Is Tarkov Becoming TOO Big for PCs?
This idea isn’t specific to just Escape From Tarkov, but it’s something I’ve wanted to talk about for a while being in the space of this game, seeing it grow and become more of what the developers want, and at the same time, seeing how as the game gets bigger, what that looks and more importantly feels like on our hardware. Anyone who has played this game for any length of time knows that Tarkov is a demanding game on your PC. Knowing from experience, for years I played this game on a 1070 graphics card, with only 16GB of RAM. And while the card was okay at getting the job done; the game still looked pretty and held up in the FPS department, the RAM is where things got rough. Always spawning late, especially on scav runs; it eventually got to the point where it wasn’t sustainable anymore. Plus, that PC just died after about 5 years, so it had a good run. Now, with a 3060, and 32GB of RAM, you’d think the game would be exponentially more enjoyable to play. But unfortunately, it’s not. Of course, there have been moments in Tarkov’s lifespan where the game was fairly optimized for what we are normally used too. And on the new PC it felt incredible. So, while this wipe was much more stable and had way less game breaking bugs and glitches compared to the previous wipe earlier this year, I can say for sure that the performance has taken a massive nosedive. Which begs the question: is Tarkov becoming too much to handle for PCs?