Time for a PC upgrade. Ideas?

Sulphur on 14/1/2017 at 04:35

The 1060 is essentially a GTX 970 replacement, which means you'll get mostly good performance for current-day games if you whack some settings down. A 1070 would be recommended if you want to be able to crank it a bit more especially for game like Dishonored 2. Apart from Renz's note about texture resolution, VRAM's also important if you plan to go above 1080p at some point.

I'd say if you have to absolutely buy a card now, go for it, but if you're interested in future proofing/possibly better prices, I'd wait for AMD to release their new Vega cards and nVidia to respond in kind.

Judith on 14/1/2017 at 08:08

Actually, I don't care that much about ultra settings, normal & high will do. I have a 1440p monitor, but I don't mind playing in 1080p. I thought extra VRAM may also be useful in stuff like gpu support for Lightroom or video editing, but it looks like both Adobe and Sony are rubbish in GPU acceleration department. Only selected functions use that. So I'll probably take Sulphur's advice and wait a bit.

Corsair on 14/1/2017 at 21:54

This site would've help me a ton if I had known about it with my first build. (http://www.logicalincrements.com/)

1050 - 1050ti if you're looking to play modern titles, but not at max settings at 1080p.
1060 if you want modern titles at 1080p 60fps.
1070 if you want 1440p 60fps.
1080 if you want 4k (sometimes 60fps).
SLI 1070 or 1080 for 3440x1440 or 4k max settings and always 60fps.

Aja on 15/1/2017 at 09:02

I just got a 1060 6gb and nearly every game I've tried runs at 60fps at max settings at 1080p, and that's using a six-year-old Nehalem Core i5. I imagine with a new processor it'd be solid 60 all the time, but the performance is so good that I can't see spending the extra $500 for a CPU and motherboard and RAM would be worth the slight gains.

Judith on 15/1/2017 at 10:07

I know, the idea is to have a solid foundation, and just change the gfx card every 4 years or so. I think I have that foundation (old i7 3,2 GHz with HT, 12 GB of RAM), now I'm trying to assess what I really need, as my gaming habits changed a bit over the years. I play like 2-3 AAA titles a year, typically in burst mode. Most of my time I spend with indie titles, like Inside or Firewatch. Then I can leave it all for a quarter, and then have like a "gaming month", and have another longer break for real-life stuff. Technically, I can afford the highest factory-OCd GTX 1060 6 GB (Asus ROG). I'm just not sure I need it. Hell, in this case even 1050 Ti seems like a good idea.

And, there's some pricing psychology involved too, especially since an awful exchange rate is involved ;) Imagine you have to pay around 800 USD for GTX 1050 Ti, 1500 USD for GTX 1060 6GB (the aforementioned Asus), 2200 USD for GTX 1070 and 3200 USD for GTX 1080.

Now this benchmark (https://youtu.be/cGGe3K-Qd2E) tells me 1070 and 1080 are not worth it right now: in my currency it's 1000 "coins" for additional ~15 FPS per tier. It might not be that big difference in GBP or USD, I guess.

SubJeff on 15/1/2017 at 11:21

Well my Hackintosh is stalled.

I've reached (https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/unibeast-install-macos-sierra-on-any-supported-intel-based-pc.200564/#install) Step 4 with the Unibeast installation from tonymacx86.

I've got 3xHDDs. 2 are SSDs.

HDD 1: 460 GB SSD Windows 10
HDD 2: 320 GB SSD Awaiting MacOS install.
HDD 3: 1.5 TB Backup drive.

HDD 2 isn't recognised by the installer. There is only the USB drive showing up. :(

(http://imgur.com/a/n5D0b) My HDD does show up with Clover but after the installer starts it's not there. In the BIOS setup it's there if I unplug and plug it in, but after Clover fails to find it on setup if I restart it's then not seen.

I've not idea what I'm doing wrong. I've followed all the steps. My main HD (with Windows on it) is completely disconnected so it won't cause issues. If I connect my main HD as well both HDs show up in Windows.

I'm now in Windows tinkering.

Al_B on 15/1/2017 at 11:50

I've never been through that process but my suspicion would be that you need to tweak the BIOS settings. If you're still using the Gigabyte GA-z170xp motherboard then it looks like it defaults to compatibility support mode (CSM Support) for UEFI with legacy option ROM only (Storage Boot Option Control). As an experiment I'd suggest either disabling CSM support or configuring UEFI only if you haven't already tried that.

SubJeff on 15/1/2017 at 13:19

I've tried these :(

SubJeff on 15/1/2017 at 15:16

Apparently there is no support for 1*** GeForce cards.

Doesn't explain why the HDs aren't seen though...

Judith on 16/1/2017 at 21:25

Fuck it, I ordered that Asus GTX 1060 6 GB. I need my Dishonored 2 and other new games in 1440p, dammit.