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Yeah, I'm a fan of SSD. Last few builds I've done were with small SSD for OS paired with large internal drive for data.
I play at 1920x1200... it's basically 1080p... I even mul ask with the game running and not a single slowdown, tbh... that's what I get... but if you do over 1080p, it might need more power...
Yeah, I'm a fan of SSD. Last few builds I've done were with small SSD for OS paired with large internal drive for data.
Are you playing in ultra though? The god rays and shadow distance settings have the potential to cause a lot of frame drops when maxed out. Most games ultra settings are straight gpu bound even at a low resolution like 1080p, but not FO4.
I'm using the "Geforce optimized" values for this 960:
SSAO, FXAA, Ultra Shadow, Texture, Lighting... God Rays and Shadow distance are Medium and most of the rest are High...
I run everything ultra on my ASUS GTX 970 and i5-4690k OC'd to 4.4Ghz. Never drops below 60fps.
I agree. It's essentially the same graphics as non-modded Skyrim but runs way slower. I'm running Skyrim with 60+ mods and an ENB and run 60 FPS no problem. Can't see how I'm gonna run graphics mods on FO4 with my 680.
What version of Windows do you recommend for gaming? Windows 7, 8.1?
Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 all work well, tbh... The thing with 7 is that it's showing it's age with hardware compatibility. For example, if you have an UEFI motherboard, I highly recommend installing Windows under UEFI, which boots a lot faster, but the Win 7 installer is really buggy with UEFI. Windows 8.1 is just an ugly UI experience for desktop, IMO.
What I did here is install Windows 8.1 in UEFI mode, then upgrade to Windows 10. Windows 10 is a lot closer to 7 in UI usability, has great support for newer hardware, and if you worry about privacy, just disable all the call home stuff (Cortana, Smart Screen, telemetry, etc).
Thanks. I have Windows 10 on two machines (with no issues), but I didn't know if there were any issues with a gaming pc.
Might as well just buy 10. It's still a little buggy being a new Windows, but it's eventually the os you want to have when DirectX 12 games roll out.
Right now I think I like 8.1 better than 10, however there are things that 10 does that will give it more legs into the future. It's an overall better OS with a slightly less thorough user experience at this point. I would probably go with 10, as I just upgraded my desktop to that.
Agreed. Tried to reinstall 8.1 and it kept timing out, ing POS Microsoft.
Holy newegg had the craziest deal I think I have ever seen today: an i5-4690k + EVGA Z97 Classified Board + 8 GB Kingston DDR3 RAM + Rainbow Six Siege gamecode for $285. The cpu itself is usually $230, that board is $300, the RAM is about $40, and the game is $60. The board's of course not worth $300, but it's one of the top Z97 boards out there.
Damn. Dirt cheap deal.
By the time I saw the email advertising it the sold out though, I bet it lasted less than 20 minutes.
I don't get it, with all that free space on the SSD why not install the couple of games you might be playing at any given time on it too? I know as reformed console peasant you are used to long load times so a 7200 RPM HDD must feel superluminal in comparison, but installing to the SSD should cut maybe 40% off those load times.
4790k, EVGA Z97, 8 GB ram, RS for 399.00.. Sold out.
Mostly because games don't really benefit that much from SSDs. A modern game "load" routine isn't really loading a ton of , it's precomputing light maps, preloading textures on the GPU, decompressing geometry, initializing physics, etc...
On the XLOL I also ran everything off the HDD too, because the difference with the DVD was obviously a lot.
If I find a game that's really hitting up the HDD a lot or takes forever to load, sure, I'll install it on the SSD...
Frankly, most games don't really last over a week these days, tbh... not worth the wear and tear on the SSD...
And I was a reformed PC master race peasant before being a reformed console peasant
GTA V loads a lot faster off my 850 EVO than my WD Black.
Mostly because games don't really benefit that much from SSDs. A modern game "load" routine isn't really loading a ton of , it's precomputing light maps, preloading textures on the GPU, decompressing geometry, initializing physics, etc...
On the XLOL I also ran everything off the HDD too, because the difference with the DVD was obviously a lot.
If I find a game that's really hitting up the HDD a lot or takes forever to load, sure, I'll install it on the SSD...
Frankly, most games don't really last over a week these days, tbh... not worth the wear and tear on the SSD...
And I was a reformed PC master race peasant before being a reformed console peasant
BF4 is a pretty good advantage too.
That's cool. I played it on the 360 back in the day, but I wanna get it on the PC to replay it when there's nothing to play in March or so...
GTA V has probably the best pc port I have ever seen. The framerate is smooth as and the graphics are huge upgrades vs XBone and PS4 much less 360. It runs way better than Fallout 4 or Witcher 3 while also looking better too. It's the anti Arkham Knight (LOL Warner Brothers gave up on ever even supporting SLI in AK).
I have to check it out. Witcher 3 so far the GOAT graphics since I went back to PC gaming...
I will say the lighting is probably better in Witcher 3, especially inside. But the open world looks better in GTA V imo.
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