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Why did they label the m.2 slot twice next to the pci-e x1 slot? And why are they putting the crossfire and sli logo's on the board, especially up by the ram slots.
...because they can!
Why did they label the m.2 slot twice next to the pci-e x1 slot? And why are they putting the crossfire and sli logo's on the board, especially up by the ram slots.
Yeah, well, it looks stupid....because they can!
Yeah, well, it looks stupid.
I'm guessing that's going to be a $400+ board. If I'm spending that much, I want to it to be aesthetically pleasing. The 27 looks stupid as well.You sir, are a very harsh critic.
Crews seems so happy and over the top all the time.
Hey guys. So I've started looking into getting a GPU for my off-the-shelf desktop. It's looking like I'll be going for EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB ACX 3.0. Seems like a good bangforyourbuck for what I'm willing to spend on it.
I had a question though. Is there a correlation between the power of the GPU and how much CPU it requires? Or does the GPU use a flat x amount because it's doing its own thing?
i7-6400 (3.4Ghz). I know that my processor plus my intended GPU is plenty strong of a combo to run games, but I also stream. I don't mind playing with moderate fps and/or low settings. My hope is to be able to leave enough of the CPU free to run OBS and stream at a passable quality.The GTX 1060 are good cards for the price. Keep in mind that the 3GB version is a bit less powerful then the 6GB version. There it more difference between the cards then just the amount of VRAM.
To answer your questions, yes and no. Every system is going to have a limiting factor, or as people say a bottleneck. This changes depending on the workload. For gaming most of the time that limiting factor in performance is the GPU, as most games demand more from the GPU then the CPU. However, it can be the CPU if you pair a powerful GPU with a very weak CPU, or you turn the game setting way down in an effort to get really high FPS (in the 100s).
For the most part Haswell and above i5 CPUs will keep the bottleneck on the GPU (where you want it). Haswell and above i3 well do very well, but you do lose a couple FPS. Of course i7 kill everything.
What CPU do you have?
I love the stubborn, bitter resistance to the capitalist machine from @jefferz. So out of character. Also, that Supercarrier looks like it might be the best high end ATX Z270 motherboard out there.
Wouldn't just about anyone be stoked if they just received a comp with all of this? I mean, holy bejeebus, he has 24GB of GDDRX5 VRAM: almost as much as he has system RAM!
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i7-6400 (3.4Ghz). I know that my processor plus my intended GPU is plenty strong of a combo to run games, but I also stream. I don't mind playing with moderate fps and/or low settings. My hope is to be able to leave enough of the CPU free to run OBS and stream at a passable quality.
Don't get me wrong, it's a kickass board. There's just some things that make me scratch my head. Even the gigabit ethernet label on the i/o cover. Who thought that looked good and how did it make it to production that way? Same with the writing on the m.2. It looks like they sent the plans off to have it manufactured but the guy that sent the plans screwed up and sent over a picture of one with everything labelled.
I don't get motherboard chipset heat sinks having words on them or a stupid design on them either. Asus had interchangeable ones a few generations back. Give me an option to buy a plain jane replacement.
Got it. Thanks for the help! I'll look into Shadowplay.Seeing as most games only make use of 4 CPU thread, you will be fine with the i7 for streaming. Also keep in mind that NVidia has it's Shadowplay video capture and streaming software that is free. Last time I looked it was less resource intensive then OBS.
Ahh. Still looks dumb.I think the labeling is on purpose. If you ever go onto a navy ship you will see that everything is labeled, often multiple times. They also packaged it with a window to see the board, so the labels serve that purpose as well.
Posted this in another thread. Put enough work into compiling some of the top played games that I figured it would be appreciated, here. They are all free to play, but I won't guarantee purity against any schemes after that. Of them all, Planetside 2 is probably the most demanding on a gamer's system, especially if one applies a configuration of custom settings for the UserOptions.ini file.
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Most Popular Free Games
- Dota 2
- Team Fortress 2
- Warface
- Warframe
- War Thunder
- Paladins
- Fallout Shelter
- Unturned
- Clicker Heroes
- Path of Exile
- Planetside 2
- Guild Wars 2
- Neverwinter
- Lord of the Rings Online
- Star Trek Online
- DC Universe Online
- Smite
- Hawken
- Alien Swarm
- Last Man Standing
- Heroes & Generals
- Fishing the Planet
- World of Tanks Blitz
- World of Warships
- Rift
- TERA
- EVE Online
- Marvel Heroes 2016
- Super Crate Box
- Atlas Reactor
- The Cat and the Coup
- Star Conflict: Dogs of War
- Blacklight: Retribution
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Most Popular Free Games
- League of Legends
- Hearthstone
- Heroes of the Storm
- Star Wars: The Old Republic
- World of Tanks
- World of Warplanes
- Final Fantasy XIV Online
- Pokemon MMO
- Roblox
- Paragon
- Black Desert Online
Yep. Already posted about it in the other thread last night: