Desktop Computers
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I can't imagine ever waiting for a GPU or CPU release unless it's less than 3 months away and the reason you're waiting is so the 2nd tier of the 2nd generation will drop in price. Better to pay half as much and upgrade twice as often. And I don't think any new tech release will ever be that big a jump that it's worth waiting for. That's not how it worked even when the tech WAS a huge jump, because too much shit has to catch up. Unless you just have money to burn, which is a fun way to build systems.
And no, I don't practice what I preach, which is why I preach it so!
And no, I don't practice what I preach, which is why I preach it so!
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But, but, but, what about LED vizualizerz!!!
Or if you have a Shield, and yes, it is nice being able to play GW2 on the Shield from my girlfriends parents' house 300 miles away (and what the fuck GW2 plays way better on a controller!). Or want to take advantage of shadow play, which I was skeptical of, but is actually a pretty nice feature, especially for how relatively low-resource it is.
I like the software if you're actually going to be using it. Shrug.
Mist
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I do think Pascal will be an enormous improvement. Performance per watt is a pretty big concern for me. But I also expect at the very least a 50% jump from equivalent 900 series cards, and that Pascal will be a lot more optimized for DX12 than Maxwell.
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Serious. GW2 feels strangely natural on controller and to me subjectively more fun. Some quirks and things to get used to, but there are some decent xpadder and pinacle profiles that work with the shield controller (whether the built-in or separate w/ tablet). I don't play a lot of console games and am clumsy as hell with controllers and stick controls, but 5 or 10 minutes and I felt about 95% effective for random soloing or open-world content and now keyboard/mouse actually feels a bit clunky. And it's not like chat is really all that required. Inventory and things aren't bad with touch screen. I didn't want to pay for pinacle or I'd actually probably play it most of the time with a controller at home, too, or just streaming to shield hooked to TV. My internet connection at work is utter shit, but I might pay for some controller software before next vacation/visit. Makes hours of home and garden channel more tolerable!
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50%? Really?
Even still, meanwhile, most games/programs don't even make the most of current tech, DirectX or SLI, etc.
Imo, it's never worth the latest and greatest outside of bragging rights or if you're doing some really cutting edge shit (and that's usually just, for bragging rights anyhow).
Joeboo
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50% isn't completely unrealistic. I definitely wouldn't bet on much more than that. The jump from a 780 to a 980 was anywhere from 20%-50% depending on the game.(bigger jump at 1440p/4k resolutions than at 1080p). Of course price is also a factor. If I remember correctly, the 780 launched around $600-$650, while the 980 launched around $500-$550. So that kind of performance boost, for less money is a nice deal. If the next xx80 card can deliver 30-50% better performance for 10-20% less cost, that would be great.
Probably the biggest performance increase most of us will notice in the next couple years will be the transition over to DirectX12. That alone will supposedly be an equivalent performance boost as jumping forward a generation or two in graphics cards.
And when are we going to get rid of of the arbitrary numbering system. Just name the damn card based on the year. You could have a 960/970/980 be the Nvidia 2014 Value/Performance/Ultra or something like that.
If we keep numbering like we currently are, and this next line of cards is 1070/1080 or whatever, we're going to be up to 4000-series cards in a couple years, and Nvidia already had 4000-series cards back in the early 2000s, they already did the 4000s, 5000s, etc, eventually maxing out at the 9800s, before they switch back to just triple-digit numbering systems. Shits about to get confusing as hell unless they completely change their naming scheme yet again.
meStevo
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My i7 920 build is 5 or so years old now, looking at cases and builds at partpicker it's kinda neat to see where cases have gone with the expectation of 2.5 inch drives, some w/out real slots for an optical drive, etc. My Antec Three Hundred certainly looks/feels like a relic of an era that's long past.
Denaut
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About a 1&1/2 years ago I did a mini-itx build with the SG05. I'm generally happy with it and the case is only 8 liters. The main limiting factor right now is the size of the Video card, so even though the computer isn't very old I might end up doing something next year with Skylake and Pascal provided everything becomes small and heat efficient enough.
The goal is to get the entire build as small as possible while still using only 1 fan with some minor overclocking.
So this is the build I'm looking at right now... anyone have any suggestions/changes?
Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3, EVGA GeForce GTX 980, Silverstone ML07B - System Build - PCPartPicker
Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3, EVGA GeForce GTX 980, Silverstone ML07B - System Build - PCPartPicker
Kovaks
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Ok so I now have 8gb of thisG.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9S-4GBXL - Newegg.com
And 8gb ofG.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBXL - Newegg.com
I know nothing about ram. I assume the 1866 is better but Cas is diffrent.
I don't want to mix them so which is better what do I put in and what do I sell?
And 8gb ofG.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBXL - Newegg.com
I know nothing about ram. I assume the 1866 is better but Cas is diffrent.
I don't want to mix them so which is better what do I put in and what do I sell?
Big Phoenix
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You have no idea. I was in the same boat as you a few months ago. Stepping up to a 4690k in a brand new case is like stepping out of the dark ages.
Kovaks
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2 things... why xenon and not I5? Also for that price you can get an evo 850 which is faster than the BX series. BX is the budget line. MX200 is the gamer version comparable to the evo.
ronne
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Still rocking my Antec 900 and an i7-970. I AM A RELIC OF 2010 WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT PUNK.
Kovaks
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Yes. That processor is not unlocked in case you care if you want to oc you need one that ends in k. Keep an eye out I got the same size evo ssd for $99 + free ram a few days ago. There are always deals.
Yeah. Doubt I'll ever OC. I mean, it might help with what I'm going to do... but that setup is already so far ahead of what I'm running already, I can do without.