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Title: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: Sho Nuff on January 03, 2013, 01:31:02 AM
So I really wanna play some recent shit like Hitman and Far Cry 3, but I don't wanna be a filthy console poor with their sub-720p frame buffers. My current system is THUS and I'm wondering if just the GPU is the bottleneck or there's more to it:

Win7 64-bit
i7 920 @ 2.7ghz (8 CPUs)
6GB RAM
GeForce GTS 250
Corsair 120GB SSD

Right now it's pulling about 30fps at 1080p on nicely optimized stuff like Sleeping Dogs, but I'd like some nicer perf.

The issue is I don't have a lot of scrilla to drop on this, I'd really, really like to spend under $300 on a GPU. I figure y'all are quite knowledgable at this kinda shit yo. And until then I will play some Yakuza Dead Souls :rock
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 03, 2013, 01:56:25 AM
Yeah, it's definitely the GPU that needs an upgrade.
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: Sho Nuff on January 03, 2013, 01:59:48 AM
Addendum: I've actually got twin 560s in the box right now. They are NOT running SLI because I drive three displays plus one mirrored to the big TV in the Sho Nuff Sex Dungeon. Can I replace just one of these and is the system smart enough to play games through the beefy GPU?
Title: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: chronovore on January 03, 2013, 08:10:26 AM
Dirty poor.
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: Don Flamenco on January 03, 2013, 09:00:01 AM
Yes I get it your PC can run everything better then consoles, maybe this was amazing in 2008 but boasting your pc is better then 2005 consoles in 2013 is just laughable.

Also lot of people seem to think their mediocre PC's will from day 1 run next gen games maxed out and shit, obviously these are PC noobs that don't remember the jump in required specs should be huge as always and that PC's aren't optimized gaming machines. Your PC will struggle next gen, so sorry, and the PC you made this year won't last till the end of next gen so please just stfu.

Steam? Yeah its got sales if you want to wait 6 months for the late PC port, then another 6 months for sales. And then you can't even resell your copy.

There was a thread on GAF asking people what they wanted from next gen and lots of these punks came there to say they got a PC so they are not excited AS IF PC's are fully utilised right now.

I'm a PC guy but these tossers that just build their first PC in the last 12 months and can't shut up about it annoy me.
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: bork on January 03, 2013, 10:48:11 AM
 :lol
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on January 03, 2013, 10:57:33 AM
 :-[
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: Sho Nuff on January 03, 2013, 11:46:46 AM
Yes I get it your PC can run everything better then consoles, maybe this was amazing in 2008 but boasting your pc is better then 2005 consoles in 2013 is just laughable.

Also lot of people seem to think their mediocre PC's will from day 1 run next gen games maxed out and shit, obviously these are PC noobs that don't remember the jump in required specs should be huge as always and that PC's aren't optimized gaming machines. Your PC will struggle next gen, so sorry, and the PC you made this year won't last till the end of next gen so please just stfu.

Steam? Yeah its got sales if you want to wait 6 months for the late PC port, then another 6 months for sales. And then you can't even resell your copy.

There was a thread on GAF asking people what they wanted from next gen and lots of these punks came there to say they got a PC so they are not excited AS IF PC's are fully utilised right now.

I'm a PC guy but these tossers that just build their first PC in the last 12 months and can't shut up about it annoy me.

whut
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: Don Flamenco on January 03, 2013, 06:12:19 PM
Yes I get it your PC can run everything better then consoles, maybe this was amazing in 2008 but boasting your pc is better then 2005 consoles in 2013 is just laughable.

Also lot of people seem to think their mediocre PC's will from day 1 run next gen games maxed out and shit, obviously these are PC noobs that don't remember the jump in required specs should be huge as always and that PC's aren't optimized gaming machines. Your PC will struggle next gen, so sorry, and the PC you made this year won't last till the end of next gen so please just stfu.

Steam? Yeah its got sales if you want to wait 6 months for the late PC port, then another 6 months for sales. And then you can't even resell your copy.

There was a thread on GAF asking people what they wanted from next gen and lots of these punks came there to say they got a PC so they are not excited AS IF PC's are fully utilised right now.

I'm a PC guy but these tossers that just build their first PC in the last 12 months and can't shut up about it annoy me.

whut


PC gamers are annoying idiots. I'm not talking about normal, balanced gamers who also own a pc, games on it and owns a bunch of consoles. I'm talking about grown ass men who still have time to fuck around mods, fixes, and all that bs on a daily basis to just play a game. I work in IT and I stopped bothering with pc gaming in 2005 or so.

It's a waste of time and money, except for a select few titles.

I love their distinguished mentally-challenged stories of getting 60fps using their rigs with sli videocards and how superior it is to console ports.. Please spec me out a top of the line 2005 system that could BF at the same settings and framerate. You cant.

The fact that a 400$ console designed in 2005 can still play the latest titles at great framerates in 2012 speaks volumes. PC gaming is not really worth it anymore.
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: CajoleJuice on January 03, 2013, 06:31:02 PM
what's going on
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: Sho Nuff on January 03, 2013, 06:48:50 PM
Get out of my thread

And can someone tell me if I can just replace one of my two old ass GPUs
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: pilonv1 on January 03, 2013, 07:13:27 PM
I would replace it with a single card. Not sure about running 3 monitors but most of them support at least two outputs.
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: Van Cruncheon on January 03, 2013, 08:06:58 PM
Nvidia 660 Ti (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130809)

this
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: Eel O'Brian on January 03, 2013, 08:08:01 PM
Get out of my thread

And can someone tell me if I can just replace one of my two old ass GPUs

you can replace one and set the other as a physX card, but you can't SLI two different cards, if that's what you're asking
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: Human Snorenado on January 03, 2013, 08:12:27 PM
Yes I get it your PC can run everything better then consoles, maybe this was amazing in 2008 but boasting your pc is better then 2005 consoles in 2013 is just laughable.

Also lot of people seem to think their mediocre PC's will from day 1 run next gen games maxed out and shit, obviously these are PC noobs that don't remember the jump in required specs should be huge as always and that PC's aren't optimized gaming machines. Your PC will struggle next gen, so sorry, and the PC you made this year won't last till the end of next gen so please just stfu.

Steam? Yeah its got sales if you want to wait 6 months for the late PC port, then another 6 months for sales. And then you can't even resell your copy.

There was a thread on GAF asking people what they wanted from next gen and lots of these punks came there to say they got a PC so they are not excited AS IF PC's are fully utilised right now.

I'm a PC guy but these tossers that just build their first PC in the last 12 months and can't shut up about it annoy me.

whut


PC gamers are annoying idiots. I'm not talking about normal, balanced gamers who also own a pc, games on it and owns a bunch of consoles. I'm talking about grown ass men who still have time to fuck around mods, fixes, and all that bs on a daily basis to just play a game. I work in IT and I stopped bothering with pc gaming in 2005 or so.

It's a waste of time and money, except for a select few titles.

I love their distinguished mentally-challenged stories of getting 60fps using their rigs with sli videocards and how superior it is to console ports.. Please spec me out a top of the line 2005 system that could BF at the same settings and framerate. You cant.

The fact that a 400$ console designed in 2005 can still play the latest titles at great framerates in 2012 speaks volumes. PC gaming is not really worth it anymore.

I think you might have meant to post in this thread???  http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=39397.0

You've uh, seem kind of unhinged lately man.  Not sure what's up but I hope you're ok.
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: Don Flamenco on January 03, 2013, 08:17:00 PM
jesus, they're two posts from that thread.  was joking.  sheesh
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: Eel O'Brian on January 03, 2013, 08:30:11 PM
don't feel bad, don, i got you
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: D3RANG3D on January 03, 2013, 08:31:47 PM
Yes I get it your PC can run everything better then consoles, maybe this was amazing in 2008 but boasting your pc is better then 2005 consoles in 2013 is just laughable.

Also lot of people seem to think their mediocre PC's will from day 1 run next gen games maxed out and shit, obviously these are PC noobs that don't remember the jump in required specs should be huge as always and that PC's aren't optimized gaming machines. Your PC will struggle next gen, so sorry, and the PC you made this year won't last till the end of next gen so please just stfu.

Steam? Yeah its got sales if you want to wait 6 months for the late PC port, then another 6 months for sales. And then you can't even resell your copy.

There was a thread on GAF asking people what they wanted from next gen and lots of these punks came there to say they got a PC so they are not excited AS IF PC's are fully utilised right now.

I'm a PC guy but these tossers that just build their first PC in the last 12 months and can't shut up about it annoy me.

whut


PC gamers are annoying idiots. I'm not talking about normal, balanced gamers who also own a pc, games on it and owns a bunch of consoles. I'm talking about grown ass men who still have time to fuck around mods, fixes, and all that bs on a daily basis to just play a game. I work in IT and I stopped bothering with pc gaming in 2005 or so.

It's a waste of time and money, except for a select few titles.

I love their distinguished mentally-challenged stories of getting 60fps using their rigs with sli videocards and how superior it is to console ports.. Please spec me out a top of the line 2005 system that could BF at the same settings and framerate. You cant.

The fact that a 400$ console designed in 2005 can still play the latest titles at great framerates in 2012 speaks volumes. PC gaming is not really worth it anymore.

Nice copypasta bro :lol
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: Human Snorenado on January 03, 2013, 08:38:40 PM
Sorry, I'm no good at subtext, gay or otherwise  :-\
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: Sho Nuff on January 03, 2013, 08:57:36 PM
Bahaha I just realized that's from the other thread

660ti it is
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: Joe Molotov on January 03, 2013, 11:02:39 PM
I just want to add bravo, excellent thread, gentlemen.  :lol
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: Cormacaroni on January 04, 2013, 12:47:02 AM
Sho Nuff - look at the outputs on the card before you buy. I have 3 displays running off a single card right now, but one of them is via VGA. You can probably live with that for your 3rd monitor.
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: Don Flamenco on January 04, 2013, 12:49:57 PM
Sorry, I'm no good at subtext, gay or otherwise  :-\


it's okay, i'm just more actively posting, so you get to see my ups and downs.  i'm always a little unhinged.  but i try to admit when i'm being a dumb ass.
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: huckleberry on January 04, 2013, 02:04:01 PM
 :lol at Don


Hell, I thought Kosma had pulled a copypasta from gaf.
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: SantaC on January 04, 2013, 04:54:14 PM
So I really wanna play some recent shit like Hitman and Far Cry 3, but I don't wanna be a filthy console poor with their sub-720p frame buffers. My current system is THUS and I'm wondering if just the GPU is the bottleneck or there's more to it:

Win7 64-bit
i7 920 @ 2.7ghz (8 CPUs)
6GB RAM
GeForce GTS 250
Corsair 120GB SSD

Right now it's pulling about 30fps at 1080p on nicely optimized stuff like Sleeping Dogs, but I'd like some nicer perf.

The issue is I don't have a lot of scrilla to drop on this, I'd really, really like to spend under $300 on a GPU. I figure y'all are quite knowledgable at this kinda shit yo. And until then I will play some Yakuza Dead Souls :rock

I think you meant 8 cores. And I am pretty sure that the I7 920 is 4 cores only.

btw get a 570 card.
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 04, 2013, 04:58:18 PM
So I really wanna play some recent shit like Hitman and Far Cry 3, but I don't wanna be a filthy console poor with their sub-720p frame buffers. My current system is THUS and I'm wondering if just the GPU is the bottleneck or there's more to it:

Win7 64-bit
i7 920 @ 2.7ghz (8 CPUs)
6GB RAM
GeForce GTS 250
Corsair 120GB SSD

Right now it's pulling about 30fps at 1080p on nicely optimized stuff like Sleeping Dogs, but I'd like some nicer perf.

The issue is I don't have a lot of scrilla to drop on this, I'd really, really like to spend under $300 on a GPU. I figure y'all are quite knowledgable at this kinda shit yo. And until then I will play some Yakuza Dead Souls :rock

And I am pretty sure that the I7 920 is 4 cores only.

Hyper-threading, dude.
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: SantaC on January 04, 2013, 05:15:04 PM
So I really wanna play some recent shit like Hitman and Far Cry 3, but I don't wanna be a filthy console poor with their sub-720p frame buffers. My current system is THUS and I'm wondering if just the GPU is the bottleneck or there's more to it:

Win7 64-bit
i7 920 @ 2.7ghz (8 CPUs)
6GB RAM
GeForce GTS 250
Corsair 120GB SSD

Right now it's pulling about 30fps at 1080p on nicely optimized stuff like Sleeping Dogs, but I'd like some nicer perf.

The issue is I don't have a lot of scrilla to drop on this, I'd really, really like to spend under $300 on a GPU. I figure y'all are quite knowledgable at this kinda shit yo. And until then I will play some Yakuza Dead Souls :rock

And I am pretty sure that the I7 920 is 4 cores only.

Hyper-threading, dude.

yes but it is specified as quad core.
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: Sho Nuff on January 04, 2013, 05:28:45 PM
DXDiag showed it as 8 CPUs, no idea if they mean cores.

I think I'm going to pick up Far Cry 3 and see if the 250 can handle it. If not, I'm off to Fry's.
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: chronovore on January 04, 2013, 06:20:49 PM
Hyper-threading, dude.

 :o
Such puissance~!
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: Sho Nuff on January 11, 2013, 01:48:24 AM
Just installed a brand new GTX 660 and am rocking Far Cry 3 at 60fps at 1080p on my big ass Samsung. Thanks for the advice guys, JASON BRO DEE has never looked so sexy
Title: Re: Help my PC become a beast [YOLO]
Post by: Sho Nuff on January 13, 2013, 02:49:12 AM
FROM BATTLEFIELD TO FAR CRY
MY FRAME RATE ALWAYS ROXOR
ALL THE LADIES WANT MY WANG
WITH KEPLER IN MY BOXOR