At risk of rocking that elitist attitude. Forza lost the being a sim tittle after forza 2 for me , just not into arcades racers ,,, however project Gotham would be the exception if that ever got a reiteration. Yeah totally Intrested in the kinect 2 for for a tool for both platforms .
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3rd 970 or console ?
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At risk of rocking that elitist attitude. Forza lost the being a sim tittle after forza 2 for me , just not into arcades racers ,,, however project Gotham would be the exception if that ever got a reiteration. Yeah totally Intrested in the kinect 2 for for a tool for both platforms .
With the specs you have already, What's your rig look like to look at? new case or something, or psu, braided cables, matching fans? stuff like that. the little things that put a smile on ya face when ya look at it, could have a brand new looking system for the price of a 970..
Console... mehh well, are you ever going to use it? I mean iv not bought a console since ps2, my missis give me her ps3 because she never used it, I played gta 5 on it for 2 days when I was bored and I give her the ps3 back because she wanted it for her Blu-ray dvds downstairs whilst im in my man cave upstairs on the pc, iv needed it back, only good thing about a console was it can play blu-rays etc, but now iv got a Blu-ray drive in my pc and a hdmi to the tv rather than just buying a bluray player for the tv its self.
Third 970, well is anything struggling that your playing I mean really? nothing struggles with my setup and im at 1080, well, its not quite your res its 1920x1080 but stillyour gpu power is double of mine, you will get a better score in benchmarks.. is that worth your missis spending her money on that? unless she gets you a 4k monitor to go with it, then you can say ere come look at this game on the 4k screen how much better it looks! and she will just be like really?? I payed all that money for no difference at all (to a untrained eye, I mean my missis played on a laptop at 20fps at 1024x768 and she cant tell the difference between that and a computer I built for her that runs games at a nice solid 60fps @ 1680x1050... no idea how anyone cant tell the difference but there ya go)
fourth question so to speak, why get a computer related product for xmas? yeah we love that sort of stuff, but your specs are decent enough as it is, go to Egypt for a week or two in jan its 30c+ and its bloody nice!
Haha best reply ever
Covered on aesthetics just need another gpu cable extension .
I'm just full on nerd with no other hobbies other than the same **** I do at work . Just want something either complementary or useful .
I'm no elitist I have both consoles and have no devotion to either.
Both get similar usage. Tbh there are no Sim racers on either and the only one coming up is Project cars which tbh you may as well play on the PC.
Grab a Kinect for the PC and lots of Beer...
Haha best reply ever
Covered on aesthetics just need another gpu cable extension .
I'm just full on nerd with no other hobbies other than the same **** I do at work . Just want something either complementary or useful .
Haha I also I typod I meant I never needed her PS3 back. And that's a mighty fine looking setup there!
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Buy a PS4 if you must,
If you want benching epeen then what are you doing with 970s to begin with?
As said, spend it on something outside the nerdome.. example I'm after a Gaggia classic for xmas!
If you want benching epeen then what are you doing with 970s to begin with?
As said, spend it on something outside the nerdome.. example I'm after a Gaggia classic for xmas!
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Oh I know it's a stupid amount of power for the res , but those HiGH BENCH SCORES !!
As above I have the power so I want avoid going for one just due to resgate senarios. Anything Imo that the PS4 outshines on my PC outshine that . I'm a racing sim enthusiast and FPS now and again but would just like a platform that has something other than gaming ... Hense why I'd like to jump on to xbox one and use it as a dev kit for kinect etc . Do love that ps4 controller mind !! Anything down the line other than GT7 to tempt me ?
Pretty sure you can get the Kinect for PC and there is a developer scene, new Xbox One Kinect for PC as well?
Imho the PS4 and Wii U have better exclusives than the Xbone, with some of the more worthy Xbone games making the leap to PC anyway, 'Dead Rising 3' 'Rise' etc. Whereas you can be pretty sure that the PS4 and Wii U exclusives will remain 'exclusive' to those consoles and not come to PC.
In terms of some current and upcoming PS4 games,
Driveclub
Infamous: Second Son
Infamous: First Light
The Last of Us Remastered
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
The Order: 1886
GTA V (Months before PC version with full 1080P)
LittleBigPlanet 3
Until Dawn
Journey HD
Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture
The Dark Sorcerer
Soma
Deep Down
Bloodborne
Let It Die
The Wii U has some great exclusive games as well, I won't list them all lol.
We have Wii U, and two PS4's. could have bought the Xbone, but honestly I played with it and it's the least impressive 'next gen' console out of the three imho, not powerful enough to have the best performing console and unlike the Wii U the exclusive games aren't good enough to overlook the weak hardware.
Wii U or PS4 ftw !!
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Ahh I'm looking towards the Xbox ... Well 2 970s are faster than a single 980 was my logic ... Still have budgets lol , fianances are always influx lol .
Don't get me wrong I would like to steer away front constant tech but find nothing else interesting that's worth investing in . Holidays and things can be done through the year and what not . Gaggia Classic???
While I don't doubt it's a good game , it's not for me
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A 3rd 970 is not worth the investment considering the current poor SLI scaling beyond two cards (2nd card add around 80% ish, and 3rd card add only around 30%).
I vote for getting a console as well.
I vote for getting a console as well.
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Yeah I thought the same, wanted to play Dead Rising 3, once that came to PC I have felt no urge to get an Xbone. The Halo Remastered games just look dated to me, slightly sharper graphics but no real improvements, same static environments with scripted combat. No real reason to play them again.
Things might change next year with hopefully a re designed (Smaller Xbone) on a die shrink with a new Gears of War game and a proper next gen Halo Game. Might tempt me over, but even then I think the console is priced to high for what really is a low end APU with DDR3.
The PS4 hardware is a lot better, much better graphics and DDR5.
Current games wise the Wii U is the winner imho, but the upcoming PS4 games will really show what the console can do.
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PS4 cause not everyone you may know has high end PC"s If you got other family they may benefit more kids ect. Most people i believe play on consoles, not having one even if you have a PC. Most of your kids friends or other family members friends would prob have a Console at home to link up with in games. And most i know are getting the PS4 infact everyone in my sons community on his old xbox 360. Dont hear of anyone getting a Xbone for xmas
I play socially via my gaming community "PvE" the ratio of users with a secondary gaming devise is high and most it's a good split evenly between xbox n ps4 . I grew up in a family of PC power users and I.T enthusiasts , everyone I know virtually owns a mid/high end rig so I'm never short of people to play with
Unfortuantly the PS4 for me isn't an option as I plan to do more with it than just game , obviously I will game on it but it's not really anything that will be a primary use .
Thanks for the sugjestions guys .
Seems the console / xbox is the majority... I'd like to here from a 3 way SLi user mind themselves and see what there thoughts are.
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4K monitor FTW 
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If he's already thinking of a 3rd 970 for 1080p then 4k erm..xD
I'd go for 1440p.
I'd go for 1440p.
