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Levin
Jun 28, 2005


Looking for input on which GPU to upgrade to, posted in the system-building thread but figured I'd see if anyone here would chime in, I've listed 5 GPUs that are significantly marked down currently: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3458091&pagenumber=289&perpage=40#post406232511

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Levin
Jun 28, 2005


Can a GPU be a limiting factor when using a PC with a TV at a high resolution? I have been running mine at 3480x2160 and it feels like there's a slight delay or sluggishness in response at times such as when playing FTL in windowed mode but it's not so noticeable as for me to be certain that's the issue.

Case - Fractal Design Define R3 [Supports ATX]
OS - Windows 10 Home 64-bit
OS Drive - SSD - Western Digital WD Blue SN550 NVMe M.2 2280 1TB PCI-Express 3.0 x4 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) WDS100T2B0C
Motherboard - MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon
CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 3600X w/ stock heatsink (Have Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (RR-212E-20PK-R2) but need mounting kit for mobo)
GPU - EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 Superclocked - ACX Cooler 2.0, 1165Mhz Clock, 7010Mhz Memory, PCI Express 3.0, Dual DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort
RAM - G.SKILL Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Intel XMP 2.0 Memory Kit Model F4-3200C16D-16GIS
Power Supply - EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2 850W Power Supply 80 Plus Gold Certified Full Modular Power Supply Intel 4th Gen CPU Compatible 10 Year Warranty
Displays - TCL 50" 5-Series 4K QLED (rec 3480x2160)

Levin
Jun 28, 2005


KS posted:

I'm a day behind but that card's only capable of 30 hz @ 4k. That will definitely cause sluggishness. You may want to run 1080P@60 or even 120 if your TV supports.

Thanks for taking the time to respond, better late than never. Through advanced display settings it's telling me the max is 60 or 60 interlaced. Tried FTL windowed with display at 1080p and definitely felt smoother. Turned on game mode and followed directions from rtings.com.

Levin
Jun 28, 2005




Checked my local BBs, not only did they not have this card, they didn't have ANY cards. I've started considering AMD 6600 XTs... maybe I'll just get a PS5.

Levin
Jun 28, 2005


EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC GAMING 8GB GDDR6 LHR in combo for $727.96, was posted to stock drops Canada but unclear if it ships there: https://www.antonline.com/Evga/Computers/Video_Cards/Graphic_Cards/1443678

edit: doesn't ship to Canada according to company's twitter :smith:

Levin fucked around with this message at 21:10 on Feb 11, 2022

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Levin
Jun 28, 2005


Zotac 3060 Ti up on newegg.ca for $799: https://www.newegg.ca/zotac-geforce...0-518-_-Product

Wondering if I should just wait at this point with all the talk of GPU prices dropping. It's funny, I would have snapped this up a couple months ago and now I'm wondering if I need to bother upgrading at all...

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