Eleven Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 I cried till I got my dad (and had my brothers agree) to buy the Captain America/Avengers NES game. It was the one with Cap and Hawkeye as playable characters. It was a good game, and difficult. Took us a long time to complete. I cried till I got my dad (and had my brothers agree) to buy the Doom II PC game. It was a bad choice, I got scared, but I had to suck it up and play it because I didn't want to admit defeat. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDDQD Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 (edited) I have not OC my computer yet. i7 950 too. OCing is unnecessary bullshit that people only do so their numbers can be higher than someone else's on a message board. That depends. If you're like one of those guys, who overclocks fucking everything to the point when computer starts crashing, just to get one or two frames more, or score a couple of points higher in latest 3D benchmark, then yes, it's bullshit and you're only slaughtering hardware. However, if cranking up the CPU means significantly higher clock speeds, then by all means, you can do that. I remember OC'ing my old dual core CPU from 2.5GHz to 3.0GHz and maybe 0.5 gigs don't sound too impressive on paper, but it made a whole world of difference when it comes to higher framerates in games. And I've known people who OC'ed their CPU even by whole damn gigahertz, but for that you need a good motherboard and beefy cooling system. Edited May 9, 2015 by IDDQD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 >higher CPU clock speeds >99.9% of games don't depend on CPU power Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDDQD Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 Oh, sure. Which is why I could play 99.9% of my games on higher settings and with smoother framerates when I switched from dual core to quad core cpu, while my graphics card remained the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 >you overclocked to quad core from dual core What in the actual fuck are you talking about? Or are you forgetting the context in which I'm ridiculing people who spend hundreds of dollars on cooling instead of buying a better CPU? I get your point if you bought one of those fucktarded AMD 3-core processors way back but this isn't an issue any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 He didn't say he overclocked a dual core to become a quad core, he upgraded from a dual core to a quad core. Sure these days many games rely on GPU for most of the frame rate eating stuff, but it'd be silly to deny the CPU isn't a factor at al in boosting framerates, especially where AI and such that run through the CPU are concerned. Also depends on the game, Civ V is quite CPU heavy compared to GPU heavy. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 The fact that my i5-2400k at 3.2 ghz is below minimum for Witcher 3 suggests that CPU are at times important. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDDQD Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 >you overclocked to quad core from dual core What in the actual fuck are you talking about? Or are you forgetting the context in which I'm ridiculing people who spend hundreds of dollars on cooling instead of buying a better CPU? I get your point if you bought one of those fucktarded AMD 3-core processors way back but this isn't an issue any more. Take your pills dude, that's not what I was saying. He didn't say he overclocked a dual core to become a quad core, he upgraded from a dual core to a quad core. Sure these days many games rely on GPU for most of the frame rate eating stuff, but it'd be silly to deny the CPU isn't a factor at al in boosting framerates, especially where AI and such that run through the CPU are concerned. Also depends on the game, Civ V is quite CPU heavy compared to GPU heavy. Thank you. Each component has a major part in overall performance, actually. Even the motherboard or HDD. The point is - if overclocking means getting a significant boost to your performance, then it's worth it. If not, then why bother, unless it's your hobby or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 Urg. Speaking of, GW2 is so incredibly CPU heavy. You need something like an i7 to get reliably high framerates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted May 11, 2015 Report Share Posted May 11, 2015 Never played an MGS since the first and I don't give a fuuuuuck *urrrp* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus Posted May 11, 2015 Report Share Posted May 11, 2015 I skip most cut scenes and a lot of the dialogue in games. I don't have the attention span. Fuck you Destiny for being unskippable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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