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[kash10003]

nice.

new DLC is coming out April 15 for BL2...Wam Bam Island.

gotta cop both

 

[CTech83]

These new games that are dropping got me a little worried (Watch Dogs, Shadows of Mordor). Thinking I might make some upgrades this year.

My current setup.

Intel i5-3570K
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB)
Crucial M4 128 GB SSD
Gigabyte GTX 670 2 GB

Think i'll still be able to run most of these new games on high settings?

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

These new games that are dropping got me a little worried (Watch Dogs, Shadows of Mordor). Thinking I might make some upgrades this year.

My current setup.

Intel i5-3570K
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB)
Crucial M4 128 GB SSD
Gigabyte GTX 670 2 GB

Think i'll still be able to run most of these new games on high settings?

Watch Dogs system requirements:

• 
  Minimum:
  • OS: Windows Vista (SP2), Windows 7 (SP1) or Windows 8 (Please note that we only support 64 bit OSs.)
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66Ghz or AMD Phenom II X4 940 @ 3.0Ghz
  • Memory: 6 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DirectX 11 graphics card with 1 GB Video RAM - Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD 5770
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Hard Drive: 25 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card with Latest Drivers
  • Additional Notes: Broadband connection and service required for multiplayer mode. Supported Video Cards at Time of Release: nVidia GeForce GTX460 or better, GT500, GT600, GT700 series; AMD Radeon HD5850 or better, HD6000, HD7000, R7 and R9 series Intel® Iris™ Pro HD 5200

• 
  Recommended:
  • OS: Windows Vista (SP2), Windows 7 (SP1) or Windows 8 (Please note that we only support 64 bit OSs.)
  • Processor: Eight core - Intel Core i7-3770 @3.5 GHz or AMD FX-8350 X8 @ 4 GHz
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DirectX 11 graphics card with 2 GB Video RAM - Nvidia Geforce GTX 560 ti or AMD Radeon HD 7850
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Hard Drive: 25 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card with Latest Drivers
  • Additional Notes: Broadband connection and service required for multiplayer mode. Supported Video Cards at Time of Release: nVidia GeForce GTX460 or better, GT500, GT600, GT700 series; AMD Radeon HD5850 or better, HD6000, HD7000, R7 and R9 series Intel® Iris™ Pro HD 5200

you should be good.

 

[itsyoung!!]

These new games that are dropping got me a little worried (Watch Dogs, Shadows of Mordor). Thinking I might make some upgrades this year.

My current setup.

Intel i5-3570K
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB)
Crucial M4 128 GB SSD
Gigabyte GTX 670 2 GB

Think i'll still be able to run most of these new games on high settings?

yeah, similar set up for me except i7-3770k

ima upgrade my gpu and get 8gb more ram sometime soon though..possibly end of this month(I will get more memory this month for sure)


the cost of a 780TI I can buy a whole streaming computer for that price so I dunno about that just yet but ima pull the trigger on a new video card soon one way or anohter

 

[Ciggavelli]

Watch Dogs system requirements:

• 
  Minimum:
  • OS: Windows Vista (SP2), Windows 7 (SP1) or Windows 8 (Please note that we only support 64 bit OSs.)
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66Ghz or AMD Phenom II X4 940 @ 3.0Ghz
  • Memory: 6 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DirectX 11 graphics card with 1 GB Video RAM - Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD 5770
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Hard Drive: 25 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card with Latest Drivers
  • Additional Notes: Broadband connection and service required for multiplayer mode. Supported Video Cards at Time of Release: nVidia GeForce GTX460 or better, GT500, GT600, GT700 series; AMD Radeon HD5850 or better, HD6000, HD7000, R7 and R9 series Intel® Iris™ Pro HD 5200

• 
  Recommended:
  • OS: Windows Vista (SP2), Windows 7 (SP1) or Windows 8 (Please note that we only support 64 bit OSs.)
  • Processor: Eight core - Intel Core i7-3770 @3.5 GHz or AMD FX-8350 X8 @ 4 GHz
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DirectX 11 graphics card with 2 GB Video RAM - Nvidia Geforce GTX 560 ti or AMD Radeon HD 7850
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Hard Drive: 25 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card with Latest Drivers
  • Additional Notes: Broadband connection and service required for multiplayer mode. Supported Video Cards at Time of Release: nVidia GeForce GTX460 or better, GT500, GT600, GT700 series; AMD Radeon HD5850 or better, HD6000, HD7000, R7 and R9 series Intel® Iris™ Pro HD 5200

you should be good.

It's hard to believe that a 5850 is still a good card. I used to have a 5870 back in the day. PC gaming

 

[daze23]

new Ghost Recon f2p game

http://store.steampowered.com/app/243870/

 

[Fatboi1]

Anyone ever remotely play their PC games over the internet?? I've been trying to use a program on a android tablet called Splashtop but it seems finicky. At home one version called "Splashtop THD" (The T is for tegra supported tablets) is supposed to be great but that one is laggy as fukk but then the regular version splashtop personal works good but outside it's pretty laggy. shyt boggles me. I play remotely my ps4 from work with the vita but then this powerful tablet is struggling on the same connection? I suspect the app is the cause.

 

[Fatboi1]

Watch Dogs system requirements:

• 
  Minimum:
  • OS: Windows Vista (SP2), Windows 7 (SP1) or Windows 8 (Please note that we only support 64 bit OSs.)
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66Ghz or AMD Phenom II X4 940 @ 3.0Ghz
  • Memory: 6 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DirectX 11 graphics card with 1 GB Video RAM - Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD 5770
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Hard Drive: 25 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card with Latest Drivers
  • Additional Notes: Broadband connection and service required for multiplayer mode. Supported Video Cards at Time of Release: nVidia GeForce GTX460 or better, GT500, GT600, GT700 series; AMD Radeon HD5850 or better, HD6000, HD7000, R7 and R9 series Intel® Iris™ Pro HD 5200

• 
  Recommended:
  • OS: Windows Vista (SP2), Windows 7 (SP1) or Windows 8 (Please note that we only support 64 bit OSs.)
  • Processor: Eight core - Intel Core i7-3770 @3.5 GHz or AMD FX-8350 X8 @ 4 GHz
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DirectX 11 graphics card with 2 GB Video RAM - Nvidia Geforce GTX 560 ti or AMD Radeon HD 7850
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Hard Drive: 25 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card with Latest Drivers
  • Additional Notes: Broadband connection and service required for multiplayer mode. Supported Video Cards at Time of Release: nVidia GeForce GTX460 or better, GT500, GT600, GT700 series; AMD Radeon HD5850 or better, HD6000, HD7000, R7 and R9 series Intel® Iris™ Pro HD 5200

you should be good.

I fall right in line with the recommended settings except I have a dual core processor(fx4100). I'm riding it out.

Oh and you can get Watchdogs for $25 right now.

Deal link

You can use the chrome extension or Firefox add-on Hola Unblocker to set your location to India.

Go to the page, click the add-ons button and set your location to india
Add the game to your cart
go through check out up until log-in
At login, turn the VPN off and then enter your login details
Finish your purchase

People on Reddit have gotten it to work for them, and some contacted support who said they have no limitation on purchasing a game from one region and playing it in another.

Edit: You can also grab the standard edition for 58% off

Standard edition is ~$25 USD, Deluxe is ~$28.

 

[duncanthetall]

Anyone ever remotely play their PC games over the internet?? I've been trying to use a program on a android tablet called Splashtop but it seems finicky. At home one version called "Splashtop THD" (The T is for tegra supported tablets) is supposed to be great but that one is laggy as fukk but then the regular version splashtop personal works good but outside it's pretty laggy. shyt boggles me. I play remotely my ps4 from work with the vita but then this powerful tablet is struggling on the same connection? I suspect the app is the cause.

I don't have the technical know how to explain why I think it makes sense, but it does to me. I use Spashtop to access my computer from my ipad when I'm out of town and gotta do homework or something. Works pretty well enough. I feel that games would give it a fukking work out though. Plus the Vita and PS4 are like perfectly optimized for that shyt, right?

 

[Fatboi1]

I don't have the technical know how to explain why I think it makes sense, but it does to me. I use Spashtop to access my computer from my ipad when I'm out of town and gotta do homework or something. Works pretty well enough. I feel that games would give it a fukking work out though. Plus the Vita and PS4 are like perfectly optimized for that shyt, right?

I haven't tried it outside of my work wifi which is pretty crap. I was using my cousins tablet, he has an Asus transformer with a tegra 4 built in so that one is optimized for Splashtop THD but it has worse latency and lag than the regular version which is weird.

 

[duncanthetall]

I'm so addicted to Chivalry right now, brehs. But that'll probably change as soon as I graduate from the beginner's server

 

[Ciggavelli]

Maingear is pairing the 295x2 with 860w?

https://www.maingear.com/boutique/pc/configurePrd.asp?idproduct=1998


Is this even feasible?


Or is my PSU knowledge just ?


Edit: answered my own question. Maingear is fukking up most likely

http://www.legitreviews.com/amd-radeon-r9-295x2-8gb-video-card-review-at-4k-ultra-hd_138950

 

[DEAD7]

"This morning, AMD unveiled its latest flagship graphics board: the $1,500, liquid-cooled, dual-GPU Radeon R9 295X2. With a pair of Hawaii GPUs that power the company's top-end single-GPU Radeon R9 290X, the new board is sure to make waves at price points that Nvidia currently dominates. In gaming benchmarks, the R9 295X2 performs pretty much in line with a pair of R9 290X cards in CrossFire. However, the R9 295X2 uses specially-binned GPUs which enable the card to run with less power than a duo of the single-GPU cards. Plus, thanks to the closed-loop liquid cooler, the R9 295X doesn't succumb to the nasty throttling issues present on the R9 290X, nor its noisy solution."

 

[duckbutta]

Maingear is pairing the 295x2 with 860w?

https://www.maingear.com/boutique/pc/configurePrd.asp?idproduct=1998


Is this even feasible?


Or is my PSU knowledge just ?


Edit: answered my own question. Maingear is fukking up most likely

http://www.legitreviews.com/amd-radeon-r9-295x2-8gb-video-card-review-at-4k-ultra-hd_138950

From the article...

One power supply company that we spoke to about this card, said that they have seen a Radeon R9 295X2 pull as much as 14A on a single wire on the PCIe power cable when checked with a clamp meter. They’ve also seen temperatures of the modular connector at the PSU housing being as high as 90°C at full load.
Read more at http://www.legitreviews.com/amd-rad...iew-at-4k-ultra-hd_138950#qi9bXPRFWZehdfiW.99

What in the blue fukk at the bolded ...

Will need to look at some performance metrics on these cards

AMD's cards always run hot...I had a rig of some 7770's about a year and half ago and it was just impossible to keep them from getting to the low 80's under full load...

That is some serious power and heat being generated just for a gpu...i don't think i want to invest the time in making sure my airflow is impeccable just to get a card like this

 

[Ciggavelli]

From the article...

One power supply company that we spoke to about this card, said that they have seen a Radeon R9 295X2 pull as much as 14A on a single wire on the PCIe power cable when checked with a clamp meter. They’ve also seen temperatures of the modular connector at the PSU housing being as high as 90°C at full load.
Read more at http://www.legitreviews.com/amd-rad...iew-at-4k-ultra-hd_138950#qi9bXPRFWZehdfiW.99

What in the blue fukk at the bolded ...

Will need to look at some performance metrics on these cards

AMD's cards always run hot...I had a rig of some 7770's about a year and half ago and it was just impossible to keep them from getting to the low 80's under full load...

That is some serious power and heat being generated just for a gpu...i don't think i want to invest the time in making sure my airflow is impeccable just to get a card like this

The card is starting to look less and less attractive. Plus you can get 3 780s for the same price basically.