PC Gamer Master Card

[chozo_hybrid]

My GTS 450 is doing okay for me for now, had it about six months, I take it people would consider it rubbish?

 

[Grape_Nuts]

Upgrade your PC now. Do it for her.

 

[loc978]

Never understood that motivation, but it's still as funny as ever. I have met a few people who swapped for newer, faster parts every few months. My new builds tend to go on a 5-6 year cycle. My ol' rig is still chugging through the newest stuff I throw at it... barely. It's almost time.

 

[Andy of Comix Inc]

I'm pretty happy that my three-year-old PC still runs everything I want it to.

I'm also pretty happy that I don't have a high-paying job...

Edit: Come to think of it, this is pretty much exactly what I'm like buying comics. Probably spend more money on comics than PC parts, actually.

 

[DonTsetsi]

I have a GTX 460 which I bought after my 8800 GT died (I resurrected it later in an oven). My processor is good, though (i7-2600k). I didn't buy a new GPU when I upgraded. The PC I have is not a gaming rig, it's a RENDERING rig. If I used it only for gaming I would've gotten something cheaper. I have good render times (managed to render a 1 minute video in a week), but my weak card has problems while I'm modelling. Oh, and my RAM is miniscule (8GB). Trying to render realistic fur or grass is a fool's errand.
P.S. Talking of realistic fur, the new Tomb Raider game has real-time realistic hair. I can play on high, but the game is unplayable with that option on, even if I lower all other settings by a lot! I don't know what beast of a card you need for maxing out that game with realistic hair enabled.

 

[I.Muir]

Eh so much cheaper to just buy two of second gen tech and reap the benefits for years to come

 

[Alfador_VII]

Bah, this is so out of date, it's all about the GTX Titan baby

just get 3 of those at about a grand each, and you're set... til next month.

 

[Chunga the Great]

Meh, the GTX 985 is sooooo yesterday. I just upgraded to three GTX 990. I can run Crysis 3 with 2 FPS more then before. totaly worth the 3k bucks.

GTX 990? That unstable piece of garbage?

I'll just wait for 995

omgee lawl nubz 995 so nubish is not evn funneh.

I cn run mah GTXQXGXTXRX 1000 and 9001 GHz u nub.

crysis 4 at 3.14 FPS

get on mah levl

 

[klaynexas3]

I probably should upgrade my graphics card soon. Even Blizzard is starting to outpace me. That's a sign that I'm behind.

 

[Azaraxzealot]

I'm actually wondering what would be a good upgrade from my radeon hd 7750 >.>

something below $150 plz?

 

[Azaraxzealot]

Bah, this is so out of date, it's all about the GTX Titan baby

just get 3 of those at about a grand each, and you're set... til next month.

But the Titan is actually weaker than a 690 (the current highest-level graphics card). Or so I've seen from the benchmarks. Apparently the only advantage of the Titan is it's better for SLI due to power draw or something.

 

[Lunar Templar]

first time I've laughed at a strip in a long time, good job

 

[madhousezack]

The "Talk dirty to me" face had me in stitches! Moar please!

 

[The White Hunter]

Spoiler: this is what PC gamers get raging boners for

Oh really? We get boners over performance charts without any multi-card SLI entries? Sure is casual in here all of a sudden.

And no 7XXX crossfires to compare to 660ti and 670 SLI's to make you feel really good about buying a nvidia card last year??

Pfft > > it's like a barn dance in here man.

 

[The White Hunter]

Bah, this is so out of date, it's all about the GTX Titan baby

just get 3 of those at about a grand each, and you're set... til next month.

But the Titan is actually weaker than a 690 (the current highest-level graphics card). Or so I've seen from the benchmarks. Apparently the only advantage of the Titan is it's better for SLI due to power draw or something.

The titan is a single card. The 690 is two 680's ducktaped together.

In either instance buying a pair of 670's is cheaper and gives the same or better performance

 

[Andrew_C]

Apropos of nothing, a certain conversation in this thread this thread caused me to rediscover http://www.criticalmiss.com/ an excellent roleplaying and gaming site that I'd forgotten existed. Unfortunately it hasn't been updated for a while.

back on topic, my main PC is runnimng a 3 year old Radeon 5770 HD and before that I ran a NVidia 9800 GTX

 

[ScrabbitRabbit]

I can play on high, but the game is unplayable with that option on, even if I lower all other settings by a lot! I don't know what beast of a card you need for maxing out that game with realistic hair enabled.

Apparently the TressFX setting just hates Nvidia cards. The upper echelons of mid-range Radeons are allegedly fine with it, but my mate who has a superclocked GTX 670 says it turns his game into a slideshow.

Also, if you're doing rendering you need this. [http://www.amazon.co.uk/PNY-Quadro-Nvidia-Graphics-GDDR5/dp/B00487M7SE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363472157&sr=8-1]

It's the only way to be sure

 

[Azaraxzealot]

Bah, this is so out of date, it's all about the GTX Titan baby

just get 3 of those at about a grand each, and you're set... til next month.

But the Titan is actually weaker than a 690 (the current highest-level graphics card). Or so I've seen from the benchmarks. Apparently the only advantage of the Titan is it's better for SLI due to power draw or something.

The titan is a single card. The 690 is two 680's ducktaped together.

In either instance buying a pair of 670's is cheaper and gives the same or better performance

True on the price vs. performance front... but I think that the 690 is a little more than 2 680s duct-taped together. Unless it still has micro-stuttering like most SLI/Xfire solutions.

 

[The White Hunter]

Bah, this is so out of date, it's all about the GTX Titan baby

just get 3 of those at about a grand each, and you're set... til next month.

But the Titan is actually weaker than a 690 (the current highest-level graphics card). Or so I've seen from the benchmarks. Apparently the only advantage of the Titan is it's better for SLI due to power draw or something.

The titan is a single card. The 690 is two 680's ducktaped together.

In either instance buying a pair of 670's is cheaper and gives the same or better performance

True on the price vs. performance front... but I think that the 690 is a little more than 2 680s duct-taped together. Unless it still has micro-stuttering like most SLI/Xfire solutions.

Yeah it is a little more than that but it really doesn't justify the extra expense, not to somebody like me, and certainly not if you're gaming at 1080p.

690 for £800ish, or I could by two 660ti's, lose 5 frames per second in some games, for around half that.

Different strokes, I find it incredibly hard to justify that kind of massive expenditure on a single part when my whole PC could cost less and perform very well indeed.

Now I just need a job to buy me some new parts ¬_¬ my 2009 standard rig is not gonna hold out for another year....

Edit: If you're wondering, Pentium E5700 Dual Core @ 3 GHz and an ATI HD 4770. On a stock 350W PSU. Runs surprisingly well. If I had a permanent job I'd be on a 3770K @ 4.5 GHz and a GTX 660ti (MSI Power Edition).

 

[E-Penguin]

These comments make me feel like my GTX 260 is slightly out of date.