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From: koswix
6 Sep 2014 16:26
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So no thoughts on what spec for gaming these days? You mean I have to research this shit myself?
:((
From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)
6 Sep 2014 16:54
To: koswix
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Any quad core i5, GTX 760, some RAM.
(Can go with AMD GPU if you've got no intentions of ever running SteamOS).
From: koswix
6 Sep 2014 16:58
To: Drew (X3N0PH0N)
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Is it worth looking at AMD CPUs? Or are they very bad these days?
From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)
6 Sep 2014 17:30
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They're worth it at the very budget end of the spectrum I think. But for a gaming PC I'd just go with an i5, they have the right balance of power and features and AMD doesn't really have anything to compete at that level.
For GPUs, if you're definitely always going to be running Windows then an AMD GPU will probably be marginally better value for money. But I cannot overstate how shit their drivers are for Linux (you'll get 50% of the performance you'd expect on Windows at best. Usually closer to 10-20%. Whereas Nvidia's Linux drivers have parity with Windows). If you've got any vague ideas about maybe using SteamOS one day, stick with Nvidia.
From: milko
6 Sep 2014 21:09
To: Drew (X3N0PH0N)
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Amd gpus seem to have loads of irritations in Windows and games too. Although I gather the xbone and ps4 use them so in the near future all the ports may work better with them than nvidia, bit of a reversal.
From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)
6 Sep 2014 22:32
To: milko
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Last gen used AMD too (on the xbox at least) and it didn't help. Consoles just use them cos they're cheaper I think, same reason low-end gaming laptops do.
If they actually see Gallium through things may change but... yeah, not holding my breasts.
From: koswix
6 Sep 2014 23:33
To: Drew (X3N0PH0N)
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Cool. I will start watching out for deals then.
How many gigabytes tbh is normal these days? I have 8 tbh in my laptop. And a GT 750m. And an i5. Hang on, why don't I just get an hdmi cable?
EDITED: 6 Sep 2014 23:34 by KOSWIX
From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)
7 Sep 2014 00:34
To: koswix
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You can get by on 4, 8's ideal.
From: Queeg 500 (JESUSONEEZ)
12 Sep 2014 11:23
To: koswix
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On a slightly different note, I nearly shit myself with glee yesterday.
I have an (old) gaming rig, Core 2 Duo but with plenty of RAM and a decent graphics card...it'll play everything I'm interested in (strategy games, Civ and the like). This is upstairs in an office and I rarely get to play games these days. I've recently reinstalled this PC from scratch, installed Steam for the first time in about 2 years, an noticed a feature I'd not heard of. In-home streaming.
I have a Lenovo Q190 running Windows 8.1 & XBMC as a HTPC in the living room, so I thought I'd give this a go...now my main machine is below Valve's recommended specs (Quad) but what the hell, I'm not playing fast-paced racing games and the like, and I have a wired (over powerline) network.
So, last night, I was playing X-Com on my dirty great big telly and it was bloody brilliant...had a crack at Anno 2070 as well, and although I kept getting slow encode warnings, and the occassionally blocky/fuzzy image, it was perfectly playable. I love this feature, it's the shizzle.
I don't know why I have said all this.
From: ANT_THOMAS
12 Sep 2014 12:40
To: Queeg 500 (JESUSONEEZ)
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Well I didn't know about in-home streaming. Shame it's now working on Linux yet.
It may well be something that gets me back into some gaming.