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Is the step up program still going on?
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Jun 19, 2021 16:28
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ilkhan posted:It's still xe architecture, they've been in igpus since what, tiger lake-u? They've been fine afaik. Fine as in like half the AAA games I've tried over the years have no idea how to even launch on Intel integrated gfx? Maybe it's better lately, but DX11 stuff was often a coin-toss.
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Jun 19, 2021 16:30
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Zero VGS posted:Fine as in like half the AAA games I've tried over the years have no idea how to even launch on Intel integrated gfx? Maybe it's better lately, but DX11 stuff was often a coin-toss. Ironic with all the supply shortages that it'll be the first time I've had 2 current gen GPUs... (3070 and 3050ti-m). ilkhan fucked around with this message at 16:45 on Jun 19, 2021 |
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Jun 19, 2021 16:42
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Odd Mutant posted:Is the step up program still going on? Step-up is always there. The question is, how long are the queues? There was a period from around March-May where you could get a 3090 within a month. Apparently if you signed up reasonably quickly for a 3070 Ti you could get one. What does that mean if you bought an appropriate GPU today, waited for it to come in, and signed up for a particular queue? Not necessarily much, especially because many more people have started considering it as an option and thus the queues have lengthened even for the more expensive GPUs. Keep in mind that prices are coming down. The subsiding crypto demand is definitely having an impact, at least for the time being. That doesn't mean reasonable prices any time soon, but it may mean comparable prices to buying the most expensive air-cooled GPU from the most expensive manufacturer. Plenty of people have been bit bad by long step-up queues in the past. Is it a good bet right now? You'd have to make that call yourself.
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Jun 19, 2021 16:44
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South posted:Who was it that first posted about using the EVGA 210 KR to step up to the 3090? I owe them. So they've gotten through the first hour of step-up requests in nine days. I wonder how many people got in that quickly. The time on my Step 1 email would be 11:30 PDT, so I'm probably pretty far down in the line... on the other hand, the 3070 Ti may not be a desirable card to lure people out of other step-up queues.
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Jun 19, 2021 17:47
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For step up on the 3080ti, I got step1 on June 3rd, step2 on June 7th, and received my card yesterday
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Jun 20, 2021 00:18
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I haven't seen a single movement on anything I've done on evga since I started https://twitter.com/VideoCardz/status/1406149054166351873?s=20
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Jun 20, 2021 00:20
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Alan Smithee posted:I haven't seen a single movement on anything I've done on evga since I started What in the flying gently caress
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Jun 20, 2021 00:30
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https://acegraphicscards.com/ I can't attest to the legitimacy of this store but Unobtanium crossposted that they were doing bundle drops  quote:Hey @everyone, TONIGHT @ 5 PM PST / 8 PM EST Ace Graphics Cards will be doing a small drop of GPU combos on Unobtainium. Alan Smithee fucked around with this message at 00:41 on Jun 20, 2021 |
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Jun 20, 2021 00:38
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Also Costco bundle https://www.costco.com/msi-aegis-rs-gaming-desktop---10th-gen-intel-core-i9-10900k---geforce-rtx-3080.product.100719183.html
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Jun 20, 2021 00:39
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According to my cursory glance at ebay this week, the typical lows for sold 3080 cards seem to have dropped $200 from last week to the $1600 to $1700 range now. The average is still a bit higher (with some $1900 and $2000 sales still), but overall it seems prices are continuing to drop for now, at perhaps a faster pace than I expected. This is despite the fact that there are fewer cards being listed now than in the previous few months. The decrease in miner demand is almost certainly the sole factor here, and prices would likely be even lower if card shipments hadn't slowed down. Maybe some of the predictions of the market returning to some semblance of normal within the next three months aren't so far-fetched. Still, the slightest disturbance could gently caress everything up (and the current shipping crisis in china doesn't sound so great) The "luckiest" ebay buyer of the day is someone who nabbed a brand new 3080 FE for $1375. Hey, that's less than double MSRP!
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Jun 20, 2021 03:50
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Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:China is a very big country with, I'm sure you've heard, a lot of people. There are many "economically sensitive hotspots," and not all that many vaccine doses to go around yet. ("only" 223 million people fully vaccinated so far) Yeah. Americans really REALLY shouldn't be dunking on China.
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Jun 20, 2021 04:00
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The YouTuber ETA Prime got his hands on an Intel DG-1 which is apparently shipping in some low-end pre-builts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YobEdN3akfo Performance is around the same levels as the Vega 8 graphics on the 5700G in his tests.
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Jun 20, 2021 06:35
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it doesn't even have GDDR5?
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Jun 20, 2021 06:49
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gradenko_2000 posted:it doesn't even have GDDR5? It is a Tiger Lake iGPU on its own die, meaning Tiger Lake DDR4 memory controller, meaning no GDDR5. Its basically a tech demo, honestly. Cygni fucked around with this message at 07:50 on Jun 20, 2021 |
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Jun 20, 2021 07:46
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I wouldn't mind having one or two for my Plex box instead of hunting down cheap used cards. I wonder if in virtual machine the VBIOS (or whatever was missing) could be injected that stops it from working in a non-Intel PC?
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Jun 20, 2021 08:43
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So apparently the additional 2GB of VRAM on the 3080 Ti actually does something with recent AAA games? Well, isn't that just dandy, while I'm staring intently at those two unpopulated footprints for 1GB chips on my regular 3080.
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Jun 20, 2021 10:12
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Combat Pretzel posted:So apparently the additional 2GB of VRAM on the 3080 Ti actually does something with recent AAA games? Well, isn't that just dandy, while I'm staring intently at those two unpopulated footprints for 1GB chips on my regular 3080. lol scrub
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Jun 20, 2021 16:16
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Combat Pretzel posted:So apparently the additional 2GB of VRAM on the 3080 Ti actually does something with recent AAA games? Well, isn't that just dandy, while I'm staring intently at those two unpopulated footprints for 1GB chips on my regular 3080. yeah, it bumps the MSRP setting up $400.
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Jun 20, 2021 23:44
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Combat Pretzel posted:So apparently the additional 2GB of VRAM on the 3080 Ti actually does something with recent AAA games? Well, isn't that just dandy, while I'm staring intently at those two unpopulated footprints for 1GB chips on my regular 3080. Time to bring out the solder iron and fix random chips from Alibaba to it
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Jun 20, 2021 23:50
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Combat Pretzel posted:So apparently the additional 2GB of VRAM on the 3080 Ti actually does something with recent AAA games? Well, isn't that just dandy, while I'm staring intently at those two unpopulated footprints for 1GB chips on my regular 3080. What exactly does it do?
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Jun 21, 2021 00:11
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Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:What exactly does it do? i hypothesized that the increasing vram arms race might incentivize game developers to actually make some use out of the headroom somehow, idk if that's happening now? the alternative is higher resolutions which need a ton of vram i think.
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Jun 21, 2021 00:22
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The 1080ti also had 10GB. Probably 99% of PC gamers have 8GB or less so I wouldn't worry too much about it.
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Jun 21, 2021 00:53
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Yeah, I'm not planning on going over 1440p anytime soon, and I think 8GB should handle that fine for the foreseeable future.
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Jun 21, 2021 00:54
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In COD:Black Ops, with 4K/DLSS/RT on, it can use more than 10gigs of vram but it essentially is just caching more textures.
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Jun 21, 2021 01:12
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Zero VGS posted:You can usually just figure out the model number of the fan by unscrewing it, and screwing in a new fan. Most fans are the same three screws to mount, but the make sure the fan diameter and the solderless plug look the same. Been a few weeks since I posted, but my friend ended up ordering a new fan. We installed it today and after a few hours it started doing the exact same thing. Spins up and down with a grinding sound and whines occasionally. The old fan was noticably loose and wobbly, though, but the new one sounds like it did when it first started crapping out, before the sound became near constant. Is he just exceedlingly unlucky and got sent a defective part, or could something else be wrong, like the power connector or something? Card is almost 5 years old at this point, but it's not like he can replace it right now. Guess he could slap some 120mm fans on it, but the tiny ITX case probably won't allow it (Define Nano S).
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Jun 21, 2021 02:06
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Rusty posted:Probably 99% of PC gamers have 6” or less so I wouldn't worry too much about it.
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Jun 21, 2021 03:43
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So I'm still pretty far out from a new PC build but lets imagine for a fleeting moment that we live in a perfect world where all GPU's are in stock at MSRP... Is there a de-facto choice for manufacture of RTX 30 series cards Or should I assume EVGA/ASUS/MSI etc are more or less all the same? Even then for example if look at EVGA's site for 3090's and see quite a few different ones past the air vs water cooled option - just curious if there are ones to stay away from / ones that are surefire winners to choose.
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Jun 21, 2021 03:58
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The Rev posted:So I'm still pretty far out from a new PC build but lets imagine for a fleeting moment that we live in a perfect world where all GPU's are in stock at MSRP... Is there a de-facto choice for manufacture of RTX 30 series cards Or should I assume EVGA/ASUS/MSI etc are more or less all the same? Even then for example if look at EVGA's site for 3090's and see quite a few different ones past the air vs water cooled option - just curious if there are ones to stay away from / ones that are surefire winners to choose. stay away from the ones that are hella marked up in price because the manufacturer tarted them up with some licensed dealie or waifu bullshit or other horrible taste Limited Edition nonsense* *the new Gundam GPUs that came out are p cool looking but I still wouldn’t pay extra for one
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Jun 21, 2021 04:02
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SplitSoul posted:Guess he could slap some 120mm fans on it, but the tiny ITX case probably won't allow it (Define Nano S). Take the whole shroud off of it. If you still can't fit a 25mm fan in there, buy either https://amzn.to/35FRjTS or https://amzn.to/3qeBL31
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Jun 21, 2021 04:06
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Canna Happy posted:Take the whole shroud off of it. If you still can't fit a 25mm fan in there, buy either https://amzn.to/35FRjTS or https://amzn.to/3qeBL31 This, plus if he still wants to control the fan speed he can use a Y-adapter cable to plug into the mobo & either control from BIOS or possibly with software from Windows. I did that with a mini Zotac 1070 I had a couple years ago when the fans died, I found 2 nice Noctua 92mm fans & mounted them on the heatsink after pulling the shroud off. Actually seemed to keep things much, much quieter & cooler compared to the stock fans.
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Jun 21, 2021 04:40
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The Rev posted:So I'm still pretty far out from a new PC build but lets imagine for a fleeting moment that we live in a perfect world where all GPU's are in stock at MSRP... Is there a de-facto choice for manufacture of RTX 30 series cards Or should I assume EVGA/ASUS/MSI etc are more or less all the same? Even then for example if look at EVGA's site for 3090's and see quite a few different ones past the air vs water cooled option - just curious if there are ones to stay away from / ones that are surefire winners to choose. I'm a EVGA stan because their RMA process is much better than having to deal with the clown car show at another AIB company like Gigabyte. Also, they allow you to buy a 10 year warranty for $20, which is one of the last "good deals" left in PC gaming.
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Jun 21, 2021 07:00
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Rusty posted:The 1080ti also had 10GB. Probably 99% of PC gamers have 8GB or less so I wouldn't worry too much about it. it had 11 GB
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Jun 21, 2021 07:15
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The Rev posted:So I'm still pretty far out from a new PC build but lets imagine for a fleeting moment that we live in a perfect world where all GPU's are in stock at MSRP... Is there a de-facto choice for manufacture of RTX 30 series cards Or should I assume EVGA/ASUS/MSI etc are more or less all the same? Even then for example if look at EVGA's site for 3090's and see quite a few different ones past the air vs water cooled option - just curious if there are ones to stay away from / ones that are surefire winners to choose. * water-cooled cards are more expensive than air-cooled cards, and are more delicate to service, but can have space advantages and initially will save you on the work of having to do the water-cooling set-up yourself * cards with larger coolers/more fans usually run cooler than their peers (given the same noise level) or are less audible than their peers (given the same temperature target). I say usually because bad cooler design (not enough mounting pressure, cooler isn't touching the memory chips) can still hobble what might otherwise be a big beefy hunk of metal with three fans. But also, cards with the bigger, more robust coolers carry a premium * "blower"-type cards tend to run hotter or louder than other air-cooled cards, but tend to be smaller * cards with a "factory overclock", as in they run faster than the base design out-of-the-box, will carry a premium it can be tricky to know which particular card is "good" just from broad strokes - ideally you'd see a card that's within your budget, and then you can do some homework on its specs and third-party reviews to see if it's better or worse than the other options for the same base model
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Jun 21, 2021 08:02
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Gamers Nexus also got their hands on a DG1, and provided a much more comprehensive look at it than ETA Prime did: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSseaknEv9Q E: "Please continue your AMD vs Intel feud in a different forum, not ours. Go take it over to Linus or something." 
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Jun 21, 2021 19:24
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No shroud?? This isn't the Raja I know #notmyraja
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Jun 21, 2021 19:27
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I don't think I've yet seen a conclusive answer to if the bigger more powerful Intel GPUs will be restricted to certain Intel motherboards or not
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Jun 21, 2021 19:37
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Mr.Radar posted:Gamers Nexus also got their hands on a DG1, and provided a much more comprehensive look at it than ETA Prime did: Looks like drivers are still an issue. I’m still not sold on the higher end intel card doing much. I’m sure it will work driver issues aside though.
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Jun 21, 2021 19:50
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oh yeah AMD FSR drops tomorrow even the r/amd crowd seem to be tempering their expectations at this point, we'll see how it goes
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Jun 21, 2021 20:14
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https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3138130/bitcoin-crackdown-sends-graphics-cards-prices-plummeting-china-after
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