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CoolCab posted:i would argue not even close. the 970 launched at only 350 USD, the only one i would consider close (since iirc the 1070 and particularly 2070 had a reputation for being terrible value, correct me if I'm wrong) 3070 - which was widely praised for value - launched at 479 just six years later. it's a baller card but it's no 970 in terms of relative performance either imo. i think the pressures were pretty similar, too - competition from AMD and freshly launched consoles. I tried to practically give away a 1080ti to a buddy a few months back who is currently using my old 970, and he turned me down. Played through Cyberpunk 2077 and is still super happy with the performance he gets at 1080p, doesn't see any reason to upgrade. He'll probably regret it in a years time though.
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Without doing any research I think the 1060 6GB was a pretty good price/performance card, at least until the crypto bubble inflated the prices. I looked it up earlier and I paid $259.99 for it in 2016 and only replaced it in 2020 because I'd upgraded to a 1440p monitor. CaptainSarcastic fucked around with this message at 04:02 on Mar 3, 2021 |
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shrike82 posted:I’m surprised they haven’t come up with a coin that requires humans in the mining loop Umm.... 
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I thought I was finally going to be able to upgrade my 970 to the next generation of graphics cards, but if the newest thing is just buying up 970s then I guess I'm coming out ahead?
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lol you could upgrade to a nicer 970
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Mar 3, 2021 05:24
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Stickman posted:Umm.... i found it https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2020060606 bill gates gonna turn us into gpus confirmed
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Combined with a form of fusion, the machines had found all the crypto they would ever need. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Fauxtool posted:i found it I was thinking more literally, but that works too! (it's some sort of weird rewards program for the defunct MS Band, right?) (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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I'm sad I don't know where the stock coolers are for my two 980s, I thought I'd run their value into the ground but now they're cash and I doubt anyone wants cards with waterblocks only
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Stickman posted:I was thinking more literally, but that works too! "Human body activity associated with a task provided to a user may be used in a mining process of a cryptocurrency system" seems pretty literal and the timing appears to be after msband was discontinued. It seems to be an attempt to gamify exercise with money rewards. I would buy that. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST) (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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BurritoJustice posted:I'm sad I don't know where the stock coolers are for my two 980s, I thought I'd run their value into the ground but now they're cash and I doubt anyone wants cards with waterblocks only either get new air coolers for them and fold that into the price, or sell them at a "discount" relative to other 980s while making it clear that they're water-block enabled - I bet you'd still get buyers if you really wanted to sell
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BurritoJustice posted:I'm sad I don't know where the stock coolers are for my two 980s, I thought I'd run their value into the ground but now they're cash and I doubt anyone wants cards with waterblocks only I have an RX 480 with a broken cooler and bought the lowest-tier Arctic VGA cooler for it that I never got around to putting on it. It does what I need which is booting server builds with gaming mobos that don't support headless boot, lol, just has to idle.
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Mar 3, 2021 08:27
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Are they ******** or what? They have water issues in Texas because water froze. They have water issues in Taiwan because they have run out of water. THEN THEY ARE PLANNING A WATER-INTENSIVE FAB TO A DESERT?!! What the gently caress is wrong with these loving corporate idiots?! Ihmemies fucked around with this message at 10:03 on Mar 3, 2021 |
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Ihmemies posted:Are they retarded or what? They have water issues in Texas because water froze. They have water issues in Taiwan because they have run out of water. I presume "money" is an inadequate answer?
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Ihmemies posted:Are they retarded or what? They have water issues in Texas because water froze. They have water issues in Taiwan because they have run out of water. yeah jeez texas, obvious water issues, why didn't they locate it instead in (checks notes) california or arizona? (oregon looking p. nice tho!)
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Bloodplay it again posted:$329-370 for 970 at launch and now we're looking at $490+ for the AIB 3060. The 980 ti killed the 980 pretty quickly launching at $649 to lose out by a hair to the $1,000 Titan. The 1070 wasn't as good of a value as the 970 but still gave you 980 ti perf + 2GB more VRAM at less power usage. 2xxx series was an awful price from the start and began the steep climb upwards compared to 2002-2017 GPU prices. You could get the best or second-best card for $500-649 for nearly two decades. CyberPingu posted:I presume "money" is an inadequate answer?
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Ihmemies posted:Are they retarded or what? They have water issues in Texas because water froze. They have water issues in Taiwan because they have run out of water. Arizona already has Intel's fab presence and a big supply of local training for newer fab techs. They ain't gonna put a fab in California because of the environmental regulations.
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Mar 3, 2021 09:43
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mobby_6kl posted:Yeah why don't they just take over Foxconn's factory in Wisconsin in that case I guess there's a website and some fence they could surely use!
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Shipon posted:Arizona already has Intel's fab presence and a big supply of local training for newer fab techs. They ain't gonna put a fab in California because of the environmental regulations. Well I guess there are no options but hurricane/typhoon/monsoon areas, earthquake areas, deserts etc. in the world. Can't build 'em fabs anywhere else. If the fab goes offline, it simply means more money thanks to restricted supply like what happened with HDD's etc. Well in fact it makes sense to build them in disaster/climate change prone areas, since in the end it results always in better profits.
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Someone went to change the thermal pads on a Zotac 3080 and found it left this horrible sticky crap.  Was considering doing this to my Palit cos memory temps were hitting 100c but I don't want to sit there for hours scrubbing gunk off with iso.
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Does sinking the back of the vram chips help? (genuinely asking) I mean, I assume some heat is transferred into the pcb. Either way, that sticky detritus is gross.
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Bloodplay it again posted:$329-370 for 970 at launch and now we're looking at $490+ for the AIB 3060. The 980 ti killed the 980 pretty quickly launching at $649 to lose out by a hair to the $1,000 Titan. The 1070 wasn't as good of a value as the 970 but still gave you 980 ti perf + 2GB more VRAM at less power usage. 2xxx series was an awful price from the start and began the steep climb upwards compared to 2002-2017 GPU prices. You could get the best or second-best card for $500-649 for nearly two decades. I paid $357 and got $30 back due to the lawsuit over the VRAM. hahahahahahahahaaha  
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it dont matter posted:Someone went to change the thermal pads on a Zotac 3080 and found it left this horrible sticky crap. Palit might be using different pads, or maybe it's breaking down from the temperature. Akasa Tim clean always seemed more effective to me then iso.
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OhFunny posted:hahahahahahahahaaha California's also in a hell of a drought and has huge fires almost as a routine, but they also waste a ton of water on certain crops. Water is complicated.
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Craptacular! posted:California's also in a hell of a drought and has huge fires almost as a routine, but they also waste a ton of water on certain crops. We ain't the #1 leading producer of almonds for nothin'! 
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Harik posted:yeah, send me a 6xxx series card and I'll figure it out for you :v On my computer with kvm it's just stuttery mess, mouse just skips around and frequent audio stutters, even after enabling MSI.  I have a separate M.2 USB card for that reason.
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Nice to see that 970s are retaining their value. I still have mine, since I can't get a better card. So many years, so much value. Now, if only I could get a 3070/3080. Hah.
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Also on team 970. Might as well wait as long as it takes for a sub $1k 3080. I've made it this long..
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There's really nothing pressing right now since Cyberpunk turned out to be a dud.
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Kena Bridge of Spirits looks absolutely gorgeous but the hardware requirements don't seem too demanding. Ryzen 1700 + 1070 recommended. My RTX 3080 will be justified on the cyberpunk cat game.
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AMD Radeon event happening now. So far, nothing majorly new. No DLSS alternative announced yet. They also kept pushing FidelityFX for raytracing in Resident Evil 8, so that doesn't bode well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjBqaGLRycc
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DLSS is the main thing keeping me focused on Nvidia, but I'm starting to wonder if AMD card availability/price might make me crack
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roomtwofifteen posted:DLSS is the main thing keeping me focused on Nvidia, but I'm starting to wonder if AMD card availability/price might make me crack I upgraded from a 1080 to a 3070 because an opportunity presented itself and I wanted to move the 1080 while prices were still mad about a month ago - I've not once turned DLSS on in any way. it will be a killer technology if it continues to enjoy support but thus far it's academic to my use case.
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It sounds like AMD wants to release their DLSS equivalent in one push across desktop, laptops, and consoles. I guess it makes sense in that it helps people understand what the technology is and does, which will then carry over to GPUs, rather than the usual "release obscure technology setting only hardcore nerds will know to check". Some GN info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYlQO0uZlMA&t=436s
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roomtwofifteen posted:DLSS is the main thing keeping me focused on Nvidia, but I'm starting to wonder if AMD card availability/price might make me crack Like Steve said in GN's 3060 review, cards don't need to be exciting any more. They just need to exist and be purchasable.
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njsykora posted:Like Steve said in GN's 3060 review, cards don't need to be exciting any more. They just need to exist and be purchasable. There is a parallel universe with GPU supply where the 3060 review is "Why did nVidia release another 1080ti for $330?"
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Vintersorg posted:There's really nothing pressing right now since Cyberpunk turned out to be a dud. I still have a lot of 2015-2020 games in my Steam backlog that I would love to play at 4k60 which my 1070ti just cannot do.
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