SweetArashi Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Is now a good time of year to get them?I'm thinking about pairing this:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014QVM2KOIntel i5-6400 [2.7-3.3 GHz], 8GB of Ram and 1 TB.And this:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KHUE0MCNvidia GTX 750 2 GBWith this:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H33SDR4EVGA 430 Watt power supply.Any thoughts? Anyone with similar rigs want to comment? I'm looking to save money here, but I would appreciate imput from someone more technologically knowledgeable than me. I'm also weighing the A10-6800k or 7700 vs the i5 [4th or 6th gen]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwin Alcott Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 i think it is wiser to get a stronger power supply, the 430 is just a little about the requirements for the graphics... I'd go fro 500 (+) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetArashi Posted November 27, 2015 Author Share Posted November 27, 2015 I will probably get to 500 W then if I go with this set up. I'm also considering a similar computer that has the R7 360 2gb gpu. Is it good? Here's what I got when I compared the two cards: http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R7-360-vs-GeForce-GTX-750-Ti#differences I'm not sure what that means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean Horten Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 AMD drivers are known for being buggy and problematic, specially when it comes to using openGL, the graphics "language" used by SL, I recommend to use a GPU made by Nvidia rather than by AMD. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIstahMoose Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 http://www.logicalincrements.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Haystack Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 The problem is the current entry-level/mid-range NVIDIA GPUs aren't as good as AMD ones. You can see this by looking at the countless video comparissons on youtube between the graphics in video games, personally I was looking at the AMD R9 390 8GB which was gonna cost me 370 €.For that money, I can get a NVIDIA GTX 970 4GB and the problems start right there, half the VRAM for the same price, and when I see FPS comparissons between both cards in regular AAA games, the R9 390 wins more often. So the R9 390 would be a smarter choice, specially since it's more future proof with the 8GB VRAM but I know where you are coming from Jean, everyone running SL in and AMD R series is complaining about bugs, artifacts and glitches and the only way to get rid of those is to lower the graphic settings, not something you'd wanna do on a piece of software that came out in 2003, I know I know, it's a million miles from what it was, but who can resist? Personally I don't wanna get the GTX 970, because the problem with it's 3,5+0,5GB VRAM (google it) honestly what I'll likely do, and recomend to anyone thinking about buying a computer right now for SL, is to wait till spring (2016) when the new line up of GPUs is probably gonna come out, here's hoping NVIDIA will do a better job, because I'm not one bit confident AMD can suddenly fix all the problems it always had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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