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SF is a shithole for it's wealth gap and NIMBY bullshit, but Facial Recognition / pervasive tracking is creepy as fuck. Keeping this crap out of government is something any privacy-loving person should want.

Some very good work here, thanks.

I agree. I'll preface by saying I really like the hardware (esp. GPU) reviews here and find them essential, but the editors seem to equate "resource utilization" with "demanding". The two concepts are not directly proportional. A game can be demanding because it poorly utilizes hardware...

I re-installed it when I got my 680 GTX last year and was blown away. Still looks better than most games I've played recently. Diffrent' strokes I guess.

Consoles and other fixed-hardware gaming devices will continue to push the industry forward, just not as quickly as PC gamers would like ;) It's like a chicken-or-the-egg problem. Should GPUs improve in anticipation of new games, or should new games be coded in anticipation of new hardware...

Thanks, that was coherent. What annoyed me most about ragecase's post was how it reminded me of the slew of butthurt enthusiasts complaining over Nvidia's release of a "mid range" card last year. It wasn't mid range, it was faster than the then fastest AMD card, which made it high end...

If it doesn't make use of DX11 to it's fullest extent, it isn't utilizing DX11, but merely using it. Anyway, the article's conclusions don't surprise me any, but I'm glad to have my assumptions proven.

I might be misinterpreting the tone of the article (sorry if I am), but the author seems very excited that (a) the game is unplayable at highest settings/resolution, and (b) there's DLC that improves graphics. Somehow this means that the game is pushing hardware to it's limits and is therefore a...

Hmm. How about holding in the drool until after the review is published? Even the most gaudy case will only show off the top ridge of the card anyway...

It would be 2 months from now, not 3, since I purchased the card March 22. The more I think about it, it might be worth it for the warranty alone. I am interested in overclocking, and IIRC EVGA's warranties are transferrable which is a boon for resale. Thanks for the replies.

Like many people here, I bought a 680 GTX immediately following the reviews on March 22. I bought the EVGA model, which means I have until the end of tomorrow to purchase an extended warranty for my card. This warranty is necessary for eligibility in the step-up program. a) It would allow me...

Tearing @ below 60 FPS shouldn't yield multiple "tears" (since the system can't render more than 1 frame per 16ms), maybe that's why you find it less noticeable, but it's still there. Eurogamer regularily compares PS3 and Xbox 360 game footage, the latter of which uses a sort of adaptive vsync...

And after that, you should read this: http://techreport.com/articles.x/21516/5. Compare the SLI with the CF results. In general it seems like SLI trades raw average fps for more consistent performance, compared to CF. Some people may not notice CF "stuttering", I envy them greatly for it, but...

Woah. What was the card you sent in?

Ordered!

So tempting, but I must wait for [H] review....

I can't speak for other 1080p gamers, but I don't like to compromise. I hate changes in framerate and screen tearing. I want butter smooth, extremely consistent gameplay, and have no qualms about investing $500 in a video card to get it :).

That's actually a really good point. I hope the OP follows through. Geez, it's like opening a thread about "Bugs in <Game>" and seeing a post "No problem here". This is a thread about issues with Newegg. If you've never had an issue and have no constructive advice to provide the OP, why are...

I've received products in poor condition from Newegg, but not specifically video cards. I also had a strange issue in November where my order remained "in processing" for 4 business days. I could never figure out why and they didn't reply to my emails. I ended up cancelling the order and buying...

As long as console GPUs resemble PC GPUs, PC gaming will survive just fine on enhanced console ports, with the occasional leap in graphics from dedicated PC devs (e.g. Crysis). Frankly that's good enough for me. All the "ports" I've bought recently have looked and played better than their...

I will be in the same boat soon. I have a 570 which I have until next week to return for a refund. I was hoping to see a kepler hard launch before then so I could just trade it in but it looks like I'll be spending a few days (weeks?) with integrated intel video. OTOH, maybe the store will...

Nice review, but I would have loved to see a comparison of single 7950 and 6950 Crossfire (can't please *everyone*, heh ;)). The reason is I'm expecting 6950 to reduce in price in the coming months and/or see an influx in the second-hand market. A second 6950 @ $250 doesn't make sense right...

1500W :eek:. It seems like yesterday people were debating 300W vs 350W.

This is a seriously awesome card. Now if only they could release a midrange option to drive down prices of their other cards....

Thanks for the DX11 screenshots. It's so slow that I never bothered comparing DX9 / DX11 on my own. It sucks that DX11 is broken, but had it never shipped with that code path no one would be upset. We'd all be enjoying a great-looking DX9 game.

This is why anyone dropping cash for AMD's new tech has my support. I even thanked the geek at my local brick-and-mortar shop when he told me he was getting a 100% AMD system :p.

Clearly, the PR folks filtered which questions were suitable for engineers to answer. Or, the engineers realized they couldn't answer truthfully without blatantly trashing the product, so they redirected some questions to the PR guys. I found the designer's answers fair. The man shouldn't put...

I'm happy to see that CFX scales well in this game. At least when AMD gets things working, they work pretty well. Nonetheless, despite the value proposition, I must say I regret my 6950 purchase. AMD dropping the ball on so many games recently really makes me question the longevity of this...

I'm glad I'm not the only one wondering.

I wouldn't say that the game is a challenge for AMD's lineup (i.e. would you be saying this if the 580 performed the same?). It looks more like there's an optimization(s) being performed by nVidia that isn't being done by AMD. Whether this is a driver issue, or hardware limitation, remains to be...

Small quibble about the article: It's annoying to be constantly reminded that the game's good graphics are thanks to Frostbite 2. Of course they are. It was a given once you mentioned that NFS was build on FB2. I only mention this because FB2 will be to EA what Source is to Valve. It will be...

Battlefield 4, now with even more dust specks!

Hehe. "News tonight: Solar flare tied to reduction in car-related deaths!".

Wow. NASA didn't mean that all all. You quoted a Register (*cough*) article which misinterprets a NASA release.

Remember, a pirated copy does not equal a lost sale. Still, the piracy is very disappointing.

Exactly. And why? Because we have consoles setting the bar higher than that. Without this massive market with DX9-level GPUs and 3GHz CPUs, developers would likely have to cater to even lower specs in order to meet sales expectations.

Cool. I get it. I believe there will always be cutting-edge games on PC, just not many of them. Crysis was one, and BF3 (so far) looks to be a nice step up. One thing I've learned, where there is hardware, there are developers willing to take advantage of it. The only question is "how many?".

Unfortunately, developing for PCs means catering to the lowest common denominator as well. Not everyone has a Radeon 6000 series (or even an nVidia 8800). Some PCs have single-core, many dual-core, and many quad-core. Some have 2GB RAM, others have 12. Most are laptops. Even when PCs were the...

Because there wasn't an FPS market on consoles. Now there is (a huge one, too), and consoles are powerful enough to provide solid graphics. It's not sad. In fact, what would be sad is a developer pouring 1-2 years into a game only to see it undersell because he optimized it for a niche platform...

Hi, I'd appreciate any wisdom from you experts. Here goes: 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming Bluray ripping/transcoding 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? Below $1500 incl. tax. Lower is better, but not at the expense of quality. 3) Which country do you...