Project: Gorgon is a 3D fantasy MMORPG (massively-multiplayer online role-playing game) that features an immersive experience that allows the player to forge their own path through exploration and discovery. We won't be guiding you through a world on rails, and as a result there are many hidden secrets awaiting discovery. Project: Gorgon also features an ambitious skill based leveling system that bucks the current trend of pre-determined classes, thus allowing the player to combine skills in order to create a truly unique playing experience.
The Project: Gorgon development team is led by industry veteran Eric Heimburg. Eric has over a decade of experience working as a Senior and Lead Engineer, Developer, Designer and Producer on successful games such as Asheron’s Call 1 and 2, Star Trek Online and other successful Massively Multiplayer Online Games.
Well I have been playing Project Gorgon on my MacBook Pro from 2014, and the fans blow constantly and it struggles to keep the graphics smooth when I turn. And so I am looking into running the game on a PC under Windows or Linux. But there are so many choices! I am not on a tight budget but will really just be using this computer for gaming, with 2 monitors to run browser/discord on the side.
CPU
How would you recommend Intel over AMD? I am looking at these two per general recommendations:
AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor
Intel Core i7-8700K
They seem very comparable and have good reviews both. I don't know why wattage matters but the pc part picker website lists it as an important thing.
Graphics
This seems easier by recommendations, if not by models available: GTX 980 or 1060 or 1070. But then that turns out just to be a chipset and there are dozens of cards using it!
I would probably just go for the best one because I want smooth graphics. I want to be able to move around and not have the screen lag behind my mouse & keyboard, which happens very much on my Mac laptop.
All the Rest
These seem to be the two critical bits, and then I can just choose things compatible with them for the rest of the build.
I plan to set up a dual-boot system, but would prefer to install the game just once. Do you have thoughts on Project Gorgon running on Windows vs Linux?