I was glad when my graphics card stopped working a few months ago, my pc was from 2005, I missed all the games since 2007. It seems that modern games a **** though, there hasn't been any game yet that interested me enough to finish it.
PCs for RO2?
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It's quite tough to find help on the internet about finding a computer configuration that does not spend extra money on the ability to upgrade in the future or clock stuff. I just want a good, cheap comp that will last so long that I can give it to my parents when I am done with it. Then they can have it for many, many years to come after that. The computer they have atm is the one I bought in jan 2001 ^^.
I am thinking of going for 10600 ram instead of 12800 to save a great deal of money on the MB.
I am thinking of going for 10600 ram instead of 12800 to save a great deal of money on the MB.
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That is exactly what my son and I built for his new computer about a month ago (with the Z-68 MB). We looked at everything and his budget and then speculated on the longevity of the system and he is just thrilled with it.
Running a Q6850 3 g processor since they came out four and a half years ago, I've recently switched mobo and ram and slapped on a cpu liquid cooler.
Upgraded my gc to a 9800 gtx two years ago.
Point I'd make is get a decent performing cpu that will last for years, the other components aren't terribly expensive to upgrade as funds allow.
Upgraded my gc to a 9800 gtx two years ago.
Point I'd make is get a decent performing cpu that will last for years, the other components aren't terribly expensive to upgrade as funds allow.
Depends on what you want to do or what you'll use.
P67 should be fine, since you don't need the integrated graphics. But if you have the integrated graphics of the Z68, and your graphic card dies, you can at least still use the computer till you get a new one.
Another advantage of the Z68 is that it'll allow SSD caching, which will be something worth looking into, loading your most used games much faster from relatively small SSD HDDs. But of course that depends on the cash you've got, cause you could spend more money in more and bigger SSD's to install your stuff in there, getting better results, and a P67 would be fine in that case.
Z68 also supports Ivy bridge (The next generation not yet released Intel Processors) so If you want to upgrade in the future, you can, but I bet that it'll be a very very LONG time until a 2500k falls short for any game, and by then, there will be much better things in the market.
Z68 is more energy efficient combining the internal graphic chip with the external card, sometimes even improving the frame rate a bit, have extremely fast video encoding. It also makes HDDs access time etc a bit faster.
So the Z68 seems to be slightly better than the P67 in every department, and it gives you more options. So, while the P67 is not a bad option, the prices are very similar, so I don't see any reason to not get the Z68 instead.
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My PC should be just fine for RO2. I'm hoping my GTX 260 896mb card is enough to play the game at max settings with good FPS. Do any beta testers happen to have this card? Hows it doing?
The rest of my system is more than enough up to the task ... hopefully the graphics doesn't bottleneck it.
The rest of my system is more than enough up to the task ... hopefully the graphics doesn't bottleneck it.
I'd say go with the newer Z68 just for that reason. Put an i2500k in one for my son. Price was reasonable for the Gigabyte one he purchased.
Oh, I don't believe any of the Z68's have onboard graphics.
Oh, I don't believe any of the Z68's have onboard graphics.
I just looked into it, and I think is just the Gigabyte boards the ones without it. The ASUS Z68 does have them.
Thanks for the input Fedorov and Mr Moe.
All of my builds to date have been Asus boards, so I'll probably start my research there. I like to O/C as well, but I'm not fanatical about it.
This is the CPU that I use...
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Looking to get a laptop that I can use for photo/video editing and some gaming.
Right now I'm looking at Sager NP8170 with
- 17.3" FHD 16:9 "Glare Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright LED Glossy Screen (1920x1080)
- 2nd Generation Intel Core™ i7-2630QM, 2.0-2.8GHz, (32nm, 6MB L3 cache)
- nVidia GeForce GTX 485M 2,048MB PCI-Express GDDR5 DX11
- ~ 8,192MB DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory (2 SODIMMS)
- ~ 500GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA II 300 - 16MB Cache)
For about $1,700.
Any input on this? This is a bit over my max budget, but the 485m seems to do much better than the 560m and I want something better than my desktop, which this will certainly do. I just have a hard time pulling the trigger on this buy due to dosh.
Right now I'm looking at Sager NP8170 with
- 17.3" FHD 16:9 "Glare Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright LED Glossy Screen (1920x1080)
- 2nd Generation Intel Core™ i7-2630QM, 2.0-2.8GHz, (32nm, 6MB L3 cache)
- nVidia GeForce GTX 485M 2,048MB PCI-Express GDDR5 DX11
- ~ 8,192MB DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory (2 SODIMMS)
- ~ 500GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA II 300 - 16MB Cache)
For about $1,700.
Any input on this? This is a bit over my max budget, but the 485m seems to do much better than the 560m and I want something better than my desktop, which this will certainly do. I just have a hard time pulling the trigger on this buy due to dosh.
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I've got an i7 in my Dell laptop, and it does pretty well. It handles Battlefield Bad Company 2, Solidworks, Photoshop, MATLAB, you name it...
I would highly recommend getting a SSD for it, though, and use an external for storing big files, or figure out a way to put two drives in it.
I would highly recommend getting a SSD for it, though, and use an external for storing big files, or figure out a way to put two drives in it.
I was definitely thinking that, but I wasn't sure of the reliability of SSDs. How's the lifespan on them? I thought I heard somewhere that they die fairly quickly.