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You know, for not having official support or any mod tools, the modding community is slapping their private parts all over the faces of Bioware's development team. Cheatengine had a table that allows you to really use the tactical camera, a walk/run toggle and a bunch of editors. Bioware needs to contact those individuals. They have a better grasp on how the engine works.
Yeah, they should be embarrassed. You should see some of the stuff for Skyrim. It's pretty damn impressive.
@Peregrinus
I will take raw performance any day over trying to keep things super cool :-)
A game like DAI needs raw power :-)
And if you have a well built card heat is not an issue:-)
true enough. I think I've been on a laptop a bit too long. I'm getting outdated on real tech too fast. 
I'll have a desktop soon so that will change.
@Peregrinus
I am playing DA2 right now and The Witcher and enjoying myself :-)
Yes DA2 recycles lots of dungeons, but the story is great :-)
And it works the way an RPG should work :-)
Glad to hear you are enjoying Witcher. I may have to break down and grab DA2 when it's cheap. There is enough mods to make it look pleasing.
Since you like tech. Here's something neat.
@Peregrinus
For gaming laptop I would not buy anything but Alienware :-)
Asus actually makes better notebooks then Alienware.. Alienware stuff is too bulky.
Alienware focuses way too much on packing power into a machine, rather than what's actually necessary and functional. I can't deny their laptops are sweet but I'd only consider it if I was on the road constantly and didn't have the option of a static desktop to work on.
Oh and welcome to all our new users I haven't caught introductions yet, but if you've introduced yourself I've been really busy with work and all haven't spent a lot of time on the boards lately.
I know, I'm slacking- you guys deserve better 
According to PSU calculator 750 was an overkill.What do you have in your system? That's a severe downgrade from a 750W, no?
slight update on my computer situation, looks like I'm taking it in on the 9th. if all is well, I'm going for a gtx750 or 760, as that's about what I can afford right now, assuming I don't need to replace a processor, or motherboard. though my gut tells me my motherboard is going bad. so, likely my spare income is going into that. *sigh*
I think you should consider 770 really. Its slightly more expansive, but still better than 760 and will last a little bit longer (in terms of gaming). If price is an issue than maybe gtx660ti? Cheaper and identical to 760.
Here and here are comparisons of these 3.
Or... you can go for r9 280x same price as 760 but better gaming performance.
slight update on my computer situation, looks like I'm taking it in on the 9th. if all is well, I'm going for a gtx750 or 760, as that's about what I can afford right now, assuming I don't need to replace a processor, or motherboard. though my gut tells me my motherboard is going bad. so, likely my spare income is going into that. *sigh*
Have had a GTX 760 for a year now and it played everything very smoothly. Even DAI is not a problem in high settings, some ultra.
Also, the card doesn't suffer from a vram problem so that's a plus lol. 
But honestly, the predecessor, the GTX 660 Ti, which was replaced by the GTX 760, did have some drawbacks on the memory front. The memory connection was asynchronous, but at least Nvidia was honest about it. ^^
But Nvidia isn't any better with their current disaster and trying to sit it out, lying to everyone. So...Intel. Intel CPU and onboard graphics for the win!
Actually the integrated graphics processor already saved me once. I had a GTX 660 Ti before the GTX 760 but it died on me. My own fault even.
I replaced the malfunctioning standard cooler - which started to rattle just one single day after the 30 day period, where I could've easily returned it, ended - with a third party device. A good one even and I had some experience with this kind of modification, but the cooler was meant to be placed on a standard pcb. I had a Gigabyte GTX 660 Ti and they used their own pcb which was slightly off from the normal one. "Slightly" meaning that the voltage transformers where on the other end of the card lol.
I risked it anyway, knowing that the voltage transformers wouldn't get the cooling they really needed. Well it held for almost half a year before it broke.
Which was a funny story in itself: I was watching a cartoon movie, something about The Flash. Decent movie. There was some kind of climax in the story. He was running towards something, the music started to get louder and then BAM! Blackscreen. I thought at first this was meant to build anticipation for the following scene but instead my graphic card just broke. 
For the following week all I had was the IGP of my CPU, but I must say it performed admirably. I played some old gems like Duke Nukem 3D Atomic Edition which I had gotten on Steam recently.
@Peregrinus
Latest news from Nvidia:-)
They are not going to fix the GTX970 it is impossible to fix with a driver or a firmware upgrade :-)
But wait a few weeks and the card will either be discontinued, or the 980 will drop in price drastically:-)
That is what me hardware dealer says since he will not sell the 970 anymore:-)
I want to believe! That'd be great. I postponed the new graphic card until march and this month I will get a new power supply unit, one that is suited for modern graphic cards. I talked a bit to people who have a deeper insight into everything psu and voltages and they told me that while my current psu is good, it is not meant to cope with the voltage fluctuations of cards like the GTX 970 or even 980, at least not for long.
They would probably work and the overall power output of my current psu is more than sufficent, but there is the risk the psu will fail. So I decided to get a modern one. This one, most likely:
http://www.amazon.de...raight power 10
Getting it this month I can make sure it's stable with my current hardware and that I didn't get a "stupid one" (we call this a "monday modell" in Germany, something that was assembled on a bad monday where the dude who did it was in a foul mood and did something wrong xD).
Anyway...a PSU like this would run a GTX 980 without any trouble. So if the prices really go down that would be nice.
I'm going to be building (or have one built rather) a 2nd custom gaming pc in a few months, when i'll actually have a bit of disposable income to splurge with, them mom gets this one. i'm just fed up with ati/amd at the moment, really, really fed up.
Can't take anymore amd myself and regret every second of having one. I'd switch to nvidia 970, but this is out of budget currently.
No wonder why we all get along so well. It's in my top 5 best movies of all time.
Blade Runner
Ladyhawke
Saving Private Ryan
Forest Gump
Big
What, no Princess Bride? Philistine *sniffs*
(Ladyhawke, I love, but the soundtrack.. OMG... whyyyyyyyy)
(Ladyhawke, I love, but the soundtrack.. OMG... whyyyyyyyy)
What, no Princess Bride? Philistine *sniffs*
(Ladyhawke, I love, but the soundtrack.. OMG... whyyyyyyyy)
Yeah, As much as I loved Princess Bride , it's not in the top 5. If this was top 10, then yes.
According to PSU calculator 750 was an overkill.
I have i5 2500k with r9 280x and nothing overclocked. So on full load the system barely reaches 550W.
That's a nice balanced build. Is the 620W bronze 80+ at least?
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