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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: SantaC on September 20, 2010, 12:47:17 PM

Title: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: SantaC on September 20, 2010, 12:47:17 PM
Intel i7 930 2.8 ghz @ 3.7 ghz
Asus PT6 SE 1336 X58
Gigabyte Geforce 460 GTX 1GB DX11 card
16 GB DDR3 RAM @ 1800mhz
24" Dell monitor
1 TB Samsung HDD
Windows 7 64 bit


So what is the most demanding PC games today? Still crysis?


Title: Re: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: Cravis on September 20, 2010, 01:04:35 PM
I'll second Metro 2033. It can get pretty damned scary too. As far as I know Crysis is still the benchmark. I can run everything at max but with Crysis I have to tweak a lot of the settings to get a solid frame rate.
Title: Re: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: Brehvolution on September 20, 2010, 02:27:17 PM
What do you need 16GB of ram for?

1GB HD :teehee
Title: Re: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on September 20, 2010, 04:11:09 PM
Mafia 2 on high is probably the best looking pc game out there. It's amazing.
Title: Re: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: FatalT on September 20, 2010, 04:31:49 PM
Mafia 2 on high is probably the best looking pc game out there. It's amazing.

Too bad the actual game is poo.
Title: Re: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: Tieno on September 20, 2010, 04:42:21 PM
Lol, how old is crysis?

Smh at pc gaming, console gaming with none of the benefits
Title: Re: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: SantaC on September 20, 2010, 04:52:12 PM
Lol, how old is crysis?

Smh at pc gaming, console gaming with none of the benefits

oh well atleast the PS2 and Wii/GC emu is looking mighty awesome
Title: Re: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: archie4208 on September 20, 2010, 04:53:35 PM
Lol, how old is crysis?

Smh at pc gaming, console gaming with none of the benefits

Better games, cheaper prices and nude mods aren't considered benefits? ???
Title: Re: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: pilonv1 on September 20, 2010, 07:57:30 PM
Dirt 2 looks shit hot with the DX11 settings on :drool
Title: Re: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: demi on September 20, 2010, 07:58:43 PM
Lol, how old is crysis?

Smh at pc gaming, console gaming with none of the benefits

Better games, cheaper prices and nude mods aren't considered benefits? ???

- No Halo Reach
Title: Re: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: archie4208 on September 20, 2010, 08:00:48 PM
Lol, how old is crysis?

Smh at pc gaming, console gaming with none of the benefits

Better games, cheaper prices and nude mods aren't considered benefits? ???

- No Halo Reach

That's a positive as far as I'm concerned.
Title: Re: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: demi on September 20, 2010, 08:01:14 PM
Sounds like HEMAD
Title: Re: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: archie4208 on September 20, 2010, 08:05:21 PM
Nah man.  Too busy playing PC games to be mad.  8)
Title: Re: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: Eel O'Brian on September 20, 2010, 08:13:25 PM
you're not gonna max out metro 2033 on any card out there and get satisfactory framerates

Title: Re: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: cool breeze on September 20, 2010, 08:14:32 PM
I'd get hard for Halo Reach PC -- no lie

and Metro 2033 is probably the game to test your beefy new PC.  I think the optimal settings for ram was "as much as you've got" or something.  I only played the demo and wasn't that mpressed.  To me it seemed more like one of those games that renders everything and ignores the bigger picture of what matters when you play.  It's like Cryostasis; you can't tell if it is incredibly unoptimized or they are going crazy on every detail.
Title: Re: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: Eel O'Brian on September 20, 2010, 08:18:44 PM
pretty boss rig, btw

i just ordered an i5-760/EVGA SLI Mobo combo and the MSI Cyclone GTX 460 1GB myself, ordering case/psu/ram tonight
Title: Re: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: Eel O'Brian on September 20, 2010, 08:27:03 PM
I'd get hard for Halo Reach PC -- no lie

and Metro 2033 is probably the game to test your beefy new PC.  I think the optimal settings for ram was "as much as you've got" or something.  I only played the demo and wasn't that mpressed.  To me it seemed more like one of those games that renders everything and ignores the bigger picture of what matters when you play.  It's like Cryostasis; you can't tell if it is incredibly unoptimized or they are going crazy on every detail.

the only thing metro 2033 does is make you feel bad about the money you spent on your rig, because you're never going to be able to get good results at max settings

you can make it look better than any console, but nothing out there will push it acceptably at high resolutions
Title: Re: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: Bulleta©™® on September 20, 2010, 08:28:47 PM
Give me a hollar if you get L4D1 or 2, Santa.
Title: Re: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: Purple Filth on September 20, 2010, 08:56:06 PM
16gb of RAM seems like overkill but whatever to get the job done i guess.



Title: Re: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: pilonv1 on September 20, 2010, 10:00:04 PM
Is there anything that even uses half of that?
Title: Re: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: TEEEPO on September 20, 2010, 10:07:42 PM
Is there anything that even uses half of that?

photoshop.
Title: Re: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: pilonv1 on September 20, 2010, 11:35:20 PM
Games wise I mean
Title: Re: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: Damian79 on September 21, 2010, 12:38:53 AM
Gothic 4 Arcania apparently uses that much.
Title: Re: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: Diunx on September 21, 2010, 12:58:38 AM
Too bad no one plays fps on pc anymore, enjoy your strategy and facebook games Santa.
Title: Re: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: archie4208 on September 21, 2010, 12:59:12 AM
FPS. :yuck

Strategy games and janky Eastern European RPGs  :drool
Title: Re: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: pilonv1 on September 21, 2010, 01:00:26 AM
Gothic 4 Arcania apparently uses that much.

It's poorly coded, it also requires an i7 3.0ghz+
Title: Re: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: demi on September 21, 2010, 01:00:31 AM
FPS. :yuck

Strategy games and janky Eastern European Korean RPGs  :drool
Title: Re: so I got myself a new PC
Post by: SantaC on September 21, 2010, 04:44:04 AM
16gb of RAM seems like overkill but whatever to get the job done i guess.





it's for virtual servers also like Hyper-V. Not just a gaming PC.