Hardware

I'll be going with a mouse and keyboard until I know that buying the really cool shit works the way it is supposed to.

I'm still rocking an i5 2500 with a 560ti. Thinking about getting a 760 and using the 560 as a physx card.

 

Well the game is built on the cryengine3 and you can find a laundry list of games built on it to get a good idea of a base hardware req. As far as other hardware I already own a joystick, but I am planning on getting the occulus when it goes full production for SC.

 

I'm running 2x Gtx 670s SLI right now and I have a Thrustmaster T Flight Hotas X that I bought to use on PS2 when they swore they'd have proper joystick support. :\

I think Crysis 3 is probably your best benchmark for now.



P.S. My stick is decent and very cheap for a Hotas setup. Also, as a bonus for you Playstation 3 owners... it works out of the box with the PS3 or PC:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...E16879337003&gclid=CPWRmb7djLoCFUJqMgodMAkAZQ

 

I agree with Khorne; Crysis 3, most-likely, matches the minimum specs required to play the game, now that Crytek has hardcoded the engine to run on DX11 cards.

 

I just refreshed my base components out of sheer boredom.

Asus Z87 Sabertooth
i7 4770K
8GB Gskill DDR3 2400

Still got the 7970 I've had since they first came out, longest I've kept a video card in my main machine for a long time. Hoping there is a true next gen upgrade by the time SC comes out otherwise I'll be getting a 2nd for crossfire. What for? Thinking of ditching the 42" LED LCD and going triple monitor. I'd want 30" 2560x144 144hz screens though and doubting that will happen anytime soon.

Got an x52 setup about a year ago when it looked like the space mmo's were gonna be worth a damn and never happened so its been collecting dust ever since.

 

HOTAS setup sounds great! Any opinions on some rudder pedals?

 

This looks pretty interesting.

http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/18/nvidia-g-sync/

 

Cool, unfortunately that processor is only being made available right now for their "Quadro" rendering cards. Most likely it will be over a year before it works with gaming GPUs.

 

"the module works with GPUs that have Kepler architecture (so the GTX 660 and up)"

 

Ok, but all the systems we use are laptops, and that's not likely to change for playing videogames. It will still be a while before an external device (similar to Creative's Recon 3D soundcard) will be available for those types of systems.

 

This is just a add-on module monitor makers can add for not much to give you something close to what 120-144hz monitors do. Put one of these in a 1440P and I will be a happy man. Not sure if you will see it in laptops as much but maybe in high end gaming setups.

 

So time to dredge this back up

Saw this today come across my twitter feed

The Saitek X-55 Rhino flightstick delivers a good first impression. http://t.co/hSp79s4HpI pic.twitter.com/ypwgQzAtc5

— PC Gamer (@pcgamer) April 28, 2014

Come in at $200 here is a link the explains its features http://store.madcatz.com/brands/saitek/Saitek-Pro-Flight-X-55-Rhino-H-O-T-A-S-System-for-PC.html

I kind of like the analog look of it.

 

Double post SO I will post this here then

 

It does look nice, but I'm not considering a flight stick upgrade until I learn more about the dedicated unit CIG is creating for SC.

 

I am meh on that, I am pretty confident it will just be a skinned HOTAS set up and I would kinda prefer to have something that is more universal anyways. But I know a few of you are waiting on that, but I figured I would post for general knowledge of a new product.

 

I have only ever been frauded once on it and Amazon is quick to pay you back what you lost if there is a problem.

 

Just got my X52 yesterday, trying to get the controls ironed out and everything tweaked. It has been a long time since I have used a HOTAS/Flight stick in games.