iBUYPOWER Review Hardware Impressions

The Witcher 2

....sucks looks great though

I absolutely loved Witcher 2. One of the better RPGs in the past couple years.

Hmmmm.... Pong

Try GTA IV. I've got a PC that can play Skyrim on settings beyond ultra, but that horrendously unoptimised piece of shite still chugs along if I put it on anything much higher than medium.

Standard benchmarkstuff...Crysis, Crysis 2, Battlefield 3, Skyrim, Arkham City, Metro 2033, Dirt 3, Modern Warfare 3...Run some CPU benchmarks as well. Don't turn it into an infomercial for iBuy please :(.

I'll benchmark your new rigs for you!

Sounds almost like a pick-up line. "Hey baby, can I benchmark your rig for you"? Would work for a gay pick-up too, maybe even better.

Try playing the SW: TOR beta on max settings. It's wreaking havoc on frame rates right now (yeah, I know there's no video card drivers for it yet, but still).

Assassin creed!
What are you all looking at me like that? i thought it look pretty on PC...

Fine then what about Anno 2070?

GTA IV with the modded with ICEnhancer 1.2 will really test your rig. Skyrim also, cause Skyrim.

I have a 4 year old graphics card and can run Skyrim smoothly (40-50 FPS outside, 25-30 FPS in town) on settings beyond ultra (through config changes). It's not exactly going to stress a high-end machine.

I just say Skyrim cause it's an excuse to play an awesome game. But the GTA modded is the true challenge.

Could we get like some complete specs on this rig. You kind of just give say an I7 that tells nothing.

I would like to see full on specs of what CPU it is and what kind of hardware inside like ram timeings.

If you didn't get any of that detail listings in the game rig there is a free handy program called CPUZ and GPUZ that can list everything you need to look up. Also handy for when you need to update or check things quickly

As for DX 11 games. Batman Arkhum city has a TON of DX 11 features and with the physX engine in it, you will find your 590 may be pushing itself hard trying to handle both at once despite being a duel GPU. Serious SAM 3 has a ton of tweak features built in. May only be a dx 9 game but oh man you can crank it to some pretty settings. Witcher 2 is also a good stress. Metro 2033 also will show off some good lighting effects with DX11. Maybe run the haven benchmark or a few others like futuremark tests.

Are there not only a couple of 2011 I7's out at the moment anyway, so it'll probably have to be either the 3930K or the 3960X?

I would've gone with the 6990 rather than the 590 graphics cards wise as it doesn't have a history of blowing itself up.

We also need to know what monitor you are using Dan, no point in having this system if the resolution is only 1280x1024.

Valid point i forgot about the screen resolution he might be using. And yea i heard the AMD duel card has been doing better then the 590. However with say batman Arkhum city it should handle the tessellation better because that is something the 500 series still does better then the 6000 series. But yea there is the blowing up part :)

I hope he's using MSI afterburner to keep his fan speed's high and not just letting the card default.

Also don't forget you can force even better settings in games with the N-vid control panel that will make games like Skyrim with some of the high rez texture packs look like a DX11 game. I have seen my friends rig... game looks nothing like what the market see's... its way better :)

If you have any questions Dave hit me up in PM me and my friend are a PC nut jobs :)

If you want to mangle your 590 hook it up to 3 monitors. Nothing makes a video card weep like 6028x1200 resolution on BF3!

Triple monitor tech is called AMD Eyefinity and Nvidia Surround for you unwashed console masses.

I am speechless... There is soooo much techno awesome in here right now... I think I may have to go take shower...

I'm a console gamer and I have no ****ing clue what anybody is saying.

If I remember right the i7 is a 2600k....


And a 590 after the GPU talks we had? Disappointing :(