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HalloKitty posted:What? Did you not know the value or something? No, it was just a dollar amount he hardly ever comes across.
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TPU reviewed the 980 SLI tl;dr it's good, but the 970 SLI gives you 50% more bang for your buck.
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So I installed the 970, and everything is great, and so far as I can tell it's quieter than my 560 was. However When I try and open GeForce Experience it just gets stuck on "Checking for Updates" and doesn't actually do anything. I have the latest drivers from nvidia.com. Any advice? I wanna mess around with shadowplay and stuff 
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Sep 27, 2014 15:48
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Got a MSI 970 today because I felt like not being 4 years behind on the hardware curve for once. Having a ball with it and played around a bit with the clocks. There is a problem where the clock occasionally locks itself to 540MHz and I can't seem to bring it up except for with a restart. Is this a common problem? I never did any overclocking on my old card.
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Sep 27, 2014 16:08
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AirRaid posted:So I installed the 970, and everything is great, and so far as I can tell it's quieter than my 560 was. This is the second time they've had that bug, the only workaround with it before was uninstalling both then installing the drivers first, then GeForce Experience. Hopefully that works again this time.
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Sep 27, 2014 16:24
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uaciaut posted:Another rather silly question, would the integrated GPU of my i5 4690k (the Intel HD Graphics 4600) be able to run Mass Effect 1 without it putting too much strain on the GPU/cooling itself? Try it and find out, nerd. It's pristine silicon as yet untouched by high voltages - it's got more life left in it than your CPU. If your cooling blows and can't hack another 10-15W of juice, that'll show up in your regular CPU temp reading.
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Sep 27, 2014 16:37
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The Gunslinger posted:This is the second time they've had that bug, the only workaround with it before was uninstalling both then installing the drivers first, then GeForce Experience. Hopefully that works again this time. Okay I tried just uninstalling GF Experience (from the control panel), and then reinstalling from the standalone download, and that seems to have worked.
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I have installed my MSI 970 and it is working great but my hard drive seems to be a lot more active than is used to be with my old card. For the first 90 minutes after I installed my card my HDD was making such a racket that I could feel the vibrations through my desk but then it settled down. It is the same activity/noise you would hear when defragging (thrashing the common term?). I checked out the system information on the nVidia control panel and it says that I have 7.9GB of available graphics memory and 3.8GB of shared system memory. Since my system only has 8GB of memory is there an issue where it is trying to to use the HDD for memory? My previous 2GB did not have this issue. Great card otherwise, I can't hear the cards fans over my case fans and has been running my games much faster than my dear old 6970.
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Sep 27, 2014 17:09
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Is Shadowplay on? If you let it record your desktop, it'll do that.
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Sep 27, 2014 17:25
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Foxhound posted:There is a problem where the clock occasionally locks itself to 540MHz and I can't seem to bring it up except for with a restart. Is this a common problem?
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Sep 27, 2014 17:27
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jisforjosh posted:I had that happen when I pushed the card too far. Have you increased the voltage at all to see if it fixes it? No I haven't tried to fiddle with the Voltage. Will keep the clock at +100 instead of +160 for a while to see if it keeps coming back.
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Sep 27, 2014 17:29
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Foxhound posted:Got a MSI 970 today because I felt like not being 4 years behind on the hardware curve for once. Having a ball with it and played around a bit with the clocks. Yeah I've had that happen on my 770. It hasn't been a problem for the last few months though, I think it stopped after I reinstalled my drivers for a separate issue. I don't think it has to do with pushing your card too far/low voltage, as it happened to me randomly.
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Heh, bought Borderlands 2 GOTY and noticed the game doesn't run that well! Is it because of the physx effects or does the game really like fast cpu's? These tests seem to imply both, basically: http://www.techspot.com/review/577-borderlands-2-performance/page5.html http://www.computerbase.de/2014-08/intel-core-i7-5820k-5960x-haswell-e-test/5/#diagramm-borderlands-2-1920-x-1080 I guess I need to start looking at that 4790K upgrade.. or just try to wait till the broadwell. It's supposed to come this year still.
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Mobile and embedded BGA Broadwell is this year. LGA Broadwell isn't until early 2015.
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Just verifying, for the MSI 970 I'm supposed to use both the 6 pin and 8 pin power slots, right?
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Sep 27, 2014 19:59
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everythingWasBees posted:Just verifying, for the MSI 970 I'm supposed to use both the 6 pin and 8 pin power slots, right? Yup
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Ihmemies posted:Heh, bought Borderlands 2 GOTY and noticed the game doesn't run that well! Is it because of the physx effects or does the game really like fast cpu's? These tests seem to imply both, basically: Without knowing anything about your current system I'll flip a coin and suggest it's your CPU.
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Foxhound posted:Got a MSI 970 today because I felt like not being 4 years behind on the hardware curve for once. Having a ball with it and played around a bit with the clocks. I got this with the same card, think it was because I pushed it too hard (I forgot you have to divide memory clock by 2.) Eitherway has yet to happen outside of dicking around
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Sep 27, 2014 21:42
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Heads up folks, Directron has a 10% deal going this weekend, and they have a smattering of Maxwell cards in stock. I grabbed a reference 980, w/2 day shipping for less than MSRP. Coupon WEEKEND10OFF
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Deuce posted:Without knowing anything about your current system I'll flip a coin and suggest it's your CPU. Gtx 970 with 1450 boost / 1560 memory and 3,4GHz i7 920. It's my cpu Only 6 years old and already I must upgrade.
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Ihmemies posted:Gtx 970 with 1450 boost / 1560 memory and 3,4GHz i7 920. It's my cpu You sure about that? Borderlands 2 is not a hard game to run. That should make it plenty smooth. Could be a driver issue or a PhysX issue or ________, but the CPU ought to be able to handle it, I would think. What kind of PCI-e are you feeding it? At least 2.0, 8x? If so there really shouldn't be a graphics issue. It's just there really shouldn't be a CPU issue, either. Great OC on an already pretty salty processor; I guess it has mediocre single-threaded performance compared to modern ones but not outright BAD by any stretch. Weird.
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Sep 27, 2014 23:31
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Ihmemies posted:Heh, bought Borderlands 2 GOTY and noticed the game doesn't run that well! Is it because of the physx effects or does the game really like fast cpu's? These tests seem to imply both, basically: Borderlands 2 is kinda weird with PhysX in Medium or High. I had a Geforce 570. Nvidia experience kept suggesting to put PhysX on high, so I did. Framerate would dip from 60 to 40 or so if there were a lot of physics objects on screen. With PhysX on low I would get a solid 60. Maybe thats 5 series specific or some other issue but try turning PhysX to Low and see if that fixes the problem.
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Ihmemies posted:Heh, bought Borderlands 2 GOTY and noticed the game doesn't run that well! Is it because of the physx effects or does the game really like fast cpu's? I'm running an old overclocked 2500K/580GTX system and it flies right along with all settings maxed - what GPU/CPU are you running?
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So at what framerate should you be capping games with a 60hz monitor?
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everythingWasBees posted:So at what framerate should you be capping games with a 60hz monitor? 60fps
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everythingWasBees posted:So at what framerate should you be capping games with a 60hz monitor? Like was already said, 60fps. You go higher than that you get tearing, which I personally don't mind (vs. perceived mouse lag). Whatever you have for monitor refresh rate is where you want your FPS to be at.
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Sep 28, 2014 00:51
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Unless you have prerendered frames/flip queue set to 1, locking yourself to 60 fps will induce some serious input lag. Of course, you should be forcing that poo poo off because input latency is loving sacred and matters far more than framerate.
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K8.0 posted:Unless you have prerendered frames/flip queue set to 1, locking yourself to 60 fps will induce some serious input lag. Of course, you should be forcing that poo poo off because input latency is loving sacred and matters far more than framerate. it doesn't do that at all, try it
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quote:Borderlands 2 BL2 isn't a game anyone should be using to justify an upgrade - it performs wildly inconsistently across all kinds of setups and scenarios, with some people reporting buttery smoothness and others getting mild to massive FPS drops. Personally, I've seen my FPS tank just from looking at portions of certain maps from the wrong angles, both on my previous i7 2600-GTX680 and current i7 3770k-GTX780Ti rig. Something just isn't right with this game.
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I bought an amd 7850 today. Needed an upgrade from my old 5770. It costed under 100 usd; did I make a good choice or should I return it and get something better? Budget is around 150.
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Zarcnest posted:I bought an amd 7850 today. Needed an upgrade from my old 5770. It costed under 100 usd; did I make a good choice or should I return it and get something better? Budget is around 150. Look for an R7 265 (Newegg has the XFX for $130 after rebate plus the 'silver' game card voucher - the card has a lifetime warranty) or spend a little more (~$30) for a R9 270X, which comes with the 'gold' voucher for three games. The XFX one is $160 after rebate and also comes with a lifetime warranty. XFX R7 265: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150719 XFX R9 270X: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150686 Comparison between the two: http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-270X-vs-Radeon-R7-265 BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 04:05 on Sep 28, 2014 |
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Look for an R7 265 (Newegg has the XFX for $130 after rebate plus the 'silver' game card voucher - the card has a lifetime warranty) or spend a little more (~$30) for a R9 270X, which comes with the 'gold' voucher for three games. The R7 265 is literally just a 7850 with higher clock. Why would he pay $30+ for that? e: I guess it has the game card thing, but still.
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Hace posted:The R7 265 is literally just a 7850 with higher clock. Why would he pay $30+ for that? The case I'm making is he should put out a little more and get the 270X, using the voucher and rebate to get him under $150. I'm also assuming he paid ~$150 for the 7850 at a local B&M, so there's no reason he shouldn't get the 265 if he really needs to make that $150 ceiling. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 04:10 on Sep 28, 2014 |
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Ihmemies posted:Heh, bought Borderlands 2 GOTY and noticed the game doesn't run that well! Is it because of the physx effects or does the game really like fast cpu's? These tests seem to imply both, basically: I get 47 fps in 5860x1080 (3 screen) with a reference 7950 on stock and a 3570k @4.2ghz. I'm using ultra settings, no AA. At 1080p I get 90-120 fps on the same settings. I had horrid performance when I hadn't updated my drivers though, so that could be a factor.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:I'm also assuming he paid ~$150 for the 7850 at a local B&M, so there's no reason he shouldn't get the 265 if he really needs to make that $150 ceiling. Zarcnest posted:I bought an amd 7850 today. Needed an upgrade from my old 5770. It costed under 100 usd;
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Would an upgrade to a 970 from a 660 make sense for single monitor 1080 gaming, or is it overkill? CPU is a 4570, if that makes a difference. Also, may upgrade to single 1440 screen, but not just yet.
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Sep 28, 2014 16:33
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If you plan to change up to a 1440p monitor, I'd say it's worth it.
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If you go for the 1440 then for sure. Maybe nvidia will make a 960 sometime soon that would be better for 1080p but who knows.
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Just like to reiterate real quickly that a 970 is a worthwhile upgrade for anything less powerful than a GTX 780 with a hell of an overclock. It routinely leaves the 780Ti in the dust in, oh, just about everything, and the price is slammin'  1080p is getting kinda complex again thanks to the new console generation; I think a 970 would be a great card for maxing 1080p in most games or getting it damned close in the most demanding titles. For higher resolutions, with all the bullshit going on with some newer games and their goofy memory requirements, it might actually ~kinda be worth waiting to see if some higher memory models come out provided you actually already have a powerful card.If you're in pressing need of a new graphics card and you don't currently own an R9-290/R9-290X or a 780/780Ti/some flavor of Titan, the GTX 970 is an unbelievable card for the launch price point. Like, daaaaamn. 
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