|
slidebite posted:Sorry if this is a stupid question, but is Geforce Experience a thing to have? I always just install the basic drivers and really nothing else. Am I missing anything? If you don't use Experience features, you're not missing anything. I do the same, get the driver pack and just load the required driver along with audio or PhysX. I don't stream games, I don't give a drat about fancy screenshots or any of that, I only want what makes my card function and allows me to tweak eye candy.
|
#
?
Jan 13, 2016 20:58
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 15, 2024 01:15 |
|
|
News we already knew was coming, but JEDEC has officially certified HBM2: http://techreport.com/news/29591/jedec-updates-hbm-standard-with-bigger-stacks-and-faster-speeds
|
|
#
?
Jan 13, 2016 21:06
|
|
|
What games/benchmarks should I get to test out my new GTX 970 and its OC potential?  I already have GTA V, Fallout 4, The Witcher 3, Assassin's Creed Syndicate.
|
|
#
?
Jan 13, 2016 22:15
|
|
|
If you jack up all the settings the tomb raider reboot will crash poo poo that little else will, it's my final stability test usually.
|
|
#
?
Jan 13, 2016 22:25
|
|
|
Dogen posted:If you jack up all the settings the tomb raider reboot will crash poo poo that little else will, it's my final stability test usually. Huh, really? I'm surprised it'd be one of the most finicky with overclocks. Wonder if the sequel will push things even harder.
|
|
#
?
Jan 13, 2016 22:31
|
|
|
Dogen posted:If you jack up all the settings the tomb raider reboot will crash poo poo that little else will, it's my final stability test usually. From what I've heard, that game is crash prone full stop, regardless of OCing...? edit: when you say the Benchmarks, which ones? Is it still 3DMark 11 and Unigine? PirateBob fucked around with this message at 22:39 on Jan 13, 2016 |
|
#
?
Jan 13, 2016 22:31
|
|
|
PirateBob posted:What games/benchmarks should I get to test out my new GTX 970 and its OC potential? Shadows of Mordor with Ultra Settings, the METRO Games and the Benchmarks should be able to penetrate your new toy :-) edit: Just Cause 3 will stress your 970 as well. Mr.PayDay fucked around with this message at 22:39 on Jan 13, 2016 |
|
#
?
Jan 13, 2016 22:36
|
|
|
PirateBob posted:From what I've heard, that game is crash prone full stop, regardless of OCing...? I've been able to run it for hours without issue with the right clocks, it's usually just one bin (13mhz or whatever it is) below what's stable on everything else core. I'm less granular with memory clock since it doesn't do as much. 980ti and 780 have behaved similarly for me. Slightly too high and it crashes in 10-20 minutes usually.
|
|
#
?
Jan 13, 2016 22:40
|
|
|
Heaven readily crashed on edge overclocks for me right when you see some shiny glass looking vial thing on the ship. Also artifacts seem far more obvious in Heaven to me. However, nothing beats regular game testing imo, but Heaven 4.0 + 3d mark will get you close enough.
|
|
#
?
Jan 13, 2016 23:10
|
|
|
The 900 series seems to have been around forever now. Has anyone heard when we are likely to see new models? edit: referring to nvidia cards.
|
|
#
?
Jan 13, 2016 23:47
|
|
|
Slim Mat posted:The 900 series seems to have been around forever now. Has anyone heard when we are likely to see new models? Well, judging by the demo, Pascal's been around a good long while, just get a laptop  .Kind of thinking AMD might be first out of the door if NV's pulling shenanigans.
|
|
#
?
Jan 13, 2016 23:57
|
|
|
AMD is next up, right? The 390 was a mild re-warming of the 290, a GPU that came out in 2013.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 00:12
|
|
|
Twerk from Home posted:AMD is next up, right? The 390 was a mild re-warming of the 290, a GPU that came out in 2013. Hey they released most of a new chip last year!
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 00:15
|
|
|
PirateBob posted:What games/benchmarks should I get to test out my new GTX 970 and its OC potential? Just use heaven. Watch it closely to look for visual artifacts.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 00:42
|
|
|
My Asus 970 will be here tomorrow. Decided to go with it because of the price. Can't wait to see how it compares to my 660ti.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 00:44
|
|
|
Whale Cancer posted:My Asus 970 will be here tomorrow. Decided to go with it because of the price. Can't wait to see how it compares to my 660ti. My 970 was faster than my 680. 970 >> 660ti.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 00:47
|
|
|
Don Lapre posted:Just use heaven. Watch it closely to look for visual artifacts. I tried Unigine Heaven. One artifact seemed to be there all the time: a tile/brick going transparent near the dragon statue towards the end of the bench.  Overclocked from stock speeds of 1076/1752 mhz to 1300/1900 and got a hard freeze at the "shiny glass looking vial thing on the ship" that THE DOG HOUSE mentioned. Took it down to 1280/1850 mhz and got 59 fps avg, 25 minimum on 1080p/ultra settings/extreme tesselation/8x AA. (i5 2500K). Pretty decent?  I think I'll 'set it and forget it' at a permanent 1200/1840 mhz though, to avoid shortening the lifespan of the card and to avoid having to turn clock profiles on and off. 11% oc on the core, 5% oc on the mem - is that reasonable? Should I increase the power target for that modest OC? PirateBob fucked around with this message at 01:04 on Jan 14, 2016 |
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 01:01
|
|
|
Thanks for the info on Geforce experience, I'll not bother installing it since screen shots and vids do nothing for me.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 01:18
|
|
|
What the gently caress ever happened to Fury VR? Maybe they're just waiting for HBM2 so we can have 2x8 GB cards?
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 01:38
|
|
|
Paul MaudDib posted:What the gently caress ever happened to Fury VR? It was officially delayed to "better align with VR headset launches" http://www.anandtech.com/show/9874/amd-dual-fiji-gemini-video-card-delayed-to-2016
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 01:47
|
|
|
repiv posted:It was officially delayed to "better align with VR headset launches" "Asetek is all over our poo poo and there's no way this is going to work without a liquid cooler or a die shrink."
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 01:52
|
|
|
Whale Cancer posted:My Asus 970 will be here tomorrow. Decided to go with it because of the price. Can't wait to see how it compares to my 660ti. I did the exact same upgrade last week. I doubled my FPS/performance according to Dirt 3 and FF14 benchmark tests.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 01:54
|
|
|
SlayVus posted:My 970 was faster than my 680. 970 >> 660ti. The 970 is about the same speed as a 780 Ti, so yeah, faster than a 680 let alone a 660 Ti. Man, it's such a shame that NVIDIA is absolutely skinflint with the VRAM, because a 680 would still be a fantastic card right now if it had 3 GB VRAM. Same for the 780 Ti and 4 GB VRAM. Well, off to buy another NVIDIA card! Paul MaudDib fucked around with this message at 02:02 on Jan 14, 2016 |
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 01:57
|
|
|
Paul MaudDib posted:"Asetek is all over our poo poo and there's no way this is going to work without a liquid cooler or a die shrink." You know what *wouldn't* be a bad idea? Getting EK on the horn and asking them if they'd put together a Predator-type kit for the Gemini board as OEM. Maybe even throw in a QDC so it can be integrated into an existing 360. I imagine most people who would get a dual-Fiji board would probably slap a water block on there anyways. This would just take one step further in that direction.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 02:00
|
|
|
SwissArmyDruid posted:You know what *wouldn't* be a bad idea? Getting EK on the horn and asking them if they'd put together a Predator-type kit for the Gemini board as OEM. Maybe wait until EK is done with the complete recall of all Predator kits.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 02:05
|
|
|
Paul MaudDib posted:The 970 is about the same speed as a 780 Ti, so yeah, faster than a 680 let alone a 660 Ti. My 680 was only a 2gb model, so no matter how you look at it. It was a compete upgrade.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 02:05
|
|
|
SwissArmyDruid posted:You know what *wouldn't* be a bad idea? Getting EK on the horn and asking them if they'd put together a Predator-type kit for the Gemini board as OEM. Maybe even throw in a QDC so it can be integrated into an existing 360. Yes, what AMD needs is even more production costs since they can charge whatever they want and people will buy them over nvidia.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 02:10
|
|
|
Subjunctive posted:Maybe wait until EK is done with the complete recall of all Predator kits. Hrm. Did not hear about that. Good to know. Don Lapre posted:Yes, what AMD needs is even more production costs since they can charge whatever they want and people will buy them over nvidia. I'd spin it as, "AMD cares about the enthusiast. If you get one of these, you were probably already going to slap a waterblock on it, here, use the OEM-certified one. So what has Nvidia done for the enthusiast lately?"
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 02:15
|
|
|
Slim Mat posted:The 900 series seems to have been around forever now. Has anyone heard when we are likely to see new models? Q2 or Q3
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 02:23
|
|
|
SwissArmyDruid posted:I imagine most people who would get a dual-Fiji board would probably slap a water block on there anyways. This would just take one step further in that direction. Dunno about a waterblock but you're absolutely going to need a liquid cooler of some kind. The 295x2 was a fantastic card, for what it was. It's way, way more efficient than a pair of 290X's (>100W) and it was way cheaper than going custom-loop. Don Lapre posted:Yes, what AMD needs is even more production costs since they can charge whatever they want and people will buy them over nvidia. I disagree. Those are sunk costs for a 600W-class card. The extra disconnect connector costs you approximately nothing in bulk. Jumping to a 240mm or a 680mm is probably another $5 or $10 manufacturing cost in bulk. That's actually a fantastic idea and I would love to see that. Paul MaudDib fucked around with this message at 02:46 on Jan 14, 2016 |
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 02:44
|
|
|
Paul MaudDib posted:I disagree. Those are sunk costs for a 600W-class card. The extra disconnect connector costs you approximately nothing in bulk. Jumping to a 240mm or a 680mm is probably another $5 or $10 manufacturing cost in bulk. I have to imagine a super mass produced asetek design is way way cheaper than the pump and res on a rad by a much smaller ek. They obviously chose CM cause they undercut Asetek on price. I cant imagine they want to pay more than both of those for EK
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 02:46
|
|
|
Don Lapre posted:I have to imagine a super mass produced asetek design is way way cheaper than the pump and res on a rad by a much smaller ek. You need the pump either way, I doubt it matters whether you integrate the pump with the block or on the reservoir - please make a specific claim as to why that would matter. Especially against the actual manufacturing cost of a "much larger" radiator, which is the most critical and difficult-to-manufacture thing in a cooling loop. Asetek was probably pumping the price because they were sure they'd win (which they did, on an overbroad and obvious patent, because our patent system sucks). Paul MaudDib fucked around with this message at 02:52 on Jan 14, 2016 |
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 02:48
|
|
|
Whale Cancer posted:My Asus 970 will be here tomorrow. Decided to go with it because of the price. Can't wait to see how it compares to my 660ti. I went from a 670 to a 970 and was blown away by the performance. In your case, probably like going from a Honda Civic to a Lamborghini.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 02:57
|
|
|
PirateBob posted:I think I'll 'set it and forget it' at a permanent 1200/1840 mhz though, to avoid shortening the lifespan of the card and to avoid having to turn clock profiles on and off. 11% oc on the core, 5% oc on the mem - is that reasonable? Should I increase the power target for that modest OC? Always raise the power target, without modding or a ridiculous OCer card it's usually locked to 110% which is pretty tame but can be limiting.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 03:28
|
|
|
Verizian posted:i5 2500k's can regularly hit 5Ghz with water cooling. I had mine on 4.5Ghz with an EVO 212 and I could have gone higher but I needed to repaste the TIM and I just bought a new 6700k rig.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 05:03
|
|
|
drat, Q2/Q3 is so far away. It means that mid range cards are more towards the end of the year and I'm hoping to get something with more vram; 2GB just isn't enough anymore.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 05:55
|
|
|
Josh Lyman posted:Just to be clear, when you guys are citing OC numbers, you're allowing that to be the highest multiplier when at 100% load on Prime95 or something, but most of the time the CPU is still running at like 1.8GHz or something, right? Depends - some folks keep the features enabled that automatically clock the CPU down when it's not being used heavily. Others disable the power save states to keep things humming 24/7 at overclock speeds. My i5 4670K rig is 24/7 at 4.3, but I left the sleep stuff enabled on my dad's since he likes to game and does some everyday work on his PC (i5 2500K @ 4.4). People usually cite the shorter lifespan of a 24/7 overclocked CPU but usually by the time it's ready to die, you've already built (or at least planned out) a new system anyhow.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 06:53
|
|
|
Paul MaudDib posted:The 970 is about the same speed as a 780 Ti, so yeah, faster than a 680 let alone a 660 Ti. Yes, surely Nvidia could have engineered 3 GB ram on 256-bit bus or 4 GB ram on 384-bit bus. Last time that was engineered we got GTX 970 and its 3.5 GB. Granted if someone can pull off mismatched memory buses and memory sizes, Nvidia can (worked well with GTX 660/660Ti) but there would be gnashing of teeth and pickaxe sharpening if they were to do it in enthusiast cards.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 11:23
|
|
|
Josh Lyman posted:Just to be clear, when you guys are citing OC numbers, you're allowing that to be the highest multiplier when at 100% load on Prime95 or something, but most of the time the CPU is still running at like 1.8GHz or something, right? Yeah. My 2500K idles at 1.6GHz. You can disable those features, but it seems pointless to do so, as any even slightly heavy load pegs it at the full turbo. I'd imagine most people leave speedstep on.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 11:31
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 15, 2024 01:15 |
|
|
When playing Assassin's Creed Syndicate my PC suddenly restarted (or tried to, it reached BIOS then reset again). That's not a GPU issue, right? Or could it be a lack of power to the GPU? I was running a moderate OC with only +105% power. edit: What's the best OC util for a 970? I'm using Zotac Firestorm because I got a Zotac, but I should be able to use any other, right? PirateBob fucked around with this message at 12:10 on Jan 14, 2016 |
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2016 11:54
|
|