Mmm, 7970…
Mind you, I can still play everything I want to maxed at 1920x1200 on my 5870, so I’m not sure I see the point yet. In a year or so when they’re cheap, maybe. I usually skip every other generation, and even then wait 'till prices come down
One thing I don’t do is buy Nvidia cards. They seem to work fine for everyone else, but in my possession they die at a remarkable rate (death toll so far: one 7800GTX (of a pair), one 8800 GTS 512, and two 9800 GX2s (in stages, I fixed them at first by using the still working PCBs from each to make one working card which lasted another 6 months…) I don’t even bother overclocking my graphics card, so I really have no idea why they hate me Oddly, I’ve never killed an ATI card. My 2900XT still works, my 4890 still works - although these have passed onto friends now. Even my old 9800SE AIW (flashed to a Pro) I found in the bottom of a box in the loft still works. Lucky, as I was diagnosing a problem with an AGP (how quaint…) system at the time.
I used to have the exact opposite problem. I had ati hardware and had all sorts of problems, although it was usually driver related but still frustrating . That was in the days before AMD and ati shacked up.
I play in 3D a lot, so i need twice the power to get a smooth image… Skyrim in 3D takes a lot
And I am also kinda a hardware-buff… Just have to have the shit
I know that feeling. But that’s certainly not good for my wallet.
[quote=“Azurael”]Mmm, 7970…
Mind you, I can still play everything I want to maxed at 1920x1200 on my 5870, so I’m not sure I see the point yet. In a year or so when they’re cheap, maybe. I usually skip every other generation, and even then wait 'till prices come down
One thing I don’t do is buy Nvidia cards. They seem to work fine for everyone else, but in my possession they die at a remarkable rate (death toll so far: one 7800GTX (of a pair), one 8800 GTS 512, and two 9800 GX2s (in stages, I fixed them at first by using the still working PCBs from each to make one working card which lasted another 6 months…) I don’t even bother overclocking my graphics card, so I really have no idea why they hate me Oddly, I’ve never killed an ATI card. My 2900XT still works, my 4890 still works - although these have passed onto friends now. Even my old 9800SE AIW (flashed to a Pro) I found in the bottom of a box in the loft still works. Lucky, as I was diagnosing a problem with an AGP (how quaint…) system at the time.[/quote]
I use both ATi and Nvidia, never really noticed a reliability difference. Both have piss-poor drivers IMO.
Alienware Area 51 case
500GB seagate HDD
6GB factory DDR3 RAM
i7-920 OC’d to 3.33GHZ
Nvidia Geforce 560ti OC’d to 1.1GHZ
'22 alienware monitor
buy Geforce 5xx cards. all the other ones are crap for the money
My current rig(disregard the crappy cable management, cause the case is only temporary, need to get more money for a Fractal Design one):
Intel Core i7-3820 - Socket 2011
Thermaltake Silver Arrow Cooler
AsRock X79 Extreme 4
MSI HD6970 Lightning GPU(got it for the same price as a GTX560 so it was a great deal)
16GB RAM Corsair
800W Sirtec High Power PSU
64 GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD
640 GB WD HDD
all these crazy awesome computers put mine to shame
but for those interested
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf-JAVA/Doc/images/c02170396.jpg
Processor: AMD Athlon X2 4850e dual core Up to 2.5 GHz
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE
Motherboard: MCP61PM-HM (Iris8)
Ram: Amount: 2 GB
Speed: PC2-6400 MB/sec
Hard drive: 250 GB, SATA, Transfer rating: 3.0 Gb/sec, Rotational Speed: 7200 RPM
Case: mid size ATX
Power supply: 250W
operating system: windows vista home premium
h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01636221&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=3885776#N232 link for it for more information
it can play automation but only on the lowest settings
hmm seems my lame computer specs might have killed the thread
I’m using:
Core i5-2500k @ 4300MHz
8GB RAM
POV GTX570 Charged Edition
128GB Crucial M4
320GB Samsung Spinpoint T166
This is a quite fast rig…
Greetz,
Zeph
My Gaming and work PC
Motherboard : Asus P8P67 Pro R3 P67
Cpu : i5 2500k 3.3Ghz (overclocker to 4.2Ghz)
Graphics : Sapphire HD 6850 Toxic Edition 1GB (overclocked)
Ram :Crucial 12GB
Powersupply : 850 Watt Coolermaster
Harddrives : Crucial 64GB SSD C300 for OS and Spinpoint F3 1TB
Don’t have any recent pictures but ill upload some eventualy lol
MSI X79A-GD65 (8D)
Intel Core i7-3960X
MSI N560GTX Cyclone
Kingston HyperX 1600MHz CL9 4x4GB
Coolermaster Silent Pro Gold 800W
Adata S510 120GB
WD Green 3TB HDD
All built into a Lian-Li PC-A05. And no, I’d never pay for that CPU either.
Aliwnware M14xR1
i7-2630qm 2.0-2.9 Ghz (<BS)
8Gb
Nvidia GT 555M
750Gb HD
Asus VS229 22"
my rig is in my sig… I’m getting another GTX 580 SC and a third monitor for surround gaming…
I’ll be building this sometime soon so I can finally stop beating my laptop to death.
Cooler Master Storm Scout
i5-2500k
Seagate 2 TB HD
Corsair TX650
Kingston tech. HyperX 8GB 1600MHz RAM
MSI N560 GTX-Ti Hawk
MSI P67A-GD55 mobo
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
ASUS DRW-24B1ST
so here is my new System … Is still WIP
I need a Fan controller and some other Fan´s…
youtube.com/watch?v=rHkbA-wlRR8&feature=youtu.be
I like it
Greets
Martin
Coolermaster Case
ASROCKS Z68 Pro
i7-2600K (Not overclocked)
8GB Gskill 1833
2x Crusial 64GB SSD raid 0
Corsair 650 Watt
Zotac 480 GTX OC
Its was a good rig for the money.
Intel I7
Ram : 16 Gb Corsair
Power : 1200 Watt
Harddrives : 2 SSD of 1000 Gb 2 hard drive 1000 GB each other , and 1 ssd of 256 gb