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HDR today refers to screen color technology, not game engine lighting. http://www.cnet.com/news/what-is-hdr-for-tvs-and-why-should-you-care/

an invite would be greatly appreciated.

GT: beloyramon

natural selection 2 for $10. sweet.

Perhaps KH2 and Birth By Sleep in HD will follow later?

Certain Transformers figurines, not all. I try to complete specific toy lines I like. other than that, i guess steam games.

PC. came free with my new nvidia card.

Most versatile PC gamepad available is the Logitech F510

It acts as a 360 Controller when plugged in, but it also has a switch to change to 'directinput' to control older PC games that don't have 360 controller support. It has rumble, triggers, and a home button for GFWL. It's also shaped like the PS3 Controller.

Since i'm leaning towards an upgrade, would the Intel 520 SSD ($30 more) be any better than the 330? So the SATA III controller upgrade won't do much?

The EVGA GTX 670 FTW Edition is on sale for the price of a reference card

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-Dual-Link-DisplayPort-Graphics-02G-P4-2678-KR/dp/B0083Y6MV6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343247086&sr=8-1&keywords=evga+gtx+670ftw

My current power supply is a Corsair 750TX from 2009 which is still going strong. My new build's PSU would most likely be a Seasonic 1050 Watt 80 Plus Gold (Apparently Seasonic is underrated, and Corsair uses the same parts for a higher premium)

Current Rig (X58 Based):

Asus P6T Motherboard (SATA II, PCIe 2.0)

Core i7 920 (D0 revision) @ 4.1GHz, HT enabled, cooled by Cooler Master V8

12GB 1600 Corsair Vengance RAM

Single MSI Twin Frozr II 2GB HD 6950 flashed to HD 6970

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB

Cooler Master HAF 912

OR

Possible New Build (Z77 Based):

Asus P9Z77-V PRO Motherboard (SATA III, PCIe 3.0)

Core i5 3570K, cooled by Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

8GB 1600 Kingston HyperX RAM

Single EVGA FTW Edition 2GB GTX 670

Intel 330 120 GB SSD for Boot

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB

Cooler Master HAF XM

OR

Upgrade Current Rig With:

Single EVGA FTW Edition 2GB GTX 670

PCIe SATA III Controller (don't know what brand yet) for the SSD since my mobo is limited to SATA II

Intel 330 120 GB SSD for Boot, maybe 520

KEEP EVERYTHING ELSE THE SAME

ALSO

My question is: Are SATA III, PCIe 3.0, and the i5 Ivy Bridge worth the upgrade compared to my old X58 build? Is my i7 920 considered a bottleneck now?

Ideal Experience: Max in-game graphical settings including tessellation with 60fps or greater @ 1920x1080 for the following games:

Crysis Series (1, Warhead, 2, and upcoming 3)

Battlefield 3

The Witcher 2

Metro 2033

Batman: Arkham City

Saint's Row The Third

With my current build, I only average between 25 to 45fps for those games maxed out. All my other games like Skyrim and Diablo III already run great, however.

Should I wait if I were to upgrade the mobo and cpu? I've read that Ivy Bridge cpus run hot and the next generation might come out in 2013 (as well as geforce 700 cards)

@Xymox: Razer Onza is indeed a POS. I had it for one month, the right analog stick's input kept moving down even when I left the analog stick alone. Also, the triggers felt loose/cheap compared to the original 360 controllers. I replaced my Onza with an officiall WIRED black 360 controller which is sold at most retailers. The wireless option (with receiver) is available at the stores in my area. Either one is always available online. The wired ones are plug and play. For the wireless receiver, you might have to download drivers from microsoft's website. I'd say getting the official 360 controller is the best option. That or the logitech F510 gamepad which has both 360 input as well as traditional PC joystick directinput for older PC titles.