Computer specs

Mmm, 7970...

Mind you, I can still play everything I want to maxed at 1920x1200 on my 5870, so I'm not sure I see the point yet. In a year or so when they're cheap, maybe. I usually skip every other generation, and even then wait 'till prices come down

One thing I don't do is buy Nvidia cards. They seem to work fine for everyone else, but in my possession they die at a remarkable rate (death toll so far: one 7800GTX (of a pair), one 8800 GTS 512, and two 9800 GX2s (in stages, I fixed them at first by using the still working PCBs from each to make one working card which lasted another 6 months...) I don't even bother overclocking my graphics card, so I really have no idea why they hate me Oddly, I've never killed an ATI card. My 2900XT still works, my 4890 still works - although these have passed onto friends now. Even my old 9800SE AIW (flashed to a Pro) I found in the bottom of a box in the loft still works. Lucky, as I was diagnosing a problem with an AGP (how quaint...) system at the time.

I used to have the exact opposite problem. I had ati hardware and had all sorts of problems, although it was usually driver related but still frustrating . That was in the days before AMD and ati shacked up.

Mind you, I can still play everything I want to maxed at 1920x1200 on my 5870

I play in 3D a lot, so i need twice the power to get a smooth image... Skyrim in 3D takes a lot

And I am also kinda a hardware-buff... Just have to have the shit

And I am also kinda a hardware-buff... Just have to have the shit :ugeek:

I know that feeling. But that's certainly not good for my wallet.

Mmm, 7970...

Mind you, I can still play everything I want to maxed at 1920x1200 on my 5870, so I'm not sure I see the point yet. In a year or so when they're cheap, maybe. I usually skip every other generation, and even then wait 'till prices come down

One thing I don't do is buy Nvidia cards. They seem to work fine for everyone else, but in my possession they die at a remarkable rate (death toll so far: one 7800GTX (of a pair), one 8800 GTS 512, and two 9800 GX2s (in stages, I fixed them at first by using the still working PCBs from each to make one working card which lasted another 6 months...) I don't even bother overclocking my graphics card, so I really have no idea why they hate me Oddly, I've never killed an ATI card. My 2900XT still works, my 4890 still works - although these have passed onto friends now. Even my old 9800SE AIW (flashed to a Pro) I found in the bottom of a box in the loft still works. Lucky, as I was diagnosing a problem with an AGP (how quaint...) system at the time.

I use both ATi and Nvidia, never really noticed a reliability difference. Both have piss-poor drivers IMO.

Alienware Area 51 case
500GB seagate HDD
6GB factory DDR3 RAM
i7-920 OC'd to 3.33GHZ
Nvidia Geforce 560ti OC'd to 1.1GHZ
'22 alienware monitor

One thing I don't do is buy Nvidia cards; one 7800GTX (of a pair), one 8800 GTS 512, and two 9800 GX2s

buy Geforce 5xx cards. all the other ones are crap for the money

My current rig(disregard the crappy cable management, cause the case is only temporary, need to get more money for a Fractal Design one):
Intel Core i7-3820 - Socket 2011
Thermaltake Silver Arrow Cooler
AsRock X79 Extreme 4
MSI HD6970 Lightning GPU(got it for the same price as a GTX560 so it was a great deal)
16GB RAM Corsair
800W Sirtec High Power PSU
64 GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD
640 GB WD HDD

all these crazy awesome computers put mine to shame

but for those interested







Processor: AMD Athlon X2 4850e dual core Up to 2.5 GHz

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE

Motherboard: MCP61PM-HM (Iris8)

Ram: Amount: 2 GB
Speed: PC2-6400 MB/sec

Hard drive: 250 GB, SATA, Transfer rating: 3.0 Gb/sec, Rotational Speed: 7200 RPM

Case: mid size ATX

Power supply: 250W

operating system: windows vista home premium


http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01636221&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=3885776#N232 link for it for more information


it can play automation but only on the lowest settings :/

hmm seems my lame computer specs might have killed the thread