Will you Upgrade for PS2?

[Infektion]

Originally Posted by SKYeXile

they're using a new engine called forgelight, developed by SOE.

Is that so? I must have missed it the part. I'm being conservative... but I will be upgrading my 4850hd 512MB for a GTX 465 1GB, it's only 130$ and I'm not a big PC gamer anymore... every since I had our first child. I hate my life.... lol j/k.

You guys think i'll be ok with my E8400+4GB 1066Mhz, I'll throttle it down to 3.5Ghz, since the 465 eats up more watts. I might consider 2 more sticks of 2GB for 8GB system... but I doubt anything will eat up more than 4GB right now... atleast in such games. It's just a waste to upgrade the LGA775 platform. I figured the system is ok, just beef it up with a vCard.

[Goku]

GTX 465? Those things aren't really that good. Worse card in the 400 series in my opinion.

For that price you are better off with this GTX 460. More expensive upfront, but you get a warranty and it will be cheaper once the MIR in. This card is awesome.

Here is a review. It will smack that GTX 465 around so much it isn't even funny.

[Infektion]

Originally Posted by Goku

GTX 465? Those things aren't really that good. Worse card in the 400 series in my opinion.

For that price you are better off with this GTX 460. More expensive upfront, but you get a warranty and it will be cheaper once the MIR in. This card is awesome.

I agree with you wholeheartedly, I've shunned off the GTX465 when they were released, but now from a price POV, i've changed my outlook.

But either way, I've completely taken into consideration the 460GTX, and the good thing is, I wont be performing the upgrade till later... I mean, all we got so far is a teaser and some Q&A. If price is right, I'll probably hit up an ATI card, maybe a 6850hd, I absolutely adore the low power usage of ATI cards. Either way, I'm hunting for sub 180$ upgrade, but tbh, the thing is that the GTX465 being 130$, and it's really only going to be for PS2 and D3. But we'll see.

[Goku]

SOE sounds like they're going to be in bed with Nvidia in regards to the development of this game. Even if you don't care for Physx it is likely it will perform better on Nvidia cards that are similar in price point to AMD's. If you are upgrading for PS2 alone you maybe best off going for Nvidia. I will be weighing the option once either Beta or the official game is released. ATI had a lot of issues with the original PS.

Wow GTX 465s are still being sold in retail (thought it was over). Those probably will be gone by the end of the year.

[Bags]

Originally Posted by Goku

GTX 465? Those things aren't really that good. Worse card in the 400 series in my opinion.

For that price you are better off with this GTX 460. More expensive upfront, but you get a warranty and it will be cheaper once the MIR in. This card is awesome.

Here is a review. It will smack that GTX 465 around so much it isn't even funny.

Yeah I love my new GTX 460. Rest of my machine is bottlenecking it, but it runs really cool compared to my old card.

My 8800 GT would idle @ 100% fans @ 70 C, 100 C underload; now this card idles @ 40% fans @ 35 C, 50 C underload @ 50% fans.

Then there's the fact that it was only $120.

[krnasaur]

Im not that great with graphics cards. i have a GT 420m. You think that will be good for PSN or should I upgrade, and if i do, which should i get for my laptop

[Bags]

nobody knows the requirements yet, but I doubt a laptop will be too good for it.

[Mirror]

I7 930 CPU, 12GB RAM (2000MHz), SSD HDD, GTX 470 VGA

I think I'll be ok.

[Dreamcast]

I just need a videocard, my good videocard blew.


Got a q6600 quad core 3.0ghz,4gb ddr2,9500 GT.


I don't want to spend alot of money making a new pc so a good video card should be good....Any recommendations of the best $100 thru $200 video cards?

[Bags]

Originally Posted by Dreamcast

I just need a videocard, my good videocard blew.


Got a q6600 quad core 3.0ghz,4gb ddr2,9500 GT.


I don't want to spend alot of money making a new pc so a good video card should be good....Any recommendations of the best $100 thru $200 video cards?

I picked up my GTX 460 for $120 after MIR on newegg. It went out of stock the day after I bought it though.

[Zulthus]

Originally Posted by Dreamcast

I just need a videocard, my good videocard blew.


Got a q6600 quad core 3.0ghz,4gb ddr2,9500 GT.


I don't want to spend alot of money making a new pc so a good video card should be good....Any recommendations of the best $100 thru $200 video cards?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-349-_-Product - Radeon HD 6870, $189.99

I use a HD5870 which has alot more raw power than the 6870, but newegg doesn't seem to have it. I got mine from Best Buy. Anyways, the 6870 is a really good card for your budget and will be able to run any of today's games on high settings.

In comparison to a Nvidia GTX460, the HD6870 is better in everything other than shader operations.

[ZeroOneZero]

My PC is ready to go, probably just need to increase the ram a little and buy another 480GTX for SLI. A new mouse too, ROCCAT mice are ok, but I miss my DeathAdder.

[SavageB]

Currently Running:

AMD 955 BE oc to 4ghz
Gigabyte mobo with usb 3.0
Asus radeon 5850 ocd to a 5870
Corsair 2 x 2 gig Dominator ram runing @ 1600mhz
Corsair ps 850 HX pro modular
Corsair H50 cooler
antec 1200 case
2 x WD cavier black HD's

Will be upgrading computer as soon as AMD bulldozer arrives ( pending on benchmarks) or will be going with Sandy Bridge or wait for Ivy:

AMD FX 8130P Zambezi Bulldozer/Intel 2600k+
Asus R.O.G Motherboard (possibly Maximus, again depends on what cpu)
Asus R.O.G Matrix GTX 580 Platinum video card
Corsair Dominator GT's - 12-24gigs of ram
Keeping power supply
keeping antec 1200
keeping HD's but adding A Corsair SSD for OS


Also just purchased a 27 inch 1080p monitor from samsung with 1 ms, its reallly nice the samsung P2770FH model.


Either way Im upgrading within the next 1-2 months, honestly I dont even need to upgrade anytime soon but I have a great job and I need to spend my money lol....If any of you wanna buy my old parts they will go cheap

[Bags]

Originally Posted by Zulthus

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-349-_-Product - Radeon HD 6870, $189.99

I use a HD5870 which has alot more raw power than the 6870, but newegg doesn't seem to have it. I got mine from Best Buy. Anyways, the 6870 is a really good card for your budget and will be able to run any of today's games on high settings.

In comparison to a Nvidia GTX460, the HD6870 is better in everything other than shader operations.

Why buy ATI when Sony is clearly in bed with nvidia this time around?

Originally Posted by SavageB

Currently Running:

AMD 955 BE oc to 4ghz
Gigabyte mobo with usb 3.0
Asus radeon 5850 ocd to a 5870
Corsair 2 x 2 gig Dominator ram runing @ 1600mhz
Corsair ps 850 HX pro modular
Corsair H50 cooler
antec 1200 case
2 x WD cavier black HD's

Will be upgrading computer as soon as AMD bulldozer arrives ( pending on benchmarks) or will be going with Sandy Bridge or wait for Ivy:

AMD FX 8130P Zambezi Bulldozer/Intel 2600k+
Asus R.O.G Motherboard (possibly Maximus, again depends on what cpu)
Asus R.O.G Matrix GTX 580 Platinum video card
Corsair Dominator GT's - 12-24gigs of ram
Keeping power supply
keeping antec 1200
keeping HD's but adding A Corsair SSD for OS


Also just purchased a 27 inch 1080p monitor from samsung with 1 ms, its reallly nice the samsung P2770FH model.


Either way Im upgrading within the next 1-2 months, honestly I dont even need to upgrade anytime soon but I have a great job and I need to spend my money lol....If any of you wanna buy my old parts they will go cheap

Only thing I'd be interested in is the RAM but it's already dirt cheap brand new on newegg.

Why 12+ GB of RAM? Just 'cuz?

[Goku]

Originally Posted by Dreamcast

I just need a videocard, my good videocard blew.


Got a q6600 quad core 3.0ghz,4gb ddr2,9500 GT.


I don't want to spend alot of money making a new pc so a good video card should be good....Any recommendations of the best $100 thru $200 video cards?

I would recommend this card. Should be roughly the same performance give or take a few frames as that 6870.

As Bags said I recommend Nvidia if this is really only for PS2. You will have PhysX on top more performance on the card due to better support.