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Rime posted:See also: why X86 is still the dominant architecture after forty loving years. Alereon posted:The HIS iClear card. It actually did perform its advertised job of reducing EMI, that just wasn't beneficial for videocards at all. It could improve SnR for TV tuners or reduce interference to soundcards. Combat Pretzel fucked around with this message at 19:19 on Jun 28, 2014 |
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Don Lapre posted:4 pin molex, wtf year is this evga? 2010 was when the video got uploaded.
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crap, should have read more carefully. Sorry about that.
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Jun 28, 2014 22:26
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The first sentence in the OP: "Mod Note: This thread is for general GPU and videocard discussion, head over to the parts picking megathread if you just need help picking a card to buy." That being said, if you aren't getting good performance then you probably need to change something. Also don't run games at non-native resolution.
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Jun 28, 2014 23:04
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The Lord Bude posted:Isn't that kinda like what Gigabyte does by having a sata power connector for the PCIe lanes? Pretty lovely if you ask me considering EVGA mobos are ludicrously overpriced and incredibly spartan in features compared to other top end boards from Asus/MSI/Asrock. I had 2 p55 EVGA motherboards. They had a "feature" which, when you turned your computer on, it booted for like 3 seconds, shut off completely, then booted normally. The reason? To warm your components up so your overclocked components would be at their real-life temperatures. You couldn't turn it off. This caused your hard drives' SMART to go apeshit since it counted every single power-on.
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Jun 29, 2014 05:10
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I'm curious about something, it's probably a kinda dumb question, but is it possible to mix video card vendors for things like physx and shadowplay and whatnot? If I'm running an AMD R9 290 can I plug in my nvidia 560ti and set it to dedicated physx? I don't know if this causes conflicts or whatever.
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Jun 29, 2014 11:02
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cat doter posted:I'm curious about something, it's probably a kinda dumb question, but is it possible to mix video card vendors for things like physx and shadowplay and whatnot? If I'm running an AMD R9 290 can I plug in my nvidia 560ti and set it to dedicated physx? I don't know if this causes conflicts or whatever. By all rights it shouldn't be a problem, but nvidia specifically locks people out from doing that because... uh... they're dicks, basically.
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Jun 29, 2014 11:43
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PhysX has a check that disables itself if an AMD card is rendering. So no on that front. Used to be possible a couple years ago though.
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SwissCM posted:By all rights it shouldn't be a problem, but nvidia specifically locks people out from doing that because... uh... they're dicks, basically. loving seriously? God damnit nvidia.
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Nostrum posted:I had 2 p55 EVGA motherboards. They had a "feature" which, when you turned your computer on, it booted for like 3 seconds, shut off completely, then booted normally. The reason? To warm your components up so your overclocked components would be at their real-life temperatures. You couldn't turn it off. This caused your hard drives' SMART to go apeshit since it counted every single power-on.
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Jun 29, 2014 18:32
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Combat Pretzel posted:Uh, so EVGA isn't a good brand after all? Because any engineers thinking up that stupid poo poo can't be worth anything.
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Combat Pretzel posted:Uh, so EVGA isn't a good brand after all? Because any engineers thinking up that stupid poo poo can't be worth anything. I thought that was just a bug that was common in those days, especially after a hard power off. But having it as intentional feature? Uh... If you wanted the system to warm up a bit first (although you wouldn't, nobody ever said "I wish my PC was hotter"), then surely it could just leave all the fan headers at 0% for the first 15 seconds of boot time or something.
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HalloKitty posted:I thought that was just a bug that was common in those days, especially after a hard power off. Me, too. Never used an EVGA motherboard, either 
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HalloKitty posted:I thought that was just a bug that was common in those days, especially after a hard power off. But having it as intentional feature? Uh... Both of my computers do this if I shut off the power supply/unplug it from the wall. Starts up, runs for a few seconds, shuts off, turns back on again. Very strange. One is using an ASUS z77-v lk mobo and the other is.. well, they aren't really around anymore (DFI Lanparty series).
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Alereon posted:I sure as hell wouldn't buy a motherboard from a gaming graphics card vendor. I don't think there's anything wrong with their videocards though. Yeah, they're not necessarily "bad", but Asus, MSI, and AsRock are companies that have a great track record and care a lot more about their motherboard businesses than EVGA does theirs. Also, the company that makes your motherboard matters more in the sense that motherboards have a lot more parts that the vendor can cheap out on, and they're much harder to replace if something goes wrong.
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Dark Solux posted:Both of my computers do this if I shut off the power supply/unplug it from the wall. Starts up, runs for a few seconds, shuts off, turns back on again. Very strange. One is using an ASUS z77-v lk mobo and the other is.. well, they aren't really around anymore (DFI Lanparty series).
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Jun 29, 2014 22:39
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Combat Pretzel posted:Uh, so EVGA isn't a good brand after all? Because any engineers thinking up that stupid poo poo can't be worth anything.
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EVGA's YouTube channel is ridiculous. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKoOh9zru4c That fez is pretty rad though.
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td4guy posted:EVGA's YouTube channel is ridiculous. :|
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td4guy posted:EVGA's YouTube channel is ridiculous. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-td41An3NZE Dat zalman fan heatsink.
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Jun 30, 2014 00:22
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Don Lapre posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-td41An3NZE I had that heatsink on my 1.4 Thunderbird. Nice to see they still make them, I guess 
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Panty Saluter posted:I had that heatsink on my 1.4 Thunderbird. Nice to see they still make them, I guess Naw, that video is 6 years old. Just hadn't seen one in a while. Thats not the OG one though, the OG one had a pci bracket that elevated a fan over it.
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Don Lapre posted:Naw, that video is 6 years old. Just hadn't seen one in a while. Yeah, that's the one I had. I think my bracket was designed to attach elsewhere inside the case but I really can't remember now. It looked neat but I don't think was ever all that good at actually cooling.
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Jun 30, 2014 03:18
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God drat Galaxy web store has been down for weeks. All I want is that 750 Ti 2GB low profile 
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I just bought one of those for another user here in canada. Crazy that they won't even take phone orders.
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For those interested, there is a hands on article on Anandtech about AMD's Game DVR feature. Very interesting reading and corresponds with my 7870s results. Newer games work great w/ minimal loss. In my limited testing, it worked w/ Crysis 3, Metro LL and Marlow Briggs. Tried "Call of Cthulhu: DCOTE" and had constant crashing, "Banished" would start and then immediately start throwing errors with DVR on.
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Jun 30, 2014 16:14
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Totally can't wait for the people who thought shadowplay was dumb (because they had amd) to go nuts over game DVR
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If it helps clarify things they are both dumb
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I thought it was dumb until I used it. Now I have half a hard drive full of game footage I'll literally never watch though.
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I never thought it was dumb, just not for my use case, I can't really stream video because my upload is lovely so I never gave it any thought. I honestly never thought about the DVR feature but it's probably like power locks on a car or a Vitamix blender, never thought you needed one but once you get it you can't go back, but you have to try it first to really understand it.
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I've been out of the whole streaming loop, I don't see the appeal in it but I don't know the details and apparently its very popular. Is it just watching people play games though.. ?
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1gnoirents posted:I've been out of the whole streaming loop, I don't see the appeal in it but I don't know the details and apparently its very popular. Is it just watching people play games though.. ? Watching people troll.
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Shaocaholica posted:Watching people troll. Heh maybe I should stream. I average 1 rage quit a game
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AnandTech's June 2014 Video Card guide is out. Since this isn't the parts picking thread, that wouldn't be fascinating, but I thought everyone would get a laugh from the NVIDIA 730/740 clusterfuck.
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1gnoirents posted:Totally can't wait for the people who thought shadowplay was dumb (because they had amd) to go nuts over game DVR Agreed. I don't understand brand-specific haterade. I was always REALLY jealous of Shadowplay but not jealous enough to upgrade. Now I dont have to 
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Was the HD7570 an OEM only part? I can't seem to find any reviews of it to compare against a 7750.
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Shaocaholica posted:Was the HD7570 an OEM only part? I can't seem to find any reviews of it to compare against a 7750. Per Techpowerup it is an OEM part only. AFAIK it is a rebadged 6570 if that helps you find some benchmarks. The 7750 should be quite a bit faster, but I can't find any benchmarks using my phone.
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What about the HD 8000 series? They seem to be very scarce and newegg doesn't even stock them despite stocking 7XXX parts. edit: Oh its mostly OEM. Why does AMD do this? Have a main level number change be mostly OEM? Also their previous naming is loving dyslexic. I hope their distributers and shippers got a lot of orders wrong. Shaocaholica fucked around with this message at 23:03 on Jun 30, 2014 |
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Captain Yossarian posted:Per Techpowerup it is an OEM part only. AFAIK it is a rebadged 6570 if that helps you find some benchmarks. The 7750 should be quite a bit faster, but I can't find any benchmarks using my phone. I'd love to get a 7750 but they are hard to find and pricey compared to 6570. I just picked up a 6570 for $30. I think most 7750s are $100 used. I need low profile so options are limited.
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deimos posted:I never thought it was dumb, just not for my use case, I can't really stream video because my upload is lovely so I never gave it any thought. I honestly never thought about the DVR feature but it's probably like power locks on a car or a Vitamix blender, never thought you needed one but once you get it you can't go back, but you have to try it first to really understand it. Heated car seats. Never gave a poo poo, but the new car has em and by god they get used on those cold rear end winter drives.
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