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I plan on being stuck at 1920x1080 for a while, so the 1060 6GB seemed like the most cost-effective option for me. I need to upgrade my CPU and mobo before any other serious upgrades, so had to decide where my money would be best spent. Upgrading monitors is well down the list of purchases at this point. Just over $200 for a GPU that should serve me well for a good chunk of time seemed reasonable.
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1080ti sli future proof imo best value
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1gnoirents posted:1080ti sli future proof imo best value 22GB VRAM 
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buglord posted:22GB VRAM Isn't it still 11GB?
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jisforjosh posted:Isn't it still 11GB? Yes.
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oh. I don't know how SLI works ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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It's 22GB to people who have more money than time to read about how SLI works. >.>
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buglord posted:oh. I don't know how SLI works ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Both cards need the same data set, otherwise the latency introduced from trying to access data from the other card would cause far more performance loss than what you gain from having two GPUs working together. There are processes where the cards working in close synchronization isn't important but those tend to be in the HPC space, not gaming.
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I know it's a pipe dream, but it would be great if Nvidia's new workstation form factor Nvlink introduced with the GP100 came to their top end consumer chips. Would make it likely for VRAM sharing to become a thing, plus better multi-GPU scaling in general.
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BurritoJustice posted:I know it's a pipe dream, but it would be great if Nvidia's new workstation form factor Nvlink introduced with the GP100 came to their top end consumer chips. Would make it likely for VRAM sharing to become a thing, plus better multi-GPU scaling in general. Pascals HB SLi bridge was such a low-effort hack (literally just bonding both SLi lanes together with no clock increase) that I have a feeling it was only meant to be a stop-gap solution, with consumer Volta using NVLink instead. They could still do price discrimination by reserving two-lane NVLink for the pro market - even a single NVLink lane would be 20x faster than HB SLi 
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buglord posted:god I hate enthusiast marketing sometimes Pretty nuts how almost everyone has to be all GAMER GAMER GAMER GFUEL MOUNTAIN DEW these days. Guess the Razer/Alienware craze became mainstream. I think the design of the actual card is pretty nice, though. The typography is excellent, too. And I don't see as many gaudy neon case designs the way I used to tin the 00s where the front always had to look like the locomotive from Hell in the moment before it hits you.
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Toalpaz posted:Thread, why do reference coolers look so drat cool, yet cool worse and cost more? This question vexes me. I bought a FE 1070 because at the time the only cheaper cards were lovely non reference blowers. Stupid because I got annoyed how loud it was in comparison to the old msi 970 it replaced. Ended up buying the evga hybrid cooler hoping it would be quieter. Problem is that the fan on the rad is a fixed speed and not quiet, plus the slight noise from the pump means its about as loud as the reference blower. I mean i could swap the fan for something quiet and pwm but it means taking the entire pc apart due to how the rad is mounted. Bonus is that the card never gets hotter than 45 c and oc's pretty drat well.
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ufarn posted:Pretty nuts how almost everyone has to be all GAMER GAMER GAMER GFUEL MOUNTAIN DEW these days. Guess the Razer/Alienware craze became mainstream. Its kind of nice to see after so many years of windows gaming sucking.
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ufarn posted:Pretty nuts how almost everyone has to be all GAMER GAMER GAMER GFUEL MOUNTAIN DEW these days. Guess the Razer/Alienware craze became mainstream.
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The sonata was so good when it came out.
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poo poo, I'm still using a Sonata 2 in my secondary gaming box, the one where my old 2500K/HD7950 ended up. It's just a tad short for modern hi-perf graphics cards. I love that case.
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suddenlyissoon posted:What would be a good price too out my 980ti at? 250? Sent you a PM.
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Got my 2016 annual bonus from my company, and I'd really like to get my hands on two 1080TIs. Problem is: I don't have time to camp NewEgg or Amazon, and I know these things are going to sell out in 5 minutes. Here's hoping this launch isn't a complete wreck like the 1080/1070 launch was.BIG HEADLINE posted:It's 22GB to people who have more money than time to read about how SLI works. >.> If implemented, isn't there a feature of DX12 that treats both cards' VRAM as one big pool? CDHiggs fucked around with this message at 17:16 on Mar 4, 2017 |
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Josh Lyman posted:The Antec Sonata saved us all. Hm, I remember the Cooler Master ACTS 200 being one of the most handsome (older) ATX cases, and I'm pretty sure that came some time before. Lian Li has always made decent looking cases in a sea of plastic poo poo, too. vv Eh, I don't know, it's a pretty simple and clean design. Try taking a trip down memory lane and have a look at all the other 2000's PC cases with bloated plastic façades and unrolled edges that shred your skin. Even the Sonata has blue LEDs and plastic chrome bits at the front, as well as Antec cut out on the side. I have an Antec case that looks very similar to that, though, without the LED chrome section and the lettering. In fact, I've had two. And an Antec P182, which was also really nice. I was merely trying to recall an early example of a case that had a clean design. HalloKitty fucked around with this message at 17:38 on Mar 4, 2017 |
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HalloKitty posted:Hm, I remember the Cooler Master ACTS 200 being one of the most handsome ATX cases, and that came some time before. Lian Li has always made decent looking cases in a sea of plastic poo poo, too.  Lian Li's were generally great but also too expensive.
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CDHiggs posted:Got my 2016 annual bonus from my company, and I'd really like to get my hands on two 1080TIs. Problem is: I don't have time to camp NewEgg or Amazon, and I know these things are going to sell out in 5 minutes. Here's hoping this launch isn't a complete wreck like the 1080/1070 launch was. If they follow their previous URL naming, then EVGA will have theirs on: http://www.evga.com/products/productlist.aspx?type=0&family=GeForce+10+Series+Family&chipset=GTX+1080+Ti You could just refresh this page instead. Even if you miss the first batch, their notifications are reliable(unlike Newegg's).
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Josh Lyman posted:Not so sure about the Coolermaster... I still have one of those. Machine that is is it is dead but the case is still in great shape.
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CDHiggs posted:Got my 2016 annual bonus from my company, and I'd really like to get my hands on two 1080TIs. Problem is: I don't have time to camp NewEgg or Amazon, and I know these things are going to sell out in 5 minutes. Here's hoping this launch isn't a complete wreck like the 1080/1070 launch was. Does your bonus expire after a certain amount of time if not spent? Can you not save it and wait until stock is more reliable?
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CDHiggs posted:If implemented, isn't there a feature of DX12 that treats both cards' VRAM as one big pool? Kind of but not really. DX12 lets developers manually control how the work gets split up between the GPUs, so in theory they could split it such that GPU1 does tasks pertaining to one set of data and GPU2 does tasks pertaining to a different set of data, so not all data has to be uploaded to both cards. In practice nobody has a loving clue how to do this while keeping good scaling and frame pacing.  https://www.techpowerup.com/231079/is-directx-12-worth-the-trouble
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CDHiggs posted:Got my 2016 annual bonus from my company, and I'd really like to get my hands on two 1080TIs. Problem is: I don't have time to camp NewEgg or Amazon, and I know these things are going to sell out in 5 minutes. Here's hoping this launch isn't a complete wreck like the 1080/1070 launch was. Set up some alerts at nowinstock.net I was able to snag a 1080 pretty easily at launch using that.
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Josh Lyman posted:The Antec Sonata saved us all. My first computer build (Core 2 Duo E6300) lived in that case.
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Josh Lyman posted:Not so sure about the Coolermaster... The black widow version of that was really good, I wish I still had it. I had one and ordered a black panel to replace the window. Lian li v1000 was another really good case. I still have a g3258 in. It sits next to my thermaltake case, two total opposites on the build quality scale. GRINDCORE MEGGIDO fucked around with this message at 03:48 on Mar 5, 2017 |
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GRINDCORE MEGGIDO posted:The black widow version of that was really good, I wish I still had it. I had one and ordered a black panel to replace the window. I've got a black Lian Li 1200 that I bought in 2005, and it's still a pretty fantastic case. I only stopped using it in my main PC because the Noctua cooler I got wouldn't fit.
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Anted makes crap these days, and lian li stuff is premium in build quality but dated in design - all their products still use 120mm fans. Luckily there is a whole new generation - phanteks, corsair, nzxt etc
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My Lian-li PC-70 is still going strong as my main box after 16 years, probably a record by computer standards. It's so huge that today's ridiculously long GPU's still fit fine, it was considered to have crazy overkill in the fan department at the time so cooling isn't a problem, and it's restrained styling doesn't look ridiculous.  The feet kinda suck though.
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Put some 6800 rpm deltas in that sucker
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hahaha those tiny rear end buzzer fans
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I'm remembering 80mm fans. Did they ever use smaller ones as standard?
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Found some pics of my rig from May 2006. Still using that case, in a secondary PC. I just love the way it looks. Opteron 165 cpu and sli 7800gts   
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I must be crazy because I'm going to buy the phanteks Elite later this year for my new case
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I can't see myself getting rid of my Air 540 anytime soon. Sure, it's huge, and looks like a rejected Borg Ship design, but resting it on its side, I never have to worry about heatsink or card sag.
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God I miss choices we had for aluminum cases.
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Still using a Cooler Master Cosmos S. Thing is big, has a bunch of drive bays, and a fuckload of room inside. The giant 200mm fan is dead, though, so I need to order a new one. I also have a Lian Li PC-A05FN sitting in my closet waiting for me to build a home server. I don't see myself buying a new computer case until ATX is no more. Kazinsal fucked around with this message at 07:06 on Mar 5, 2017 |
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Scarecow posted:I must be crazy because I'm going to buy the phanteks Elite later this year for my new case Phanteks makes a really good case. The Elite is goofy big and expensive, but I love my Luxe like mad.
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My next is going to be an NZXT manta, unless something better appears in the next year or so.
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