Hey everyone, I'm having a tough time running Ark Survival Ascended on my PC. The performance is really poor, and I get terrible frame rates unless I set everything to low. Even then, there's annoying lighting flickers that make the game unplayable. I think I might need to upgrade my graphics card. Ideally, I'd like to keep my budget around a few hundred pounds. Any recommendations on what I should get? Here are my current specs: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor, 16GB of RAM, and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060. Thanks!
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I recommend running a benchmark like 3DMark to see how your system stacks up against similar setups. From what I know, Ark isn’t exactly optimized well, so it could be the game rather than your hardware.
Before you buy a new graphics card, double-check if the issue is game-related. Ark can be a mess and some players have reported similar issues even with decent hardware.
You actually might not need a new graphics card! The RTX 3060 should be more than capable for Ark. There might be another issue that’s causing your performance problems.
If the 3060 works fine with other games, then it’s likely a game-specific issue. Try checking your game settings and ensure everything's updated.
Are you sure you aren’t mixing up Ark Survival Evolved and Ark Survival Ascended? That might be causing some confusion.