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Finally back in the world of PC Gaming

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#1 ·
Finally built my gaming PC!

i own a PS4 PRO and i have a Xbox one X on pre order but those are going to be used to play only exclusive titles to xbox and playstation.

i'm excited to get back into PC gaming, i tried Forza apex on the PC at 4k 60fps and my god it was amazing.

who else made the jump from consoles to PC?
 
#3 ·
Went from Playstation to PC in 2010, in 2014 built my first custom rig. Never looked back since. Even with those attractive exclusives, consoles have nothing on PC. It is simply the superior platform and plus, it doesn't revolve solely around gaming which is convenient.
 
#4 ·
Had a ps2 so I could play gta vice city,gt3,and mostly socom! Started PC gaming around the same time and played CS:1.6 & CS:S. After the downfall of socom I started playing CS more especially when cs:go came out. Nothing wrong with both. The new xbox is hard to pass up but I still like Playstation games better. Gran Turismo > Forza. Socom > Halo. Uncharted > Gears.
 
#6 ·
XBOX has exclusives?

Games are no longer ported from consoles to PC due to evolved engines and all of these platforms having x86 architecture. You can kiss those worries goodbye! Likewise, you can shelf any worries about cheaters in online games, since almost all online games are tied to Steam and a few to Origin, and script kiddie cheaters are too afraid to use cheats in them out of fear of getting their Steam/Origin accounts banned.

If it wasn't for GPU mining driving up prices and reducing availability, you could build a $550 PC that'd outperform the PS4 Pro and XBOX One X (Ryzen 3 1200, 8GB DDR4, RX 570) in the same games and higher settings, simply because the hardware is better. Now you'd be limited to a GTX 1050 Ti, which would likely cause you to lower settings (resolution mainly to 1080p) to maintain a higher frame rate than consoles.

And look at your PC. You will be able to play games at true 4k resolution opposed to checkerboard upscaled "4k" that's essentially just 2x 1080p. Not only will you play them at 4k, but at higher graphics settings than consoles, with all the other benefits of PC like way more games with many genres being far more developed on PC, mods, far greater choice of input devices, display devices and technology, no petty 60 FPS limitations (60 FPS looks choppy to me now for reference), sound devices.

I first made the jump from console gaming to PC gaming in 2008. At that point in time, I had only been a console gamer, and for 10 years at that. I realized immediately that all the benefits belonged to PC and consoles had none.

The difference was that I went into PC gaming with an open mind, optimistic even which is extremely unusual for me (the reason for this being, the one game that made me switch to PC gaming just had most of the elements I wanted in a game at the time, and that game was Crysis). Contrary to a few years prior when I did not consider PC gaming at all. I ended up putting my biases aside because that one game looked too amazing, and as a result I saw things the way they really are. Note that my PC at the time was weaker than both the PS3 and XBOX 360. It does not matter. A less powerful PC is still an infinitely more capable gaming system than any console.
 
#7 ·
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Originally Posted by boredgunner View Post

XBOX has exclusives?

Games are no longer ported from consoles to PC due to evolved engines and all of these platforms having x86 architecture. You can kiss those worries goodbye! Likewise, you can shelf any worries about cheaters in online games, since almost all online games are tied to Steam and a few to Origin, and script kiddie cheaters are too afraid to use cheats in them out of fear of getting their Steam/Origin accounts banned.

If it wasn't for GPU mining driving up prices and reducing availability, you could build a $550 PC that'd outperform the PS4 Pro and XBOX One X (Ryzen 3 1200, 8GB DDR4, RX 570) in the same games and higher settings, simply because the hardware is better. Now you'd be limited to a GTX 1050 Ti, which would likely cause you to lower settings (resolution mainly to 1080p) to maintain a higher frame rate than consoles.

And look at your PC. You will be able to play games at true 4k resolution opposed to checkerboard upscaled "4k" that's essentially just 2x 1080p. Not only will you play them at 4k, but at higher graphics settings than consoles, with all the other benefits of PC like way more games with many genres being far more developed on PC, mods, far greater choice of input devices, display devices and technology, no petty 60 FPS limitations (60 FPS looks choppy to me now for reference), sound devices.

I first made the jump from console gaming to PC gaming in 2008. At that point in time, I had only been a console gamer, and for 10 years at that. I realized immediately that all the benefits belonged to PC and consoles had none.

The difference was that I went into PC gaming with an open mind, optimistic even which is extremely unusual for me (the reason for this being, the one game that made me switch to PC gaming just had most of the elements I wanted in a game at the time, and that game was Crysis). Contrary to a few years prior when I did not consider PC gaming at all. I ended up putting my biases aside because that one game looked too amazing, and as a result I saw things the way they really are. Note that my PC at the time was weaker than both the PS3 and XBOX 360. It does not matter. A less powerful PC is still an infinitely more capable gaming system than any console.
Awesome!! man you answered all the concerns i had.

I can't wait to start playing in true 4k with no limitations
 
#9 ·
did the jump a few years ago, don't think i can jump back to consoles again
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#10 ·
I would be lying if I said I played PC games more than my Xbox or PS. When you have kids it's hard to close yourself up in the office huddled over a keyboard and mouse. Console in the living room taking turns with my son while still interacting with the rest of the family is my life as far as gaming goes right now.
 
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I would be lying if I said I played PC games more than my Xbox or PS. When you have kids it's hard to close yourself up in the office huddled over a keyboard and mouse. Console in the living room taking turns with my son while still interacting with the rest of the family is my life as far as gaming goes right now.
Gaming PC in the living room in a SFF ITX case (e.g. SENTRY PC case which can hold a full sized GPU) = win/win
 
#12 ·
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Gaming PC in the living room in a SFF ITX case (e.g. SENTRY PC case which can hold a full sized GPU) = win/win
Yep, always an option. We have all of the consoles and my 4 year old likes them the best... I kind of do to. I am putting together a Ryzen machine that may go into the living room as a Plex/ Steam Big Picture machine. We'll see how much gaming happens on it though.
 
#14 ·
pc gaming has always been superior to console gaming, and until recently was the only sure way of getting bugs fixed after release date .... I started gaming on puters back when most of the games came as a magazine and you had to (copy) write the code and record it to a cassette (that was nasty) then floppies became a thing you could realistically buy for home use (my first floppy disk had more storage than the puter did) consoles were fantastic to play on when all you were doing was punching stuff (street fighter etc) but for shooting it had to be pc where you actually had a chance of hitting what was in front of you with more than 1 shot per clip.....(because aim assist wasn't a thing back then because compute power was so lacking)

I own consoles though, mostly for the kids I bought the xbox 360 so I could play halo (because I liked the first 2 games that much) and I bought the one to troll my kids by putting it in the lounge and making the mask their mum if they could get an hour on it ..... now a few years alter they all have their own...... and only one of them prefers it to pc gaming, but he's not out of the spray n prey stage yet

fine controls on pc are massively superior to consoles and whilst it takes some getting used to wasd + mouse + action key(s) are really easy to do and it helps you learn where the keys are though muscle memory which is a massive bonus... for everything else in life where you need one
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#15 ·
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Gaming on a console is so much easier not having to deal with drivers and in game settings haha.
Instead, the lack of in-game settings means you have to deal with inferior graphics quality and/or terrible frame rates. Drivers can be a one time thing, as long as you aren't an early adopter, and there is nothing complicated about installing them.
 
#16 ·
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Gaming on a console is so much easier not having to deal with drivers and in game settings haha.
thats why you have a 1080ti in your rig
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#17 ·
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thats why you have a 1080ti in your rig
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it's been a rough week for me with my new pc. having alot of driver issues, games crashing. i'm suspect of a few things so i'm going to fix them and see if it works.

Console gaming is so easy, i'm wondering if i'll even build a new pc after this one becomes obsolete.
 
#18 ·
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thats why you have a 1080ti in your rig
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it's been a rough week for me with my new pc. having alot of driver issues, games crashing. i'm suspect of a few things so i'm going to fix them and see if it works.

Console gaming is so easy, i'm wondering if i'll even build a new pc after this one becomes obsolete.
I see it as kinda like getting a tattoo, once you get one, you'll want another. It's a bit of a pain at first also.
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I've been a PC gamer since like 92 or something, I don't include the Commodore Amiga etc.

I was heavily into online gaming during the 2000's, stopping in around 2009/2010 when BF2142 finally fizzled down and everyone jumped onto the consoles and MW hype train.
I jumped in on the Black Ops bandwagon on the 360, Forza, MW3, Blops2 (started hating it then), Ghosts (hate grew larger), and then GTAV and BF4 took over my life. All the FPS games I've played I dominated, and my competitive side was fulfilled.
I had a PC during the entirety of this point, and kept it relatively okay in terms of specs but it felt too dated to keep up with the titles at the time (Phenom II X4 then X6 with a GTX 570), so it stuck to my Anime/Movie watcher with occasional C&C or long-winded Civ V stints with my brother while my FPS/racings/etc dose got fulfilled with the console.

End of 2015 I decided it was about time to get my stuff together and built the rig I have currently, mainly for GTAV on the PC if I'm honest. GTAV became my daily passion on PC but I played with an Xbox Controller and I was adamant on FPS gaming with Mouse+KB like I used to or not at all, so continuing BF4 on the PC like I'd wanted took a hiatus. Unfortunately I stopped playing it on the console in December 2015 so my twitch reflexes and eagle eye became a pile of tosh lol.

I literally just picked up PUBG a few days ago, finally! I suck royally at it, my aim is more potato that Mr Potato Head's poop, my people spotting abilities are piss-poor but my tactics are still there thankfully. I'm addicted to hell with this game, just as I felt I would be with the countless hours of PooTube time watching it be played by others. Been feeling empty without something competitive so I'm glad I got it sorted. Just need to get back into training again and I'll feel complete haha.

As much of a pain having a new gaming PC can be, especially with learning how the new hardware works, you'll figure out the issues and they become super easy to deal with, and even mostly prevent as time goes by. It's like anything, at first it's a bit of a learning curve, but later on it because second nature almost. Your past experiences will all kick in again.
When you get immersed in just how damn pretty games can be, the gameplay experiences they offer and all of that, you won't regret a thing.
I never went onto current gen consoles, I'm on and off considering grabbing a PS4 just to play with a 'couple' of mates who have one, but when I look at their graphics and think about the fact I could buy a new 5TB HDD or something for that, all for a couple of mates who don't really game all that much nowadays, it dissipates again.
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Consoles have their place, I made a statement once regarding them. But if you do decide it's all too much hassle for you later down the line, I'd be surprised.
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Best of luck to you mate.
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#19 ·
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Originally Posted by EvoBeardy View Post

I see it as kinda like getting a tattoo, once you get one, you'll want another. It's a bit of a pain at first also.
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I've been a PC gamer since like 92 or something, I don't include the Commodore Amiga etc.

I was heavily into online gaming during the 2000's, stopping in around 2009/2010 when BF2142 finally fizzled down and everyone jumped onto the consoles and MW hype train.
I jumped in on the Black Ops bandwagon on the 360, Forza, MW3, Blops2 (started hating it then), Ghosts (hate grew larger), and then GTAV and BF4 took over my life. All the FPS games I've played I dominated, and my competitive side was fulfilled.
I had a PC during the entirety of this point, and kept it relatively okay in terms of specs but it felt too dated to keep up with the titles at the time (Phenom II X4 then X6 with a GTX 570), so it stuck to my Anime/Movie watcher with occasional C&C or long-winded Civ V stints with my brother while my FPS/racings/etc dose got fulfilled with the console.

End of 2015 I decided it was about time to get my stuff together and built the rig I have currently, mainly for GTAV on the PC if I'm honest. GTAV became my daily passion on PC but I played with an Xbox Controller and I was adamant on FPS gaming with Mouse+KB like I used to or not at all, so continuing BF4 on the PC like I'd wanted took a hiatus. Unfortunately I stopped playing it on the console in December 2015 so my twitch reflexes and eagle eye became a pile of tosh lol.

I literally just picked up PUBG a few days ago, finally! I suck royally at it, my aim is more potato that Mr Potato Head's poop, my people spotting abilities are piss-poor but my tactics are still there thankfully. I'm addicted to hell with this game, just as I felt I would be with the countless hours of PooTube time watching it be played by others. Been feeling empty without something competitive so I'm glad I got it sorted. Just need to get back into training again and I'll feel complete haha.

As much of a pain having a new gaming PC can be, especially with learning how the new hardware works, you'll figure out the issues and they become super easy to deal with, and even mostly prevent as time goes by. It's like anything, at first it's a bit of a learning curve, but later on it because second nature almost. Your past experiences will all kick in again.
When you get immersed in just how damn pretty games can be, the gameplay experiences they offer and all of that, you won't regret a thing.
I never went onto current gen consoles, I'm on and off considering grabbing a PS4 just to play with a 'couple' of mates who have one, but when I look at their graphics and think about the fact I could buy a new 5TB HDD or something for that, all for a couple of mates who don't really game all that much nowadays, it dissipates again.
tongue.gif


Consoles have their place, I made a statement once regarding them. But if you do decide it's all too much hassle for you later down the line, I'd be surprised.
biggrin.gif


Best of luck to you mate.
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I'm going to stick it out and iron out any issue. I'v been learning alot, things sure have changed since i last gamed on PC.

Sure consoles are easy but man once you play in 4K, unlimited FPS...its a thing of beauty.
 
#20 ·
It's not a pain at all with Windows 10. Funny thing is, it might be the cause of your issue despite making things easier. Drivers you say? Yeah, you have to install drivers using what looks like an incorrect method in Windows 10. For NVIDIA, just run the installer without uninstalling the previous driver yourself, since Windows will forcibly install a driver once you uninstall the previous one (or after you reboot).

Or just let Windows handle it for you, this way it's not much different than a console in this regard. It actually does the job fine though it will install crap like GeForce Experience and 3D Vision Drivers and make them hard to remove, so just leave them I guess.

I just got a GTX 1080 Ti myself and it's awesome. Pretty much everything I play with ULMB at over 100 FPS, at 2560 x 1440. And plenty of excellent games I run at 240 FPS now, letting me use 120 Hz ULMB + Fast Sync.
 
#21 ·
I remember when I jumped the Sega Genesis ship for pc gaming. Haven't looked back since.
 
#23 ·
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Originally Posted by boredgunner View Post

It's not a pain at all with Windows 10. Funny thing is, it might be the cause of your issue despite making things easier. Drivers you say? Yeah, you have to install drivers using what looks like an incorrect method in Windows 10. For NVIDIA, just run the installer without uninstalling the previous driver yourself, since Windows will forcibly install a driver once you uninstall the previous one (or after you reboot).

Or just let Windows handle it for you, this way it's not much different than a console in this regard. It actually does the job fine though it will install crap like GeForce Experience and 3D Vision Drivers and make them hard to remove, so just leave them I guess.

I just got a GTX 1080 Ti myself and it's awesome. Pretty much everything I play with ULMB at over 100 FPS, at 2560 x 1440. And plenty of excellent games I run at 240 FPS now, letting me use 120 Hz ULMB + Fast Sync.
I would love to game on a desk with a sick monitor but i dont have the space for one or can spend almost $1k for a crazy 4k monitor.

i just game on my 55" OLED 4K
 
#26 ·
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Originally Posted by Leethal View Post

Was super excited for Forza 7 demo and Project Cars 2. Both Stutter and drop frames for me.

I'm using the latest Nvidia Drivers too.

Whats going on here, my system should be strong enough to handle fluid 60fps
Maybe it's the Core i5? And/or both games are new and we all know new games are usually in beta stage at best.
 
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