Oh yeah...well I am going to upgrade to a Dual Xeon set up with 24 cores, 48 GBs of memory, and four not three but four GTX 580s!
But seriously...my old computer with a Core 2 Duo e8400 and a 9800 GTX would of most likely ran Diablo 3 at max video settings.
without severe fps drop and lag? lol in your dream.
people seriously need to get some specs check first.|||Quote:
without severe fps drop and lag? lol in your dream.
What are you basing that off of? If you are going to say Starcraft 2 I personally think that it is a bad game to compare with Diablo 3 graphics wise. I based my statement off of the game Heroes of Newerth which I would say has similar graphics. We won't truly know what kind of hardware we need to play the game at max video settings until people play the beta.
Here's a screenshot of Heroes of Newerth. (With my Core 2 Duo e8400 and 9800 GTX I played it at max settings at 1920x1200.)
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people seriously need to get some specs check first.
Not sure what you are talking about...if you meant I should of asked someone what to get before I bought that, I can tell you that I built that computer before Diablo 3 was even announced and since then I have built a new computer which I know will have no problem playing Diablo 3. Also, I don't need to ask people what hardware to get. I would call my self an enthusiast.|||Quote:
without severe fps drop and lag? lol in your dream.
people seriously need to get some specs check first.
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PC Recommended Specifications for Star Craft 2
Windows Vista�/Windows� 7
Dual Core 2.4Ghz Processor
2 GB RAM
512 MB NVIDIA� GeForce� 8800 GTX or ATI Radeon� HD 3870 or better
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yes, an e8400 and a 9800 GTX will most likely run Diablo 3 at or near max video settings (depending of course on your resolution)
the graphics for D3 are not cartoony, but they are definitely not graphically intensive either, they aren't going to require that much graphic power
Blizz is doing their best to make this a multiplayer experience, and that means cutting back on all the graphics,
they really do want 4 people playing this at the same time, so they are not going to make it graphically intensive
here's the latest graphics card comparison chart from Tom's Guide
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...ce,2997-7.html
they rate the 9800 GTX one tier below the Radeon HD 5770 (Radeon HD 6770), saying the 5770 gives great 1920x1200 performance in most games
a difference of one tier isn't very much, so the 9800 GTX will give similar performance
is the 9800 GTX a card a "real gamer" would settle for ?
no
but blizzard is not aiming for "real gamers"
time and time again they have shown they are going for a more casual market|||Well put James.
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is the 9800 GTX a card a "real gamer" would settle for ?
no
Back in 2008 when it was released it was. It was the High-end GPU of the 9 series aside from the GX2 and the refresh GTX+. In today's market though, no.
Also like I said before I no longer use my e8400 and 9800 GTX.|||Quote:
I personally went from a 22 to a 24....and now I can comfortably say that I don't see myself getting anything any bigger.
I thought that until I experience a friends Dell U2711 .. a 27inch IPS beast ..
... that monitor is .. amazing. Next time it is on sale here .. I am getting one.|||Quote:
I thought that until I experience a friends Dell U2711 .. a 27inch IPS beast ..
... that monitor is .. amazing. Next time it is on sale here .. I am getting one.
I have 2 of em and I love em both (not on the same computers but in possession) My only gripe was I wish I had gone with the 30" since I could have definitely used the realestate. My other gripe is that it made a computer that used too beast all games suddenly seem sluggish with frame rates.
Some things people forget is
1920x1080 is around 2 million pixels
1920x1200 is around 2.3 million pixels
2560x1440 is around 3.6 million pixels
2560x1600 is around 4 million pixels
That is a HUGE jump for a video card to handle. Waiting on the Kepler nvidia 600series next year so I can have a single card solution.|||Quote:
Back in 2008 when it was released it was. It was the High-end GPU of the 9 series aside from the GX2 and the refresh GTX+. In today's market though, no.
Also like I said before I no longer use my e8400 and 9800 GTX.
Well, i mainly compare d3 to starcraft 2 just because it's similar graphic wise and system requirement. you have to encounter that once you're in a 4 players where stuffs are flashing exploding everywhere it's gonna be tough to maintain good fps. i would have severe fps drop in starcraft 2 multiplayers when too much stuffs going under high-ultra setting, and i know that because i had that setup before.
Of course ever since i upgraded to i5 2500k and gtx 460, i maintains 60 fps smoothness even in 4v4 under ultra. 460 is not even dat much more expensive than 9800 gtx so why not just get it. 460 is the minimum bar today for gamers.|||My sad old computer doesn't meet the minimum requirements for Diablo 3. So I did the only thing I could think to do. Purchase this:
1 x Intel Core i7 950 Quad Core Processor LGA1366 3.06GHZ Bloomfield 8MB LGA1366 4.8GT/S
1 x Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H60 High Performance CPU Cooler System LGA1155 LGA1366 LGA1156 AM2 AM3
1 x ASUS Rampage III Formula Rog X58 DDR3 ATX LGA1366 3PCI-E16 X-FI Motherboard
1 x Mushkin Enhanced Blackline Frostbyte PC3-12800 12GB 3X4GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Triple Channel Memory
2 x GeForce GTX 580 772MHZ 1536MB 4GHZ GDDR5 PCI-E Dual DVI-I Mini HDMI
1 x Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 Full Tower Gaming Case ATX 12 Drive Bay No PS TOP USB3.0 USB Audio
1 x XFX 850W PRO850W XXX Edition Single Rail ATX 12V 70A 24PIN ATX Modular Power Supply 80PLUS Silver
1 x ASUS VE278Q 27IN Widescreen LCD Monitor 1920X1080 LED Backlit 10M:1DC 2MS DisplayPort DVI-D VGA HDMI
1 x Western Digital WD20EARS Caviar Green 2TB SATA2 3Gbps 64MB Cache 3.5IN Hard Drive OEM
1 x OCZ Vertex 2 Extended Sandforce 120GB 2.5IN SATA2 Solid State Disk Flash Drive SSD
1 x LG GH22NS70 Super Multi 22X SATA DVD Writer Black OEM
1 x LG BH12LS35 Blu-Ray Writer 12X BD-R 16X DVD+R Lightscribe 3D Ready SATA
Woooooooooooooooooooooo can't wait. First time I've bought a NICE computer. Can't wait to play a game with a FPS of more than 20
|||Quote:My sad old computer doesn't meet the minimum requirements for Diablo 3. So I did the only thing I could think to do. Purchase this:
1 x Intel Core i7 950 Quad Core Processor LGA1366 3.06GHZ Bloomfield 8MB LGA1366 4.8GT/S
1 x Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H60 High Performance CPU Cooler System LGA1155 LGA1366 LGA1156 AM2 AM3
1 x ASUS Rampage III Formula Rog X58 DDR3 ATX LGA1366 3PCI-E16 X-FI Motherboard
1 x Mushkin Enhanced Blackline Frostbyte PC3-12800 12GB 3X4GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Triple Channel Memory
2 x GeForce GTX 580 772MHZ 1536MB 4GHZ GDDR5 PCI-E Dual DVI-I Mini HDMI
1 x Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 Full Tower Gaming Case ATX 12 Drive Bay No PS TOP USB3.0 USB Audio
1 x XFX 850W PRO850W XXX Edition Single Rail ATX 12V 70A 24PIN ATX Modular Power Supply 80PLUS Silver
1 x ASUS VE278Q 27IN Widescreen LCD Monitor 1920X1080 LED Backlit 10M:1DC 2MS DisplayPort DVI-D VGA HDMI
1 x Western Digital WD20EARS Caviar Green 2TB SATA2 3Gbps 64MB Cache 3.5IN Hard Drive OEM
1 x OCZ Vertex 2 Extended Sandforce 120GB 2.5IN SATA2 Solid State Disk Flash Drive SSD
1 x LG GH22NS70 Super Multi 22X SATA DVD Writer Black OEM
1 x LG BH12LS35 Blu-Ray Writer 12X BD-R 16X DVD+R Lightscribe 3D Ready SATA
Woooooooooooooooooooooo can't wait. First time I've bought a NICE computer. Can't wait to play a game with a FPS of more than 20
Any particular reasons you went for the old i7 950 instead of the 2600K ? I don't believe you were short on cash if you bought two 580s.
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