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On December 10 2011 08:37 Kleataurus wrote:+ Show Spoiler + On December 10 2011 07:21 Medrea wrote: Thats when you know marketing has gotten a hold of you. What do you think is a better board the pro3 or the extreme4 Isn't it obvious that Extreme4 is better? | ||
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On December 10 2011 09:19 Kleataurus wrote: what's a sumbitch lol Slang for Son of a bitch. But seriously I was just messing around. I find the extreme4 has a lot of quirks and stuff on it that I can really just live without completely, and the Pro3 is one of this forums defacto choices for its low price. That's what Shikyo was saying earlier. Generally speaking if you don't even know what some of the quirks these motherboards come with even mean, its fluff marketing you don't need. Also we tend to favor p67 mobo's since there is very rarely a need for integrated graphics support on these forums, but often you can find Z68 for good deals in their own right. My SLI comment above was similar. In general I find that these lower line boards with Crossfire(4) and quad SLI support are in a very odd place. And most people will respond with "I would like a board that maybe has some ability to Crossfire or whatever down the line." But rarely will you ever hear "I'd like to keep my Quad GPU options open down the line" because those people generally have a lot of money and while I personally feel they have more dollars than sense, they don't need tech advice. | ||
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Kleataurus
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Edit My SLI comment above was similar. In general I find that these lower line boards with Crossfire(4) and quad SLI support are in a very odd place. And most people will respond with "I would like a board that maybe has some ability to Crossfire or whatever down the line." But rarely will you ever hear "I'd like to keep my Quad GPU options open down the line" because those people generally have a lot of money and while I personally feel they have more dollars than sense, they don't need tech advice. Well not many people i know actually do quad gpu sli or crossfire. It is simply too expensive for most people | ||
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First, what kind of resolution are you running? | ||
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Kleataurus
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On December 10 2011 09:45 Medrea wrote: D3 runs on very little like SC2 does, as both games are CPU intensive. And Skyrim allows you to pour infinite resources into it. So neither questions are always clear to me. First, what kind of resolution are you running? I will be running on 1920x1080 gaming on a single monitor. (not sure if it effects the requirements) But i will have a second monitor for chat and what not | ||
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On December 10 2011 09:48 Kleataurus wrote: I will be running on 1920x1080 gaming on a single monitor. (not sure if it effects the requirements) But i will have a second monitor for chat and what not Well the reason why I asked is because Skyrim is an open-world outdoor game. This means that through the quick editing of ini files you can set the draw distance of things like grass to however far you want. As for an actual card. I suppose a 560ti would handle everything quite well. 6950 is always good and I bet a 6870 will also do admirably but your mileage with that game may vary because that game is very open-ended about what "max" is. Also things like multisampling and the like which, after a point, add very minimal visual impact but a LOT of overhead. On the topic of cards, ATI/AMD is set to release the new 7 series cards very very shortly, as in sometime next month, if you wish to hold off. | ||
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On December 10 2011 09:57 Kleataurus wrote: i dont know what that means sorry. Where did I lose you? | ||
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This means that through the quick editing of ini files you can set the draw distance of things like grass to however far you want. i just didnt get that part and i am holding of and only getting a 6950 overclocked | ||
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On December 10 2011 10:00 Kleataurus wrote: i just didnt get that part and i am holding of and only getting a 6950 overclocked You could just get a normal 6950 and overclock it yourself and save some money BTW, but that's up to you. GPU's are really easy to tweak, beginner's can do it no prob. What i meant earlier was, by editing some text files, you can set the distance at which things like grass is shown. To well beyond what the in-game interface actually provides you with. make sense? Drawing lots of really small things like grass is hard for your system to draw, so it cuts off at a distance away from your character, this can be changed. | ||
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Lots of tutorials on how to do it right out there. I can't break away to actually watch a video but here is one. + Show Spoiler + Don't worry, you don't need an MSI product to use MSI Afterburner. | ||
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edit: Can i run 64bit windows 7 on a i5 2500k i am not sure what version of windows to get? @bellow Okiedokie | ||
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On December 10 2011 10:17 Kleataurus wrote: Ah thank you so much!! edit: Can i run 64bit windows 7 on a i5 2500k i am not sure what version of windows to get? Yes get 64 Bit windows. I really don't see a reason why not to. Runs 32 bit programs (X86) like a champ anyway | ||
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