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Tormented posted:So I been wanting to build a new computer for a couple months now, I'm I screwed now with the GPUs price hike? It might get better in a few months? Otherwise try to get a used 980ti. That would be my advice.
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Measly Twerp posted:
Well, yes, but if RTG is going to get killed by something, it’s their years of bad managerial decisions and lack of new technologies. Not because Nvidia denies them access to the board partners eSports brands. They have so many problems that “we can’t get an Aorus logo on it” isn’t really even on the radar.
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Mar 12, 2018 21:18
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Lockback posted:It might get better in a few months? Otherwise try to get a used 980ti. That would be my advice. 980 Tis aren't much of a deal compared to 1070s. You are getting something older/with more wear, that uses more power and has less VRAM. If you could get them for like $300 or $350 then sure, but paying $450 for a 980 Ti isn't a smart move at this juncture, either wait or suck it up and pay the extra $50 for a 1070. The price curve is basically perfectly flat right now, everything is priced more or less linearly based on its performance. There is very little savings from stepping to an older card, even if you go all the way back to Kepler. Paul MaudDib fucked around with this message at 21:53 on Mar 12, 2018 |
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Mar 12, 2018 21:45
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Paul MaudDib posted:980 Tis aren't much of a deal compared to 1070s. You are getting something older/with more wear, that uses more power and has less VRAM. I've see 980tis go for $350 on local Craigslist and 1070s are all well over $100 more than that, that's used both cases. If you absolutely cannot wait I think the 980ti gives you better value at that price. That depends on your locale though, ebay prices are hosed on both.
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Mar 12, 2018 21:56
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Id be very upset buying a $350 980ti jesus christ
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Mar 12, 2018 21:57
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Used 980 (no Ti indeed) are $250 here but GTX 1060 are at least $350 (the 3 GB version) or over $400 for cheap 6 GB versions. Getting an Asus or MSI GTX 1060 6GB goes all the way up to $500 which is hilarious considering that's nearly what I paid for my GTX 980 shortly after it came out 
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Mar 12, 2018 22:10
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1gnoirents posted:Id be very upset buying a $350 980ti jesus christ It's about the same performance as a 1070. Sold listings for 1070s are around $550 used on ebay. I'd rather spend $350 on a 980ti than $550 on a 1070.
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Mar 12, 2018 22:13
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The best video card to buy right now is this weird model called “a used ps4 and copy of yakuza 0 to fill your time and just wait”
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Mar 12, 2018 22:20
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Lockback posted:It's about the same performance as a 1070. Sold listings for 1070s are around $550 used on ebay. I'd rather spend $350 on a 980ti than $550 on a 1070. The absolute cheapest 980 Ti on eBay is $460, and that's where most of them have been ending on auction too. If you have a local idiot who's selling them for 25% below value then by all means jump on that, but (a) that's not common, and (b) would be true of literally any card.
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Cygni posted:The best video card to buy right now is this weird model called “a used ps4 and copy of yakuza 0 to fill your time and just wait” Yep. You're better off buying an Xbox One and forgetting about PC gaming for the next six months. Gotta wonder how many people have given up on PCs and retreated back to consoles...
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Funny tidbit of ancient history w/r/t Kyle Bennet. The [H] forums used to have an off-topic forum called "General Mayhem" which eventually spun off into its own terrible website that still exists today. Since both websites were run by 40-year old men with the maturity of 12 year olds there was constant slapfighting between the two forums. Kyle registered an account on GenMay and the mods implemented something called "[H]-mode" as a dig at the [H] forums poor reliability that would make make the website run very slow and/or randomly redirect to nowhere and implemented it on Kyle's account. Despite all of that he would still come to GenMay to troll the forums because he was a big annoying manbaby. GenMay prided itself on how great it was compared to the terrible Something Awful that charged $10 and had mean mods, it was a stinking pile of poo poo. Their constant trashing of SA convinced me to register here and I never looked back.
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Tormented posted:So I been wanting to build a new computer for a couple months now, I'm I screwed now with the GPUs price hike? Keep an eye out for premade systems. They don't have the huge markup for the video cards in them.
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MaxxBot posted:Funny tidbit of ancient history w/r/t Kyle Bennet. The [H] forums used to have an off-topic forum called "General Mayhem" which eventually spun off into its own terrible website that still exists today. Since both websites were run by 40-year old men with the maturity of 12 year olds there was constant slapfighting between the two forums. Kyle registered an account on GenMay and the mods implemented something called "[H]-mode" as a dig at the [H] forums poor reliability that would make make the website run very slow and/or randomly redirect to nowhere and implemented it on Kyle's account. Despite all of that he would still come to GenMay to troll the forums because he was a big annoying manbaby. GenMay prided itself on how great it was compared to the terrible Something Awful that charged $10 and had mean mods, it was a stinking pile of poo poo. Their constant trashing of SA convinced me to register here and I never looked back. But SA sucks, man, I can't post my system specs in my sig! Everyone's gotta know this Celeron 300A runs at 450mhz. Everyone.
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Rexxed posted:But SA sucks, man, I can't post my system specs in my sig! Everyone's gotta know this Celeron 300A runs at 450mhz. Everyone. I for one think it's really great being able to know some rando's totally pedestrian overclock.
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Mar 13, 2018 03:38
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I will be a bit more impressed by OCing if isn't just a incredibly massive ~10% clock boosts on near crazy volts, TDPs and warranty destroying delids.
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Palladium posted:I will be a bit more impressed by OCing if isn't just a incredibly massive ~10% clock boosts on near crazy volts, TDPs and warranty destroying delids. My last 'real' OC game on a GTX580 that had been hardware vmodded by K|ngp|n (E: and as long as I'm e-bragging here, was the record holder for single card scores and was still covered in the conformal coating overclockers use when they do LN2). I benched it a few times, got bad-ish scores since I hadn't tuned my system, realized that benchmark scores mean literally nothing, and then just ran it at basically stock + afterburner slider OC. Sold it for as much as I bought it like a year later, too, to another hobbyist starstruck by the name, which ain't bad. Shrimp or Shrimps fucked around with this message at 03:58 on Mar 13, 2018 |
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Mar 13, 2018 03:55
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I miss sandy bridge overclocking.
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I actually had a celeron 300a overclocked to 450. That was the hot combo back in like, 1996 or so. I also had the pure3d 3dfx card which was like a ti card these days.
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jonathan posted:I actually had a celeron 300a overclocked to 450. That was the hot combo back in like, 1998 or so. I also had the pure3d 3dfx card which was like a ti card these days. Fixed. C2D E6300 1.86GHz @ 3GHz was the greatest OCer I ever had, which is a 63% overclock. I almost got twice the available CPU performance in CS:Source versus my old A64 3500+ bought only like a year before, and that made my jaw dropped.
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The only two CPUs I've owned as an enthusiast were the e6750 2.66Ghz @ 3.3Ghz, and the 2600k.
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It would've been fall of 1997 because I remember I had the combo before quake2 test was sent out. Edit: I then built a new combo in anticipation for quake 3, using a Nvidia Riva TNT but I don't remember the rest of it. And then I didn't even bother playing quake3 because girls/Mustangs/booze/night clubs and I completely forgot about videogames until 2015. jonathan fucked around with this message at 07:31 on Mar 13, 2018 |
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PerrineClostermann posted:The only two CPUs I've owned as an enthusiast were the e6750 2.66Ghz @ 3.3Ghz, and the 2600k. 2500k/2600ks were godlike. I used a 2500k since 2011 all the way up to June last year, and it loving handled everything I threw at it. I had to upgrade it to Z170 board eventually, because of the slow memory and not the CPU itself. It's definitely got its place in the tech hall of fame alongside radeon 9700 pro and 8800GT
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Domestic Amuse posted:Yep. You're better off buying an Xbox One and forgetting about PC gaming for the next six months. Gotta wonder how many people have given up on PCs and retreated back to consoles... the 5570 in this mac pro runs morrowind like a dream so I'm just going to rot on that if I feel like playing games. or just buy persona 5 and spend the rest of the year pretending to be a kawaii high school stufent
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Zedsdeadbaby posted:2500k/2600ks were godlike. I used a 2500k since 2011 all the way up to June last year, and it loving handled everything I threw at it. I had to upgrade it to Z170 board eventually, because of the slow memory and not the CPU itself. I'm spoiled. I'm still on my 2600k waiting, and I started my first build with a launch 8800gt for 300 USD.
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It's kind of a sad day when integrated graphics become a big deal, but that new Ryzen 5 actually isn't terrible with a capital T. You can replace it with something better when GPU prices come back down. But yeah if you're one of those "too good for 60hz" people then enjoy picking expensive cards for your expensive monitor.
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Since it seems to have been skipped over: FREESYNC 2 ON XBOX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXEjx_eY0IM&t=5907s (It's a stronger move than waiting for Intel to get around putting AdaptiveSync into their integrated graphics.)
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Shrimp or Shrimps posted:My last 'real' OC game on a GTX580 that had been hardware vmodded by K|ngp|n (E: and as long as I'm e-bragging here, was the record holder for single card scores and was still covered in the conformal coating overclockers use when they do LN2). Dumb question: why does EVGA keep K|ngp|n on the payroll? Like, maybe IDGI, outside of the world record benchmark runs under LN2 and the like, what else do they gain from having him around? Generally curious what EVGA gets from the relationship.
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SwissArmyDruid posted:Since it seems to have been skipped over: That's pretty rad. Only killer is going to be finding a monitor that supports it over HDMI
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Generic Monk posted:the 5570 in this mac pro runs morrowind like a dream so I'm just going to rot on that if I feel like playing games. or just buy persona 5 and spend the rest of the year pretending to be a kawaii high school stufent My R9 270X is holding up, although newer titles would likely leave it pretty winded. I just wish I had held on to my GTX 970. Meanwhile, a glimmer of hope: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/61176/gpu-demand-crypto-mining-shows-signs-slowdown/index.html Too bad we won't be seeing new cards until possibly Q3 2018. 90s Solo Cup fucked around with this message at 14:33 on Mar 13, 2018 |
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SwissArmyDruid posted:Since it seems to have been skipped over: It's not really being skipped over, it's not an immediately useful thing, as (AFAIK) there are no actually available TV's with FreeSync support, let alone FreeSync 2. Could be helpful if you're the type to use a XBone on a monitor, true, but that's a fairly small population. The more interesting bit will be when HDMI 2.1 starts being implemented and VRR/FreeSync/GSync starts being a lot more available.
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The Electronaut posted:Dumb question: why does EVGA keep K|ngp|n on the payroll? Like, maybe IDGI, outside of the world record benchmark runs under LN2 and the like, what else do they gain from having him around? Generally curious what EVGA gets from the relationship. If I was EVGA I wouldn't have him as standard staff but give him like 2,000 for each card model they want to make with his input and branding. It's simple stuff like labeled test points and keeping components out of the way for custom heatsinks, but someone has to do it and the premiums his branded cards go for make it worth it.
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http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/nvidia-p102-100-gpu-spotted-for-crypto-has-3200-shader-cores-and-5gb.html Nvidia mining card maybe though Im not sure I agree with 5GB lol cough not to mention about 2 months too late not sure even a 5gb 1080ti would be worth the $2 a day
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1gnoirents posted:http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/nvidia-p102-100-gpu-spotted-for-crypto-has-3200-shader-cores-and-5gb.html guru3d posted:From what I understand, these cards receive one month of warranty. Ahahahahaha what is this poo poo?
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You probably could solder on a DP jack somewhere and turn it into a back alley 1080ti gaming card NO WARRANTY
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Those has to be leftover GP102 dies that failed so hard that the only way to use them is to be salvaged as buttcards
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ItBurns posted:We'll see who's optimistic and who's delusional after Nvidia announces its next datacenter or crypto card without any updates on their gaming line.
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I'm optimistic. if they're making a dedicated mining card then maybe it's in their interest to throttle mining on the standard ones after all
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Could you maybe use that card for Gamestream? Though you know it's gonna be like $700 or something stupid. ONE MONTH WARRANTY.
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DrDork posted:It's not really being skipped over, it's not an immediately useful thing, as (AFAIK) there are no actually available TV's with FreeSync support, let alone FreeSync 2. Could be helpful if you're the type to use a XBone on a monitor, true, but that's a fairly small population. I don't think HDMI 2.1 VRR is backwards compatible with AMDs custom Freesync-over-HDMI solution, so this could potentially get confusing. TVs would have to implement each protocol separately and might end up only supporting one (most likely HDMI 2.1).
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