Who plays videogames, and what are you playing?

[Rangerscott]

Amazon is doing a buy 1 get 1 free deal for the people that already preordered through them.

[EpyonXero]

Originally Posted by Rangerscott

Amazon is doing a buy 1 get 1 free deal for the people that already preordered through them.

Yeah I got an email about that this weekend and added Need for Speed.

[Trip]

I've decided to say fuck retarded consoles, their games just keep getting more simplistic and more full of annoying douches. Building a new i7 780 SLI gaming rig. Debating watercooling to overclock the piss out of it.

[Porkchop]

Originally Posted by Trip

I've decided to say fuck retarded consoles, their games just keep getting more simplistic and more full of annoying douches. Building a new i7 780 SLI gaming rig. Debating watercooling to overclock the piss out of it.

PC master race!!!!!!!!

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by Trip

I've decided to say fuck retarded consoles, their games just keep getting more simplistic and more full of annoying douches. Building a new i7 780 SLI gaming rig. Debating watercooling to overclock the piss out of it.

STOP!!!!!!!!
Wait for the R 290 cards to come out with new coolers first.

AMD R 290 @ $399 offers comparable performance to the GTX780 @$499
On top of that, the new crossfire setup on the R 290 cards is outstanding AND they are now tossing in Battlefield 4 in for free as part of their new bundle.

Only issue right now is that the reference R290 and R290x boards have shit coolers.

GTX780 is a great card and nicely built but I would definitely hold off for until AIB releases custom cards (end of November, early december).
You could build out your mega box but just use the onboard video for now.

If you just want to go all out, the a pair of GTX780ti's are the way to go unless you are pushing a huge 4k monitor. Then R290x (with aftermarket cooling) is the way to go

[Trip]

I am an Nvidia person, fuck AMD. I have had a few of them and they all failed. Never had any issues with Nvidias I have bought.

BF4 doesn't interest me in the slightest. Played the beta, it was garbage. They have improved it some, but it is still a giant stinking pile of shit, which is why they are giving it away.

[Rangerscott]

AMD says to run the 290 hot. They made it to run all the cpmponents on it at 95c.

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by Rangerscott

AMD says to run the 290 hot. They made it to run all the cpmponents on it at 95c.

I call shennanigans on AMD.
With the reference coolers cards are throttling back because the the coolers cant keep up. On top of that, hot running cards, at that temp don't bode well for longevity (cheapskate me speaking who holds on to video cards way longer than most people). Toss in the fact that they are loud and obnoxious once temps pass certain thresholds. They need better coolers. They have always had shitty reference coolers and its usually worth waiting for the AIB partners to toss on better custom solutions.

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by Trip

I am an Nvidia person, fuck AMD. I have had a few of them and they all failed. Never had any issues with Nvidias I have bought.

BF4 doesn't interest me in the slightest. Played the beta, it was garbage. They have improved it some, but it is still a giant stinking pile of shit, which is why they are giving it away.

After years on a GTX570 looking for a suitable replacement that offers a large enough jump to justify spending $$$ I dont blame you.

Every time I get the urge to replace it, reviews on the 7970 cards chased me away. It always starts of grand but always ends with "dead card"

The GTX780\Titan and GTX780ti are very nice designs and built well. However, I am going to see how the R290 turns out prior to dropping $500 on a GTX780. Much rather get the same performance for $100 cheaper.

[Sixxxxer]

Originally Posted by Trip

LOL, fuck that stupid ass series, give me ARMA 3 even with it's bugs any day of the week.

Beta of BF4 was fucking lame

The BF3 Beta sucked to.

Thats why its called a Beta.