PC Gaming

[Solidus]

Nice looking case, but yeah, it does look rather slim...

It would be good if there was one with 120mm fan mounts at the top.

 

[Brainiac]

ah yes its quite small and only really for M-ATX............. big rig guy eh?

How about the Corsair Obsidian 750D, great cable management, sleek looks and very functional..............pricey but worth it imo...... depends on your price range

 

[Brainiac]

Couldn't find the Far Cry 4 thread

Heres the new Nvidia trailer, that fur rendering looks great

 

[Vader AL]

Wonder if the end game looks like that though. Impressive though. And where are the 980 ti's!!!

 

[Brainiac]

Wonder if the end game looks like that though. Impressive though. And where are the 980 ti's!!!

980TI?..........are you craze? hehe, I'm betting we won't see those until next year and maybe a Titan 2.0 or something

 

[supermetroid]

I'm in the market for a new Windows laptop. Are the gaming laptops dependable? I'm probably going with an Asus either way whether gaming or not. I've never had a gaming PC before but would it be worth getting one in the $1000-1500 range or would it be obsolete in a year or two for newer games? I'm debating to either just get a reasonable laptop for general use and maybe getting a good desktop later or just getting a gaming laptop to try out some games on.

Here's some I've been looking at. What do you guys think of the specs?

Amazon.com : ASUS ROG G751JT-CH71 17.3-Inch Laptop (Black) : Computers & Accessories

Amazon.com : ASUS ROG GL551JM-DH71 15.6" Gaming Laptop w/ GeForce GTX860M 2GB GDDR5 and Optimus Technology, 1 TB 7200RPM HDD : Electronics

 

[Vader AL]

980TI?..........are you craze? hehe, I'm betting we won't see those until next year and maybe a Titan 2.0 or something

They talkin' 'bout this month or next....just rumors though.

 

[Brainiac]

I'm in the market for a new Windows laptop. Are the gaming laptops dependable? I'm probably going with an Asus either way whether gaming or not. I've never had a gaming PC before but would it be worth getting one in the $1000-1500 range or would it be obsolete in a year or two for newer games? I'm debating to either just get a reasonable laptop for general use and maybe getting a good desktop later or just getting a gaming laptop to try out some games on.

Here's some I've been looking at. What do you guys think of the specs?

Amazon.com : ASUS ROG G751JT-CH71 17.3-Inch Laptop (Black) : Computers & Accessories

Amazon.com : ASUS ROG GL551JM-DH71 15.6" Gaming Laptop w/ GeForce GTX860M 2GB GDDR5 and Optimus Technology, 1 TB 7200RPM HDD : Electronics

I'd go for the first one, a little more expensive sure, but the 970M is better than the 860M

 

[supermetroid]

Do most people recommend desktops for gaming? This is where I'm kind of torn. I know desktops are more bang for the buck and are easier to upgrade. Would the $1500 laptop above be able to run some of the newer high demanding games out now or coming soon? I'm a console player so I don't know much about PC gaming lol

 

[darthviper107]

Desktops have better hardware--like a laptop GTX 970M is not equal to a desktop GTX 970. And there's faster CPUs. The main deal is that the parts are cheaper, for the $1,500 that you spend on a laptop you can get a desktop with more power. The only issue is portability.
The one game I'd be concerned about performance is Assassin's Creed Unity, which has a minimum requirement of a GTX 680, which is ridiculously high. Sounds like they did very poor optimization for the PC version.

 

[Brainiac]

Do most people recommend desktops for gaming? This is where I'm kind of torn. I know desktops are more bang for the buck and are easier to upgrade. Would the $1500 laptop above be able to run some of the newer high demanding games out now or coming soon? I'm a console player so I don't know much about PC gaming lol

Yeah Desktops are more powerful, especially with regards to CPU's. If your planning on playing the newer games I would recommend a desktop. Laptops are really more for gaming on the go

with $1500 you could build an incredibly powerful desktop, but only an OK laptop.

 

[supermetroid]

Ok, thanks for the info guys

 

[Qoheles]

Desktops have better hardware--like a laptop GTX 970M is not equal to a desktop GTX 970. And there's faster CPUs. The main deal is that the parts are cheaper, for the $1,500 that you spend on a laptop you can get a desktop with more power. The only issue is portability.
The one game I'd be concerned about performance is Assassin's Creed Unity, which has a minimum requirement of a GTX 680, which is ridiculously high. Sounds like they did very poor optimization for the PC version.

More like no optimization whatsoever. 680 isn't a low-end GPU, it's an old top-tier which still runs newer games reasonably well.

 

[MPCanes]

We'll see how Unity runs come Tuesday - I did the upgrade from a 680 to a 970 and it came with Unity free. Rest of my system is a core i7 2600k @ 4.5 ghz and 8 gigs of ram...

Anyone want to buy a perfectly good 680? lol

 

[Qoheles]

I myself just upgraded to 980 SLi from a 680, so no thanks.

Sadly, I got the 980 before the promotion started.

 

[Brainiac]

Ok, thanks for the info guys

No Problem

More like no optimization whatsoever. 680 isn't a low-end GPU, it's an old top-tier which still runs newer games reasonably well.

Yeah thats for sure, hopefully its not as bad

We'll see how Unity runs come Tuesday - I did the upgrade from a 680 to a 970 and it came with Unity free. Rest of my system is a core i7 2600k @ 4.5 ghz and 8 gigs of ram...
Anyone want to buy a perfectly good 680? lol

Good system specs, Does the 970 provide much of a performance boost over the 680?

I myself just upgraded to 980 SLi from a 680, so no thanks.
Sadly, I got the 980 before the promotion started.

I think you would just need 1 for good performance. Well for gaming anyway, but you probably do some heavy GPU work right?

 

[Qoheles]

I think you would just need 1 for good performance. Well for gaming anyway, but you probably do some heavy GPU work right?

Somewhat, but a single 980 doesn't actually seem that powerful (or developers have been really lazy with regard to optimization).

 

[Solidus]

It's a very sad day in PC gaming if you need two 980s in SLI to run current games at max settings . It seems like developers are still releasing broken, unoptimized ports for the PC.

 

[Brainiac]

Somewhat, but a single 980 doesn't actually seem that powerful (or developers have been really lazy with regard to optimization).

What 980's do you have?

 

[Brainiac]

It's a very sad day in PC gaming if you need two 980s in SLI to run current games at max settings . It seems like developers are still releasing broken, unoptimized ports for the PC.

Yeah i can play COD:AW(or try and play and then realize its crap) maxed out - supersampling 4x.... with a 770 Classified, surely a single 980 would outperform it