Recent content by Vertrucio

Thanks! I didn't realize you could by the side panels separately. Unfortunately, my case is white, I like the stormtrooper-like look of it. In fact, now that you recommended those fans, I could probably add some white fans to further the contrast of it.

I'm looking for some mods for my white Corsair C70 case. I love the case overall, but there's quite a few features I don't need, or could be better. I'm looking to do a few things: Replace, or plug the ventilation holes in the side panel window. I don't use the extra fans, and those holes are...

For the most part, the game runs very smoothly on Ultimate detail settings (Ultra + TressFX). There are some specific areas in the game where the framerate just takes a nose dive despite other areas being very solid on my rig. I had to bump the details down to medium to play those segments since...

Yeah, as others have stated, it's an interesting change with the upcoming "next gen" consoles. Where they're basically heavily gaming centric PC architectures, with a closed network. I still think it's a good idea, you can really nail down performance in these cases. What I'm really excited...

Not really, "organic" is a sham label. They still use pesticides, they just happen to use silly stuff that seems natural, oh you know, stuff like concentrated urine. Look it up. ;) Back to this. Just think of TressFX as a stepping stone to a full, non-proprietary API GPU physics system. I...

I bumped up the voltage, but didn't try messing with HT or memory settings, partly because I have some generic memory that I don't remember all the stats for. Looking at CPU-Z and other info online, I seem to have the C2 variant that really only overclocks to 3.8ghz, anything higher requires a...

Probably tying in to all the stuff they're doing for the upcoming series of consoles. I mean, just look at all the particles in the PS4 demos, so PhysX is obsolete, they can probably do something for hair as well, which would be a nice change for artists to be able to have characters with more...

Thanks again. I'll give overclocking a try, but I'll probably wait until I have the parts ready to buy. Now to do some searching on how to overclock safely. EDIT: After trying some overclocking, I only managed to get it to 3.80ghz, anything higher and it just gets unstable. There was a small...

Hm... There are a lot of motherboards. Hate to ask for you guys to do everything for me, but I've been way out of the loop on tech. Can someone recommend a good ATX motherboard for an i7 ivy bridge? I took a look through the motherboard reviews and it seemed like a lot of the highly rated...

Thanks for all the quick responses! Looks like I'm going Intel this generation. i7 or i5? I also make artwork, and do 3D modeling and rendering on this desktop system. So any hardware that can run that well is a definite plus.

<<< System specs in my profile. I just got a 7950 but I'm a little underwhelmed at the performance on high detail. I've recently developed an appreciation for playing games at high framerates, and I'm looking to maximize FPS while still keeping the details on high. I'm wondering if I'm...

Honestly, I see AMD winning this year, regardless of when cards come out. They are literally making the chips that everyone in the industry will be using for the next few years in consoles, thus everything will be optimized for AMD chips from the get go.

So, how do we get these? I'm actually just about to pickup a Gigabyte 7950 from Frys. Is it automatic, or do I actually have to see the advertisement for it?

Well, this works out for me, I was just about to buy a 7950.

I was just checking prices and saw the 660 Ti was about $20 cheaper, enough to consider it? There's also a PNY card for $250 with a $30 rebate at Fry's, but I'm not sure why it's so low in price.