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With all that's said and done - I think I'll buy a new GPU instead of a tower case. I have a tower, though it's been beaten a bit - it'll work. As for my GPU; I don't know how much longer my 8800GT is going to hold. I've needed a new GPU since(a very long time). I would like a new case but "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" comes to mind.
The 8800Gt is still a good card even if it is old.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hagan
My father has one and he never complains about it.
I have the hd7770 vapor-x edition and i can play everything even bf4
What do you mean by play :p. 8800Gt can still hold out, especially at lower resolutions but it is probably time to upgrade :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Orion
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Originally Posted by Orion
The 8800GT has been my brother's for a good long while. Then it was borrowed to me almost 2 years ago, I think (after my 9600GT failed). Have had to bake it at least once.Quote:
Originally Posted by rootworm41
I won't mind use the 8800GT still, but if it goes cookoo again, I won't simply be able to replace it. So, instead, I straight-up buy myself the GT640. It may not be the best card, but at least I'll be able to play games I've played before - just better looking and performing better.
Anyone running a:
Core i3 - 4130 3.4GHz / 4GB DDR3 1333 RAM ?
Those are going to be my specs. Just want to know how well a Core i3 will suffice for games like: Battlefield 3, Far Cry 3, Dishonored etc. I've seen YouTube gameplay on how Far Cry 3 runs with the card (but the CPU is a Core i5); so I can't exactly make comparisons. It ran well with and without FRAPS - playably well.
I'm curious as to how much better it will perform than my old AMD Athlon x64 Quad Core 2.81GHz.
i3s are great for gaming because most games at the moment don't use many cores. i3s (and Intel in general) have very good single thread performance. You will see a great improvement especially because that i3 is 4th gen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hagan
Thank you, sir.Quote:
Originally Posted by rootworm41
Appreciate the feedback.
No problem :)
Around 2 more weeks and I'll be gaming on my new PC! So psyched! Been a LONG time coming! My long-awaited upgrade :D
From just wanting a new AM2+ motherboard to a completely new upgrade. Big step :P
I'm afraid that is simply not true. More and more games are starting to use additional cores and even older games are being updated to make better use of multithreading. Also with next-gen consoles being based off an 8 core jaguar apu with poor single threaded performance you'll find next-gen games, and their resulting ports, requiring a lot more than just a dual core CPU as a minimum. Case in point, if you look at the requirements for Watch Dogs the minimum CPU required is a quad core and for recommended you need either a core i7 with HT or an 8 core AMD FX chip! :wtf:Quote:
Originally Posted by rootworm41
In fact this change has even prompted developers to recommend people getting CPUs with lots of cores as highlighted by this Eurogamer article.
Awesome man, getting new hardware is always fun! If you don't mind me asking what have you settled on / decided to get? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hagan
I'm afraid you didn't read my message properly. I said MOST games... and that i3s are great for gaming. Both statements are true. When did I say anything about the FX chips? By the way they are extremely hard to find at the moment as suppliers are out of stock.