Is this thread a joke?
O.o
AnyOldName3 is right, recommended specs are wildly inaccurate these days.
Also they do have to compensate for the horrible mess that is the average users PC these day, I'm talking auto starting spyware/malware/DRM. And lots of other stuff especially now that people are moving to windows 10. It has so many settings that should be off by default turned on that interfere with regular operations, but most people won't see them.
In my experience if you run an optimised and well maintained system you can be pretty far under recommended spec sometimes and still max games out at 1080. But it's always a game by game case.
16gb RAM lol, sure you can buy that if you want. It's completely unnecessary, for any gaming.It's mostly recommended to handle all that background crap I mentioned earlier + the game.
I'm building a new system to lan with a 6600k but I still run an 2500k, 660ti, 8gb system that maxes out everything but the top 1% of games at 1080p 60fps, but I usually run at 1440p.
In the rare case a game doesn’t max out you usually only have to turn down AA or AO a bit.
But if you are going to build a new system, I wouldn't recommend a 6700 over a 6600. HT support just isn't there for gaming and isn't going to be for a while. Devs also can't be bothered to do the extra work to support it atm.
But you can "future proof" if you want, which I don't understand. You build a system for 30% more money and it only gains a year max on it's longevity. I did the whole top tier build things in my early PC days and I've found I can save money if I build better bang for buck to high range PCs more often rather than bleeding edge PCs over a longer time.
I feel like I could talk about this topic for ages, another benefit is the older systems can be re-purposed AND their aren’t the inefficient top tier specs so they don't use as much power or produce as much heat as the usually yet to be optimised top stuff.
EDIT: OPs spec's should be able to play Mario Galaxy at 1080p 60fps easily.
I have a G3258 @ 3.9ghz with a R7250 that runs it at 1080p 50-55FPS (frustratingly close to that golden 60fps).
Every other Wii game I've played on it works at 30/60fps 1080 perfectly fine.
In hindsight I would have got a slightly larger case than the Antec ISK-300 and put a slightly larger GPU, (can only fit LP/SS atm). I might get a second hand 2500k or something so I can can get Mario Galaxy running perfectly eventually. I couldn't resist the small form factor of the book mitx size.
If only they made it 10mm wider to fit a dual slot LP card... they could have hit gold with that case.
O.o
AnyOldName3 is right, recommended specs are wildly inaccurate these days.
Also they do have to compensate for the horrible mess that is the average users PC these day, I'm talking auto starting spyware/malware/DRM. And lots of other stuff especially now that people are moving to windows 10. It has so many settings that should be off by default turned on that interfere with regular operations, but most people won't see them.
In my experience if you run an optimised and well maintained system you can be pretty far under recommended spec sometimes and still max games out at 1080. But it's always a game by game case.
16gb RAM lol, sure you can buy that if you want. It's completely unnecessary, for any gaming.It's mostly recommended to handle all that background crap I mentioned earlier + the game.
I'm building a new system to lan with a 6600k but I still run an 2500k, 660ti, 8gb system that maxes out everything but the top 1% of games at 1080p 60fps, but I usually run at 1440p.
In the rare case a game doesn’t max out you usually only have to turn down AA or AO a bit.
But if you are going to build a new system, I wouldn't recommend a 6700 over a 6600. HT support just isn't there for gaming and isn't going to be for a while. Devs also can't be bothered to do the extra work to support it atm.
But you can "future proof" if you want, which I don't understand. You build a system for 30% more money and it only gains a year max on it's longevity. I did the whole top tier build things in my early PC days and I've found I can save money if I build better bang for buck to high range PCs more often rather than bleeding edge PCs over a longer time.
I feel like I could talk about this topic for ages, another benefit is the older systems can be re-purposed AND their aren’t the inefficient top tier specs so they don't use as much power or produce as much heat as the usually yet to be optimised top stuff.
EDIT: OPs spec's should be able to play Mario Galaxy at 1080p 60fps easily.
I have a G3258 @ 3.9ghz with a R7250 that runs it at 1080p 50-55FPS (frustratingly close to that golden 60fps).
Every other Wii game I've played on it works at 30/60fps 1080 perfectly fine.
In hindsight I would have got a slightly larger case than the Antec ISK-300 and put a slightly larger GPU, (can only fit LP/SS atm). I might get a second hand 2500k or something so I can can get Mario Galaxy running perfectly eventually. I couldn't resist the small form factor of the book mitx size.
If only they made it 10mm wider to fit a dual slot LP card... they could have hit gold with that case.
"I’m busy. I’m also a gamer, though, and, in my opinion, paying for an advantage in a game, well, you might as well stop playing games and find a more copacetic hobby that suits your busy schedule." -Some guy on a forum somewhere.