Thinking of becoming a PC gamer

[jfizzle4321]

Mmmmm.... All to play many 60 dollar games for many many years. people shouldnt comment on this site if they think were extreme nerds or dumbasses because we may go a little overboard on our setups.

Well stated, some of us like building many things, I have a friend who dumps tons into his Alfa Romeo, including $7k for paint. My other buddy is building an RV-8 kit plane because he wants the WW2 set up instead of the side by side set up in his RV-7 and he wants to have a plane that he built as opposed to the guy who built his 7 who did an excellent job. I use mine as a workstation for video editing, I run a ton of games and it's incredible having 4 screens at your disposal to do projects and such.

 

[Jprobes]

Mmmmm.... All to play many 60 dollar games for many many years. people shouldnt comment on this site if they think were extreme nerds or dumbasses because we may go a little overboard on our setups.

Did I call you a nerd or dumb ass?

Please don't project the truth to my words into your own misplaced sense of self worth.

If you cannot be honest with yourself, then life in and of itself will be miserable.

Truth - I am guilty just as much as the next guy for building 2.5k+ computer just to play $60 games. (Actually Ive found myself playing more and more $10 games over the past year then anything.)

Truth - I've dropped 20x that amount on my Kitchen, and that's just to cook food.

Truth - I've spent well over 30k on my 99Si. (Original sticker price not included) and it is just a car that gets me back and forth to work now. (It's not used to get women anymore.)

Truth - I have two TV's next to each other in my living room. One so i can watch sports or play games while the wife can watch whatever she wants. Most everyone who has come over immediately thinks it is outlandish and a waste of money. Best 2k I have ever spent, never had a disagreement with her since.

Don't even get me started on what I have spent on memories, it makes me cringe.

Putting things into a basic perspective isn't a bad thing, it keeps you humble and refrains you from posting a defensive cognitive response to a statement that was not an attack.

Edit : And yes Wrenaudrey, you should build yourself a computer for gaming, but you should also keep in mind that you do not need to spend $2,000 to achieve a highly enjoyable experience doing so.

 

[tjosborne]

Well stated, some of us like building many things, I have a friend who dumps tons into his Alfa Romeo, including $7k for paint. My other buddy is building an RV-8 kit plane because he wants the WW2 set up instead of the side by side set up in his RV-7 and he wants to have a plane that he built as opposed to the guy who built his 7 who did an excellent job. I use mine as a workstation for video editing, I run a ton of games and it's incredible having 4 screens at your disposal to do projects and such.

can you max games out with your 2 680s? my 570s can only run a mix of medium and high in most games at 5760x1080.

 

[jfizzle4321]

can you max games out with your 2 680s? my 570s can only run a mix of medium and high in most games at 5760x1080.

Not to sound difficult but "Max" is a very subjective term. I average just above 60 in BF3 maxxed, Arma 2:OA with "very high" enabled and view distance above just above 3.5 Kilometers I'm getting 60+. DC Online in I'm getting well over 120, Dragon Age: Origins maxxed I'm getting about 150, Crysis: Warhead with FXAA enabled in the control panel and everything else maxxed I'm getting between 45-80. Crysis 2 is about the same, never dipping below 40. Rise of Flight looks amazing, Microsoft Flight looks beautiful, shame they butchered the p-51 and left out atc and world population. Deus Ex gets well over 100, Shift 2: Unleashed gets just above 100, Dirt 3 averages over 120 but I think it has that weird microstutter and the game's DLC is a joke so I avoid it anyway.

Not to state the obvious but running a game at 5760X1080 for all intensive purposes is tripling the demand on hardware, especially the video card. I'd imaging games like Arma2:OA that are CPU intensive do not strain it as much as say BF3 because Arma2 is mostly physics and AI computation. While tripling the demand, SLI isn't truly doubling the power of the cards 2 680s do not equal double the production of a single 680. When more demanding stuff comes out and my Rig cannot produce 5760X1080 with framerates of 30+ I'll just add another gpu or maybe two.

 

[tjosborne]

Not to sound difficult but "Max" is a very subjective term. I average just above 60 in BF3 maxxed, Arma 2:OA with "very high" enabled and view distance above just above 3.5 Kilometers I'm getting 60+. DC Online in I'm getting well over 120, Dragon Age: Origins maxxed I'm getting about 150, Crysis: Warhead with FXAA enabled in the control panel and everything else maxxed I'm getting between 45-80. Crysis 2 is about the same, never dipping below 40. Rise of Flight looks amazing, Microsoft Flight looks beautiful, shame they butchered the p-51 and left out atc and world population. Deus Ex gets well over 100, Shift 2: Unleashed gets just above 100, Dirt 3 averages over 120 but I think it has that weird microstutter and the game's DLC is a joke so I avoid it anyway.

Not to state the obvious but running a game at 5760X1080 for all intensive purposes is tripling the demand on hardware, especially the video card. I'd imaging games like Arma2:OA that are CPU intensive do not strain it as much as say BF3 because Arma2 is mostly physics and AI computation. While tripling the demand, SLI isn't truly doubling the power of the cards 2 680s do not equal double the production of a single 680. When more demanding stuff comes out and my Rig cannot produce 5760X1080 with framerates of 30+ I'll just add another gpu or maybe two.

sounds like they are doing pretty good for you. when i built my rig i was focused on getting great framrates on one screen for a few years. it doesnt cut it for surround so i want to upgrade, but then again i dont because i just got these cards in august.

 

[jfizzle4321]

I know nVidia is making a big announcement this weekend. Additionally, the cards at the end of the year are going to make a big splash. You may get super fps from one card in 2d or 3d surround. I'm with you on building for one screen, that was my initial intention but I felt like I was wasting the power I had in 2 680s while playing a game in 60hz. it was mainly for shift 2 unleashed and lockon: fc2 that I got the 3 screens for. FC2 is unbearable however and I know it's the way they programmed the game. When FC3 comes out, yeahhhh. You'll probably be able to run it too as it's more cpu intensive.