I didn't buy it. My parents decided to bin our old PC because it was 'too slow' when really all it needed was a proper cleanup. I didn't know because I was at school. Had I, I would've chipped in a few hundred bucks to make sure it can do more than just check email, but now I'm stuck in the current situation.
Just to add some salt to the wound the GPU in our old PC, an 8800GT, actually benchmarks higher than the one in this PC.
edit: I'm fine with any noisy card because I either run off a very loud speaker system or use headphones.
I recently acquired a new PC (specs). While the CPU is much beefier than my previous system, the GPU is abysmal. Pretty much the only thing I can run is LFS, but I crave a massive amount of DayZ and Arma III.
I've set my eyes on the GeForce GTX 660 (more specs) as it's pretty much all the GPU I can get for my budget. I was wondering if there is anything specific I should check/worry about before I purchase it. I know I've got the right PCI port and will be opening the case up tomorrow just to double check that the card is going to fit, but the power requirement concerns me. What sort of effect would only having a 460 Watt power supply have when the 660 requires a minimum 450 Watts? How badly will this impact my performance?
If there's any good alternatives I should consider please tell me. Any help is useful.
Anyone else think that they should consider widening the chicane a little bit to make it a little more pass friendly?
I just feel like its idiotic that someone can 'accidentally' run wide and cruise right through the thing. Or, as Sinbad said, you can simply push someone wide and then they have to give up the position.