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So, I was looking into Dying Light. Apparently there are some issues with the launch (surprise, surprise). May want to hold off for a bit on purchasing it.
BobbyBooshay
Arnold Jackson
apparently the view distance bottlenecks the cpu
http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/guides/dying-light-graphics-and-performance-guide
The addition of extra detail does of course increase load on the GPU, but in testing we found the largest limiting factor to be the CPU. Usage of Core 1 will typically be pegged at 100% in Dying Light, but as the View Distance setting is raised GPU usage plummets, as does the framerate. Testing at other resolutions further confirms these results, with performance varying by only a few frames per second.
Resetting our i7-2600K clock speed from 4.8GHz to 3.4GHz saw performance decrease considerably, definitively proving the existence of the CPU bottleneck:
Dragonfly Jones
Siiiiiiiilence Punk!!
For some reason EVGA Precision X doesn't work with Dying Light
It also doesn't work with Battlefield 3 and 4 neither
Wanted to see what them fps was looking like, but it felt smooth
It also doesn't work with Battlefield 3 and 4 neither
Wanted to see what them fps was looking like, but it felt smooth
it doesn't work with 64 bit games. the real afterburner works though (evga precision is just a custom version of afterburner), or you can use frapsFor some reason EVGA Precision X doesn't work with Dying Light
It also doesn't work with Battlefield 3 and 4 neither
Wanted to see what them fps was looking like, but it felt smooth
Dragonfly Jones
Siiiiiiiilence Punk!!
pretty sure watchdogs was 64 bitWasn't Watchdogs 64 bit?
works fine with that game
but evga precision not working with 64 bit games was the main reason I threw it in the bushes. afterburner is better anyway
http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm
itsyoung!!
Veteran
Is this build okay? My budget is $1000.
id drop the SSD , use that money to get a better processor and then later on get a SSD. SSDs are important, but not at the cost of the processor.
that computer with a better processor + a 970 GTX should do very well
itsyoung!!
Veteran
People aint up on MSI afterburner tho 
its the end all be all GPU tool
its the end all be all GPU tool what color switches?Thanks to @daze23 I got the K70 with the original logo - thanks.
Just playing around with profiles now.
itsyoung!!
Veteran
if this event goes as planned on the 20th of feb, then the 21st of feb ill probably be upgrading my computer just in time for the up coming games coming up
Aight brehs.
Im looking into purchasing a gaming desktop off of Amazon or New Egg within the next few weeks,or im willing to build one if it turns out to be a cheaper/better option. And when i say cheaper i mean better value. I dont wanna go over $1500 if possible. This thread is too long so if yall got page numbers or links lemme know.
Im looking into purchasing a gaming desktop off of Amazon or New Egg within the next few weeks,or im willing to build one if it turns out to be a cheaper/better option. And when i say cheaper i mean better value. I dont wanna go over $1500 if possible. This thread is too long so if yall got page numbers or links lemme know.
So the 980M gets 8gb of vram, but us desktop users are still fukked with the struggle 4gb of vram? 
980ti delayed until 2016? But maybe 8gb 980s in March 
http://www.kdramastars.com/articles/65114/20141231/gtx-980-and-970-8gb-release-date.htm
Where's AMD and their new shyt? Isn't it about time to answer nvidia?
But maybe 8gb 980s in March http://www.kdramastars.com/articles/65114/20141231/gtx-980-and-970-8gb-release-date.htm
Where's AMD and their new shyt? Isn't it about time to answer nvidia?