What kind of rig are you running?

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#21

No. You didn’t say anything about your hardware, though. :stuck_out_tongue:

But the thing is, I don’t feel the need to buy every single version of Titan, for example.
If Nvidia wants to play this game, selling 1½-year-old chips in new packing every other quarter, fine they can do that. I keep my money and wait for new chips. I want to see real progress not the same old junk just in another packing, if you know what I mean. :wink:

I’m not in a hurry. I buy when the time is ripe, means Dec. 2015.
Then I will invest good money. :slight_smile:

Seriously? Someone who can afford a 780Ti doesn’t really need to care about an extra 20 EUR for power costs. :wink:

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#22

[quote=“Cerberus, post:21, topic:14729”]But the thing is, I don’t feel the need to buy every single version of Titan, for example.
If Nvidia wants to play this game, selling 1½-year-old chips in new packing every other quarter, fine they can do that. I keep my money and wait for new chips. I want to see real progress not the same old junk just in another packing, if you know what I mean. :wink:

Seriously? Someone who can afford a 780Ti doesn’t really need to care for an extra 20 EUR for power costs.
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I totally know what you mean, it’s really boring with all the rebranding. Sure, there have been loads of rebranding before as well, but almost nothing has happend since early 2012 except in top segment, and only been very little as well :frowning:

If he is looking for preformance vs cost he should consider the power cost as well imo as the SLI setup will be more expensive compared to performance later on, and not just the price tag at this very moment.

#23

Processor: Intel i7-3770k 3.5GHz
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 Superclocked (not by much)
Ram: 12 GB
HDD: 256 GB SSD; 3x1.5TB HDD
Operating System: Windows 7 64bit

I had to upgrade from my godawful 560ti but I won’t upgrade again until the Volta is out. I never upgrade the CPU until the die shrink when the architecture is usually a bit more fleshed out.

#24

Waiting game. I play that same as you do :slight_smile: The only problem is that you are waiting and waiting and there is going to be always something new coming. Volta sounds interesting thou, i have to agree, but that is loooong time away…like 2016. I cannot play on my old junk the whole time.

#25

CPU: Intel i5-2500K @ 4.7GHz w/ Corsair H80
GPU: Sapphire HD 7970 3GB OC Edition
RAM: G.Skill RipJaws X 16GB
HDD: WD Green 500GB, WD Black 2TB, WD Green 3TB
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate X64
Peripherals: 
Razer Lachesis
Razer Lycosa
Logitech G930 Wireless 7.1 headset

#26

The GTX 760 is, in my opinion, a great GPU. I have the MSI Twin Frozr Overclocked version and it runs everything I have thrown at it so far at High/Ultra settings since I only game in 1080p right now.

My rig:

CPU: i5-3570K
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
GPU: MSI TF OC GTX 760
RAM: 8 GB
HDD: WD Black 1 TB; Seagate Barracuda 1TB
Power Supply: Corsair 600W
Operating Systems: Windows 7 64 Bit

I hope to do some upgrading by this point next year, but right now this setup does everything I need it to do.

#27

The mid-high Maxwells will probably be released by about October this year so we’ll probably see Volta before KCD comes out.

#28

CPU: i5-4670k Overclocked to 4.20GHz
GPU: GTX 780 SC ACX
RAM: 24GB DDR3
Storage (HDD,SSD): 1TB, 128GB
PSU: 850w
MOBO: MSI MPOWER MAX AC
OS: Windows 8.1 Pro

Other stuff: H100i watercooler
3 180mm fans at the bottom of my case (Silverstone FT02)
Optical drive: 30 pound something

So far it’s been able to run anything I’ve thrown at it, and moar

#29

I think they will come out 2016 as well, Kepler was released 2012, Maxwell is due Q3 2014, which probably puts Volta at Q3/4 2016 or Q1 2017 :frowning:

#30

That’s not a particularly good method for predicting future releases. Fermi and Kepler were both notorious for delays and issues, and both had several releases, yes Kepler as an architecture was released in 2012 but it’s last series was released in mid-2013. Maxwell is unlikely to be see two full releases and Volta is already in development alongside Maxwell (unlike Kepler).

#31

CPU: i7-4770
CPU Cooler: EKL Alpenföhn Brocken
GPU: ASUS GTX 570
RAM: 8 GB Corsair Vengeance Low Profile
Mainboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3
SSD: 120 GB Samsung 840
HDD: WD Red 2TB; Seagate Barracuda 1,5TB, Seagate Barracuda 500GB
Power Supply: BeQuite Pure Power 530W
Case: Coolermaster HAF XM Windowed
Operating Systems: Windows 8.1 64-bit

The CPU Cooler might be changed with a Coolermaster V8 GTS due to style reasons, not performance issues. The GPU might be changed at the end of this year with a GTX 8xx.

When I bought the RAM in January 2012 I really should have bought 16GB, since they now cost more than +100% >_<

#32

Bought most of this stuff last summer though some components are older:

i7 4770k
Asus Sabertooth Z87
16 GB RAM
GTX 760
X-Fi Titanium Pro
Fractal Design Define R4
Sennheiser HD 595 headphone
Ducky G2 Pro keyboard & Logitech G500 mouse
couple of cheap 24" Samsung screens
120 GB Samsung 840 Pro & 40 GB Intel X25-V SSD’s
and a bunch of HDD’s, mostly WD Caviar Black’s of different sizes, maybe around 5 TB total capacity

Sadly, Arma 3 still won’t run smoothly. :expressionless:

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#33

CPU: I5 2500K
GPU: Geforce GTX 770
RAM: 8 GB
HD: 1TB with 8GB SDD

#34

With 4770k and Saberttooth you got GTX 760? You spend big $$$ on every other piece (just that X-Fi titanium is like $160) so why to have weak card? Just asking.

#35

GPU’s are developing even today still quite fast so I don’t typically invest too much money on those. After a year or two it will be obsolete anyway, so buying an expensive model is waste of money with little noticeable return. I usually buy a new mid-range GPU every 1.5 year or so, and this way I get the latest features and significant improvement of performance every time compared to being stuck with old model which used to be state of the art but isn’t anymore.

What comes to other components, they don’t age anymore so fast. There is hardly any real development going on for example CPU’s so you can easily use the same CPU & Mobo & RAM for years. My last system (which I still actually have as a server & media PC) had LGA775 socket motherboard & RAM that I used from 2006->2012. During this time I had to change CPU only once, from Core 2 Duo E6400 to Core 2 Quad E9550 in 2009. And it was still running all the games just fine. So therefore I find it reasonable to invest in this area since high end motherboard and CPU will remain usable for a very long time nowadays.

#36

As i wrote above, i still run Duo 6600 :smile:
As for mid range, i would get higher end of that, like 770. On the other hand i wouldn’t spend $800 for GPU either. You right on they are obsolete in 2 years anyway.

#37

Not true, I used my GTS 450 for 3 years and only replaced it because both fans died :frowning:

#38

I think nVidia could’ve pushed out GK110 quicker if they wanted to, but as it is a pretty expensive chip I guess they waited for AMD to release something high-end.

#39

Laptop: Acer Aspire V3 - 772G-9829
CPU: Intel i7-4702MQ @ 2.2GHz
GPU: Nvidia GT 750M
RAM: 16Gb (4X4)
HDD: 2TB (2x1)
OS: Dual boot Linux/Win 8.1
Screen: 17.3" Full HD (1920x1080)

Bought 4 months ago (I hope I won’t need to buy a better one to play KC: D! :stuck_out_tongue:)

#40

Hey Girl! Glad to see you made it :slight_smile: I don’t know why I didn’t talk to you when I was doing the whole will I buy or won’t I thing! After lots of research and some awesome help from many here I ended up getting an Alienware laptop (desktop just wasn’t in the cards for me) and got a really good deal on it. Sorry we missed each other in TESO beta, maybe next one.

Screen Size 17 inches
Max Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels
Processor 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7-4700MQ
RAM 8 GB DIMM
Hard Drive 750 GB SATA
Graphics Coprocessor Nvidia GeForce GTX 765M
Graphics Card Ram Size 2048 MB
Operating System Windows 8.1
Hard Drive Rotational Speed 7200

Thanks to all who helped me join the PC gaming world :thumbsup:

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