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Ok, so this is kind of philosophical, and completely untestable. With that being said, let me start rambling. First off, as everyone knows (well, most anyone who's been involved with PC's for 15 years or so, or ever bothered to look at the past) since Conroe AMD has struggled to compete with performance. Well, the whole bit with nvidias drivers crippling TR2 before they pushed out a new driver got me thinking (get ready, this is where it goes sideways, but if you squint and tilt your head it might make sense) what if... AMDs CPUs haven't been stagnet for the last 10-12 years or so, what if it's the chipsets? Like... Maybe they just suck at chipsets, and that's the real issue that's held them back for so long. Ryzen and TR are big steps forward, but their core for core performance still lags 10-20% behind Intel (value being hugely in AMDs favor) Secondly (and lastly) I honestly believe that AMD buying ATI was a huge mistake. They are spread out to much trying to keep up with Intel AND Nvidia. And presumably using the same business model for both divisions, which let's face it, hasn't been going great for us, the consumers. (It also ties into the above, CPUs, GPUs and Chipsets, along with the necessary drivers and software) Thankfully, hardware has gotten to a point where "low end price" doesn't necessarily = low end gaming, especially in 1080p

Your computer isn't garbage. Bohemia isn't the greatest developer when it comes to optimization.

Man, did you bring back some memories, hard to believe how dominant AMD was before Conroe. I did find some old posts from overclockersclub, but everything links to DFI Street lol. (I'm #2)

Somewhere in the archives of the internet (DFI Street specifically) there are pictures of my my PC from that era ? 3700+/Opteron 148/150 DFI Nf4 UT Ultra-D pencil modded for SLI 2x1gb ddr500 OCZ Lian Li case (was black, but I stripped the anodized off and polished it) Antec PSU HIS X850XT, and then later 2x7800GT's Thermaltake bigwater se or phase change depending on what mood I was in

My favorite motherboard of all time, (right next to the DFI Nf4 UT Ultra-D) My old PC, kind if wish I still had it

Yes it's had a big update, they call it 1.0, but that's seriously optimistic due to several reason. Definitely performs better than .62 and older. But a lot of content is missing (mainly weapon variety and some mechanics) I play solo, but run into a lot of people. Sometimes it goes good, sometimes it goes poorly. Definitely worth a go, I recommend using the DayZ SA launcher from dayzsalauncher.com as it automatically downloads mods for the specific server you're joining. A couple have added winter into the mix, and a multitude in f other mods, some subtle some to make it less about surviving. If you already own it why not, I honestly wouldn't recommend buying it in it's current state though.

Banned by the US for knowing it was a Russian website.

Odd place for my first post, but I'd like to see something kind of specific. Indie game development. Specifically what's going to get you the most for the money in engines like Unreal, Unity and Cryengine. Granted this would be kind of involved since there isn't any real consistent methodology (except maybe making a level of a specific size and rendering shaders and lighting etc.) Why? Because the engine uses mutli and single cores for various tasks, so overall what's going to be the breadwinner. Intel with it's superior single and quad core performance, ryzen with it's superior cost, threadripper with it's high core counts and value (especially the 19xx tr series, and support for 29xx and presumably 3rd gen TR with a bios update) Ram? Is 16gb enough (I know the answer already, yes but must be managed properly) or should 32 be the minimum. Any significant benefit to 64gb or more? Vram? 4gb? 8gb? 11gb? RTX Titan???? Gaming cards do really well in the 3 engines I mentioned. Is a Quadro worth it? I'm currently working on a project with an i5 7400, 16gb of DDR4 2666, and a GTX 1070 SC. I have also worked with a Microsoft Surface Pro for the same and was doable (albeit not fast and at the poorest graphics quality) so I know you don't need a beast computer to make it work, but what's the sweet spot?