Im hooked!

lee1101 · 27 Nov 2011 at 14:28

Yeah I was looking that one, might order one as an early xmas pressie. Comes with the adpator which is a bonus!

Wucked · 28 Nov 2011 at 16:03

Hmm, you could have saved yourself a fair bit of time and effort if you'd have asked for advice here before you started your epic graphicscardathon. But as long as you're enjoying yourself, I guess that's what counts

Devrij · 28 Nov 2011 at 16:40

xsistor said:
PCs are like a very expensive MMO. The components are the gear. Your money is what you grind to make it all happen.

That might be Sig worthy

lee1101 · 28 Nov 2011 at 16:45

Wucked said:
Hmm, you could have saved yourself a fair bit of time and effort if you'd have asked for advice here before you started your epic graphicscardathon. But as long as you're enjoying yourself, I guess that's what counts

Thats very true, although when I started i wasnt even planning on upgrading from the onboard graphics or overclocking. I had no idea about how a computer works, what a heatsink was lol and all things like that. But once you start learning how things work and what upgrades are avalable its hard to not get carried away!

xsistor · 28 Nov 2011 at 16:50

Devrij said:
That might be Sig worthy

I even forgot I wrote that, hahaha

reflux · 28 Nov 2011 at 16:53

lee1101 said:
Thats very true, although when I started i wasnt even planning on upgrading from the onboard graphics or overclocking. I had no idea about how a computer works, what a heatsink was lol and all things like that. But once you start learning how things work and what upgrades are avalable its hard to not get carried away!

Absolutely this. I went absolutely crackers the first couple of years I had my PC. Upgrading everything. But these days I usually just refresh the CPU/mobo once a year (if there's anything better out) and graphics card once a year too.

xsistor said:
PCs are like a very expensive MMO. The components are the gear. Your money is what you grind to make it all happen.

love it

lee1101 · 28 Nov 2011 at 16:56

Glad im not the only one! I think thats probably what I will end up doing, even though I do love my i5

Fledge · 28 Nov 2011 at 17:11

Games that you can't run on full settings with a 560ti:

Battlefield 3
The Witcher 2
Crysis (and Warhead)
Metro 2033
Crysis 2
Any MMO

Top end graphics cards are useful for more than epeen.

jewii · 28 Nov 2011 at 17:23

high as xmas tree as we roll....

wilber · 29 Nov 2011 at 10:18

Fledge said:
Games that you can't run on full settings with a 560ti:

Battlefield 3
The Witcher 2
Crysis (and Warhead)
Metro 2033
Crysis 2
Any MMO

Top end graphics cards are useful for more than epeen.

He said "Can't run" not "Can't run on full settings"

KNiVES · 29 Nov 2011 at 14:32

Supernaut91 said:
So basically without your lack of research into the matter, you have probably wasted a fair bit of cash.

560ti here. Don't need more than that currently. May upgrade next year though to get a bit more vram

Wrong.

Wucked · 29 Nov 2011 at 15:56

lee1101 said:
Thats very true, although when I started i wasnt even planning on upgrading from the onboard graphics or overclocking. I had no idea about how a computer works, what a heatsink was lol and all things like that. But once you start learning how things work and what upgrades are avalable its hard to not get carried away!

Lol! Yeah its addictive.

Fledge · 29 Nov 2011 at 18:14

wilber said:
He said "Can't run" not "Can't run on full settings"

In that case I'd like to preface my list with 'Can't run without detracting from the experience of the game'.

lee1101 · 3 Jan 2012 at 19:34

robfosters said:
If you get in quick, I think you will be better off with this.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-021-CS

Just a wee update

Went for your recommendation above, thank you!

What a dramatic improvement! Everything is so snappy and quick to load. Windows has normally booted before I get a chance to turn the screen on, ridiculous!

Now Im done..for now

coupe69 · 3 Jan 2012 at 20:07

lee1101 said:
Now Im done..for now

The only thing left to do then is change your sig as it's too big

lee1101 · 4 Jan 2012 at 00:46

coupe69 said:
The only thing left to do then is change your sig as it's too big

Haha it is a bit isn't it

anyway of shrinking it!?

coupe69 · 4 Jan 2012 at 00:51

lee1101 said:
Haha it is a bit isn't it anyway of shrinking it!?

Paint.net - resize image to required size (400x75 pixels) jobs a good 'un

lee1101 · 4 Jan 2012 at 00:55

coupe69 said:
Paint.net - resize image to required size (400x75 pixels) jobs a good 'un

Lovely jubbly job for tomorrow! Thanks!

lee1101 · 5 Jan 2012 at 20:47

Dropped it all together! was a bit of a "my internet is faster than yours" gimmick anyway