How I played Starfied on a $39 GPU

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0:00 Why am I doing this?
1:00 What are the specs?
2:53 Starfield on a 4GB GPU
4:18 Starfield on a 2GB GPU
6:48 The secret no one's talking about
8:30 Starfield issues
10:10 Controller saves the day (kinda)
11:19 The issue with game settings nowadays
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Lemon Squeezy by Martin Landstrom
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[@OzTalksHW]

Thanks for watching y’all! Check out my Nebula channel if you wanna support further! I post vids early on there go.nebula.tv/oztalkshw

[@Incognito-gh5qi]

Impressive how far you got without tweaking the .ini file, you should do a follow up where you tweak it, LowSpecGamer use to have really good videos on this back when that was his thing, back when I had a lowspec PC his advice got me running GTA V with good performance. I don't know how much of a difference tweaking the .ini file makes nowadays or if it's even a thing though. Great video though, cheers!

[@R1CKD34D]

Might try that texture mod on my steam deck, love the game but by god does it get choppy sometimes on low settings on that, thanks for doing this vid!

[@D0S81]

i think the reason the gamepad is smoother is probably because you can turn the camera way faster with a mouse and is really only limited by how fast and far you can move your mouse, so the game/computer has to do more work to refresh everything when you're doing practically a 180 on under a second, whereas with controller. your turn speed is way slower in comparison. idk. i'm just guessing tbh

[@sanzaart2033]

i've never seen tech content with such a calmness and classy delivery

[@OzTalksHW]

Thank you :)

[@abdou.the.heretic]

Legit, I'm so over that flashy style, it makes my learning battery run out real fast.

[@Sumbdy_u_know1999]

@@OzTalksHW Your PC still a beast, some lads stil running GT710, the little frankenstein still runs everything... not playable frames thou

[@jrg4587]

This channel is SO refreshing. No crazy faced thumbnails. No screaming and yelling. No clickbait. No BS. Super chill vibes. For real great voice. Super easy on the ears. Amazing music. Just chill. Could watch these all day. Subbed 100%. LFG brotha. Bring that new dynamic to KZbin. Killin it

[@h.h.808]

Agree 10,000% 👍 We also don't see those terrible jump cuts in this channel. Yes, the creator is able to finish complete sentences. Wow, just like people did decades ago. And what a voice! 🫠

[@iyja]

Wow, actually surprised it could run on the $168 computer.

[@OzTalksHW]

More like it "walked" 😄, but it honestly surprised me too!

[@aleksazunjic9672]

Matter of VRAM , mostly. Large textures require lots of (fast) VRAM. Other than that, Starfield is not an impressive game, at least graphically. In fact, it looks worse than some PS4 games, and RX 460 would run PC ports of PS4 games at 1080p med at 30-40 FPS . Why did they go for such large textures ? Well, Starfield came bundled with new AMD cards. Surprise, surprise 🙄

[@MindsMouth]

​@@aleksazunjic9672My current setup, rx 5700xt OC is only pulling

[@shaneeslick]

@@OzTalksHW 😂

[@TheRealCodyCola]

I wish he would have spent literally 1 more dollar on the build. That would have been "Nice!".

[@supergranular]

Man, this channel is chill AND interesting. No yelling jump cuts and gurning. How awesome.

[@DengueBurger]

That’s true, it’s a great change of pace and still very entertaining.

[@moracomole8090]

Also no obnoxious fake enthusiasm

[@lucius6950x]

Ozzy, thank you so much for reminding us how long we can actually stretch hardware amidst all of the FOMO and hype that plagues the PC gaming space

[@leaj_]

I wouldnt say it runs starfield... It kinda WALKS starfield

[@itsmedavidd]

my uncle would love this even if its not optimal. He games on a chrome book since his laptop broke. Got inspirations from your videos to build him a 300 PC with used parts.

[@brokeandtired]

If thats your budget he's better off with a Series S or Used Nintedo Switch.

[@Pasi123]

@@brokeandtired Can the Series S or Nintendo Switch play the PC games he might have already bought on his laptop before it broke?

[@ArtisChronicles]

​@@Pasi123 a perfectly good point

[@fruitcake4910]

Get him a used Steam Deck for the same price

[@hackfleisch7424]

Get a used workstation (E5 1650 v3 or v4 should be possible here) and put in a used GPU (think RX5600 XT or RX5700 XT).

[@hibikiholmes2867]

These kinds of videos are much more interesting to me than ones talking about the latest high end builds. There's just something interesting about squeezing out performance out of limited tech.

[@KomradeMikhail]

Once again, an HP Z440 Workstation with an RX 5700 would run circles around this build, for about the same price. Plus leave way more room for upgrades.

[@OzTalksHW]

Yep. I'm not recommending this PC, but since I'm stuck with it, I might as well use it as much as I can hehe

[@mrwillham5393]

@@OzTalksHW maybe it use it as a foot rest for under your desk haha

[@leftylou4693]

Again? You know that was not the point of the video right?

[@KomradeMikhail]

@@leftylou4693 You must be new here...

[@leftylou4693]

@@KomradeMikhail Could be, still doesn't take away that, you missed the point of the video. have a blessed day.

[@statix]

i just upgraded from a i5 6500 to ryzen 7 5700x... could feel the wind blowing in my hair/s

[@TheHoldenmcgroin]

Same CPU I just upgraded too, its amazing. :) Went from an i7-7700K :)

[@statix]

@@TheHoldenmcgroin I used to be at 80 100 cpu usage now it barely touches 60% it's madness

[@SL4PSH0CK]

mine was RX 5600, from a xeon E3-1230v2 💨\(￣︶￣*\))

[@SuperGhettoBob]

I used one of those in an office environment for years. Glad to see there's life in those old bones.

[@BerryHustle]

in terms of the most feeling worse it could be the high polling rate of the mouse I've noticed whenever you start to move your mouse the cpu takes a hit especially with lower end parts

[@mrmerlin6287]

Would be interesting to see how a regular PS/2 mouse and keyboard would fare.

[@slaydog5102]

​@@mrmerlin6287it would be better obviously 😡

[@MrCed122]

That's what I'm thinking, when I had a A10 7850K years ago, I had to put my mouse at 125 or 250Hz, putting it at 1000Hz was spiking the CPU at 100% with rapid movements and made a lot of games unplayable because of the stuttering. I haven't seen that problem in years, CPUs are so good now that the spikes are basically invisible, but since most modern games are so CPU intensive, it wouldn't surprise me that it's coming back.

[@Minmataro718]

Great video. Just a FYI. FSR doesn't actually kick in until u slide the resolution slider down. 77% = quality, 67% = balanced, 50% = performance. The image quality is much better using FSR. Try it with the 1650.

[@100Bucks]

Lossless Scaling application. You only need 720p. 1080p native windowed mode is best quality but you can easily get away only using a 720p windowed game. ShaderGlass program also can do this. Here's a demonstration of a 720p game. No upscaling in this video. It's just a side by side compare to see if it actually does anything. My video I didn't demonstrate FSR but I used RCA instead which I think is way better then FSR. FSR is just filter to sharpen the games better to help with the upscaling to avoid blur. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKewpKWsatGratUfeature=shared

[@OzTalksHW]

AH! Thank you for this! Very helpful information

[@100Bucks]

@@OzTalksHW You're welcome, I thought you already knew of these upscaling tricks. Integer Scaler application uses no GPU or CPU if didn't know about this application as well. Same concept. Keep your game in windowed mode. Keep your display on 3840x2140 to upscale. You're welcome, you don't need to buy a new GPU because all of them cap out at 1440p 60fps or 2160p 60fps. All the new GPUs are just upscaling gimmicks to buy a new GPU for no reason. That's how I feel anyway.

[@ArtisChronicles]

What a strange way for them to implement FSR. Bethesda really does some of the weirdest things.

[@powerplay074]

Dlss coming soon amd partnership game just couldnt allow it at launch or nvidia gpu would run atleast x2 better with higher pq

[@SL4PSH0CK]

OMG 😆the optimize texture pack brings me back FO4 days with me playing with a low end HD7450 back 2015

[@dionelr]

Great, calming video as always, Ozi. You take potatoes and make… potatoaid? 🤔 that sounded better in my head.

[@_trudge]

now i am considering potato beverages ???

[@Art-pj8zq]

It's always fun to see this kind of video by running new games with low end gpu and with insane tweak, unfortunately LowSpecGamer stopped doing this long ago

[@matosaku0857]

kinda plays is good enough 👍

[@50H3i1]

I didn't thought this video would be this cool .

[@frankb5728]

I remember playing Oblivion on an older GPU at the time. It didn't have the required shaders so the mod made the game look extremely flat. But it did run and I enjoyed playing the game, for a while at least. I upgraded to a faster card shortly after and could finally enjoy the game as it was meant to be played.

[@r3n846]

If you're talking about Oldblivion, that works on minimum DirectX 8.1 if I remember correctly, and the Voodoo3 2000 is DirectX 6.0. If there's some other mod that does even more stripping down, I would like to know because it would be fun to test.

[@frankb5728]

@@r3n846 I think you are right, it doesn't make sense. I had to edit my original message, I know I had a voodoo 3 2000 as a hand me down in the early 2000s but by the time Oblivion was released I probably had a FX 5200. I remember using OldOblivion. It sure would be fun to test what the lowest specs you can get the game running on are.

[@r3n846]

@@frankb5728 Yeah, I got the same idea, and started looking it up. However all I have that is awful and DX8+ are old iGPUs

[@ParCBur]

before i built my first tower, i was running games on a 2014 HP Pavilion laptop that was lucky to see 30 fps on old games, and even luckier to see 15fps on new (at the time) games. getting 10 fps on the new Tomb Raider felt playable back then to me, so the RX 460 section felt kinda nostalgic in a way 😂

[@madmax2069]

Back in the mid 90s 10 FPS was a playable framerate for me, now I can't even tolerate 30 FPS (even stable 30). But there's also a pretty big difference between what I was playing on back then vs what I'm playing on today (especially when it comes to monitors). Screen size as well as screen tech (CRT vs modern screens) also plays into on what you can tolerate. Back in the 90s my monitor was a 12" CRT, the "monitor I'm using today on my set-up is a 55" Sony X900H.

[@peytonleehagens123]

@@madmax2069 that’s why I can’t go to console at all. I literally just can’t play any game at 30fps, Hell for most fps’s (even single player like cyberpunk) I’ll aim for 75-100 fps. And then games like counter strike where everything’s smooth as butter at 240hz, just hard to backpedal and casually play single player games at anything under 60 frames imo.

[@jeremybaynhampd5936]

Been playing it on low hardware myself but I have been enjoying it.Glad to see you making new content.

[@onlyfacts3502]

Oz doesn’t upload often, but when he does I drop everything to watch!

[@OzTalksHW]

Thanks man!

[@soiltek2015]

Loved the review. I like that front and back plate too. Good luck with the channel. 😊

[@Felix_EN]

Recording from a modmic, what a chad

[@kuroiomar]

I love these cheaper end builds! Your channel helped me build my first pc :))

[@shanemitchell477]

Good job man! You're the settings KING!.

[@luisfonseca811]

Geze took me forever to rerund this video!! Lol typed starfield in my history- literally almost nothing, so glad to find this again- thank you for this video! (;

[@erivon2234]

You sir, are a madman. I love it you earned my sub.

[@marklarz4399]

Bro is becoming the new LowSpecGamer

[@FinnRenard]

Love your content. Great to see gaming related content that isn't all about the new and shiny 1200+ USD GPUs. So much potencial in used hardware. Only caveat is, as I am not based in the US, prices are never as good, ie most stuff on various EU ebay sites is somewhat more expensive, or there is simply less option to choose from. The Optiplex 7040 is a pretty cool prebuilt, with 4 SATA ports. I usually go for Lenovo when buying old "refurb" hardware. So thanks for introducing the 7040 to me. Found one locally with an i7-6700, 32MB RAM, 256GB SSD (actually usuable) and a Quadro K2000 for just under 100USD. Great as my old Unraid Home Server just broke down. I do have a spare RTX 3060, so might try some gaming, after watching your video.

[@ArtisChronicles]

Now that actually sounds like a great find. Congratz

[@scorpiomelancholia1559]

32 MB ram Bro you gonna burn your house down

[@CorrichetiLagga]

The relax of these videos is something else ❤

[@dsp4392]

The 1650 SUPER is roughly equivalent to the venerable 1060, which only a few months ago was the most popular GPU on the Steam hardware survey (now in 4th place). It's not a surprise that this GPU runs games decently.

[@zdspider6778]

It's 5% faster according to the GPU database on that techpowerup site. But it only has 4GB VRAM while the 1060 has 6GB (there's also a 3GB version but don't get that!). Nvidia REALLY fucked up by giving it only 4GB. I guess it supports mesh shaders (required for Elon Woke 2), but that's about it... It's not a "real" ray tracing card. I'd rather take the 5% hit for 50% more VRAM.

[@EvilWolf5500]

This video was so soothing and chill to listen to. Like a slow smooth radio DJ talking about computer hardware.

[@Backstage_Politician]

love this guy, have just subbed

[@saionteller9427]

Thanks man I love these projects 👌

[@cecilb7927]

RX560 4GBs are available at around $40 or less, similar performance to the 460, but double the VRAM.

[@FireBreatherMP1]

You can find rx 580 8gb cards for around 60 dollars if you know where to look. Budget gaming scene is looking pretty good right now considering 2 years ago it was an absolute nightmare

[@josephdias5859]

they also have 460s 4gbs for 20-30$ and 570s for 40

[@ekim19791234]

love it.. just making it work and creating something to play what you want..

[@Helifax19]

Truly Classy style content! Loved it!

[@jeffsmith6659]

Thanks a ton sir...great stuff. Good reminder it's not all about big $ new GPUs and hype. Cheers and keep it up!

[@malachieman1975]

Refreshing. I legit subscribed within 7 seconds.

[@panikk2]

I love this channel so much. It has such a distinct style and personality. Stay classy

[@baileyshafer5575]

I felt that NAAAAUURRR in my soul

[@radradR0bot]

I get so excited when i see oz post

[@TopherLee513]

Tech talk with a deep, soothing voice? Subbed. Reminds me of Three-Dog. 😊

[@bruhmaster7540]

Subscribed, nice chill video

[@sebastianvangen]

You're such an entertainer. The only Tech+Entertainer on YT.

[@Intelx]

Finally content creation done with class, grace, no gimmicks and great content. You are a breath of fresh air and an inspiration. Thank you 🙏🏿

[@csolisr]

Having the courage of playing an entire AAA game in what amounts nowadays as "electronic waste" is a chad move

[@ArtisChronicles]

What a mad lad. I'm surprised you got it to run.

[@SmokeyBacons]

Well played!

[@RhinoYTT]

Never seen a video of yours before but damn bro your voice chills me out ❤

[@syafster]

I got memories of my old PC trying to play Final Fantasy 7 remake, and it was one of those times that the graphics turned out to be not so good but playable. I treasured the moment because it was a hard time, but I got through it.

[@julianlaury8516]

Great video as always! That is so strange that the controller upped performance hahaha...wonder if this is a pattern in other modern games

[@iplaygames4179]

It doesn't really improve performance however it does make a game at a sub 60 fps feel wayy smoother cos of just how they are designed cos yk the sticks having more time to move the camera around. try playing a game at 30fps then use a controller compared to a kbm it'll just feel better

[@chadisnotachad]

It's amazing what old PC tech can do.

[@jaimebakulic86]

the RX460 was almost a legend in my country. It barely showed up in our stores. It's cool that it can -almost- play AAAs in 2023 but I have to agree on the fact that a GTX1650 (hopefully super) is the minimum these days. I play Starfield on a RTX3060 *mobile* at 1440p with all settings maxed out and it's enough to not even think about fps. I have no idea why people with GPUs like a 3080 and above are complaining. This game is not an online multiplayer shooter, as long as it's not a slideshow you can enjoy it all the same.

[@therobustmole1137]

Wow that controller fact is crazy

[@user-xe8xm5mc2c]

Its crzy how i been watching you for 7 years i still remember watching a 2016 build with 2 core amd And now look how many cpu is there ❤🎉

[@txma.]

I woke up late but I have the pleasure of relaxing to an Oz video before I start my day

[@Adrianlovesmusic]

That intro is why I subbed years ago and won't unsub though I watch like twice a year

[@h.h.808]

@OzTalksHW I really love you care about pc users who can't or don't want to spend much money on brand new or high grade hardware. There are a lot of people who don't need textures on ultra settings. Anyhow, big thanks for creating such great content, thanks for putting a calm and friendly mood in it and thanks your efforts to make pc gaming accessible for amateurs too. Love it!

[@oktc68]

Very interesting, thanks.

[@OlaftheGreat]

This makes me feel much better about my 2019 Acer Nitro 5 with a GTX 1650

[@Gaz..]

Un video muy apacible, diría, se agradece la calma , veré más de tu canal, Gracias por tu video.

[@lukasgroot]

Nice video Oz. I heard that before about playing with a controller at those fps together with turning on the motion blur.

[@KILBURN227]

Same thing here! The game was jittery as hell on 2080ti, but when I tried the controller, to fool myself, it actually became much more playable! I thought I was crazy!

[@Trid3nt861]

I see an OZtalks video and I have to click on the video. This man can take a office PC and make it into a gaming PC.

[@Jupa]

I see an OZtalks video and I usually ignore them. For ages his thumbnails would pop on my frontpage but I never really thought to give them a chance. I've seen so many cliockbait nonsense of $100 gaming PC's that I conditioned myself to ignore them altogether. This was a refreshing breathe of fresh air. Aside from the smooth chill af narration, it's nice to see a video of someone just enjoying life on low-end. Not obsessing over 60fps or ultra ray tracing. No clickbait or outrageous claims. No obsessing over screen tearing and frame times. Just a guy enjoying life with everyday PC hardware. It's sort of nostalgic. Definitely subscribing

[@tomtry3814]

he lies the 7020 is a 4th gen not a 6th gen

[@elvisvasquez97]

its a 7040 which is correct about the gen i7 he just said 7020 by mistake but in the video you see it labeled as 7040 optiplex @@tomtry3814

[@artisticgoose2609]

Calm bud, calm Love yeh style. Love across the the pond.

[@Deemexthecleenex]

how does bro only have 381k subs this guy actualy goes far and beond with his videos

[@husky3g]

You should run this again with the FSR 3 mod that's out now. I imagine the performance and graphical detail would be insane.

[@Wizwak]

playing in fullscreen makes games run objectively better, he was running borderless/windowed fullscreen, which loses you some frames, and in some cases introduces more input latency. Also. lowering the resolution in fullscreen makes dramatic increases to your fps, like the difference between 1920x1080 borderless and 1024x768 fullscreen on all low settings would probably put him ahead by like 8-10 frames at least. lowering the resolution itself will always be faster than CASS or FSR

[@coopermcneil5552]

This was awesome

[@aussiekai]

This guys voice is so soothing

[@High.Vibe.Living]

Sup Oz, I always love your budget builds. And now that im no longer a teen (for many years now) i can easily afford to slap a ryzen 5600 + a gtx 1650 Super together. But i'll always be a budget man at heart, i love the buzz i get from creating a bang for buck build, and getting awesome gaming performance and visuals for a low cost. Which i wouldnt get the same buzz if i jus put $600 (twice the money) dollars into a new build. And recently i made a budget build someone else, with great upgradability. A Intel dual core G6400 + GTX 960 for £60 total, in the uk + bought a new LGA 1200 mother board for it. I honestly really enjoyed benchmarking it.

[@blanketmobbypants]

I like seeing someone of my color into tech like me. I’m looking to upgrade my pc soon and need options and solutions

[@darkcloudrider359]

You give me hope A few months ago I bought some computers off govdeals for my family and before I even come up with enough for video cards Starfield came out. And I realized the I7-6700 wouldn't meet min specs. So if we ever get enough ahead for video cards maybe we can play after all. The computers I Got are Z240 with the I7-6700 and a 400w platinum power supply. I wanted to find video cards reasonably priced that would fit in that power envelope. I have been looking at 1660s (I understand the Xbox series S is about equal to a 1660), RX 5600XT and even considered the cheaper 1060 but they are much less powerful. Money has just been to tight to buy anything the last 3 months so they are sitting on the shelf we have 4 of the Z240 really need 5 computers for our family, one of these days we will manage.

[@Hollow_Autumn]

For me I dipped my toes into pc gaming for the first time a year ago by grabbing a prebuild (£240) that both looks cool, and was also packed with exactly what I needed for 1080p 60fps. (I typically play at 90/120 fsp when I can) ( gtx 1070 oc, i5 4460) I'm able to run games from 2022 and 2023 with ultra settings and have had zero issues. If I had listened to all the gate keepers, I never would have taken that jump, and I'm so damn glad I did. I intend to do a full upgrade soon to way more recent hardware but, don't get it twisted, this machine would be good for a good while longer depending on the games you play.

[@styloxcrypto]

so calm I subscribe

[@Brian_Rhodes]

You have such a smooth jazz voice

[@IRaZ2866]

Love this kind of videos

[@blestbread]

0:20 ive got the exact same dog plushie craaazy

[@colbeh]

Immediately recognized Apotos Night in the background lol

[@CrypticEvincar]

This was fun to watch. Makes me feel like I could maybe run some newer AAAs without spending $1200.

[@hotfiyah5592]

Wow such and interesting video concept

[@hotfiyah5592]

I meant an

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LMFAO you havnt even watched 2 seconds of the video and your calling it intresting 😂😂😂

[@hotfiyah5592]

@@ad-vertisement2630 yes I have

[@hotfiyah5592]

@@ad-vertisement2630 I’m calling it good

[@disillusionedplayer]

I don’t think this is what Todd meant when he said you may have to upgrade your computer, but I’m all for it.

[@misterhoudi2824]

I love budget builds, I love budget builds.

[@ca9inec0mic58]

Please do more videos like this

[@LustfulOBama]

the vibes are immaculate .

[@nutherefurlong]

I respect any attempt to try to undercut minimums, just to see what sort of framework lies underneath... and to be honest see if I can run those things on my aging potato of a computer. . . I have that exact controller. Things are looking up!

[@T_M63]

i like your channel and your videos bro ❤

[@dreak-cz]

Ozzy, you are legend :)

[@offseteraofficialband]

I really enjoy your content, and I wanted to share a suggestion about the audio quality. Perhaps consider using a condenser microphone placed just off-camera in the room; it could enhance the sound experience. I've noticed that the current microphone setup seems a bit boomy, and there's some noticeable popping with the 'p' sounds and lip sounds. Just a friendly tip to potentially improve your already great videos!

[@OllielastnameSmith]

Great content.

[@user-go5be2ek2k]

old tech often reminds me how thankful should I be for what i have.

[@blendedtime8162]

comfort videos

[@hazarky.research]

Thank you for the video Oz! I have some suspicion tha[ now at days the minimum required specs isn't really the minimum specs to play the game. There needs to be a separate minimum requirements by the author and then by the consumers whom tested and played the game

[@saraadams3811]

What's the program you use to pull up all your specs as you're playing? Love the content, btw! I went the super balls-to-the-walls expensive route for my first and current PC build; for my next one, I'm definitely following one of your guides. Keep up the good work!

[@TottoB]

MSI Afterburner but check the settings because it'll not show you anything by default

[@saraadams3811]

@@TottoB Thanks so much!

[@dagrimmreepa]

All I do is watch stuff like HU, Linus, J2c, GN, Daniel Owens, PC Builder, etc, etc. Why was I not recommended your channel before now? Algorithm be weird sometimes. Anyway I subbed, good stuff, love the vibe!

[@sohailkabir8030]

Loved the content! Insta-subscribed after 5 min!

[@joshuadolsak6548]

i love seeing that 7040. my system is exactly that with a 2070 and some SSD's.