How to Built Cheap PC for DoTA Games

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

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DotA 2 is one game that is extremely popular today. No half-hearted, game genre MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena - a kind of 'joint' between genres Real-time Strategy and Action) is played by millions of gamers over the PC, ranging from the casual gamer to the professional gamer. DotA 2 game competition at its highest level, which is called The International, even listed as a competition game with enormous prize, more than $ 1 million! And the most interesting part of it all: this game has a concept of free-to-play, in other words, FREE!

However, although very popular, a lot of PC gamers who do not understand the need for a PC can play DotA 2 with ease, so that their game is interrupted and can not get the maximum gaming experience.
DotA 2: Game Heavy or Light?

The following is the minimum requirement (Minimum system requirements) to play DotA 2, taken from the official website dated May 22, 2014:

     OS: Windows 7
     Processor: Dual-core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz
     Memory: 4 GB RAM
     Graphics: nVidia GeForce 8600 / 9600GT, ATI / AMD Radeon HD2600 / 3600
     DirectX: Version 9.0c
     Network: Broadband Internet Connection
     Hard Drive: 8 GB of available space
     Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

Looks easy to fulfill? We also think so. Just need a dual-core CPU, 4GB of RAM, and a graphics card DirectX9 class, meaning most of the PC's out there able to run DotA 2 for its Internet connection is not smooth? Apparently not so!

Putting aside the factor of Internet connection, we've several times read complaints from gamers DotA 2 is said that his PC often impaired performance of a framerate drop / FPS drop significantly, although the detail settings on his game has been set at a minimum level, and PC was already past the minimum requirements demanded DotA 2.


Needs Framerate: 30 FPS Apparently Not Enough!

Framerate, or frames per second (FPS) is often a reference to see whether or not a game smoothly when played, with 30 FPS to 'minimum requirement' for a comfortable game. However, we realize that the 30 FPS framerate that level can not be said comfortably at a very competitive game and this action-heavy.

Through discussions with several players DotA 2, we look for the level of framerate that could be considered quite 'comfortable'. Most among players DotA 2 at a competitive level stated that they had experienced user can get maximum play and getting a response adequate input current minimum value of the FPS they are at about 45-50 FPS. Keep in mind, the level of framerate that we mean here not your average FPS, but FPS minimum value.

Additional note: at first we will test the minimum FPS requirement is made by measuring frametime, not FPS. We convert this to the data frametime FPS (and not frametime) because it is easier to understand. Therefore, needs 50 FPS (or 20ms frametime) the minimum is written with the assumption that the system does not experience micro-stuttering while the gameplay takes place.
Most Benchmark DotA 2 NO Do the Right Moment

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If you only need a minimum of 50 FPS, it would be easy to assume that most of the GPU out there will not have a problem with Dota 2 In fact, a lot of the reviews out there that show that DOTA 2 is not too much pressure on modern PC systems, and is very easy to run at 60 FPS.

Unfortunately, most of the performance testing DotA 2 sometimes only done at the beginning of the game, and not done at the moment the most 'heavy', ie, when the-minute teamfight mid to late game.

The need for a minimum level of specific framerate, and the error is the selection of the benchmark scenario which ultimately makes many users mistakenly estimated requirement dota 2 because the game was already regarded as 'mild'. Obviously, the selection of hardware errors will be fatal when the game DOTA 2 is done on the competition scenario, For that, we of JagatReview feel that will complete a review of the performance of the PC, especially in game DotA 2 needs to be done.


Benchmark DotA 2: A Challenge Admitted

Maybe there among you who are wondering, "Why now JagatReview discuss the performance of DotA 2? Why not performed in any hardware reviews? "The answer is quite simple: DotA 2 is a good game, but a benchmark that is 'bad'. In other words, test the performance of a component in a comprehensive manner DotA 2 is very difficult to do.

Here are some 'weaknesses' DOTA 2 that we found, and makes no benchmark-friendly:

     There is no in-game benchmark
     Severe test scenario happens at least 20-30 minutes after the game
     It is impossible to repeat the same game exactly DotA 2
     There is no 'preset' graphic
     Patch has the potential to change the performance, and the troublesome test

Perhaps the lack of in-game graphics benchmarks and the lack of presets can still be tolerated, but mem-benchmarks with real DotA 2 gameplay, while keeping the minimum state inconsistencies in the game is not an easy thing, even tend to impossible. There is no one who can match DotA 2 is repeated with exactly the same! Even worse, this match can last approximately 40-50 minutes, and the most recent weight after at least 30 minutes early, which many players have reached a level sufficient to make a push to each opponent, which will lead to heavy teamfight.

(The difficulty of this benchmarking together we find the model of RTS games like Starcraft 2, but in SC2 we have a special script to benchmark)

All of this is compounded by the existence of an obligation to do the occasional game updates / patches. Not too heavy if owned Internet connections fast enough, it's just that there is concern that the patch is applied to transform the performance (although this is rare).


Target: Build A Cheap Gaming PC For DOTA 2!

Based'll curiosity, JagatReview team was determined to make a series of special tests, which will discuss the performance of various PC hardware in game DotA 2 This test will include:
 

• Looking for a real scenario gameplay in DotA 2 which can be quite burdensome modern PC
•  Test different combinations of graphics options in this game and its influence on the visual quality
•  Collecting various combinations of PC hardware to run DotA 2, and test performance
•  Looking for a PC with the lowest possible configurations that can execute our tests, to maintain at least the minimum fps at 50 FPS, making this PC can handle the competition even though DotA 2.

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