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title: Better GPORTAL Alternative for Conan Exiles Enhanced Edition
description: "Conan Exiles: Enhanced is a free update that went live on Steam and it's the biggest thing to happen for the game since 2018. Find a GPORTAL alternative for hosting your server today!"
source: "https://nodecraft.com/blog/game-news-tips/better-gportal-alternative-for-conan-exiles-enhanced-edition"
image: "https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/2400x1200/802313027c/exiles-enhanced-blog-share-1-0-0.png/m/"
published: "2026-05-14T18:45:36.173Z"
updated: "2026-05-14T19:41:01.824Z"
---

# Better GPORTAL Alternative for Conan Exiles Enhanced Edition

Conan Exiles: Enhanced is a free update that went live on Steam and it's the biggest thing to happen for the game since 2018. Find a GPORTAL alternative for hosting your server today!

Players & mega fans for Conan Exiles celebrated when the free [Enhanced upgrade](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/440900/view/524247815022445369) was released. It includes a full graphics overhaul featuring new Unreal Engine 5 capabilities, the Exiled Lands and Isle of Siptah merged into one continuous world, multi-character support was added, and a whole new revamped UI.

All of those new Unreal Engine 5 features aren't free as far as resources are concerned, though. That means the performance of your Conan Exiles server might have just changed, especially for GPORTAL customers. While handling the surge of new players, older budget CPUs are going to struggle to keep up.

## Conan Exiles' New Server Performance Metrics

Early community testing is showing baseline server RAM usage climbing roughly 15-25% compared to the previous version's engine. While the initial startup RAM requirements are less, the server puts significantly more strain on CPUs.

## What Nodecraft does Differently for Conan Exiles

1. **Modern Ryzen-based hardware that handles Unreal Engine 5**  
  Conan Exiles has always been a CPU & RAM-heavy game server, and UE5 leans even harder on hardware. Nodecraft's [fleet of servers](https://nodecraft.com/features/blazing-fast-hardware) uses modern Ryzen 9 or similar EYPC CPUs to make every server on the device is running lag-free. Older generation CPUs used by GPORTAL may be slower, especially under significant customer demand.
2. **Servers live in just seconds**  
  New customers can get a free trial up and running in just seconds. No more waiting for your server to show up minutes or even hours later. Your server install is streamed to your browser, so it's super clear when things are done!
3. **180+ new settings that you control**  
  This is the part most new server owners miss, until they find out it's a setting in the game server. With Nodecraft, every setting is easily accessible, and simple to find with the integrated search (try it out with keyboard shortcut `CTRL + K`).

[Video showing off all the game server settings for Conan Exiles Enhanced Version](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/x/cd0367a78c/conan-exiles-enhanced-full-server-settings.webm)

The Nodecraft Conan Exiles game server settings are built with dynamic configuration in mind, so any changes you make that interact with other settings are reflected instantly. Settings that rely on others are automatically toggled on/off responsively, so  there's no more guessing. Additionally, the Nodecraft control panel offers easy controls to enable time-based events. All of this is available visually without the need to FTP to your server just to "unlock" these settings.

## Try Nodecraft for your Conan Exiles Enhanced game server

If GPORTAL has been your default, maybe it's time to try an ***[enhanced](/games/conan-exiles)***[ game server](/games/conan-exiles) by upgrading to Nodecraft. Your players will thank you.