New Rig, New Questions

[tokyoduong]

I have i7 with the HD4000 + 660gtx combo on my laptop. It's great for accelerating web pages(especially flash) and that's where it ends. But I was fortunate enough to be able to switch to the 660gtx when I need it. I tried gaming on the HD4k for giggles and it was hopeless.

The difference in battery makes the hd4k worth it on laptop though. Although AMD's trinity does better. Web browsing with HD4k gets me 4-5 hours. The same tasks with 660gtx gets me 2.5 hrs. With gaming, the difference was only about 15 mins. I would've bought the AMD A10 but those laptops never come with SSD and backlit keyboards.

[Kwod]

Originally Posted by tokyoduong

I tried gaming on the HD4k for giggles and it was hopeless.

I think laptops and gaming are a bad combo in general
I'm going to install Crysis1 now and see what happens, lol.

[tokyoduong]

My laptop does well. I can play most games at very respectable frames. I just hate the keyboard and the small screen.......and the price

[Kwod]

Crysis maxed 8xaa is butter smooth, but so is F1 2012 at 110fps@1200p
This new system is so fast at times it's not funny, especially loading games.

I used to think 30fps was acceptable, but I now think the magic no of 60fps is a much better experience.

I must've had a huge bottleneck with either my old CPU or DDR2 ram, maybe both.

[tokyoduong]

Turn Vsync on or caps. Some games push your system to the max and causes crashes and stuttering. SC2 used to do that to me along with another game(i forgot). As soon as I vsync at 60, the crashes and random stuttering went away.
The other bonus is you don't burn out your components as fast. You will notice less screen tearing when you turn fast in fps too.