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IngeniousMethod wrote:Hello Everyone.
Airmantharp wrote:Your build looks great- you look like you've done your research (or successfully used someone else's!) and filled it out well.
Airmantharp wrote:Only further advice I could give is for you to buy just one GPU to start with, and plan on the possibility of a second. None of the games you listed will make good use of two GTX660 Ti cards unless you're running a 120Hz monitor and trying to get 120FPS.
IngeniousMethod wrote:Is there some sort of AMD cult?
kumori wrote:Aside from that I think the rest of your build looks great. The only thing to consider is that Haswell will be launching in June. It might be worth it to wait if you don't plan on upgrading for a while.
Skullzer wrote:What's your budget?
kumori wrote:If you have a $2000 budget then I'd put more of it toward your GPU. When it comes to gaming, its the GPU that matters the most. You could easily afford a GTX 680 or a AMD 7970.
Also if you wait and buy Haswell, mind the new power requirements. You can read more about it here
kumori wrote:You could easily afford a GTX 680 or a AMD 7970.
NeelyCam wrote:You mention that your monitor is already sorted out... I hope you're happy with it. Since you're obviously building a high-def system, you might want to consider a BluRay drive/burner.
Bensam123 wrote:A good question is, how much do you want to stream? Is this something you plan on doing full time or is this something you want to do as a curiosity? I do it in my spare time pretty regularly (when I'm available) and it's a pain if you don't have the right equipment for it.
IngeniousMethod wrote:kumori wrote:I was under the impression that having a significantly more expensive GPU than my CPU was a bad idea.
Voldenuit wrote:IngeniousMethod wrote:kumori wrote:I was under the impression that having a significantly more expensive GPU than my CPU was a bad idea.
It's actually the other way around. If you're gaming, having a more expensive CPU than your GPU is a waste of money. The vast majority of games are GPU bound instead of CPU bound.
Airmantharp wrote:The reality, though, is different: how much you spend on each should be dictated on the performance you expect from the games you expect to play at the settings you intend to play them at, and that can vary each part by quite a bit in relation to the other.
IngeniousMethod wrote:I'm not looking for a super Crysis max rig
DPete27 wrote:IngeniousMethod wrote:I'm not looking for a super Crysis max rig
If you're playing Crysis 2 a GTX 660Ti will give you "Ultra" settings at 1080p. I would venture a guess that you could just about max out Crysis 3 also.
IngeniousMethod wrote:Everyone I know with a good PC makes Crysis sound like the pinnacle of PC gaming and that it requires some powerful hardware
IngeniousMethod wrote:Kind of feel guilty, I probably have the least amount of knowledge on the matter but have the best setup
IngeniousMethod wrote:Is there some sort of AMD cult?
IngeniousMethod wrote:Crysis 3 requires some powerful hardware, but with the earlier games... I mean, you're talking about a console game from more than two years ago (Crysis 2 came out in early 2011); it's just not that demanding, even with the DX11 and texture packs. (I strongly recommend you disable tessellation, by the way; it's not used well and very pointless in that game.)Everyone I know with a good PC makes Crysis sound like the pinnacle of PC gaming and that it requires some powerful hardware.
IngeniousMethod wrote:You probably don't understand how much more powerful top-end hardware is than the games we are playing. Most games -- even PC exclusives -- are still designed within the mindset of a console game for the consoles released in 2005. When you're talking about hardware of that vintage, well, Moore's Law alone says that anything now is going to find it a cakewalk.Maybe I still don't understand the value/horsepower of the components I've chosen or they're just exaggerating. The way it's turning out I might end up with the best PC out of everyone I know. Kind of feel guilty, I probably have the least amount of knowledge on the matter but have the best setup.
Chrispy_ wrote:I would also suggest you don't need to buy an 840Pro - It's probably too small to dump raw frame data to (an hour of 1080p60 is 900GB). If you're not dumping frame data to it, the extra write speed of the Pro is largely wasted on a consumer desktop workload. Save your money or get a larger capacity non-pro
IngeniousMethod wrote:Bensam123 wrote:A good question is, how much do you want to stream? Is this something you plan on doing full time or is this something you want to do as a curiosity? I do it in my spare time pretty regularly (when I'm available) and it's a pain if you don't have the right equipment for it.
Thank you for your feedback! I was referred to you by a previous poster and checked out your stream. At the time you seemed annoyed at your team so I thought "I'll just come back later". My interest in streaming is merely out of curiosity. Could possibly become a hobby if I enjoyed it but I'm definitely not looking to get too serious. I'm content with capturing gameplay of my friends and I and uploading it to YouTube for a good laugh later. I'll surely take your advice into consideration!
IngeniousMethod wrote:Chrispy_ wrote:I would also suggest you don't need to buy an 840Pro - It's probably too small to dump raw frame data to (an hour of 1080p60 is 900GB). If you're not dumping frame data to it, the extra write speed of the Pro is largely wasted on a consumer desktop workload. Save your money or get a larger capacity non-pro
Any specific model you recommend?
Bensam123 wrote:...you're talking about capturing gameplay of your friends. You aren't talking specifically about like capturing gameplay from a Xbox or a console? That you would need a capture card for...