Kestrel
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I'm going to guess that your video card is something that you're going to want to upgrade too.
PC Building Guide and Discussion #10
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I'm going to guess that your video card is something that you're going to want to upgrade too.
I'd just keep the DVD and Windows 7. You could salvage the PSU but it's probably going to fail eventually if it's 5.5 years old. Same with the HD but that's less of a pain in the ass to replace unless you've got important stuff on there.
If you have any use for a second PC (i.e. as a media machine) it's probably worth it to keep your old system intact if it's working fine.
kr580
Who knows.
kr580
Who knows.
Yep, it'll work with any new motherboard you buy. Both AMD and Nvidia are in the process of launching their next generation of video cards, and by all accounts the new cards are excellent. Availability and price are still a bit sketchy right now, but that should smooth out in a few months. The RX 480 is supposed to sell for about $200 and should run anything at 1080p at (practically) maxed graphics. It's looking like it's going to be the best bang for your buck this generation.
There's still a reasonable amount that you can salvage from your current build. Your HDD, Case, and CPU Fan are all still serviceable despite their age.
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Pretty much what Zih said. If you just get the motherboard, CPU, and RAM, you've got a functioning system, and can add the video card and SSD drive later. You can reuse the power supply too - I'd eventually replace it where it's an aging unit, but you don't have to right away.
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Bioshock Infinite keeps randomly crashing on me and I'm not sure why. I tried reinstalling the drivers and that didn't help. I have a 780Ti overclocked to 1270mhz but it isn't even boosting up in this game past the base clock so I'm a little lost on what to do here.
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Hey guys, a guy I work with has a project that you guys with gaming laptops may be interested in. I don't see there being a huge market for it, but it's interesting at the very least:
http://www.sourninja.com/dualwield/
http://www.sourninja.com/dualwield/
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Yeah... it's an interesting idea. I think they're talking about pricing it at $80. If I had a laptop with the right slot (unfortunately, I believe my GTX 960m is just a soldered on chip), I'd maybe be interested. But it's not truly practical for most people.
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No I haven't yet. I made a new profile with a 150mhz OC on both the core and the memory and now the game is boosting past base to 1050ish mhz
It hasn't crashed again yet so we'll see if that fixed it.
I agree it's steep but it's the first production unit of it's kind with no competition. They can essentially charge whatever they want.
All of the laptops marketed for gaming are also over priced. I can't see $500 being a problem for guys that drop several grand on a laptop and will more then likely outfit the dock with a 1070/1080.
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I do see one major difference - although it'll be an advantage for the Sourninja on older computers, and an advantage for the Razer on newer ones. It's USB C - which I'm assuming likely means it's USB 3.1. Older laptops with USB 3.0 may just not have enough bandwidth, I'm not sure. Even if they do, power would be an issue - does the Razer use external power, or just power from the USB port?
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Well then I hope this other product makes it to market even if it's just to drive down the price on the Razer
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It's not just USB 3.1, it uses the newest Thunderbolt standard via the Type-C interface.
It has it's own Power supply for the video card and charges the laptop through said power supply.
Big part of this is, 2GB or 4GB?
The answer is either way quite a long time if you're willing to run medium/low. GPU is fast relatively, but as VRAM requirements keep going up you'll be locked out of high on some games.
