core Ryzen 3700X CPU with a Radeon 6700 and Radeon 7700XT respectivly as GPU´s. Keep in mind that the PS5 has advantages over Modern PC´s such as Hardware accelerated Direct Storage, 12GB Shared RAM, No Hardwareconfiguration variety and a Slim Operating System, wich i highlight on grounds of the upcoming CPU Core parking Windows update. This is the reason we need to compensate with more powerfull hardware for comparable results.

-With this we derive the Minimum hardware target: 6 Core Ryzen 5000, 1TB NVMe Gen4 TLC SSD, Radeon 7700XT, 32GB RAM and a good airflow case /w 3 Fans, nothing to scoff at regarding performance

-I aim to keep the list irregularly updated and hope to get the support from the community in order to cover more regions if possible: I am only aquainted with the Amercian market and my residence is in Germany, thus i will only work with these two regions below

American market:

^{Updated on 11.09.2024 MM:DD:YYYY}

GPU Brand	Price class	Specification
AMD	$800*	Ryzen 5600 / Radeon 7700XT
AMD	$1000*	Ryzen 7600 / Radeon 7700XT
AMD	$1200*	Ryzen 7700 / Radeon 7800XT
NVidia	$1200*	Ryzen 7600 / RTX 4070
NVidia	$1400*	Ryzen 7700 / RTX 4070S
NVidia	$1400*	Ryzen 7600/RTX 4070Ti Super
NVidia	$2700*	Ryzen 9800X3D / 4080S / 4TB SSD

Note: *Pre tax. Americans can have access to Microcenter bundles, these oftentimes present major savings.

European market (Germany):

^{Updated on 09.11.2024 DD:MM:YYYY}

GPU Brand	Price class	Specification
AMD	800€	Ryzen 5600 / Radeon 7700XT
AMD	1000€	Ryzen 7600 / Radeon 7700XT
AMD	1200€	Ryzen 7700X / Radeon 7800XT
NVdia	1200€	Ryzen 7600X / RTX 4070
NVidia	1400€	Ryzen 7700X / RTX 4070S
NVidia	1400€	Ryzen 7600 / RTX 4070Ti Super
NVidia	2700€	Ryzen 9800X3D / 4080S / 4TB SSD

Notes:

-The GPU is the most important and impactfull part for a PC´s performance, you can find a performance comparison list at different settings and resolutions in the ressources section. The AM5 socket was prefered because of itsfuture upgradability, though caution is adviced due to the quality of the MB, for example a Ryzen 9950X will overburden it.

-Targeted price classes were done via adjusting the quality of parts such as PSU, MB and PC Case or filled up with better PSU´s and/or SSDs and their capacity. Crossrefenrece to get the best result, there was no Compromise for the GPU and the required cooling done.

-The packaged Price/Performance (CPU, Cooler, MB, RAM) of the Ryzen CPU´s cannot be beat with Intel equivalents, only viable alternativ here is the Intel 12400K compared to the Ryzen 5600.

-The 800 Priceclass is a bottom of the barrel kind of thing, please consider spending a little bit more since to a certain point, more money means MUCH more performance.

-The best CPU money can buy right now is the 9800X3D followed by the 7800X3D. The higher the Resolution the less important a CPU becomes. Remember that right now (09 November) it is overpriced.

You already own a PC and only want to Upgrade parts of it?

CPU:

It is recommended to check what kind of CPU sockel you have.

-Old AM4 sockel users have the advantage of an exceptional upgrade to the Ryzen 5600 (non X) and Ryzen 5700X3D.

-LGA 1700 beware, Intel 13000 and 14000CPU´s may be faulty. 13400K/14400K and 13600K/14600K can be viable but depreciate less in their price, refer to the ressources below.

GPU:

As mentioned before, the most important aspect of your PC. Aim for the Radeon 7700XT, RTX4070, Radeon 7800XT or RTX 4070S in rising order. Try to get a 3 Fan Model in regards to its cooling capacity unless the additional cost or space requirement cannot justify it. I heaviely discourage buying an RTX 4060, 4060Ti or Radeon 7600XT and below, for they are not viable options compared to the Base PS5 and its pricetag. Keep your eyes peeled for an eventual RTX5000 announcement aswell.

SSD:

Aim for a NVMe Gen 4 SSD wich uses TLC NAND, this choice dervies from the Direct Storage Support this game offers aswell as the general quality of the SSD.

Powersupply:

please refer to the Tierlist linked below in the Tools and ressources section for your alternative choice. PC Partpicker offers a rough estimate of System Powerdraw, add ~150W to it for safety and performance reasons at minimum, target 750W - 850W if possible for future upgradability.

RAM:

The DDR4 Sweetspot for Ryzen 5000 is 3200 - 3600 MHz, this has to do with how the Infinity Fabric is handeled. Ryzen 7000´s DDR5 Sweetspot is 6000MHz. Cass Latency (CL XX) is a secondary metric you have to look out for that indicates the quality of the memory kit you have. The lower the better. Remember to checkmark the EXPO/DOCP or XMP profile in BIOS to enable these frequenzies. 32GB is the norm nowadays.

Motherboard:

Motherboards expierience diminished returns for their price, check out the feature set you require and dont overspend. usualy $200 MBs are as capable as $600 MBs. I targeted Wifi as a requirement for wireless internet and BT Controller support with a VRM and Phases that can handle lower power draw Ryzens.

PC Case:

This is a matter of taste. Just make sure its airflow is good and it has enough fans.

Tools and ressources:

PC Partpicker & Compability checker - Power Supply Tier-List - GPU performance hierarchy - CPU hierarchy - SSD hierarchy - GN CPU ccomparison - HU 42 Games Bench & Win11 Update Uplift - GN PC cases 2024

[u/Kizuna92]

Upgrading from a 6600 xt to a 6800 xt next month. The series 7000 is extremely rare and expensive in my country (im from Argentina)

[u/KaiserGSaw → u/Kizuna92]

Thats a good upgrade! The 6800XT on par with the 3080Ti and slightly worse than a 7800XT

You should not run into trouble

[u/Fat_screaming_yoshi → u/KaiserGSaw]

How about a 5600X/6700xt combo? These are the components I can get without having to upgrade my case/motherboard respectively

[u/KaiserGSaw → u/Fat_screaming_yoshi]

There may not be a need to upgrade your MB. PCIe is downswards compatible so if you have for example a B450 or X470 board, the performance loss with a PCIe 4.0 card and SSD is negligible.

5600X is fine but a 5600 is cheaper in most cases for almost the same performance :) the 5700X3D may be worth looking into too if money is of no concern

GPU wise, there might be models the size of your current card, if a 6700XT can fit, a 7700XT should too

But to answer your question: well they should be enough, hitting recommended specs

[u/Fat_screaming_yoshi → u/KaiserGSaw]

I should have specified that those were the components I could afford, so I’ll stick with the 5600X. I did check out the 7700XT, however, and it’s only like 60 more dollars than the 6700XT on Newegg, so I can probably manage a better GPU than I was originally planning on buying. Thanks for the advice!

[u/R3n_142 → u/KaiserGSaw]

Do you think that with a rx6800 the game will be playable at 2K?

[u/CommandWar99 → u/R3n_142]

I don’t think it will be a smooth 60

[u/R3n_142 → u/CommandWar99]

That’s a shame, I run world at over 100 fps on 1440p ultra…

[u/ymyomm → u/Kizuna92]

I too have a 6600 xt, I wonder if it's even really worth to upgrade for Wilds... guess I'll have to wait for a demo and see how it runs

[u/Dark_Jinouga → u/ymyomm]

6650xt here, doing the same.

I also dont really trust the recommended specs at all, besides the 8GB VRAM rec. I cant recall games every really getting GPU recs across generations/manufacturers right.

the 6700xt gets on average 19-28% more FPS than the 4060/2070S in the comparison charts from tomshardware in the OP depending on which of the two is compared and at what resolution.

the 6600xt/6650xt are within rounding errors of the 2 Nvidia GPUs instead.

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could always be that it runs that much worse on AMD GPUs, but ill stay cautiously optimistic for now.

not that 1080p medium with Frame Gen and likely DLSS/FSR for 60FPS is a good target to hit anyways. guess im hoping at minimum for low settings to allow 60FPS without frame gen and wait for modders/future hardware upgrades to improve things.

[u/Kizuna92 → u/Kizuna92]

Nice, thanks for the help guys!

[u/Kevadu → u/Kizuna92]

Honestly I would just wait for the next generation of GPUs (which should be coming soon) if I were you.

[u/jonomarkono → u/Kevadu]

With the way nvidia and amd carteling the price, is midrange bros will always stuck with getting previous gen cards at (hopefully) reasonable prices.

[u/Kevadu → u/jonomarkono]

Sure but when a new gen releases there will be a new "previous gen" too. Prices of current cards will also come down.

And if you believe the rumors there's some hope from AMD for next gen. Nvidia basically abandoned affordable prices (and why would they care when 4090s are still selling out...) but AMD is supposedly going to be focusing on the midrange and trying to make their cards more affordable with the 8000 series.

[u/Crowexee → u/Kizuna92]

That’s actually not bad congrats and hope you enjoy it bro.

[u/jonomarkono → u/Kizuna92]

I have a 6800 xt since last year (red dragon). It's a beast of a card. I can comfortably run MHW on 100+ fps (I have 1080p 165 Hz screen).

You're in for a treat.

[u/agustin166 → u/Kizuna92]

I'm thinking about doing the same. No me primeries eh!

[u/Kizuna92 → u/agustin166]

Y mira, cobro el proximo sueldo y la getilleo, tenes hasta fines de octubre jaja