GTX 670

[Scarymonkeys]

This should be my last post for the new computer. I believe this week I'm going to be ordering an i3 4150, an Asrock H97M Anniversary, Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB ram, and a 500w EVGA power supply. (All for $250 dollars.) I have a 256GB 7200RPM decent hard drive and I'll use the integrated HD4400. Around January or February I'm going to get a GTX 670 and a 1TB WD Black drive. My question is, I've seen videos on the GTX 670 and I've seen that it doesn't seem optimized for shaders. Will it run shaders at 60-70 fps? I might even wait for the GTX 960 when it comes out. Another plan is to maybe get a smaller case in the future than what I have since I have a MicroATX motherboard.

[TheKDub]

1. What is your budget?

2. I would highly suggest an i5 over an i3 as dual core machines are not going to be nearly as powerful in gaming as a quad core would be.

3. Shaders for what? Minecraft? (If so, it depends on the shader pack)

[Scarymonkeys]

1. What is your budget?

2. I would highly suggest an i5 over an i3 as dual core machines are not going to be nearly as powerful in gaming as a quad core would be.

3. Shaders for what? Minecraft? (If so, it depends on the shader pack)

I'm only going to be playing and recording minecraft. I wanted to use shaders with it. That's why I went with the i3. Sorry, I forgot to state that. The 670 sells for $125 on Ebay. Motherboard has a budget of $60-70. The i3 is $100 atm for Black Friday. Altogether, I'll have spent $400 if I use Linux. $250 for only the parts I've mentioned not including a GPU and hard drive.

[TheKDub]

I'm only going to be playing and recording minecraft. I wanted to use shaders with it. That's why I went with the i3. Sorry, I forgot to state that. The 670 sells for $125 on Ebay. Motherboard has a budget of $60-70. The i3 is $100 atm for Black Friday. Altogether, I'll have spent $400 if I use Linux. $250 for only the parts I've mentioned not including a GPU and hard drive.

 

Ah, Well with recording you definitely should go with a more powerful CPU as an i3 will quickly become overloaded from having to handle all the recording and running minecraft + shaders at the same time.

[Scarymonkeys]

Ah, Well with recording you definitely should go with a more powerful CPU as an i3 will quickly become overloaded from having to handle all the recording and running minecraft + shaders at the same time.

I'll look into it, though I don't think I'll actually record with shaders. If I get something more powerful, I'll look into an i5. Recording every other day is how much I'll be recording. With my limited budget, I don't think an i5 would be able to be put in quite yet.

[Uwillparish]

Im going to have to admit something to you, and neither me or you like it, im currently running a gtx 780 in my build, and recording 60fps at 1080p with SEUS on high graphics with optifine is struggling with 75fps, and with 1.8 it shall be worse, so if you plan on going balls to the wall gaming and recording, your going to need something beefier

[Scarymonkeys]

Im going to have to admit something to you, and neither me or you like it, im currently running a gtx 780 in my build, and recording 60fps at 1080p with SEUS on high graphics with optifine is struggling with 75fps, and with 1.8 it shall be worse, so if you plan on going balls to the wall gaming and recording, your going to need something beefier

I said Minecraft. I have an Xbox 360 for other games.

[Wtalk2]

I said Minecraft. I have an Xbox 360 for other games.

He was talking about Minecraft. Shaders make the game considerably harder to run, especially when recording also.

[Scarymonkeys]

He was talking about Minecraft. Shaders make the game considerably harder to run, especially when recording also.

I specifically stated that I won't be playing with shaders.

 

I'll look into it, though I don't think I'll actually record with shaders.

[Scarymonkeys]

Will the 670 run Seus Ultra at at least 30-40 fps? Should I just wait for the 960?

[TheKDub]

I'll look into it, though I don't think I'll actually record with shaders. If I get something more powerful, I'll look into an i5. Recording every other day is how much I'll be recording. With my limited budget, I don't think an i5 would be able to be put in quite yet.

 

Well its better to spend more now than spend less now, wait, then spend even more in the future. (Which would mean the i3 is just sitting there not being used at all, and selling it would still have made you spend more in the long run as you won't get full price for it, that is if it even sells)