General PC Discussion

[DKDetective]

So I was checking in to see what the word was on when Rocket Lake is coming out because I am really itching to build my new PC... Then I learned that Rocket Lake is going to be the final iteration of Intel's aging 14nm tech and that its 10nm successor Alder Lake is already scheduled for late 2021... Urgh!!!

Guess I will be building an Alder Lake/RTX 4090 PC for Christmas 2021 instead! I'm kinda wishing I popped an RTX 2080 in my system in the summer as I originally planned. Might still do something similar...

EDIT: I guess the RTX 2000 series cards are all gone now and the supply of RTX 3000 series cards are all backordered... Great.

 

[Iceman]

Cool!

And nice to have a celeb pc gaming fan.

 

[Gothamsknight]

So, after many months of talking about, my brother built me a new PC with his RTX 2080ti graphics card. needless to say, this thing is incredible! I was playing Control and it's just so damn gorgeous with the Ray tracing. Feels good to have both a PS5 and a high end gaming PC too.

 

[Iceman]

So, after many months of talking about, my brother built me a new PC with his RTX 2080ti graphics card. needless to say, this thing is incredible! I was playing Control and it's just so damn gorgeous with the Ray tracing. Feels good to have both a PS5 and a high end gaming PC too.

Nice! The case looks good too. We are card buddies for now.

 

[Gothamsknight]

Nice! The case looks good too. We are card buddies for now.

haha thanks dude! Probably gonna get an extra fan or something next month with more LED's, but this will do for now.

 

[Gee]

Is that tempered glass? Be careful not to accidentally kick your case if it's under your desk.

Congrats on the new PC.

 

[DKDetective]

Congrats @Gothamsknight on the new rig. If we are trading some battlestation shots, here is my old warhorse:

She is a bit long in the tooth, but I want to wait until Intel comes out with their Alder Lake processors later this year. I was going to do a Rocket Lake/GTX 3--- build this spring, but from what I have been reading Alder Lake/GTX 4--- represents a bigger advance.

 

[Lily Adler]

Anyone checked out the GDP Win 3?

 

[Gee]

Anyone checked out the GDP Win 3?

Yes saw the IndieGogo page awhile back. The cheapest model without the base comes at $1000 CAD and that's just not a practical expense personally.

If I'm going to spend that much for gaming, I'd rather invest it into a new PC build. It's a niche product, really.

 

[Gee]

More PlayStation games are coming to PC, starting with Days Gone this spring | PC Gamer

Let's goooooo!

 

[Iceman]

More PlayStation games are coming to PC, starting with Days Gone this spring | PC Gamer

Let's goooooo!

PC is becoming the ultimate platform right now with exclusives from both Xbox and PS coming over and full controller support. I’m so glad it finally got integrated with XBox and gamepass.

 

[Steyin]

Ugh my PC seems like it is finally on its way out after 11 years, but I don't have the cash to get the Threadripper 64 core like I want.

 

[Gee]

AMD announced their 6700 XT on Wednesday as their answer to the RTX 3070. At under 500 USD, it should be fantastic for 1440p gaming.

AMD announces RX 6700 XT graphics card launching March 18 for $479 | PC Gamer

Ugh my PC seems like it is finally on its way out after 11 years, but I don't have the cash to get the Threadripper 64 core like I want.

11 years is a great run. Though, what are you doing with your PC that would require a 64-core CPU? I suppose 3D rendering or CAD?

 

[Steyin]

AMD announced their 6700 XT on Wednesday as their answer to the RTX 3070. At under 500 USD, it should be fantastic for 1440p gaming.

AMD announces RX 6700 XT graphics card launching March 18 for $479 | PC Gamer

11 years is a great run. Though, what are you doing with your PC that would require a 64-core CPU? I suppose 3D rendering or CAD?

Yep. I'm an architectural designer and use CAD and 3dsmax/Corona.

 

[Iceman]

EA Play is coming to pc gamepass tomorrow.

 

[Iceman]

Can Xbox Game Pass hit Steam? Valve wants to get Microsoft's service - World Today News

 

[Iceman]

 

[Gee]

Epic Games Store also takes 12%, yet Steam remains king.

Also, the MS Store is horrible and the fact that games had to be published as UWP apps instead of traditional Win32 apps scared away developers and consumers.

 

[Iceman]

Just FYI it could happen on the Xbox store too.

 

[DoomRulz]

I feel like 6800 XTs are never going to be released again at this rate. The whole GPU market seems to have collapsed in the past year.

 

[Lily Adler]

Still haven't started on my dream PC yet.

I found a sphere case online thanks to LGR after he built his pyramid PC.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

I feel like 6800 XTs are never going to be released again at this rate. The whole GPU market seems to have collapsed in the past year.

You can thanks the graphic cards flippers and crypto-miners for that.

 

[Gee]

Review: Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti is a powerhouse—but good luck finding it at $1,199 MSRP
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Review Roundup - VideoCardz.com



$1200 MSRP... Nvidia being greedy as usual. There's also the 3070 Ti at $600.

Good luck tomorrow to those who want one.

 

[Iceman]

I'm not the kind of person who wants to go hunting for things that are in very low stock and with every idiot fighting to get one (including scalpers who I refuse to ever give a penny to). So in that respect it makes me feel a bit better about overpaying for the 2080TI just before the relatively much cheaper, high performance next gen cards came out and surprised us.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

Review: Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti is a powerhouse—but good luck finding it at $1,199 MSRP
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Review Roundup - VideoCardz.com



$1200 MSRP... Nvidia being greedy as usual. There's also the 3070 Ti at $600.

Good luck tomorrow to those who want one.

There will be no tomorrow, they are already sold, bots are faster