KickAssCop
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So who is upgrading to new cards? From which setup as well. Post away.
Wondering if I should do 980 SLi or not.
Wondering if I should do 980 SLi or not.
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Upgrading is tempting, but generally my min criteria to upgrade is when I can get a single card that is faster (excluding $$$ boutique BS like the titan) than both of my existing cards together. I really have not seen anything that shows the 980 being faster than 680 SLI, especially not in the games that I play and the resolution that I play at. Combine that with the fact that all of the games I care about tend to be extremely CPU limited, even with a 2500k @ 5Ghz, I'd rather save, wait, and upgrade my CPU/Mobo when something worthy comes out.
My vote is for the voodoo3
Waiting on AMD. Don't wanna get burned.
AMD announcing something sept 25!!
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if they had something major up their sleeves, why haven't we seen leaks yet?
TNT2 for the win! 32bit color pwns youThe voodoo 3 was beast! My first real gpu lol
AMD has gotten better and keeping things private. Also I don't think people were looking so hard for leaks from them with all the attention focussing on Nvidia and their Maxwell release a few days back. I think people just weren't paying attention.
The only recent leak relating to amd was that cooling shroud picture, which signs point to being months away. If amd had something around the corner, leaks would be out in the wild by now (see r9 290 series).
It is just amd's typical lousy marketing.
I have 680 SLI, on a 30" 2560x1600. I'm waiting...What I have is still insanely fast for most games.
Resist the temptation. Push prices down. Let AMD and Nvidia duke it out.
Do you check twitter by any chance. See this post by AMD
https://twitter.com/amd_roy/status/513467158316077057
Notice when speaking about competition he specifically tags @NvidiaGeforce & @AMDRadeon for that exciting reveal in a few days.
Keep in mind he's not tagging @intelCPU or anything else so that leads me to believe it's a GPU.
Could mean a lot of things, like newer gpu features etc. We will see I guess.
Me, I'd wait for the 20nm, but my mom needs a computer and I told her I'd give her this one, and build a new one.
It's been almost 4 years since I built a PC and my 580 and SSD are getting long in the tooth.
Are you currently playing GPU-intensive games? If not, IMO deal with onboard for now. I can play most of the games I've been into lately on my HD4600 onboard, though I'm not playing any particularly GPU-intensive games right now. I'll upgrade when they surpass 28nm. The only thing that can beat my impatience is my stubbornness. I refuse to buy 28nm unless it's dirt cheap. If my money isn't buying me improvements in process technology, why are they still charging >$500 for the high end? If TSMC hasn't given them major discounts on the super-old 28nm process by now, they should be shopping around for a new fab.
Are you currently playing GPU-intensive games? If not, IMO deal with onboard for now. I can play most of the games I've been into lately on my HD4600 onboard, though I'm not playing any particularly GPU-intensive games right now. I'll upgrade when they surpass 28nm. The only thing that can beat my impatience is my stubbornness. I refuse to buy 28nm unless it's dirt cheap. If my money isn't buying me improvements in process technology, why are they still charging >$500 for the high end? If TSMC hasn't given them major discounts on the super-old 28nm process by now, they should be shopping around for a new fab.
I do. Onboard would not cut it.
If 20nm is that much better, I have no problem selling the 900's and buying the 20nm.
How about we get a game worth upgrading for? lol