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Offline ImADot

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ImADot's New Rig
« on: December 01, 2014, 09:08:11 AM »
After 6 years with a home-built rig, I decided to perform surgery and replaced the guts. I'm still using my Antec 1200 case and 750W power supply with a 24" widescreen Samsung monitor.

Old:
Gigabyte Mobo
Intel Core2 Duo
4Gb RAM
EVGA nVidia GTX260

New:
New Gigabyte Mobo
Intel i7 5820
16Gb RAM
EVGA nVidia GTX970

Ran a quick test in AH. All settings maxxed - even enviro mapping to max. Steady frames at my VSync'd 60, slight drop to low 50's now and then. I'll experiment a bit more (still tweaking the new build) and start playing with recording video.

All in all, I'm pretty stoked. (I also do some Photoshop and game videos, maybe some newer games like Elite:Dangerous, FarCry4[free from EVGA promo] and maybe Star Citizen) , and other normal PC drudgery)

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My Current Rig:
GigaByte GA-X99-UD4 Mobo w/ 16Gb RAM
Intel i7 5820k, Win7 64-bit
NVidia GTX 970 4Gb ACX 2.0
Track IR, CH Fighterstick, CH Pro Throttle, CH Pro Pedals

Offline Ratsy

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Re: ImADot's New Rig
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2014, 09:39:37 AM »
That's a really nice rig and you have to be amazed at the new video card.

If you've been especially nice this year, maybe Santa will bring you a monitor with a refresh rate of 144mhz (or higher).  That is not required, but it would put the cherry on top.

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Offline Bizman

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Re: ImADot's New Rig
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2014, 11:04:18 AM »
Wow, just wow! A perfect example of what you get when you do your homework instead of getting fooled by exaggerating marketing phrases of <insert any brand>.  :aok


Offline Gman

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Re: ImADot's New Rig
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2014, 12:59:26 PM »
Nice, good for you, glad you're happy with that.

I rebuilt both of our gaming pc's and one is very similar, Asus ST MB instead, but the same CPU (moving from 3820 skt 2011 up to the 5820) and the same vid card (970x2 SLI, but AH really only needs one, and the SLI profile IMO makes no diff in performance between 1 or 2 from what I've seen in 3 years of SLI).

One thing I would suggest is cranking your environmental slider back down to around 1/2, or even less - just my opinion, but you will see your system fall into the 40's, maybe even 30s during actual gameplay in very busy areas with it on max.  Fly over a tank town with dozens of tanks fighting, and say 10 cons in the air, and get down in the weeds - you'll see what I mean, the reflections will pull your FPS down into low enough numbers to affect your gameplay, at least it does for me.

Also +1 on a 144hz monitor, you have the horse power to run one, you can find them in the 200$ range now (I have 2, one 24" and one 27").


Also, if you want to fly Star Citizen let me know, I've been fighting in the public servers since the day they opened them (I have a very low Citizen number).  The flight model is fantastic, a lot of what you know from AH will transfer, but then add in the ability to decouple and spin on an axis while still traveling in your original direction (ie point your nose anywhere BUT your direction of flight) as well as use thrusters to push in 4 other directions while doing any type of flight or maneuver.  It can get really complicated, plus added in turreted gimbaled guns that will track with your trackIR and allow you to shoot off axis as well - really neat stuff.
« Last Edit: December 01, 2014, 01:02:12 PM by Gman »

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Re: ImADot's New Rig
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2014, 02:30:59 PM »
Thanks guys for letting me know that I did Ok with the build.  :D

Yeah Gman, I won't have the env slider very far up (if at all) except for making movies. I don't think it adds much at all to the in-cockpit experience - unless maybe you have a bare metal plane that should reflect stuff. And I think for now I'll fart around with Elite Dangerous when it comes out in a few weeks and then think about Star Citizen once it actually comes out.
My Current Rig:
GigaByte GA-X99-UD4 Mobo w/ 16Gb RAM
Intel i7 5820k, Win7 64-bit
NVidia GTX 970 4Gb ACX 2.0
Track IR, CH Fighterstick, CH Pro Throttle, CH Pro Pedals

Offline j500ss

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Re: ImADot's New Rig
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2014, 07:58:28 PM »
Not that I am an expert, but that sure seems like a pretty sweet rework of your rig  :aok

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Re: ImADot's New Rig
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2014, 02:36:49 PM »
One thing I would suggest is cranking your environmental slider back down to around 1/2, or even less -

this , and keep antialiasing low.
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Re: ImADot's New Rig
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2014, 03:23:44 PM »
I have the environment slider one notch above "static", and no AA since I also use SweetFX. Frame rates are solid at my VSync'd 60.
My Current Rig:
GigaByte GA-X99-UD4 Mobo w/ 16Gb RAM
Intel i7 5820k, Win7 64-bit
NVidia GTX 970 4Gb ACX 2.0
Track IR, CH Fighterstick, CH Pro Throttle, CH Pro Pedals