What is the most excessive gaming computer you've ever encountered?
What is the most excessive gaming computer you've ever encountered?
Yo, I heard you're into (overkill) PCs.
8:15 for the exciting bits.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB-zBSEx...c2FpZCA%3D
Check the sections. I also reside in a remote location where my connection is unreliable.
It's derbauer installing a NUC (complete PC on a PCI card) into a PC's PCI/GPU slot, with two PCs inside the same case.
The focus isn't on significant performance gains, but rather on the unnecessary complexity of having two systems that don't improve over the single one.
I have numerous queries about this topic. How can two PCs be linked so they function properly, unless integrated graphics are present? I assumed a dedicated GPU isn't possible, though it might be feasible in some cases.
They aren't linked together...problem resolved.
The NUC has all the ports of a regular PC, so it can be connected to another monitor, keyboard, mouse, and more as needed.
It draws power only from the main PC, which is just a funny thing to see—this is why I shared it.
We frequently encounter individuals who believe they require an expensive ultrabook and allocate budgets exceeding $20,000. Others compile specifications for a price around $19,998. In reality, 98.5% of the performance is achievable for just $3,000.
There was a user here a few days back who was reporting issues with his water cooled GTX 1080 Ti, which he claimed was malfunctioning. He didn't install the hard line tubing and hasn't maintained it for five years. Currently, most games don't support SLI, making it pointless to power up a second 1080 Ti. I think it was likely a costly purchase that hasn't been used fully. My advice was to swap the dual GPUs for one and move forward. It seems he didn't have enough funds for that change... after spending at least $3000 on a machine that could have cost more.
A traditional PC is what? Office PC? Gaming PC? Workstation PC?
For an office PC, 8GB of RAM suffices.
Gaming builds perform well with 16GB of RAM.
Workstation builds require 64GB (or more) RAM.
64GB seems like a strange figure. Too much for gaming but insufficient for a proper workstation setup.
Therefore, you might not think of a Macintosh as a PC? Or a machine running a GNU/Linux distribution?
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For custom builds, search "quad-SLI" on Google, choose Images and you'll see many powerful PCs that look impressive.
I see your point, but I faced problems because 16GB wasn’t sufficient. A game I was playing (Beamng.Drive, not sure if others know about it) increased its recommended RAM from 16GB to 32GB, and I kept getting warnings that my system would run out of memory. Sure, it’s just one game, but I think in the coming years we’ll see more titles needing more than 16GB. Regarding Macs, I should have mentioned I was seeking high-performance gaming PCs (I changed the title now), but they haven’t been great for gaming. With Linux, I know Steam Deck has improved compatibility, but I’m hesitant because of issues with game support and ease of use.
BeamNG, yeah i know it. Successor of Rigs of Rods. Did play Rigs of Rods back in the day.
As of why BeamNG needs that much RAM, well - mods. The more mods you have in it + complex algorithms to go with them, the more RAM would also be needed. In a similar sense, heavily modded Skyrim can bog down any PC just as well.
But time will tell if bulk of the games shift towards needing more than 16GB of RAM or not. There are some AAA titles out now, that have 16GB as minimum requirement, while more is recommended.
Or on the flip side, PC gaming dies out and what we have left, is mobile gaming, while consoles are barely hanging on. Can't tell the future.
Nobody is saying that you have to go cold turkey with Debian.
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Get Linux Mint instead, since it's very similar to Win and would make the transition over easy.
Though, when it comes down to it, most GNU/Linux distros are far user friendly than Win is. With Win, loads of stuff are forced upon you, without any say on your part. E.g Win updates would be prime example.
Sole reason why i'm sticking with Win at the moment. Kinda sad actually that most games won't work on GNU/Linux as easily as on Win.
Take a server or any supercomputer in that matter. Install working Win on it, whereby it can game. Would it make the supercomputer to an OP gaming PC in your view?
In any event, here's review (more like build log) of way OP PC build, at that time (back in 2015), with quad-SLI GTX 480,
link:
https://www.guru3d.com/review/geforce-gt...li-review/
Also found this;
That is some serious hardware. Each 1.5kW PSU for one GTX Titan. All of them LN2 cooled. CPU too is LN2 cooled.
EVGA (Kingpin actually) really did like to push the boundaries.
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