Planetside 2 Battlestations Thread - Page 3

Skitrel · 2012-03-31, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by Goku

Trust me I plan on having a over the top setup once I get out of school. Some of the similar threads to this I see on tech forums makes rather jealous seeing what people have setup for their computers. Malorn will probably have a pretty bad ass setup too from what you are making out to be.

Malorn doesn't have a desk, he has a 60 odd inch TV and a custom built gaming chair with keyboard/mouse arm rests, it's glorious.

Fuck it, here's Malorn's:

And here's an album with multiple pictures, his old set up, and the building process:

http://imgur.com/a/w28Ua#0

While we peasants sit at our shitty corner desks he's got PC gaming down with style AND supreme comfort.

IronMole · 2012-03-31, 02:25 PM

Originally Posted by Skitrel

Malorn doesn't have a desk, he has a 60 odd inch TV and a custom built gaming chair with keyboard/mouse arm rests, it's glorious.

Wipe that brown spot from your nose...

IronMole · 2012-03-31, 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by Skitrel

Fuck it, here's Malorn's:

I've seen better...

Aurmanite · 2012-03-31, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by IronMole

I've seen better...

Lets see yours.

Skitrel · 2012-03-31, 02:50 PM

Of course, there's tonnes of fantastic ones on the battlestations subreddit, few that don't use desks though. It's a very nice set up. There's no need to be such a negative nancy though. Also, use the edit function.

http://www.reddit.com/r/battlestatio...sort=top&t=all

Bazilx · 2012-03-31, 02:55 PM

When I am not doing expert photo-editing or viewing Digital Cinema in fabulous 640x480 resolution I am preparing my rig for ultimate gaming, I will soon be able to purchase some blue-tinted light bulbs to place behind the screen to light the wall up, I think that will be the icing on the cake.

noxious · 2012-03-31, 02:55 PM

Bazilx, that looks pretty sweet, but you should think about an Alienware rig. Check out their latest ad, this thing is sick!

Originally Posted by Skitrel

Malorn doesn't have a desk, he has a 60 odd inch TV and a custom built gaming chair with keyboard/mouse arm rests, it's glorious.

The setup looks comfortable, but I would never game on a TV. A beefy computer can push more pixels than televisions can display, so why not take advantage of that? Right now, 2560x1440 IPS panels are pretty much as good as it gets for picture quality. Granted, you'll spend as much on a 27" or 30" IPS monitor as you would on a 60" TV, but after using mine for a year plus change, it's hard to look at anything else.

120hz monitors are nice too, despite the loss in color quality, but they're stuck at 1920x1080. Once 120hz 2560x1440 screens become a reality, then I might grab one to pair with my IPS panel.

IronMole · 2012-03-31, 02:56 PM

Originally Posted by Aurmanite

Lets see yours.

I will post it tomorrow.

Zulthus · 2012-03-31, 02:59 PM

Originally Posted by Skitrel

Malorn doesn't have a desk, he has a 60 odd inch TV and a custom built gaming chair with keyboard/mouse arm rests, it's glorious.

Fuck it, here's Malorn's:

And here's an album with multiple pictures, his old set up, and the building process:

http://imgur.com/a/w28Ua#0

While we peasants sit at our shitty corner desks he's got PC gaming down with style AND supreme comfort.

Malorn's is pretty damn neat, but I'd imagine that the gamepad would get annoying after a while. Needs moar buttons!

The TV too... I dunno... it seems too big to play on. I tried using my 52" flatscreen to game on, but the quality was skewed and it ghosted alot.

Skitrel · 2012-03-31, 03:10 PM

Originally Posted by noxious

The setup looks comfortable, but I would never game on a TV. A beefy computer can push more pixels than televisions can display, so why not take advantage of that? Right now, 2560x1440 IPS panels are pretty much as good as it gets for picture quality. Granted, you'll spend as much on a 27" or 30" IPS monitor as you would on a 60" TV, but after using mine for a year plus change, it's hard to look at anything else.

120hz monitors are nice too, despite the loss in color quality, but they're stuck at 1920x1080. Once 120hz 2560x1440 screens become a reality, then I might grab one to pair with my IPS panel.

The problem with using 120hz displays is that most of them are fixed as such though there are some VERY expensive displays that are variable. Basically, if you're using a 120hz display you MUST output 120fps to it at all times otherwise you're going to get input lag, what 120hz displays do when they're receiving an input below 120hz is fill in the gaps with post processing. Effectively they "guess" the frames that are missing with post processing, this creates a very small input lag. It's very important to understand this if you're going to be playing games that are 60fps capped, you'll want to run the 120hz display in 60hz mode in these instances.

/goodtoknow

WildGunsTomcat · 2012-03-31, 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by Skitrel

Malorn doesn't have a desk, he has a 60 odd inch TV and a custom built gaming chair with keyboard/mouse arm rests, it's glorious.

Fuck it, here's Malorn's:

And here's an album with multiple pictures, his old set up, and the building process:

http://imgur.com/a/w28Ua#0

While we peasants sit at our shitty corner desks he's got PC gaming down with style AND supreme comfort.

I dunno, I like it.

Looks cozy. Needs moar flight control sticks though!