NBA 2K15 System Requirements Revealed For PC Users, Will Cost $59.99

[Andarus]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cod

Anyone actually purchased it yet?

You can't purchase it yet. Only Pre-Order, I Pre-Ordered at Amazon.de for 19,95€ a while ago

[Cod]

Quote: Originally Posted by Andarus

You can't purchase it yet. Only Pre-Order, I Pre-Ordered at Amazon.de for 19,95€ a while ago

By purchase, I assumed everyone knew I meant "preorder".

I have a 25% off GMG coupon I'm probably going to use.

[Moegames]

Quote: Originally Posted by seanbarkley

Not well optimized...at all! I7 or better?? we may need a quantic processor to max it out!

This is why last summer when i built my PC i ignored everyone telling me going with a i7 Intel CPU was a waste of money...i opted for the i7 3770k CPU over the i5 3750k CPU...the diffence between the i7 cpu's vs the i5 cpu's is that i7 cpu's are quads with 8 threads while the i5 cpu's are quads with 4 threads....those 8 threads the i7 at the time i was picking out my parts for my new PC was something i thought would be important once the new consoles came out because i knew the spec's at the time of the new consoles and they were using AMD 8 core cpu's...so with Intel..going with a i7 that at least had 8 threads that can be used as "cores" would be a better fit but everyone kept yapping at me i was wasting that extra $100 dollars going with the i7 over the less expensive i5 for gaming...they were all saying i5's were more than enough for next gen gaming. Well just about all new PC games are asking for i7's for recommended requirements because why? Because they have 8 threads that can be used as "cores" ..

By the way..in no way am i saying a i5 3570k cannot do the job...these newer intel cpu's are so ahead of their time, at least for gaming that you will still probably do ok with a i5...but you are better off with a i7 if you are looking at high performance settings for your PC games!

[Nza]

Quote: Originally Posted by Moegames

This is why last summer when i built my PC i ignored everyone telling me going with a i7 Intel CPU was a waste of money...i opted for the i7 3770k CPU over the i5 3750k CPU...the diffence between the i7 cpu's vs the i5 cpu's is that i7 cpu's are quads with 8 threads while the i5 cpu's are quads with 4 threads....those 8 threads the i7 at the time i was picking out my parts for my new PC was something i thought would be important once the new consoles came out because i knew the spec's at the time of the new consoles and they were using AMD 8 core cpu's...so with Intel..going with a i7 that at least had 8 threads that can be used as "cores" would be a better fit but everyone kept yapping at me i was wasting that extra $100 dollars going with the i7 over the less expensive i5 for gaming...they were all saying i5's were more than enough for next gen gaming. Well just about all new PC games are asking for i7's for recommended requirements because why? Because they have 8 threads that can be used as "cores" .. By the way..in no way am i saying a i5 3570k cannot do the job...these newer intel cpu's are so ahead of their time, at least for gaming that you will still probably do ok with a i5...but you are better off with a i7 if you are looking at high performance settings for your PC games!

Keep in mind these new consoles aim to provide concurrent services while you game other than just gaming, which is where extra threads may be of use. It's still going to be safer to build games for 4 threads max. For pure gaming, 8 is still overkill in the vast majority of cases. I think Crysis 3 may have had some minor benefits.

Also, I have my doubts any of the PS4/XO games being ported to PC will be on the level of Crysis 3, any time soon - the other specs of these consoles will limit the games so they're unlikely to benefit from more than 4 threads on a gaming PC (when you consider something like a i5-4690 already has more grunt than these consoles, and can probably more than match any console game using more than 4 threads anyway). There may be an edge case game where a multi-threaded CPU is far more important than GPU due to the sheer amount of active CPU threads needed and so it can be released on the consoles to use more than 4 threads but not need a better GPU, but I'm not sure what type of game that would be (something very AI heavy?).

If you're going to buy 8 threads for gaming, I'd look towards PC exclusives or at least PC first games like Crysis 3 as the motivation. There won't be many necessarily, but there will probably be a handful by the time an i7 is redundant. A good i5 will still handle these games fine - the likelihood of a PC game coming out that requires >4 threads to perform well is unlikely within the lifespan of existing hardware - but if you're looking for top line performance, an i7 would be better for those types of games.

[ConfigSys]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cod

By purchase, I assumed everyone knew I meant "preorder". I have a 25% off GMG coupon I'm probably going to use.

can you share GMG coupon...

[myownsun]

Quote: Originally Posted by ConfigSys

can you share GMG coupon...

me2

[Cod]

Quote: Originally Posted by ConfigSys

can you share GMG coupon...

Its not a coupon code, its through my Playfire awards. Sorry!

[BrianFifaFan]

Got my Titan Black on the way!