I've got a Geforce GTX 680 GPU, and am noticing some serious FPS drops. In CS:GO, I play at a low resolution, with all the settings on low, yet my PC is struggling to reach over 90FPS, when not too long ago it would never dip below 160FPS. I have the latest GPU drivers, I even installed Razer Game Booster, a program that is meant to help pause unnecessary tasks my PC does while I'm gaming in an attempt to get better performance. However, even that didn't work, I saw no improvement in performance with that running.
I've got Natural Selection 2 and it is a fun game, a FPS and RTS combination with the Commander building stations for Marines that try to wipe out the enemy Aliens' nest. Not a very big community, but I'm sure it'd be a blast with a small party using Teamspeak.
All of these can be yours for the low price of $4.15 (price subject to change).
I've got a Razer Blackwidow Ultimate keyboard and Razer Deathadder mouse. The mouse is awesome, probably the single best product Razer makes. The keyboard is nice, but there are better, cheaper alternatives for mechanical keyboards.
Diddums told me what to buy when I decided to get into PC gaming, so I'd definitely listen to whatever advice he gives you. With that in mind, I'd recommend checking out logicalincrements.com, they have a massive list of recommend builds for a range of budgets.
At around $1000, you should definitely be able to build a quality PC.
It looks great, although I doubt I'll be purchasing a Steam Box since I've already got a good PC. I will definitely buy a controller though, the haptic feedback sounds really interesting.
I'd suggest taking a look at Logicalincrements.com, they're a great resource when picking out the hardware for a new gaming PC. And at that price, you've just about hit the sweet spot for affordable PC gaming that will still blow the next-gen consoles away.
So I discovered a GPU benchmark program called Valley Benchmark, the basic program is free and simply tells you in real-time how your GPU is performing. I installed it and ran it, my results are:
Fullscreen, 1920 x 1080p
Settings: Extreme HD
Min FPS: 26.2
Max FPS: 71.9
Avg FPS: 41.8
However, during the benchmark my GPU went up to 80 degrees Celsius. I have a GTX 680, and I'm wondering if that dangerously close to overheating or not. I have several games in my case, but I'm not sure how hot GPUs can get without overheating.
Any tips would be appreciated, and if anybody wants to test their rig with the Valley Benchmark, feel free to post your results below.
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Ignore this thread, I updated Windows and cleaned out my registry and that fixed the problem completely.
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