Re: General gaming news and discussion
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 3:46 pm
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Also wanna say that with a machine this powerful, it'll be a massive leap above what I've been used to.Yuli Ban wrote: ↑Sun Nov 21, 2021 12:06 am Aye, I considered a 2070 at first, but figured I'd have no trouble with any title or peripheral with a 3070.
I've been obsessed with trying VR for the sunny side of a decade, as is probably evident from the previous forum. I remember distinctly coming within one single click of buying a Rift devkit 2 back in the summer of 2014 and just barely chose against it. I had mobile VR for a while, but that wasn't as exciting.
I specifically got 32GB of RAM for two games specifically: City: Skylines and Microsoft Flight Simulator. And maybe one other. Very RAM-heavy games. Wasn't that much more expensive than 16GB. I simply have nostalgia for SimCity 4. I've been playing that one since 2004. Skylines looks like a true successor, at least in the details that I liked about it.
And if it's ever feasible, we absolutely could meet up in E:D some day.
The early days of this are mostly going to be spent catching up on other titles I missed, emulation of titles I physically own on old consoles, and modding. Lots of modding. I speak no hyperbole when I say it was mods that enticed me to get a new PC. So many games I had on consoles that I looked towards with envy at the PC versions because of mods.
Must admit, I'm quite jealous.
Whoops, there was a typo. The processor I have is a i7-12700KF, which lacks an integrated GPU. Which, obviously, means absolutely nothing if I have an actual GPU. In fact, having an iGPU and a GPU together could be a pain if older games I play try defaulting to the iGPU, hence why I went with the KF.wjfox wrote: ↑Tue Nov 23, 2021 12:25 pm
Must admit, I'm quite jealous.
And wow... I just read your earlier post again. I only focused on the GPU, but having checked the 12700K, that's a beast of a CPU as well.
These are the PassMark stats (mine vs yours):
Intel Core i7-9700K = 14,562
Intel Core i7-12700K = 29,688
In other words, more than double the processing power. And 12 cores vs 8 cores for mine.
Well then, enjoy. And if your budget can stretch, don't skimp on the other aspects, e.g. decent SSD (I recommend at least 1TB), a separate HDD with plenty of storage (at least 4TB), efficient cooling, a good motherboard, nice case, ergonomic keyboard, and a "professional" gaming mouse.
Here's the mouse pad I use btw –