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STEAM | September 2014 - Nice thread. Btw, Bayonetta 2 is out next month.
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cardinalmind
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How long till the graphics card manufacturers refresh their midrange laptop cards?
I am planning to buy one in the next month or so because my current work laptop is already ancient / a relic (Core 2 duo + Geforce 9300m yo). The supposed replacement killed itself last May. Which made look longingly at my steam lib and unable to play them.
I am planning to buy one in the next month or so because my current work laptop is already ancient / a relic (Core 2 duo + Geforce 9300m yo). The supposed replacement killed itself last May. Which made look longingly at my steam lib and unable to play them.
The Dear Leader
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I think a EVGA GTX 970 is in my hopefully not too distant future, for $329 it's a great value.
derExperte
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Too loud, better go Asus.
Depends on your own setup, what level of performance you're after and more importantly what you're upgrading from. Personally after just having a play around with the latest Nvidia drivers in both Black Flag and Watch Dogs I've got a nice 10-15% boost that a single 780 will stay in and around 60fps with everything bar higher AA implementation methods cranked up at 1920x1080 that anyone upgrading on those cards or higher only wanting that resolution are crazy. A 670 to 970 even seems crazy to me as give it a year and the 1070 will be out more than likely at I'd say in and around the same price, offer better performance, a proper and mature die, and might have even better power consumption and thermals. Even more so replacing 2 670s with 2 970s unless downsampling (which is in the driver now at various increments upto 4x) or higher native resolution or refresh rate was your goal. One 970 is good for 1920x1080 at 60fps in the vast majority of benchmarks from reputable sites I've looked at.
Moral of the story as always is when there's a game your want to play but one of your components doesn't quite meet up to the the requirements of the performance you're after then an upgrade might be worthwhile. Otherwise the way performance increases have been going over the last 5 or so years with GPUs it seems hard to justify upgrading every 2 years now. But hey people like new shiny toys, I know I do but I try to get some value and more importantly lifespan out of my purchases.
The Dear Leader
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I'm gonna shop around I guess, ASUS cards seem nice and look cool.
You know you can turn off intake right?
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So great being able to disable DLC now, saves a lot of time and space not having to download stuff I won't use. Now that the next-gen consoles are out and games are getting significantly larger I'd love to this expanded into being able to select whole portions of a game.
Being able to select only multiplayer or singleplayer, for example. Could end up saving a lot of HDD space and bandwidth. Also things like UHD textures, higher quality cinematics, higher quality sound and so on.
Being able to select only multiplayer or singleplayer, for example. Could end up saving a lot of HDD space and bandwidth. Also things like UHD textures, higher quality cinematics, higher quality sound and so on.
tylerf
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Well I do now. Some things in this game aren't so obvious. Thanks for the tip.
derExperte
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The Asus stops its fans during idle completely which is great, MSI is looking good too noise-wise. http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/msi-geforce-gtx-970-gaming-review.html I just pre-ordered both, the one that'll be available first shall be mine. Too bad they don't offer any games (like Borderlands Pre-Sequel) with these new cards.
edit: MSI's fans stop too, overlooked that. Nice.
dmix90
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This. I think i will milk my gtx680 until assassins creed unity/witcher 3 comes out, and if i will be able to run them at stable 30fps in 1080p upgrade will be delayed even further. Upgraded to 680 from 470 only because it died during witcher 2 playthrough :/
PandaPedinte
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You want it because Lightning personality.
Haha yeah. I imagine that tutorial and interface are probably low on the priority list when considering how many new features they put in each new update.
Maxwood
Oh rock of ages, do not crumble, love is breathing still. Oh lady moon shine down, a little people magic if you will.
You want it because the soundtrack's awesome.
And it looks really pretty.
Tizoc
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It's a social thing.
You're close with your fellow SteamGAFfers and want to have games that they have so you want FF13.
Yeah it's the weakest FF, but even for $10 you can experience the combat system which is rather good despite some of its flaws.
Maxwood
Oh rock of ages, do not crumble, love is breathing still. Oh lady moon shine down, a little people magic if you will.
I "hated" the combat system. There where some good ideas behind it, but it got really tedious and way too flashy for my tastes.
Never finished the game, last time I played I stopped around Chapter 9. The steam version's pricing is pretty nice, though. Might just give it another shot. Third time's the charm, heh.
Never finished the game, last time I played I stopped around Chapter 9. The steam version's pricing is pretty nice, though. Might just give it another shot. Third time's the charm, heh.
toddhunter
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FFX was also linear, perhaps more so than 13.
The linearity complaints in 13 are not the game's biggest problem. This comes down to the poor story, annoying characters and a battle system which takes way too long to become interesting. There is also a distinct lack of anything else to "do".
To some extent 13-2 fixes these problems, albeit without rising to any great heights so I'd think that would be the game that you might have a better chance of liking. Technically playing 13 should help you understand and enjoy the story more, but it really isn't going to help much in either regard.
Tizoc
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Pro-tip: Saboteur is the strongest of the Roles in the game IMO. Abuse it and enemies and bosses get wasted real fast.
Likewise with Synergists, but from when I last played, From Ch. 9/10 onwards I was mainly Fang+Light+Vanille cuz Sabs made enemies get killed fast.
Chairmanchuck
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When you finally arrive at the more open area you get all those sidequests and hunting quests.
But I guess most people wont even play it till then.
Jawmuncher
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Just because you like spoonys video doesn't mean you won't like it. I love the thing which he hated but I still love watching his review on it .
derExperte
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Tizoc
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Even the sidequests, if they can even be called that, are just battles, battles, battles.
they didn't actually do much of a marketing for the PC version xD.
im personally waiting to fix my PC before buying it.
Wait until GTX 980Ti comes out, then the fireworks will really come out.
If they come out at all that is.
$549, not $500. It's 67% more expensive than the 970 but only ~20% faster in the most ideal of scenarios, so naturally the $220 price difference doesn't sit well with some.
Atraveller
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I am a little tempted by the new cards, but I should wait another year to update for the more performance jump feels.
You won't be saving that much by importing from USA, at least if customs snag you package. You'll probably have to pay a 24% VAT + postage.
I'm all for more people sporting Saoirse avatars.
Ah, that's right, somebody in one of the NV threads said something similar. I suppose if you have world-class consumer protection laws there has to be a trade-off somewhere.
derExperte
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When I first started to read that sentence I thought you were talking about dying (like dead) and Jesus' hair. Was a bit confused to say the least. Reading is hard.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
Nvidia naming conventions make my head hurt.
ashecitism
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They jumped over 800 because there already was a 800m line. With proper Maxwell launch both of them will be 900 now, to avoid confusion lol
Only thing that has me interested in the 900 series is driver based downsampling in any game via Dynamic Super Resolution and that ShadowPlay now captures 3840x2160. But then looking at a quote in the news thread this seems like a temporary marketing ploy for the 900 series and will be available for other cards at a later date.
I'm hoping that the later Maxwell refresh might finally be the time I can ditch SLI for good. While it's better than ever there still come times when it's a right royal pain in the arse. What with unsupported games, rendering errors and certain finicky engines causing either negative scaling or increased frame pacing issues that you just don't get with a single card setup.
SteamGAF as unhelpful as ever when you don't want to buy something >:I
But I'll stay strong. Gonna wait for FFXV.
But I'll stay strong. Gonna wait for FFXV.
They don't have to specifically market the PC version, to make me desire the game.
I can't afford any upgrade, I buy entirely too many games and I blame Jasec for that, as usual.
oh c'mon, just buy it, my FF13 needs more friends (><)
I must be only one that liked it... also I like motorcycle fragment in FF7, and driving in FF8. Am I weird?
I got to know last week, that I spend around 1/3rd of my income on games, I need serious help (><)
It's our secret, OK?
It's our secret, OK?
SteamGAF as unhelpful as ever when you don't want to buy something >:I
But I'll stay strong. Gonna wait for FFXV.
They don't have to specifically market the PC version, to make me desire the game.
oh c'mon, just buy it, my FF13 needs more friends (><)
on second thought, better buy FF4
I must be only one that liked it... also I like motorcycle fragment in FF7, and driving in FF8. Am I weird?
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
I literally burst out laughing at the FFXV car. Omg so awfully anachronistic given the fantasy setting.
Tizoc
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That's what I'm gonna do. I'll get FF4 from Steam and grab FF13 from traders.
derExperte
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[Origin again pls don't hate me] A nice sale's going on and if you use good old Mexico there's even more money to be saved. Garden Warfare for less than $15 is very tempting. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=897521
spindoctor
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Tizoc
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I'll taKE garden warfare for $10 or less only.
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