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kleinbl00  ·  3024 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Galactic Civilizations TWO got an update today!

Problem is I'm going to have to build a gaming PC for the living room and the whole PC gaming crowd are DICKS.

That's what's going to push me into a PS4 - the fact that I don't want to associate with the fuckers. 'cuz you know what? Kerbal Space Program would be pretty dope at 92".





veen  ·  3023 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Remember when consoles were a good alternative to PCs, because the hardware inside was more expensive and optimized than a similarly-priced PC? Yeah, that's not the case anymore. Plus, there are a ton of interesting PC games you'll miss out on.

Since you have a freaking GTX 970 in that Pro Tools of ya, why don't you just get a Steam Link and a controller? It's like a Chromecast but for gaming. No need to buy another pc, all you need is a controller that hooks up to your PC.

kleinbl00  ·  3023 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hmmm... I may need to investigate this thing.

circuit  ·  3020 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Even though it's released they're still making lots of updates to it. It might not be ready enough yet.

rinx  ·  3023 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Console hardware is optimized for gaming. I'm not interested in the pc master race debates, just needed to correct the false assertion they aren't.

veen  ·  3023 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I know they're optimized - my assertion is that they're not as well optimized as previous console generations or modern PC drivers. Nvidia's been stepping up their driver game in the last years. GTA V for example runs better on a 960 than on an Xbox.

rinx  ·  3023 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Remember when consoles were a good alternative to PCs, because the hardware inside was more expensive and optimized than a similarly-priced PC?

This is the case today. And I'm not sure what previous generations you're referring to, the 360 at launch had less optimizing tools and ps3 was basically impossible to program for. I could care less which you prefer, I just wanted to correct the false information.

user-inactivated  ·  3023 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I love PC gamers. If it were not for PC gamers subsidizing hardware their software takes no advantage of, I'd have had to buy a $6k graphics card instead of a $1k graphics card last time I built a box for crunching on.

user-inactivated  ·  3023 days ago  ·  link  ·  

KSP is FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC. I have roughly 2100 hours in that bitch.

    Problem is I'm going to have to build a gaming PC for the living room and the whole PC gaming crowd are DICKS.

Depends on the game being talked about. Stay out of the MMO and FPS crowds and the shitposting is not that rough. You get hardware circlejerks, but those are at least manageable.

kleinbl00  ·  3023 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Also, Space Agency for Android is addictive.

user-inactivated  ·  3023 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That is a 2K Kerbal. I saw that one mentioned in the various forums.

kleinbl00  ·  3023 days ago  ·  link  ·  

...yeah, but I'm just coming in from the cold of 13 years on Mac. I found out what an M.2 drive is this week. And if you're going to build a rig, the MMO and FPS fuckers are the ones talking.

Dunno. The pro tools rig first. We'll see what happens after that.

user-inactivated  ·  3023 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yikes, you are out of the loop! Amazing PC's can me had for under $1K, and they are running Linux better every day.

kleinbl00  ·  3023 days ago  ·  link  ·  

2008 Mac Pro, beyotch. But check this shit out, yo:

Pro Tools PC 8 Core

[Processor:5960x 8 Core]

[Memory:32gb DDR4]

[System Drive:1TB SSD Drive]

[Audio Drive:1TB SATA III Drive]

[Audio-Sample Drive 2:None]

[Audio-Sample Drive 3:None]

[Audio-SampleDrive 4:None]

[Optical Drive:DVD R/RW Dual Layer CD/DVD Writer]

[Video Card:Nvidia GTX 970 (4 monitor support)]

[Windows Version:Windows 8.1]

[Case:Large Tower Case]

[Thunderbolt:None]

user-inactivated  ·  3023 days ago  ·  link  ·  

good set up. that will also play just about anything out there now, including Witcher3 and KSP.

kleinbl00  ·  3023 days ago  ·  link  ·  

HA! No, it'll play fuckin' Pro Tools and it'll play the shit out of it.

user-inactivated  ·  3023 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've read the specs on this "protools" MMO and it does not look fun. Lots of grinding and all.

user-inactivated  ·  3023 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sweet loot though.