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re: "New" (to me) Gaming Rig!
 by Spectus on May. 27th, 2019 11:29 pm
Well, I've assembled my new gaming rig -- which, technically isn't "new" per se, but Jao's old motherboard/CPU/RAM set, but hey, it's new to me! -- and paired with my new video card (see my other thread about the GeForce RTX 2060), is finally running my single-player ARK smoothly! Got the game all patched up, got the latest video driver, and jumped in and played for a solid half an hour with not a single crash. Looks like that jump to 16Gb of RAM did the trick.
So, next test is to try it with the main DX-12 features (dynamic tesselation and ambient occlusion) enabled. But for now, I'm delighted and greatly relieved. Good ol' "Betty" has a new life ahead of her!
Also, I'm hoping to give it a test spin in Star Citizen.
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TorshanHonorary Staff Young Jedi Master
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re: "New" (to me) Gaming Rig!
by Torshan on May. 28th, 2019 5:53 am
Sweet, congrats! Glad ark is running good - yay to no crashes - and it sounds like a lot of other games will have better performance too.
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re: "New" (to me) Gaming Rig!
by Towne on May. 28th, 2019 10:01 am
Awesome
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re: "New" (to me) Gaming Rig!
by Spectus on May. 29th, 2019 1:00 am
| Torshan wrote: | | Sweet, congrats! Glad ark is running good - yay to no crashes - and it sounds like a lot of other games will have better performance too. |
Yup! I did some belly-crawling in The Hunter: Call of the Wild this evening. All settings on Ultra, and it ran smooth as silk. Got several other games ready to roll too: For Honor, Divinity: Original Sin 2, and Mechwarrior Online. I'm also looking ahead to seeing how it does with Star Citizen.
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IrisbloomSenior Executive Officer Young Jedi Master
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re: "New" (to me) Gaming Rig!
by Irisbloom on May. 29th, 2019 5:48 pm
Yay Specs! Glad you got it all set up and running smoothly!
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He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
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Jao ThaunOverseer Elder Jedi Grand Master
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re: "New" (to me) Gaming Rig!
by Jao Thaun on May. 30th, 2019 9:21 am
Glad it made it through the postal system without being damaged. That system is rock solid. It should have a lot of years left in it.
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SpectusStaff Emeritus Jedi Master
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re: "New" (to me) Gaming Rig!
by Spectus on May. 30th, 2019 10:51 am
So far, it's running great! And I've been monitoring internal temperatures using that app you suggested. So far, CPU temps under full game load have been topping out around 53 Celsius/127 Fahrenheit, and the GPU at 73c/163f.
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re: "New" (to me) Gaming Rig!
by Intrepid Corsair on Jun. 4th, 2019 6:15 am
You named your rig Betty?
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re: "New" (to me) Gaming Rig!
by Spectus on Jun. 4th, 2019 9:51 pm
| Intrepid Corsair wrote: | | You named your rig Betty? |
That's what Jao called it. Not sure if it was an actual name of a joke while I was chatting with him on BIOS settings.
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