Greetings to my fellow collectors!

[Gazereths]

You might be hitting the vram limit with those 970s due to the whole 3.5 gig scandal. Hopefully a single next gen card will handle 4k.

[Venger]

Originally Posted by KnightOfTruth

Love that cab! I've been attempting to create my own for a few years now and have gone through several iterations of designs (had a gorgeous Zelda one i created and Mala layout and everything) but with always being on the move it just hasn't been something I've been able to complete. Really love that setup though! Hope to see more pics when you get around to it!

Edit: Also, you can set your emulated cab to take quarters as well!

You are exactly right, the new "retro" compilation arcade style machines are setup for coin play. I have seen some of them that are really cool, but I am still not sold on the LCD in place of a good dedicated arcade CRT. They are lighter and more power efficient, but face challenges with a different aspect ratio/resolution/refresh and input lag.

Those sound like great setups for a custom cab. I still want to do a couple of other authentic dedicated cabs - would love a Ultimate MK3 and maybe a Killer Instinct setup since again they were games I played a lot in the arcade. However, going custom like you are talking about would be a ton of fun, since you can put together the art, control setup and cabinet style that you like and it is unique to you. I have seen customs that were themed around Nintendo or Sega that I love. The art that some of the vinyl guys do is really amazing for these.

Originally Posted by Gazereths

You might be hitting the vram limit with those 970s due to the whole 3.5 gig scandal. Hopefully a single next gen card will handle 4k.

Yep, I hope you are right. I had already bought these when that whole memory debacle came to light. I have not had any issues with the micro stutter or other SLI oddities people sometimes encounter, but would love to have a single card that could deliver a steady 60 frames. There will always be some titles that crush a card at max settings, but as long as the majority hold at that level without dropping textures etc., then I am good with it.

[Gazereths]

Yeah I am a bit dubious of SLI and all the issues, some games flat out don't have SLI profiles so you're stuck with one card. To truly max 4k you'd probably need two 980ti's or Fury x's anyway and that's just crazy expensive, especially here in the UK.

If fallout 4 ends up like skyrim you'll need about a million gigs of vram to use all the texture mods

Have you played any witcher 3? The nvidia hairworks on that game just tanks performance, like 20fps+ Drop. I hope they sort that out soon.

[Venger]

Originally Posted by Gazereths

Yeah I am a bit dubious of SLI and all the issues, some games flat out don't have SLI profiles so you're stuck with one card. To truly max 4k you'd probably need two 980ti's or Fury x's anyway and that's just crazy expensive, especially here in the UK.

If fallout 4 ends up like skyrim you'll need about a million gigs of vram to use all the texture mods

Have you played any witcher 3? The nvidia hairworks on that game just tanks performance, like 20fps+ Drop. I hope they sort that out soon.

I have played the Witcher 3 and it actually ran really well. I did reduce the filtering etc. since it naturally does that at 4k resolution anyway, but kept the important stuff maxed. That being said, I didn't track FPS since I am not as particular in those type of games as in a shooter where you don't want to drop. As long as I don't feel or see anything, I am usually okay with it.

You are right that two 980TI's are the ticket, but man, that is a load of loot. I don't trust ATI anymore since I play a lot of old/classic PC games and their drivers were super sketchy. One driver update a game that used to work great gets artifacts or crashes and the next update that is corrected, but it is another.

Now to be fair, I haven't messed with them since trying crossfire like 5 years ago and hating it. Maybe now they are better. Just seems more like a "fight the power" purchase than a good decision on features/reliability.

[Venger]

Updated my post and pics on the first page with some new stuff. I go from focusing on one thing to another almost randomly for whatever reason. I have been on an arcade kick for a bit and still want a couple more machines if I can get them in the house without my wife attacking me with a rusty machete.

[Venger]

I have been hunting down the remainder of new or like new big box old school PC games. A 100% complete and unused Icewind Dale II Collectors Edition which was only available from the Interplay Store, the much more common Baldurs Gate II CE and the new Baldurs "sequel" Siege of Dragonspear CE:




I know it is not a popular sentiment with digital versions gaining popularity, but I miss the days when you actually got the game and not a stupid Steam code like everything has now. Oh well, "progress" they say...