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#1 soldine
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I'm looking for a RPG game almost like The Elder Scrolls III Morrowind.As in almost everything you do effects the game play later on in the game.I'm new to the gamespot community,so if I'm doing something wrong please correct me.FlutterBoat
The mass effect trilogy is my favorite games of all time all in one box.
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#2 soldine
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[QUOTE="5SI-GonePostal"] Do you plan on upping your resolution? Because unless you are looking at multiple monitores the 690 is servere overkill and a 680/670/7970 would do the same job for a fraction of the price. And no your mobo should be fine, i dont know any reason why it would cause a bottle neck. However the fact you have a 580 suggests you could wait for at least the next gen of amds gpus, and do a full system update and buy a 8970, which i would think will out perform or be quite close to a 690 at a fraction of the cost and wattage and without the hassal of sli.5SI-GonePostal

I just want to future proof, how long do you think the next gen of graphics cards will take? 600 is fairly recent isn't it? Also, i'm not so sure about the 680 it seems like with certain games it cant quite reach 60 frames when everything's maxed, at least from the benchmarks iv'e seen.

Edit: On a side note, theres no point in upgrading my cpu ATM is there?

It depends what you want to be doing. For most normal people ;) that build has another 6-12months maybe longer at more or less maxed out games. Yes you may have to cut a few corners to get the fps you want but a 580 is still a very good card. Atm it would be a q1 for 8 series AMD and q3-4 for the 7## series. Haswell is still a little way off. In all honesty i dont think you will notice any difference with a 690 over 580 @ 1080p yes you will see it in benchmarks but gameplay not much, if at all. If you wanted 3 monitors then its a different story the 690 is the difference between maxed @ 60+ fps and choppy 30fps on the 580 Edit: well having seen the benchmarks at 1080p you will see no difference in performance in games - the difference is often the difference between 100+ fps and 70ish on games maxed out, which to the naked eye would not be noticable. Imo at 1080p the 580 can last until the 7 series, this should also give you a decent upgrade.

It seems like my 580 is struggling with the most recent games, cant get a solid frame rate in AC3, Borderlands 2, or Far Cry 3 at higher settings.
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#3 soldine
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Hello everyone, I currently have a Gigabyte H55M-UD2h mobo and i'm wanting to upgrade my graphics card, I plan to upgrade the mobo and CPU a little later in 2013. I'm wondering if I should wait on the graphics card before upgrading the mobo or if it wont make a difference. Will I experience any problems with the setup I have now and the GTX 690? If it makes any difference my resolution is 1920x1080.

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Do you plan on upping your resolution? Because unless you are looking at multiple monitores the 690 is servere overkill and a 680/670/7970 would do the same job for a fraction of the price. And no your mobo should be fine, i dont know any reason why it would cause a bottle neck. However the fact you have a 580 suggests you could wait for at least the next gen of amds gpus, and do a full system update and buy a 8970, which i would think will out perform or be quite close to a 690 at a fraction of the cost and wattage and without the hassal of sli.

I just want to future proof, how long do you think the next gen of graphics cards will take? 600 is fairly recent isn't it? Also, i'm not so sure about the 680 it seems like with certain games it cant quite reach 60 frames when everything's maxed, at least from the benchmarks iv'e seen.

Edit: On a side note, theres no point in upgrading my cpu ATM is there?

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#4 soldine
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Hello everyone, I currently have a Gigabyte H55M-UD2h mobo and i'm wanting to upgrade my graphics card, I plan to upgrade the mobo and CPU a little later in 2013. I'm wondering if I should wait on the graphics card before upgrading the mobo or if it wont make a difference. Will I experience any problems with the setup I have now and the GTX 690? If it makes any difference my resolution is 1920x1080.

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#5 soldine
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Excuse me, please delete, wrong forum. :p

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#6 soldine
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Hello everyone, I currently have a Gigabyte H55M-UD2h mobo and i'm wanting to upgrade my graphics card, I plan to upgrade the mobo and CPU a little later in 2013. I'm wondering if I should wait on the graphics card before upgrading the mobo or if it wont make a difference. Will I experience any problems with the setup I have now and the GTX 690? If it makes any difference my resolution is 1920x1080.

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#7 soldine
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[QUOTE="superclocked"][QUOTE="soldine"][QUOTE="superclocked"]When it comes to the motherboard, it all depends on what features you're looking for. Do you plan on overclocking? How important are built in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to you? Are you planning to get a smaller case at some point? Also, are you dead set on getting an Asus board? As for the CPU, get the i5-3570k instead. It's $100 cheaper, but the performance is about the same in games. And the G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1866MHz RAM is the best that Newegg has for the money...

Thanks for the CPU suggestion, if it performs the same in games then that's pretty much all I care about. Also I don't plan on overclocking, should I with the CPU you suggested? It doesn't seem necessary, and no i'm not set on asus, and no my case is nice and roomy :) is it just the amount of PCI ports that make it more expensive?

It's no problem. But the unlocked CPU is only $10 more, so you may as well get that one. You say now that you won't be overclocking, but you may change your mind later when you find out how incredibly simple it is now. Simply enter the bios when your PC starts, raise the CPU multiplier, then raise the voltage, and you're done. No more having to change a bunch of other settings to keep from frying your other components due to the front side bus being overclocked, which in turn overclocks almost everything, not just the CPU.. And certain motherboards are expensive for other reasons as well. The Asus MAXIMUS V Extreme, for example, has integrated Wi-Fi n and Bluetooth 4.0. It also allows you to overclock your CPU via bluetooth using your cell phone, and comes with a nifty little device called an OC key. The OC key is a small device that you install on the DVI slot of your GPU, and then plug into the motherboard. It allows you to change overclocking settings in the bios at anytime via a menu that displays on your monitor when you press a button. It keeps a person from having to restart the PC when fine tuning an overclock, but it would've been far more useful when overclocking still required extensive knowledge about motherboards, and also much more tinkering.. And the GA-Z77X-UP7, for instance, features a 32 phase VRM power design for the CPU alone. That should equate to 4x times as much stable power available to the CPU than your average, mid-range motherboard. It also has 5x PCI-E 3.0 slots, but the main advantage is only realized when using more than 1 card. 3 of the 5 PCI-E lanes can run at 16x simultaneously, while most motherboards drop to 8x in multi gpu configurations. Essentially, this board seems to have been made for the sole purpose of breaking records. These features would only be needed for someone using a phase change cooler or liquid nitrogen.. Oh, and I'll try to find you the best motherboard for the price. Brb...

That was an absolutely wonderful explanation, thank you SO much!
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#8 soldine
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[QUOTE="superclocked"]When it comes to the motherboard, it all depends on what features you're looking for. Do you plan on overclocking? How important are built in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to you? Are you planning to get a smaller case at some point? Also, are you dead set on getting an Asus board? As for the CPU, get the i5-3570k instead. It's $100 cheaper, but the performance is about the same in games. And the G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1866MHz RAM is the best that Newegg has for the money...

Thanks for the CPU suggestion, if it performs the same in games then that's pretty much all I care about. Also I don't plan on overclocking, should I with the CPU you suggested? It doesn't seem necessary, and no i'm not set on asus, and no my case is nice and roomy :) is it just the amount of PCI ports that make it more expensive?
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#9 soldine
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[QUOTE="04dcarraher"][QUOTE="soldine"][QUOTE="04dcarraher"] Whats the point?

I want to be able to run two video cards if possible, my current one will bottleneck two

How do you know? what is your current motherboard? As long as both slots are pci-e 2.0 and both slots run at 8x you wont bottleneck anything.

Because this is my motherboard: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128421 and that is not the case.
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#10 soldine
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Si if I was to upgrade mobo's, which of those is the best choice? and what makes the price differences?

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Whats the point?

I want to be able to run two video cards if possible, my current one will bottleneck two