The PC Thread - Tips, Benchmarks, Specs, Laptops, Custom Desktops, Pre-Builds and more.

[duncanthetall]

Anybody here play Crysis 3 online at all or even enjoy it? My friend gave me his Crysis 2 and I have been playing that shyt online and I"m surprisingly having a ton of fun with it. Is Crysis 3 a lot similar? Might have to cop it. cdkeyshare has it for 20. Think I can wait for a better sale though.

 

[Ciggavelli]

Anybody here play Crysis 3 online at all or even enjoy it? My friend gave me his Crysis 2 and I have been playing that shyt online and I"m surprisingly having a ton of fun with it. Is Crysis 3 a lot similar? Might have to cop it. cdkeyshare has it for 20. Think I can wait for a better sale though.

I played it online for a bit. Not fun.

 

[daze23]

I actually just did that...lol. It works now.

The load up times are back to normal and the game runs great. (dem graphics and optimization, even at 5760x1080 )

The only other issue I have is i can't get afterburner to display my fps, temps, etc. in-game (not a big deal, but it would be cool to see what I'm getting).

afterburner won't disply because rivatuner doesn't work with 64 bit games. you can use fraps to display fps

 

[Ciggavelli]

afterburner won't disply because rivatuner doesn't work with 64 bit games. you can use fraps to display fps

Nice...will do

 

[Bboystyle]

brehs imma need a nice list of some good PC games,single or multiplayer. You Can list kind of old games as well since this my first time having a gaming PC

 

[Ciggavelli]

Brehs, I know I'm late but BF4

I refuse to play on one monitor, but I gotta make some sacrifices. I can play at like 30fps with almost everything except AA on at Ultra or 60fps with everything except AA at High

I think I need a mixture to get the best possible graphics and frame rate. What settings do you recommend for ultra and which ones for high?

 

[Ciggavelli]

brehs imma need a nice list of some good PC games,single or multiplayer. You Can list kind of old games as well since this my first time having a gaming PC

That depends on the types of games you like:

Go with anything Valve (Half-life, portal, left 4 dead, etc)
Alan Wake
Amnesia
Audiosurf
Batman games
Battlefield Games
Bioshock Games
Borderlands 2 ()
Crysis Games (obviously)
Deus Ex games
Dishonored
Dragon Age Games
All of the Elder Scrolls
All Fallout
All Far Cry
GTA IV for the mods
Kentucky Route Zero
Longest Journey
Mark of the Ninja
Max Payne Games
Metro Games
Monkey Island Games
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit (for a fun racer)
The STALKER games
Saints Row 3 and 4
Sleeping Dogs
System Shock 2
To the Moon ()
Tomb Raider
Torchlight Games
Walking Dead
Witcher Games


That's just a sample. I'm sure others could add on with their suggestions (I know I missed a lot of indies)

 

[DF is BUSY]

Brehs, I know I'm late but BF4

I can play at like 30fps with almost everything except AA on at Ultra or 60fps with everything except AA at High

what cpu and gpu you running breh?

 

[DF is BUSY]

AMD is doing a AMA via Toms Hardware

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/tom-s-hardware-ama-amd-interview,24945.html

 

[RJY33]

anyone have suggestions on what brands I should be looking at for a gaming laptop? Looking to spend around 1000. I mostly play older games and emulators but I'd like to be able to play COD, BF4, and Skyrim at at least acceptable quality. I need to buy a laptop for school regardless but if its gonna cost me 1500+ for a decent gaming laptop then ill cop a mid range PC and a PS4 probably

 

[Ciggavelli]

what cpu and gpu you running breh?

i7-3820
Gtx690


The CPU could be better , but I'm happy with the GPU

 

[DF is BUSY]

anyone have suggestions on what brands I should be looking at for a gaming laptop? Looking to spend around 1000. I mostly play older games and emulators but I'd like to be able to play COD, BF4, and Skyrim at at least acceptable quality. I need to buy a laptop for school regardless but if its gonna cost me 1500+ for a decent gaming laptop then ill cop a mid range PC and a PS4 probably

gaming laptops are a gimmick and or useless IMO

for the same budget for a decently suited "gaming laptop" ..... you can build a real decent rig with leftover cash

 

[DF is BUSY]

i7-3820
Gtx690


The CPU could be better , but I'm happy with the GPU

690? you beast'n

 

[Fatboi1]

BF4's performance online is annoying. It's just constantly jumping between 30-60 with vysnc on but with vysnc off it stays mostly up in the 40-60s but it tears. I don't want to lock it to 30fps man.

 

[Bboystyle]

So i keep seeing these xbox one and PS4 commercials talking about "the next generation of gaming is here"....

Isn't this false advertising brehs?