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mpyro posted:Which one of these cards would pair well with a Oculus Rift or is it better to wait for the next refresh? Might as well wait until it's out, if you can.
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What do you give up buying the "small form factor" versions of higher-end cards like the nVidia GTX 970? I could have spent a bit more to get a much shorter card last year and with all the problems I had with installing it, breaking the SATA port of a hard drive with the back of it, and losing a bunch of data, I kind of wish I did. I'm seriously considering getting a shorty card when this card starts to show its age in a few years, coolers for the full-sized ones have gotten too long and too bulky.
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May 31, 2015 07:07
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mpyro posted:Which one of these cards would pair well with a Oculus Rift or is it better to wait for the next refresh? If you are waiting until the rift comes out, the answer is "whatever the mid range card that is out when the rift is released." It could still be the 970. It probably will still be the 970. Unless there is a ti version by then.
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Cojawfee posted:If you are waiting until the rift comes out, the answer is "whatever the mid range card that is out when the rift is released." It could still be the 970. It probably will still be the 970. Unless there is a ti version by then. It's coming out in 2016. I would hope there would be something better by then. If not better, at least cheaper.
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May 31, 2015 07:16
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So with the inevitable release of windows 10 and DirectX 12, will we need to buy new video cards or will dx11 GPUs be forward compatible with DX12 feature sets?
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SlayVus posted:So with the inevitable release of windows 10 and DirectX 12, will we need to buy new video cards or will dx11 GPUs be forward compatible with DX12 feature sets? Any game coming out for a long rear end time after dx12 comes out will have a dx11 code path at the least. Hell, are there any games right now that actually require dx11?
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^^ quite a few now, but it took us several years to get there after DX11's release.Woolie Wool posted:What do you give up buying the "small form factor" versions of higher-end cards like the nVidia GTX 970? I could have spent a bit more to get a much shorter card last year and with all the problems I had with installing it, breaking the SATA port of a hard drive with the back of it, and losing a bunch of data, I kind of wish I did. I'm seriously considering getting a shorty card when this card starts to show its age in a few years, coolers for the full-sized ones have gotten too long and too bulky. You get a slightly smaller overhead with regards to overclocking potential since there's less metal and fewer fans working to get heat off of the die. Sidesaddle Cavalry fucked around with this message at 08:08 on May 31, 2015 |
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May 31, 2015 08:05
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Stoopid question about dx12: Does upgrading a graphics card basically turn into a system where you keep your previous card and just plug in the new one until you run out of pcie slots (or power or pcie link width etc...)?
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May 31, 2015 08:31
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DOOP posted:Yeah, I''ll probably end up with the 970 eventually, but I was just curious For what it's worth, the 290X generally beats it at higher resolutions, but since performance is still far from ideal, the sweet spot still ends up being the 970 for a handful of other reasons.
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May 31, 2015 08:33
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konna posted:Stoopid question about dx12: Does upgrading a graphics card basically turn into a system where you keep your previous card and just plug in the new one until you run out of pcie slots (or power or pcie link width etc...)? Pentium OverDrive(tm)
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May 31, 2015 08:33
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Buying a 970 today: good idea, bad idea? Money for anything more powerful is out of the question.
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May 31, 2015 08:56
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LiquidRain posted:Buying a 970 today: good idea, bad idea? Money for anything more powerful is out of the question. Depends on if you're willing to wait another month or so. AMD is gonna introduce a new lineup at E3, presumably rehashes of their old stuff but if they're competitively priced it could lead to Nvidia dropping their prices.
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LiquidRain posted:Buying a 970 today: good idea, bad idea? Money for anything more powerful is out of the question. Hmmm, I'd wait a bit if possible, with the 980Ti coming out soon we don't know if we will see prices change on things. I doubt the 970 would see any price drop, but if the 980 does get one as is rumored then who knows?
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AVeryLargeRadish posted:Any game coming out for a long rear end time after dx12 comes out will have a dx11 code path at the least. Any hardware that is DX11 compatible will be DX12 compatible. There are various optional features in DX12 that require hardware support however. So you will be able to run any DX12 games, but you might miss out on some shinies or performance enhancements.
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Weren't a lot of features for DX12 available for HD 5000 and Geforce 400 cards, such as most of the performance enhancements regarding GPU/CPU core communication? Or am I mistaking this for Vulkan?
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May 31, 2015 12:01
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Wait for tomorrow.. Could be a price drop.
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konna posted:Stoopid question about dx12: Does upgrading a graphics card basically turn into a system where you keep your previous card and just plug in the new one until you run out of pcie slots (or power or pcie link width etc...)? Not really. That sort of setup needs to be supported on an engine-by-engine basis, and I doubt most devs will bother since it introduces so much complexity for a niche use-case.
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FaustianQ posted:Weren't a lot of features for DX12 available for HD 5000
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Got a question which I need answering. I decided to update my drivers on my 760 today for The Witcher 3, and did so. As soon as those drivers updated, my main monitor stopped being detected by my PC, and I have no idea to make it recognise it. I went through all of the menus I had used in the past to get monitors working and all that, and no dice. Then there is one thing I had never used, the Nvidia Control Panel, which is what I suspect to be the cause of my issues, which won't run at all. I click it, and it doesn't launch anything. What did I do wrong and how do I fix it? I assume it is something to do with my GPU and their drivers, since immediately after updating it everything went to poo poo. Fwiw, when I used to go to the resolution menu you could reach from right clicking on the desktop, it used to display my main monitor (a Dell U2312HM or something like that) and my secondary monitor (my TV), but now it just displays the TV and "Display Device on VGA", the latter of which does nothing. My monitor isn't even connected on a VGA, it is on a DVI-D.
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May 31, 2015 19:17
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http://videocardz.com/55786/nvidia-launches-geforce-gtx-980-ti-for-649-usd Doesn't look like any changes to the reference PCB over the Titan X. Go hog wild with your waterblocks/brackets/hybrid AIO sets.
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Sidesaddle Cavalry posted:http://videocardz.com/55786/nvidia-launches-geforce-gtx-980-ti-for-649-usd Hell yeah 649, what a deal. That owns KakerMix fucked around with this message at 20:57 on May 31, 2015 |
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This certainly makes the 980ti look quite appealing. Performance equal to the titan x in most situations. http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2433246 Here is the first page of the review site. http://vga.zol.com.cn/522/5229872.html I know I am tempted to make it my next upgrade. I hope AMD puts out some juicy info to help stay my credit card. Filthy Monkey fucked around with this message at 20:58 on May 31, 2015 |
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May 31, 2015 20:55
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KakerMix posted:Hell yeah 649, what a deal. That owns Oof. And the 980 officially down to $499. As much as I've had AMD/ATI cards since the GF4 days, they just got punched in the gut. Again.
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KakerMix posted:Hell yeah 649, what a deal. That owns With two new games it makes it 529.
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Forbes broke NDA? http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2015/05/31/nvidias-new-gtx-980-ti-delivers-titan-x-level-performance-for-350-less/
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Don Lapre posted:Forbes broke NDA? Forbes 'contributors' is like a blog site that's mildly curated at best.
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At least this stops the 50 dollar markup everyone has on the 980. I don't know that I'd spring for the extra 150 for 30% more performance in a ti model..I haven't had anything stress it at 2650x1600/60 so far. I wonder what the next series is named..1080?
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zer0spunk posted:At least this stops the 50 dollar markup everyone has on the 980. I don't know that I'd spring for the extra 150 for 30% more performance in a ti model..I haven't had anything stress it at 2650x1600/60 so far. "4K," probably, with an "X" or "Ti" added for the enthusiast parts. "1080" would be ~so~ 2012.
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May 31, 2015 22:31
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If the 980ti is available immediately at 649 wonder if amd will release earlier.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:"4K," probably, with an "X" or "Ti" added for the enthusiast parts. "1080" would be ~so~ 2012. Nvidia titan zx spectrum
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Don Lapre posted:Forbes broke NDA? I guess so since it has already been taken down. I'm buying the heck out of that day one. Exactly what I need to get over the performance hump I'm facing at 3440x1440. The Titan would have been overkill.
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zer0spunk posted:At least this stops the 50 dollar markup everyone has on the 980. I don't know that I'd spring for the extra 150 for 30% more performance in a ti model..I haven't had anything stress it at 2650x1600/60 so far.
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zer0spunk posted:I wonder what the next series is named..1080? They already did four digits, then three, so the next cards will obviously be the GTX 17 and GTX 18.
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May 31, 2015 22:42
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Don Lapre posted:Nvidia titan zx spectrum Would buy.
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https://youtu.be/3yJdxKAnnDg Actual benchmarks from some random youtuber who has one Roughly 8-10% slower than titan x.
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No need for shady sources or translated reviews anymore. The NDA is up and the results are pretty much as expected. http://techreport.com/review/28356/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-ti-graphics-card-reviewed http://www.anandtech.com/show/9306/the-nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-ti-review Mean ol' Nvidia might get my money this time around.
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Glad i sold my 780ti last week. Feel bad for all the 980 buyers. Probably looking at $350 used 980s now.
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....so who has the best cooling solution on the green team these days? I'm quite willing to spend a few bucks extra to get a model that doesn't sound like a dustbuster, but probably am not (quite) ready to jump into full-on watercooling unless it's not much of a price jump.
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DrDork posted:....so who has the best cooling solution on the green team these days? I'm quite willing to spend a few bucks extra to get a model that doesn't sound like a dustbuster, but probably am not (quite) ready to jump into full-on watercooling unless it's not much of a price jump. MSi for air coolers, EVGA for their new Hybrid units  Though a number of companies are debuting 3 fan solutions for TI including asus with a new DirectCU iii EDIT: looks like Titan X and 980ti are both fully DX12 compliant. 980 and below are not. Don Lapre fucked around with this message at 23:40 on May 31, 2015 |
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sauer kraut posted:Forbes 'contributors' is like a blog site that's mildly curated at best. That contributor in particular (Jason Evangelho) is a moron, he has literally contributed "how to mine litecoin with your GPU" articles to Forbes.
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