The PC Thread - Tips, Benchmarks, Specs, Laptops, Custom Desktops, Pre-Builds and more.
I'm heavy into GTA modding...
You got the patience for all that. I don't. I remember all the steps needed to install one of those big overhaul texture mods for GTA IV(changed the city to reflect real ads and logos) and that shyt was tiring.
You can't get a gaming desktop instead?? You can get a nice laptop but once you buy it... it's pretty much stuck with those specs so you would have to spend a good amount of money to make sure it last with heavy games for a good few years. PS4 you can get later like next year since the big titles drop next year.
Well after further tests, it's not my CPU that is crippling my GPUs, it's something else (I'm seeing framerate drops in Borderlands 2 too, and I'm not anywhere close to 100% CPU usage there). The framerate drops just appear to be at random places (kinda like what @Rice N Beans said).
@Rice N Beans what did you tests conclude? Was Win 8 the problem? If so, I think you were on to something.
Edit: I think it's a DX9 problem. Games using DX11 run fine.
Edit 2: Yes, I'm gonna stop whipping myself and go back to Win 7 this weekend. I've had it up to here with Win 8 problems.
@Rice N Beans what did you tests conclude? Was Win 8 the problem? If so, I think you were on to something.
Edit: I think it's a DX9 problem. Games using DX11 run fine.
Edit 2: Yes, I'm gonna stop whipping myself and go back to Win 7 this weekend. I've had it up to here with Win 8 problems.
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you can get a gaming desktop and a PS4 for about $1,000 after mail in rebates, selling bundled games etc
Well after further tests, it's not my CPU that is crippling my GPUs, it's something else (I'm seeing framerate drops in Borderlands 2 too, and I'm not anywhere close to 100% CPU usage there). The framerate drops just appear to be at random places (kinda like what @Rice N Beans said).
@Rice N Beans what did you tests conclude? Was Win 8 the problem? If so, I think you were on to something.
Edit: I think it's a DX9 problem. Games using DX11 run fine.
Edit 2: Yes, I'm gonna stop whipping myself and go back to Win 7 this weekend. I've had it up to here with Win 8 problems.
The Fukin Prophecy
RIP Champ
IV is a bytch to mod, you need to fukk around with config files but when it works...
I got SA and VC fully running on the RAGE engine...
Dude hasn't slept in a week tweaking .ini files and messing with regedit
Mr. Somebody
Friend Of A Friend
Yea It looks unreal tournament
But that shyt must've been overheating my system because my PC just SHUT DOWN! It's odd no other game ever did that before..
I was about to wild the f out. My system was HOT when I opened up the case.I'm a reckless PC gamer man
. I think I need a new case because my GPU fan is RIGHT behind a sound card with literally no breathing room.
I downloaded and ran all those mods friend suggested and my Laptop isnt making much of a peep friend.Those beautiful auroras
Black Nate Grey
The God Emperor of Mankind
I don't want a gaming desktop right now, because I prefer to bring my gaming with me on the move.
I also never knew you couldn't customize the specs of a laptop, only a desktop though? That's disappointing.
In terms of performance:
High end gaming desktop > High end gaming laptop
Is that correct?
midrange gaming desktop > High end gaming laptop
You aren't joking. I'm furious at PC gaming right now. My 4th of July vacation is gonna be consumed with fixing this shyt. It's infuriating. I got other problems like fans being stuck at 5000rpms now (HWMonitor, Corsair Link, and Bios all show this fan at 5000rpm, and I can do nothing to change it in the BIOS or with corsair link). Then these sound card problems which apparently are unfixable, and now DX9 problems. I'm fukking furious! :uFurious:
fukking borderlands 2 going down in fps for no fukking reason. It didn't do that with my 690 and 3820. fukking Furious!
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I feel you. There's NOTHING worse than getting ready to try out a game and you're greeted with a horrible error message.
If I can't fix this shyt with win 7, I might just turn in to a console gamer only
I feel you. There's NOTHING worse than getting ready to try out a game and you're greeted with a horrible error message.
I've never been this infuriated with technology before. Everything seems to be fukked up.
Now I gotta go get a camera stuck up my dikk at the doctor. Horrible vacation so far. I'm so furious . :uFurious:
