Finally Got A New Rig

[stealthify]

The screen alone is $1400, but man - yes, you will enjoy it.

Grats on the new machine!

[green-lantern]

Very nice! always wanted one but yeah they are pricey. Sometimes you just want something though.

[ictponder]

Holy Shit! I guess if you have the money to burn why not? No one ever needs a Ferrari either. But seriously, could it possibly be that much better than a $2500 machine?

Also, you spent that much and use raid 0? Why not raid 10? If you're going to spend $6k, at least buy another two hard-drives, what is that an extra $150? I'm also surprised you didn't go with an SSD for the boot drive.

Congrats, it's an incredible machine!

I read that the difference between SSD and HDD isn't really that noticeable especially when these 2 drives are going to be doing 6Gb/s.

[IPD]

yeah, $1200-$1500 for a 30" monitor...but that's still a $4500 rig. even my alienware desktop back in the day cost $3200 maxed out everything.

i've pretty much sworn off desktops. laptop GPU's are quite capable these days, and worst case, you can get an external monitor if you need a bigger display. it's not like any displays under 30" are going to have a better resolution than 1080p anyway.

[R/T93]

yeah, $1200-$1500 for a 30" monitor...but that's still a $4500 rig. even my alienware desktop back in the day cost $3200 maxed out everything.

i've pretty much sworn off desktops. laptop GPU's are quite capable these days, and worst case, you can get an external monitor if you need a bigger display. it's not like any displays under 30" are going to have a better resolution than 1080p anyway.

Dislike. Desktops ftfw. My 3 yr old i7 rig can play any game released. And even a year from now all I will need is 300 for a 590gtx and I will be good another 3.

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[stealthII]

I bet that his processor is $1k alone. So that is going to a nice machine. Could have aways built it cheaper but it is nice to have a warranty. I have a 990x in my machine and his processor is about 5-10% faster with video processing.

[IPD]

Dislike. Desktops ftfw. My 3 yr old i7 rig can play any game released. And even a year from now all I will need is 300 for a 590gtx and I will be good another 3.

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radeon 5870 in my laptop. what games can't i play?

[ictponder]

Sad thing is, I will do most of my gaming on the xbox. I mainly got this for work, 3d rendering and Photoshop/Illustrator.

[Zaroth]

I read that the difference between SSD and HDD isn't really that noticeable especially when these 2 drives are going to be doing 6Gb/s.

6Gb/s is your bandwidth, not your speed. Those two harddrives will not be anywhere near the 6Gb/s speed level. SSD are nice because their access time is significantly faster than HDD expecially once raided. That being said, I rock a 3 HD Raid 0 myself and love every second of it.

radeon 5870 in my laptop. what games can't i play?

I imagine BF3 with the graphics about medium would make your computer stutter pretty well. You would definetly be able to play it though. The fact that all I need to do is spend 5 minutes swapping out hardware to get several years of increased playability along with desktops being more cost efficient means I will never buy another gaming laptop. Not worth the money unless you do a lot of traveling IMO.

[IPD]

6Gb/s is your bandwidth, not your speed. Those two harddrives will not be anywhere near the 6Gb/s speed level. SSD are nice because their access time is significantly faster than HDD expecially once raided. That being said, I rock a 3 HD Raid 0 myself and love every second of it.



I imagine BF3 with the graphics about medium would make your computer stutter pretty well. You would definetly be able to play it though. The fact that all I need to do is spend 5 minutes swapping out hardware to get several years of increased playability along with desktops being more cost efficient means I will never buy another gaming laptop. Not worth the money unless you do a lot of traveling IMO.

not only do i do a lot of traveling, 1080p is not the demanding resolution that wqxga (2560x1600) a 30" display has. i've had this bad-boy for a year now, and everything i've thrown at it i've been able to max out in resolution and still have acceptable framerate. and it'll probably last me 5 years WITHOUT hardware swaps/upgrades, since i (as a general rule) don't pay full price for games. newest thing i handed it was fallout: NV...and it gobbled it like a BOSS.

the biggest change in the last 5 years is that software has been improving slower than hardware, and hardware has finally not only achieved parity...in most cases it exceeds what the software demands. and on a SINGLE CARD. the 7970 is a good case in point (yes, i know it's a desktop card). back when desktop cards struggled to make it through 1600x1200 rendering at even 30fps; laptops didn't have a prayer. today, it's unusual if the single-cards on top of the heap deliver less than 120fps at similar resolutions--and that's on NEW games.

now personally, i really think that has more to do with the wussification and watering-down of game offerings, due to profiteering and the mindless-drone-stupidity of consumers content with lackluster FPS offerings on consoles--but that's another argument i've already presented elsewhere. the net effect though is that--like it or not--laptops are more than adequate gaming powerhouses in their own rights--even ones below 17" form factor. not only is mine (for example) able to handle everything i throw at it, it's also exponentially better than a shitty xbox360 at graphic rendering; which, i'll remind you, console fanboi's constantly scream is supposedly "great" at 1080p.