Looking to put a dedicated gaming pc for my TGC 2019 skytrak - need opinions

[Mdischiavi]

I put TGC 2019 on my laptop which barely met spec for TGC2019. Needless to say it’s unbearable.

it lags, it freezes and you can barely get a hole complete before it’s time to reboot and kick out your guest players.

being in a budget at the moment, please let me know which of the three options you would choose as I am getting a very good deal on all 3 options below:

1. Intel I7 2600 Processor
Nvidia Zotac GTX 1050ti OC Edition GPU
500gb Hard Drive
120gb Solid State Drive
8gb DDR3 Ram
WiFi
Windows 10 Activated

2. I7 2600
11gb ram
GTX 970 Zotac
256gb HDD
500w power supply
+$30 to add 500gb

3. hp z400, single xeon x5660 6-cores 12-threads cpu, 12 gb, 500gb 970 gtx,


are any much better than the other and do any risk not playing TGC 2019 to its full potential?

[DrStrangelove]

They recommend a GTX 1060. A PC with a RX 580 is comparable and cheaper.

[Mdischiavi]

All of the above are under 450$ cdn

[DrStrangelove]

I meant that a PC with a RX580 would be cheaper than a PC with a GTX 1060.

I can't speak to whether those you mentioned will be sufficient. They meet the minimum spec, but are lower than the recommended spec. The 970 GTX is better than the 1050Ti.

[mmcfadin]

My sim runs well with a HP z420 workstation I picked up on eBay for under $300. Workstation class machines have great tower cases and are easy to work on various components. I replaced graphics card with a EVGA GTX 1070. If you go this route research power supply size (Watts) and connectors (6 pin / 8 pin) needed for the graphics card you want. There are adapters for various connectors but they can create a unreliable system. As many have said, graphics card is most important for sim software use. Pay attention to amount of DDR ram on various cards. Mine has 8gb. I spent more $ on my graphics card change than I did on the rest of the system.

[SkeetShooter]

the answer is none.

[Mdischiavi]

Hmmmm ... why none?

mmcfadden- thank you for you reply. I have read on other threads that they are built pretty solid and reliable.


My understanding is that the recommended settings for TCG 2019 is:

8gb of RAM
i7 processor
1060 graphics card




Why would skeetshooter tell me that none of the above mentioned systems would run the software well?wbzt am I missing?

[DrStrangelove]

The graphics cards on your options are lower performing than the 1060 graphics card that is recommended. GTX 1060 > GTX 970 > GTX 1050i.

[SkeetShooter]

DrStrangelove is correct. All of your proposed configurations are below minimum spec for TGC2019... Search some of my posts. You will see I'm quite involved with providing advice regarding optimal setups. There is currently a very good deal on an HP. https://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-Pavili...gaArG1EALw_wcB

I would spend the money and get that since you said you are on a budget. That will perform well for you at a very reasonable pricepoint

[Mdischiavi]

Thank you all for your help.
seeing as you guys have been around a lot longer than I, I have taken your advise and pulled the trigger on a laptop (I personally wanted a laptop over the pc anyways).

https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product...in-10/13620827

Thank you for all of your prompt replies and assistance.
This forum is excellent.

[Reiner]

I really would think about buying systems that are about 9-10 years old. If they will be too slow, it's difficult to improve them. In general they do not have only slower CPUs but also the chipset has less performance.
Below is a let's say "good working system" with high quality products. One year ago I build it like this and it works pretty fine using Skytrak,TGC2019, 4K-Monitor and 1920x1080 Beamer (Optoma 1080). The only difference was that I could get a GTX1070 for low money.

If you share the difference of about 350 Euro to 10 years, it is 35 Euro per year, and you can be sure that it runs as you expect.


Motherboard 100 Euro
Intel i5-9600 220 Euro
CpU FAN silent 30 Euro
Memory 16GB 80 Euro
SSD 250GB 40 Euro
Case 60 Euro
Power Supply 60 Euro
Nvidia GTX 1060, 6GB 180 Euro

about 770 Euro

Alternatively an AMD Ryzen 5 or 7 System and a RX580 as already mentioned.

[Mdischiavi]

My new setup: My new setup is:

ASUS TUF 15.6" Gaming Laptop (
AMD Ryzen 7-3750H/
512GB SSD/
16GB RAM/
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660Ti/
Win 10)

[SkeetShooter]

You won't be disappointed in that. Best of luck to you and enjoy the new laptop!

[AndoCalrissian]

Congratulations, you are going to love it! I run TGC 2019 on a Razor gaming laptop with similar specs (GTX 1060) and runs the game on the highest settings without issue. Happy golfing

[Hubbahub32]

I got a killer deal on a dell laptop from the dell outlet. Brand new g5 5590 model number. Has an i7, a rtx2060, and 16gb of ram. Paid 654 out the door with all original warranties! Take a look and see what you can find. There are awesome deals if you are patient.

[Mdischiavi]

Is that dell.com or .ca

[Hubbahub32]

https://m.dell.com/h5/m/us/index?mkwid=sXfTDZTCD&pcrid=294730583457&pkw=dell%20outlet&pmt=e&pdv=m&slid=&product=&pgrid=63139724150&ptaid=kwd-298355734501&VEN1=sXfTDZTCD~294730583457~901kuu23312~m~~~63139724150~kwd-298355734501&VEN2=e~dell%20outlet&&dgc=st&dgseg=arb&acd=&cid=316225012&st=dell+outlet&gclid=CjwKCAiAo7HwBRBKEiwAvC_Q8fAueTgS4kIkeiwcPCIR8nqNs-J508ebinREkpWQmGi5sLvqkZwR1xoCfpoQAvD_BwE&lid=59893870039&ptaid=kwd-298355734501&VEN1=sXfTDZTCD%7E294730583457%7E901kuu23312%7Em%7E%7E%7E63139724150%7Ekwd-298355734501&VEN2=e%7Edell+outlet&pgrid=63139724150&dgc=st&dgseg=arb&acd=1230921317820560&VEN3=111405237831251611

[Hubbahub32]

Just google dell outlet