New Processing CHIP for extreme gaming

[Orophin]

I think the new AMD chip will run ARR sufficiently since its requirements should be lower overall. If someone is planning on upgrading an older machine and on a budget, it may be worthwhile to look into it.

I used to use AMD back in the day, but I've used Intel for a better part of 10 years now. They just seem like a much better product. They're usually more expensive, but within the last 5-6 years their prices have been much more competitive. There's always the saying "you get what you pay for" as well.

I'm looking at getting an SSD drive around the time of Black Friday, and I hear nothing but good things about Intel's. They're usually a little more pricier than the Crucials and some of the other brands, but I hear they're top quality. Last thing I want to do is have to reinstall my OS three months later because my SSD took a dump.

[Coldfire]

Already have several SSDs. Most of the SSDs use exactly the same hardware(Sandforce controller and Samsung flash chips) so there's only a few features you have to look out for: Synchronous or Toggle NAND, Trim and SATA3 interface. But benchmark on the web usually tell enough. Taking the cheapest SSD with those features is usually good enough for every normal PC since it's already waaaaay faster than magnetic HDDs.

[Orophin]

Already have several SSDs. Most of the SSDs use exactly the same hardware(Sandforce controller and Samsung flash chips) so there's only a few features you have to look out for: Synchronous or Toggle NAND, Trim and SATA3 interface. But benchmark on the web usually tell enough. Taking the cheapest SSD with those features is usually good enough for every normal PC since it's already waaaaay faster than magnetic HDDs.

I'm more concerned with them dying after a few months like I hear happens to most of the non-Intel brands.

Anyway, I won't derail the graphics thread anymore.

@Dzian: I used to have an Nvidia 8800GTX back in the day when they were the thing to have. It ran SO HOT on me. I think all video cards nowadays run somewhat hot. I think my Radeon 6970 runs somewhere around 70-75C with FF14 running. I imagine after ARR comes out though it shouldn't stress out my video card quite as much.