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Try Skyrim with RealVision ENB. It takes some time to setup but it's gorgeous in action.
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"Some time"? Understatement of the year. This is a metric fuckton of setup.
That said, look at those visuals. Amazing.
Woefully Inept
Silver Baron of the Realm
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Well you know just trying to make it sound less daunting. When I tried it a while back I think it took me about an hour to get things going. The visuals are definitely Holy Shit! worthy.
You haven't felt pain until you've had to use OSX on a 5400 RPM drive. The thing with an SSD feels like a Windows box with a 7200 RPM drive.
Kovaks
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970 sli kicks the shit out of titan x
Review: EVGA GTX 970 SSC in SLI vs. Titan X and R9 295X2 - Graphics - HEXUS.net - Page 3
Review: EVGA GTX 970 SSC in SLI vs. Titan X and R9 295X2 - Graphics - HEXUS.net - Page 3
Mist
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Wow, the fact that it still kicks the shit out of it at 4k is astounding given its supposed memory problems.
You have to wonder if maybe the Titan X is being held back by drivers not being up to the task.
Hey guys,
I am looking to build a relatively cheap computer for my living room. It will primarily be used for streaming movies/tv and gaming. I have put together the following pieces of hardware but I don't know if I will be bottlenecking the computer with the CPU that I've chosen. I already have a windows 7 key and PSU, can you please let me know what you think of my build? thanks.
I am looking to build a relatively cheap computer for my living room. It will primarily be used for streaming movies/tv and gaming. I have put together the following pieces of hardware but I don't know if I will be bottlenecking the computer with the CPU that I've chosen. I already have a windows 7 key and PSU, can you please let me know what you think of my build? thanks.
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Silver Baron of the Realm
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You don't have to go all out on a great CPU, but I'd be worried about getting something like that - especially since you're spending so much on a GPU. I'd get a 960 and a better CPU if you're on a budget.
Joeboo
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Agreed, Drop $100 off of your video card budget and get a 960, and put that $100 into a better processor, like a i5 4670k.
Regardless of whether you get a 960 or a 970 now, either will have to be replaced in under 2 years to stay up to par in new games, but you REALLY don't want to have to do a processor upgrade in a couple years, thats a pain in the ass. Get an i5 thats going to last you 4-5 years, and plan on upgrading vid cards every 2 years or so
Regardless of whether you get a 960 or a 970 now, either will have to be replaced in under 2 years to stay up to par in new games, but you REALLY don't want to have to do a processor upgrade in a couple years, thats a pain in the ass. Get an i5 thats going to last you 4-5 years, and plan on upgrading vid cards every 2 years or so
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Intel Pentium G3258 Dual-Core CPU + MSI Z97 ATX Motherboard both for $89.99 after $10 MIR
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Joeboo
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But he did mention it would by used for gaming, not just media playback. I wouldnt go too cheap on the processor or there's a good chance it'll be bottlenecking him a couple years down the road. Games aren't going to only run on one core forever, I expect that to change over the next couple years.
He was considering a 970, so he was obviously going to be doing some heavy lifting with it (or he had no idea what he was buying). Even a 960 will be hamstrung by that CPU in games that use multiple threads which is becoming more common.