GPU Advice for Gaming-heavy Rig

**Mouzafphaerre** · 05-11-2009, 23:24

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Deal.

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**Che Roriniho** · 05-12-2009, 17:54

Or get W7 now. I have to say, I haven't encountered any of the problems that people talk about on my Vista rig, and I'm definately something of a power user. I have actually noticed a huge boost in speed when switching dfrom WinXP, especially in Games. And DX10 really does make a MASSIVE difference.

**Husar** · 05-14-2009, 08:46

Well, I picked my system up yesterday with the help of a colleague and his car, installed my Vista Business 64bit and then started upgrading, after a long wait and fixing some minor problems I managed to install Empire which was considerably faster than on my laptop, the installation I mean.

Then put everything on ultra and had a land battle with two half stacks on some jungle map and I must say. It's absofreakinglutelytastic-looking! And smooooooth...
The sea battle on the hazy 4 player map was a bit less smooth but the map is almost unplayable on the notebook or even lower end systems due to all the haze.
Overall I'm very happy for now.

The only small problem is that the GPU cooler(I think) feeps a bit in idle but not under load, doesn't bother me too much for now as I didn't intend to use the 200W+ system for surfing since I still have the notebook for that.

**rabcarl** · 05-23-2009, 05:33

Well, anything you buy is going to be outdated soon; it's just a matter of time. I remember when my dad bought his first computer he spent loads and loads of money on it (a whopping 64 megs of ram if I remember right lol.) That being said, if you buy something more pedestrian, it won't sting as much when you have to replace your system as you inevitably will in a couple years.

**Lemur** · 05-23-2009, 05:57

And that, my friend, is why people who have been in the computer world for a while shoot for the optimum point on the price/performance curve. It makes no sense to buy top-shelf parts for the reasons you cite. Likewise, it's impossible to game on truly low-end hardware. So you read, and you look, and you find the parts that will give you just the right bang for your buck.

I don't know of anything you can purchase that devalues as quickly as a computer, except perhaps a lap dance.