Fallout 4 Offical Trailer

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by 2016 Camaro SS

That has a valid use then, so thank you for understanding!

You wouldn't believe how many people ask me to build a computer then put an i7 on their list and I ask them what they are going to use it for.

"Gaming"

In this day and age, I don't even find a need to overclock the processors anymore and I run an i5-3570k and a GTX 680.

Granted the graphics card was $500 new from EVGA, it still runs games at max settings full 1080p for several years now. Anyone who cheaps out on the video card will quickly find out how fast it will get dated. The top end models last a long long time.

I must say I do not miss the days when I had to go get a new video card every, single time a new game was released.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by NWFRS

No.

Afraid of you.

We are.

See, Geek!

[2016 Camaro SS]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

No. We are Geeks.
Know your stereotype:

Geek should be changed to Hipster based on the descriptions, lol.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by 2016 Camaro SS

Geek should be changed to Hipster based on the descriptions, lol.

Close but quite the same

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by rlpaul

Agreed. Only reason I still build is to get precisely the components I want. Which most of the time means "Upgrade these 2/3/whatever items, keep the rest." The GF's gaming PC is parts left over from previous upgrades of my system..

Yea I followed that same pattern for a long time. At one point I could follow the "lineage" or "evolution" of my gaming PC back almost 15 years to the very first computer I built.

[53Driver]

No. I'll crack a beer, hop on the recliner and join you since we're not "elitists" like the PC guys are.

[rlpaul]

Originally Posted by 2016 Camaro SS

Better question is, why are people buying i7's for gaming? Enjoy wasting money on unused virtual cores?

Trade the dollar amount from the i7 to an i5 and put it towards a beefy graphics card.

Enjoy.

h.265 encoding. 'nuff said.

My entire blu-ray and hd-dvd collection is sitting on a storage server in either h.264, or h.265. Which is available via phone/TV/whatever with an easy to use interface (No PC required!). And when I say the entire collection, I'm talking ~1000 discs. It's naturally taken many years to get there, but the extra cores on the i7 definitely make a huge difference in encoding times.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by f0rge

Lol you guys are nerds, am I the only one who's going to play this on a console?

Honestly, I couldn't play this type of game on a console if I wanted to, consoles frustrate me to no end in this genre. Having "grown up" gaming with a keyboard and mouse, controllers feel like a step back to an Atari 2600 to me.


It's hard to make the transition when you have literally 1000's of hours dating back 30+ years with a keyboard and later keyboard/mouse.


I even tried to play through FallOut 3 on a PS3, but got so frustrated with it after about 30 minutes, I gave up. I do play other games on consoles. There are games, mostly sports games, that I definitely prefer consoles for but first/third person games, no thank you.


I also like the ability to pause the game, minimize and do something else on the computer then pick it right back up. I often leave the game running in the background for days on end.


My record was with Skyrim. It was open on my desktop for more than 3 months without actually shutting it down.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

I use my computer for a pile of things other than just gaming so the i7 works for me. When doing work at home (yes I work) I can have several different apps open and find the i7 is far superior in that type of task.

Same here. I've also been known to play a game and at the same time watch Netflix or TV on another screen....

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by 53Driver

No. I'll crack a beer, hop on the recliner and join you since we're not "elitists" like the PC guys are.

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
Not elitist here. Can sit at computer, headphones on, play game and be left undisturbed while wife watches her "shows" on the tv.
Have owned pretty much every console made since Pong (yes even Dreamcast) as well as the 'puter games.

[2016 Camaro SS]

Originally Posted by rlpaul

h.265 encoding. 'nuff said.

My entire blu-ray and hd-dvd collection is sitting on a storage server in either h.264, or h.265. Which is available via phone/TV/whatever with an easy to use interface (No PC required!). And when I say the entire collection, I'm talking ~1000 discs. It's naturally taken many years to get there, but the extra cores on the i7 definitely make a huge difference in encoding times.

Yet another valid argument for getting an i7! This makes me happy.

[f0rge]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

No. We are Geeks.
Know your stereotype:

Lol that's a good infographic, but PCs are still for nerds. I'm a geek too (hell we're 3 pages deep into a Fallout thread here) and I have a Mac, which forces me to game via console.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by f0rge

Lol that's a good infographic, but PCs are still for nerds. I'm a geek too (hell we're 3 pages deep into a Fallout thread here) and I have a Mac, which forces me to game via console.

Mac puts you in the Hipster category!

[f0rge]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Honestly, I couldn't play this type of game on a console if I wanted to, consoles frustrate me to no end in this genre. Having "grown up" gaming with a keyboard and mouse, controllers feel like a step back to an Atari 2600 to me.


It's hard to make the transition when you have literally 1000's of hours dating back 30+ years with a keyboard and later keyboard/mouse.


I even tried to play through FallOut 3 on a PS3, but got so frustrated with it after about 30 minutes, I gave up. I do play other games on consoles. There are games, mostly sports games, that I definitely prefer consoles for but first/third person games, no thank you.


I also like the ability to pause the game, minimize and do something else on the computer then pick it right back up. I often leave the game running in the background for days on end.


My record was with Skyrim. It was open on my desktop for more than 3 months without actually shutting it down.

The real argument PC users should be making here are mods, that's the one thing I miss out on with a console.

It's not the same for everyone, but I sit at a desk all day, I've never sat at the computer desk we have at my house (wife uses it). I much prefer my couch with my 60inch tv and my 5.1 surround