Nvidia & AMD on BBC reference VR

[Randall8686]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35220974

First time i have even seen Graphics cards mentioned in the public eye with them going on about the 970 and 290 being the minimum spec for GPU's and a 980 being capable.

I wonder how many people will have no idea what they are going on about. Still it might open peoples eyes a little ?

 

[Randall8686]

4 USB ports ??? for real? That is insane, I simply dont have 4 spare lol.

 

[Randall8686]

I use a Gigabyte OC z87 board. I dont consider it to be a top end Z87 motherboard but it has four usb 2.0 and six usb 3.0, a further two headers for usb 3.0 and two more for usb 2.0.

Now this gives me a minimum of:

8 USB 2.0
10 USB 3.0

I have a lot of devices plugged in but am never lacking in USBs and have not even used half the headers available on the mobo.

What devices are you using that you have ran out of ports and what motherboard do you have?

If i ever need more USB ports i would just get a USB bay for my case and use the other USB headers on my motherboard.

If i need more than that, i guess i can just use a PCIe card. If i need even more, i will probably decide that i need to reassess my life before getting any more USB ports, as i am clearly doing something wrong or have gained a very niche addiction.

I have

wireless headset
Joystick
Xbox controller
Mouse
Keyboard
Monitor (dell plugs into USB)
steering wheel

This leaves me with 1 usb i think on the back (97 sniper) I have two USB 3 on the front but hate cables coming out the front of my PC very OCD with this all my cables have to be hidden and controllers all sit in their place so no cables can be seen when not in use.

4 USB is still a joke imo should have gone with another type of connection or at least given the choice of a custom PCI card with a single cable or somthing.

Edit just checked online as i thought i was going crazy my Z1 Sniper G1 mobo have 4 USB 3 and 3 usb 2 so i have used them all