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Factory Factory posted:Oy. Are we gonna have to go all computer graphics realism and start upgrading and recommending upgrades just because PC ports are done shittily? Not to point fingers but this has been almost entirely Ubisoft lately.
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Maybe if they divide the work among 15 studies next time, they're make something even more efficient!
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It's a good thing the AC games suck rear end. Go play Mordor to scratch the open world itch.
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Anti-Hero posted:It's a good thing the AC games suck rear end. Go play Mordor to scratch the open world itch. Yes. Shadow of Mordor is like Assassin's Creed except good. It will also strain your system but it will look good while doing it.
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DarthBlingBling posted:In all fairness it's running like garbage on consoles too Yeah, both the PS4 and Xbox One are running at less than 30fps. What horrible optimization that game must have.
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Swartz posted:Can't say I'm surprised given it's system requirements. Hopefully Far Cry 4 isn't a turd as well. FC4 seems to be on the same engine as FC3, so it shouldn't have any real problems running presumably. But, this is Ubisoft. Factory Factory posted:Early reviews are in: Assassin's Creed Unity plays like Crysis and the Watch_Dogs port had a baby. Which is to say, a 980 struggles for a solid 60 FPS at 1080p. And there is CPU bounding like mad on anything short of a Haswell i5 or OC'd older-gen equivalent. Can confirm with i7 and 980. Cutscenes bog down into the mid 30s/mid 40s for some reason, turning on even the lowest AA reduces framerate, and certain areas (Namely large crowds that you find in missions) brought the game down into the 40s while it was at 60 during the regular streets and open world poo poo. Then I tried turning shadow quality down a bit to fix the framerate around that crowd and now the game crashes my nVidia drivers any time I boot it, so  Still better than the Gears of War port years ago that bricked the hard drive I installed it on, at least. Shima Honnou fucked around with this message at 01:46 on Nov 13, 2014 |
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Oh Lord, remember how Nvidia is suing the crap out of Samsung and others based on their patent infringement of the concept of a GPU? Well, Samsung is now firing back, counter-suing on a variety of infringement claims including "detecting that a connected monitor has been turned off and not sending it a picture any more."
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Factory Factory posted:Oh Lord, remember how Nvidia is suing the crap out of Samsung and others based on their patent infringement of the concept of a GPU? Well, Samsung is now firing back, counter-suing on a variety of infringement claims including "detecting that a connected monitor has been turned off and not sending it a picture any more." I know that there are legitimate reasons for patents to exist but it's really loving hard to remember them when you read stuff like that.
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loving damnit, a Gigabyte Windforce 970 will not SLI with a basic Zotac 970. I was wondering why it didn't think my SLI cable was plugged in so I googled and found this: https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/787042/geforce-900-series/gtx-970-sli-with-two-different-brands-doesn-t-work-/ I tried to use that "DifferentSLI" program but no luck. You've got to be kidding me, NVidia. Zero VGS fucked around with this message at 05:03 on Nov 13, 2014 |
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Nov 13, 2014 05:00
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Zero VGS posted:loving damnit, a Gigebyte Windforce 970 will not SLI with a basic Zotac 970. Wow that sucks, good to keep in mind however.
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Nov 13, 2014 05:01
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NVidia's official line is that vendors don't matter if it's the same card model, too. Has anyone else tried anything like this? My top card was running too hot because the fans were blocked by the bottom card so I specifically got the Windforce card so the 3rd fan would be unblocked by the Zotac card. It clears it perfectly but all for naught since I can't use SLI.
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If you bug them enough it probably will be fixed in a driver update. It's supposed to work. In a worst case scenario you could always flash the bios.
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Is that a problem with the windforce or zotac card? For example would a windforce and MSI card work together?
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A word of caution: Today I bought a MSI 980 GTX Gaming and the reports about the sticker on the fans were correct. That drat thing sticks way too hard on the fans and if you are not careful when pulling it off then there is a good chance to damage one of the fan blades or maybe even the fan bearing itself. Otherwise the card is great and has replaced my old GTX 770, the extra power makes the difference between Shadows of Mordor in 1440p on Ultra or 1080p on High, it#s also the most silent card I have ever owned since the days of the 8800 GT. My 770 has started to make a light buzzing noise recently, but only in a certain fan speed range - roughly between 48 to 54%, so I'm enjoying the new silence. Hammerstein fucked around with this message at 18:10 on Nov 13, 2014 |
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Nov 13, 2014 17:39
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r0ck0 posted:Is that a problem with the windforce or zotac card? For example would a windforce and MSI card work together? I saw some people complaining about two other cards, like an EVGA with an MSI, so I'm gonna go out on a limb and say NVidia hosed up the drivers somehow so that dissimilar vendors don't work for the same card. Since you can apparently patch the driver to make it work that's what it's gotta be. What a loving sloppy oversight though.
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Has anyone gotten their keys from Tigerdirect? I talked with them last week and they said 3-5 days, it's been basically a week and still no keys. Both of mine were ordered 10/22 and didn't ship until 10/29 so I very much should qualify.
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veedubfreak posted:Has anyone gotten their keys from Tigerdirect? I talked with them last week and they said 3-5 days, it's been basically a week and still no keys. Both of mine were ordered 10/22 and didn't ship until 10/29 so I very much should qualify. 
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veedubfreak posted:Has anyone gotten their keys from Tigerdirect? I talked with them last week and they said 3-5 days, it's been basically a week and still no keys. Both of mine were ordered 10/22 and didn't ship until 10/29 so I very much should qualify. Last night, I contacted support to follow up and they apologized for the wait and emailed me the code. I redeemed it without issue. I ordered my card before the promotion even began so I'm pretty happy. quote:Hello, Pretty sure its outsourced support so they have to escalate it to request the code which is why it takes so long I think. The Gunslinger fucked around with this message at 21:02 on Nov 13, 2014 |
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Nov 13, 2014 21:00
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Well if you are tired of waiting for TD to send you a code you can buy mine in SAmart. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3680538
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The Gunslinger posted:Last night, I contacted support to follow up and they apologized for the wait and emailed me the code. I redeemed it without issue. I ordered my card before the promotion even began so I'm pretty happy. Assholes. I've gotten the exact opposite response about my MSI purchase.
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The Gunslinger posted:Last night, I contacted support to follow up and they apologized for the wait and emailed me the code. I redeemed it without issue. I ordered my card before the promotion even began so I'm pretty happy. Guess it's time to fire up TD chat again. Thanks.
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So my computer started 'buzzing' last night, and I was almost certain, given my recent luck, that it was coil whine/buzzing from the Gigabyte G1. In a bit of good bad news, it wasn't the card - it was a less-than-one-year-old (bought 2/10/13) WD Se drive...one of their entry-level Enterprise drives that's supposed to have a long life that I can only assume was in the middle stages of failure, since I've rarely heard a HDD 'buzz.' 
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Nov 13, 2014 23:47
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Hammerstein posted:A word of caution: Today I bought a MSI 980 GTX Gaming and the reports about the sticker on the fans were correct. That drat thing sticks way too hard on the fans and if you are not careful when pulling it off then there is a good chance to damage one of the fan blades or maybe even the fan bearing itself. I just opened and installed an MSI 970 GTX Gaming, and the sticker was obviously redesigned after the first batch went out. There is zero adhesive on the fan blades or the center of the fan itself anymore, simply on the very outsides of the sticker.  vvv At least I left out my enormous erection due to the upgrade from a 560ti-448 to a 970 Schiavona fucked around with this message at 00:11 on Nov 14, 2014 |
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Schiavona posted:I just opened and installed an MSI 970 GTX Gaming, and the sticker was obviously redesigned after the first batch went out. There is zero adhesive on the fan blades or the center of the fan itself anymore, simply on the very outsides of the sticker. There seems to be some kind of goon in the reflection..
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After upgrading from my AMD HD 7870 to a MSI GTX970 4Gaming I got some static buzzing coming from my onboard sound card (Realtek, ASUS P8 Z68-V Pro). It starts after a couple of minutes of gaming and appears to be linked to the frames per second the card processes. The second I terminate the game, the buzzing dies down. It kind of sounds like a motor bike. What are the likely culprits, provided this is enough information to go on? Could it be a grounding issue? When I touch the hard drive cage, the volume of the buzzing dies down. Or could it be the PSU? There's hardly more strain on the GPU, the 970 only draws slightly more power. I have a spare PSU I could try tomorrow. Does any of this sound familiar to anyone?
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Cross posting from the monitor thread: I'm thinking about putting 3 U2415s in portrait for a ridiculous viewing experience. Think that a 970 Strix can handle it? Would it fry the card in quick fashion? I'd like to play newer FPS and such with pretty decent video settings.
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So if I want a quiet, not likely to buzz, small GTX 970, which one should I go for?
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mcbexx posted:After upgrading from my AMD HD 7870 to a MSI GTX970 4Gaming I got some static buzzing coming from my onboard sound card (Realtek, ASUS P8 Z68-V Pro). It starts after a couple of minutes of gaming and appears to be linked to the frames per second the card processes. The second I terminate the game, the buzzing dies down. It kind of sounds like a motor bike. Edit: nevermind, re-read and saw you said it's coming from the speakers. That's down to the motherboard not having good enough isolation for the audio circuits.
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Null1fy posted:Cross posting from the monitor thread:
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Station-Drivers has a new 970 BIOS listed. Anyone brave enough to try flashing it? http://www.station-drivers.com/index.php/outils/Drivers/Nvidia/Bios/nVidia-GeForce-GTX-970-Bios-Version-84.04.2F.00.F2/ Current BIOS on mine is 84.04.1F.00.FD, according to Afterburner.
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Jesus Christ, Ubisoft... You know the performance problems you're having with your Core i5 and GeForce 970? It's all the fault of the AMD CPU and GPU you're using. Actually, it's because (if the published e-mails are to be believed), Ubisoft put literally no effort into porting from the consoles. They took advantage of bare-metal console APIs to push 50,000 draw calls per frame (which is supposedly outrageously unoptimized already), and they just stuck that as-is on DirectX 11, which tends to hork up around 10,000 calls per frame.
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Factory Factory posted:Jesus Christ, Ubisoft... You know the performance problems you're having with your Core i5 and GeForce 970? It's all the fault of the AMD CPU and GPU you're using. All they see is "Assassin's Creed Unity: 1 Million Copies Sold.*" * 250,000 to nVidia at wholesale
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Schiavona posted:I just opened and installed an MSI 970 GTX Gaming, and the sticker was obviously redesigned after the first batch went out. There is zero adhesive on the fan blades or the center of the fan itself anymore, simply on the very outsides of the sticker. This must be the new sticker, the old one didn't have that hole in the mid and had that extra sticky adhesive. Factory Factory posted:Jesus Christ, Ubisoft... You know the performance problems you're having with your Core i5 and GeForce 970? It's all the fault of the AMD CPU and GPU you're using. I got a voucher with my new card either for rear end Creed, Far Cry 4 or The Crew. Guess I should wait for some Far Cry 4 reviews before I decide which poison to pick. I already feel dirty for getting an Ubisoft game. Hammerstein fucked around with this message at 11:10 on Nov 14, 2014 |
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Hammerstein posted:I got a voucher with my new card either for rear end Creed, Far Cry 4 or The Crew. Guess I should wait for some Far Cry 4 reviews before I decide which poison to pick. I already feel dirty for getting an Ubisoft game. If you're entertaining the thought of selling the voucher, sooner would be better than later - the closer we get to Christmas, the cheaper they'll undoubtedly get, and there'll be an even bigger glut once people get their graphics card 'gifts.'
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As I'm waiting on my Asus GTX 970, I suddenly realized that my PSU is now four years and a couple of months old (it's a Seasonic S12D-750 750 watt thingy). I haven't had any issues with it, but that seems a little old to me - what't the usual recommended timeframe for upgrading the PSU?
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Wengy posted:As I'm waiting on my Asus GTX 970, I suddenly realized that my PSU is now four years and a couple of months old (it's a Seasonic S12D-750 750 watt thingy). I haven't had any issues with it, but that seems a little old to me - what't the usual recommended timeframe for upgrading the PSU? I upgrade mine when it breaks or it can't support what I am running.
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Wengy posted:As I'm waiting on my Asus GTX 970, I suddenly realized that my PSU is now four years and a couple of months old (it's a Seasonic S12D-750 750 watt thingy). I haven't had any issues with it, but that seems a little old to me - what't the usual recommended timeframe for upgrading the PSU? When the warranty expires; or five years if it's a good quality PSU with a <5 year warranty. Even good PSUs can fail badly sometimes so you shouldn't wait for it to fail and potentially take something else with it.
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Thanks. Just checked the Seasonic website and they actually give a 5 year warranty - I'll probably get a new one next spring then.
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The Lord Bude posted:When the warranty expires; or five years if it's a good quality PSU with a <5 year warranty. Even good PSUs can fail badly sometimes so you shouldn't wait for it to fail and potentially take something else with it. Yeah, this is probably smarter.
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I keep seeing the Asus Strix 970 popping up, is this the go-to card for the 970's or does it not matter much at this point?
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