PC Gaming

[Kibagami]

It comes with 10

It should be fine for what I'll be playing.

You have an NVIDIA card, it might play well with windows 10 (I have no idea since I don't own any of the current gen GTX cards).
NVIDIA and their drivers are infinitely better than AMD, I'm thinking. I'm on 8.1 and I'm using AMD cards, crossfire'd.

 

[Snake Plissken]

You have an NVIDIA card, it might play well with windows 10 (I have no idea since I don't own any of the current gen GTX cards).
NVIDIA and their drivers are infinitely better than AMD, I'm thinking. I'm on 8.1 and I'm using AMD cards, crossfire'd.

I've heard of NVIDIA plenty of times in the past. I guess their cutting edge above the rest?

 

[Kibagami]

I've heard of NVIDIA plenty of times in the past. I guess their cutting edge above the rest?

Yeah, and they're customer service is top notch.
Register your card, and if it breaks down, they'll replace it with a new one or an equivalent (just in case your card is old).

 

[Snake Plissken]

Yeah, and they're customer service is top notch.
Register your card, and if it breaks down, they'll replace it with a new one or an equivalent (just in case your card is old).

I'll definitely do that, but thankfully it'll be brand new. I just got a email that they got my order and takes typically 5-10 business days to assemble.

 

[Kibagami]

I'll definitely do that, but thankfully it'll be brand new. I just got a email that they got my order and takes typically 5-10 business days to assemble.

New and by NVIDIA.

 

[Vader AL]

Gears Of War Ultimate Edition Released On PC | NextPowerUp

 

[Solidus]

That is a neat little trick. Is that just overkill at that point? Beats spending $600 on the 980.

EDIT I watched the video. Looks like it's pretty much more or less equal to the 970.

Overkill is not a word when it comes to PC gaming . More power the better.

You can even sell the GTX 950 later on, and put some of the money towards a better GPU if you just want a single GPU solution. The GTX 970 has enormous headroom for overclocking, and with that, I think you will be able to push it further than two 950s in SLI. You'll have to see what works for you, though. I think you should be able to max out your games at 1080p with two 950s, without any problem (the performance with the 950 also seems pretty stable with SLI). It's only with higher resolutions and DSR where you'll need to step up to a GPU with more VRAM - the GTX 970 has 4 GB whereas the 950 only has 2 GB. And, there aren't a lot of Direct X 12 games on Windows 10 that can make use of VRAM stacking as yet.

On another note, I was checking up the power requirements on your 950 a few days ago. Apparently, two of those little cards in SLI require less wattage than a single 970, let alone a 980. That's a good thing if you want to SLI two 950s.

Take my advice, laptops are not good for gaming. They're good for older games, but most can barely stand modern games

Listen to the allmighty Solidus, for he knows what he says...most of the time.

Most of the...

Yeah, and Ryan needs to listen to you . I remember you told me how your laptop can barely run any Steam games, and you asked if you could change the GPU. The one big problem with laptops, is that once you have one, it's a time-bomb for obsolescence. Sure, you can add more RAM and change out the HDD, but, that's about it. It's not something you can build on, and if you're serious about gaming, being stuck on a GPU for the lifetime of your PC will be a nightmare. There's certainly some trade-offs for portability.

I will do that. I took my first baby steps last year by selling my 360 and getting the nvidia shield tv. It was nice for the price, but still very limited in what you can play without a pc, so I returned it and bought got an alienware alpha i3 model. A few months in and I'm enjoying it because I knew what kind of games the alpha could handle before I bought it. Eventually I'm going to need a desktop that can handle a lot more. People always say build your own machine, but I don't know if I'm ready for that yet.

I know it looks daunting at first, but it's VERY easy and rewarding to build your own PC if you have the time and patience. It mightn't be for everyone, but I highly recommend it (it's often cheaper to build yourself, too). All of the parts come with warranties, so in case something fails you can take it up with the manufacturers (or exchange, if you're not beyond the 30 day return window).

 

[Snake Plissken]

Overkill is not a word when it comes to PC gaming . More power the better.

You can even sell the GTX 950 later on, and put some of the money towards a better GPU if you just want a single GPU solution. The GTX 970 has enormous headroom for overclocking, and with that, I think you will be able to push it further than two 950s in SLI. You'll have to see what works for you, though. I think you should be able to max out your games at 1080p with two 950s, without any problem (the performance with the 950 also seems pretty stable with SLI). It's only with higher resolutions and DSR where you'll need to step up to a GPU with more VRAM - the GTX 970 has 4 GB whereas the 950 only has 2 GB. And, there aren't a lot of Direct X 12 games on Windows 10 that can make use of VRAM stacking as yet.

On another note, I was checking up the power requirements on your 950 a few days ago. Apparently, two of those little cards in SLI require less wattage than a single 970, let alone a 980. That's a good thing if you want to SLI two 950s.

I guess two 950s would keep everything cooler than anything higher. That video said the two 950s only went around 60 degrees.

 

[kryptonianmutie]

I know it looks daunting at first, but it's VERY easy and rewarding to build your own PC if you have the time and patience. It mightn't be for everyone, but I highly recommend it (it's often cheaper to build yourself, too). All of the parts come with warranties, so in case something fails you can take it up with the manufacturers (or exchange, if you're not beyond the 30 day return window).

The time factor might be an issue. I would like to save money but as they say "time is money". Have you had any experience with pre built gaming PC companies like cyberpowerpc?

 

[Solidus]

I guess two 950s would keep everything cooler than anything higher. That video said the two 950s only went around 60 degrees.

That's a really good temperature. The 900 series cards from Nvidia run very cool in general.

The time factor might be an issue. I would like to save money but as they say "time is money". Have you had any experience with pre built gaming PC companies like cyberpowerpc?

My buddy Snake Plissken just ordered his from Cyberpower this morning. They had a huge sale, so he got a bunch of free stuff, and there was a promo that practically covered the upgrade cost to an i7.

I built my own PC (with my own hands ), but I know there are a few people in this thread who've bought from ibuypower and Cyberpower. I think the resident mod, Shropt, got his from ibuypower.

 

[Solidus]

Gears Of War Ultimate Edition Released On PC | NextPowerUp

Did you try it yet? I read that it had a really botched release.

 

[WellCQCaboutthat]

Windows 10 botches your display drivers? Maybe that's why my onboard HDMI doesn't work anymore. It was around the time I upgraded I used to have two monitors and my TV connected and now I can't get my damned TV to display, the computer doesn't even recognize the onboard video anymore.

Sent from my XT1096 using Tapatalk

 

[Solidus]

I think Kiba's using two R9 290s, so it seems like what he was talking about is more of an AMD problem, rather than a Windows 10 problem. I've had Windows 10 installed since the upgrade from Windows 7 came out and I didn't have any display issues (HDMI also works for my TV).

Did you try a clean install of your drivers?

 

[Vader AL]

Did you try it yet? I read that it had a really botched release.

Not yet...I'll wait I think because I saw the same things about it crashing, stuttering, etc.

And it's only for sale at the Window's Store thing and I've read things about how you can only play in windowed mode and other restrictions like V-Sync is always on, no SLI support, etc. when using them (and not Steam, Origin, etc.).

 

[Solidus]

Not yet...I'll wait I think because I saw the same things about it crashing, stuttering, etc.

And it's only for sale at the Window's Store thing and I've read things about how you can only play in windowed mode and other restrictions like V-Sync is always on, no SLI support, etc. when using them (and not Steam, Origin, etc.).

That's awful. Sounds a bit like what happened with The Evil Within. I'll probably get it on Steam later on when it's available, just to try out the VRAM stacking on DX12 .

 

[Solidus]

Nvidia Pascal graphic cards release date: GPUs reportedly going to launch in April followed by a June roll out

 

[franpincho]

Finally did it. Bought the gaming PC. Over the course of the year, I'll probably be buying more components for it to make it run really high end. I'm literally coming out of the middle ages of computing to the 21st century

Congrats.

Say goodbye to your ps4 unless the rare exclusive comes out (even then you'll say why it looks like crap compared to a PC game).

 

[Solidus]

My PS4 has literally been collecting dust for the past few months. When Uncharted 4 comes out, I'm going to turn it on again.

 

[darthviper107]

Nvidia Pascal graphic cards release date: GPUs reportedly going to launch in April followed by a June roll out

Just got a 4k TV and tested some games on it, with the GTX980 it struggles to get good framerates with full settings, so I think I'll probably upgrade when the new ones come out.

 

[Kibagami]

Just got a 4k TV and tested some games on it, with the GTX980 it struggles to get good framerates with full settings, so I think I'll probably upgrade when the new ones come out.

It's going to test push your cards, hard.