Just started iRacing and need Hardware help please

Strike Malone · 4 Jan 2021 at 10:06

Hi there,

Just wondering what my pc is capable of please? :confused:

Current spec is Windows 10 Pro
Intel i7-2600K @3.4GHz
Motherboard P8P67-M
20Gb Ram
NVidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

I need to buy a monitor or three but not sure what my current setup will cope with regarding resolution and triple displays? I might just but one first of all and then purchase another two depending on costs.

Really appreciate any help...cheers

mickyflinn · 4 Jan 2021 at 10:21

What display you playing on now what fps do you get ?

Strike Malone · 4 Jan 2021 at 10:27

Hi Micky,

Using a projector onto a six foot screen but just bought a cockpit rig and need to move into a new room. 60 FPS

mickyflinn · 4 Jan 2021 at 10:38

Strike Malone said:
Hi Micky,

Using a projector onto a six foot screen but just bought a cockpit rig and need to move into a new room. 60 FPS

1080p resoloution on the projector ? Cant look good on a 6ft screen if so as its stretching the pixels.

I would get a single 1080p monitor with a decent refresh rate to see what fps you get and thdn you can decide to add more monitors if your system can hadle it.

What size ? The smaller you go the finer the detail but especially coming ftom a 6ft projector.

Strike Malone · 4 Jan 2021 at 10:44

Cheers Micky,
I do have a monitor that I used to use for Flight Sim but not sure of the spec. I'll try later.
How do my CPU and Display Card rate against later stuff? Should I need to upgrade the CPU can the motherboard cope?

mickyflinn · 4 Jan 2021 at 10:54

Strike Malone said:
Cheers Micky,
I do have a monitor that I used to use for Flight Sim but not sure of the spec. I'll try later.
How do my CPU and Display Card rate against later stuff? Should I need to upgrade the CPU can the motherboard cope?

Im not to up to date on i racing but checking the system requirements your cpu is lacking but upgrading is very limited options and not worth it imo.

Gpu is ok but adding more monitors its probably going to strugle.

I would sugest doing some research

https://www.iracing.com/membership/system-requirements/

Strike Malone · 4 Jan 2021 at 11:00

Thanks

Yes I did have a look at the SysReq page but still left me a bit blurred as you can tell. Asking for help is usually a last resort for me. :-)

I'll see what happens with the FPS tonight on the monitor. cheers

Strike Malone · 4 Jan 2021 at 17:18

So.....
I’m achieving 60FPS with the slider set to max quality rather than max frame rate.
Given that this is a 60Hz display.
I’m using about 2 GB of the GPU memory.
What can we deduce? Purchase a single 144MHz display and test before I buy three? Makes sense I think.

mickyflinn · 4 Jan 2021 at 17:22

Strike Malone said:
So.....
I’m achieving 60FPS with the slider set to max quality rather than max frame rate.
Given that this is a 60Hz display.
I’m using about 2 GB of the GPU memory.
What can we deduce? Purchase a single 144MHz display and test before I buy three? Makes sense I think.

Yes spot on.