Gettin itchy

[{CLR} Cobalt]

I hate you people. No. I really do. All this talk about new system this.. upgrading that. I cant take it anymore. I'm going crazy trying to keep from parting a new system out. I'm dying here. And nobody cares.

So I thought I'd try my hand at building an AMD system this time around. Seems that ATI is gonna do better with BF3 than Nvidia so I thought I'd stick with AMD all the way around.

So, with that being said, should I wait for the Bulldozers to come out mid Sept. Cause the game wont be here for a while. Or will the Phenom IIx4 965-BLack be sufficient. Was gonna couple that with the Gigabyte UD3. And an ATI 5970.

[Dead...Again]

If you have a system that will run BC2 ok (which I think you do) and you want to go AMD, I would wait to see if Bulldozer comes out before BF3. Otherwise I would go with Sandy Bridge.

[SIR Rossy]

If you have a system that will run BC2 ok (which I think you do) and you want to go AMD, I would wait to see if Bulldozer comes out before BF3. Otherwise I would go with Sandy Bridge.

Sandy bridge FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Skud]

Maybe ill sell you my SCAR instead, Cobs.

[WalkinTarget]

I hate you people. No. I really do. All this talk about new system this.. upgrading that. I cant take it anymore. I'm going crazy trying to keep from parting a new system out. I'm dying here. And nobody cares.

Oh we care. We care enough to spend your hard earned money like its paying off a national debt.

So I thought I'd try my hand at building an AMD system this time around. Seems that ATI is gonna do better with BF3 than Nvidia so I thought I'd stick with AMD all the way around.

I'd LOVE to wait for BD,. but I just don't think I can wait any longer. You can't wait more than 3 months, as something else will pop up and be promised in 6 months. What happens if BD hits another delay ?

I think the GPU will be more important than the CPU for BF3, but that we can't tell til the game is out and benchmarked. A Ph II 965 should be fine for the game, but don't expect a 5850 to run it at 30 fps at all times.

[baconoclock]

I know your pain. My pc is still semi new (appx 1 year old). Newegg had a sale on monitors and I'm using a 6 yr old 17 in lcd. Cant wait for the new 23 in one to arrive.

[{CLR} Cobalt]

but don't expect a 5850 to run it at 30 fps at all times.

I was gonna get a 6970. Should do the trick.

[{CLR} Cobalt]

I been lookin around for said 6970 and cant seem to find any HIS IceQ Turbo brands out there. Most places put it "out of stock". Everyone seems to be gearing up for BF3. If anyone sees one around at a decent price let me know.

[Cain]

Don't forget nVidia is one of the game's biggest sponsors so you can be sure BF3 will run as good or probably much better on an nvidia cARD.

[{CLR} Cobalt]

Don't forget nVidia is one of the game's biggest sponsors so you can be sure BF3 will run as good or probably much better on an nvidia cARD.

Pffft.. I aint buyin it. Some of these guys in here runnin ATI cards are dang good and never have a hitch. That and when the Alpha testers were in game the ATI guys where wide open, whereas I play maybe 1 hr. and couldnt even get back in game with an NVidia card.

Dont get me wrong. I havent run ATI cards since they sold out the first time. I think the last ATI card I had was an All-In-Wonder 32mb AGP. Been Nvidia ever since. But the last couple of series they came out with they've had prolems.

This is all my opinion of course, but I wanted to give that 6970 a shot. It's about the same speed as the 570. But I'm afraid of the 570 from what I've been reading. That, and I know the ATI cards didnt seem to have the problems with BF3. I just wanted to get it right the first time and not have to be sending stuff back and all that.

[FrOgM]

thats ONE more reason you should wait to build your rig my brother when the new stuff from amd comes out and im sure your card selection my get on the $$$ savings too the more time goes by

[{CLR} Cobalt]

thats ONE more reason you should wait to build your rig my brother when the new stuff from amd comes out and im sure your card selection my get on the $$$ savings too the more time goes by

You are correct. I've been holding out for a while. I did build the one I'm on now when I got back from Iraq almost a year ago. Just because my machine I brought with me back from Thailand didnt work when it got here. So I ended up with this one.

It's not a bad machine at all I-7 oc'd to 3.4 with 6gb of ram.But the card Dukie Duke sold me has about run it's coarse. GTX 275. Dont get me wrong. It scalded Black OPs. And MW2. But with all the stuff goin on in BC2, I have to run everything on medium at 1920x1080 to get 50-60 fps.

I like to be over 45 fps playing any game. If I go to high with the settings when things get intense, it bogs down a bit. So I'm waiting on the vid cards to come down a bit more in price maybe by then. I still may just use this machine but not sure yet.