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Anyone?
Been working overtime lately so I can save up enough money to build an enthusiast level PC before the game comes out
Anyone?
Been working overtime lately so I can save up enough money to build an enthusiast level PC before the game comes out
Intel's next CPU model, Broadwell, may be out late this year. If they really get the performance they should out of their 14nm process, it will be a big win. But Broadwell will also require new motherboards, and it may not even be available for desktops initially. They may get a Haswell refresh this year, too. But I'm going to be conservative and believe Haswell will be the only high-end desktop processors for as much as a year. (AMD won't have anything new until well into next year.)
The only next-generation GPU technology on the radar is Maxwell. The first-generation Maxwells are promising, but they are not the real thing. nVidia has production problems with the 20nm Maxwells, and they may be available late this year at the earliest. (AMD will not have a new GPU generation out for a year or more. They are going with GCN and working to get 20nm parts built.)
So you can go with Haswell CPU, LGA 1150 motherboard, Kepler or GCN GPU now -- or bet on Intel and nVidia getting their production together by the end of the year, and get a Broadwell CPU, next-generation motherboard, Maxwell GPU then. The prices on the current hardware are not likely to be worse, so if you do not need the new hardware now, I would wait and look for the next generation by the end of the year. The worst you could do is end up with the same, which is still good.
Thanks.
Yeah, it looks I'm not going to upgrade until next year. Atm, I just don't see enough reason to shed hundreds of euros to dumb my x58 and i7 920 for a Haswell motherboard and CPU. Not enough performance difference in games.
I might actually buy TW3 for PS4 until there's decent enough hardware on the market to justify upgrading.
I feel for you Al, as a form of entertainment a comp is pretty much the best all rounder there is for me.
I can still get online, via my Dad's laptop and my iPhone, but I can't play games!
I can understand your feelings but... what about playing with another thing no relationated with a PC?
Geralt turned detective. Godammit Cockle, stop sounding the same in everything you do!
Yes, I agree... but...
OMG HOW I LOVE THE WAY HIS VOICE MAKES ME THRILL!!!!
By now Cockle has nailed Geralt but I wouldn't say assuming different roles is his strength.
It's like being isolated (not to mention the boredom:wallbash
. My phone's fine and all but, the battery runs out rapidly, while my Dad's laptop runs on Windows 8! You can easily imagine my frustration! wichat, what exactly are you suggesting? I do hope that it's nothing dirty, that would be most unbecoming! :hrhr:
Define dirty. But all what I suggest ti give up of the limits of your imagination .....
Uh, Right?:ermm::wat:
Define dirty. But all what I suggest ti give up of the limits of your imagination .....
Edit:
Sorry, I really meant all what I suggest it's up to the limits of your imagination - Status