*If you're playing the sandstorm with a gaming monster and does not care about any performance issues, then skip ahead.

I've been playing Sandstorm for weeks on several rigs, and then it came to me that you might do something to make it better, without upgrading your computers, in a few steps. There is still no official system requirement listed on the store page at this time, but there is still my personal specs reference for you guys.

CPU - A quad-core processor will be preferable, such as Intel Core i5, is recommended.
GPU - I play it with a nVidia GTX 1050 (2GB), which is quite acceptable with a stable frame(50-70 with optimization)rate experience. A comparable level graphic processor is recommended.
RAM - At least, a 4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz memory is necessary, yep, necessary, larger is better.
It's strongly recommended that you should install this game in a Solid State Driver (SSD).
I previously ran Sandstorm in a Hard Disk (both 5400/7200 R) and only to find it extremely intolerable, the game stutters almost all the way you play and the disk usage rate maintains in 100%.
Later I tried it with a SSD and everything changed. It's worth.

With the list above, I guess you're ready for the Sandstorm.

Browse local file by clicking on the game properties(Disable fullscreen optimization might be working, your call)


It's alternative.


You can leave it on as Superfetch helps a lot especially when your Windows is running in a normal hard disk, and your RAM is 8 GB or higher. Anyway, you can try to decide.


For some nVidia gamers, do not select the Geforce Experience while installing the graphics driver. If you have, disable it or unistall it, which would be helpful to increase frame rate.
For more info about this, please refer to Geforce Experience[www.nvidia.com]

While in game, go to Video and adjust the settings. There are some tips that might help you.

• Set Fullscreen mode
  
• Turn off Vertical Synchronization

*In a borderless fullscreen or windowed mod is more system consumption.

That doesn't matter. You can set it any number.

Set all high

• Anti-Alisaing - FXAA
  
• Texture Quality
  
• Effects Quality
  
• Foliage Quality
  
• Shadow Quality
  
• PP Quality

*As I mentioned before in the previous section, if you're playing it with a GTX1050, you can just set it all high in the Quality settings, or turn down Shadow quality to gain a higher FPS (but I tried before, high and low do not make a noticeable difference)

Scrolling down to Advanced settings provides more adjustable options for you, I will try to make every term explained.Pay attention to term marked with *



Enable is recommended, to reduce the instability of frame rate.

Enabling this offers a fixed FPS in game, you can leave any number or turn it off, depending on your graphic card(s). For GTX 1050 or a similar level rig, you can just turn it off. For GTX 1060 or higher, set 60 fps or 120 fps.

Personally, I leave it OFF in every game where this option is available. Your choice to keep it or not. Low motion blur increases FPS

This one is tricky, as I set it high before moving it to a SSD, whenever you're zooming, the game stutters a few seconds, even you set it low.(1-3s). Therefore, if the game is installed in a SSD, leave it High, that's OK.

That...is still your call. Whatever I don't find any distinguished difference between ON/OFF

Set it low for graphics lower than GTX 1060.

Same as dismemberment, this one does not matter.

Wow yeah it's SS. Please leave it off, if you are not playing this game with a high-end rig. It consumes much video resources.

Ambient Occlusion - ON
I leave it ON with my GTX1050. No big deal.

I'm not particularly staring at the textures, so x8 is sufficient. Try to reduce the multiplier if you encounter with frame rate issues.



OFF for 1050 or lower to reduce video usages.

I have not yet tried this.

Set the lowest res if the frame rate is too low for you. For GTX 1050 or lower, 1024x1024 for both term is working well. Set highest res for GTX 1060 or higher.

In addition, you can config more with the tools provided by the graphic drivers. Both nVidia and AMD offers their gaming customization app for you. For this, please refer to the specific one you use.

In case where your PC doesn't seem to meet the minimum requirement for this game, and you're supposed to upgrade your PC with limited badges, here are some constructive rules for you.

Clearly to make full use of your rig, every component matters. As I mentioned in the first section, a quad-core processor is recommended. especially 4th Gen or higher. If that's what you need most, here are some adorable choices.

• 1. Intel Xeon E3 1230 v2 (LGA 1155)
  
• 2. Intel Core i5 8400 (LGA 1151)
  
• 3. Intel Core i5 8600(k)(LGA 1151)
  
• 4. Intel Core i7 4770(k)(LGA 1150)
  
• 5. AMD R5 1400/1500(X)

If you have been waiting for the new RTX cards, you can just wait for it. Otherwise, you can buy a used graphics card in your local store or online.

• 1. nVidia GTX 1050ti 4GB
  
• 2. nVidia GTX 1060 (5-6GB VRAM is recommended!)
  
• 3. AMD RX570 4GB
  
• 4. AMD RX480 4GB
  
• 5. AMD RX570 8GB

Try to add more rams to your PC, 8GB or higher is recommended.

I believe most of you have a SSD installed, if so, please remove it to the SSD for a better performance. If not, it's strongly recommended that you buy one.