technology The Glorious PC master race thread

[long gone 8,929]

I know someone with an FX-9590.

 

I asked him if he contacted the fire department before buying it.

[Celli 4,338]

Yeah it's cool. Though if you're looking for a TDU successor, you will be sorely dissapointed.

I've never actually played that.

[Azure Envy 1,092]

I know someone with an FX-9590.

 

I asked him if he contacted the fire department before buying it.

 

Take this and have 911 on speed dial.

 

[Admiral Regulus 2,769]

Take this and have 911 on speed dial.

 

*snip*

 

My eyes are bleeding. I can't look.

 

 

I know someone with an FX-9590.

 

I asked him if he contacted the fire department before buying it.

 

Well... did he?

Edited January 16, 2015 by Regulus

[long gone 8,929]

Take this and have 911 on speed dial.

 

I don't think that's gonna effectively cool a 220W CPU, let alone a 125W one.

[Plageius 263]

I am sorely disappointed that there isn't a true successor to TDU.

 

That game was awesome.

 

Aside from all the broken things that never got fixed like clubs.

LOL, if you considered TDU1 broken you'd die after 10 seconds of TDU2 especially now. Back in early 2014 I tried joining my friend in freeride about 15 times before I finally gave up. But if you still do have an original copy of TDU1 a couple people have rebooted the online mode, only for cruising but still amazing nonetheless. 

Is that a bottleneck or just a failure on CPU intensive parts?

Both are the same thing. It's not just this, I've also seen bit-tech benchmarks where in video editing and file encoding, once again an I3 beat out the FX series.

[long gone 8,929]

 

 

Well... did he?

 I dunno, he's Russian and speaks in rather broken English. Couldn't really understand what he said.

 

btw, he paired it with an AMD 970 board. You need a 990FX board for a 9370 or 9590.

[FoxyCryptid 4,330]

LOL, if you considered TDU1 broken you'd die after 10 seconds of TDU2 especially now. Back in early 2014 I tried joining my friend in freeride about 15 times before I finally gave up. But if you still do have an original copy of TDU1 a couple people have rebooted the online mode, only for cruising but still amazing nonetheless. 

Both are the same thing. It's not just this, I've also seen bit-tech benchmarks where in video editing and file encoding, once again an I3 beat out the FX series.

 

AMD for mulit-thread, Intel for single-thread. 

[Azure Envy 1,092]

LOL, if you considered TDU1 broken you'd die after 10 seconds of TDU2 especially now. Back in early 2014 I tried joining my friend in freeride about 15 times before I finally gave up. But if you still do have an original copy of TDU1 a couple people have rebooted the online mode, only for cruising but still amazing nonetheless. 

Both are the same thing. It's not just this, I've also seen bit-tech benchmarks where in video editing and file encoding, once again an I3 beat out the FX series.

 

They did try to fix TDU1 though. The matchmaking was more or less as you describe -- friends cars would randomly disappear and reappear distance. It was virtually impossible to cruise around without people randomly dropping out, though they did iron out most of those kinks.

 

I have to say, my favorite bug would be the random 90 degree 'bumps' in the roads due to the satellite image mapping they used. Racing along at 150 MPH only to just kind of fly into the air out of nowhere. Beautiful.

 

Very pretty game, though. I did pick up TDU2 on the cheap but didn't play much of it.

[Plageius 263]

They did try to fix TDU1 though. The matchmaking was more or less as you describe -- friends cars would randomly disappear and reappear distance. It was virtually impossible to cruise around without people randomly dropping out, though they did iron out most of those kinks.

 

I have to say, my favorite bug would be the random 90 degree 'bumps' in the roads due to the satellite image mapping they used. Racing along at 150 MPH only to just kind of fly into the air out of nowhere. Beautiful.

 

Very pretty game, though. I did pick up TDU2 on the cheap but didn't play much of it.

I on the other hand had to have racked up atleast 1,000 hours over the time I've had it from April '11 to now, probably more. I'd like to assume that a quarter of my steam friendslist is people I met in TDU2 XD

[Azure Envy 1,092]

I on the other hand had to have racked up atleast 1,000 hours over the time I've had it from April '11 to now, probably more. I'd like to assume that a quarter of my steam friendslist is people I met in TDU2 XD

 

Well maybe I should give it a shot.

 

They're not gonna shut it down soon are they.

[Plageius 263]

Well maybe I should give it a shot.

 

They're not gonna shut it down soon are they.

Honestly at this point the servers go down pretty often, but you're still welcome to try, I'd actually be down for a cruise seeing as I haven't touched the game in months lol

[FoxyCryptid 4,330]

Eeyup, my alt-tabbing problem is fixed. I think the AVG auto-updating app may have been the cause. 

[Azure Envy 1,092]

Eeyup, my alt-tabbing problem is fixed. I think the AVG auto-updating app may have been the cause. 

 

AVG, well there's your problem right there.

[lomk 20,663]

I think I'm definitely converting my PC to Intel, but I seriously need an updated gfx card. 

 

What do you guys think? Should I do the CPU/Mobo first or the gfx card?

 

Also are there any recommended Intel mobos? I'm not really looking into overclocking so I'm likely gonna get a locked CPU like the i5-4460. I've heard Z97 mobos are more for overclocking, but do other motherboards offer a good UEFI?

Edited January 17, 2015 by Duke Space Woona

[Azure Envy 1,092]

I think I'm definitely converting my PC to Intel, but I seriously need an updated gfx card. 

 

What do you guys think? Should I do the CPU/Mobo first or the gfx card?

 

What CPU do you have right now?

[lomk 20,663]

What CPU do you have right now?

 

FX-6300 -_- 

 

I feel some bottlenecking is going on but I'm also running a Radeon HD 7770 on top of it...so maybe this is actually a good CPU/GPU match.

[Azure Envy 1,092]

Overclock it and pair it with a newer GPU. Then upgrade the CPU later down the line when you can.

 

What are you looking to do right now, play games at higher res/detail settings or something else?

[long gone 8,929]

If you want to upgrade to Intel, may I suggest waiting until Broadwell launches? The good thing about it is that any Z97 or H97 chipset board will work with Broadwell, but it has some minor performance upgrades over Haswell that might just be worth waiting for, depending on what you're looking for.

[lomk 20,663]

Trying to stay ahead of dem consoles  :okiedokielokie:

 

Really, I'm looking at playing the next gen AAA titles at better than 720p low to medium settings just to squeeze out anywhere between 40 to 60 fps. That's the only way I'm running games like Far Cry 4 at that framerate. I'd like to have something better than what I currently have and now that I have a job that pays better, I can afford to do upgrades. 

[Azure Envy 1,092]

Trying to stay ahead of dem consoles  :okiedokielokie:

 

Really, I'm looking at playing the next gen AAA titles at better than 720p low to medium settings just to squeeze out anywhere between 40 to 60 fps. That's the only way I'm running games like Far Cry 4 at that framerate. I'd like to have something better than what I currently have and now that I have a job that pays better, I can afford to do upgrades. 

 

Get a 970 or 290. Will it bottleneck? Technically, yes, but it'll be so much better than your 7770 you'd be hard pressed to notice. Then consider next-gen Intel when that drops.

[long gone 8,929]

Get a 970 or 290. Will it bottleneck? Technically, yes, but it'll be so much better than your 7770 you'd be hard pressed to notice. Then consider next-gen Intel when that drops.

One of my friends has an FX-8350 and an R9 290, it's bottlenecked but it's still an acceptable experience.

[FoxyCryptid 4,330]

AVG, well there's your problem right there.

 

Meh, it's free and catches most everything so I'm not concerned. 

[lomk 20,663]

Yeah. I'm trying to avoid "acceptable" though. That's what happened to the consoles of this gen.

 

Anyway, okay. I think I'll do the gfx card first and wait for Broadwell. In the meantime I can go ahead and get a mobo while waiting for Broadwell. And even if I don't think Broadwell would be for me or it's too expensive, I'm sure LGA1150 isn't going away anytime soon.

[long gone 8,929]

Yeah, LGA1150 has another generation to go through.

 

May I recommend the Sabertooth Z97? I'm sorry, what?