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Cowman posted:I need some help. One of the fans on my GTX 760 died so I ordered a new GPU cooler since the card is fine. I bought the Arctic Accelero Twin Turbo 3 since it has pretty good reviews and I thought it would be a simple swap. Obviously, it isn't. The instructions for installation are really bad and I can't comprehend them at all. On top of that, when I was searching around for an installation video or guide, many reviews had the nebulous claim of not needing some of the parts. Should I just send this back and get a different one or can someone help me figure out how to install this thing? Card is probably under warranty unless its like pny garbage.
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Goddamnit nVidia, announce the next iteration of 970s already so I can rest assured I'm not falling into the early adopter/buyer's remorse trap. I just KNOW that if I order now, there'll be a revision around the corner. Broader memory bus perhaps, full hardware compatibility for DX12... Has anyone run some benchmarks on 3440x1440 yet? I would really like to make the jump, but also avoid the SLI route...
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Oct 29, 2014 09:14
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mcbexx posted:Goddamnit nVidia, announce the next iteration of 970s already so I can rest assured I'm not falling into the early adopter/buyer's remorse trap. It's extremely unlikely there'll be a 970 refresh any time before their typical "it's almost Spring, nerds - here's some new poo poo" reveals around March/April with no intent to sell until late-ish May to early August.
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Oct 29, 2014 09:47
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Woot my 970s shipped. Will be here tomorrow.
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Oct 29, 2014 15:31
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My 970 is sitting in a warehouse about a mile from where I work. drat you UPS! 
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Oct 29, 2014 15:39
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Oct 29, 2014 16:52
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Try this one, even though it still isn't technically 'single slot' - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127836 Turns out none of these options are feasible for me. Should I just settle for that GT 640 I originally linked? edit: Talked to an NVIDIA support rep, and they said I'd be fine with the GT 640. The GTX 750 will of course perform better but not significantly so, according to them. HappyCapybaraFamily fucked around with this message at 21:00 on Oct 29, 2014 |
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Oct 29, 2014 18:04
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I'm not sure if this is the appropriate thread for this at this point, but I'm going to post it hoping it is. To potential or working game developers working on small/free projects: I contacted Nvidia regarding licensing HBAO+ and VXGI for a standalone, free game. This was the response: quote:Hi Matthew, So basically, yes if you're a professional game developer you can contact Nvidia and get either of these technologies now for a price, or if you're like me, you can wait a little while and they'll be available for free  I don't want to sound like a Nvidia fanboy, but I really doubt I'd get the same response if I contacted AMD about... (remind me what AMD has besides TresFX?). I really like how Nvidia really goes out of their way to support game developers and even write tutorials for free to aid in that.
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Oct 29, 2014 18:18
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mcbexx posted:Goddamnit nVidia, announce the next iteration of 970s already so I can rest assured I'm not falling into the early adopter/buyer's remorse trap. Gigbyte already has a newer revision for the G1. The only thing I'm worried about is everyone complaining about coil whine.
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Oct 29, 2014 18:22
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Swartz posted:I'm not sure if this is the appropriate thread for this at this point, but I'm going to post it hoping it is. you don't have to license poo poo from AMD, TressFX is entirely open source, you can download the code today how is that worse?
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Oct 29, 2014 19:05
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Amazon has the ASUS STRIX-GTX 970 for $350 (pre-tax) and free S+H. I just put in an order for one.
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Oct 29, 2014 19:11
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You basically said "I don't want to sound like an nvidia fanboy but let me just poo poo talk AMD for no real reason"
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Oct 29, 2014 19:17
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beejay posted:You basically said "I don't want to sound like an nvidia fanboy but let me just poo poo talk AMD for no real reason" I wasn't really trying to talk poo poo, I was seriously wondering: besides TressFX what does AMD has that Nvidia doesn't? However seeing as how I just opened a can of worms: my apologies to AMD. I've had some AMD cards and never had issues with them. quote:you don't have to license poo poo from AMD, TressFX is entirely open source, you can download the code today It's not worse, that's pretty good actually. I didn't know that.
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Oct 29, 2014 19:49
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HoboWithAShotgun posted:Gigbyte already has a newer revision for the G1. Where did you see this? Whats new/different?
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Oct 29, 2014 20:05
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I'm not sure if this is actually that new or not, but here; http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1041190871#post1041190871 Seems like some people are having better luck with coil whine with the 1.1 rev.
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Oct 29, 2014 20:17
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calusari posted:you don't have to license poo poo from AMD, TressFX is entirely open source, you can download the code today Okay, now show me where I can freely get the Mantle SDK.
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Oct 29, 2014 20:28
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Mantle is still in beta/limited access, but when ready for release it will be freely available, as I understand it. Devs can apply to join the beta.
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Oct 29, 2014 20:37
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AMD has also made quite a lot of information about the GCN architecture public. I don't think Nvidia has published anything equivalent about Kepler or Maxwell.
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Oct 29, 2014 20:48
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HoboWithAShotgun posted:I'm not sure if this is actually that new or not, but here; Should I wait to RMA my card until they have a 1.2 revision or should I do it now and get the 1.1? My card has coil whine but only at super high frame rates. Is coil whine more than an annoyance? I'm guessing they don't cross ship, I have to mail my card back and they ship me a new one? Do they pay for return shipping and any idea on the turn around time?
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Oct 29, 2014 20:50
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r0ck0 posted:Should I wait to RMA my card until they have a 1.2 revision or should I do it now and get the 1.1? My card has coil whine but only at super high frame rates. Is coil whine more than an annoyance? I'm guessing they don't cross ship, I have to mail my card back and they ship me a new one? Do they pay for return shipping and any idea on the turn around time? Coil whine isn't hurting your card, it's just an annoyance. It's from the literal coils in the power circuitry vibrating, and used to be fixed by just dropping some hot glue on them. It's pretty much impossible to do that with current cards though, since no one makes them with exposed coils anymore.
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Oct 29, 2014 21:26
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beejay posted:Mantle is still in beta/limited access, but when ready for release it will be freely available, as I understand it. Devs can apply to join the beta. Yeah, I'm just annoyed because I want to have a look at it without having to go through hoops registering as a developer, especially since we have zero plans to use it at work, being Unreal licensees. There have been claims that Mantle allows manually controlling Crossfire, which I am certain is bullshit but no way to know for sure. Jan fucked around with this message at 00:19 on Oct 30, 2014 |
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Oct 30, 2014 00:17
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HoboWithAShotgun posted:I'm not sure if this is actually that new or not, but here; Saw that poo poo and RMA'ed my card immediately. "Anecdotally, my old rev 1.0 cards whined like a dolphin at the dentist." just like my card. I had luck with suppressing the whine with Nvidia Inspector and oc'ing the jesus out of the card but as soon as I returned the card to its original settings it would whine like crazy. After paying so much money for a piece of hardware, I just want it to work properly without having to jam up the volume before sitting next to the computer becomes tolerable. Then again, the next card I get might whine even louder.  Kornjaca fucked around with this message at 00:27 on Oct 30, 2014 |
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HoboWithAShotgun posted:I'm not sure if this is actually that new or not, but here; I have the 1.1 rev which I bought from newegg last week and no coil whine at all. I think with how quickly they have been going out of stock chances are if you buy from now on you will get a 1.1 rev card. Lowtechs fucked around with this message at 00:37 on Oct 30, 2014 |
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Oct 30, 2014 00:34
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My MSI GTX 980 (gaming edition) just shipped today. Please tell me we're not on a revision watch for MSI, too!
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pmchem posted:My MSI GTX 980 (gaming edition) just shipped today. Please tell me we're not on a revision watch for MSI, too! Just peel the fan sticker really carefully. That poo poo is really stuck on.
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Oct 30, 2014 00:59
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And the price wars continue! AMD's flagship Radeon R9 290X graphics card prices cut to an insanely compelling $300
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Oct 30, 2014 01:16
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But think of the amount of money you'd save on the power bill if you went with the GTX 970!
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DaNzA posted:But think of the amount of money you'd save on the power bill if you went with the GTX 970! Poopsock 14 hours of games a week at $0.20 per KWH and that's $15 a year.
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Factory Factory posted:Poopsock 14 hours of games a week at $0.20 per KWH and that's $15 a year. Well poo poo, I could be saving well into the thousands a year.
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DaNzA posted:But think of the amount of money you'd save on the power bill if you went with the GTX 970! I would buy AMD but they seem to ask for a minimum of 750w PSU, whearas the 970's I'm looking at ask for about 500w (using Corsair 650w). I pay a flat rate for electricity though so I couldn't give a toss about that.
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Oct 30, 2014 01:48
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GPU power supply recommendations have less to do with reality than they have to do with worst-case scenarios, like some moron buying a fire-hazard PSU and blaming the new video card for the ensuing explosion because "it worked *before* I put in your lousy card, so obviously the card was the problem!" Though that said, 750W isn't really off the mark for pairing a 290X with an FX-9590. 
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Today I'm upgrading from a radeon 6870 to a MSI GTX 970, running BF4 on ultra instead of medium / low is gonna be sweet 
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Factory Factory posted:GPU power supply recommendations have less to do with reality than they have to do with worst-case scenarios, like some moron buying a fire-hazard PSU and blaming the new video card for the ensuing explosion because "it worked *before* I put in your lousy card, so obviously the card was the problem!" In regards to these PSU recommendations, I want to get a second GTX 970 for SLI, but I'm not sure my PSU can handle it (though pcpartspicker seems to think so). I have a Corsair TX650 that's around 3 years old. Think I can manage to squeeze SLI out of it? The rest of my system is a bit old and not really a big power draw: 2500k CPU (OC'd to 4.2Ghz) Cheap Asus motherboard 8gb RAM Hard drive SSD Sound card Swartz fucked around with this message at 02:26 on Oct 30, 2014 |
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Jan posted:There have been claims that Mantle allows manually controlling Crossfire, which I am certain is bullshit but no way to know for sure. Straight from the horse's mouth:  I wouldn't be surprised if GL-next and DX12 had a similar level of control over multi-GPU scenarios since developers want it and it means that the IHVs wouldn't have to spend time building support into their drivers for every application.
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Swartz posted:In regards to these PSU recommendations, I want to get a second GTX 970 for SLI, but I'm not sure my PSU can handle it (though pcpartspicker seems to think so). always good to have some headroom: more efficient, less heat/noise. eVGA has some really nice rebrands http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438018
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Swartz posted:In regards to these PSU recommendations, I want to get a second GTX 970 for SLI, but I'm not sure my PSU can handle it (though pcpartspicker seems to think so). You could very well fit three 970s on that PSU without hitting its cap (you'd be close though and there likely wouldn't be enough connectors), two will be well and truly reasonable. Two 145w cards, +150w rough overestimate for the rest of system still gives you 200w headroom.
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HoboWithAShotgun posted:I would buy AMD but they seem to ask for a minimum of 750w PSU, whearas the 970's I'm looking at ask for about 500w (using Corsair 650w). http://hardocp.com/article/2014/10/27/nvidia_geforce_gtx_980_sli_4k_video_card_review/10#.VFGlkS6zQnq SLI 980s not even cracking the 500w mark v 290Xes pushing 750  The CPU used in that test was a 3770k at 4.8ghz of all things, so I'm sure that needed a decent voltage bump as well.
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BurritoJustice posted:You could very well fit three 970s on that PSU without hitting its cap (you'd be close though and there likely wouldn't be enough connectors), two will be well and truly reasonable. Two 145w cards, +150w rough overestimate for the rest of system still gives you 200w headroom. Thanks for that answer. Unfortunately though I found that my motherboard is not SLI compatible (P8P67 rev 3.1, not deluxe or pro)  I guess I'll wait and do the following: Upgrade my system when SkyLake comes out, get a non-lovely mobo (last time I'll use the parts picking thread for mobo recommendations...sorry guys but that list has screwed me twice now), sell GTX 970 4gb and get 2x GTX 970 8gb when they come out.
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Swartz posted:I'm not sure if this is the appropriate thread for this at this point, but I'm going to post it hoping it is. TressFX isn't an AMD exclusive anymore, they made it available to everyone so that it works with Nvidia cards too.
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td4guy posted:And the price wars continue! AMD's flagship Radeon R9 290X graphics card prices cut to an insanely compelling $300 Wow. This is pretty crazy, doesn't the 290X generally fall between the 970 and 980.
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