My new Computer ( Rate / Feedback )

[Nympho]

I have enough money to be able to get a 560ti , I just will see how this one goes. So far so good.

 

[Noodles :)]

Going from a 550 ti to a 560 ti now would be pointless. 550 is a midrange card, no point go to another midrange.

 

[Ivy Bridge]

You asked for a rate, we rated it, don't complain.

the 550ti is a capable card, although it's in between the 460 and 560(non ti, the 560 is a rebranded 460 Ivy)
1gig vram is fine for 1080p gaming. You only need more then 1gig if you're running 1440p/1600p/eyefinity/nvidia surrond.


personally I would have went with the 2500k, spent the extra money on getting a 560ti.

1GB vram can't handle both 1080p and decent AA/AF settings. He said he's playing in 3D too. In all benchmarks I have ever seen it does about the same as a GTX 460. I used to have one, and I had a pretty good OC on it as well, and I couldn't maintain playable FPS maxed out in newer games, especially not DX11 games. Soo that's the reason I am telling him his GPU is kind of shit, it's completely mixmatched with his processor tbh. He could have cut $100 out of the price and gotten the 2500k, which is basically the same processor just without HT, and then put the extra $100 towards his budget and gotten a 560 Ti, which is a much more capable card. Or even EVGA's b-stock GTX 480, which is only $220.

 

[Noodles :)]

you don't need more then 2x aa at 1080p lol?
and lol again? the 460 gets playable framerates in shit loads of games.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/313
hahahahaha.

 

[Ivy Bridge]

you don't need more then 2x aa at 1080p lol?
and lol again? the 460 gets playable framerates in shit loads of games.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/313
hahahahaha.

What's so funny lol? There is no need to get all defensive or anything. Average scores are not indicative of real world FPS. Most are using benchmarks that will vary greatly from the actual FPS you wind up getting in most scenarios. You don't technically 'need' any AA, but having 8x AA is nice and personally if I can't do at least 4x I'm disappointed. I'm telling you from experience with that same exact card, you will not get playable FPS on new DX11 titles maxed out with tessellation, AF, AA, DOF, etc enabled. It's the same situation as the transition from HDD > SSD, once you experience it, you will not want to go back. I am assuming from your rig and especially your GPU that you have never really been able to max out games so playing games on medium settings with low AA/AF, no tessellation etc is not a big deal to you, so you are not looking at it from the correct perspective. If the options to make the game look better are there, and you can't access them, your GPU is lacking. In the computing world, you get what you pay for, and let's face it, the 550 Ti or the 460 are not very good cards. If you are on a budget, they are great.. which seems to be all you're paying attention to. The point is there are much better solutions out there. There is a distinct difference in playing at 15-40 FPS without eyecandy and playing at 90-120 FPS with eyecandy, whether you like it or not. Playing at 1080P may seem the biggest and baddest thing we'll ever "need", but 1440P and 1600P are not far from being consumer level. 1GB of VRAM simply won't power those high resolutions, and can't pump the high levels of AA offered. Research it up a bit I'm sure you'll see that 1GB of VRAM is quickly becoming an unfavorable thing in the GPU world. That's why all of AMD's high end cards come in 2GB+ versions, they recognize that VRAM is needed to power those high resolutions. It's also why NVIDIA is starting to release versions of their current GPU lineup with higher VRAM. To add to this, having a 550 Ti right now leaves hardly any room for expansion further down the road. He could pick up another and be into the whole thing for roughly $300 (about the cost of a 480) and get slightly more performance than a 480, but have no room to expand to bigger setups or play at HD+ resolutions. Whereas if he would have just spent the $300 on a 480 and gotten a little less performance to start with, he could later on expand and grab a second 480 and kick some serious ass for years to come. 1.5GB VRAM does respectably at HD+ resolutions too. The single 480 setup is also preferable in that nearly all SLI/CFX setups experience microstuttering.. so while the recorded FPS might be higher, the perceived FPS will actually probably be lower than a single 480 even with a 550 Ti SLI setup.

Protip: Not everything is a competition

 

[Revolight]

Very nice comp, good for botting. What is the specific brand and model of the laptop, and how much did it cost? A link to the actual laptop would be nice

 

[Noodles :)]

sigh, no point arguing with you. you don't get the point.

 

[Ivy Bridge]

sigh, no point arguing with you. you don't get the point.

You've done nothing to explain your point, only post links and laughing at apparently nothing. You said it was a capable card, having never experienced the card for yourself and making snap judgments based on an average score which is not indicative of real world performance

I then go on to explain exactly why it's not a capable card from my own experiences and also based on the assumption that eventually new games will come out that require more power than the 550 Ti has, a perfectly logical assumption, also that resolutions will get higher over time, another perfectly logical assumption, and instead of refuting it you just say I'm not understanding despite me breaking it down for you as detailed as I possibly could

So please tell me what I'm missing, enlighten me.

 

[theGuitarist]

Looks pretty good 3.70 is alot more than I have and I was able to bot multiple accounts without lag. You have any updated screenshot. Would love to hear about the upgrade to 64 bit.

 

[the_dealer]

If that was $500, then that is a pretty awesome computer.
I don't have room in my house though T_T

 

[Noodles :)]

You assumed I haven't used the card, I have.
I played with 8gig ram, i5 760 @ 4ghz and a 460 900MHz, 1075 memory, 1770 shaders.
It provided easily playable frame rates.
1gig vram is fine for 1080p, you only need 2x aa on 1080p, maybe 4x. Beyond that is for e-peen and losing frame rates..
You don't need a top of the line card to max games, even the 5770/6770 maxes games at 1080p..

people that use multimonitor displays for gaming(3) can't use single nvidia cards so that rules out the need for more vram there.
high res monitors, if someones gonna spend $1k on a monitor they will have more powerful cards then the 550ti, and by the time those high res monitors even get in the price range of 1080p monitors the 550ti will be generations old.. The card is excellent for 1080p, sure if you need to max all your games at 60fps and 8x aa then go ahead and get high end vid cards.
8x aa is useless.

I'm out. If you don't get the point wow..

 

[rsz_belgium]

nice computer 8/10

 

[Ivy Bridge]

You assumed I haven't used the card, I have.
I played with 8gig ram, i5 760 @ 4ghz and a 460 900MHz, 1075 memory, 1770 shaders.
It provided easily playable frame rates.
1gig vram is fine for 1080p, you only need 2x aa on 1080p, maybe 4x. Beyond that is for e-peen and losing frame rates..
You don't need a top of the line card to max games, even the 5770/6770 maxes games at 1080p..

people that use multimonitor displays for gaming(3) can't use single nvidia cards so that rules out the need for more vram there.
high res monitors, if someones gonna spend $1k on a monitor they will have more powerful cards then the 550ti, and by the time those high res monitors even get in the price range of 1080p monitors the 550ti will be generations old.. The card is excellent for 1080p, sure if you need to max all your games at 60fps and 8x aa then go ahead and get high end vid cards.
8x aa is useless.

I'm out. If you don't get the point wow..

You have extremely low standards in terms of graphics quality and 'playable' FPS then, nuff said.

Why in the hell would you make a downgrade from a 460 to a 320? That makes no sense at all and I'm confused why you'd just now be bringing it up, sounds like bs honestly