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Pemalite on 24 January 2018
Ka-pi96 said:
HoloDust said:
^^^ Since AMD dropped the ball completely, it's not that you have any real choice at that price range.

I'm wondering if that would even work in my current PC as well as other options.

I wouldn't buy an AMD anyway, I've literally heard nothing but bad things about their GPUs

Their GPU's are fine, the real problem is their price.
But if you can find an AMD GPU that offers more performance for the same/lower price, I wouldn't think twice about it.

Ka-pi96 said:
'sup doods?

Posted in here awhile back asking for some graphics card advice. Now I'm back with my full specs...

Intel Core i5 650 @ 3.20 GHz (4 CPUs)
6GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce GT 340

And I'm mostly thinking about upgrading to a GTX 1050 Ti at the moment. Good idea, or is there a better (but not more expensive) option?

Your CPU is getting long in the tooth as it's a 2010 Nahelem based chip, but still fairly capable.
But a GPU upgrade over that blatantly archaic Geforce GT 340 (Aka. Rebadged Geforce 240) would make a world of difference.

A Geforce 1050Ti is a good card.
If you want a card around the same performance level... A Radeon 560 is a good choice.
If you find a Radeon 470/570/Geforce 1060 3GB for the same/cheaper price, jump on it.

A Geforce 1030 is a good cheap compromise, it's a potent 720P card... And will even handle 1080P gaming with visuals on low.
Low-End GPU's are not the same as they used to be as they aren't being bundled with low clocked DDR3 memory anymore.

Ka-pi96 said:

 I'm currently using the white cable for the monitor, no idea whether that's vga, dvi or whatever. My monitor doesn't have any HDMI input slots though. So would either of those cards work with that cable, or alternatively with a vga/dvi to hdmi cable?

That is DVI and adapters exist.
DVI is disappearing on GPU's though.





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vivster on 25 January 2018
Ka-pi96 said:

I've got £158 to spend, give or take a couple quid, and it's all store credit... so going any lower end isn't really worthwhile, nothing else to spend the store credit on

Besides, I thought the 1050 was pretty low end still? Oh, and another important question, I noticed the GTX 1050, and the RX560 that you just mentioned, don't support all the same outputs that my current card do. I'm currently using the white cable for the monitor, no idea whether that's vga, dvi or whatever. My monitor doesn't have any HDMI input slots though. So would either of those cards work with that cable, or alternatively with a vga/dvi to hdmi cable?

I never knew you had fallen on such hard times. Keep your chin up, bud. It's going to get better some day.



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vivster on 25 January 2018

After I got Addicted to Hearthstone's Dungeon Run I looked a Rogue Lite games a bit more. I really want to play Slay the Spire but I don't want to on PC. It seems so perfect for mobile. Apparently I have to wait until the end of the year for a mobile version but I'm not sure if I can resist for so long.



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JEMC on 25 January 2018

Well, that's new around here. Someone complaining because a game he wants to play is on PC but not on mobile.

We live in such a crazy world.



Please excuse my bad English.

Currently gaming on a PC with an i5-4670k@stock (for now), 16Gb RAM 1600 MHz and a GTX 1070

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vivster on 25 January 2018
JEMC said:
Well, that's new around here. Someone complaining because a game he wants to play is on PC but not on mobile.

We live in such a crazy world.

Maybe because people shouldn't create mobile games and then just put them on PC.



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JEMC on 25 January 2018
vivster said:
JEMC said:
Well, that's new around here. Someone complaining because a game he wants to play is on PC but not on mobile.

We live in such a crazy world.

Maybe because people shouldn't create mobile games and then just put them on PC.

Well, that's the usual complain. But you're done the opposite, which is why it's surprising.



Please excuse my bad English.

Currently gaming on a PC with an i5-4670k@stock (for now), 16Gb RAM 1600 MHz and a GTX 1070

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HoloDust on 25 January 2018
vivster said:
JEMC said:
Well, that's new around here. Someone complaining because a game he wants to play is on PC but not on mobile.

We live in such a crazy world.

Maybe because people shouldn't create mobile games and then just put them on PC.

People shouldn't be creating CCGs...at all.



vivster on 25 January 2018
HoloDust said:
vivster said:

Maybe because people shouldn't create mobile games and then just put them on PC.

People shouldn't be creating CCGs...at all.

Oh yes they should, just not for PVP.



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caffeinade on 25 January 2018
vivster said:
HoloDust said:

People shouldn't be creating CCGs...at all.

Oh yes they should, just not for PVP.

Naw, Valve will make an Esport out of Artifact, just you wait.

I hope that game:
(a) Is more consumer friendly than most card games.
(b) Isn't buried by the: give us HL3, crowd.

Edit:
I don't play card games, I just want audiences to enjoy their games.

Last edited by caffeinade - on 25 January 2018

HoloDust on 25 January 2018
vivster said:
HoloDust said:

People shouldn't be creating CCGs...at all.

Oh yes they should, just not for PVP.

I despise the very concept - Richard Garfield (who is great designer) designed Magic The Gathering so that Wizards could publish his other game (Robo Rally) - the rest is history...

There are plethora of really great card games out there, be it deck builders or some other mechanism, that don't rely on "buy more" concept...