Building a PC

**sponge** · 01-08-2012, 03:47 PM

ok I'm not sure if anyone's mentioned this yet because I only skimmed around the point the thread went full retard but why the fuck are you getting a 560 ti to play new releases on ultra

my 570 plays bf3 on high (or very high... not ultra) at 1920x1080. the 580 might do it, but it's pricey as fuck

seriously you retarded fucks are arguing about an i5-2500k versus an (old?) i7 whose hyperthreading does nothing for gaming and whose cache will give insignificant gains next to a proper graphics card

**Nick2.1** · 01-08-2012, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by sponge

ok I'm not sure if anyone's mentioned this yet because I only skimmed around the point the thread went full retard but why the fuck are you getting a 560 ti to play new releases on ultra

my 570 plays bf3 on high (or very high... not ultra) at 1920x1080. the 580 might do it, but it's pricey as fuck

seriously you retarded fucks are arguing about an i5-2500k versus an (old?) i7 whose hyperthreading does nothing for gaming and whose cache will give insignificant gains next to a proper graphics card

A 560ti is a great card for any one building their first computer, higher end cards can be intimidating. If he isn't happy about the power of his GPU, then he can either send it back or grab another one and SLI that bitch.

**sponge** · 01-08-2012, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by Nick2.1

A 560ti is a great card for any one building their first computer, higher end cards can be intimidating. If he isn't happy about the power of his GPU, then he can either send it back or grab another one and SLI that bitch.

this is true but

building a badass gaming PC so I can finally play Skyrim, SR3, BF3, MW3 on ultra settings
[...]
Any suggestions or advice?

He wants a computer that will play those on ultra, and harner comes up with an i7 (and an absolutely ridiculous amount of RAM but ohwellramischeap) and bickering ensues, when IO and graphics processing power are going to be his bottlenecks way before CPU power with that load.

**Harner** · 01-09-2012, 01:23 PM

Originally Posted by sponge

...and harner comes up with an i7 (and an absolutely ridiculous amount of RAM but ohwellramischeap) and bickering ensues, when IO and graphics processing power are going to be his bottlenecks way before CPU power with that load.

I do agree with this. I mean, for a setup relating just to gaming on "ultra settings", gpu is important. I honestly didn't really check out the specs on that card, because I'm not that much of a hardcore gamer to give a shit.

What I will say, is the likelihood of this computer being a dedicated 100% gaming machine is pretty slim. 12GB seems like a lot now, but seriously it's 2011. I spec out workstations with 8GB of RAM, with a life expectancy per machine of 3-5 years.