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Re: NBA 2K15 System Requirements Revealed For PC Users, Will Cost $59.99
By purchase, I assumed everyone knew I meant "preorder".
I have a 25% off GMG coupon I'm probably going to use.Comment
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Re: NBA 2K15 System Requirements For PC
This is why last summer when i built my PC i ignored everyone telling me going with a i7 Intel CPU was a waste of money...i opted for the i7 3770k CPU over the i5 3750k CPU...the diffence between the i7 cpu's vs the i5 cpu's is that i7 cpu's are quads with 8 threads while the i5 cpu's are quads with 4 threads....those 8 threads the i7 at the time i was picking out my parts for my new PC was something i thought would be important once the new consoles came out because i knew the spec's at the time of the new consoles and they were using AMD 8 core cpu's...so with Intel..going with a i7 that at least had 8 threads that can be used as "cores" would be a better fit but everyone kept yapping at me i was wasting that extra $100 dollars going with the i7 over the less expensive i5 for gaming...they were all saying i5's were more than enough for next gen gaming. Well just about all new PC games are asking for i7's for recommended requirements because why? Because they have 8 threads that can be used as "cores" ..
By the way..in no way am i saying a i5 3570k cannot do the job...these newer intel cpu's are so ahead of their time, at least for gaming that you will still probably do ok with a i5...but you are better off with a i7 if you are looking at high performance settings for your PC games!..You win some, you lose some
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Re: NBA 2K15 System Requirements For PC
Keep in mind these new consoles aim to provide concurrent services while you game other than just gaming, which is where extra threads may be of use. It's still going to be safer to build games for 4 threads max. For pure gaming, 8 is still overkill in the vast majority of cases. I think Crysis 3 may have had some minor benefits.
Also, I have my doubts any of the PS4/XO games being ported to PC will be on the level of Crysis 3, any time soon - the other specs of these consoles will limit the games so they're unlikely to benefit from more than 4 threads on a gaming PC (when you consider something like a i5-4690 already has more grunt than these consoles, and can probably more than match any console game using more than 4 threads anyway). There may be an edge case game where a multi-threaded CPU is far more important than GPU due to the sheer amount of active CPU threads needed and so it can be released on the consoles to use more than 4 threads but not need a better GPU, but I'm not sure what type of game that would be (something very AI heavy?).
If you're going to buy 8 threads for gaming, I'd look towards PC exclusives or at least PC first games like Crysis 3 as the motivation. There won't be many necessarily, but there will probably be a handful by the time an i7 is redundant. A good i5 will still handle these games fine - the likelihood of a PC game coming out that requires >4 threads to perform well is unlikely within the lifespan of existing hardware - but if you're looking for top line performance, an i7 would be better for those types of games.Last edited by Nza; 09-06-2014, 10:48 PM.Comment
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Re: NBA 2K15 System Requirements Revealed For PC Users, Will Cost $59.99
Got my Titan Black on the way!Note to Tiburon Marketing:
A great product sells itself, no "back of the box" features required! (See Fifa...)
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Re: NBA 2K15 System Requirements Revealed For PC Users, Will Cost $59.99
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Re: NBA 2K15 System Requirements For PC
Sorry, but you DID waste your money. A i5 with perfectly play 2K15 on Ultra/1440p/60fps - even a i3 should do the job. System requirements are f ucking bulls hit, sometimes the minimum requirements are higher than the Recommended, because they are made by people who probably never build a PC themselves. A i7 in system requirements just means (a 4 core CPU with ~3GHz).
Look at the Ryse: Son of Rome Requirements - they are made by someone who has a clue about hardware. Thats more what you can expect.
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- CPU: Quad Core or Six Core CPU
- Examples: Intel Core i5 3.3 GHz (2500k) or AMD FX-6350 3.9 GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- GPU: DirectX 11 graphics card with 2 GB video RAM
- Examples: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660Ti or AMD Radeon 260x or 7850
- OS: 64 bit Windows (Vista, 7, 8)"
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Re: NBA 2K15 System Requirements Revealed For PC Users, Will Cost $59.99
NVIDIA or AMD?
GTX 760 and I think AMD 7870 are priced around that range. Sorry if thats not much of a help but I just googled best 250 dollar gpu's. I would read up on other forums for other opinions about those cards to help you choose which suits you. More opinions the better I say...good luckComment
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Re: NBA 2K15 System Requirements Revealed For PC Users, Will Cost $59.99
Jbulls and Goff are both right just wait until the 1st-5th of Oct and if no new gfx cards have been released go with a 760 or a R9280/280x, 2gb of video ram is fine but but look for one of these cards with about 3-4gigs.Comment
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