[i7 4790k running way too hot?]

I think it's solved. My thermal compound was a mess and for some reason the fans came pre-installed to blow hot air backward, onto the cpu. I repasted the CPU and flipped the fans, I'm holding about 32 degrees idle now.

 

Edit: Yep, refuses to go over 66 degrees C in Dragon Age Inquisition and Assassin's Creed Unity after 5+ hours playing, we're good to go. Thanks mark5916.

[Which Desktop is Best for Gaming?]

Number 5 definitely. The i3's are actually much better than the lower tier AMD cpu's of the other builds. They can also hyperthread, so you're not as locked to 2 cores as it might appear.

[i7 4790k running way too hot?]

I recently built a pc with an i7 4790k in the Evga Hadron Air case. Im cooling it with the Noctau Nh-L12 low profile cooler. (It was a colossal chore to get it in such a tiny case, but it fits)

 

Issue is, I'm getting about 48 degrees celsius at my regular Windows desktop screen, and 80 under load in certain cases. Is this normal?

 

I'm measuring my temps with Coretemp, also. Is that a reliable program?

 

 

[Modding only for the rich in the future?]

 

People are entitled to their opinions. If it bothers you that some people think this way, maybe you should get out of modding.

 

 

You have exactly one mod with a couple endorsements, I had around 8,000 endorsements between my collective of mods. And that was just on the nexus.

 

TO clarify, I may still mod for myself, as always. I am done *uploading* my mods for a community which is increasingly toxic to content creators. It's not worth it. I find it very telling that so many of the most popular modders and largest figures in the industry jumped ship and went to Steam. To a sane community that would cause introspection. What it *actually* caused was non-stop hate rants against mod creators and anyone in support (in some cases even hate rants against people relatively neutral, like Dark0ne, who I find as been very sensible about this whole issue and seriously deserves a freaking vacation)

 

What does it tell you if Garry Newman, Gave Newell, Chesko, want to change so much? What does it tell you that there's a thread on this very nexus dedicated to letting mod authors vent about the most terrible commentors on their mods? Modding communities have a serious problem, and as much as people try to deny there is one and insist that modders are just greedy, you can look at any comments section to find mind numbing arguments about why the modders providing people with largely free content, are the villains all of a sudden.

 

Fortunately that hasn't been the Nexus's official policy, like I said, I think Dark0ne has the right idea, but hosting my mods *anywhere* is just not worth the hate I've been getting for it.

[Modding only for the rich in the future?]

That's it, I can't take these comments any more. Pulling my mods from the internet now- among them, the only decent HD mod for Dragon Age 2. I am sick to death of selfish people insulting anyone who even thinks it's *okay* if someone charges. I wouldn't charge for a mod, but I can totally understand why a modder would, and after having so many negative personal attacks on any site where I talk about this, that's it, I'm out.

 

Modding is a hobby; so is carving sculptures, so is art. Both of those earn money. Not a lot in most cases, but some. Many hobbies are paid; saying that they aren't is ridiculous and untrue.

 

I actually heard one person say, "being a modder is like being a waiter, you get tips, but don't expect a paycheck." WTF? In every country I know of, waiters get a salary *and* tips.

 

And all the people acting like, just because they used a mod, modders owe them lifelong loyalty. Saw some people yesterday saying that they should be able to take *back* donations from mod authors if the authors do something they don't like. Brilliant idea. (facepalm)

 

Saw one guy say, "Chesko, you just lost my loyalty." Uh huh. What loyalty would that be, exactly? The "loyalty" to take free stuff from him forever? Since when does your loyalty pay bills?

 

Found another guy saying that mod authors do not create content, and that they are stealing from Bethesda if they charge for mods. I don't think I even need to explain everything wrong with that one.

 

And now I'm hearing people more and more that donations shouldn't be allowed on the Nexus.

 

I'm agreeing more and more with Garry Newman here. I'm not going to be a part of such a hostile community any longer, done with modding. I've been developing a game anyway, I'll just switch fully to that and release it through Steam.

 

Tidus44, thank you for not being insane, but I'm out.

[Steam Service Providers, and some how needing to clarify the Nexus stance again]

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Psijonica wrote:

SchwererGustav wrote: This post wwll be deleted in...3...2...1...

You will see ;)

bigdeano89 wrote: Way to sound like an entitled 12 year old man. Dark0ne has been honest from the start. Good luck trying to find another site btw, all the others are either gone or ALSO took the service provider option. That includes AFKmods etc.

Dark0ne is not the only site to do that, so stop making them out to be the bad guys. Nexus has been around for years giving mod authors FREE space for mods big and small.

Dark0ne wrote:

As you paint yourself as the saviour of the free modding community

This post wwll be deleted in...3...2...1...

Why would I delete it? It's a perfect example of the people who don't actually read what I write and, in the process, make themselves look stupid.

SchwererGustav wrote: Because 2 of my comments got delleted befor...

The 1st was a bit aggressive the 2nd not at all.

rotwhip wrote: ooooh someone is angry.

Psijonica wrote: I read what you wrote and I can only giggle that you have lowered yourself to calling me "stupid" LoL

You can fool all the kids here but anyone with real business and life experience sees right through you.

If I am stupid because I don't take your words at face value then so be it... I am a stupid person who drives a Super Snake and I am laughing at how stupid you may think I am.

Basically you are still supporting Pay-for-Mods just that you are calling it by a different name. Many modders like Emma (I guess you think she is stup[id too now eh? Remember her, yoiur old friend who helped you with your uploaded system all thiose years ago?) also believe that this is wrong in every aspect... but I guess we are just stupid.

I can't really tell youwhat I think of you because hey, I'm in an unfair possition where you are able to swing insults but I can't.

Congratulations! *Applause*

benissugger wrote: he said you "make yourself[es] look stupid", not "you are stupid".

JoeyLock wrote: So basically Psijonica, you're saying "Stop asking me for money! Dark0ne just pay the $500,000 to run this community per year and deal with it!" yes? Think about that statement, Endorsements, Permissions and Donations are the very things that keep this community and these mods afloat, if you want 100% free mods, make them all yourself and pay for the site to upload them on.

twhelan wrote: We must excuse those who cannot understand the context of a single sentence.

WightMage wrote: What does Emma, creator of Vilja, have anything to do with this?

Dark0ne wrote: You started with, in response to my article:

As you paint yourself as the saviour of the free modding community

I've already written:

If people are heralding me, specifically, as their champion in the fight against paid modding then they've done that of their own accord, and I certainly haven't agreed to be that champion....Does this sound like a champion of modding being free everywhere? No, it does not. Do not use me as the poster-child for that campaign as I never said I was.

So you either didn't read it, or you read it, and then decided to say I was painting myself as the "saviour of the free modding community" when I've specifically said I neither am or want to have that title. So yes, you look stupid. Even more so, now.

HadToRegister wrote:

Psijonica

Am I going to close all my account? No, not yet. But as soon as there is an alternative choice you can bet I will choose it.

I'm sure that threatening to close your FREE Nexus account that you pay NOTHING for, has most of the people at The Nexus quaking in their boots.

seversky wrote: Psijonica, you are an incredibly spoiled little child. Go away please. Don't come back.

phantompally76 wrote: I don't think Psijonica "looks stupid" at all, Dark0ne.

Quite the opposite, actually.

And I also think that YOU are coming out of this looking dishonest, petty, unapologetic, and at the risk of upsetting you (which is not my intention), just a little sociopathic.

You can't shrug or laugh this off. This is a MUCH bigger deal than you're trying to make it out to be, and just because you refuse to admit there is a problem with your lack of disclosure and transparancy....that doesn't make the problem go away.

And like it or not, a LOT of people have a problem with this.

Reaper0021 wrote: There is no "Bigger Deal". All of it was blatantly obvious, in the open and known by those of us that bothered to read it. These attacks are starting to get pretty damn pathetic. There was/is no conspiracy nor big deals made that have betrayed anyone.

TKHBMVP wrote: From my community experiences in the early 90ies until now on several forums and when usnet newsgroups support forums started remembering from the past, nothing has changed so far with the participants and their communication habbits ;-) It is still the same.
But when I read across all of this thread I'm happy that a lot of people making up their mind on this topic and thinking about the different point of views of the involved people.
Finally this proved that Nexus has a great audience and value modders and members sharing a most valuable content.

Psijonica wrote: YaY! You called me stupid twice! HAHAHA ;D The fact that you keep commenting says more than you know. it says that you feel you need to bully me in order to distract people from the real issue whisch is that you are in one hand holding up a protest sign while with the other taking payments from the people you are saying you are protesting against.

I have to laugh at you.But I guess I'm just stupid or maybe that the throngs of people who once used to get mods for free are now much smarter than me now that they will be paying for them eh?

*SIGH* Look at his last words, "That is what I will fight. That is what I will champion against." and tell me that he is not proclaiming himself as the white knight LoL

and to those of you who say he is not making money, please who are you fooling... he is raking it in and he is only here instead of on vacation trying to protect his money.

joeriz9 wrote: Keep it up kiddo, Good way to get yourself banned by not reading anything that has actually been said.

Reaper0021 wrote: Why are you even posting Psijonica? I mean what's the point you're trying to make beyond just annoying the staff? He was transparent about this whole thing to begin with. There is no hidden agenda. It was publicly posted and I read it before it was brought up by a member who found it the same way I did: Just looked and it was there. It wasn't 'hidden' and wasn't an attempt to be deceptive.

locomotive1236 wrote: "YaY! You called me stupid twice! HAHAHA The fact that you keep commenting says more than you know. it says that you feel you need to bully me in order to distract people from the real issue whisch is that you are in one hand holding up a protest sign while with the other taking payments from the people you are saying you are protesting against.

I have to laugh at you.But I guess I'm just stupid or maybe that the throngs of people who once used to get mods for free are now much smarter than me now that they will be paying for them eh?"

If you consider that bullying, I'm not sure what world you live in. As I understand it from his posts, he's staying neutral at the moment because he understands both sides. I also do not see any point of arguing with someone who is incapable of see things from only one perspective and have such a fragile self-esteem.

MCato wrote: "As you paint yourself as the saviour of the free modding community you are not fooling me"
===
Please show me any of your mods, even the smallest. Then I'll take your words seriously

HadToRegister wrote:

Psijonica
YaY! You called me stupid twice!

Actually, no he didn't, what you HAVE done though, is shown that twice now, you lack any reading comprehension skills whatsoever, which also explains why you have the whole Valve/Nexus thing so wrong.

Because you read and then interpret everything the way you WANT it to be, rather than the way it actually IS, facts be damned.

SchwererGustav wrote: It's a joke really , anybody with a brain can see were this is going and it is definitely not going to be good for modders who do it for the love of modding and not for the shekkels.

The corps and shareholders will love this news, alot of people (with alot of money) will make a quick buck and leave the modding community in the dirt.

But who are we to judge we don't have a shitload of servers that the community payd for...

Reaper0021 wrote: Had is right. Your a stone-headed kid that's got a conspiracy theory to play with and I'll be damned if your immature ass isn't going to play with it. You just refuse to read and comprehend what's written or you see ulterior motives abounding in everything people say and do.

sunshinenbrick wrote: I hope I don't regret bringing this point up. We are entitled to opinions are we not? And we are allowed to doubt what people say at face value, are we not? That is part of a community and it does not help to throw insults at one another, even if it's understandable as we all have a lot of passion about modding.

gingersnapples wrote: you sir are a clever troll, or wear lead-lined hats on a daily basis. can't decide which.

oh well. time ever flows onward, and this, too, shall pass.

ZeroKing wrote: Yeah! Community effort, guys! We get stuff for free, we'll give no support for the effort here, and we demand retribution for what the site owner believes in because he has to pay for the servers..... oh wait.

I forgot about the $500,000 annual server cost that most of us contribute next to nothing for. Yeah, reality sucks, eh?

Reaper0021 wrote: Yes your opinions are indeed welcome. This person isn't stating an "Opinion" this person has taken facts, mixed them up into his/her own little theory, and is attacking Dark0ne. Best if you don't get involved in it as you too seem to not know whats going on either. ****I'm giving you Kudos Zero cause I haven't seen you in so long.

Psijonica wrote: No reaper he has not been honest at all. When explain your self and leave out certain elements then that is being dishonest.

Let's face it, the reason he is saying is is neutral is because he is afraid to actually state his position. Wishy washy... and because I have an opposite opinion of how he has handled this now everybody trolls me. LoL Like I care. I own my house (paid for) and have a wife who loves me and 3 children that I feed and clothe and I am here with my eldest fighting for what I believe is right.

I believer he has lied, I believe he is not being honest and I don't trust his so called good intentions.

I can not believe for the life of me what is happening and you know what, if this goes through then this whole generation deserves SOPA and all the other corporations to come in take over the internet.

Of course I say that with tongue in cheek but I have been fighting the machine my whole life and I am getting tired... this really makes me not want to care any more and just let the children work it out themselves.

Pay-for-mods is the absolute worst thing that can happen and it is pretty much a done deal.

If Dark0ne want to be the Champion then let him refund all the money he gets from valve directly to the moddders. Lets see if he does that eh?

ZeroKing wrote: PhD in biomedical engineering, have a wife and 6 children. Disabled from the waist down, and still work across 17 countries annually.

Doesn't pay Robin's server bills with my personal morals and my credentials, does it?

Reaper0021 wrote: "Pay for mods" is a bad idea. I'm 44, own 4 houses (live in one rent the others 3 small houses to help my disability) and have 1 child...no wife. And? The make-up of my family or my residence doesn't validate my words any more than it does yours. He isn't betraying us. It was always there to see...I know I read it. I'm sorry this has all happened to turn this community on it's damned head. I've seen you posting in forums before and you are one smart guy. You really are. I've enjoyed your input in the past and it's hard for me to see you being this willfully stubborn.

sunshinenbrick wrote: Ha, thank you... I think :/ I have never considered myself a troll (only learnt what it was a couple of year ago...) being a bit of old fashioned.

I just think it can be unwise to just use the arguement that "it's just the way it is". But I also think there can be constructive ways to talk about this. As in trying to organise a way of reducing this "slippery slope" that has been mentioned a number of times. And I wanted to suggest that getting hissy with each other is not going to help... perhaps that what was predicted to happen??

benjaminpen wrote: Are you drunk? No, seriously... Are you? You seem a little incoherent to me.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I see no conflict between the following two statements:
"I WILL NOT fight someone's right to charge for mods on ANOTHER site. It is NOT okay to charge for mods on THIS site."
"I WILL fight anyone who says I don't have the right to NOT CHARGE for mods on MY site."

And no, I don't think that mod authors being able to donate some of the money being made to the Nexus is a conflict either.

edit: He didn't get the money from the modders' cut, he got it from Valve's cut.

Reaper0021 wrote: Your right Sunshine maybe that's what I needed to calm down was an impartial 3rd to say something. Yeah I'm going to let this rest for now. Try again tomorrow I think. Peace to you all and Kudos to Sunshinenbrick.

HadToRegister wrote:

Psijonica

I own my house (paid for) and have a wife who loves me and 3 children that I feed and clothe and I am here with my eldest fighting for what I believe is right.

Yet here you are, complaining about seeing advertisements on your FREE account.
If you actually HAD all of that stuff, and were mature, you wouldn't need to list ANY of that, as it has NOTHING to do with your conspiracy theory.

Psijonica
If Dark0ne want to be the Champion then let him refund all the money he gets from valve directly to the moddders. Lets see if he does that eh?

Hey, let's see you contribute to the $500,000 annual upkeep for the nexus THAT YOU USE FOR FREE.
You're using a website for FREE and demanding that someone else PAY for something that has already been explained, that all of us adults were able to comprehend quite clearly on our first read-through of Robin's article.
At this point, I can only chalk up your incomprehension of Robin's explanation as, you're either Drunk, or you're now too emotionally invested in this to save face and back out out gracefully by apologizing.

At this point, you're in a hole so deep, and refuse to see it, that if someone threw you a ladder, you'd start digging with it.

sunshinenbrick wrote: Thanks :D Yeah I really hope that dialogues between parties can be kept open so that they can mutually benefit each other. I know that sounds a bit soppy but I suppose (more movie taglines coming up) we do need to have some hope here... not easy I know but its that or dispair!

Psijonica wrote: Well reaper for one I'm female but in the world we live in everything is fairly androgynous eh?

i am not being stubborn, I am standing up for what I believe in. There is a difference. Dark0ne benefits from Pay-for-Mods. Either way it doesn't hurt him. Right now we are downloading every mod we can because I know that all the mods for Oblivion will soon be pay- for -mod, all the Morrowind mods will be Pay-for-mod...


THIS USED TO BE FREE AND FUN!!!! It will never be fun again, it will just become an expense. Now all these modders are going to cry about SOPA??? hahahaha You deserve SOPA now!

monkeyweather wrote: Thanks for keeping this whole thing civil to the best of your abilities, and for keeping everyone in the loop as much as you can.

SchwererGustav wrote: well i helped people to get their modded skyrim to run for 2 month in the forum after that i thought i payed back what i downloaded here.

and this is the only website i had my addblocker off, too(you know how every other site makes money).

I'm not rich and Psijonica isn't eather i guess so we take that little fun we have left in our lives,
freedom, creativity and helping other people thats what i thought was this side about, but now they sell out and take that last piece of choice that makes us burst out in anger.. can't you people understand this?

This deal will mark the beginning of the end off modding, the last bastion of freedom that was left...

Pestilenz wrote: Yeah the community paid for the servers, by either choosing to get premium either because they had money to spare, wanted to help or wanted the extra features or by "gob beware" using the site and downloading mods, I feel so abused shame one you Dark0ne.

sunshinenbrick wrote: I totally understand what you mean by paying for things through other means than money (creativity, support, non-financial contribution) however I do hope that sometimes it is best to take down things you don't agree with from within. This is to say that although I cannot speak for the site owner nor do I know, or ever talked to him, but he has stated his position and we should try give him some benefit of the doubt because there are things that can be safeguarded against.

Suppose time will tell but it is somewhat comforting to know that the players at hand here do see the value of the community here. Admittedly it might be money orientated, however we can have the chance to show them there is more to modding than that. Then maybe they will see that suffocating all aspects of the free community will stifle creativity. I hope. And we can start by using donation systems. But that's money I hear you say??? Yes but it is important HOW you give money and WHO you give it to.

HadToRegister wrote:

Psijonica
Well reaper for one I'm female but in the world we live in everything is fairly androgynous eh?

I'm glad that you and your wife, and two kids, and your paid for house are happy.

Psijonica
Dark0ne benefits from Pay-for-Mods

HE ONLY BENEFITS.......ONLY, if someone CHECKS THE BOX that says "Send 5% of the earning for this mod to the Nexus", there are also checkboxes to send 5% to the makers of NifSKope and Blender as well.
Why aren't you complaining about those two things possibly getting 5% whenever someone checks the box for them to receive 5% of the income?

If a modder DOESN'T check that box for The NEXUS, or NifSkope etc then the Nexus and NifSkope etc get NOTHING, ZERO, ZIP, ZILCH, NADA, NOTHING, is sent to the Nexus, NOTHING....
Do you UNDERSTAND IT YET?

The Nexus isn't getting a cut of any mods being sold on SteamWorks UNLESS THE MOD AUTHOR CHECKS THE BOX to let the Nexus have 5% of the sales as a "Thank You"

Psijonica
THIS USED TO BE FREE AND FUN!!!! It will never be fun again, it will just become an expense.

It's still "Free and Fun" (especially for YOU Ms. "Free Nexus Account" ), however, you're directing your anger at the wrong person

Tanniss wrote: actually he is getting money from the community unless he is independantly wealthy or paying his creditors with air he gets his money from ad's that we help support by not having ad block on and by the memberships that people pay for as well as donations from the community

Tanniss wrote: which can and will be used later on down the road to take away any credibility on darkones part if he decides to stop fence sitting and pick the side of being afraid free modding is going to disappear by saying hey why you bitching now when you had no problem taking donations from our (valves ) cut instead of the modders giving a cut to nexus for this site being such a great place to find tools and free mods

I am surprised that no one sees this because its buying him even if he or us dont think so because at the end of the day if you take money from those who are trying to take and run a monopoly no matter the small % given you are still silently supporting the endeavor they are trying to force down everyone elses throat

and mind you im not being a troll nor am i stupid and if some feel the need to toss insults towards me so be it bottom line is when you take money for something that you think is more than likely going to be inherently wrong that makes your arguments a little less weighty

Psijonica wrote: HadToRegister

Yes my wife and I are very happy. It is well known that I am a lesbian. I have never hid from that here or anywhere. Do you have something against the gay and lesbian community?

You keep on trying to goat me with your pathetic attempts in arguing with me but I have been ignoring you. You are a troll and your continued attempts into drawing me into a flame war will fail.

You failed :)

Reaper0021 wrote: See you made a good point and did it in such a way that doesn't speak of "Conspiracy Theories" running rampant. No your not stupid at all and you do make good points. The 'other' person on this thread is on an obvious witch hunt. Big difference. I shouldn't have to point that out to you.

Psijonica wrote: Thanks monkeyweather, it has not been easy to keep things civil especially when the owner of the site comes and trolls my post effectively giving permission for everybody else to do the same. Shame on him for that.

I read all his posts and his reddits and although he tries to pretend to pin Gabe down on the DRM issue he himself doesn't even make public his own position on Pay-for-Mods.

This is why I don't trust him. I deal with politicians for a living, I am well tuned to the BS station.

Reaper0021 wrote: NOBODY cares you are a Lesbian with a chip on her shoulder. Nobody cares about your sexual orientation. Period. None of us. Nobody has said anything except, after you felt the need to back-up your arguments with telling us how you own a home and your kids are responsible and your married and whatnot, all anybody has said was "Good for you and hope your happy. And my religious beliefs fly contrary to your chosen lifestyle...but do you hear me saying anything? No. Good. Nobody is going to be baited into a "Gay and Lesbian" tirade debate with you so you have yet even MORE to gripe about along with what you're already doing.

phantompally76 wrote: you're, not your.

Reaper0021 wrote: you're, not your.


It's late and i don't care. The point is made but ty anyway.

Kusumura wrote:

I don't think Psijonica "looks stupid" at all, Dark0ne.

Quite the opposite, actually.

And I also think that YOU are coming out of this looking dishonest, petty, unapologetic, and at the risk of upsetting you (which is not my intention), just a little sociopathic.

You can't shrug or laugh this off. This is a MUCH bigger deal than you're trying to make it out to be, and just because you refuse to admit there is a problem with your lack of disclosure and transparancy....that doesn't make the problem go away.

And like it or not, a LOT of people have a problem with this.
- From phantompally76

Oh, God. Please, let's not have this become #skyrimgate2015...

EDIT: Fixed up the quote.

HadToRegister wrote:

Psijonica
Yes my wife and I are very happy. It is well known that I am a lesbian. I have never hid from that here or anywhere. Do you have something against the gay and lesbian community?

No problem at all, I have gay and lesbian friends, and, as I said in my post.
[i'm glad that you and your wife, and two kids, and your paid for house are happy.]

Now, you've definitely got some MAJOR reading comprehension problems if you are somehow getting that I have a problem with the LGBT community with my comment.

At this point, I'll just chalk it up to you either have some type of reading comprehension problem, or are just belligerent and looking to fight about EVERYTHING.

Anyway, I'm completely fed up with you, because you aren't even participating in the discussion anymore, and instead are acting like a belligerent party-goer who has had a few too many drinks, and wants to try and turn EVERYTHING into a fight

Rullnick wrote: Your mistake is thinking that he can only be on ONE side of the issue, Either he's FOR paid mods or He's AGAINST them. When in reality he's neither, he's neutral because the paid mods aren't the deciding thing here.

He said he isn't a champion white-knight for free mods, and he said he isn't a money-hungry demon from hell. He just wants mods to be free and open when the mod creators want them to be. Why are you so goddamn narrow-sighted? If you read the post you would see you're exactly the kind of people he is talking about.

By the way, people disagreeing with you isn't "trolling". It's just you being unable to take f*#@ing criticism.

Reaper0021 wrote: I agree the whole "Lesbian" thing is this.....person just trying to bait us into a fight and make it look as if we have issues with her ilk. Don't be fooled into any type of debate. I'm going to go play some Attila at any rate online, so peace to you all. I'm done with this nightmare of a woman and her continued inability to basically 'comprehend' that which has been made clear time and time again.

RaskorGaming wrote: "Endorsements given: 279"

Oh, really?

iloveyoupurples wrote: Everyone has an opinion, here's mine. I agree with you about half way. The mod users, get the fair deal. We get free mods. We have a place to get them, a place to install them. A place to discuss it. I take issue on behalf of the authors. Nexus is a business. Nexus is owned by a person. Said person makes a nice bloated salary. Such is business. As a consumer I'm getting the best deal period. Free mods. We come here to get mods. We view adds. We pay for premium accounts so it doesn't take 30 years to download a mod. No big deal. These mod authors make mods. Robin makes a tidy profit because we come to get them. Mod authors are given nothing. Robin pays for xyz. Cool. Robin makes a bloated profit from the investment. Mod authors get nothing. We don't come to view the adds. Or add to his cooperate portfolio. We come for mods. He gets paid because of it. Mod authors get nothing. Blah blah blah he pays xyz. Cool. Is it suddenly non profit? I had no issue knowing all this before valve decided to sell mods off the backs of their authors. I take issue now because it's hypocritical for him to say anything considering we come here for free mods WHILE MOD AUTHORS GET NOTHING. Then raise the banner of MODZFREEFROEVARRRR etc. If I were you I'd have kept my mouth shut on my opinion. It's hypocritical. You profit off the mod authors just like valve is trying to. So I agree with Psijonica to a degree. Yeah, you made a good business decision making a website and shored up a tidy residual sum for yourself. Problem I have is you wave a flag as if you're non profit. Mod authors are getting shafted. Period. I wish I could afford to donate to every mod I use, sadly I can't. Still From now on, when I have an extra dollar on my meager salary I'm buying a good author a coffee. Sorry authors I should have decided to donate sooner.

Psijonica wrote:
75 mods have been hidden on the Nexus because the mod makers are scared that people are going to steal their assets, some people are talking about taking down any tips they've given out because people are going to steal them to make a profit. We're already seeing the lose part of the paywall when the community closed down and people are too paranoid to share their resources. We've already seen assets being stolen, lazy and unfinished mods being sold and one person putting out a free version with an annoying pop up.

The shadowscale armor is one item, clips with numerous races, you have to use the console to get it.
Chesko and Isoku used assets they had no right to use when they sold their mods and are now getting DMCA'd
Midas Magic put a annoying pop-up on the free version for a paid version that isn't anymore polished or improved.

Right now, literally this thread, is a example of the community getting split and damaged. Everyone is losing besides Valve and Bethesda, no one in this thread is winning under the current model.

@ HadToRegister
if you continue to pester me I will just have to report you. I am not even talking to you or even paying attention to what you are writing. Please leave me alone.

@ Reaper0021
i am not sure what your problem is. One post you are saying I am smart and the next you are accusing me of trying to bait you into an argument. Take it easy, you seem to be losing control of your self. if you are actually getting upset then the problem lies between your own ears. You posted that you were and adult in your 40's? No way. People in their 40's don't act like this. At this point you give me reason to ask that you please, please just leave me be. Ty.

No Endorsements, No Permissions, No Donations. 100% free mods 4-ever.

"The spirit of modding is sharing. In order to grow in quality rather than in quantity, modding has to be a labour of love, not a labour for money." - Emma

Reaper0021 wrote: iloveyoupurples now this is how you make a point. This post right here.

Reaper0021 wrote: In your past posts....you have been great. I said that and asked you "Why" you're all over the place right now/tonight? DON'T try to blame me for your woes or act as if I'm doing you harm. You've done that all on your own tonight. You deliberately played your "Lesbian" card in such a manner as to warrant caution cause you seem to be looking for a fight. You deliberately attempted to bait HadToRegister into a "do you have something against Lesbian/Gay's" argument. All here can see it and all here have said as much (about how you've maybe bee ndrinking tonight cause you say one thing then contradict yourself saying another without ANY thought of what you're saying".

Psijonica wrote: Ya so what. Leave me alone. I was just giving him a little taste of his own medicine.

What does that have to do with you? Right! Nothing. Now go pester someone else. You want to pay for mods, go ahead. I don't care about you. You are not even a modder. I have released mods, only one here but I have mods on other forums. so I am asking you politely...; if you are the adult that you claim then please respect my wishes and stop already. I am not talking to you any more. If you are the adult you claim to be then please act like it now.

Reaper0021 wrote: Yep far more of it than you. Sure it's stopped no sweat lay off of myself and HadToRegister. For GOOD.

Psijonica wrote: @ iloveyoupurples

You see, that is how this whole issue started. Donations is the problem. Once Bethesda saw that people were making many off of their product that had no choice but to protect themselves.

They gave us the CS (construction set) for free and allowed and trusted us to mod as a hobby. But we abused that trust and turned it into a business. And so now Big Daddy Bethesda is coming and punishing us by saying , "you want to sell your mods, fine. But now we control everything and we want our cut."

Greedy modders. You deserve this. I hope they steal your mods and take everything. Because of this the entire community spirit has be poisoned.

No Endorsements, No Permissions, No Donations. 100% free mods 4-ever.

"The spirit of modding is sharing. In order to grow in quality rather than in quantity, modding has to be a labour of love, not a labour for money." - Emma

hector530 wrote: you keep trying VERY hard to play the victim. "Dark0ne is trolling me!!!!" "im being bullied"

"i am not being stubborn, I am standing up for what I believe in."

yes you are, you will believe what you believe in no matter what is said and shown against it. the true beauty of a conspiracy theorist is that proof against the conspiracy is only proof of a conspiracy.

Wolvenlight wrote: @Psijonica

To be honest, I was never for the Grey Manes or the Battle Borns. I was never for the Imperials or the Stormcloaks. If Skyrim taught me anything, it's that people who tell you that you absolutely have to pick a side are wrong, and will bore you to death. In that order.

So when Dark0ne says he's neutral, I believe him. I've read his posts, he's never come out against pay4mods, he's only expressed concern about potential issues that could arise from them. He is not taking any modders cuts, and he's not forcing anyone to pay for him, he's merely opted into a voluntary system to help improve the site. If such a time comes when he decides to start charging for access to this site, or allowing mods to make their mods pay for only, then you will have evidence for your claims.

Claims you have made a lot of. You say he wants to be a champion for free mods, but he never claimed that. You state he's angry he didn't get a bigger cut of Valve's profits, but you have no evidence for this claim. You claim he is a troll merely because he pointed out an illogical inconsistency in your argument (in a minor, kind of sort of rude way, which I get and see it as the mistake it was, if only because you'd continue bringing it up.) You claim other people are trolling you when they merely disagree with you. You claim to have fought for this site and free modding, yet you aren't a contributor (neither am I, but I understand this place wouldn't be here without them.) You even claim to be standing up for what you believe in.

There is a difference between standing up for your beliefs and flinging accusations about without proper evidence. You want to question his motives? That's fine, I question the funds of scientific studies all the time, but I always read the study, take in the evidence, and mull it over to see if their are any actual flaws before accusing the study of being a shill for a corporate interest. Forgive me for saying so, but you sound like a religious doomsayer the way you talk. Or like you're a conservative who really hates anything to do with democrats.

If you apply the same argument to yourself as you have to others, then you have called people debating actual points with you "pathetic," just like the guy who "called you stupid." There is nothing troll about people merely disagreeing with you in the same tone you have disagreed with others. If you want to be taken seriously, then debate facts in a clear, respectful manner. If not, have fun with your free nexus account.

While it lasts. Or something.

x9fallen wrote: "This used to be free and fun". And what contributions have you made to the modding community?

Also, it was never free. Hosting files and allowing traffic to and from has a very real cost associated with it. If you don't like the price you have to pay (seeing an ad or two or seeing an option to go premium), don't pay it. See if you can find a community that allows file hosting/download with no cost that you can contribute nothing to. There isn't one. Which is why you'll stay here and continue to whine.

You've offered nothing of substance to the discussion. Your main complaints are that, although facts have been laid out, the author is still trying to deceive the community. You've also inferred the author has called you stupid twice, which is objectively false.

Reaper0021 wrote: Kudos given to Hector, Wolvenlight and x9fallen.

WightMage wrote: I'm totally quoting you on that. xP

iloveyoupurples wrote: <3 happy to help. I have always seen that as the glaring elephant in the room.

phantompally76 wrote: "And what contributions have you made to the modding community?"

THOUSANDS of hours of testing player mods, helping authors flesh out bugs, glitches, issues and incompatibilities. Offering suggestions to enhance and improve those mods. Discussing those mods with others, spreading knowledge about said mods to other users who may have otherwise never installed/endorsed them. Offering praise and encouragement (and endorsements) to mod authors who might have otherwise given up, and defending mod authors against self-entitled millenials on here who expect them to do whatever they want, when they want.

THAT is my contribution to this community. And whether I have donated one red cent to a single mod author or not, THAT makes me every bit as much a member of the modding community as you. So don't try to lord your premium membership over me or anyone else on here. We are equals.

And I bet that just burns you up...

Ramon1 wrote: While I don't put Dark0ne's words in doubt that all the proceedings will go directly into the Nexus, no matter how anybody tries to paint it, it's not going to sit well in a lot of people that Nexus is receiving money from Valve, which at this point, somehow has managed to turned itself overnight into something worse than all the EAs and UBIs of the world.

And the thing is, if you see beyond the face value of the Nexus receiving money from Valve, you will see a huge chunk of the same bile Valve has managed to inject the modding community, and the PC gaming community, with. They did it good, they struck where it mattered and regardless of monetary transactions, it's highly probably modding will never be the same, just remember how well Mr. Gabe managed to avoid Dark0ne's invitation to take an stance against eventually limiting modding to the workshop.

They are in for the greed of it and once they taste the goods, the easy money they are going to earn at the expense of modders, they won't stop until modders become official DLC and bugfixes contractors.

How the heck we came to witness stEAm basically attempting to ruin PC gaming forever, that is beyond me.

Psijonica wrote: Oh don't bother, that guy xfallen has no friends, no pics, no mods. I have plenty of mods out there on other sites and I have one small mod I made for a friend here. I have worked on many mods large and small I I have enjoyed myself over the years. ***I have made lots of friends over the years some of whom actually became real life friends so it is all good here.***

xfallen and reapper (who can'r stop talking about me on every other post LoL while he claims to be in his 30's and owns a house with childre hahaha) the truth is that these trolls are children because I don't know any adults who would behave like this.

Am I 100% right in everything I posted? No. Have I made some assumptions that are wrong? Yes, but overall I stand by my overall position.

Is Dark0ne supporting pay-for-mods, I think he does, will the nexus stay free, I think it will, is he playing both sides of the coin I think that is obvious.

I am actually giving up on this fight. I loved the modding community and it has given me lots of pleasure but I am leaving it for the same reason Wrye left modding. I am not comparing myself to Wrye but I knew him back in the day.

I think everyone should pay for mods. I hope it becomes the norm and that people become successful. I hope Dark0ne makes a lot of money from Valve. I can see SOPA passing into law within the next 5-10 years. I am done fighting. I give up. I don't care any more.

janishewski wrote: It's going to a pay system. You can accept that and move on, or not. Nobody cares. And if you pirate pay mods, I hope you are prosecuted.

Psijonica wrote: WTF???
Is something wrong with you? Did you take you medication tonight?

No one has ever mentioned anything about pirating mods in this post. Where do you get off on making wild accusation like that. Why would you wish such a horrible thing to someone?

Should I hope you rob a bank and get arrested?

*sigh*

x9fallen wrote: @ phantompally76 Well, I wasn't replying to you. It sounds like you have made significant contributions to the modding community. Also, I fully acknowledge my premium is nothing in terms of contributing to the community. Hell, I fully admit I don't contribute much to the modding community at present. I certainly wouldn't "lord" anything over someone. My inquiry was regarding Psjonica's contribution to the modding community as the statement saying "used to be fun and free" implies that they are a contributor.

I look at it this way: if I'm consuming content more than I am contributing to content, I am not in a position to complain and rant about the content.

digitaltrucker wrote: I disagree, without people to use the mods there would be no reason to form a community around the mods. A mod user is every bit an important part of the community as a mod author. Neither side is more or less entitled than the other.

Psijonica wrote: I have nothing to prove to YOU. Who are you? I need to answer to you? LoL You are nothing to me. You mean absolutely nothing to me so I don't have to prove anything to you.

I have friends here. I have worked and helped people make their mods mods and I have released mods all over the internet. Who cares. I am a person. I AM A PERSON! Just like you.

What have you done? Oh right... nothing. Unbelievable that you sit there and judge me... should I do the same to you now?

Just is just silly...

x9fallen wrote: Psijonica, you seem to be the one acting childish in this thread. Your angry and you're ranting on like an angst-filled teen. Yes, I'm not very active on the forums and haven't done any modding, that is part of the reason I'm not shouting at Nexus staff or modders who want to be paid for their work.

You, as someone who seems to only be able to shout, should be required to prove your contributions if you're going to shout. I don't believe you're able to speak on behalf of the modders as you seem to be trying to do.

Also, I can't believe your stance on no donations is a popular one amongst modders. I believe they'll take a stand against pay-for-mods but I find it hard to imagine that they would stand against optional donations. That seems silly

Psijonica wrote: I don't care what you believe.

JetBoom21 wrote: Dude come on Psijonica, you sound like a someone who can't get over people calling him stupid online, what's up with the way you type, it looks like you're a old man stuck in a child mind.

x9fallen wrote: You'd have to ask the author of Interesting NPCs or Chesko about my contributions. I won't do that here.

derek6688 wrote: Just let her win.

She's female, and she's been accusing people of being sexist or anti LGBT all day for getting that wrong.

[Steam Service Providers, and some how needing to clarify the Nexus stance again]

In response to post #24657399.

JCDNWarrior wrote:

Why do people keep using the word shekels? It's immature and annoying, why can you people not use the word "money"?

[Quick updates to the site, money money money edition]

In response to post #24617964. #24619084 is also a reply to the same post.

Laxe wrote:

philips107e wrote: I second that Laxe.
What assurances do we as players have that if we enjoy a mod, find that after careful testing with our other mods that this new mod causes no conflict.
We decide to donate to the creator.
Then next week It's on Steam cash-grab page

Who cares? You still have the mod for free, you have no right to expect another human being to swear you loyalty.

[Quick updates to the site, money money money edition]

In response to post #24597829. #24598674, #24599279, #24599624, #24621674, #24622339, #24622439, #24623969 are all replies on the same post.

anarkywolf wrote:

Shadow_Dragyn wrote: They are not viable. The number of people who actually donate anything to any mod is literally several decimal places beneath a fraction of a percent. Some people are trying to put up crappy or stolen mods for a fee out of greed, but that isn't the norm.
The truly greedy ones are people who blindly oppose this, who've never in their life donated a single penny to actually support a modder, all because they want to continue getting stuff for free at the expense of someone else's time and energy.
People do not donate, and that's why something like this is necessary to help support modding and let it grow.
Finances have been the main thing keeping me from being able to mod as much as I would like, and I'm not the only person who has been facing that kind of issue.
How many times have you seen someone release a quality outfit that was not made of recycled parts? Hardly ever, because once someone has enough skill to actually do something like that, they'd be better off creating it for someone else's game, or even their own game, and getting paid for it.
Even Faalskar was created simply because the author was confident that he could land a job off of it. No one could justify devoting that kind of time and energy without getting anything back from it.
A "hobby" is not something everyone has the luxury of spending much time on, especially in cases like this when you already clearly have the hobby of playing video games and this would directly eat into that.

BattlemasterRiin wrote: @Shadow

No, the greedy ones are those that EXPECT compensation. I for one, will never, EVER buy a mod off Steam. I will however, donate to authors I feel deserve it. Do you think those that refuse to donate are going to instead BUY the mod? hah! If anything, it's only hurting the Modders, those would would normally donate now will not, if the Mod is up for sale on the Workshop.

Shadow_Dragyn wrote: I think you're missing the point. If no one buys a single mod, it's all the same regardless.
I would really like to know who, if anyone, you have ever actually donated to.
This isn't stopping anyone from donating, because they never donated in the first place. Modders are not the monsters here. It's the people who have never given anything back to the community demonizing the people who actually do.
If you truly have donated to anyone, then good on you. But the number of people who really have is astronomically small.
Particularly in contrast to the massive wave of people crying foul about this.

GanonDarkLord wrote: I actually just found out about the donations bit of the nexus today (never took the time to look at the creators profiles in detail) and donated to my top 4 favorites. As the month goes on I'll donate to the rest of creators of the mods I use.

qwert44643qaz wrote: I stand with shadow on this..now even the mod users who agree with modders who would like to make a buck are being attacked.
And you are right about the donations..i have over a 100 mods and have only donated $20 to 1 modder...i plan on donating a bit to my favorite mods next week on payday.

Ghatto wrote: "The truly greedy ones are people who blindly oppose this, who've never in their life donated a single penny to actually support a modder, all because they want to continue getting stuff for free at the expense of someone else's time and energy."

Hahaha. Nobody is being greedy or entitled man. Nobody had to donate because it was never a charity. Sure people could if they wanted to, and I'm fine with that. However nobody has been stealing or taking or screwing over anybody until now. Nobody forced these modders to make anything and nobody could. Nobody needed to make free mods and nobody deserved free mods but look at that... this site was full of them.

I did nothing but sit on my butt and free stuff appeared. No entitlement. No greed.

Joeblivion wrote: @ Shadow_Dragyn

I think the reason people are revolting against 'their' free content being taken away, is because the mod makers gave this free content up willingly to begin with.

They did it with the pretense and knowledge that MANY people will not donate. If the mod maker was really serious about getting donations, they would not go through a service that makes it optional.

I think (and hope) that most mod makers do it for some sense of personal satisfaction. I mean, if they didn't, then why would they do it?

I think that is why the community is all of a sudden confused and frustrated that what was once given up freely, paid for in admiration and respect, is now being paid for with dollar bills.

Your belief that we are all ungrateful, free loaders is pretty condescending. We love mods, we love the makers of the mods, only severe materialists would say that we can only show that appreciation by throwing paper at those mod makers.

Agreed, donations are not viable. I've actually never recieved a single donation, but I find it hilarious how people opposed to this are suddenly acting like donations will save this whole thing and make everything okay again when they've never donated in their lives.

[Nexus should be against this not FOR it!]

I won't charge for my mods, but I don't take issue with others charging.

 

Only thing is, Steam seriously needs better piracy protection and a more even price split with modders.

[Valve/Bethesda announce paid modding for Skyrim, more games to follow]

In response to post #24584934. #24585039, #24585134, #24585229 are all replies on the same post.

Aegrus wrote:

boulegue wrote: i think most people are in a "worlds end" mood right now and fear that the whole free modding scene is over

kingarthurivvi wrote: this will lead to overly saturated content, and good luck finding help with mods now. Expect tools to be paid for also. I doubt when you look around in a few years your going to find free mods. capitalism has nearly killed freeware gaming mods are now in the sights i doubt this will end well, hence the rule's existence to begin with.

It is quite easy to see the difference between art that is made to make money and art that is made from passion to share. You can see that real easy right now on steams workshop.

Sucaru67 wrote: I am all for modders making money for their work. It's a part of the whole design that is widely overlooked, and other non-conventional hobbies, such as youtube, have addressed to some extent. But god damn, this is not the way to do it, in my opinion. Obviously this is a mixed bag of emotions, but the huge amounts of issues that can arise from this is overwhelming. The biggest problem is the extremely small cut the modder will be taking compared to the cut Bethesda/Valve take. 25%/75% is just degrading to the amount of work put into these mods and is hardly fair. I feel like we'll also be seeing a lot of rehashed content suddenly being sold for money, when it had been previously free for possibly years. There's also the topic of the intricacies of mod reliances and how teams of mods are paid, but I won't get into them.

Likewise, I think it's important to look at the big picture for the future. What's the next step here? Will steam try to monopolize on the mod scene by trying to shut down places like the Nexus on the sole purpose to push all content through their own channels and therefore make more money? I know there's hardly any evidence for this to be the case, but it's a possibility. Steam already tries to force a monopoly on PC gaming as it is, it wouldn't be out of the realm of plausibility.

I think it's important for content creators to make some kind of monetary gain, and I think modding has room for monetary exchanges of some form, possibly even making modding a plausible job in the same way youtube has become plausible in the last few years. I hate leaving this topic without some suggestion as to how that could be achieved, but the best I have is some form of donation system.

I agree that a major problem is how this could lead to people creating fake and/or broken and or/horrible mods, and false advertising for a quick buck. And I fear the steam community is probably incapable of policing as they hope, give how many entire broken games get through greenlight. That's probably the main reason I'd just stay on the nexus and do donations; we have enough broken, dishonest mods as is. We really don't need more.

[Valve/Bethesda announce paid modding for Skyrim, more games to follow]

I support this. (incoming hatred towards me, I'm sure.) No one is being forced to charge, I see this as more of an issue of modder's rights. If a modder wants to charge for content they created, I can't argue with that. People who hate it seem to be biting the hand that feeds them; they are not owed mods. If they don't want to pay, they don't have to buy. And that being said, I'm sure many mod authors won't charge anyway. Personally I wouldn't charge for any mod that wasn't incredibly well done and large, and even if I charge, it'd be like $1. I'm sure many other mod authors feel the same. I've made several mods, one has over 3000 endorsements, and I wouldn't even charge for that one. But if a modder wants to, it should be their choice.

[After a haitus from pc gaming, how is my new rig?]

sounds great, but maybe psu needs to be 650w min, because my 970 card needed 500w just for itself, and today the 970 or similar is the min for gaming (well at least for a few years)

now all you need is a decent game :)

The 970 recommends a 500 watt psu, but that doesnt mean it draws 500 watts. The benchmarks Ive seen state its power draw is 150 watts. That 500 watt recommendation on Nvidia's site is for the pc as a whole.

[How do I make a HD Texture?]

You need to increase the resolution of the texture. Not the size.. simply making your canvas bigger will not help.

 

Common texture resolutions are 512x512, 1024x1024, and 2048x2048. Notice they are all multiples of each other. A texture with a random, uneven resolution like 1232x2000 is a no-no. Stick to multiples.

 

The sides can be uneven. For example, a 1024x2048 texture is great. A 1000x2000 texture is basically broken, as it is not one of the multiples we're talking about.

 

The resolution of the texture you use should depend on the size of the object you want to retexture. Bigger objects demand a higher resolution.

 

Whatever you retexture, your aspect ratio (the proportions of the texture) should remain the same. So if you want to make a 512x512 texture more hd, you might increase it to 1024x1024. But if you want to make a 512x1024 texture more hd, you would want to increase it to 1024x2048. That way each side is the accurate, proportional length, but there are more pixels on each side, allowing you to add more details.

 

For more information on how to actually paint a new texture, I recommend you look up video tutorials on the subject, its almost impossible to explain through text.

 

Sources: look at my mods if you want, I have a number of well liked texture mods.

[Moving to the Philippines and supporting oneself on indie development; how dumb is this idea?]

Long story short, I have a fiance who lives in the Philippines, Ive visited there and I like it, (see profile pic), and I have a crazy idea.

 

If I planned on remaining in the US, I would never consider it; no way could I expect to make a living as an indie dev in the United States, the prices are too high. However, Im thinking that, given the massive currency differences between the US and the Philippines, if I were to sell games over Steam in developed countries, I could support myself in the Philippines.

 

The reason is simple: every dollar of profit in the US and European markets translates into waaaay more buying power in the Philippines. In some places, rent for a decent place there is 75 usd a month. Nuts.

 

Of course it probably wouldnt work. Im not placing any bets on it nor getting my hopes up. How stupid and crazy is this idea, guys? (Obviously I wouldnt make the attempt until I had a product to sell and a good deal of backup money saved, anyway. So this question is firmly hypothetical atm.)

[After a haitus from pc gaming, how is my new rig?]

A few months ago I sold my pc. I visited my fiance in the Philippines, got a new (better) job, and started studying game development.

 

Now Im building a new rig for gaming and indie development. Im uncertain of the gpu right now, the rest is already purchased. However, since it is all either new or open box at this point and my losses if I sold any part would be tiny, I will consider any suggestions to change any part.

 

Right now, it consists of:

 

16 gb of 1866 mhrz ddr3 Kingston Savage ram (cas latency 9)

-I would have gone 8gb for gaming, but 16 should speed development.

 

A 250 gb 850 evo ssd and a 1 terabyte 850 evo ssd.

-I know it isnt cost effective, but its silent, low power draw, and fast. Also, Ive lost mod data to physical hard drive failure before, I dont want the same to happen to an entire game. XD

 

i7 4790k at 4 ghz. (4 cores, 4 threads, boost to 4.4 ghz)

-I dont plan on replacing this cpu for a long time. I wont overclock immediately, but Im planning for this to last the generation, so I wanted to keep the oc option open. Also, its clocked .4 ghz higher than the non k version.

 

Asus Maximus VII Impact, z97 Mini ITX motherboard.

-I could have gotten a similar quality board for much cheaper, but. . . to be honest, after years of dealing with strict budgets, I wanted to go premium now that I have a good job. Not much to say about this, its a well shielded motherboard with a laundry list of ports and features that supports overclocking.

 

The case, an EVGA Hadron Air mini itx with its 500 watt gold certified psu.

-Yes, that 500 watt psu is silent and can easily power this build. It also doesnt have the noisey, whine issues of other psus of this type. Also, the way this case is set up, it fits most full sized gpus, just not the ones with super giant extended coolers, like the gigabyte gtx 970, for example. (Other 900 series cards it fits fine.)

 

 

As you may have noticed, price isnt that much of a concern for me right now, I do not have a budget limit. However, I do have a power, size, and temperature limit, as this pc might someday need to be transported overseas and used in the Philippines. (A hot country with an unreliable power grid, though one I really like nonetheless.). I went mini itx to make it somewhat portable. I got an asus mobo for the superior surge protection and shielding. I went for all ssds to make failure a non issue, while also cutting out around 10 watts of power consumption. The ssds combined take 6 watts, the ram a negligible amount, the cpu 140 watts at max load, etc.

 

Bottom line, I need a cool running gpu that takes hopefully 200 watts or less. But no gpu is off limits, and Im also open to waiting for the 20 nm Maxwell revisions, or buying a mid tier card to wait for future cards. As mentioned Im also hoping for suggestions on any other piece.

 

My uses range from gaming, to mod and game development, to emulation.

[$1500 Titan z vs $3000]

Again very much agreeing with Fmod, the Titan is at this point marketed mostly towards professional graphocs markets, there are much better choices for gamers.

[gtx 980 sli i5-4690k bottleneck?]

That cpu is not going to bottleneck anything out right now. Intel cpus are overkill, in a good way. I mean, seriously, an i3 at this point can outperform an amd 8350 in Watchdogs, a multicore heavy game.

[2GB VRAM or 4GB?]

 

I think the new minimum is 4GB of VRAM,

 

This.

 

I have 3gb gtx 780 cuz was gunna sli another one but skyrim doesn't support sli so i'm screwed cuz 3gb isn't enough. I'm trying to sell my 780 now so i can buy a titan (6gb) or something. I suppose if i get the TITAN, i'll SLI another TITAN into my rig next year or so.

Unlikey: skyrim can not effectively use more than 3gb. Buying a Titan would give you marginal returns at best, and not from the vram, just from the fact that it's a 780 versus a Titan. Also, sli does not increase your vram. When you sli, your vram is the same as one card individually. The vram does not add together, even though they sell it as if it does.

[2GB VRAM or 4GB?]

I agree with everything fmod said. As for the others.. . 2gb is great at 1080p, even on games that say they need more. 4gb is great for 1440p and some higher resolutions.

 

Most games out now are recommending stupid system requirements to make the buyer believe theyre more graphically intensive than they are. And many new games recommend so much vram because they fill as much as you have. Technically Wolfenstein: TNO will us over 6gb, for example. But 2 gb wont bottleneck it. How is that possible, you ask? Many new games only clear your vram when you run out. So it will fill up before it starts clearing, and thus we have crazy requirements which mean nothing in terms of real performance.

 

This also leads to people checking their vram usage, seeing their 6gb card filled to capacity, and thinking they need even more. That is ridiculous. 6 gb cards and above are only for people with crazy resolutions and multi monitor setups.

 

The limiting factor here is your 860m, it is indeed roughly the same as a desktop gtx 750 ti. The vram is not limiting you, the rest of the card is.

[GTX 660, iGPU and, apparently, performances issues]

Edited to remove post- I had incorrect information.

[Dream PC good enough?]

I agree with vagrant0, gtx970 is now the min spec for gaming pc, 650w ps is min, my suggestion is 200+gb ssd for system and 2+tb drive for games etc, big case so air can move around inside. allow if you can extra slots on motherboard so next upgrade you can run 2 x 970's which means 500w each, hehehehe its never ending.

my opinion > if you don't use mods then consider a console.

wow $900 ? I just upgraded from 640 to 970 and 400w to 650w and that cost me $800.

hope it all works good for you.

How did that cost so much!?!? The 970 is $350 card on average, cheaper if you look carefully. A fantastic 650w cpu can be had for $50 easily.

[Dream PC good enough?]

Im just gonna say; Dayz runs way better on intel cpus than amd. It is very cpu heavy, like most mmos. My old Phenom II 1090t, a six core at 3.2 ghz, got just about 24 fps on minimum when paired with a gtx 760. Meanwhile I got about 40 fps on ultra with the same build and an i5 4590, and over 100 fps on minimum. So a 400% improvement from a cpu with two fewer cores and an almost identical clockspeed. These numbers are wth my terribad internet though, so that may be skewing things.

[My computer is more badass than it should be]

I had kinda the same thing with a very similar build. . an HD 6770 (rebranded, slightly modified 5770) and an amd 1090t at 3.2 ghz. It consistently hit at least 10 fps more than what the benchmarks said, no overclock. Some games it ran better than the higher tier card I replaced it with. Ive long since sold that build, never did figure out what was going on, though.

[Time for a New CPU?]

Why? It's tied by an i5 4670 which costs over $100 less. Yes, you heard that right. The quad core at 3.4 ghz performs the same as the oct-core at 4.7 ghz. No, I'm not kidding. Here you go: http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-4670-vs-AMD-FX-9590

 

Even though the benchmarks show it tying, that 4670 will actually perform better than it in Skyrim specifically, because it's quad core, and Skyrim uses only 4 cores, so the AMD CPU's last 4 cores would be. . literally useless. You would have to cut the 9590's power in half to find out how it would perform in Skyrim. And then it gets slaughtered by the 4670. Heh, it gets slaughtered by my 4590. In any game which uses 4 cores or less (which is almost every single game ever made), you have to just discount the last 4 cores of an AMD CPU and act like it's a quad core. AMD is a joke in the CPU market. They cost more than intel, run hotter than intel, and even at double the supposed specs, draw huge amounts of power (which will hurt your electricity bill and also demand a better PSU), and they perform worse in games.