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Why is that? ^
I'm pretty sure 2gb sli is still going to be 2gb; it doesn't add up. Also, with sli its just going to have micro stuttering. Better to get the fastest single gpu. 4gb usually seems overkill but if it indeed uses 2.5gb (heard the new arma 3 uses almost 3gb sometimes than that would be worth it. I really can't stress enough how the 7950 and 7970 are much better cards than the 670 and 680, but if he really wants to he can get whichever.

For case I really like the fractal design r4, but there are so many different options that its hard to really recommend one.

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The mid part of the map is great but rolling out is so awkward. Would be pretty bad if it were mirrored though, with cliffs on either side.

Usually the medic is the top priority, but sometimes the engi (like on pl maps) or the enemy heavy/demo matter more.

Say there is a group of the med, solly, heavy and scout. Definitely go for the med first and then the heavy. Scout and solly are probably equal on HL, neither matter that much

Sorry, but what would an example of a mirrored map be? Would that just be that the demo jumps off the right wall on blu and left wall on red (they don't flip in the middle)?

I dearly hope this is a joke

That looks amazing. Props to you

Aim.

But actually welcome and good luck, but for sniper seems like you just need to have good aim haha.

Demo solo ubered sucks lol

I guess I might as well mine, since its free, but seems pretty risky to invest money in it.

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If only they let you just play tf2 without all the useless shit.

LOL wow they've already dropped

Get a new cpu or overclock it

Yes. Just yes.
I have those speakers and animus vox on them... godly

Actually pheesh is probably right. I'd wait for haswell. That is a pretty good price for the 660 ti. However, honestly amd and nvidia cards are just as smooth. I have compared my system (660 ti) to my friends 7870 side by side and they were both about equal. With crossfire vs sli it definitely is better for nvidia. The amd fx chips are getting way more hate than they deserve, especially when you can grab a 6300 + a decent 970 motherboard for $150 at micro center. $150. That's $70 cheaper than the 3570k even without a mobo.
But, agreed, basically any of these cpus will be fine. Just make sure you get a good motherboard and quality other components. No point in spending big money on a cpu and then cheaping out on the mobo or psu, or vice versa. You want the most balanced build.

The only previous reason to buy nvidia in my mind was for CUDA suport in adobe cs6, but now they have announced they are going to make it work with opencl. People say nvidia drivers are better than amd, but they're both really fine as long as you don't use like beta drivers.

PS about the power hungriness, in that same tek snyicate video they calculated it costs about $15 more per year for the 8350, but that's only in extreme situations (I believe that was like running it all day 7 days a week). And I've heard people can usually get up to 5ghz with the 8350, or at least ~4.6+

edit: also the 7950 overclocks like a mofo, way more than a 660 ti. The 660 ti really competes better with the 7870