Who'd want to do that?
Project CARS - Hardware recommendation on PC
- Thread starter rocafella1978
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Who'd want to do that?
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i am just happy after 10 years of old PC and waiting, saving and being away from family for so long, can enjoy it completely hopefully!!!! no cockpit/ rig built yet! but shortly after to come!
will post my PC build here too.
will post my PC build here too.
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- Windsor, Ontario, Canada
- Johnnypenso
Titan X for the win. Bold move.
When you're done with it you can always sell it to NASA in case they ever plan a manned mission to Mars.
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indeed, back and forth, why not, let's put the CCard on fire!!!!
when I sent NASA my purchase list, the main guy sent me his picture, saying don't bore me at lunch
what an upgrade from my Win2K P4 system!!!!!! can't wait and donated old system to goodwill along with every PC part I had!
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- Flying_Kefran
It should do it
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nice setup! 👍👍:tup:thanks for sharing!- 184
little did I know how much more MASSIVE the new cases are compared to my MID-CASE from about 12years ago!!! 
got my Corsair 730T today!! mighty mighty...what a box!!!! wow!
got my Corsair 730T today!! mighty mighty...what a box!!!! wow!little did I know how much more MASSIVE the new cases are compared to my MID-CASE from about 12years ago!!!
To be fair, the 730T is significantly bigger than a "regular" midi tower:
246 x 568 x 564 mm (730T)
205 x 460 x 490 mm (my Bitfenix Shinobi)
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it is worrying me, since the sim rig is not setup yet...i do worry lol
PS: i would be interested to see and hear suggestions for solutions, what u have done for multi use PC? (sim racing, work, playing, etc?)
PS: i would be interested to see and hear suggestions for solutions, what u have done for multi use PC? (sim racing, work, playing, etc?)
- 28,471
- Windsor, Ontario, Canada
- Johnnypenso
I put my PC into a custom cabinet I made for my TV, amplifier, router, centre channel etc. and I play from my living room. It's my main entertainment device now. Plays movies, music, some work, internet access obviously, gaming etc. Sound goes through to the Amplifier through Digital Optical out so that I can use either full surround or TV sound as I need/want to. I rarely watch live television anymore other than for sports, everything else is online so it only makes sense to put it front and centre in my case.
- 8,381
- The Black Lodge
I have a similar setup. PC is in a nice case below my TV and hooked up to my Denon AVR-X2000. I use it only for play. Work I do on my laptop (Macbook Pro 13" Retina). Casual stuff/browsing etc. on a tablet or phone. I have a G27 + Wheelstand Pro v2 for racing.
This pisses me off. Everyone said they penalized nVidia users to make it better from AMD/ATi users.. If thats the case why does the bottom of the project cars website have a big nVidia stick plastered over it??
http://www.projectcarsgame.com/locations.html
I favour AMD and because they said that they had removed penalized nVidia users to make it better from AMD but it looks like that's no longer the case??
http://www.projectcarsgame.com/locations.html
I favour AMD and because they said that they had removed penalized nVidia users to make it better from AMD but it looks like that's no longer the case??
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- Johnnypenso
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awesome ideas and how yoy guys have it setup! nice! thx for sharing. is there any way with KVM to be able to use the PC on 2x seperate tables or 1x table beside the rig as a working station? (seperate smaller LCD, keyboard and mouse?)
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- The Black Lodge
While I don't use the PC for work, I do occasionally stream games or applications from the PC to my MacBook Pro, so no KVM needed. Steam In Home streaming works great for that. It does require an extra device though, a KVM switch does not.
@Johnnypenso Whats the point saying they are going to tune for AMD as well as nVidia if they are sponsored or affiliated with nVidia. If they are affiliated they're going to focus on nVidia cards no matter what they have said previously? If I had known that I would have bought nVidia cards instead of staying in my comfort zone at AMD
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- thedottore46
Who said they penalized NV users....where you heard that bollocks from?
The only NV penalize (if you can even call it that way) is, that PhysX will run in CPU mode only. SMS render team did everything possible to optimize AMD performance now its up to AMD to post an optimized driver. 
About the stickers: theres also a big Panasonic sticker there, but I can assure you that this game will also work great on a Samsung TV...
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@thedottore46 https://steamcommunity.com/app/234630/discussions/0/540734792953723817
"We do not favor anyone, we work closely with both. And there have been performance improvements lately for both sides, we even got to the point were we had to remove an optimization because it wouldnt work with AMD cards, "penalizing" nvidia users."
Fair enough that was over a year ago but I remember reading it heh
What I mean is if they are sponsored by nVidia does that mean they will use nVidia mantle alternative? Whatever that is.. Thats what I'm worried about
@NLxAROSA I understand however I fear they will have built it on top of nVidia's gaming engine instead of splitting it as equally as possible
"We do not favor anyone, we work closely with both. And there have been performance improvements lately for both sides, we even got to the point were we had to remove an optimization because it wouldnt work with AMD cards, "penalizing" nvidia users.
"Fair enough that was over a year ago but I remember reading it heh
What I mean is if they are sponsored by nVidia does that mean they will use nVidia mantle alternative? Whatever that is.. Thats what I'm worried about
@NLxAROSA I understand however I fear they will have built it on top of nVidia's gaming engine instead of splitting it as equally as possible
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- thedottore46
Cant tell because I dont know. But what I can tell you is dont expect 100% boosts with mantle (like the hilarious advertising is promoting it)...this will only help in CPU bound scenarios. You might be right that NV cards appeared to be more optimized (which is ultimately due to NV being quite early in the project to optimize their drivers as well) but SMS coders always focused on an even AMD/NV performance. Its up to you if you trust me or not. I for myself switched to a 770 (now 970) from a 7870, but that was because during early development the performance was really better on NV. However there were loads of AMD users in WMD that kept benchmarking the game with latest AMD hardware, which helped them (SMS) a lot to keep the AMD up to the level of NV. BTW. our lead render coder has a rig that contains a GTX Titan, a 7990 and a 290x so one could only guess that the help from WMD was indeed very helpfulWhat I mean is if they are sponsored by nVidia does that mean they will use nVidia mantle alternative? Whatever that is.. Thats what I'm worried about
Roostaboosta
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- hooliogtgtgt
Someone buy Adam an Nvidia card for gawds sake!
Thanks @thedottore46 I have 2 x 290's so was worried it was a waste of money. The way you have explained it makes a lot more sense! thank you sir!
@Roostaboosta I like your sarcasm
@Roostaboosta I like your sarcasm
Roostaboosta
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- hooliogtgtgt
Your welcome! Still, better than some on here, got one at the moment complaining about non custom number plates, FFS. Just get the game and play it, simples innit!Thanks @thedottore46 I have 2 x 290's so was worried it was a waste of money. The way you have explained it makes a lot more sense! thank you sir!
@Roostaboosta I like your sarcasm
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If you install Steam and start Steam on both systems, you can then play the game on your PC from your Macbook. So the game will run on your PC and Steam will stream the video/audio over the network to your MacBook. Works surprisingly well, even for racing games. Since you can also add applications in Steam as 3rd party apps, you can also start those (e.g. I sometimes use that for Visual Studio).
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@NLxAROSA 👍 very nice! didn't think of that, appreciate it! also, can't wait to use http://www.cars-rest-api.com/
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Do you guys think Project cars can run decently at low / mid setttings with my older PC ?
Intel core I5-2500 3.30 GHZ
Geoforce GTX 570
8 GB Ram
From what i see my system is over the minimum specs. But I wonder if it will be playable and enjoyable. I dont mind if the graphics are not super best. As long as it dosent lag and stuff like that.
Also I wonder. Has anyone expirience with project cars, and Track IR ?
Intel core I5-2500 3.30 GHZ
Geoforce GTX 570
8 GB Ram
From what i see my system is over the minimum specs. But I wonder if it will be playable and enjoyable. I dont mind if the graphics are not super best. As long as it dosent lag and stuff like that.
Also I wonder. Has anyone expirience with project cars, and Track IR ?
