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Cactuar Zone => Random lnsanity => Topic started by: Shadow on January 03, 2014, 10:54:23 pm

Title: got a new video card... >_>
Post by: Shadow on January 03, 2014, 10:54:23 pm
So now I finally have a decent computer to play my billion steam games on! only took me ~8 years! >_>

specs:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
16GB RAM
2 TB Hard Drive
Intel core i7-4770 3.4Ghz quad core processor

according to the windows experience index the worst thing on my computer now is the hard drive transfer speed since I don't have a SSD. >_>

So far I've started playing the new Tomb Raider and The Witcher. <_<
Title: Re: got a new video card... >_>
Post by: Buck Turgidson on January 04, 2014, 05:33:18 am
Sweet.  The SSD is well worth it if you can get it.  I have a 680GTX, and offload physics to one of the CPU cores (I have 6 with the 3960X), and run everything at 2560x1440.

Be honest now, is the 780 GTX overkill?  What did you upgrade from?
Title: Re: got a new video card... >_>
Post by: undiscoveredbum on January 05, 2014, 11:26:38 pm
I'm jelly.

Well not really. My 570 Classified still plays pretty much everything on high and I got it like 2 years ago. I won't be upgrading any time soon unless there's a must get PC exclusive that comes along sometime...
Title: Re: got a new video card... >_>
Post by: Snowbound Milk on January 06, 2014, 01:56:43 pm
So far I've started playing the new Tomb Raider
My roommate is playing this. It's cinematic enough that I can actually watch her play it.
Title: Re: got a new video card... >_>
Post by: Mia on January 06, 2014, 09:05:46 pm
PFft SSD, they just want you to buy new hardware.
Title: Re: got a new video card... >_>
Post by: Buck Turgidson on January 07, 2014, 02:35:13 am
So far I've started playing the new Tomb Raider
My roommate is playing this. It's cinematic enough that I can actually watch her play it.

You have a female room mate?  Have you had sex yet?
Title: Re: got a new video card... >_>
Post by: Bleak Outlook on January 07, 2014, 10:31:12 am
So far I've started playing the new Tomb Raider
My roommate is playing this. It's cinematic enough that I can actually watch her play it.

You have a female room mate?  Have you had sex yet?
Perhaps the most important question of our times.
Title: Re: got a new video card... >_>
Post by: Snowbound Milk on January 07, 2014, 12:58:43 pm
So far I've started playing the new Tomb Raider
My roommate is playing this. It's cinematic enough that I can actually watch her play it.

You have a female room mate?  Have you had sex yet?
Perhaps the most important question of our times.
Yeah, my ex girlfriend. My call.
Title: Re: got a new video card... >_>
Post by: Buck Turgidson on January 08, 2014, 02:23:48 am
Approximately how many times?  I know it's unrealistic to try to count (unless it was a really short relationship), but how many time do you think you worked your way in there?
Title: Re: got a new video card... >_>
Post by: Snowbound Milk on January 08, 2014, 02:40:26 pm
a lot. Change the subject.
Title: Re: got a new video card... >_>
Post by: Bleak Outlook on January 08, 2014, 02:42:16 pm
a lot. Change the subject.
So... plan on doing any mining with said badass video card?
Title: Re: got a new video card... >_>
Post by: Brian on January 08, 2014, 09:04:08 pm
while i haven't seen the the cost comparison for bitcoins with the sky high prices compared to what they used to be, i imagine unless you have a mid-range card you lose money due to electricity cost.
Title: Re: got a new video card... >_>
Post by: cctmsp13 on January 09, 2014, 12:29:20 am
while i haven't seen the the cost comparison for bitcoins with the sky high prices compared to what they used to be, i imagine unless you have a mid-range card you lose money due to electricity cost.

bitcoins are the past, Litecoins are where it's at now.  That said, he went the wrong way if he was going mining.  Radeons tend to mine 2-3 times faster than GeForces.
Title: Re: got a new video card... >_>
Post by: cctmsp13 on January 09, 2014, 12:34:10 am
Sweet.  The SSD is well worth it if you can get it.  I have a 680GTX, and offload physics to one of the CPU cores (I have 6 with the 3960X), and run everything at 2560x1440.

Be honest now, is the 780 GTX overkill?  What did you upgrade from?

If he's running one screen, he's well into overkill range (unless it's a 4k screen, then it might only be slight overkill).

Also, Buy the SSD, 7 second boot times can be yours.
Title: Re: got a new video card... >_>
Post by: Snowbound Milk on January 09, 2014, 12:46:21 am
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Title: Re: got a new video card... >_>
Post by: Buck Turgidson on January 09, 2014, 02:58:30 am
So far I've started playing the new Tomb Raider
My roommate is playing this. It's cinematic enough that I can actually watch her play it.

When you say that you watch her play it, do you mean that you watch the game, or her, while she plays it.  In which case, just how cinematic can your ex-GF be?  Is she more of a d rama or a comedy?  Wes Anderson or Luc Besson?
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Post by: Leo on January 09, 2014, 09:51:24 am
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Title: Re: got a new video card... >_>
Post by: Unknown Smurf on January 12, 2014, 12:06:06 pm
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