Building a ~$1,000 gaming PC

[baseline bum]

Maybe I didn't fuck up too bad lol

AMD claims the R9 5900X is marginally faster in single core vs a 10900k, though they lie a lot in these presentations, and it's 12C/24T instead of 10C/20T like the 10900k. But honestly I think anything more than 8C/16T isn't a big deal since the next gen consoles use 8C/16T Ryzen. Hence the reason I was recommending the i7-10700k.

Since AMD wants $300 for a 6C/12T R5 5600X then I'm out. If I want budget I get almost as good of performance with the exact same level of future proofing from the 6C/12T i5-10400f for $180. But if I was going to spend $300 on an R5 5600X it would be stupid not to just spend the extra $80 and get a much better and more future-proof 8C/16T i7-10700k instead.

[DMC]

AMD claims the R9 5900X is marginally faster in single core vs a 10900k, though they lie a lot in these presentations, and it's 12C/24T instead of 10C/20T like the 10900k. But honestly I think anything more than 8C/16T isn't a big deal since the next gen consoles use 8C/16T Ryzen. Hence the reason I was recommending the i7-10700k.

Since AMD wants $300 for a 6C/12T R5 5600X then I'm out. If I want budget I get almost as good of performance with the exact same level of future proofing from the 6C/12T i5-10400f for $180. But if I was going to spend $300 on an R5 5600X it would be stupid not to just spend the extra $80 and get a much better and more future-proof 8C/16T i7-10700k instead.

Is it true that the large majority of "gains" seen by some of these moves are only apparent in benchmarks, not in actual applications?

[baseline bum]

Is it true that the large majority of "gains" seen by some of these moves are only apparent in benchmarks, not in actual applications?

For gaming kind of depends what your target is and how much headroom you have above it. If I can I generally play games with settings to try to target a locked 60 fps with vsync on which looks great when you're at 60 fps but if you start dipping much below it gets stuttery as hell. So in some cpu bound games like Fallout 4 or GTA V I noticed a pretty significant difference in smoothness just from upgrading my RAM from DDR3-1600 to DDR3-2400 a few years ago. So in my case I would have definitely noticed the difference if say I upgraded my Xeon E3-1231v3 to an i7-4790k even though the 4790k isn't all that much more powerful than the E3-1231v3 (virtually the same cpu except 4790k is clocked at 4.2 GHz vs 3.6 GHz on E3-1231v3 when all cores are in use). Now if you went and spent on a GSync monitor or even FreeSync nowadays that wouldn't really apply to you since the monitor matches the refresh rate to the framerate your cpu + gpu is able to render within whatever bounds the monitor is rated at (say 40 fps to 144 fps) and it would probably be hard to tell the difference between say a perfectly synced 115 fps vs a perfectly synced 122 fps.

[TDMVPDPOY]

Went up $100 vs the R5 3600. Can't believe Intel is going to end up the bang for your buck performance king. :lmao

Chip looks like it's going to be like 15-20% faster than the $180 6c/12t i5-10400f in gaming for $300.

at the start of the year i bought a used 3600x + msi b450 gaming max pro for 300 aud on fb marketplace, cause the chimp seller bought a used TR 3950 cpu, so i got a bargain...but boTH those parts has been sitting in the cupboard since that date till now, didnt buy rest of the other parts due to stupid price with ram and gpu mining bs...

[DMC]

The new system is a beast. I put a 2tb 970 NVMe as the storage drive. Of course the same day this came in my mobo for my other system arrived, so I got it running too. Now I have a spare pretty fast system.

[baseline bum]

140 man, CPY is back and just released cracks for Mafia Definitive Edition, Death Stranding, Total War Troy, and PEDO Football 2021. CODEX Store's response to Prime Day has been outstanding. Get in here ElNono, CPY just got off the vent he has been on since March!

[baseline bum]

LOL this image FitGirl just posted after all these cracks got released today :lmao

https://i.ibb.co/8BNkTB2/fitgirl.jpg

[140]

140 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=49590) man, CPY is back and just released cracks for Mafia Definitive Edition, Death Stranding, Total War Troy, and PEDO Football 2021. CODEX Store's response to Prime Day has been outstanding. Get in here ElNono (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=8054), CPY just got off the vent he has been on since March!

Great news tbh, cheers for the heads up :tu

[baseline bum]

Great news tbh, cheers for the heads up :tu

Bend over, I'll show you heads up.

[resistanze]

140 man, CPY is back and just released cracks for Mafia Definitive Edition, Death Stranding, Total War Troy, and PEDO Football 2021. CODEX Store's response to Prime Day has been outstanding. Get in here ElNono, CPY just got off the vent he has been on since March!

https://i.imgflip.com/161t2o.gif

[DJR210]

Bend over, I'll show you heads up.

How is that Mafia DE? Worth borrowing?

[baseline bum]

How is that Mafia DE? Worth borrowing?

Don't know, haven't played it yet. The original was amazing back in like 01.

[TDMVPDPOY]

amds leaked 6800xt benchmark hahahaha nvidia will rush out its ti/super cards to respond

im waiting for the 6900xt benchmarks...

what i find interesting between the 6900xt 6800xt 6700xt is just 8CU difference between each card, mem size is the same 16gb ddr6, memory size ranges is different for each card....but the low card and bios hack to run like the top card? just like what happen with the 5700 to run like a 5700xt

[baseline bum]

amds leaked 6800xt benchmark hahahaha nvidia will rush out its ti/super cards to respond

im waiting for the 6900xt benchmarks...

what i find interesting between the 6900xt 6800xt 6700xt is just 8CU difference between each card, mem size is the same 16gb ddr6, memory size ranges is different for each card....but the low card and bios hack to run like the top card? just like what happen with the 5700 to run like a 5700xt

Nvidia doesn't have to do shit if those benchmarks are true. 3080 kicks the shit out of 6800XT at raytracing native res and the gap will be much much bigger once you factor in Nvidia's outstanding DLSS 2.0 upscaling. Who is going to really care if 6800XT can solidly beat 3800 just in older games?

[baseline bum]

RX 6000 series reveal live now


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHpgu-cTjyM

[DJR210]

RX 6000 series reveal live now


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHpgu-cTjyM

What the hell happened to AMD's price to performance advantage? 6800 is supposed to go head to head with the 3070 but costs 79.00 more?

[baseline bum]

What the hell happened to AMD's price to performance advantage? 6800 is supposed to go head to head with the 3070 but costs 79.00 more?

Three reasons I can come up with:

1. They claim the cheaper 6800 is faster than 3080 (except cherrypicked for raster only it looks like)
2. You're not going to find 3070 for $500 anyways, so might as well up the price
3. They're not going to produce a lot of them since their production is likely going to be tied up mainly in PS5 and XBox Series X/S for a while.

Reason 3 is probably why their new cpus got big price bumps too, though they're likely to just be flat out better than Intel too with how much Intel has struggled the last 4 years. I wouldn't touch their gpus though because they're not as good at RT as Ampere most likely (or they would have said so) and they have nothing at all close to DLSS-2.0, which is showing itself to be nearly as good as native resolution.

[DJR210]

Three reasons I can come up with:

1. They claim the cheaper 6800 is faster than 3080 (except cherrypicked for raster only it looks like)
2. You're not going to find 3070 for $500 anyways, so might as well up the price
3. They're not going to produce a lot of them since their production is likely going to be tied up mainly in PS5 and XBox Series X/S for a while.

Reason 3 is probably why their new cpus got big price bumps too, though they're likely to just be flat out better than Intel too with how much Intel has struggled the last 4 years. I wouldn't touch their gpus though because they're not as good at RT as Ampere most likely (or they would have said so) and they have nothing at all close to DLSS-2.0, which is showing itself to be nearly as good as native resolution.

If the MSRP from Nvidia is 500.00 wouldn't you be able to buy from them directly at that cost?

[baseline bum]

If the MSRP from Nvidia is 500.00 wouldn't you be able to buy from them directly at that cost?

Could be pretty limited though. Supposedly the 3080 was only put out at $699 as a loss leader and Nvidia's cooling shroud cost $150, so could be a similar situation with 3070. Supposedly we're not likely to see 3080 Founders Editions ever come back on the market again in large quantities.

[DJR210]

Could be pretty limited though. Supposedly the 3080 was only put out at $699 as a loss leader and Nvidia's cooling shroud cost $150, so could be a similar situation with 3070. Supposedly we're not likely to see 3080 Founders Editions ever come back on the market again in large quantities.

I'm not gonna pay more than 499.00 I'll have to keep an eye open for one

[baseline bum]

I'm not gonna pay more than 499.00 I'll have to keep an eye open for one

If you can't snag the Founder's Edition I probably wouldn't be too eager to buy the lowest end cooler considering this isn't a typical 70 series release designed for low power consumption. 3070 has a similar power usage to the RX 5700 XT, so cooler really could matter with this card. Not saying I'd spend say $570 to get a Strix with a heavy factory overclock or anything, but I'd be leery of the $510 budget cooler cards if you can't snag a Founders Edition. I bet the decent third party shit will start around $530.

[TDMVPDPOY]

What the hell happened to AMD's price to performance advantage? 6800 is supposed to go head to head with the 3070 but costs 79.00 more?

+79 is for that extra memory gb, 16gb vs 10gb is a no brainer if u need it

as for nvidia cooler costing them 150$ to make...they only ship the chip to the 3rd party partners, so i dunno how those partners can justify their prices over vanilla cards if their cooler isnt +150$ to make, slap a few rgb on and they charge u an extra 50 out of nowhere cause they can

[baseline bum]

I'm not gonna pay more than 499.00 I'll have to keep an eye open for one

Were you able to snag one? Sounds like the launch was just like the 3080s.

[DJR210]

Were you able to snag one? Sounds like the launch was just like the 3080s.

Nope. Will keep checking


If you can't snag the Founder's Edition I probably wouldn't be too eager to buy the lowest end cooler considering this isn't a typical 70 series release designed for low power consumption. 3070 has a similar power usage to the RX 5700 XT, so cooler really could matter with this card. Not saying I'd spend say $570 to get a Strix with a heavy factory overclock or anything, but I'd be leery of the $510 budget cooler cards if you can't snag a Founders Edition. I bet the decent third party shit will start around $530.

I could do 530.00. That's not too far above my budget :tu

Newegg had several manufacturers with the 3 fan cooling solutions from 499.00 to 530.00 so that's promising. Just need to catch it when they restock. Amazon doesn't even have anything listed yet.

[baseline bum]

Nope. Will keep checking



I could do 530.00. That's not too far above my budget :tu

Newegg had several manufacturers with the 3 fan cooling solutions from 499.00 to 530.00 so that's promising. Just need to catch it when they restock. Amazon doesn't even have anything listed yet.

Fucking Asus set a $653 MSRP for the 3070 Strix OC Edition. What a joke.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/heres-how-much-custom-geforce-rtx-3070-graphics-cards-could-cost?_ga=2.154953784.1428390909.1600059068-504901614.1451162300

[hater]

Baseline I never built my quarantine box :(

But looking to build one now. I got about $600 for the video card. What can I get and is in stock? Looks like everything is out of stock these days!

[baseline bum]

Baseline I never built my quarantine box :(

But looking to build one now. I got about $600 for the video card. What can I get and is in stock? Looks like everything is out of stock these days!

Just gotta wait for RTX 3070 to come in stock somewhere. Or you could buy RTX 2080 Ti if you find a good deal on one. 2080 Ti seems slightly faster than 3070 right now, though I imagine in a year or two those positions will reverse.

[hater]

Just gotta wait for RTX 3070 to come in stock somewhere. Or you could buy RTX 2080 Ti if you find a good deal on one. 2080 Ti seems slightly faster than 3070 right now, though I imagine in a year or two those positions will reverse.

:pctoss

What a shithole world

[baseline bum]

:pctoss

What a shithole world

AMD's RX 6800 and RX 6800 XT release on Wednesday. I haven't paid too much attention to the cards but here is one of the better sources for PC hardware reviews discussing what is known so far about the cards.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haAPtu06eYI

I personally wouldn't buy one because DLSS-2.0 looks to be a killer feature in Nvidia RTX cards that AMD has no answer for. DLSS-2.0 is an incredibly impressive upscaling technique that allows you to render at much lower resolutions while still looking native resolution, which is desperately needed if you're going to turn raytracing effects on in some games.

[hater]

So looks like I found one at walmart the rtx 3070

What cpu/board you recommend??

[baseline bum]

So looks like I found one at walmart the rtx 3070

What cpu/board you recommend??

Ryzen 5 5600X for $300 is the best upper midrange, Ryzen 9 5900X for $550 the best high end. Also they're as hard to find as the RTX 3070 is.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7ukz8WUdW4

[hater]

Ryzen 5 5600X for $300 is the best upper midrange, Ryzen 9 5900X for $550 the best high end. Also they're as hard to find as the RTX 3070 is.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7ukz8WUdW4

:tu thanks brotha

[hater]

Ryzen 5 5600X for $300 is the best upper midrange, Ryzen 9 5900X for $550 the best high end. Also they're as hard to find as the RTX 3070 is.



:lmao u were right the Ryzen CPUs are harder to find than the Nvidia 30x0 :lmao

How would an Intel 10850k work out???

[baseline bum]

:lmao u were right the Ryzen CPUs are harder to find than the Nvidia 30x0 :lmao

How would an Intel 10850k work out???

I suppose 10850k is in a middle ground where it's a little better than the 5600X for gaming but should age significantly better (thanks to 4C/8T more at a good IPC) for $150 more, but isn't as good now and won't age as well as the $100 more expensive 5900X (with better IPC and 2C/4T more). One thing you sacrifice going Intel though is PCIE-4.0, which might limit your SSD speeds for future use. I don't know that PCIE-4.0 vs PCIE-3.0 will make a whole lot of difference this next 5-6 years for SSD for gaming, might make a bit of difference if you go high end on another gpu in 3-4 years. So my answer is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ whether or not you should wait to be able to snipe a Ryzen chip. But ElNono might be better able to provide some insight here.

10850k is definitely one of the best gaming cpus on the market right now though. 10600k is pretty strong too if you want to go a little cheaper, it's pretty close to the 5600X when overclocked. Wouldn't surprise me to see some real deals on these Intel chips for Black Friday since Intel is now considered the lesser company by gamers based on how strong the Ryzen 5000 series is. But it's not like Intel is putting out crap while AMD is making gold, the Intel chips are still awesome. Unlike say around 2002 when Intel's gaming cpus really were complete dogshit compared to AMD's. Or 2011-2015 when AMD cpus were dogshit compared to Intel's.

[hater]

I suppose 10850k is in a middle ground where it's a little better than the 5600X for gaming but should age significantly better (thanks to 4C/8T more at a good IPC) for $150 more, but isn't as good now and won't age as well as the $100 more expensive 5900X (with better IPC and 2C/4T more). One thing you sacrifice going Intel though is PCIE-4.0, which might limit your SSD speeds for future use. I don't know that PCIE-4.0 vs PCIE-3.0 will make a whole lot of difference this next 5-6 years for SSD for gaming, might make a bit of difference if you go high end on another gpu in 3-4 years. So my answer is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ whether or not you should wait to be able to snipe a Ryzen chip. But ElNono might be better able to provide some insight here.

10850k is definitely one of the best gaming cpus on the market right now though. 10600k is pretty strong too if you want to go a little cheaper, it's pretty close to the 5600X when overclocked. Wouldn't surprise me to see some real deals on these Intel chips for Black Friday since Intel is now considered the lesser company by gamers based on how strong the Ryzen 5000 series is. But it's not like Intel is putting out crap while AMD is making gold, the Intel chips are still awesome. Unlike say around 2002 when Intel's gaming cpus really were complete dogshit compared to AMD's. Or 2011-2015 when AMD cpus were dogshit compared to Intel's.

:tu

I will most likely go with intel as those Ryzen chips are like finding gold in the desert. And are overpriced as well due to demand. Ill have to pay up $400 for the CPU plus over $800 for the gpu

God damn :pctoss

[baseline bum]

:tu

I will most likely go with intel as those Ryzen chips are like finding gold in the desert. And are overpriced as well due to demand. Ill have to pay up $400 for the CPU plus over $800 for the gpu

God damn :pctoss

Don't pay $800 for a fucking RTX 3070, are you kidding?

[hater]

Don't pay $800 for a fucking RTX 3070, are you kidding?

Already did. :lol

It was get one now or never. Since it would be impossible to find before 2021

It comes with a stupid game battlefield which I probably will never play :lol

As soon as I got it from walmart it went out of stock and now going for over $1,000 :lol

[baseline bum]

Already did. :lol

It was get one now or never. Since it would be impossible to find before 2021

It comes with a stupid game battlefield which I probably will never play :lol

As soon as I got it from walmart it went out of stock and now going for over $1,000 :lol

Ugh if I was going to spend that much I would have gotten 3080.

[hater]

Ugh if I was going to spend that much I would have gotten 3080.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/GIGABYTE-GeForce-RTX-3070-DirectX-12-VR-Ready-Graphics-Card-8GB-256-Bit-GDDR6-Triple-Fans-RGB-ATX-PCIe-4-0-Support-2x-DisplayPort-HDMI-2-1-8K-w-Battl/581354732

Sure in 6-12 months....

Im pretty sure well be going back on hard lockdown soon so it was the timing

[ElNono]

I suppose 10850k is in a middle ground where it's a little better than the 5600X for gaming but should age significantly better (thanks to 4C/8T more at a good IPC) for $150 more, but isn't as good now and won't age as well as the $100 more expensive 5900X (with better IPC and 2C/4T more). One thing you sacrifice going Intel though is PCIE-4.0, which might limit your SSD speeds for future use. I don't know that PCIE-4.0 vs PCIE-3.0 will make a whole lot of difference this next 5-6 years for SSD for gaming, might make a bit of difference if you go high end on another gpu in 3-4 years. So my answer is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ whether or not you should wait to be able to snipe a Ryzen chip. But ElNono might be better able to provide some insight here.

10850k is definitely one of the best gaming cpus on the market right now though. 10600k is pretty strong too if you want to go a little cheaper, it's pretty close to the 5600X when overclocked. Wouldn't surprise me to see some real deals on these Intel chips for Black Friday since Intel is now considered the lesser company by gamers based on how strong the Ryzen 5000 series is. But it's not like Intel is putting out crap while AMD is making gold, the Intel chips are still awesome. Unlike say around 2002 when Intel's gaming cpus really were complete dogshit compared to AMD's. Or 2011-2015 when AMD cpus were dogshit compared to Intel's.

PCIe 4.0 SSDs are totally worth it perf-wise, but I saw the prices on the Samsung ones are they're not cheap. It's a novelty, so I don't expect them to come down in price for at least another 6-12 months.

Super tough to know what to do right now, tbh, either pay a premium to have stuff if you need it ASAP, or wait it out. The problem with waiting it out is if China gets another wave, you might be waiting even longer and things might actually get more expensive.

[hater]

PCIe 4.0 SSDs are totally worth it perf-wise, but I saw the prices on the Samsung ones are they're not cheap. It's a novelty, so I don't expect them to come down in price for at least another 6-12 months.

Super tough to know what to do right now, tbh, either pay a premium to have stuff if you need it ASAP, or wait it out. The problem with waiting it out is if China gets another wave, you might be waiting even longer and things might actually get more expensive.

Exactly.

Shithole planet. I remember 10 years ago everyone thought PC parts would be uber cheap now :lol

China and bitcoin said hold my beer

[baseline bum]

Exactly.

Shithole planet. I remember 10 years ago everyone thought PC parts would be uber cheap now :lol

China and bitcoin said hold my beer

I was reading about people renting bots for like $80/month to snatch PS5s. Might work to get a 5900X. :lol

[hater]

I was reading about people renting bots for like $80/month to snatch PS5s. Might work to get a 5900X. :lol

:lol i remember the hype when Wii came out :lol there were bots snatching them then

[baseline bum]

Exactly.

Shithole planet. I remember 10 years ago everyone thought PC parts would be uber cheap now :lol

China and bitcoin said hold my beer

Speaking of bitcoin, cryptocurrency hype is fucking the gpu market again. Pretty sure most of those RTX 3080, 3090, and 3070 got snatched up by miner faggots. If you want to see how fucked the gpu market is, check this Black Friday "Deal" from newegg: a fucking RX 570 for $190 after using the $15 promo code.

https://www.newegg.com/asus-radeon-rx-570-rog-strix-rx570-o8g-gaming/p/N82E16814126427

This gpu had been steadily selling in the $120 range for about 6-8 months until a few weeks ago. It's only about as powerful as the GTX 970s we were rocking six years ago.

[RandomGuy]

Speaking of bitcoin, cryptocurrency hype is fucking the gpu market again. Pretty sure most of those RTX 3080, 3090, and 3070 got snatched up by miner faggots. If you want to see how fucked the gpu market is, check this Black Friday "Deal" from newegg: a fucking RX 570 for $190 after using the $15 promo code.

https://www.newegg.com/asus-radeon-rx-570-rog-strix-rx570-o8g-gaming/p/N82E16814126427

This gpu had been steadily selling in the $120 range for about 6-8 months until a few weeks ago. It's only about as powerful as the GTX 970s we were rocking six years ago.

Think there is a second hand market for cards these guys are swapping?

[baseline bum]

Think there is a second hand market for cards these guys are swapping?

You have a 1070 right? Those aren't selling for that much right now, $200 or so, surprisingly. Actually about what they have been selling for for months now.

[RandomGuy]

You have a 1070 right? Those aren't selling for that much right now, $200 or so, surprisingly. Actually about what they have been selling for for months now.

1080 I think. Haven't felt the nee to really do more, but may build another gaming rig for my sons. :D

Also have a friend of mine in florida that could really use a cheap system. (he is in his 30's and recently had a stroke, so is somewhat limited in income, as it was fairly major, and he is still recovering, I worry for him, and may budget some to help out)

[baseline bum]

1080 I think. Haven't felt the nee to really do more, but may build another gaming rig for my sons. :D

Also have a friend of mine in florida that could really use a cheap system. (he is in his 30's and recently had a stroke, so is somewhat limited in income, as it was fairly major, and he is still recovering, I worry for him, and may budget some to help out)

If you're looking to give a Christmas present, 1650 Super for $165 isn't too bad for 1080p gaming. Though harder to run games like Red Dead Redemption 2 can't really hit 60 fps on this card without really sacrificing settings, which doesn't bode well for how it will age now that we're in a new console generation with a new baseline for games to target. It should easily be able to handle 1080p30 fps though since it's a bit more powerful than the gpu in the new XBox Series S, the lower end version of the new XBox.

https://www.newegg.com/msi-geforce-gtx-1650-super-gtx-1650-super-aero-itx-oc/p/N82E16814137486

Something like this (GTX 1660 Super) is still enough to play RDR2 at mostly 60 fps with some tweaking that lowers the settings a little bit from having everything maxed out, so it should have a fighting chance to play new games at 1080p60 for the next 2, maybe even 3 years. It's roughly on par with the GTX 1070: usually a little faster in new games, a little slower in old games.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/pny-xlr8-gaming-single-fan-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1660-super-overclocked-edition-6gb-gddr6-pci-express-3-0-graphics-card-black/6407309.p?skuId=6407309

[baseline bum]

AMD 6800XT looks like shit. They were hyping it as being faster than 3080 at 4k but 3080 pretty much always beats 6800XT at 4k. Even worse, 3080 absolutely mops the fucking floor with 6800XT at raytracing, and even worse if you use DLSS-2.0 with the 3080.

[hater]

AMD 6800XT looks like shit. They were hyping it as being faster than 3080 at 4k but 3080 pretty much always beats 6800XT at 4k. Even worse, 3080 absolutely mops the fucking floor with 6800XT at raytracing, and even worse if you use DLSS-2.0 with the 3080.

Got my 3070 today :) its actually a real thing :lol

What do u think about this n8ga?


Intel i9 10850k
Asus rog z490 G
Corsair vengeance pro 32gb
Msi core 240mm rgb cooler

[hater]

I paid $300 for an overclock, an extra fan and a stupid game :lol

[baseline bum]

Got my 3070 today :) its actually a real thing :lol

What do u think about this n8ga?


Intel i9 10850k
Asus rog z490 G
Corsair vengeance pro 32gb
Msi core 240mm rgb cooler

What specific RAM. Don't go cheap on RAM if you're going high-end on everything else.

[baseline bum]

I paid $300 for an overclock, an extra fan and a stupid game :lol

Now just gotta pay another $400+ for a decent 4k IPS panel with FreeSync or GSync now that Nvidia gpus support FreeSync. Though if you go FreeSync you'll need a monitor that does it over DisplayPort, as Nvidia gpus won't do it over HDMI.

[hater]

Now just gotta pay another $400+ for a decent 4k IPS panel with FreeSync or GSync now that Nvidia gpus support FreeSync. Though if you go FreeSync you'll need a monitor that does it over DisplayPort, as Nvidia gpus won't do it over HDMI.

I think I have a decent monitor it has the displayport. Gotta get a cable tho

[hater]

What specific RAM. Don't go cheap on RAM if you're going high-end on everything else.

https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-CMW32GX4M2C3200C16-Vengeance-PC4-25600-Desktop/dp/B07GTG2T7L/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?adgrpid=55689019586&dchild=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAzNj9BRBDEiwAPsL0dzFVkLZFuTh-2B_RGhal69CocC_MePWMn9GZd3HEsIbwtpvZc2DdDBoC9rsQAv D_BwE&hvadid=274781977099&hvdev=m&hvlocphy=9008123&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=1532625233934138299&hvtargid=kwd-465582181859&hydadcr=20076_9664061&keywords=corsair+vengeance+rgb+pro+32gb&qid=1605806292&sr=8-1&tag=hydsma-20

Motherfucker! This shit was $115 just yesterday!

[baseline bum]

https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-CMW32GX4M2C3200C16-Vengeance-PC4-25600-Desktop/dp/B07GTG2T7L/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?adgrpid=55689019586&dchild=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAzNj9BRBDEiwAPsL0dzFVkLZFuTh-2B_RGhal69CocC_MePWMn9GZd3HEsIbwtpvZc2DdDBoC9rsQAv D_BwE&hvadid=274781977099&hvdev=m&hvlocphy=9008123&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=1532625233934138299&hvtargid=kwd-465582181859&hydadcr=20076_9664061&keywords=corsair+vengeance+rgb+pro+32gb&qid=1605806292&sr=8-1&tag=hydsma-20

Motherfucker! This shit was $115 just yesterday!

I wouldn't buy DDR4-3200. I'd go at least DDR4-3600, but the higher the better as long as the price doesn't go way up. Last time I checked there was almost no difference in price between DDR4-3600 and low end RAM.

[baseline bum]

I think I have a decent monitor it has the displayport. Gotta get a cable tho

That system would be a waste on anything other than a 4k monitor. But you'd want FreeSync or GSync because even a 3070 isn't going to hold a constant 60 fps at 4k.

[hater]

That system would be a waste on anything other than a 4k monitor. But you'd want FreeSync or GSync because even a 3070 isn't going to hold a constant 60 fps at 4k.

Thanks

Nice. My LG has both 4k and freesync

So if I plug this onto my samsung 55 incher it will look like shit?

[hater]

Also looks like USB C also does the trick? I have cable for that

[baseline bum]

Also looks like USB C also does the trick? I have cable for that

Can only do FreeSync over DisplayPort.

[hater]

Can only do FreeSync over DisplayPort.

No.

Just checked LG site. It does support freesync via HDMI

[baseline bum]

No.

Just checked LG site. It does support freesync via HDMI

Nvidia gpus will only support it over DisplayPort.

[hater]

Nvidia gpus will only support it over DisplayPort.

Wow

[baseline bum]

Wow

The LG won't do FreeSync over DisplayPort? Sucks, I was thinking of buying an LG 4k 32" FreeSync monitor but couldn't find whether it did FreeSync over DP or HDMI. I'll probably just email their tech support before buying if I do. I'm only running a 1660 Super and that can't quite keep a locked 60 fps in RDR2 at 1080p so I definitely want something with FreeSync down to 40 Hz over DP. And might as well buy 4k to make the best use of my next gpu in a couple of years, especially since 1080p to 4k is an integer scale so scales perfectly on a 4k monitor.

[hater]

The LG won't do FreeSync over DisplayPort? Sucks, I was thinking of buying an LG 4k 32" FreeSync monitor but couldn't find whether it did FreeSync over DP or HDMI. I'll probably just email their tech support before buying if I do. I'm only running a 1660 Super and that can't quite keep a locked 60 fps in RDR2 at 1080p so I definitely want something with FreeSync down to 40 Hz over DP. And might as well buy 4k for use with my next gpu in a couple of years, especially since 1080p to 4k is an integer scale so scales perfectly on a 4k monitor.

It will. Just that I need to buy yet another cable

[hater]

So I got this shit built. I almost break the GPU I had to manually straighten one of the pins :lol but works


Whats the easiest way to benchmark this bitch???

I tried a few games and only GTAV look fucking outstanding. Witcher 3 for example is meh at max settings.

Street Fighter V runs smooth at max settings which is good as I couldnt evem run it at min settings on my old box

[TimDunkem]

So I got this shit built. I almost break the GPU I had to manually straighten one of the pins :lol but works


Whats the easiest way to benchmark this bitch???

I tried a few games and only GTAV look fucking outstanding. Witcher 3 for example is meh at max settings.

Street Fighter V runs smooth at max settings which is good as I couldnt evem run it at min settings on my old box
RDR2.

[baseline bum]

So I got this shit built. I almost break the GPU I had to manually straighten one of the pins :lol but works


Whats the easiest way to benchmark this bitch???

I tried a few games and only GTAV look fucking outstanding. Witcher 3 for example is meh at max settings.

Street Fighter V runs smooth at max settings which is good as I couldnt evem run it at min settings on my old box

Post your Firestrike score

https://benchmarks.ul.com/3dmark

[hater]

Cant download that demo frok steam. Shits broken

[hater]

Oh well

Titanfall at 60fps on all max settings

I guess this is an upgrade over my 970 :lol

[baseline bum]

Oh well

Titanfall at 60fps on all max settings

I guess this is an upgrade over my 970 :lol

Here is the non-Steam download for it:

https://www.guru3d.com/files-get/3dmark-download,4.html

Post your Firestrike scores and that'll tell you if everything is working properly. Honestly, with any gpu you should probably run Unigine Heaven and Unigine Valley for a couple of hours straight to stress test and ensure your card can handle it.

Firestrike will give you a link to a summary page showing graphics scores, physics score, and so on that'll tell you if everything is working properly. If you have an old driver installation hanging out your scores will be shit and you won't be getting full usage. You were on a GTX 970 before right? RTX 3070 should feel like a night and day difference.

[hater]

RDR2.

:tu

Yeah. Its time


I played RDR 1 on PS3 and fucking loved it.

[hater]

Here is the non-Steam download for it:

https://www.guru3d.com/files-get/3dmark-download,4.html

Post your Firestrike scores and that'll tell you if everything is working properly. Honestly, with any gpu you should probably run Unigine Heaven and Unigine Valley for a couple of hours straight to stress test and ensure your card can handle it.

Firestrike will give you a link to a summary page showing graphics scores, physics score, and so on that'll tell you if everything is working properly. If you have an old driver installation hanging out your scores will be shit and you won't be getting full usage. You were on a GTX 970 before right? RTX 3070 should feel like a night and day difference.

Thanks downloading. Slowly

[baseline bum]

:tu

Yeah. Its time


I played RDR 1 on PS3 and fucking loved it.

Set all the sensitivity and acceleration settings to max ASAP if you're using a controller. The default controls are terrible but feel pretty decent after maxing all those settings. Haven't played with mouse and keyboard so don't know what settings need to be changed there. But by default on controller Arthur Morgan moves like a 300 pound Spursfan.

[baseline bum]

:tu

Yeah. Its time


I played RDR 1 on PS3 and fucking loved it.

Also when you play RDR2, you're not going to get a locked 4k60 on ultra even with a 3070, as the game was built to scale with future generations of gpu. With these settings I can get 55-80 fps at 1080p on my GTX 1660 Super, so you should probably be able to get similar at 4k since a 3070 is about 2.4x the gpu a 1660 Super is.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=385eG1IEZMU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3xQ33Cq4CE

Also make sure you have FreeSync turned on on your monitor and GSync turned on for your gpu (I think the GSync setting is probably in the Nvidia Control Panel) so you can make use of FreeSync to smooth out your drops under 60 fps.

[hater]

:lmao FIFA 17 at 300FPS :lol

[hater]

Also when you play RDR2, you're not going to get a locked 4k60 on ultra even with a 3070, as the game was built to scale with future generations of gpu. With these settings I can get 55-80 fps at 1080p on my GTX 1660 Super, so you should probably be able to get similar at 4k since a 3070 is about 2.4x the gpu a 1660 Super is.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=385eG1IEZMU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3xQ33Cq4CE

Also make sure you have FreeSync turned on on your monitor and GSync turned on for your gpu (I think the GSync setting is probably in the Nvidia Control Panel) so you can make use of FreeSync to smooth out your drops under 60 fps.

:tu

[hater]

Post your Firestrike score

https://benchmarks.ul.com/3dmark

So my score is 25721

Is that good?

[baseline bum]

So my score is 25721

Is that good?

Link?

[hater]

Link?

How to do that?

[baseline bum]

How to do that?

Doesn't it post a link to your results when you're done? Here is the Firestrike from when I had my GTX 970 installed:

https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/5896552

[hater]

Doesn't it post a link to your results when you're done? Here is the Firestrike from when I had my GTX 970 installed:

https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/5896552

https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/53370114

[baseline bum]

https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/53370114

Nice. GPU score looks a little low at 32000 when most RTX 3070 I have seen bench at 34000, but that's probably because you don't have an overclock on the card I'm guessing. One thing I notice is your RAM looks to be running at default low clocks (eg DDR4-2133 speeds), so make sure to go into your BIOS and turn on XMP so you can use it at full speed. If it's the RAM you linked me it should immediately go up to DDR4-3200 speeds when you turn on XMP in the BIOS.

[hater]

Nice. GPU score looks a little low at 32000 when most RTX 3070 I have seen bench at 34000, but that's probably because you don't have an overclock on the card I'm guessing. One thing I notice is your RAM looks to be running at default low clocks (eg DDR4-2133 speeds), so make sure to go into your BIOS and turn on XMP so you can use it at full speed. If it's the RAM you linked me it should immediately go up to DDR4-3200 speeds when you turn on XMP in the BIOS.

Thanks! 26296 now :tu

[baseline bum]

Thanks! 26296 now :tu

Physics score won't change much from RAM speed bumps but there are some games that really benefit hugely from RAM speed increases. For instance, GTA V, Fallout 4, and The Witcher 3 did for me when I went from DDR3-1600 to DDR3-2400 with the same system otherwise. Those are the only three I mention because those are what I tested myself on DDR3-1600 vs DDR3-2400. Though your cpu is so overkill for modern games the only place you'd be likely to see gains is in Ubisoft games at 1080p or 1440p. At 4k you should be gpu bound though even in Ubisoft games.

[TDMVPDPOY]

Got my 3070 today :) its actually a real thing :lol

What do u think about this n8ga?


Intel i9 10850k
Asus rog z490 G
Corsair vengeance pro 32gb
Msi core 240mm rgb cooler

why not 10900? since u going all out..

[hater]

why not 10900? since u going all out..

Looks like that one is about $140 more than the 10850

[TDMVPDPOY]

Looks like that one is about $140 more than the 10850

whattabout ssd?

and what monitor u using?

[hater]

whattabout ssd?

and what monitor u using?

Yeah had an evo ssd on d old build. I got a decent 4k LG like 6 months ago when we went in lockdown


I do need a new power supply ik running on an old 600watt one right now :lmao

[baseline bum]

Yeah had an evo ssd on d old build. I got a decent 4k LG like 6 months ago when we went in lockdown


I do need a new power supply ik running on an old 600watt one right now :lmao

WTF are you doing posting here and not playing RDR2 on that monster system? I mean the game is fucking beautiful at 1080p on my 1660 Super, can't imagine how awesome it is at the same settings at 4k with a variable rate monitor.

[baseline bum]

And you can probably play Control at 4k60 with RT high on that system if you turn on DLSS-2.0. That game is fucking beautiful.

[TimDunkem]

Doesn't it post a link to your results when you're done? Here is the Firestrike from when I had my GTX 970 installed:

https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/5896552

Thanks for the link. Never used this before. I got 26435.

[hater]

Thanks for the link. Never used this before. I got 26435.

Nice what r urs specs

[hater]

WTF are you doing posting here and not playing RDR2 on that monster system? I mean the game is fucking beautiful at 1080p on my 1660 Super, can't imagine how awesome it is at the same settings at 4k with a variable rate monitor.

Downloaded it installed it and followed ur graphics setup steps. Its great at those setting sfor getting 60fps (most times)

Its amazing. Alreqdy took the hoes on my wagon ride to the whorehouse :lol

[hater]

And you can probably play Control at 4k60 with RT high on that system if you turn on DLSS-2.0. That game is fucking beautiful.

Hey n8g. I need to upgrade my power supply too. Probably to a 750 watt. Any suggestions. Want a good price

[baseline bum]

Hey n8g. I need to upgrade my power supply too. Probably to a 750 watt. Any suggestions. Want a good price

Good price shouldn't be in your vocabulary for power supplies right now tbh. They have blown up in price in the pandemic. Surprisingly psu is really the only thing the pandemic made expensive. Super Flower power supplies are really nice, nice enough to come with ten year warranties. I haven't read any reviews of their new Leadex III line, but they're known for putting out nothing but great units so if it comes with their standard 10 year warranty I'd buy it. Another really good series is Corsair RM. If you buy Corsair though it absolutely has to be an RM series with the level of components you have, as Corsair slaps their name on a lot of cheap shit too. Power supply shopping can be a real minefield though. For instance, EVGA used to have some really nice power supplies (namely the ones made by Super Flower that EVGA slapped their name on), but they have a lot of crap they sell under the EVGA name too. Seasonic used to be universally awesome and their high end shit still is, but even they make a few really crappy power supplies so you can't fully trust that name.

Also the Corsair AX line are really good too, but super expensive and were really designed for people running overclocked cpu plus four gpu back when SLI actually worked worth a shit.

[hater]

Good price shouldn't be in your vocabulary for power supplies right now tbh. They have blown up in price in the pandemic. Surprisingly psu is really the only thing the pandemic made expensive. Super Flower power supplies are really nice, nice enough to come with ten year warranties. I haven't read any reviews of their new Leadex III line, but they're known for putting out nothing but great units so if it comes with their standard 10 year warranty I'd buy it. Another really good series is Corsair RM. If you buy Corsair though it absolutely has to be an RM series with the level of components you have, as Corsair slaps their name on a lot of cheap shit too. Power supply shopping can be a real minefield though. For instance, EVGA used to have some really nice power supplies (namely the ones made by Super Flower that EVGA slapped their name on), but they have a lot of crap they sell under the EVGA name too. Seasonic used to be universally awesome and their high end shit still is, but even they make a few really crappy power supplies so you can't fully trust that name.

Also the Corsair AX line are really good too, but super expensive and were really designed for people running overclocked cpu plus four gpu back when SLI actually worked worth a shit.

:tu

I guess Ill just stay with my corsair 600wat for now while I get a deal. Hopefully it doesnt explode

[baseline bum]

Power supply shopping is a fucking pain though, because almost all power supplies you see for sale are just some company slapping their name on another company's power supply. Some of the best power supplies you'd find would be made for companies that don't have such a great name. For instance, Rosewill is always thought of as newegg's bargain basement house brand but they actually used to sell an absolute monster 750W power supply made my Super Flower for $60 to $70. Then EVGA used to sell that exact same power supply under their name so you could almost always find either it or the Rosewill one for $60 to $70 a few years ago. But most Rosewill branded power supplies are kind of crap and same for EVGA.

[hater]

Power supply shopping is a fucking pain though, because almost all power supplies you see for sale are just some company slapping their name on another company's power supply. Some of the best power supplies you'd find would be made for companies that don't have such a great name. For instance, Rosewill is always thought of as newegg's bargain basement house brand but they actually used to sell an absolute monster 750W power supply made my Super Flower for $60 to $70. Then EVGA used to sell that exact same power supply under their name so you could almost always find either it or the Rosewill one for $60 to $70 a few years ago. But most Rosewill branded power supplies are kind of crap and same for EVGA.

Yeah ill stick with corsair. Theres an EVGA one real cheap in newegg but some reviews complain of whinning noise. Fuck that. My build is so quiet right now :tu

[baseline bum]

:tu

I guess Ill just stay with my corsair 600wat for now while I get a deal. Hopefully it doesnt explode

Meh I'd just pay $130 for a Corsair RMx 850. I'm venturing you paid about $1600 not counting tax on your cpu + gpu + board + RAM upgrade, no way I'd run that on a 5 or 6 year old Corsair psu if it's not one of the higher end Corsair units.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/corsair-rmx-series-850w-atx12v-2-4-eps12v-2-92-80-plus-gold-modular-power-supply-black/6229601.p?skuId=6229601

JohnnyGURU is one of the most trusted power supply reviewers and gives a pretty good review to the 750W version from that same line of Corsair RMX (from 2018):

https://www.jonnyguru.com/blog/2018/05/08/corsair-rm750x-2018-750w-power-supply/6/

[hater]

Meh I'd just pay $130 for a Corsair RMx 850. I'm venturing you paid about $1600 not counting tax on your cpu + gpu + board + RAM upgrade, no way I'd run that on a 5 or 6 year old Corsair psu if it's not one of the higher end Corsair units.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/corsair-rmx-series-850w-atx12v-2-4-eps12v-2-92-80-plus-gold-modular-power-supply-black/6229601.p?skuId=6229601

JohnnyGURU is one of the most trusted power supply reviewers and gives a pretty good review to the 750W version from that same line of Corsair RMX (from 2018):

https://www.jonnyguru.com/blog/2018/05/08/corsair-rm750x-2018-750w-power-supply/6/

:tu makes sense

[TimDunkem]

Nice what r urs specs

Ryzen 5 3600x
Asus TUF GAMING x570-Plus ATX AM4
G.Skill Trident Z 16gb DDR4-3600
Gigabyte 3080 Gaming OC
PNY 500 GB SSD
WD_Black 500 GB NVMe SSD
Seagate Barracuda 2TB HDD
CORSAIR RM750x 80+ Gold

On a Dell S2721DGF

The CPU is definitely a bottleneck right now but so far so good with everything I throw at it. I'll probably upgrade that and maybe the ram in a year or two when the Ryzens become more available and drop a little in price. I'm probably going to look for a new case and PSU soon since the internal temps in my shitty case right now isn't the best. :lol

Also dear God Windows 10 sucks. I can play RDR2 for 8 straight hours without failure, but you try to run the browser and every so often the shit just crashes. HELP, BB! Why does Windows 10 suck so fucking bad?

[hater]

Ryzen 5 3600x
Asus TUF GAMING x570-Plus ATX AM4
G.Skill Trident Z 16gb DDR4-3600
Gigabyte 3080 Gaming OC
PNY 500 GB SSD
WD_Black 500 GB NVMe SSD
Seagate Barracuda 2TB HDD
CORSAIR RM750x 80+ Gold

On a Dell S2721DGF

The CPU is definitely a bottleneck right now but so far so good with everything I throw at it. I'll probably upgrade that and maybe the ram in a year or two when the Ryzens become more available and drop a little in price. I'm probably going to look for a new case and PSU soon since the internal temps in my shitty case right now isn't the best. :lol

Also dear God Windows 10 sucks. I can play RDR2 for 8 straight hours without failure, but you try to run the browser and every so often the shit just crashes. HELP, BB! Why does Windows 10 suck so fucking bad?

Really 3080?? I have 3070 with slightly higher score?

Somethings not right. Is you DDR at full speed like Baseline said?

What cooler r u running?

[TimDunkem]

Really 3080?? I have 3070 with slightly higher score?

Somethings not right. Is you DDR at full speed like Baseline said?

What cooler r u running?
You have a better cpu and ram than me right now. That's probably the difference. I'll check the DDR though.

No cooler. Just the corsair and 3 internal fans. :lol

FYI I upgraded to the 3080 when they dropped because of FOMO. Things are a little unbalanced right now.

[baseline bum]

Really 3080?? I have 3070 with slightly higher score?

Somethings not right. Is you DDR at full speed like Baseline said?

What cooler r u running?

Your cpu is much stronger than his. If TimDunkem is playing at 4k it won't really matter, at 1440p or lower you'd probably notice the difference between your cpus.

[baseline bum]

You have a better cpu and ram than me right now. That's probably the difference. I'll check the DDR though.

No cooler. Just the corsair and 3 internal fans. :lol

FYI I upgraded to the 3080 when they dropped because of FOMO. Things are a little unbalanced right now.

Are you running on a 60 Hz panel or are you aiming for 1080p144 or 1440p144? If targeting high framerates you can get a little less than 20% added performance on average from the Ryzen 5 5600X, though personally I'd hold out for the 5900X if I was going to upgrade from an R5 3600X.

[TimDunkem]

Are you running on a 60 Hz panel or are you aiming for 1080p144 or 1440p144? If targeting high framerates you can get a little less than 20% added performance on average from the Ryzen 5 5600X, though personally I'd hold out for the 5900X if I was going to upgrade from an R5 3600X.

My Dell is 1440p 165 (I play CS and other competitive shooters so this is my preference tbh) and I'm getting about 120 fps average with RDR2 on ultra, for example.

I was planning on holding out for the 5900x.

[TimDunkem]

The 3600x was a damn bargain when I bought it. Only 150 on Amazon brand new at the time. :lol No regrets.

[diego]

yay, i scored a 980 from an old quake friend for 75 bucks! considering a 1050ti goes for over 200 here, its a great deal, looks like my punk kids are getting their own gaming pc for christmas after all :lol

[baseline bum]

DJR210, you gonna try to score a $399 RTX 3060 Ti tomorrow? Supposed to be about 2080 Super performance.

[DJR210]

DJR210 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=42671), you gonna try to score a $399 RTX 3060 Ti tomorrow? Supposed to be about 2080 Super performance.

Nah, if I get one it's gonna be a 3070 or better

[baseline bum]

Yakuza 3-5 coming to PC on January 28th, Yakuza 6 on March 25th.

1337222817205653504

Get in here Joseph Kony, TimDunkem

[TimDunkem]

Yakuza 3-5 coming to PC on January 28th, Yakuza 6 on March 25th.

1337222817205653504

Get in here Joseph Kony (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=31867), TimDunkem (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=16114)
:hungry:

Kinda pissed I got 3,4,5 on PS4 but getting 6 as well makes up for it. Oh well. Guess I'm going to have to buy the collection twice! :lol

[baseline bum]

:hungry:

Kinda pissed I got 3,4,5 on PS4 but getting 6 as well makes up for it. Oh well. Guess I'm going to have to buy the collection twice! :lol

No reason for you to rebuy 3-5 since they're 60 fps on PS4. I'll rebuy them though because I want to play them in Japanese and can't do that on fucking PS4 games. :pctoss

[TimDunkem]

.

[TimDunkem]

No reason for you to rebuy 3-5 since they're 60 fps on PS4. I'll rebuy them though because I want to play them in Japanese and can't do that on fucking PS4 games. :pctoss
I just don't want to play my PS4 anymore, tbh. I can't see myself going back to it. Also, my OCD will kick in seeing seeing every other Yakuza game on my Steam list with only the collection missing. :lol I'll likely wait on the PC version of the collection going on sale first, of course.

[Joseph Kony]

Yakuza 3-5 coming to PC on January 28th, Yakuza 6 on March 25th.

1337222817205653504

Get in here Joseph Kony (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=31867), TimDunkem (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=16114)

:lol how many of these fucking games are there

[diego]

most of you have much nicer rigs, but im pretty happy with my results, keep in mind here in chile everything costs basically 2x what it cost there. I ended up making 2 computers, a lot of used parts free or cheap (basically both cpu and gpu, one case and one psu).

for a grand total of 800USD:

i5 9500 - 8gb ram - gtx980 - 240gb ssd / 750 hdd

i5 9500 - 8gb ram - gtx670 - 240gb ssd / 500 hdd

for 1080p gaming for 8-12 years olds, that aint bad at all, at US prices comes out to about 250+150... I got lucky with my old quake friends hooking up a lot of stuff. Now I'll spend the next 5 years yelling at my kids to stop playing and do their homework :lol

[baseline bum]

:lol how many of these fucking games are there

There are 7 mainline games, then there is the turn based RPG called Yakuza Like a Dragon that just came out, there is a really shitty Yakuza zombie game, and then two incredible Yakuza samurai games that only got released in Japan. There is also a movie, but it's genuinely dogshit. Cringe-level bad.

[TDMVPDPOY]

just bought a xiaomi 34 3440x1440 screen 144hz for 450aud...

[baseline bum]

So is VR worth a shit on PC yet? Didn't realize the Rift S has dropped to $300 and a little tempted to get one for Half Life Alyx, Resident Evil 7, and Climb. But is there much else worth playing on it? Too bad you can't get Astro Bot outside of PSVR, as that shit looks interesting too but PSVR mostly does not.

[ElNono]

We have an Oculus Quest at the office and it’s really good, hardware-wise, but the software is really the issue, just like with almost all VR headsets. Games feel like mobile quality and there really isn’t anything with a AAA feel (Iron Man VR is probably an outlier here, but PSVR is too dated to really make it shine).

[baseline bum]

We have an Oculus Quest at the office and it’s really good, hardware-wise, but the software is really the issue, just like with almost all VR headsets. Games feel like mobile quality and there really isn’t anything with a AAA feel (Iron Man VR is probably an outlier here, but PSVR is too dated to really make it shine).

Isn't the Quest the mobile Oculus? Ugh I just found out RE7 was only put out in VR for PSVR so that alone pretty much kills my interest in the Rift S with Alyx the only non-Skyrim AAA experience in PC VR. Guess I'll buy a PSVR when they're $40 at Gamestop to play RE7 and Astro Bot. :lol

[ElNono]

Yeah the Quest is the standalone mobile, but you can also hook it with a link cable to PC and play the PC titles tethered.
But, again, the selection of top notch titles isn’t that big and most of the popular titles like Vader, etc are mobile quality at best.
The issue is that you need to do between 90fps and 120fps, rendering to dual screens, which was hard to pull off at 1080P up until this last GPU generation. Now there’s hardware support for stereo rendering and even foveated rendering.
That said, I think VR is still a question mark as far as companies making big bets on it. Also, IMO, PSVR needs a hardware refresh.

[baseline bum]

Hey ElNono

What's the big idea?
https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=288288&page=2&p=10383203&viewfull=1#post10383203

Nono prob thought op was a faggot in that thread you linked

[RandomGuy]

Nono prob thought op was a faggot in that thread you linked

Hey man, need some advice. You are THE dude that I turn to for comptuter advice, so one of my kids friends has a conundrum that needs solving. his problem seems super easy, but I defer to your judgement.

[baseline bum]

Hey man, need some advice. You are THE dude that I turn to for comptuter advice, so one of my kids friends has a conundrum that needs solving. his problem seems super easy, but I defer to your judgement.

PM me man. But if he's looking to buy this is a horrific time between weak supply from the pandemic empowering scalpers and the huge rise in bitcoin prices, which has lifted ethereum values way up too as ethereum is a pos cryptocurrency designed to keep fucking over gamers every couple of years.

[RandomGuy]

PM me man. But if he's looking to buy this is a horrific time between weak supply from the pandemic empowering scalpers and the huge rise in bitcoin prices, which has lifted ethereum values way up too as ethereum is a pos cryptocurrency designed to keep fucking over gamers every couple of years.

Kid solved his own problem, i think. he was just wondering how much ram was bottlenecking his system, so he bought some.

[baseline bum]

Kid solved his own problem, i think. he was just wondering how much ram was bottlenecking his system, so he bought some.

Good time to buy RAM right now. If I wasn't on an ancient DDR3 platform I would have upgraded to 32GB no doubt this year.

[TDMVPDPOY]

stupid trumps 25% tariffs on chinese goods into america

yet wtf is china manufactures slapping a 25% to rest of the world..this is bullshit

and now u have crypto mining back...another horseshit u dont need pushing prices up

seriously the rx580 8gb is back up to around aud$280-300 about $220usd, a 3-4 year old card

[DJR210]

stupid trumps 25% tariffs on chinese goods into america

yet wtf is china manufactures slapping a 25% to rest of the world..this is bullshit

and now u have crypto mining back...another horseshit u dont need pushing prices up

seriously the rx580 8gb is back up to around aud$280-300 about $220usd, a 3-4 year old card

I don't expect the tariff war to continue the way it is under Joe

[baseline bum]

I don't expect the tariff war to continue the way it is under Joe

You manage to snag a 3070 before Trump fucked the gpu market some more? 3060 looks like a piece of shit.

[baseline bum]

stupid trumps 25% tariffs on chinese goods into america

yet wtf is china manufactures slapping a 25% to rest of the world..this is bullshit

and now u have crypto mining back...another horseshit u dont need pushing prices up

seriously the rx580 8gb is back up to around aud$280-300 about $220usd, a 3-4 year old card

LOL could you imagine how much of a clusterfuck it would be if the PS5 got hacked right now? So that Sony could be taking losses selling the consoles to faggot eth miners? :lol

Seriously, fuck eth, they keep changing their algorithm so it can always be mined on gpus so when they want to pump and dump every couple of years PC gamers get fucked.

[DJR210]

You manage to snag a 3070 before Trump fucked the gpu market some more? 3060 looks like a piece of shit.

Nah man once I saw they were selling out in minutes and only available for huge markups I just quit altogether. I guess I will be stuck w/ this piece of shit GPU until they make some type of laws to block AI shoppers buying everything that's popular

[baseline bum]

Nah man once I saw they were selling out in minutes and only available for huge markups I just quit altogether. I guess I will be stuck w/ this piece of shit GPU until they make some type of laws to block AI shoppers buying everything that's popular

Even without the bots you'd still be having a really hard time right now though because of pos eth miners. At least 1060 is still good enough to play everything but Cybergarbage.

[daboom1]

Doing a $1000 budget build with newegg but still looking for a GPU, hard to find right now

Noctua NH-U12S 120x120x25mm ( NF-F12 PWM) SSO2-Bearing ( Self-stabilising oil-presure bearing ) CPU Cooler Noctua NH-U12S 120x120x25mm ( NF-F12 PWM) SSO2-Bearing ( Self-stabilising oil-presure bearing ) CPU Cooler
Item #: 9SIAADY44C5851 1 $64.95

SAMSUNG 860 EVO Series 2.5 SAMSUNG 860 EVO Series 2.5" 1TB SATA III V-NAND 3-bit MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-76E1T0B/AM
Item #: 20-147-673 1 $114.99

Seasonic FOCUS GM-650, 650W 80+ Gold, Semi-Modular, Fits All ATX Systems, Fan Control in Silent and Cooling Mode, 7 Year Warranty, Perfect Power Supply for Gaming and Various Application, SSR-650FM Seasonic FOCUS GM-650, 650W 80+ Gold, Semi-Modular, Fits All ATX Systems, Fan Control in Silent and Cooling Mode, 7 Year Warranty, Perfect Power Supply for Gaming and Various Application, SSR-650FM
Item #: 17-151-202 1 $109.99

Intel Core i5-9400F Coffee Lake 6-Core 2.9 GHz (4.1 GHz Turbo) LGA 1151 (300 Series) 65W BX80684I59400F Desktop Processor Without Graphics Intel Core i5-9400F Coffee Lake 6-Core 2.9 GHz (4.1 GHz Turbo) LGA 1151 (300 Series) 65W BX80684I59400F Desktop Processor Without Graphics
Item #: 19-117-981 1 $159.99

G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory Model F4-3200C16D-16GVKB G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory Model F4-3200C16D-16GVKB
Item #: 20-231-941 1 $78.99

ASUS TUF B365M-PLUS GAMING (WI-FI) LGA 1151 (300 Series) Intel B365 SATA 6Gb/s Micro ATX Intel Motherboard ASUS TUF B365M-PLUS GAMING (WI-FI) LGA 1151 (300 Series) Intel B365 SATA 6Gb/s Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Item #: 13-119-212R 1 $82.99

[baseline bum]

Doing a $1000 budget build with newegg but still looking for a GPU, hard to find right now

Noctua NH-U12S 120x120x25mm ( NF-F12 PWM) SSO2-Bearing ( Self-stabilising oil-presure bearing ) CPU Cooler Noctua NH-U12S 120x120x25mm ( NF-F12 PWM) SSO2-Bearing ( Self-stabilising oil-presure bearing ) CPU Cooler
Item #: 9SIAADY44C5851 1 $64.95

SAMSUNG 860 EVO Series 2.5 SAMSUNG 860 EVO Series 2.5" 1TB SATA III V-NAND 3-bit MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-76E1T0B/AM
Item #: 20-147-673 1 $114.99

Seasonic FOCUS GM-650, 650W 80+ Gold, Semi-Modular, Fits All ATX Systems, Fan Control in Silent and Cooling Mode, 7 Year Warranty, Perfect Power Supply for Gaming and Various Application, SSR-650FM Seasonic FOCUS GM-650, 650W 80+ Gold, Semi-Modular, Fits All ATX Systems, Fan Control in Silent and Cooling Mode, 7 Year Warranty, Perfect Power Supply for Gaming and Various Application, SSR-650FM
Item #: 17-151-202 1 $109.99

Intel Core i5-9400F Coffee Lake 6-Core 2.9 GHz (4.1 GHz Turbo) LGA 1151 (300 Series) 65W BX80684I59400F Desktop Processor Without Graphics Intel Core i5-9400F Coffee Lake 6-Core 2.9 GHz (4.1 GHz Turbo) LGA 1151 (300 Series) 65W BX80684I59400F Desktop Processor Without Graphics
Item #: 19-117-981 1 $159.99

G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory Model F4-3200C16D-16GVKB G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory Model F4-3200C16D-16GVKB
Item #: 20-231-941 1 $78.99

ASUS TUF B365M-PLUS GAMING (WI-FI) LGA 1151 (300 Series) Intel B365 SATA 6Gb/s Micro ATX Intel Motherboard ASUS TUF B365M-PLUS GAMING (WI-FI) LGA 1151 (300 Series) Intel B365 SATA 6Gb/s Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Item #: 13-119-212R 1 $82.99

i5-9400F is a shitty cpu for the money. i5-10400 is way better for the same price. Also a $65 Noctua cooler on a 65W cpu? That's ridiculous, stock cooler is fine. Put that money towards your gpu. There is no reason to spend for DDR4-3200 if you're not buying a Z-series board. AFAIK none of the other Intel chipsets will let you use XMP, which means you're going to be stuck around DDR4-2666 speeds. Also, don't buy until you can get a gpu. For the $1000 range I'd say get rid of the stock cooler, get cheaper RAM, bet 10400F instead of 9400F, and get on EVGA's auto-notify for an RTX 3060 Ti from the EVGA Store. I don't know if you'll get one signing up this late, but probably won't get one anyways. Assuming you could get their cheapest $460 RTX 3060 Ti from the EVGA Store today the build around it I'd do would be

PCPartPicker Part List (https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rfqpMv)

CPU: Intel Core i5-10400F 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor (https://pcpartpicker.com/product/vrhmP6/intel-core-i5-10400f-29-ghz-6-core-processor-bx8070110400f) ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock B460M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard (https://pcpartpicker.com/product/CtbCmG/asrock-b460m-pro4-micro-atx-lga1200-motherboard-b460m-pro4) ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 CL19 Memory (https://pcpartpicker.com/product/JvbwrH/gskill-aegis-16gb-2-x-8gb-ddr4-2666-memory-f4-2666c19d-16gis) ($66.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (https://pcpartpicker.com/product/BhmFf7/western-digital-blue-sn550-1-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds100t2b0c) ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (https://pcpartpicker.com/product/gPXYcf/seasonic-focus-550-w-80-gold-certified-semi-modular-atx-power-supply-focus-gm-550) ($89.99 @ B&H)
Total: $501.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker (https://pcpartpicker.com) 2021-02-04 07:54 EST-0500

where I'm assuming you already have case, monitor, keyboard, mouse, controller, etc since you didn't included them in your initial build. I think a 550W Seasonic PSU would be enough even with an RTX 3060 Ti since everything else in the system is pretty low powered, but you have enough wiggle room to go with the 650W unit if you want without going too over budget.

[DJR210]

Doing a $1000 budget build with newegg but still looking for a GPU, hard to find right now

Noctua NH-U12S 120x120x25mm ( NF-F12 PWM) SSO2-Bearing ( Self-stabilising oil-presure bearing ) CPU Cooler Noctua NH-U12S 120x120x25mm ( NF-F12 PWM) SSO2-Bearing ( Self-stabilising oil-presure bearing ) CPU Cooler
Item #: 9SIAADY44C5851 1 $64.95

SAMSUNG 860 EVO Series 2.5 SAMSUNG 860 EVO Series 2.5" 1TB SATA III V-NAND 3-bit MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-76E1T0B/AM
Item #: 20-147-673 1 $114.99

Seasonic FOCUS GM-650, 650W 80+ Gold, Semi-Modular, Fits All ATX Systems, Fan Control in Silent and Cooling Mode, 7 Year Warranty, Perfect Power Supply for Gaming and Various Application, SSR-650FM Seasonic FOCUS GM-650, 650W 80+ Gold, Semi-Modular, Fits All ATX Systems, Fan Control in Silent and Cooling Mode, 7 Year Warranty, Perfect Power Supply for Gaming and Various Application, SSR-650FM
Item #: 17-151-202 1 $109.99

Intel Core i5-9400F Coffee Lake 6-Core 2.9 GHz (4.1 GHz Turbo) LGA 1151 (300 Series) 65W BX80684I59400F Desktop Processor Without Graphics Intel Core i5-9400F Coffee Lake 6-Core 2.9 GHz (4.1 GHz Turbo) LGA 1151 (300 Series) 65W BX80684I59400F Desktop Processor Without Graphics
Item #: 19-117-981 1 $159.99

G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory Model F4-3200C16D-16GVKB G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory Model F4-3200C16D-16GVKB
Item #: 20-231-941 1 $78.99

ASUS TUF B365M-PLUS GAMING (WI-FI) LGA 1151 (300 Series) Intel B365 SATA 6Gb/s Micro ATX Intel Motherboard ASUS TUF B365M-PLUS GAMING (WI-FI) LGA 1151 (300 Series) Intel B365 SATA 6Gb/s Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Item #: 13-119-212R 1 $82.99

I have a lightly used GTX 680 I can let go for 500.00

[baseline bum]

^ fuck that guy I'll give you a 1660 Super for $480. It's a much better deal tbh

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-680-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1660S-Super/3148vs4056

[baseline bum]

I have a lightly used GTX 680 I can let go for 500.00

You thinking about selling your 1060? Fuck I can't believe on Newegg the cheapest new 1660 Super I found yesterday was $450. And I had doubts buying it at $240 last summer but figured fuck it, I wanted RDR2 and Control at 60 fps. :lol

[daboom1]

i5-9400F is a shitty cpu for the money. i5-10400 is way better for the same price. Also a $65 Noctua cooler on a 65W cpu? That's ridiculous, stock cooler is fine. Put that money towards your gpu. There is no reason to spend for DDR4-3200 if you're not buying a Z-series board. AFAIK none of the other Intel chipsets will let you use XMP, which means you're going to be stuck around DDR4-2666 speeds. Also, don't buy until you can get a gpu. For the $1000 range I'd say get rid of the stock cooler, get cheaper RAM, bet 10400F instead of 9400F, and get on EVGA's auto-notify for an RTX 3060 Ti from the EVGA Store. I don't know if you'll get one signing up this late, but probably won't get one anyways. Assuming you could get their cheapest $460 RTX 3060 Ti from the EVGA Store today the build around it I'd do would be

PCPartPicker Part List (https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rfqpMv)

CPU: Intel Core i5-10400F 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor (https://pcpartpicker.com/product/vrhmP6/intel-core-i5-10400f-29-ghz-6-core-processor-bx8070110400f) ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock B460M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard (https://pcpartpicker.com/product/CtbCmG/asrock-b460m-pro4-micro-atx-lga1200-motherboard-b460m-pro4) ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 CL19 Memory (https://pcpartpicker.com/product/JvbwrH/gskill-aegis-16gb-2-x-8gb-ddr4-2666-memory-f4-2666c19d-16gis) ($66.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (https://pcpartpicker.com/product/BhmFf7/western-digital-blue-sn550-1-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds100t2b0c) ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (https://pcpartpicker.com/product/gPXYcf/seasonic-focus-550-w-80-gold-certified-semi-modular-atx-power-supply-focus-gm-550) ($89.99 @ B&H)
Total: $501.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker (https://pcpartpicker.com) 2021-02-04 07:54 EST-0500

where I'm assuming you already have case, monitor, keyboard, mouse, controller, etc since you didn't included them in your initial build. I think a 550W Seasonic PSU would be enough even with an RTX 3060 Ti since everything else in the system is pretty low powered, but you have enough wiggle room to go with the 650W unit if you want without going too over budget.

thanks for the feedback tbh

I'll run this by my computer tech guy (he's the one who put it together for me)

might just go with an alienware prebuild, but I'm sure the prices have jumped since that first round of stimulus payments went out

[baseline bum]

thanks for the feedback tbh

I'll run this by my computer tech guy (he's the one who put it together for me)

might just go with an alienware prebuild, but I'm sure the prices have jumped since that first round of stimulus payments went out

Just a total shit time to buy / build a gaming PC. Personally I'd just wait a couple of months and hope the cryptocurrency bubble has popped by then. Not like there is much new in the way of PC games coming out anyways right now.

[daboom1]

Just a total shit time to buy / build a gaming PC. Personally I'd just wait a couple of months and hope the cryptocurrency bubble has popped by then. Not like there is much new in the way of PC games coming out anyways right now.

I told him I just wanted something to play my Total War games and Rainbow 6 Siege and that I was getting a PS5 for next gen games.

[baseline bum]

I told him I just wanted something to play my Total War games and Rainbow 6 Siege and that I was getting a PS5 for next gen games.

Siege should run well on pretty much anything halfway competent. Was just looking up benchmarks for Total War Troy and that one looks pretty heavy on the gpu if you want things maxed though. Damn too bad you weren't looking to buy 6 months ago, you could have gotten a $120 Ryzen 5 2600 and a $230 GTX 1660 Super and probably been able to build a good system for those games for $600 or so.

[daboom1]

Siege should run well on pretty much anything halfway competent. Was just looking up benchmarks for Total War Troy and that one looks pretty heavy on the gpu if you want things maxed though. Damn too bad you weren't looking to buy 6 months ago, you could have gotten a $120 Ryzen 5 2600 and a $230 GTX 1660 Super and probably been able to build a good system for those games for $600 or so.

yeah I missed the boat big time! I mostly play medieval 2 mods for total war like europa barbarorum and the LoTR mods

[TDMVPDPOY]

now fkn chink miners are paying premium bulk laptops with rtx gpus inside to mine with...

how much more is crypto miners going to fck it up for people who just want to buy a gpu to game

[baseline bum]

now fkn chink miners are paying premium bulk laptops with rtx gpus inside to mine with...

how much more is crypto miners going to fck it up for people who just want to buy a gpu to game

Ethereum is fucking cancer. They specifically design the coin to be mined on gpus and resistant to people using dedicated ASICs like how BitCoin, LiteCoin, and such are mined today (can't profitably mine them on gpus any more). All because of some libertarian fantasy about how corporations mine with ASICs while with ETH it's just individuals mining on their personal gpus. What a joke, like gpu mining farms don't exist.

[DMC]

My729.00 RTX 3080 looks pretty good about right now :lol

[daboom1]

baseline bum

ended up going with this only 3 in stock

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER DirectX 12 GTX 1660 SUPER VENTUS XS OC 6GB 192-Bit GDDR6 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card

$442 with tax

[daboom1]

baseline bum

ended up going with this only 3 in stock

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER DirectX 12 GTX 1660 SUPER VENTUS XS OC 6GB 192-Bit GDDR6 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card

$442 with tax

[baseline bum]

baseline bum

ended up going with this only 3 in stock

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER DirectX 12 GTX 1660 SUPER VENTUS XS OC 6GB 192-Bit GDDR6 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card

$442 with tax

JFC gpu prices suck, sorry you have to buy in this market. Tempted to sell my 1660 Super and say fuck PC gaming since my PS5 is way more powerful anyways.

[baseline bum]

My729.00 RTX 3080 looks pretty good about right now :lol

Prob get $1500 for that fucker on ebay :lol

[baseline bum]

Though I'm paranoid selling on ebay... I'd be giving ebay + PayPal a 13% cut just so they can side with the buyer and I get zero if he wants to scam me and say it's fucked up or something. Love buying off ebay but would hate selling there.

[daboom1]

JFC gpu prices suck, sorry you have to buy in this market. Tempted to sell my 1660 Super and say fuck PC gaming since my PS5 is way more powerful anyways.

yeah my computer guy told me to jump on it or I might not see thia good a card for that price until the end of the year

i'm getting it directly from newegg so :tu

[baseline bum]

yeah my computee guy told me to jump on it or I might not see thia good a card for that price until the end of the year

You could buy them used off ebay for $300 or so, at least maybe 5 days ago last time I checked. God help us if fucking ether is high the rest of the year. As soon as someone publicly exploits the PS5 or Series X to run unsigned code those will get turned into mining boxes too then.

It's a pretty good card for 1080p though. Only game it can't at least get close to 60 fps without major compromises is shitty Cyberpunk.

[daboom1]

You could buy them used off ebay for $300 or so, at least maybe 5 days ago last time I checked. God help us if fucking ether is high the rest of the year. As soon as someone publicly exploits the PS5 or Series X to run unsigned code those will get turned into mining boxes too then.

It's a pretty good card for 1080p though. Only game it can't at least get close to 60 fps without major compromises is shitty Cyberpunk.

nice

like I said just looking to play old games and internet

[Reck]

Lol bb getting punked by derp. He’s not a gamer for starters. And second, hes just talking out of his ass.

Copy pasting faggot.

[daboom1]

Lol bb getting punked by derp. He’s not a gamer for starters. And second, hes just talking out of his ass.

Copy pasting faggot.

um I'm not derp go tell your friend chumpducker

[baseline bum]

https://www.pcgamer.com/more-playstation-games-are-coming-to-pc-starting-with-days-gone-this-spring/

More PlayStation games are coming to PC, starting with Days Gone this spring
By Rich Stanton 2 hours ago

No, they didn't mention Bloodborne yet.

Sony today announced the next generation of its PlayStation VR headset, as part of which president and chief executive officer of Sony Interactive Entertainment Jim Ryan did the interview circuit. Talking to GQ the question of releasing PlayStation games on PC came up, and Ryan had only positive things to say. Sony, of course, traditionally did not publish PlayStation games on other platforms.

"A few things changed," says Ryan. "We find ourselves now in early 2021 with our development studios and the games that they make in better shape than they’ve ever been before. Particularly from the latter half of the PS4 cycle our studios made some wonderful, great games. There’s an opportunity to expose those great games to a wider audience and recognise the economics of game development, which are not always straightforward. The cost of making games goes up with each cycle, as the calibre of the IP has improved. Also, our ease of making it available to non-console owners has grown. So it’s a fairly straightforward decision for us to make."

TL; DR: making games is more expensive than ever. Sony likes making money from its games, and getting them on PC is easy. "A whole slate" of first-party titles is apparently on the way, and the first game announced is open-world bike-'em-up Days Gone, coming "this spring."

Ryan goes on to specifically discuss the reception to Horizon Zero Dawn's release last year.

"We assessed the exercise in two ways. Firstly, in terms of the straightforward success of the activity of publishing the game on PC, people liked it and they bought it. We also looked at it through the lens of what the PlayStation community thought about it. There was no massive adverse reaction to it. So we will continue to take mission steps in this direction."

Jim Ryan's lucky I wasn't in the room, because after this I'd be shirtless screaming "Bloodborne when?!?" in his face, while a panicked PR tries to call security and placate me with an email statement. Jokes aside (it is not a joke) Sony's firstparty studios have produced dozens of exceptional exclusives for the various PlayStation platforms, and the prospect of something like the Uncharted series, or the God of War reboot, or Insomniac's brilliant Spider-Man games on PC... yeah, I'll have that.

Bloodborne first though. By the gods, bring Bloodborne to PC, please.

******************************************

Get in here Joseph Kony, weren't you a big fan of this game? Guessing the next PS game to PC is MLB The Show 21. Damn if they ever bring God of War to PC and you can play it at 144fps.

[ElNono]

:)

[Joseph Kony]

https://www.pcgamer.com/more-playstation-games-are-coming-to-pc-starting-with-days-gone-this-spring/

More PlayStation games are coming to PC, starting with Days Gone this spring
By Rich Stanton 2 hours ago

No, they didn't mention Bloodborne yet.

Sony today announced the next generation of its PlayStation VR headset, as part of which president and chief executive officer of Sony Interactive Entertainment Jim Ryan did the interview circuit. Talking to GQ the question of releasing PlayStation games on PC came up, and Ryan had only positive things to say. Sony, of course, traditionally did not publish PlayStation games on other platforms.

"A few things changed," says Ryan. "We find ourselves now in early 2021 with our development studios and the games that they make in better shape than they’ve ever been before. Particularly from the latter half of the PS4 cycle our studios made some wonderful, great games. There’s an opportunity to expose those great games to a wider audience and recognise the economics of game development, which are not always straightforward. The cost of making games goes up with each cycle, as the calibre of the IP has improved. Also, our ease of making it available to non-console owners has grown. So it’s a fairly straightforward decision for us to make."

TL; DR: making games is more expensive than ever. Sony likes making money from its games, and getting them on PC is easy. "A whole slate" of first-party titles is apparently on the way, and the first game announced is open-world bike-'em-up Days Gone, coming "this spring."

Ryan goes on to specifically discuss the reception to Horizon Zero Dawn's release last year.

"We assessed the exercise in two ways. Firstly, in terms of the straightforward success of the activity of publishing the game on PC, people liked it and they bought it. We also looked at it through the lens of what the PlayStation community thought about it. There was no massive adverse reaction to it. So we will continue to take mission steps in this direction."

Jim Ryan's lucky I wasn't in the room, because after this I'd be shirtless screaming "Bloodborne when?!?" in his face, while a panicked PR tries to call security and placate me with an email statement. Jokes aside (it is not a joke) Sony's firstparty studios have produced dozens of exceptional exclusives for the various PlayStation platforms, and the prospect of something like the Uncharted series, or the God of War reboot, or Insomniac's brilliant Spider-Man games on PC... yeah, I'll have that.

Bloodborne first though. By the gods, bring Bloodborne to PC, please.

******************************************

Get in here Joseph Kony (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=31867), weren't you a big fan of this game? Guessing the next PS game to PC is MLB The Show 21. Damn if they ever bring God of War to PC and you can play it at 144fps.


:wow fuck yes. I loved that game tbh. if you like Ghost of Tsushima you may like it also, as it's basically the same game with zombies/guns/motorcycles in place of mongols/swords/horses :lol

really hoping we eventually get Bloodborne on PC at some point

[baseline bum]

Wow, Gamers Nexus shitting all over the i9-11900k, that has two cores less and is $110 more expensive than the faster i9-10900k. :lmao


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxiuvQPL_qs

[baseline bum]

Days Gone coming to Steam in an hour. And for Pirate Master Race, no Denuvo.

[TDMVPDPOY]

man cant even get hands on latest gpu, seems like everywhere is sold out once supplies are restocked

no way im paying overpriced shit for previous technology

parts been sitting in boxes for a year now, might as well sell them and wait for am5...

[DMC]

I feel like I bought the last available RTX3080 :lol

[baseline bum]

I feel like I bought the last available RTX3080 :lol

Can't believe these things actually sell at $2200 now on ebay.

[DMC]

Can't believe these things actually sell at $2200 now on ebay.

Didn't give much more than that for my entire PC.

[TimDunkem]

Really sad that it's still a struggle to grab a 3080. Smh Glad I was able to get one right away and avoid the circus.

Plenty of stock by November 2020 they said..

[koriwhat]

Lmao '95 256kb laptop prices for a GPU.

[koriwhat]

Really sad that it's still a struggle to grab a 3080. Smh Glad I was able to get one right away and avoid the circus.

Plenty of stock by November 2020 they said..

Fixed my stepbrother's computer a couple months ago and wanted to steal 1 of his 2 3080's out of his AW desktop. He would've never noticed... SMH

They might've been 3070's now that I think of it but still...

[DMC]

Fixed my stepbrother's computer a couple months ago and wanted to steal 1 of his 2 3080's out of his AW desktop. He would've never noticed... SMH

They might've been 3070's now that I think of it but still...

2? Why would anyone run 2 outside of bitmining?

[koriwhat]

2? Why would anyone run 2 outside of bitmining?

Because the kid got grants while in college and decided he needed a computer whose specs exceed anything he'll use it for. I shook my head when I opened up the case, which was ludicrous too, and looked inside.

He loves his video games but it doesn't look like he'll have much time to game now that he graduated last month and is in his MD residency now.

[DMC]

Could be rendering instead of gaming.

[baseline bum]

yeah my computer guy told me to jump on it or I might not see thia good a card for that price until the end of the year

i'm getting it directly from newegg so :tu

You're a big Shadowrun fan, right? GOG has the Shadowrun Trilogy free right now. Never played any of the new games, are they worth checking out?

https://www.gog.com/#giveaway

[daboom1]

You're a big Shadowrun fan, right? GOG has the Shadowrun Trilogy free right now. Never played any of the new games, are they worth checking out?

https://www.gog.com/#giveaway

The only one I played was the Genesis version back in 92-93 :lol

If you like RPGs, you really can't go wrong here and this is the inspiration and bedrock for Cyberpunk.

[TDMVPDPOY]

what u guys think of onboard sound? volume is still to low for me

might pull out the sound mixer and plug it into pc instead of buying a new soundcard...

what headphones u guys using with pc/gaming?

[DJR210]

what u guys think of onboard sound? volume is still to low for me

might pull out the sound mixer and plug it into pc instead of buying a new soundcard...

what headphones u guys using with pc/gaming?

Just get yourself a USB audio interface and plug some headphones you like into them. Will be louder than you can safely handle :tu

I am currently using an M-Audio M-Track 2x2 with some Sennheiser HD 280's and it's perfect for gaming.

[DJR210]

baseline bum (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=131)

I finally pulled the trigger on the Nvidia Shield Pro.. They review bombed the living SHIT out of it on Amazon because it has ads on the main screen now, but coming from a shitty Fire TV Stick it's the same concept. Doesn't bother me at all.

Wasn't it you who told me the Tegra X1 is the same chip in the Wii or some shit? I'm loving the upgrade so far.. all of my TV/streaming apps are blazing fast and responsive now, even the notorious HBO Max which is overkill graphically w/ their GUI. I'm running MAME4droid, REDREAM, ePSXe, Mupen64 and all the cores included in Retroarch and everything runs perfect with upscaled resolutions and HD filters on.

The only game I haven't been able to get running is Killer Instinct 1&2 on MAME

[baseline bum]

baseline bum (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=131)

I finally pulled the trigger on the Nvidia Shield Pro.. They review bombed the living SHIT out of it on Amazon because it has ads on the main screen now, but coming from a shitty Fire TV Stick it's the same concept. Doesn't bother me at all.

Wasn't it you who told me the Tegra X1 is the same chip in the Wii or some shit? I'm loving the upgrade so far.. all of my TV/streaming apps are blazing fast and responsive now, even the notorious HBO Max which is overkill graphically w/ their GUI. I'm running MAME4droid, REDREAM, ePSXe, Mupen64 and all the cores included in Retroarch and everything runs perfect with upscaled resolutions and HD filters on.

The only game I haven't been able to get running is Killer Instinct 1&2 on MAME

Nah man, not the Wii, it's the same chip as in the Switch but clocked at twice the speed since it's not shoehorned into a mobile form factor. Also, does Android have DuckStation? That's probably the best PS1 emulator these days. You should see how well Dolphin runs on the Shield. I think some Gamecube games can run alright on Dolphin on Switch and like I said earlier, Shield cpu/gpu is Switch but clocked twice as high.

[baseline bum]

Also, don't forget to check the PPSSPP emulator for PSP. That's supposed to run really well on it.

[DJR210]

Nah man, not the Wii, it's the same chip as in the Switch but clocked at twice the speed since it's not shoehorned into a mobile form factor. Also, does Android have DuckStation? That's probably the best PS1 emulator these days. You should see how well Dolphin runs on the Shield. I think some Gamecube games can run alright on Dolphin on Switch and like I said earlier, Shield cpu/gpu is Switch but clocked twice as high.

Yeah, I believe Duckstation has an android version.. the vids I've watched show the Shield is about the only Android device that can run PSP games this well.. I just don't have any PSP games I really wanna play except maybe God of War, but that's one of the few that runs like ass

[baseline bum]

Yeah, I believe Duckstation has an android version.. the vids I've watched show the Shield is about the only Android device that can run PSP games this well.. I just don't have any PSP games I really wanna play except maybe God of War, but that's one of the few that runs like ass

I would have recommended the PSP Ghosts and Goblins, but a new and better one just came out on PC. Loco Roco is pretty funny on PSP though.

[baseline bum]

Also there is a port of Super Mario Galaxy that Nintendo released for the Shield in China, no motion controls. Might be worth seeing if you could pirate it.

[baseline bum]

Far Cry 3 free on UPlay

https://store.ubi.com/us/far-cry-3/575ffd98a3be1633568b4d6e.html?lang=en_US

[baseline bum]

Epic Game Store giving away Nioh Complete Edition for free

https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p/nioh-the-complete-edition

[FrostKing]

Updated to Big Sur and the sound went to shit, like I blew out my internal speakers. My buddy whom has owned many Apple products laughed and said that's classic Apple move to get me to bring in for repairs.

I will downgrade to older version and see if this was direct result of the update.

[baseline bum]

God of War coming to PC on January 14th. Get in here DJR210, 140, TimDunkem, Cry Havoc, RandomGuy, DMC, hater, Joseph Kony, resistanze. Do not fucking miss this game.

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[RandomGuy]

God of War coming to PC on January 14th. Get in here DJR210, 140, TimDunkem, Cry Havoc, RandomGuy, DMC, hater, Joseph Kony, resistanze. Do not fucking miss this game.

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Definitely gonna do it.

[140]

Never played it, is it any good tbh?

[ElNono]

Never played it, is it any good tbh?

I still personally think it's the GOAT game, and that's before having a bias about it.

[Joseph Kony]

God of War coming to PC on January 14th. Get in here DJR210 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=42671), 140 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=49590), TimDunkem (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=16114), Cry Havoc (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=7256), RandomGuy (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=1813), DMC (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=20665), hater (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=7609), Joseph Kony (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=31867), resistanze (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=5117). Do not fucking miss this game.

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Nice, had been thinking of replaying it again but I guess i'll just wait til i can play it on PC instead

[DJR210]

God of War coming to PC on January 14th. Get in here DJR210 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=42671), 140 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=49590), TimDunkem (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=16114), Cry Havoc (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=7256), RandomGuy (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=1813), DMC (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=20665), hater (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=7609), Joseph Kony (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=31867), resistanze (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=5117). Do not fucking miss this game.

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:tu

[ElNono]

https://snipboard.io/1edcyD.jpg

[baseline bum]

RIP CODEX

https://i.imgur.com/R927cKL_d.webp?maxwidth=760&fidelity=grand

Get in here DJR210, ElNono, and 140 and pour out some of your forty.

[DJR210]

Get in here DJR210 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=42671), ElNono (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=8054), and 140 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=49590) and pour out some of your forty.

They could have at least given us Elden Ring as a going away present

[baseline bum]

They could have at least given us Elden Ring as a going away present

You'll get it in 40 minutes. There is no Denuvo on it.

[baseline bum]

They could have at least given us Elden Ring as a going away present

Game just went live on Steam. Should be up on r/Crackwatch within the hour

EDIT: Oops, crack by PLAZA has already been announced

[140]

RIP CODEX

https://i.imgur.com/R927cKL_d.webp?maxwidth=760&fidelity=grand

Get in here DJR210 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=42671), ElNono (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=8054), and 140 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=49590) and pour out some of your forty.

damn :depressed ...RIP in peace tbh

[baseline bum]

damn :depressed ...RIP in peace tbh

Well their subgroup PLAZA published Elden Ring last night as their final release too. Awesome game but it performs like complete crap for me on PC, but it might be my old ass cpu.

[ElNono]

Looks like it's a good time to buy video cards if you're in need. The crypto crash apparently has made them readily available for cheap.

[baseline bum]

Looks like it's a good time to buy video cards if you're in need. The crypto crash apparently has made them readily available for cheap.

Meh I wouldn't touch a gpu with a ten foot pole right now. They still have a long ways to fall. They're just now dropping to MSRP, but that was a wildly inflated MSRP from when ether was shooting up in value and everyone was flush in stimulus money to spend. Now ether is crashing, people are getting their teeth kicked in by inflation, no more stimulus money and instead governments are going into austerity mode, so that MSRP is way higher than what it's going to level off at. Not to mention just how many gpus ether miners bought and how many will keep showing up on the used market causing further downward pressure on the new market too. Inflated MSRP at the end of a gpu gen is a complete no go for me. I don't expect anything to hit fire sale mode like we saw in November 2014 when AMD overproduced the R9 290/290x right as LiteCoin became unprofitable, but there is still plenty of room for current gen cards to fall in price. Of course next gen shit will all be scalped to hell for the first couple of months when those cards launch.

[ElNono]

Meh I wouldn't touch a gpu with a ten foot pole right now. They still have a long ways to fall. They're just now dropping to MSRP, but that was a wildly inflated MSRP from when ether was shooting up in value and everyone was flush in stimulus money to spend. Now ether is crashing, people are getting their teeth kicked in by inflation, no more stimulus money and instead governments are going into austerity mode, so that MSRP is way higher than what it's going to level off at. Not to mention just how many gpus ether miners bought and how many will keep showing up on the used market causing further downward pressure on the new market too. Inflated MSRP at the end of a gpu gen is a complete no go for me. I don't expect anything to hit fire sale mode like we saw in November 2014 when AMD overproduced the R9 290/290x right as LiteCoin became unprofitable, but there is still plenty of room for current gen cards to fall in price. Of course next gen shit will all be scalped to hell for the first couple of months when those cards launch.

The other thing I'm wary about is buying something that's been used as a crypto mining board non-stop for a year or so, those units have the equivalent of 5 years worth of use.

[baseline bum]

The other thing I'm wary about is buying something that's been used as a crypto mining board non-stop for a year or so, those units have the equivalent of 5 years worth of use.

Agreed, wouldn't even buy a gpu used if I knew 100% it had never been mined on because the 3 year warranties are a big plus for me. Console I have less of a problem buying used since the warranties suck anyways and you often get much bigger discounts. But for gpus never understood buying used to save $40 or $50, and especially not now. But new gpus prices still don't really reflect the economy we're living under now and are going to have to come down. Especially with ethereum going proof of stake sometime this year, miner douchebags are going to have to start selling their gpus off.

Ugh wish it would get like November 2014 though. R9 290 was like the RTX 3080 equivalent of the day and AMD had to sell them brand new with 4-5 games included for $200 to $230 that month. Even dragged Nvidia's prices down and forced them to sell the GTX 970 for $330 to match the R9 290x's street price when they had been getting away with selling the trash GTX 770 that was just a GTX 680 rebrand for $400 before.

[baseline bum]

Wow EVGA just cut ties with Nvidia and says they're exiting the gpu market for good.

[diego]

Agreed, wouldn't even buy a gpu used if I knew 100% it had never been mined on because the 3 year warranties are a big plus for me. Console I have less of a problem buying used since the warranties suck anyways and you often get much bigger discounts. But for gpus never understood buying used to save $40 or $50, and especially not now. But new gpus prices still don't really reflect the economy we're living under now and are going to have to come down. Especially with ethereum going proof of stake sometime this year, miner douchebags are going to have to start selling their gpus off.

Ugh wish it would get like November 2014 though. R9 290 was like the RTX 3080 equivalent of the day and AMD had to sell them brand new with 4-5 games included for $200 to $230 that month. Even dragged Nvidia's prices down and forced them to sell the GTX 970 for $330 to match the R9 290x's street price when they had been getting away with selling the trash GTX 770 that was just a GTX 680 rebrand for $400 before.

Just snagged a used 290x for 100 bucks, building another Frankenstein for my nephews .. here everything cost double so not a bad deal

[baseline bum]

So anyone getting the RTX 4090? You'd be plugging something legitimately bigger than an XBox Series S into your PCIE slot.

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[baseline bum]

Fallout 3 GOTY free on Epic Game Store

https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/fallout-3-game-of-the-year-edition

[spurraider21]

Fallout 3 GOTY free on Epic Game Store

https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/fallout-3-game-of-the-year-edition
probably one of my top 5 favorite games i played on the PS3

[Joseph Kony]

I was thinking about upgrading to a 3060 ti, seems to be the best bang for the buck and I can actually get one at msrp from best buy

[baseline bum]

I was thinking about upgrading to a 3060 ti, seems to be the best bang for the buck and I can actually get one at msrp from best buy

For ~$400 I'd personally buy a 6700 XT instead. The 8GB of VRAM is going to really limit the 3060 Ti in the future IMO while the 6700 XT has 12GB so should age much better. And 6700 XT is already faster at 1080p/1440p due to Nvidia having a DX12 bottleneck vs AMD while the 12GB makes the 6700 XT also faster at 4k. DLSS 2.0 is nice but FSR 2.0 is becoming really good too.

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-radeon-rx-6700-xt/29.html

Also LOL DLSS 3.0. Have you paid any attention to that shit? It's just interpolated frames like your TV does when you don't have Game Mode turned on. What a joke. Saw a test on Hardware Unboxed's youtube where they showed all kinds of disgusting artifacting from DLSS 3.0 and made a good case that it sucks unless you're already getting 120 fps and want to bump to 240 fps if you have the monitor for it. Which you actually can't do at 4k anyways on the 4090 since it has an older DisplayPort out that only supports 4k120 monitors. :lol

3060 Ti would have to drop to $300 for me to seriously consider it given the stingy amount of VRAM since I'd be looking to run it 1440p (and 4k for light games like say Tales of Arise). Would have been a nice card to get two years ago if not for the faggot cryptominers.

Although another thing I'd look out for is AMD's event on November 3rd where they'll be showing off some 7000 series cards. Nvidia is leaving them a huge opening to swoop in and take the midrange so maybe AMD takes advantage? AMD isn't sitting on a ton of current gen chips like Nvidia is after they overproduced for the cryptofags, which is why you only saw 4090 and 4080 announced for $1600 and $1200 on Nvidia's Lovelace reveal.

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[baseline bum]

I was thinking about upgrading to a 3060 ti, seems to be the best bang for the buck and I can actually get one at msrp from best buy

If you're interested in the 3060 Ti one of the rumored GDDR6X versions has shown up

https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-launches-geforce-rtx-3060-ti-with-gddr6x-memory

Though I'd still probably wait for AMD's November 3rd reveal of their next gen cards.

[Joseph Kony]

I decided to go with the 3060 ti in the end because i was able to find one for ~$350 and the lowest i could find a new 6700 xt was $419. also for sake of ease since my Nvidia drivers are already updated.

I'm fairly noobish at fucking with the internal parts of the PC but the card swap seems fairly simple and straightforward. hopefully i dont fry anything :lol

[Joseph Kony]

although im kinda worried because this card did not come with any anti-static wrap or packaging on the card itself

[baseline bum]

I decided to go with the 3060 ti in the end because i was able to find one for ~$350 and the lowest i could find a new 6700 xt was $419. also for sake of ease since my Nvidia drivers are already updated.

I'm fairly noobish at fucking with the internal parts of the PC but the card swap seems fairly simple and straightforward. hopefully i dont fry anything :lol

Did you buy used to get it for $350? If so I'd stress test the hell out of it while you're still in the return window if you got it off ebay.

[Cry Havoc]

Did you guys hear about the 4090 melting it's power connector?

[Joseph Kony]

Did you buy used to get it for $350? If so I'd stress test the hell out of it while you're still in the return window if you got it off ebay.

Nah i was able to find a promo code for a $50 discount so i I got it from best buy. it doesnt appear to be used based on all the reviews, just odd that it didnt come with any static protection but everything else was sealed up normally

going to try to install it today finally

[baseline bum]

Nah i was able to find a promo code for a $50 discount so i I got it from best buy. it doesnt appear to be used based on all the reviews, just odd that it didnt come with any static protection but everything else was sealed up normally

going to try to install it today finally

:tu

Damn that ain't too bad to get a 3060 Ti brand new for $350. That should crush games at 1440p, even Cyberpunk.

[Joseph Kony]

:tu

Damn that ain't too bad to get a 3060 Ti brand new for $350. That should crush games at 1440p, even Cyberpunk.

Got it installed. :tu sucks that I just realized my power supply is 500W and this one is 600W minimum so will need to get that swapped out too. but man the difference is night and day. gonna have to get a higher refresh rate monitor now because im kinda stuck at 60fps since i need to keep vsync on. but still, everything is smooth as butter. Plague Tale Requiem finally looks good

[baseline bum]

Got it installed. :tu sucks that I just realized my power supply is 500W and this one is 600W minimum so will need to get that swapped out too. but man the difference is night and day. gonna have to get a higher refresh rate monitor now because im kinda stuck at 60fps since i need to keep vsync on. but still, everything is smooth as butter. Plague Tale Requiem finally looks good

What power supply do you have? If it's a good 500W unit it'll be fine. If not definitely buy something better though. I have a 450W unit that I wouldn't hesitate to put a 3060 Ti on without any worries about it not being able to provide full power to it, but it's a legitimate 450W at 50 Celsius, and PSU makers often fudge how much power they can actually handle.

Do you have a FreeSync monitor? If so, Nvidia gpus support GSync on FreeSync monitors now. Kind of non-intuitive to setup, as in you turn GSync and VSync on in the Nvidia Control Panel but then VSync off in the actual game to get GSync working right. It's huge to have though because it means you don't have to chase 60 fps minimums anymore. Though some monitors will only have a FreeSync range down to 48 Hz, so if your framerate drops below 48 fps you lose the benefits of GSync. While others have a FreeSync range down to 40 Hz so any framerate 40 fps or up looks good.

If you're looking for strictly PC I'd probably look at 1440p144 monitors, though most of them will have minimum FreeSync range of 48 Hz instead of 40 Hz. XBox Series X would work great on that too since it supports FreeSync over HDMI 2.0.

If you want to hook your PS5 up though you lose VRR support at 1440p, as it's only supported on 4k and 1080p. Also PS5 requires HDMI 2.1 VRR support most of the time. PS5 is kind of shitty for 120 fps support though due to a light cpu bottleneck, so I'd aim for 4k60 with HDMI 2.1 VRR support if it's important to use a PS5 on the monitor. Even if you're playing your PC games at 1440p though, 1440p looks awesome on a decent 4k monitor. Was actually really surprised how great 1440p looked on my Asus 28" 4k FreeSync panel, looks almost as good as 4k and night and day better than 1080p.

[Joseph Kony]

Not sure of the type but i did some googling and think the one the PC came with should be alright (HP Omen 870). tbh most of my gaming on the PC is through a 1080p TV, and I have a smaller monitor I use for RTS games but it's not anything special, never bothered to invest in a good monitor given I had a 1070 before which didnt really need it. but now i feel like i'm doing myself a disservice by be forced to play at 60 fps when I can hit 80+ on most games now :lol

[DJR210]

I'm fairly noobish at fucking with the internal parts of the PC but the card swap seems fairly simple and straightforward. hopefully i dont fry anything :lol

Man.. this last GPU swap was a bitch.. I have a full size caze, and the god damn 3080 seriously pushed the space to it's brim.. for a minute there I couldn't even seat the card in place I almost thought I'd have to return the card.

[baseline bum]

Man.. this last GPU swap was a bitch.. I have a full size caze, and the god damn 3080 seriously pushed the space to it's brim.. for a minute there I couldn't even seat the card in place I almost thought I'd have to return the card.

Imagine if it was a 4090. The smallest air cooled 4090 is legitimately bigger than a fucking XBox.

[Joseph Kony]

starting to think this shitty prebuilt PC cannot handle the gpu...it hasnt happened a ton but a few times Plague Tale has frozen and the gpu started beeping. i assume this is an overheating issue due to the shitty fan set up inside of the PC. think it's time just to start building my own

[baseline bum]

starting to think this shitty prebuilt PC cannot handle the gpu...it hasnt happened a ton but a few times Plague Tale has frozen and the gpu started beeping. i assume this is an overheating issue due to the shitty fan set up inside of the PC. think it's time just to start building my own

It's probably the power supply. Take a photo of the sticker on the side of the power supply and post it here or PM it to me and I'll tell you if the PSU should be able to handle the gpu. Eg like this sticker here:

https://images.anandtech.com/doci/15829/CORSAIR_SF450_PLATINUM_06.jpg

[baseline bum]

starting to think this shitty prebuilt PC cannot handle the gpu...it hasnt happened a ton but a few times Plague Tale has frozen and the gpu started beeping. i assume this is an overheating issue due to the shitty fan set up inside of the PC. think it's time just to start building my own

Also, what cpu and RAM are you using? Might just need a new PSU and maybe a new case.

And tell me you bought that 3060 Ti from Best Buy itself and not some third party seller on Best Buy's website. Have seen Chinese fuckers selling mined on gpus as new on Newegg's marketplace for example.

[Joseph Kony]

i did get it from best buy directly, no third party sellers for me. i have an i7-7700 cpu with 32 gb ddr4 RAM.

i'll get into the PC and take a pic of the power supply

[Joseph Kony]

Plague Tale may not be the best game to base that off of since it seems poorly optimized and fairly demanding on the gpu. RDR2 has zero issues running at max settings by comparison

[baseline bum]

Plague Tale may not be the best game to base that off of since it seems poorly optimized and fairly demanding on the gpu. RDR2 has zero issues running at max settings by comparison

Plague Tale only hits one core and i7-7700 is a nearly six year old chip. If you are looking to do an upgrade though Amazon has the Ryzen 5 5600 for $135 which is a ridiculously good deal, though I'd make sure to buy it directly from Amazon. They have a third party seller with it for $118 but no clue if they're trustworthy.

RDR2 is pretty cpu light by today's standards, though quite gpu heavy.

[TimDunkem]

I've been thinking about a CPU and ram upgrade. Still running on a 3600x and 16 gigs of ram with my 3080. I can still run everything at ultra in most games without hiccups, but I'd rather get ahead of it all and upgrade sooner rather than later.

[baseline bum]

I've been thinking about a CPU and ram upgrade. Still running on a 3600x and 16 gigs of ram with my 3080. I can still run everything at ultra in most games without hiccups, but I'd rather get ahead of it all and upgrade sooner rather than later.

If your board has good VRM you should look at the Ryzen 7 5800x3D. Not the Ryzen 7 5800x though. The 5800x3D has a ton of extra cache that makes it kick the living shit out of the regular 5800x in gaming.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-l8dJRvb3c

They were down to $329 about a week ago and are since back up to $400, but still going to be cheaper than buying an i5-13600k + board + RAM or a Ryzen 5 7600X + board + RAM. Only thing is I'd really think about jumping fast on one because for instance newegg and amazon are both sold out from the main stores and only have third party options available now after they cleared them out last week at $329. And Best Buy sold out of them too at $329. Gamestop sold out at $329 too. They're out of stock almost everywhere and AMD isn't going to be making any more of them most likely.

[baseline bum]

Plague Tale may not be the best game to base that off of since it seems poorly optimized and fairly demanding on the gpu. RDR2 has zero issues running at max settings by comparison

Newegg has that R5 5600 for $119 now after a $20 off promo code.

https://www.newegg.com/amd-ryzen-5-5600-ryzen-5-5000-series/p/N82E16819113736?Item=N82E16819113736&Description=ryzen%205600&cm_re=ryzen_5600-_-19-113-736-_-Product

All of Ryzen 5000 series has gotten a good drop in price with the release of the Ryzen 7000 series. But that Ryzen 5 5600 is like i3 level pricing while getting i5 level performance.

[Joseph Kony]

Newegg has that R5 5600 for $119 now after a $20 off promo code.

https://www.newegg.com/amd-ryzen-5-5600-ryzen-5-5000-series/p/N82E16819113736?Item=N82E16819113736&Description=ryzen%205600&cm_re=ryzen_5600-_-19-113-736-_-Product

All of Ryzen 5000 series has gotten a good drop in price with the release of the Ryzen 7000 series. But that Ryzen 5 5600 is like i3 level pricing while getting i5 level performance.

Nice find. you think this will be compatible with my current motherboard based on the current cpu?


tbh i'm thinking of slowly just collecting parts and assembling a PC myself over the next year. it's either that or take everything out of the prebuilt and reorganize it more efficiently

[baseline bum]

Nice find. you think this will be compatible with my current motherboard based on the current cpu?


tbh i'm thinking of slowly just collecting parts and assembling a PC myself over the next year. it's either that or take everything out of the prebuilt and reorganize it more efficiently

No, you'll need a new board. And with how cheap RAM is right now might as well get either 16GB or 32GB of decent DDR4-3600, as I'd expect any prebuilt will be using kind of slow DDR4-2166 or DDR4-2666. If you want it that $119 R5 5600 probably won't be in stock for long at that price. You already pretty much can't find the Ryzen 7 5800x3D after it went on fire sale for $329 last week and I suspect it'll be similar for that 5600, though the 5600 was definitely a higher volume part than the 5800x3D.

[baseline bum]

Nice find. you think this will be compatible with my current motherboard based on the current cpu?


tbh i'm thinking of slowly just collecting parts and assembling a PC myself over the next year. it's either that or take everything out of the prebuilt and reorganize it more efficiently

Just looked up a pretty new review of the i5-13600k on techpowerup and in their testsuite the 5600 should be about a 30% bump in performance over a 7700 when cpu limited right now. I wouldn't do a gpu upgrade for 30% higher performance, but for cpu I might. I definitely would not buy now though if you're planning on building a PC next year. Buy then. If you buy now put the new PC together now, otherwise you're pissing away money since in 6 months stuff like the 13th gen Intel will be cheaper than it is now and would offer a nice upgrade over the 5600 much less your 7700.

[TimDunkem]

If your board has good VRM you should look at the Ryzen 7 5800x3D. Not the Ryzen 7 5800x though. The 5800x3D has a ton of extra cache that makes it kick the living shit out of the regular 5800x in gaming.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-l8dJRvb3c

They were down to $329 about a week ago and are since back up to $400, but still going to be cheaper than buying an i5-13600k + board + RAM or a Ryzen 5 7600X + board + RAM. Only thing is I'd really think about jumping fast on one because for instance newegg and amazon are both sold out from the main stores and only have third party options available now after they cleared them out last week at $329. And Best Buy sold out of them too at $329. Gamestop sold out at $329 too. They're out of stock almost everywhere and AMD isn't going to be making any more of them most likely.

Just picked one up from Amazon for $370. Thanks, BB. :toast

[baseline bum]

Just picked one up from Amazon for $370. Thanks, BB. :toast

Just check on the support website for your board for what BIOS you need to run a 5800x3D. I imagine you'll probably need a BIOS update if you bought the board back when the 3600x was current gen.

[TimDunkem]

Just check on the support website for your board for what BIOS you need to run a 5800x3D. I imagine you'll probably need a BIOS update if you bought the board back when the 3600x was current gen.

Got everything installed yesterday and the improvement in performance has been noticeable. I think the only thing I'm missing at this point is a 4k monitor.

[baseline bum]

Got everything installed yesterday and the improvement in performance has been noticeable. I think the only thing I'm missing at this point is a 4k monitor.

Don't tell me you're rocking a 1080p monitor with a 3080 lol. 4k monitor is definitely a must buy with a high end gpu. Hell I'm even glad I have a 4k monitor with my 1660 Super since it still looks awesome at 1440p, though I'm thinking of doing an upgrade to maybe an RX 6700 or 6700 XT soon since I have to run a few games at 1080p on my 1660S.

[TimDunkem]

Don't tell me you're rocking a 1080p monitor with a 3080 lol. 4k monitor is definitely a must buy with a high end gpu. Hell I'm even glad I have a 4k monitor with my 1660 Super since it still looks awesome at 1440p, though I'm thinking of doing an upgrade to maybe an RX 6700 or 6700 XT soon since I have to run a few games at 1080p on my 1660S.
I've been using a 1440p monitor. It was night and day coming from 1080p on my old rig. Just wondering if the jump to 4k would be worth it. Some of these 4ks can get pricey. I play a lot of competitive shooters so I'm going to need higher refresh rates.

[ElNono]

Got everything installed yesterday and the improvement in performance has been noticeable. I think the only thing I'm missing at this point is a 4k monitor.

Do some shopping on this stuff... you should be able to get a 4k60 or 4k120 IPS monitor with a low latency these days without breaking the bank...

[baseline bum]

I've been using a 1440p monitor. It was night and day coming from 1080p on my old rig. Just wondering if the jump to 4k would be worth it. Some of these 4ks can get pricey. I play a lot of competitive shooters so I'm going to need higher refresh rates.

Honestly I see hugely diminishing returns going from 1440p to 4k on my 28 inch monitor while yeah 1440p is absolute night and day better than 1080p, so if you already have a good 1440p 144Hz panel I wouldn't bother with an upgrade unless say you're looking for something that also has HDMI 2.1 VRR to connect a PS5 to as well. Really takes a bigscreen or a huge monitor (32 inches plus) to make 4k shine over 1440p IMO.

[ElNono]

ie:

https://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-FreeSync-Compatible-3840x2160-Response/dp/B083GRVFXN?th=1
https://www.amazon.com/LG-27GP950-B-Ultragear-Compatible-DisplayHDR/dp/B0B26PVB3X/?th=1

If you want OLED, that's when things get really pricey (2x the price above)

[baseline bum]

Nice find. you think this will be compatible with my current motherboard based on the current cpu?


tbh i'm thinking of slowly just collecting parts and assembling a PC myself over the next year. it's either that or take everything out of the prebuilt and reorganize it more efficiently

Jeez $118 with Uncharted 4 and Lost Legacy for a Ryzen 5 5600. This might be the best cpu deal I have ever seen. Though you gotta make sure you select sold by Amazon, not sure why a third party seller is getting top billing on it right now.

https://www.amazon.com/AMD-5600-12-Thread-Unlocked-Processor/dp/B09VCHR1VH

A review of this chip:

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-ryzen-5-5600/

[baseline bum]

fcking dbl post

[DJR210]

Got everything installed yesterday and the improvement in performance has been noticeable. I think the only thing I'm missing at this point is a 4k monitor.

I'm about to get a monitor too, and instead of the pixels towards a 4K, I'm think an ultrawide might offer better gaming and work use

[baseline bum]

Ending up picking up an RX 6700 XT a minute ago, should be an enormous upgrade from my GTX 1660 Super.

[baseline bum]

Wow I'm floored. There is an RX 6650 XT for $170 after rebate right now. That's like a little faster equivalent to what's in the PS5. It's legit the best new gpu deal I have seen in eight years if you're ok waiting 6-8 weeks on a $180 rebate.

EDIT: Dead

[TDMVPDPOY]

Ending up picking up an RX 6700 XT a minute ago, should be an enormous upgrade from my GTX 1660 Super.

from what site? is that price b4 taxes?

[baseline bum]

from what site? is that price b4 taxes?

$380 from amazon. Looks like they sold out of it though.

[koriwhat]

Holy shit video cards, nvidia 3xxx & 4xxx series, are still $1500-2500 when I searched them yesterday on amazon? Fuck! I was about to purchase a ryzen 9 7950 + mb combo yesterday until I saw those video card prices. I'll hold off until those come down a bit, like $1000 less. :lol