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[Osena109]

My computer has an AMD R9 280x with an AMD FX™-8320 Eight Core Processor with GDDR5 and 16.0 GB of RAM. Is that good enough?

am not sure about AMD cpu's but that r9 280 is allmost as powefull as gtx 770

[mrpoultry]

My computer has an AMD R9 280x with an AMD FX™-8320 Eight Core Processor with GDDR5 and 16.0 GB of RAM. Is that good enough?

Ultra settings, x2 anti aliasing.

[Lalwen]

Hello there

 

I still don't know on what platform I'm going to play DA:I, I need a new PC or a nextgen console.

 

Do you think this would do to play with ultra settings ?

 

• AMD FX 8350 Black Edition (8-Core - 4.0 GHz / 4.2 GHz Turbo Core - Cache 8 Mo - HT3 5.2GT/s) 
• Unlocked CPU
• AMD Radeon R9 280X 3Go
• ASUS M5A97 R2.0 (AMD 970)
• 8 Go ram
• Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
• Alim LDLC BG-500 Quality Select 80PLUS Bronze 

[Kinthalis ThornBlade]

 

Hello there

 

I still don't know on what platform I'm going to play DA:I, I need a new PC or a nextgen console.

 

Do you think this would do to play with ultra settings ?

 

• AMD FX 8350 Black Edition (8-Core - 4.0 GHz / 4.2 GHz Turbo Core - Cache 8 Mo - HT3 5.2GT/s) 
• Unlocked CPU
• AMD Radeon R9 280X 3Go
• ASUS M5A97 R2.0 (AMD 970)
• 8 Go ram
• Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
• Alim LDLC BG-500 Quality Select 80PLUS Bronze 

Your CPu and GPu are better than what's on a PS4, so you should be fine at better than PS4 settings, 1080p over 30 FPS. Not sure about Ultra or 60 FPS, but I'd wager you could do very high at  60 FPS at 1080p.

[DisturbedJim83]

 

 

Hello there

 

I still don't know on what platform I'm going to play DA:I, I need a new PC or a nextgen console.

 

Do you think this would do to play with ultra settings ?

 

• AMD FX 8350 Black Edition (8-Core - 4.0 GHz / 4.2 GHz Turbo Core - Cache 8 Mo - HT3 5.2GT/s) 
• Unlocked CPU
• AMD Radeon R9 280X 3Go
• ASUS M5A97 R2.0 (AMD 970)
• 8 Go ram
• Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
• Alim LDLC BG-500 Quality Select 80PLUS Bronze 

Your CPu and GPu are better than what's on a PS4, so you should be fine at better than PS4 settings, 1080p over 30 FPS. Not sure about Ultra or 60 FPS, but I'd wager you could do very high at  60 FPS at 1080p.

 

Yep its a good start point the only 2 things I would change are the motherboard and CPU the ones you have selected are good however if you switched to a AMD Kaveri 7850Khttp://www.overclock...rodid=CP-372-AM and a Asus A88XM-Plus motherboard 

http://www.overclock...903&subcat=2399 then you'll be able to take advantage of PCI-E Gen 3 maximizing your GPU's potential.

 

[Fidite Nemini]

 

Yep its a good start point the only 2 things I would change are the motherboard and CPU the ones you have selected are good however if you switched to a AMD Kaveri 7850Khttp://www.overclock...rodid=CP-372-AM and a Asus A88XM-Plus motherboard 

http://www.overclock...903&subcat=2399 then you'll be able to take advantage of PCI-E Gen 3 maximizing your GPU's potential.

 

 

 

 

Erm ... what you recommended is an APU and quite inferiour in computing performance compared to the FX 8350. If you pair that 7850K with a R9 280X, you might actually bottleneck that GPU for more CPU limited games.

 

I wouldn't recommend an APU to anyone who intends to go with a dedicated GPU faster than the R7 series. If he really, really wants to get all out of the GPU with PCIe 3.0 (which is hardly a significant difference really), then getting a solid Intel i5 will do him much better than an APU.

[DisturbedJim83]

Erm ... what you recommended is an APU and quite inferiour in computing performance compared to the FX 8350. If you pair that 7850K with a R9 280X, you might actually bottleneck that GPU for more CPU limited games.

 

I wouldn't recommend an APU to anyone who intends to go with a dedicated GPU faster than the R7 series. If he really, really wants to get all out of the GPU with PCIe 3.0 (which is hardly a significant difference really), then getting a solid Intel i5 will do him much better than an APU.

If he/she wants to stick with AMD then the Kaveri APU is the only one thats supports PCI-E Gen 3 and most games are GPU intensive rather then CPU intensive otherwise I would recommed a i5/i7( have i5 4670K OC'd to 4.4ghz myself) all depends on the user 

[Fidite Nemini]

If he/she wants to stick with AMD then the Kaveri APU is the only one thats supports PCI-E Gen 3 and most games are GPU intensive rather then CPU intensive otherwise I would recommed a i5/i7( have i5 4670K OC'd to 4.4ghz myself) all depends on the user 

 

 

PCIe 3.0 is little more than a pretty number. When it comes to gaming, PCIe 2.0 and 3.0 perform nearly identically (source), so there's no point in going for a slower CPU just to get PCIe 3.0.

[Lalwen]

Thanks everyone

I don't necessarily want to stick with AMD, I'm just looking for the cheapest, I'm on a low budget ^^" 

And I'll probably buy a prebuilt system, if I decide to go for a new PC.

[Fredvdp]

Thanks everyone

I don't necessarily want to stick with AMD, I'm just looking for the cheapest, I'm on a low budget ^^" 

And I'll probably buy a prebuilt system, if I decide to go for a new PC.

At the moment, AMD GPUs have the advantage in the Forstbite 3 engine due to Mantle support. I don't know if it will matter much in the long run, though, with the upcoming release of DirectX 12.

[GenericEnemy]

I know we're just guessing right now, but figure a GTX 780, FX 9370 and 16 gigs of RAM will be sufficient for max settings, 1080p at a decent frame rate? 

[mrpoultry]

 

Hello there

 

I still don't know on what platform I'm going to play DA:I, I need a new PC or a nextgen console.

 

Do you think this would do to play with ultra settings ?

 

• AMD FX 8350 Black Edition (8-Core - 4.0 GHz / 4.2 GHz Turbo Core - Cache 8 Mo - HT3 5.2GT/s) 
• Unlocked CPU
• AMD Radeon R9 280X 3Go
• ASUS M5A97 R2.0 (AMD 970)
• 8 Go ram
• Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
• Alim LDLC BG-500 Quality Select 80PLUS Bronze 

 

See the post above you. Also look about getting a PSU by Antec, Silverstone or Corsair. Don't overlook the PSU it is almost as important the GPU and CPU.

 

I know we're just guessing right now, but figure a GTX 780, FX 9370 and 16 gigs of RAM will be sufficient for max settings, 1080p at a decent frame rate? 

That set up good is enough for 1440p, 60 fps. Checkout down sampling.

[Fredvdp]

I know we're just guessing right now, but figure a GTX 780, FX 9370 and 16 gigs of RAM will be sufficient for max settings, 1080p at a decent frame rate? 

This will render Frozen at 60 fps 1080p.

[wicked cool]

Im not computer savy but if i walk into a box store and buy a HP should i expect to be able to play games like DAi/skyrim. I need to get a desktop thats primary purpose right now is for school but say 6 months from now could upgrade the card etc. whats a decent brand to start with

[Sylvius the Mad]

Thanks everyone
I don't necessarily want to stick with AMD, I'm just looking for the cheapest, I'm on a low budget ^^"
And I'll probably buy a prebuilt system, if I decide to go for a new PC.

If you're on a budget, you can almost certainly get a more powerful rig by building it yourself.

[Sylvius the Mad]

Im not computer savy but if i walk into a box store and buy a HP should i expect to be able to play games like DAi/skyrim. I need to get a desktop thats primary purpose right now is for school but say 6 months from now could upgrade the card etc. whats a decent brand to start with

Only if you make a special point of comparing the system specs to the listed requirements for the games. Those pre-built systems in big box stores occasionally have massive deficiencies (particularly with the video card).

[Kinthalis ThornBlade]

Im not computer savy but if i walk into a box store and buy a HP should i expect to be able to play games like DAi/skyrim. I need to get a desktop thats primary purpose right now is for school but say 6 months from now could upgrade the card etc. whats a decent brand to start with

 

You could, and yes, upgrading should be an option available to you, but you can't go in blind. The salesguy is likely not going to be very knowledgeable, and will just want to move inventory, so he'll lie to you if you ask a question he doesn't know the answer to:

 

"Will this custom case fit a GTX 780 in the future? and will the PSU be enough for it?"  

 

"Ehhh, sure!"

 

But, it's hard to beat the premade low end setups in terms of value (especially when taking warranty into account).

 

Make sure it's a modern i5 CPU. If you are going to buy a GPU separately (you should) down the road, make sure the PSU is rated at at least 500 Watts (600 would be better). Make sure there is at least one open PCIe slot (it can be taken by a low end GPU, that's fine too, you can swap it).

 

Your best bet is to look online for one that you can afford and ask about it here.

 

Another option is to purchase online and customize your rig. I personally like ibuypower, cyberpower, digital storm, falcon northwest.

[Fredvdp]

Im not computer savy but if i walk into a box store and buy a HP should i expect to be able to play games like DAi/skyrim. I need to get a desktop thats primary purpose right now is for school but say 6 months from now could upgrade the card etc. whats a decent brand to start with

"A HP" is very vague, but there's a good chance that when you pick up any brand PC without looking at the specs, you have a terrible PC for gaming. Brand PCs are also too expensive. For instance, if you assemble your own $700 PC, it will probably be good for gaming, while a $700 brand PC will likely have intergrated graphics, which is good enough for The Sims, but not much else.

 

If you want to upgrade an HP down the line, you'll likely have to get rid of the low quality power supply it ships with, so there's added cost there. You might want to do this if you're new to PC building, but it will be expensive. It's safer to just go to http://reddit.com/r/buildapc and get advice there.

 

You could also take a look here: http://www.logicalincrements.com/

 

Note: I've seen PC builds on Tiger Direct under the 'gaming' category despite them having a Geforce GT 610, which is not a gaming GPU. People will try to lie to you to sell their product, so be careful.

[The Loyal Nub]

Im not computer savy but if i walk into a box store and buy a HP should i expect to be able to play games like DAi/skyrim. I need to get a desktop thats primary purpose right now is for school but say 6 months from now could upgrade the card etc. whats a decent brand to start with

 

HP offers a decent warranty and I found their customer service support to be real good. But if you want to game then don't buy from them. Here is why: HP's warranty is great but becomes a liability when you discover you bought a prebuilt with a 250 watt PSU and Intel integrated graphics. So you're like "Ok no biggie I will buy a 500 watt PSU and buy a new GPU to install." But here's the hitch: If you open that case to install your new PSU and GPU you will void that warranty! 

 

Other issues: Their cases are generally small and that becomes a problem when you try and install a new PSU and GPU. You might not have enough fans. Also an issue I ran into with them is that the OS that shipped with this prebuilt was grafted to my hard-drive so when the hard-drive died I needed to install a whole new OS! That's where microsoft colludes with the big pc manufacturers. 

 

Not everyone has the time or technical suss to build a pc. When I bought my new system I went to Digital Storm. Others here have pointed out other companies. I hear Origin is really good. You can probably get a decent entry level gaming pc from one of those for 600-700 and save yourself countless headaches. What I love about my Digital Storm is the case is huge. If I need to swap out a GPU or PSU I have no fears for my case being too small for it plus I won't void the warranty. Just some things to consider as you decide.

[Yriss]

"A HP" is very vague, but there's a good chance that when you pick up any brand PC without looking at the specs, you have a terrible PC for gaming. Brand PCs are also too expensive. For instance, if you assemble your own $700 PC, it will probably be good for gaming, while a $700 brand PC will likely have intergrated graphics, which is good enough for The Sims, but not much else.

 

If you want to upgrade an HP down the line, you'll likely have to get rid of the low quality power supply it ships with, so there's added cost there. You might want to do this if you're new to PC building, but it will be expensive. It's safer to just go to http://reddit.com/r/buildapc and get advice there.

 

You could also take a look here: http://www.logicalincrements.com/

 

Note: I've seen PC builds on Tiger Direct under the 'gaming' category despite them having a Geforce GT 610, which is not a gaming GPU. People will try to lie to you to sell their product, so be careful.

 

Thanks for sharing the links. I've been researching to build a new computer too, and while I have some details locked down, it's nice to see what components other people are using together as well.

 

I particularly liked the categories in the Logical Increments page... "Destitute", "Poor", ... Hahaha!

[Joseph Warrick]

Seriously considering Alienware. I move like every other month and just can't carry a tower and all the peripherals. Man, games aren't a good hobby for nomads.

[Osena109]

Seriously considering Alienware. I move like every other month and just can't carry a tower and all the peripherals. Man, games aren't a good hobby for nomads.

There gaming Laptops are pretty sweet

[Fredvdp]

Seriously considering Alienware. I move like every other month and just can't carry a tower and all the peripherals. Man, games aren't a good hobby for nomads.

If you're going for a laptop, I'd recommend looking somewhere else. Alienware is notorious for their ludicrous prices.

[Fidite Nemini]

Seriously considering Alienware. I move like every other month and just can't carry a tower and all the peripherals. Man, games aren't a good hobby for nomads.

 

 

Stay away from Alienware. Their prices are downright fraudulent. If you want a gaming capable laptop, take a look at the Asus or MSI ones.

[BloodyTalon]

Stay away from Alienware. Their prices are downright fraudulent. If you want a gaming capable laptop, take a look at the Asus or MSI ones.

Asus makes good hardware over all for most things from laptops to desktops for gaming. So yeah would recmend them also, alienware tends to over price things.