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[daze23]

since we're on the topic of gsync, what do you guys think of mantle?

seems pretty cool for people that want to play BF4 with AMD cards. but it remains to be seen how it will be used beyond that

Carmack kinda called out Johan at the Nvidia thing when Johan suggested that maybe it would be some kind of standard eventually. the more 'low level' it is, the less compatibility it will have. overall the convo was pretty interesting and you should peep it. it's at 02:26:00 in this video

edit: twitch embedding doesn't seem to work right here (it just links to their live channel, where there's nothing going on)

here's the link

http://www.twitch.tv/pcper/b/471281079

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

since we're on the topic of gsync, what do you guys think of mantle?

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7371/understanding-amds-mantle-a-lowlevel-graphics-api-for-gcn

 

[Czerka]

@Liquid can you recommend an NAS build in the OP?

 

[2gunsup]

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Black List


Legit, bought one off him and it activated no problems on Uplay.

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

i'm loving my new gtx 760.
can't wait till Arkham Origins comes out so i can get my Batman on.

 

[Uh Oh]

Completed my build on Thursday

Parts:

Spoiler

CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $178.70)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (Purchased For $7.00)
Motherboard: Biostar TZ77A ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (Purchased For $80.00)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased For $27.50)
Storage: Intel 330 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($249.99)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $64.99)
Case Fan: Antec TrueQuiet 120 35.8 CFM 120mm Fan (Purchased For $5.00)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (Purchased For $50.00)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit) (Purchased For $0.00)
Keyboard: Cooler Master Storm Quick Fire Pro Wired Gaming Keyboard ($50.00)
Mouse: Cooler Master SGM-2001-BLON1 Wired Optical Mouse ($10.69)
Other: Monoprice 27" IPS-Glass Panel Pro LED Monitor 2560x1440 (Purchased For $393.36)
Other: LG GGC-H20L Blu-ray/HD DVD-ROM, 16X DVD±R DVD Burner (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $1117.23

I'm ready to suck at BF4

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

Completed my build on Thursday

Parts:

Spoiler

CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $178.70)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (Purchased For $7.00)
Motherboard: Biostar TZ77A ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (Purchased For $80.00)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased For $27.50)
Storage: Intel 330 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($249.99)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $64.99)
Case Fan: Antec TrueQuiet 120 35.8 CFM 120mm Fan (Purchased For $5.00)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (Purchased For $50.00)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit) (Purchased For $0.00)
Keyboard: Cooler Master Storm Quick Fire Pro Wired Gaming Keyboard ($50.00)
Mouse: Cooler Master SGM-2001-BLON1 Wired Optical Mouse ($10.69)
Other: Monoprice 27" IPS-Glass Panel Pro LED Monitor 2560x1440 (Purchased For $393.36)
Other: LG GGC-H20L Blu-ray/HD DVD-ROM, 16X DVD±R DVD Burner (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $1117.23

I'm ready to suck at BF4

7.75TB of storage...damn.

 

[Uh Oh]

7.75TB of storage...damn.

The two 3TB drives are pretty new. They have a combined 315.2 GB of storage used. The 2TB and 1.5TB drives are nearly full, though.

 

[DF is BUSY]

Completed my build on Thursday

Parts:

Spoiler

CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $178.70)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (Purchased For $7.00)
Motherboard: Biostar TZ77A ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (Purchased For $80.00)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased For $27.50)
Storage: Intel 330 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($249.99)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $64.99)
Case Fan: Antec TrueQuiet 120 35.8 CFM 120mm Fan (Purchased For $5.00)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (Purchased For $50.00)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit) (Purchased For $0.00)
Keyboard: Cooler Master Storm Quick Fire Pro Wired Gaming Keyboard ($50.00)
Mouse: Cooler Master SGM-2001-BLON1 Wired Optical Mouse ($10.69)
Other: Monoprice 27" IPS-Glass Panel Pro LED Monitor 2560x1440 (Purchased For $393.36)
Other: LG GGC-H20L Blu-ray/HD DVD-ROM, 16X DVD±R DVD Burner (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $1117.23

I'm ready to suck at BF4

the $0.00 are old parts i assume, how did you get 8gb ram for 27.50 though?

 

[DF is BUSY]

my damn chip is power hungry

wont stabilize with a 45 ratio and 1.280 bios vcore

might need to adjust some settings...........

 

[Uh Oh]

the $0.00 are old parts i assume, how did you get 8gb ram for 27.50 though?

Newegg deals. My motherboard came with 4gb free ram. I placed a separate order using a $25 off $250 order which included the 2x4gb of ram for a build I was putting together for my brother. I traded my 4gb for his 8gb and split the difference

 

[DF is BUSY]

Newegg deals. My motherboard came with 4gb free ram. I placed a separate order using a $25 off $250 order which included the 2x4gb of ram for a build I was putting together for my brother. I traded my 4gb for his 8gb and split the difference

ah word.

 

[GoPro]

The two 3TB drives are pretty new. They have a combined 315.2 GB of storage used. The 2TB and 1.5TB drives are nearly full, though.

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

probably HD porn

 

[daze23]

probably 4K porn

fixed