Gaming PC help

[ArtemisVale]

So what OS would be best for gaming. Windows or Linux?

[Travis Retriever]

So what OS would be best for gaming. Windows or Linux?

Windows tends to have more selection than Linux, though I wouldn't be surprised if Linux had a lot of benefits that Windows doesn't.

[MrBogosity]

Well, I wouldn't know what I'm doing so...

Just stay away from the Hiren utilities. They're on their own separate menu.

[MrBogosity]

So what OS would be best for gaming. Windows or Linux?

You're guaranteed to run more games on Windows. Linux has a WINE frontend called PlayOnLinux which can get a lot of them working, but before you select Linux check and see what they have presets for. Anything they don't have presets for is a crapshoot. And of course you won't know anything about future releases.

[Travis Retriever]

I don't know much about hardware at all, but i think most people will tell you, that if you don't really plan on doing any fancy stuff like double GPU's (is that even considered fancy? God, I am a disgrace to the PC Master Race), or any sort of overclocking, then there really isn't any reason to spend anything more than the 1000-1500$ range (and I think i am being fairly generous with the 1500$ number). You won't need a fancy motherboard and you won't need powerful power supply, just something that can handle the standard load and of a trusted brand.

Dude, I didn't even know double GPUs were a thing...And yeah, I'd plan on being as fancy as possible.

[ArtemisVale]

You're guaranteed to run more games on Windows. Linux has a WINE frontend called PlayOnLinux which can get a lot of them working, but before you select Linux check and see what they have presets for. Anything they don't have presets for is a crapshoot. And of course you won't know anything about future releases.

So should i get windows 7 home premium or something else?

[MrBogosity]

So should i get windows 7 home premium or something else?

I'd recommend 7, unless you're part of the 0.0000001% of the population who actually finds 8.1 usable.

[ArtemisVale]

I'd recommend 7, unless you're part of the 0.0000001% of the population who actually finds 8.1 usable.

So windows 7 home, professional, or Ultimate?

[MrBogosity]

So windows 7 home, professional, or Ultimate?

For gaming, I don't think it matters.

[evensgrey]

Dude, I didn't even know double GPUs were a thing...And yeah, I'd plan on being as fancy as possible.

I've seen lots of high-end gaming rigs (of their time, that is) with quad GPUs (on crosslinked dual GPU cards), and with there now being triple-linked video cards, there could be up to six GPUs in a single system.

[MrBogosity]

I've seen lots of high-end gaming rigs (of their time, that is) with quad GPUs (on crosslinked dual GPU cards), and with there now being triple-linked video cards, there could be up to six GPUs in a single system.

Six? Try twenty-five: http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/12/25-gpu-cluster-cracks-every-standard-windows-password-in-6-hours/

[ArtemisVale]

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/194911-intel-announces-32-layer-3d-nand-chips-plans-for-larger-than-10tb-ssds

Dear Azathoth 10TB ssds

[Travis Retriever]

And here I only had two of these:
Asus GTXTITANBLACK-6GD5 GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK Graphic Card - 889 MHz Core - 6 GB GDDR5 SDRAM - PCI Express 3.0
on my above "wishlist" super PC.
I guess > 6 it is. I think. *shrugs*
Actually, it looks like cpusolutions is holding out on me, the pricks.  http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-titan-z <--something even more powerful.  Maybe a dozen of these?

EDIT:  I found them on newegg.com:  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487038 Damn, that's rather steep for a single graphics card.

Is there anything more powerful out there, graphics card wise? And how many of them should I buy for a second to none gaming PC? I'm thinking at least half a dozen, but now I'm not sure.

[dallen68]

According to a PCMag article written in October, the Nvidia 980 GTX Core i7  5960x is the most powerful GPU on the market. ($1000).

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2837828/graphics-card-slugfest-amd-and-nvidias-most-powerful-gaming-hardware-compared.html

[MrBogosity]

According to a PCMag article written in October, the Nvidia 980 GTX Core i7  5960x is the most powerful GPU on the market. ($1000).

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2837828/graphics-card-slugfest-amd-and-nvidias-most-powerful-gaming-hardware-compared.html

IIRC, that's the one they used to recreate the moon landing scene when we gave nVidia the Silver Cluon.