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Pep, weren't you initially going with 8GB? Good thing you chose 16GB which is the norm now. Games like DX:MD use a lot of ram.

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Bioshock Remastered and Bioshock 2 Remastered are now both in my Steam library free of charge.

The Master Race continues to take care of real gamers :up:
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I highly recommend the kraken water coolers. They're completely self contained systems, just take it out of the box and plug it in. No more difficult than installing an air cooler. Super cool and it really cleans up the inside of your case too.
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Mad Max seems really cool! Running at 1440p max settings.

Having some framerate issues though :/

Seems ok hovering around 96fps then I get these fucking huge drops down to 85fps at times with Gsync enabled.

Fucking PC gaming! :lol:

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Rorschach wrote:The Noctua U14S set me back $120. I think eBay lists the 212 for around $70-80. Or just go stock until you can afford one, I used a stock cooler for about 2 years before upgrading
I've had a 212 and a Noctua D-14 (or 15 I think), both are great and will give you good overclocks if you want, otherwise will be quiet and cool. Can definitely recommend either but agreed that stock is fine
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Yeah, definitely can't overclock on stock and it is noisy as all fuck under load but it does the job. Plus it's free.
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I have a question for the master race, if I buy a 40 inch monitor, will I be able to run it at 21:9 for my racing games or should I just buy an ultra wide display


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Buy 3 smaller monitors for that cockpit experience. Will seem bigger than the 40" running in letterbox at 21:9.
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Correct.
Actually are there any particular games that are decent that can run on the 3 monitor set up? I should probably consider some games to suit the 3 monitor racing cockpit I have.
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First time a tekken game makes it to PC. :up:

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GeneraL CyberFunK wrote:Correct.
Actually are there any particular games that are decent that can run on the 3 monitor set up? I should probably consider some games to suit the 3 monitor racing cockpit I have.
You get a significant advantage when playing mp fps games on multiple monitors but for me driving games will always be where it's at unless you want to dive into VR.
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t0mby wrote:
GeneraL CyberFunK wrote:Correct.
Actually are there any particular games that are decent that can run on the 3 monitor set up? I should probably consider some games to suit the 3 monitor racing cockpit I have.
You get a significant advantage when playing mp fps games on multiple monitors but for me driving games will always be where it's at unless you want to dive into VR.
Yeah and since I have VR I'm not too keen on going with triples as it's only going to be used with non VR racing games. Hence why I am leaning toward a ultra wide or a 40inch monitor as then I will have more use outside of racing games if I choose too.
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Personal preference only but I would go ultrawide. 40 inches is a lot of real estate to cover and games that are specifically suited to 21:9 look awesome.
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How many games support that screen ratio? I'm guessing not many.
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I tend to go for productivity as well, ultrawides are great for work flow. If just for gaming and versatility then probably 40 inches is where you are heading.
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Official Gears 4 launch trailer is out, really damn good trailer, getting hyped!
PC support looks to be excellent.

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Dynamic resolution scaling (turn on/off, pick a percentage)
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Display performance stats
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So yeah, 1440p is pretty awesome. Finally taking full advantage of the 980ti. Just for those with Predators, what settings do you use? I had to dial the brightness all the way down, really bright out of the box.
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Have you seen this website?

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I think that's last year's model, but it looks the same.

You should find some calibration settings on that webpage.
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Cheers, and for the record mine also has the black borders. Not true edge to edge
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60 brightness here, custom colour with R 92, G 92, B 100. For me that gives white whites. I kinda hate whites that have any hint of green/blue/red in them, most calibrations tend to put things on the warmer/yellow side.
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GTX 1070/80 cards come with Gears 4 now, interesting...
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anyone have any issues with the latest geforce driver? It wouldn't install from the geforce experience - just sits there forever. I manually downloaded it, removed the existing driver, but then the new one wouldn't install. First time I've had issues installing drivers for a long time.
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I stopped using the GeForce Experience a while ago. Download the most recent driver direct and download DDU - it will wipe your graphics drivers from safe mode. Basically just follow the steps and when you log back in install the nVidia driver, it will work.
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Word going around is Destiny 2 is coming to PC.

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Be good to play it in 60fps with kbam. :up:
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Read this early, that is pretty awesome. An option to get out from behind the console online paywall is attractive. That and 60fps plus/1440p resolution will be awesome.
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