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    The Definitive AMD Ryzen 7 Real-World Gaming Guide @ [H]

    I'd be very interested too see how much speed AMD gets if DRAM overclocks of DDR4-4000 are possible. Now that the latest AGESA is out, we may finally know. This is what you get in some games with Ryzen. I wonder how well this scales past DDR4 3200. I agree with everyone else though -...
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    NVIDIA Video Card Driver Performance Review @ [H]

    I'd say within 1-2 years of release, the 7970 overtook the 680. We'd have to go back and compare a 2013-4 review. But the same seems to be happening with the 290X. In the case of the 7970, it seems to have reached near 780 levels in some games. I'm saying: 1. This is not just Ashes of...
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    NVIDIA Video Card Driver Performance Review @ [H]

    I took some time to hammer the data from Computerbase.de out. This is the source data. https://www.computerbase.de/2017-01/geforce-gtx-780-980-ti-1080-vergleich/2/ https://www.computerbase.de/2017-01/radeon-hd-7970-290x-fury-x-vergleich/2/ Full credits goes to Computerbase.de for this...
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    NVIDIA Video Card Driver Performance Review @ [H]

    There's games sponsored by both companies. Being an RTS and 4X person, I tend to weigh that more heavily for myself. In the case of Ashes, with Async on, we have a situation where a 290X is almost as fast as a 980Ti. We'll need Vega out to compare Pascal vs Vega and then later on in a year or...
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    NVIDIA Video Card Driver Performance Review @ [H]

    It comes down to, do you hold your GPU for a couple of years, or do you upgrade each generation (which some people here do)? If you hold for a couple of years, you are better off over the life of the time you own the GPU. If you upgrade each generation, go with Team Green. Correct. The GTX...
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    NVIDIA Video Card Driver Performance Review @ [H]

    AMD unfortunately, is short on funding, which I suspect is the culprit. The thing is, most people keep their GPUs for a few years. [H] in that regard might have a selection bias because people here are more likely to be hardcore enthusiasts. I personally care about long term over the...
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    NVIDIA Video Card Driver Performance Review @ [H]

    AMD seems to be attempting to improve their hardware performance over time, something Nvidia puts much less emphasis on. I think that when it's a near tie situation, improvements over time can make a difference. I'd love to see a 7970 today versus say, a GTX 680 today. At launch, the 680 was...
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    AMD Video Card Driver Performance Review - Fine Wine? @ [H]

    A lot of it depends on long-term drivers. Over a period of say, 3-5 years (for those keeping their cards for the long haul), this might make a noticeable difference. I'd love to see a 7970 vs GTX 680 type of comparison for example. Of course, this also depends on Nvidia as well and how much...
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    Intel Kaby Lake Core i7-7700K Overclocking Preview @ [H]

    It's been suggested that 1.45V is the maximum safe 24-7 with a 6700K, so I'd imagine the same is with Kaby Lake. To be conservative, probably no more than 1.4 V. I suspect that delid would lead to further improvements in performance, perhaps 100-200 MHz and much cooler temperatures. There...
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    AMD & NVIDIA GPU VR Performance: Google's Tilt Brush @ [H]

    Right now, IMO, 4k performance is far more interesting than VR, which seems to be in a still beta state. The lack of truly compelling games, the headsets which are often heavy and IMO not that comfortable for sustained wearing. There is also the lack of truly compelling content still. Finally...
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    MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM LGA2011-v3 Review @ [H]

    Thanks for the re-upload. The AVX negative offset seems like the only "cool" feature of this new generation of CPUs. It may be useful for certain applications. At least now, the X99A XPower Titanium is probably not to blame for not being stable at stock. Feature wise though, yeah, in some...
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    MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM LGA2011-v3 Review @ [H]

    The problem is that Skylake E (or X) will be on the same 14nm process. I don't see it being much faster if you think about it. Ivy Bridge E vs Sandy Bridge E would be the most direct comparison, of Broadwell E vs Haswell E. Arguably, from a CPU standpoint, Sandy Bridge E was faster due to...
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    MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM LGA2011-v3 Review @ [H]

    Thanks for the review. Owning an MSI X99A XPower as my main system (the yellow and black version), I feel like apart from the metal reinforced PCIe sockets, this "Titanium" variant is a downgrade. On the X99A XPower, you get: - 2 USB 2.0 ports, 8 USB 3.0 ports, and 2 USB 3.1 ports - Dual LAN...
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    MSI X99A Gaming Pro Carbon Broadwell-E Motherboard @ [H]

    Looks like these early BIOS revisions are immature. Expected, but I don't think that Broadwell E is looking like a good clocker. If people are hitting 4.3 - 4.4, that's down from 4.4 - 4.6 on Haswell E, which all but negatives the 3% or so you'd expect in IPC improvements on Broadwell. The...
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    GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition Overclocking Preview @ [H]

    As others have noted, what will the Lightning / Classified / HOF editions do is the really interesting question. I have another - how well does Pascal scale with voltage? Maxwell didn't scale too well past 1.25V. Kepler and Fermi by contrast scaled quite well. We'll know soon enough with...
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