Will this run okay?
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Windows 8 blue screens whenever you attach a keyboard, so it might be difficult.
Windows 8 is like GregTech, Mash. Go by the wisdom in your signature and don't believe everything you read on the web. 
Windows 8 is like GregTech, Mash. Go by the wisdom in your signature and don't believe everything you read on the web.
yeah, its like GregTech in that its harder to use and makes your computer more likely to crash and burn. shitty tablet OS.
For that, I'd recommend taking classes emphasizing not throwing your computer out of a window.
Because that's honestly the only way I see that happening.
No. You need GTX 690s in SLi as well.
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But really, consider using shaders too. Makes MC even more of a joy and that system should get 60FPS with them
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But really, consider using shaders too. Makes MC even more of a joy and that system should get 60FPS with them
Make sure to update your drivers, but this should be the case with any version of Windows. As an aside, I use Start 8 but Classic Shell is another good (and free) choice to make Windows 8 more of a Windows desktop.
I have an i5-3330 with 8GB and a GTX 550 Ti 1GB card. Using Sphax 64 and everything maxed, I have to lock to v-sync otherwise I get flickering, especially when it goes over 60FPS. I use OptiFine, but I'm not really sure if it helps other than with the multi-threaded chunk loading. Be sure to disable threading in the Nvidia control if you turn on that feature in OptiFine. Note that I have to lock to v-sync even if I don't use OF.
I tried Sphax 128 but the loading time increased (no SSD) and the FPS dropped a little. I tried some of the shaders, but my FPS took a big hit. Note that I've spend a lot of time playing with mod configs and am still learning the basics, so I can't speak to an elaborate and extensive automated mining operation across multiple dimensions.
According to PassMark, our cards are even. So you might also see a slow-down with too-high-res graphics or advanced shaders. But your CPU blows mine away, so it should be even better able to deal with the CPU load caused by automation and whatnot.
So, yeah... it will, and then some!
Thank you so much for your contribution. I am so glad it is easy to come on-line to have intelligent discussions and find pertinent facts. I'm tired of dealing with uneducated, opinionated, close-mind, immature idiots out there in the real-world and am glad we don't have those assholes here.
Windows 8 works fine with keyboards. I really think it was stupid of Microsoft to go with that damn touch-style interface, but it is not like this is the first stupid decision to come out of Redmond. It is easily fixed thanks to third parties, as I already mentioned. With each new version of Windows, stuff gets left behind. I gave up on trying to run GTA IV. That was SecuRom, though, so maybe a crack would fix it. Cities XL 2012 broke. There might be a fix for that, but I got the the upgrade to Platinum which is less than 5 bucks on Steam.
So if the OP (or anyone) is worried about other games (or SW) that might not work on Windows 8, research them. MC works fine. And Dell still sells Windows 7 if you order it that way.
I have an i5-3330 with 8GB and a GTX 550 Ti 1GB card. Using Sphax 64 and everything maxed, I have to lock to v-sync otherwise I get flickering, especially when it goes over 60FPS. I use OptiFine, but I'm not really sure if it helps other than with the multi-threaded chunk loading. Be sure to disable threading in the Nvidia control if you turn on that feature in OptiFine. Note that I have to lock to v-sync even if I don't use OF.
I tried Sphax 128 but the loading time increased (no SSD) and the FPS dropped a little. I tried some of the shaders, but my FPS took a big hit. Note that I've spend a lot of time playing with mod configs and am still learning the basics, so I can't speak to an elaborate and extensive automated mining operation across multiple dimensions.
According to PassMark, our cards are even. So you might also see a slow-down with too-high-res graphics or advanced shaders. But your CPU blows mine away, so it should be even better able to deal with the CPU load caused by automation and whatnot.
So, yeah... it will, and then some!
Thank you so much for your contribution. I am so glad it is easy to come on-line to have intelligent discussions and find pertinent facts. I'm tired of dealing with uneducated, opinionated, close-mind, immature idiots out there in the real-world and am glad we don't have those assholes here.
Windows 8 works fine with keyboards. I really think it was stupid of Microsoft to go with that damn touch-style interface, but it is not like this is the first stupid decision to come out of Redmond. It is easily fixed thanks to third parties, as I already mentioned. With each new version of Windows, stuff gets left behind. I gave up on trying to run GTA IV. That was SecuRom, though, so maybe a crack would fix it. Cities XL 2012 broke. There might be a fix for that, but I got the the upgrade to Platinum which is less than 5 bucks on Steam.
So if the OP (or anyone) is worried about other games (or SW) that might not work on Windows 8, research them. MC works fine. And Dell still sells Windows 7 if you order it that way.
I'll just put it out there, my laptop with a 500Gb HD and 4GB ram runs FTB quite nicely
It's also a Mac, so in no way a gaming platform
but it does well, especially considering that with FTB I run it with about 30mb free memory at any one time ._.
So if you get it to launch, you'll be fine
It's also a Mac, so in no way a gaming platform
but it does well, especially considering that with FTB I run it with about 30mb free memory at any one time ._.
So if you get it to launch, you'll be fine
I wish I had a computer that good! I have 4 GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce with 1 GB of RAM and an Intel i7, getting about 100-200 FPS with everything on normal without clouds. What architecture is it? X64 or X86?
For all those imbeciles flaming about windows 8, its fine. I've been using it to run ftb for a long while now, since beta A came out. I have no problems with the touch-screen type layout of it even though i use a keyboard and mouse. For those saying to Hack/Mod the start menu back in, there already is a start menu, click the windows key (next to left control and left of the alt key) and that IS your start menu, while it takes up the whole screen, its bloody convenient when you have a bazillion things pinned to it, which you couldnt do with ease with windows 7.
To the OP, I'd highly recomend buying a Windows 8 keyboard, they are very nice to type with and comes with a special key which basicly would be the start key.
To the OP, I'd highly recomend buying a Windows 8 keyboard, they are very nice to type with and comes with a special key which basicly would be the start key.
Windows 7 = Windows 8. Full stop, there is no function difference aside from the first screen you see being a new interface. That can be changed using free programs or a simple registry edit. The other differences are cosmetic or helpful. Such as Explorer looks different and Windows 8 includes an ISO burning utility were 7 did not.
Yes, that computer will be able to handle MineCraft and most other games just fine. Don't expect to get even decent performance on ultra high settings, but medium or low should be perfect for you. Hell, sometimes MineCraft is MineCraft and even my uber expensive hardware just shits a brick, so don't bother wasting money trying to get 300 FPS or whatever.
That said, if you decide you want to get some performance improvements, the two things to look at are your video card and storage. You have a traditional hard drive, while great for storage, its likely a little slow. A solid state drive is much, much faster but at the cost of space. The best solution is putting your OS and programs on the SSD and the larger things like movies, music, photos on the HDD.
Your video card is actually not bad, it blows integrated graphics out of the water and should serve you well for a few years, but keep in mind you might have to tune settings down and newer games will require more power or even lower settings as the years pass.
Yes, that computer will be able to handle MineCraft and most other games just fine. Don't expect to get even decent performance on ultra high settings, but medium or low should be perfect for you. Hell, sometimes MineCraft is MineCraft and even my uber expensive hardware just shits a brick, so don't bother wasting money trying to get 300 FPS or whatever.
That said, if you decide you want to get some performance improvements, the two things to look at are your video card and storage. You have a traditional hard drive, while great for storage, its likely a little slow. A solid state drive is much, much faster but at the cost of space. The best solution is putting your OS and programs on the SSD and the larger things like movies, music, photos on the HDD.
Your video card is actually not bad, it blows integrated graphics out of the water and should serve you well for a few years, but keep in mind you might have to tune settings down and newer games will require more power or even lower settings as the years pass.