Cloudpunk 1080p Ultra Custom PC Build Review

If you are wanting to buy a gaming computer to run Cloudpunk then this PC build review is aimed at putting together the correct hardware components for the cheapest price today to do just that. With the PC build brief being to maintain a stable and reliable FPS with max graphics running, pushing out visuals on 1080p screen size. As new gaming components are released for PC we will continue to review prices here each day and consider swapping in and out better components.

Cloudpunk is currently 1 ranked on the top demanding games list at the moment. It is also considered a , RPG, Adventure genre style game and happened to be built by the devs on hardware from 2020 and in the period leading up to this. This may be worth considering when understanding the performance requirements a PC for this title might be expected to have. It is currently one of the more popular titles on the site and sat at 1 of our most popular games list. All this background info will help us better choose the components today for this game PC build, but our main factor will of course be price to performance for each component and peripheral we choose below.

Best 1080p Price to Performance Cloudpunk PC Hardware Component List

Choosing A Graphics Card For Our 1080p Cloudpunk PC Build

Lets not pay over the odds when we put this game’s graphics card in. We want something that can play Cloudpunk at 1080p ultra graphics options and we want something that has a reasonable price compared to the other graphics options. The GeForce GTX 1660 Super Asus Dual Evo OC 6GB has been looking like a good stand in for this games curated PC build, based on the price of $239.99 that we found it marked at today. It will certainly help return suitable FPS, which we will go into a bit later in the article, at ultra 1080p. The lowest price recorded by us so far for the GeForce GTX 1660 Super Asus Dual Evo OC 6GB is $229.99 recorded at 28th Nov 2019. Over the past couple of weeks this card has seen a price drop of $47.68, which lends us confidence in picking it as a good purchase for this game.

Selecting The Right Cloudpunk 1080p Motherboard and CPU

To fit with the above graphics card we have chosen a well priced motherboard, the GIGABYTE GA-A320M mATX AM4, that will allow us to slot in a compatible Ryzen 5 2400G processor based around the shared Socket AM4 socket. With the chosen cpu and gpu working together we will get a great Cloudpunk experience, that helps achieve steady frames at this resolution. The chosen cpu has itself been selected because it represents a good fit with the game and the price we found it at when comparing today’s cpu market prices, finding it currently priced at $149.99. A good reference point is, a low price for this processor was spotted on 3rd Dec 2019 where we saw it for $118.98.

At $59.99 the GIGABYTE GA-A320M mATX AM4 motherboard muscles its feature rich chipboard into today’s Cloudpunk PC build. A low price point for this motherboard would be $51.88, which we recorded it at on 18th Feb 2021.

How To Choose The Best RAM For Cloudpunk At The Right Price

One of the most important hardware parts of this computer is the system memory or RAM. To make sure our resolution target and frame rates are met we have chosen to put in Patriot Viper Steel Series 8GB (1x8GB) DDR4 3200MHz. This is currently priced at $42.99 and is well priced compared to the system memory market today. A price point for this RAM was down to $30.35 on 29th Nov 2019.

PC Performance Review at 1080p Ultra Settings on Cloudpunk

Our PC build can run Cloudpunk at High graphics settings comfortably, returning a 1080p FPS of 88 and we would expect an average of 63 FPS on Ultra with the GeForce GTX 1660 Super Asus Dual Evo OC 6GB, Ryzen 5 2400G combo we have put into this computer.

Bumping up the in game screen resolution to 1440p our expected FPS would be 48 FPS at Ultra graphics setting or around 67 FPS on High.

How this build performs for other popular games

We should check some other games performance with our Cloudpunk PC. Looking at some other popular games today, to see how the GeForce GTX 1660 Super Asus Dual Evo OC 6GB and this setup will run on 1080p. Grand Theft Auto VI is expected to return 63 FPS when run on Ultra which increases to around 88 frames per second on High. Days Gone would return 63 FPS on Ultra and then go up to 88 FPS at High settings. With Back 4 Blood we expect 63 FPS running at Ultra settings and 88 frames on High settings.

An Alternative Cloudpunk Graphics Card Option for 1080p

Not everyone is interested in going with a Nvidia card, like the one we have opted for in this build. So you could try going for the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB instead, which comes with a 7% better performance adjustment when compared to GeForce GTX 1660 Super Asus Dual Evo OC 6GB, and is certainly a solid video card choice for our build. We selected it while also considering its current price point, it is costing $899.98 at the moment.