The Still New What Did You Last Do Thread

[Kostov]

"OH NO MY PAIR OF $1000 NVIDYA CARD'S IS OUT OF DATE TIME TO UPGRADE #PCMASTERRACE CONSOLE PASANT'S CANT DO THIS!!! *HOP'S INTO HONDA CIVIC WITH ADDED SPOILER'S*"

lol.

$1000 for a decent graphics card, though? Ridiculous.

[leileilol]

I had a bit of regret with the Geforce2 GTS 64MB back in 2000..... and that's going from a Voodoo3 16MB.

That regret only mildly turned around late 2002 when the first truly optimized T&L games came out (UT2003, NOLF2, BF1942), and had a bit more longevitiy thanks to the Geforce4MX's mass market appeal. Too bad that was when DX9 and pixel shader 2.0 was already being rolled out


That's the last time i'll be drinking the "PC Master Race" koolaid. I've been happy with the "value hardware for low end losers who cant run enb" choices since.

tl;dr: graphics hype sucks & "fack u nvida" - linux torval's

[NeuralStunner]

I never liked the 'injected postprocessing better grafik dx11' culture and the entitlement and specswhoring that comes with it. Not a wise idea to get new hardware based on unoptimized hobbyist curiosities.

For a while, I used an ENB in Skyrim mainly for one thing: DX-level frame capping to get rid of that 1.9 sound desync glitch. I also used the shadow filter to make shadows less blocky, more blobby. (Dunno why I prefer blob shadows so much...)

It started to bluescreen on the old system though, so I stopped using it.

Current card has 2GB VRAM, I think it'll do for now. The next system upgrade I paln to get is doubling my system RAM from 4GB to 8...

[DoomRater]

The way people like to pile on 1024^2 textures for doorknobs in SL, I... think the best thing I can do is plan to have as much VRAM as possible.

[raymoohawk]

i was working on the freedoom caco and my computer shut down in the middle of saving, now when i try to open this happens



can anything be done to recover it?

[Blox]

Doesn't CS6 have an autosave function that saves a backup copy every now and then on by default?

[raymoohawk]

it does, and it did recover copies of the other files i had open, but not this one

[Blox]

Well unless the file was in something like a dropbox folder and you saved regularly (and thus you'd be able to revert the file to a previous version) then I'm pretty sure you're shit out of luck.

[raymoohawk]

i checked if i could revert and it didnt work, at least i was able to recover most frames from a test gif i was doing

[GooberMan]

If Photoshop deletes the old file before saving the new one, you may be able to undelete it.

[raymoohawk]

it didnt work, but thanks anyway, ill just redo the stuff i lost

[Kostov]

Finalizing the build and thinking about everything that's advised, I decided to go with this.



Immense price, but considering I would not want to buy any new games for a while it might actually turn out very good.

[Remmirath]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZRpp9Gg37g

YouTube just activated 60FPS support. You will need Chrome and HD enabled to see it.

[Ctrl+Alt+Destroy]

Finalizing the build and thinking about everything that's advised, I decided to go with this.

Just a few tips to bear in mind based upon my own experience.

-Make sure the CPU is the one you want. If you pair a CPU with the right GPU, but want to upgrade to a better card later, you might have to get an entirely new CPU to keep it from bottle-necking your new GPU. Make sure the CPU has extra speed to handle future upgrades.
-I would suggest getting the ACX cooler version of the GTX 760. It should stay much cooler, allowing for possible overclocks. You can't go wrong with EVGA.
-I would get a single stick of 8GB. So that when I want to upgrade on RAM, I could get another 8GB to run in dual-channel mode.
-I would also consider getting a PSU with more wattage than 600W. I think 600W is cutting it a bit close with that build. Consider all possible future upgrades when selecting a PSU. I would suggest getting an 850W PSU to give you plenty of power for upgrades later. But remember to always double check that your PSU can handle the hardware before upgrading anything. Doing these things could save you time and money. I hope it helps. Good luck.

[Kostov]

-Make sure the CPU is the one you want. If you pair a CPU with the right GPU, but want to upgrade to a better card later, you might have to get an entirely new CPU to keep it from bottle-necking your new GPU. Make sure the CPU has extra speed to handle future upgrades.
-I would suggest getting the ACX cooler version of the GTX 760. It should stay much cooler, allowing for possible overclocks. You can't go wrong with EVGA.
-I would get a single stick of 8GB. So that when I want to upgrade on RAM, I could get another 8GB to run in dual-channel mode.
-I would also consider getting a PSU with more wattage than 600W. I think 600W is cutting it a bit close with that build. Consider all possible future upgrades when selecting a PSU. I would suggest getting an 850W PSU to give you plenty of power for upgrades later. But remember to always double check that your PSU can handle the hardware before upgrading anything. Doing these things could save you time and money. I hope it helps. Good luck.

I'm not good with any of Intel's numbers past the 5 in i5. Help me out here.
Searching "ACX" and filtering graphics cards, there are no cards in the 700 series that have 4GB of VRAM and ACX cooling.
I believe two sticks of 4GB will do. I don't think I need 8+ GB of RAM.
A 750W power supply doesn't bring up alot of price difference, so I'm considering that.

Also, anti-static wristbands don't seem to be necessary, from what some say.