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DrDork posted:What case are you using? I have an abnormally large one, so there's tons of empty space in there to allow for excellent airflow. Wonder if that's part of our different experiences? In the case or even out of the case made no difference. I suppose I could have had two bad paste jobs but I just sent it back and ended up with the MSI 1080 Ti Gaming X which had a great cooler and some of the quietest gpu fans I’ve ever heard.
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If you're rocking a 1060 or higher and don't have to upgrade now, for literally every reason imo, don't. Lot of new display tech, including next gen HDMI and dp on the horizon. Most powerful console gen relative to average gaming PC is about to drop. I literally wouldn't even buy an HDMI cord rn if I didn't have to. Imo now is a horrible time to spend anything substantive on this. If, ofc, that is a concern to begin with.
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fuf posted:I'm in the same situation and it's annoying but I think the answer is wait until the next generation. You'll get more than 15-20FPS but yeah, in general I am having a tough time justifying the jump. I have a big chicken and the egg situation going on with needing a new PSU, GPU and VR rig so I'm probably just going to drop $1500 when the 3000 series comes out.
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B-Mac posted:In the case or even out of the case made no difference. I suppose I could have had two bad paste jobs but I just sent it back and ended up with the MSI 1080 Ti Gaming X which had a great cooler and some of the quietest gpu fans I’ve ever heard. Possible, but seems a little unlikely. If I did re-paste it, I'd imagine the stock was less a "bad" paste job as much as simply a generic stock paste job--you often can drop 5C or more on a lot of coolers by using some higher quality paste. Would be nice if I could remember poo poo for more than like 2 days.  Glad you found a solution that worked out for you, though! If nothing else, I'm sure the GamingX was cheaper than the Hybrid. And yes, my room is usually ~22C/72F.
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Jan 29, 2020 16:37
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Lol. So many goons getting upgrade anxiety from having to turn down a couple of settings.
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Jan 29, 2020 18:10
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Maybe I'm just  as gently caress but medium gfx in many titles still looks really good to me.
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Jan 29, 2020 18:41
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ChazTurbo posted:Lol. So many goons getting upgrade anxiety from having to turn down a couple of settings. I go through this every few years, since I don't usually upgrade my PC mid-life I get something that's good enough to drive everything at max or near max details, then stick with it for 4-5 years and by the end I have to dial down the settings more and more and eventually get to "low" and it makes me feel sad and disgraceful so then I throw it all out and refresh my build, and all is well in the world for 2-3 years, then the cycle starts again
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Jan 29, 2020 18:49
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Mindblast posted:Maybe I'm just I still remember playing games at 640x480, and when Goldeneye on the N64 was the pinnacle of 3D shooters. So, yeah, everything still looks really good to me, too, even if it's not at ULTRA MAXXX.
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I was playing 1024x768 in college when everyone else was doing 800x600. Now I just play with obsolete hardware that's still fine but really old.
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Jan 29, 2020 19:07
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ChazTurbo posted:Lol. So many goons getting upgrade anxiety from having to turn down a couple of settings. Using VR I am very limited in what settings I can turn down, and FPS is pretty important not to get sick. But it's kind of a weird time right now with 7nm around the corner and I'm lazy so
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Statutory Ape posted:If you're rocking a 1060 or higher and don't have to upgrade now, for literally every reason imo, don't. So my two PC's have old GTX 760 and 770 and since it isn't a DirectX 12 GPU it is running into issues with World of Warcraft. The game just randomly locks up from time to time and is super annoying and the only fix is to go to DX11 legacy mode which kills our already lowish FPS. I know it is a bad time to look at replacing our GPU's but what would be the best bang for the buck right now. We only play 1080P and really just focused on having good FPS in raids.
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ChazTurbo posted:Lol. So many goons getting upgrade anxiety from having to turn down a couple of settings. I know, in the GPU enthusiast thread of all places. The last place I'd expect such chicanery. this guy is the one that plays unmodded minecraft
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god this blows posted:So my two PC's have old GTX 760 and 770 and since it isn't a DirectX 12 GPU it is running into issues with World of Warcraft. The game just randomly locks up from time to time and is super annoying and the only fix is to go to DX11 legacy mode which kills our already lowish FPS. I know it is a bad time to look at replacing our GPU's but what would be the best bang for the buck right now. We only play 1080P and really just focused on having good FPS in raids. A cheap RX 570 or a used RX 580/GTX1060 would suit you well.
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Mindblast posted:Maybe I'm just Same. I keep textures on ultra and everything else medium or even low if it's a faster paced online game because I won't notice those details and all the frames help. Granted I have to on some newer games simply because of the 3440x1440 res
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B-Mac posted:A cheap RX 570 or a used RX 580/GTX1060 would suit you well. I guess I was just curious if a 1660 for ~200 was worth the extra cost over a 580.
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god this blows posted:I guess I was just curious if a 1660 for ~200 was worth the extra cost over a 580. It’s about 15-20% faster. Right now a new XFX 580 and is $160 versus $200 for the 1660. A new RX 570 is ~$120 and is about 35% slower than the 1660. Wasn’t sure what your budget was so I went on the cheaper end.
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I would absolutely be buying used GPUs for your stated use. You can get GPUs that will easily fulfill your needs for <$100 a pop, no need to pay the first owner tax when your requirements are so low.
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K8.0 posted:I would absolutely be buying used GPUs for your stated use. You can get GPUs that will easily fulfill your needs for <$100 a pop, no need to pay the first owner tax when your requirements are so low. I am ok spending a little bit more just saw people posting that it is not an opportune time to buy a video card and wondering what is a decent one to get.
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god this blows posted:I am ok spending a little bit more just saw people posting that it is not an opportune time to buy a video card and wondering what is a decent one to get. you saw people saying it was a bad time to buy a GPU so you decided to buy a GPU?  1660 super, 2060 super, and 2070 super are probably the go-tos at the moment Paul MaudDib fucked around with this message at 01:24 on Jan 30, 2020 |
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Paul MaudDib posted:you saw people saying it was a bad time to buy a GPU so you decided to buy a GPU? The reason I'm shopping now is that there is an issue with WoW with a DirectX 11 video card and I want to play the game without issues since Blizzard's fix is to put it into Legacy mode which kills the FPS.
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And since your only goal is to fix that problem, and now is a terrible time to buy low-end GPUs, you should buy cheap used GPUs that solve your problem without wasting money on things you won't use. You can buy new RX 570s or RX 580s, or you can buy ones someone else bought 3 years ago because the low-end GPU market has been stagnant forever.
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ChazTurbo posted:Lol. So many goons getting upgrade anxiety from having to turn down a couple of settings. Literally won't play a game if I can't ultra max it
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Shrimp or Shrimps posted:Literally won't play a game if I can't ultra max it You must have some sick hours in vanilla Skyrim!
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I have a 1060 6gb and do 1440p60 ok on modern games with just a few settings down. Might get a new card later this year though. Outside of the 1060 3gb the 10 series are probably worth keeping until the console drop unless trying to push 1440p144 or 4k.
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god this blows posted:I guess I was just curious if a 1660 for ~200 was worth the extra cost over a 580. Not if you're playing WoW. If you want to step up a bit I bet you can find a 1070 or a 1070ti for around $200. I you really want new (and its totally reasonable to want that) I like the 1660S the most in that range.
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Lockback posted:Not if you're playing WoW. If you want to step up a bit I bet you can find a 1070 or a 1070ti for around $200. I you really want new (and its totally reasonable to want that) I like the 1660S the most in that range. I appreciate you understanding wanting a new video card over a used one. With that in mind I’ll keep an eye out for used ones and hope that Blizzard can fix whatever they messed up that is causing the game to crash.
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god this blows posted:I am ok spending a little bit more just saw people posting that it is not an opportune time to buy a video card and wondering what is a decent one to get. I run WoW at 4K pretty well (like, 7/10 in presets) on a 1060 and I'm pretty sure it can max out anything lower than that, so I wouldn't recommend spending much unless you're running at 4K too.
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So apparantly EVGA doesn't even sell the 2080ti 120mm AIO cooler anymore so I guess that answers our question about it being a little unimpressive relative to a well air-cooled card.
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I'm dying to upgrade from my 970 but Nvidia won't release their new flagship  c'mon Nvidia hurryup get a move on! I want to see if those prices drop.
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Cactus posted:I'm dying to upgrade from my 970 but Nvidia won't release their new flagship This is the boat I'm in. Getting a bonus that I plan to allocate some of towards a new build in March, but I'm torn between getting a 2070 or something, or waiting to see what the new flagship costs/what it does to prices for video cards. Right now I'm leaning towards getting a 1660 super and upgrading it again in a year...
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Lager posted:This is the boat I'm in. Getting a bonus that I plan to allocate some of towards a new build in March, but I'm torn between getting a 2070 or something, or waiting to see what the new flagship costs/what it does to prices for video cards. This is a situation where the huge Steam backlog is an advantage. I'm using this time to catch up on games I got in sales 3+ years ago and never got around to installing. And Hades, because Hades is loving excellent. I'm still impatient though.
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I consider replacing the GTX 980 in my SFF PC with something faster every month or two. Since I'm not spending $250 for a 30% speed increase (GTX 1660 Super or similar), I figure the minimum upgrade would have to be the RX 5600 XT/RX 5700/RTX 2060 (Super) tier, but that's already $300+ and I realize I don't really play anything that runs badly on the computer yet so the GTX 980 will do fine until it explodes. Maybe new cards will be cheaper next month 
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Co-worker wants to repurpose a Dell XE2 for a low power gaming rig for her kids. Only game they really care about atm is Fortnite. What is the best low profile slot powered card for that these days?
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Enos Cabell posted:Co-worker wants to repurpose a Dell XE2 for a low power gaming rig for her kids. Only game they really care about atm is Fortnite. What is the best low profile slot powered card for that these days? Nvidia 1650.
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B-Mac posted:Nvidia 1650. Perfect, that's what I was thinking.
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Cactus posted:I'm dying to upgrade from my 970 but Nvidia won't release their new flagship New Geforce GPUs are probably not coming until August or thereabouts. Even then I doubt their release will affect prices for in-stock Turing GPUs all that much. Nvidia mandate the lowest price that vendors can charge and they don't want to train people to wait 2 years and always be on current hardware -1. The used market is your best bet. Now Navi 20 release, that could put price pressure on Nvidia. AMD might show something at Computex, but RTG's record on these things is pretty bad. Launch might not be for some months afterwards.
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I impulse bought a used 1080 non Ti custom cooler for $240 but with shipping and taxes it was closer to $290 
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What is the overall thread consensus on the rx 5700xt ? I have a sapphire rx480, and the sister computer my cousin uses (with the exact same specs as mine) had his rx480 fizzzt due to a bad psu (mine did as well, but it was still under warranty). We are looking to upgrade from our faithful i5 2400 sandy bridge mobos, and go to a 3600 ryzen processor. With this in mind, we are both hemming on either a 2060 super, a 2070 super, or an rx5700xt. My cousin wants his for 4k gaming, me I mostly still game at 1080 at 144 on medium settings (ie overwatcg). thanks!
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Guigui posted:What is the overall thread consensus on the rx 5700xt ? I have a sapphire rx480, and the sister computer my cousin uses (with the exact same specs as mine) had his rx480 fizzzt due to a bad psu (mine did as well, but it was still under warranty). it's good price to performance but is currently wracked by driver bugs that render it effectively unusable for a lot of people, while others have no problems at all. It's very weird and nobody has pinned down what exactly is wrong yet. that said the price is not that good, the 2060S and 2070S are about 12% more expensive per frame and have drivers that actually work, so you're paying 90% as much as the "premium" brand for something that may have massive problems. The 5700XT basically slots squarely in the middle of the 2060S and 2070S, it's the same price as the 2060S but faster while the 2070S slots about 12% on top of it but is 25% more expensive. 5700 XT is possibly a bit weak for 4K gaming, as well. 4K monitors are very cheap but the GPU to drive it is very expensive. The 5700XT will be OK for older games but newer AAAs are going to struggle in it, 4K60 has been perpetually "maybe next generation" for years now. The 2080 Ti is the first card that is solidly above 60 fps (around 70fps) in everything (except RDR2 which melts everything at the moment). That's about 40% faster than a 5700XT. On the flip side, 5700XT is probably overkill for 1080p144, you would probably be fine with a 2060S. But there's no kill like overkill. Paul MaudDib fucked around with this message at 01:06 on Jan 31, 2020 |
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Guigui posted:What is the overall thread consensus on the rx 5700xt ? I have a sapphire rx480, and the sister computer my cousin uses (with the exact same specs as mine) had his rx480 fizzzt due to a bad psu (mine did as well, but it was still under warranty). It’s a very good card if the drivers don’t give you trouble. Personally they have given me only minor trouble and the card has performed well for the price. Like Paul said though, there are a number of people who have endless trouble with drivers. If you can buy one from a place with a good return policy I’d try my luck with but return if it ends up giving you headaches. B-Mac fucked around with this message at 03:22 on Jan 31, 2020 |
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