If you were holding off on a new card or choosing for a build expecting the new series from either brand to be releasing in the next few months as was rumoured you might as well go ahead and buy from the current 6** or 7*** series now.

Both companies have delayed release until quarter 4 of this year http://news.softpedia.com/news/Next-Gen-NVIDIA-and-AMD-GPUs-Delayed-to-Q4-2013-325786.shtml

Originally posted by jpnole

Originally posted by boxsnd
Most skills that I tried root you into place and feel really clunky / not fun. Are there any that are fun? Something like d2's whirlwind for example.

You ever tried swinging, or even whirlwinding an axe while running? Go pick up an axe from the tool shed and try that in your back yard.

Must be a fancy tool shed you have. Fireproof for all those witch fire storms you throw around in it?

Originally posted by Digna

Not sure why this is an 'article'.

And 1st quarter 2012 is mentioned in the 4th paragraph

Looks better than [Paid Advertisement].

Originally posted by aslan132

This is true, and a common misconception. NDA almost always allows for saying you are taking part in the beta, just not to discuss anything about the beta. Those are two very different things.

 

Allowing the players to tell others they are taking part in a test gives the company free promotion. It also serves to allow those partaking in the test to find each other, and possibly form groups and guilds, which also facilitate the testing. It is very rare for a company to embargo mentioning that you are participating, you just cant release any details.

Not always, i recall Funcom not allowing you to even say you were in beta for AoC. Thats going back a few years though and the new trend does seem to be that you can say you are but that's it.

Originally posted by ichihaifu

Tried the beta and I can only say that I wasnt too impressed.

Same, this will be a wait and see after launch one for me i think.

He means you've posted in the general Help Desk section and haven't stated which game you're talking about.

240ms ping is usually fine for MMO's it will only cause problems if it has FPS type combat.

As long as the external is half decent then that will be fine. I keep all my games on a 2TB HDD other than one or two that i regularly play which are on the SSD, i barely even notice the difference in load times no matter which drive they are on. I couldn't do without the SSD for the OS though, once you've used one it's very hard to go back to using mechanical for it.

There are a few items you could save money on but they are all quality parts that will work well.

Site link http://launch2.universeprojects.com/

It looks promising although maybe overly ambitious.

It shouldn't have any problems running either of those games or anything else on the market assuming res is ~1080p.

I'd suggest you just keep the money by until you can afford it all in March though. Prices change, new ranges come out and there are always combi deals on mobo+cpu's, cases+power supplies etc. It might not be a bad idea to grab the memory early though as memory price is currently climbing and set to stay that way for a wee while.

Originally posted by Rthuth434
i'm in the beta. WildStar is better. that's about all i can say. WS will be better and likely perform better too. especially with those who want sandbox features but strangely also want a thempark game(judging by the performance of every non-EVE SB that's damn near aeveryone). 

I'm not in the beta but the vague references to the game ive been reading elsewhere this weekend all seem to say "nothing special".

Originally posted by xpowderx

Originally posted by Dantae87
never heard of it

You must not visit Gamestop. As Defiance is heavily advertised from the posters in the windows to the cashier counter.  This game is going to be HUGE! On all three major platforms. PS3,Xbox, and PC!

People still go in physical game stores these days?

Originally posted by destro521

I have been looking at watercooling but i know next to nothing about water cooling :(

I am also trying to decide between a storm stryker and a switch 810

i did originally decide on the stryker but then nice reviews are also for the switch 810

 

For teh motherboard i dont really know a good board other than the maximus V formula and the z77 asrock OC formula cause i want the extra features and built in audio.

The MSI 7970 isnt included on this website and i want to stick with them as they are 20 minuites down the road but i will be taking all of your ( and other peoples ) advice and mixing and matching Parts for a z77 system worth 2400$

If i had to choose between the two i'd probably go with the NZXT Switch as the Storm Stryker doesn't have removable cages, they are both decent cases though. Although i'm not a fan of NZXT using the same style on the outside of most of their cases the Switch doesnt look too bad. You might also want to take a look at Corsair's cases if you're looking for quality.

If your choice is between those two boards and you want good built in audio then i'd stay away from the maximus as it has the supremeFX audio which is really poor. The ALC 898 on the other is pretty good, you'd be hard pressed to notice the difference between it and one of the lower end separate sound cards like the Xonar DG.

Originally posted by grndzro
The only differences you are likely to notice between win7 and win8 are the start screen, the boot up time, and snappier performance. Windows 8 has better guts imo.

I read this a lot yet i can barely notice a difference in speed between the two. Maybe a second faster in boot up and apps are as snappy on each, pretty much instant. SSD's kind make that benefit of Win8 irrelevant.

If i had to choose i'd probably just go with win8 though as the driver issues are few and far between (creative have driver issues no matter the OS) and it can be made to look and function almost identically to Win7 with a little tweaking if you don't like the new layout. Going from one to the other is more of a sidegrade.