Recent content by DryCreamer

That's a tough call. I REALLY think for gaming, the R5 1600 will do JUST AS WELL as the 1700. So for just gaming, totally save the money. That's just based on the gaming bench marks I've seen for both CPUs. Dry

So, here's the deal.... I've been a huge fan of EVGA for a few years: I bought a 2WIN dual 460Ti used and it died on me, and they totally honored the warranty and replaced it for nothing. And my current 670 FTW has been stalwart for years. My next card with be an EVGA 1070 FTW. That little...

Price drop??

I don't believe it will cause any issues. If it did cause a rise it temps, it would be a nominal 3 or 4 degrees at most. The open fans on the GPU inside the case don't vent out, but the 'vent out the back' video cards, like the OEM style nVidia cards, do the best at not introducing heat to the...

It is def your PSU. I had a 460 SLI rig that was rebooting itself JUST like that and it was my PSU being to small. The only other issue would be a loose connection on the GPU or one of the power connectors. If you short out of power connector it cause a system reset. The power bridge for the...

IMHO for 1080 gaming, no, you don't need a new GPU. But the 1070 and the 1080 are so far MUCH more suited to resolutions OVER 1080p. That's really the future. Dry

Its gotta be your power supply. Or at least a power issue. Try making sure the extra 8/4 connector is plugged in. I'm assuming you don't have another PSU to test with, but GPUs take HUGE amounts of power during bootup to cycle on. I had a 460 SLI setup that was doing that until I went with a...

Does BF1 work with any nVidia card yet? So, there's my vote.... Dry

Radeon 260, if they are available. You can run almost any game 1080p with a 260, and they should be about 100 pounds. If you can spring the extra money, the 260X would be better. see the review: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r7-260-review,3736.html Its the same as the class...

For $200, I REALLY like the Radeon R9 270. if you need to go cheaper, the 260X can rock games in 1080p. I don't think Nvidia has a strong player at $200 since they are still pushing the 660 at that price, the GTX 760 is a GREAT card and will stomp a R9 270 but you would need $250 to get it. I...

CraigN is right, the 750 Ti is good for that PSU, you could also get a Radeon R7 260, they can be had for like $120 (in the US) if on a tight budget. Dry

There is ZERO reason for any of these laptops to weigh 10 lbs... the 6.8 lb Sager wins by default for me... after owning 2 15 lb Alienware laptops, there's no way I'd ever buy anything over 5.5 lbs again. Just my 2 cents.Dry

see this review: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r7-260-review,3736-3.html with the right CPU, the R7 260X will play BF4 on medium at 60 FPS, so the 270 will only be faster than that. and with a decent CPU and PSU, you won't really have to upgrade until the next generation of games...