• nVidia's £827 monster GPU
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[QUOTE=Delta616;39648816]Just ignore, report and move on.[/QUOTE] sounds good, yo.
[QUOTE=Stopper;39648772]Again, what he meant was that the card is practically ancient by hardware standards and it still performs well. He was rebutting the guy who said that after 5 years all hardware is redundant. Yes, of course there are better and cheaper cards, but if you happen to be owning a 8800 right now, it's not all bad.[/QUOTE] Well, yes I mean it's fine if you continue playing titles from that long ago, when it's limiting your options for future titles and probably uses enough power to warrant an upgrade, I'd say it's not such a good idea.
[QUOTE=Brt5470;39648825]Well, yes I mean it's fine if you continue playing titles from that long ago, when it's limiting your options for future titles and probably uses enough power to warrant an upgrade, I'd say it's not such a good idea.[/QUOTE] Of course it's not. It's just not a [I]bad[/I] card per se.
So that's about $1279.53
[QUOTE=Bruhmis;39648774]ok well *RADEON* cards were shit before ATI got bought out and they're still shit now so the worst thing I've said about AMD is that they wasted their money buying out a bad company.[/QUOTE] ATI was actually dominating nvidia back in their radeon 9000 series days, nvidia took multiple generations to eventually catch up, but I'm sure you're too young to remember that.
Seriously, what's the market for a card like this? The ability and price put it right in between consumer cards and production cards (i.e. Quadro series). There is no game on earth that could tap half of what this card offers, and no production company will touch it because Quadro is pretty much industry standard.
[QUOTE=Paradox621;39649490]Seriously, what's the market for a card like this? The ability and price put it right in between consumer cards and production cards (i.e. Quadro series). There is no game on earth that could tap half of what this card offers, and no production company will touch it because Quadro is pretty much industry standard.[/QUOTE] What are you talking about? it's easy as hell to pegg a card like this down. PS2, Metro, BF3, Crysis 3. Just run 2560x1440 or something, very high and BOOM you're GPU bound. The cost is due to it basically being a Tesla card. [editline]19th February 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Bruhmis;39648774]ok well *RADEON* cards were shit before ATI got bought out and they're still shit now so the worst thing I've said about AMD is that they wasted their money buying out a bad company.[/QUOTE] ATi was incredible back in the 9800 Pro days.
[QUOTE=Orkel;39645468]And in less than 5 years these will be considered outdated junk.[/QUOTE]But it will still look good on your shelf.
[QUOTE=Bruhmis;39648774]ok well *RADEON* cards were shit before ATI got bought out and they're still shit now so the worst thing I've said about AMD is that they wasted their money buying out a bad company.[/QUOTE] Pretty sure the 9000 Series of Radeon cards were leaps and bounds ahead of anything Nvidia had for sale. [editline]20th February 2013[/editline] I just seem to have said the same thing 2 people above me said. Move along now.
[QUOTE=Paradox621;39649490]Seriously, what's the market for a card like this? The ability and price put it right in between consumer cards and production cards (i.e. Quadro series). There is no game on earth that could tap half of what this card offers, and no production company will touch it because Quadro is pretty much industry standard.[/QUOTE] As the months go by there are more and more practical uses a card like this. And this is the first Tesla based GPU designed for gaming.
[QUOTE=Delta616;39648332]It's horrendous optimization yet other people running the game on the GTX 670, including myself can run it just fine.[/QUOTE] Interesting thing about the 670 that nobody seems to know: it's happy going above 70C but at that temperature it begins underclocking itself in 13MHz increments. (Again at 80, 85, and it drops the clock speed infinitely at somewhere between 95 and 100 - basically the shutdown point) At full load it will actually boost its clock speed to a certain degree, assuming it isn't too hot or drawing too much power. So if your GTX670 isn't doing what you think it should be doing, it's too hot. Play around with custom fan profiles until you notice it never going above 69C. You don't really need to bother with benchmarks and stuff, just have HWMonitor running while you game to see the max it hits.
[QUOTE=darth-veger;39646225]120fps.. Art thou for't real?[/QUOTE] playing games in 120fps is pretty neat, especially games like Audiosurf
[QUOTE=mblunk;39649344]ATI was actually dominating nvidia back in their radeon 9000 series days, nvidia took multiple generations to eventually catch up, but I'm sure you're too young to remember that.[/QUOTE] It seemed to also be doing better when 5770 was popular
[QUOTE=paul simon;39651564]playing games in 120fps is pretty neat, especially games like Audiosurf[/QUOTE] If only there were actual good games to be played maxed out.
I wonder if this can run call of duty 26
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/tTqSURf.png[/IMG] Yeah those are great specs Nvidia I'll tell you hwat.
why waste money on brand new graphics cards when you can just paint racing stripes on your old ones and have it run faster?
[QUOTE=MeMassiveFag;39652562]why waste money on brand new graphics cards when you can just paint racing stripes on your old ones and have it run faster?[/QUOTE] holy shit that works paint flames the specs go well above the titans [QUOTE=Gekkosan;39651867]If only there were actual good games to be played maxed out.[/QUOTE] Far cry 3, AC3, Batman Arkham City, SS3, alan wake, metro (and the upcoming one), Bioshock 3, hitman, skyrim (with mods), Max Payne 3, Tomb Raider, Reckoning, borderlands 2, sniper elite v2 (Not really THAT good but you know), Dues Ex: HR, Natural Selection 2, MAYBE Crysis 3?, Dishonored a big one, LA Noire, Dead space 3 if you can deal with it, All games I'd want to max out, regardless if I played them or want to play them, like them or hate them.
Oh god, I need this for rendering.
[QUOTE=MeMassiveFag;39652562]why waste money on brand new graphics cards when you can just paint racing stripes on your old ones and have it run faster?[/QUOTE] But will you be able to roast marshmellows while you game? Don't think so.
Do you even need GPUs this powerful. Surely a 680 will never drop under 100 fps on most games. Seems pretty unecessary to me.
[QUOTE=MILKE;39654407]Do you even need GPUs this powerful. Surely a 680 will never drop under 100 fps on most games. Seems pretty unecessary to me.[/QUOTE] People never think about people with high resolutions. Sure, for 1080P you pretty much got all you need these days. For higher you could use some extra beef, if you want to play everything maxed that is.
I have to say through, I'm a bit confused. There's a GTX 680 and 690 . What's this card for, specific games, specific config?
[QUOTE=MILKE;39654407]Do you even need GPUs this powerful. Surely a 680 will never drop under 100 fps on most games. Seems pretty unecessary to me.[/QUOTE] Read about 3 posts up. So many games can bog this down. [editline]20th February 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=RoboChimp;39655040]I have to say through, I'm a bit confused. There's a GTX 680 and 690 . What's this card for, specific games, specific config?[/QUOTE] It's a Tesla GPU that was conformed for Geforce. So you're paying for a ton of computing performance, not just gaming. 680-690 are primarily gaming GPU's and as such, give better gaming value.
[QUOTE=Brt5470;39655135]Read about 3 posts up. So many games can bog this down. [editline]20th February 2013[/editline] It's a Tesla GPU that was conformed for Geforce. So you're paying for a ton of computing performance, not just gaming. 680-690 are primarily gaming GPU's and as such, give better gaming value.[/QUOTE]So if Geforce is for gaming, why bring computing performance to a gaming series of cards? Is it for the gamer who also wants to do scientific calculations?
Because Nvidia got a lot of hate for gimping keplers GPGPU performance. And I think part of this is to keep Nvidia in the spotlight until they can get the "tock" series of keplers out by the next quarter or two. So they give people a better single GPU in the mean time.
[QUOTE=Brt5470;39655300]Because Nvidia got a lot of hate for gimping keplers GPGPU performance. And I think part of this is to keep Nvidia in the spotlight until they can get the "tock" series of keplers out by the next quarter or two. So they give people a better single GPU in the mean time.[/QUOTE] Ah ok, so there isn't much point in getting one unless you want shorter 680, cheaper Tesla or better single GPU card with more RAM.
Effectively. It has specific uses, but it you're not paying only for gaming performance, which is what people expect for a Geforce.
[QUOTE=Orkel;39645468]And in less than 5 years these will be considered outdated junk.[/QUOTE] As with all personal computer technology.
I wonder if this card is any good for bitcoin mining (that way I can pay off the card in ten years!)
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