Desktop Computers

Silence_sl said:

I need a video game that will push the 970. Any recommendations?

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Try Skyrim with RealVision ENB. It takes some time to setup but it's gorgeous in action.

RealVision ENB at Skyrim Nexus - mods and community

Video was interesting but price will be prohibitive looks like about $1/gb not saying it is a bad price for what you get but way more than most people would pay .

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.

The link you gave has some autoinstaller download dated April 1st. Is that new? Havent played Skyrim in a couple years, I'd love to give it a balls to the wall graphics mod runthrough.

Mist_sl said:

Holy shit, PCs without SSDs are fucking garbage. I just rebuilt my former PC to sell it to someone, and it's like using a god damn 486. Chrome took 3 whole seconds to start. This is unacceptable.

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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.

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

That could be. My thought was what would it look like in 3 x Sli since three 970 is about the cost of a titan.

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.

Jysin_sl said:

The link you gave has some autoinstaller download dated April 1st. Is that new? Havent played Skyrim in a couple years, I'd love to give it a balls to the wall graphics mod runthrough.

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That definitely wasn't there when I tried the mods.

slowstang_sl said:

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.

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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.

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

Mist_sl said:

It's just a living room PC. It really doesn't need that good of a processor either.

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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.

Mist_sl said:

It's just a living room PC. It really doesn't need that good of a processor either.

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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.