PC Gaming Workhorse

Hey Guys, today we are going to go into (as most of you know) one of my favorite areas, gaming. This time we are moving away from the console war and over to the PC side of the wheelhouse.

Your gaming performance depends on a lot of factors but one of the major ones is your graphics card. There are two primary types, discrete graphics cards and an intergraded graphics which are our topics of discussion.

Discrete graphics cards are what you hear about when a separate card that is specifically for processing graphics it is also known as a GPU. They come in a variety of sizes and speeds; also prices can start relatively low and get astronomical quick. Two of the newest and fastest so far the GTX Titan and the Radeon 7990 but of which will set you back $1000, but if you want to play your games on the highest graphic settings then you can do no wrong here.  There is a caveat here though; you will need a good CPU as well. The Intel Core i3/i5/i7 series CPU are the best for high end gaming, under almost all circumstances you can get away with a middle of the road CPU like the Core i5 with a decent card like a GTX 660ti and not have to worry about graphic tears or low frame rates for a while. Want even more power out of GPUs? Put them in a SLI (NVidia) or Crossfire (AMD) configuration. That takes 2 (or more) GPUs and bundles their processing power together to increase the graphics output and frame rate. Obviously there are other considerations like System RAM and the memory of the GPU.

Integrated graphics are graphics that are built into the CPU that share their memory with the system. This is usually represented as like this: Up to 3061MB Total Available Graphics Memory. This means that the APU (accelerated processing unit) can siphon up to just under 3GB of System RAM to accelerate the graphics. AMD APUs are generally the industry standard when it comes to APU for gaming, that might change soon with the introduction of Haswell architecture announced from Intel which promises to be up to 2x faster compared current APU technology. This is a major step up from the Intel HD 4000 graphics which is the current for the Core Series CPUs.

The great thing is that you can build a very good gaming rig for relatively cheap nowadays, as long as you don’t go too overboard with the other parts, but one of the things that I highly suggest is do research online for you next GPU/APU. The reviews that you might read/watch can be subjective, when you find a part that you like and you buy it make sure to do benchmarks like 3dMark and use Fraps to find out what your frame rate is compared to others people with similar builds. In closing as always stay tuned as you never know we might be giving away some high end parts in the future #wink.

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