Show Us Your Rig: Relic Entertainment's Braden Chan

Braden Chan is an Associate Game Designer at Relic Entertainment working on Company of Heroes—specifically Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces, which comes out this Thursday. While his graphics card may be old, the piano, sound mixer, and giant speakers give me the feeling Braden is more focused on an a high quality audio experience than a cutting edge visual one. He was kind enough to show us how he works and plays, and tell us about why he loves Warcraft 3 more than any other game.


What's in your PC?


CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme CPU X9650 @ 3.00GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Motherboard: Maximus II Formula
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Drives: 3 x 500GB HDD
Video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275
Case: Antec Twelve Hundred V3 Black Steel ATX Full Tower
Mouse: Logitech MX518
Keyboard: Logitech Deluxe 250
Mixer: Pioneer DJM 800
Speakers: KRK Rokit 8





What's the most interesting/unique part of your setup?
Instead of using an audio box to run my inputs through my studio monitor, I am actually using a DJ mixer which provides the same effect. It also gives me the flexibility to hook up my laptop into the mixer and run audio through my monitors that way as well. It's great as I can still control the levels of each device I have plugged in. The Pioneer DJM-800 mixer also has the flexibility to host multiple inputs like RCA, XLR, etc.


What are you playing right now?
I'm currently engaged in a lot of Counter-Strike Global Offensive, Company of Heroes 2, and I occasionally play Starcraft 2.





Whats always within arm's reach on your desk?
My phone or a glass of water.


What's your favorite game and why?
Warcraft III will always hold a special place in my heart as my favorite game. It was one of the first of its kind as an RTS/RPG hybrid. Many of the mechanics that were created laid the path for other games such as DOTA, League of Legends, and World of Warcraft. I took that game really seriously and I qualified for WCG Canada in 2007. I just really enjoyed the emphasis on combat and micro that it had. As a player, you really had to create a strategy based on the heroes you were going to use. On top of that, you would build an army that would support your hero. Unlike Starcraft, you didn't really have to focus too much on your economy and macro. I think that is what I enjoyed the most about it; focusing on my units rather than my workers collecting gold.


source: http://www.pcgamer.com/show-us-your-rig-relic-entertainments-braden-chan/

curious

can his rig play witcher 3?

Nice studio monitors. Reminds me of my Tannoys that I'm looking at right now

Poor Brad.

That graphics card

A GTX275 and playing CoH2? I doubt it

Logitech MX518 master race

Can he play coh2 on max. settings?

A GTX275 and playing CoH2? I doubt it

it does. i just recently upgraded a friend from 270x2 to 670x2 when i bought my new card. we played coh2 together regularly. it's like medium/low settings though.

He had 2 but Brad has one

He had 2 but Brad has one

coh2 doesn't support sli so he was only playing on one

Oh okay well that should do the trick then ^^

Well even my gtx 760 lags sometimes with max settings

I used to own that mixer, back in my DJ days. I also have KRK rokits, but the 6 not 8. Warcraft 3 is a good choice

Those wood floors!

I have the same PC Case, good taste

Logitech G700

Logitech MX518 master race

LONG LIVE 518. Can't play with anything else.

A GTX275 and playing CoH2? I doubt it

I still using gtx260 to play coh2

I have to be honest. I did not know that so low numbers exists in Nvidia family.

I have 2,5 year old GTX 680. (It runs like a charm CoH2 and GTA V for example).

But interesting setup Braden has. One thing that is nowadays must for me atleast is height-adjustable desk.