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    AMD Cuts Revenue Estimate, Citing Weak PC Sales

    For mobile a strong iGPU is a good thing. But desktop CPUs don't need a strong iGPU. GT1 is more than good enough for grandma's email, and no sane desktop-gamer uses integrated graphics. I have a feeling a lot of 2500K/3570K/4670K users would upgrade to Skylake if Intel offered an affordable...
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    AMD Cuts Revenue Estimate, Citing Weak PC Sales

    That's what happens when your top CPU is an underperforming 3 year old 32nm dinosaur, that uses more than twice the power of the 14nm competition. Unfortunately, the result is Intel sitting on their butts for the past four years. No Intel, I don't want yet another quadcore with GT3 graphics...
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    HardOCP looking into the 970 3.5GB issue?

    The worst thing is, even the 3.5GB is slower than previously advertised, 196GB/s. Every review at release told me it was 224GB/s. If I had known this back then, I might have waited and gone for the 980. Well, nvidia got my money now, so mission accomplished I guess. I'm still happy with my 970...
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    HardOCP looking into the 970 3.5GB issue?

    Nvidia responds. Segmented memory confirmed.
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    Assassin's Creed Unity Performance Video Card Review @ [H]

    I pre-ordered Far Cry 4: Non-stop streaming-stutters. I learned my lesson. No more Ubisoft pre-orders for me. I will not buy the FC4 Season Pass now and AC4 will probably be my last AC unless I get confirmation from actual gamers that the new games run smoothly. But if Watchdogs still stutters...
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    Which 970 Are You Buying?

    I really wanted the Gigabyte, but it's too long for my Define R4 case. If I buy, I will probably get the MSI Gaming.
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    980 vs 970sli

    Not entirely true. In the Nvidia Control Panel you can edit a game's profile and let it use only one card. But it's not the same as disabling SLI. I noticed this in Fallout 3/NV. In SLI-mode, the water in puddles is broken. Even when the game runs on a single card. But after disabling SLI, the...
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    Post Your NEW 3DMark Sky Driver Benchmark Results

    On two 660's and a 3570K @4Ghz: Score: 20487 Graphics: 30769 Physics: 8064 Combined: 17139 3dmark results
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    Upcoming GTX880/980, fastest card, but what game we will play with it ?

    a 780 Ti is not really a requirement for nextgen games. Let's take a look at the numbers for Ryse: Son of Rome (specs for 1080p): The minimum requirements are very low for such a beautiful game. People who will buy this game don't play on Intel HD graphics. I doubt the hidden object crowd is...
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    When was the last time you paid full price for a game?

    If we're talking about AAA-games: Thief. Because I loved the original games. Big mistake, two months later it was 50% off already. :mad: Nowadays, with all the pre-order bonus dlc and season pass crap I just wait until the full package is really cheap until I buy. Especially with Ubisoft...
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    AMD Radeon R9 285 Announced

    Are you sure?
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    AMD Radeon R9 285 Announced

    Exactly. If you don't mind playing with reduced texture quality, then sure, 2GB is fine. But if you want the best textures, you do NOT want to be stuck with a 2GB card in 2015.
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    AMD Radeon R9 285 Announced

    "just" swaps them out? The moment that happens a game becomes unplayable. Try playing Thief on a 2GB card with high or very high textures. Awful stutters every time you turn around!
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    AMD Radeon R9 285 Announced

    You (conveniently) forget to mention price. Usually consumers win, by getting that similar performance for less money (6870 vs 5850). The problem is, with the 285 you have to pay more money. It reminds me of the 5770 launch. That card was more expensive than the 4870 at launch, but slightly...
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    AMD Celebrating 30 Years of Graphics and Gaming Webcast

    No doubt the 4Gb version will cost a lot more than $ 249 though. Not always no. Especially if you game @1080p. But as long as the 280 is still available, I see no reason why anyone would pick the 285 over a card with more bandwidth.
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    AMD Celebrating 30 Years of Graphics and Gaming Webcast

    Yes, but if the choice is between more memory/bandwidth or trueaudio, I think the answer is clear. The 280 is the superior card.
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    AMD Celebrating 30 Years of Graphics and Gaming Webcast

    The 285 has less memory, less memory bandwidth than a 280, but costs more. Why would anyone want this card? I don't get it.
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    Watch Dogs Performance and Image Quality Review @ [H]

    Well, I suppose this means I will buy this game when it's real cheap, or when I have a 4GB card. Although, if what specops is saying is true, that won't really matter much. Hopefully Nvidia can optimize their drivers. But I doubt they will... not 3 months after release. I must say, those...
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    Watch Dogs AMD & NVIDIA GPU Performance Preview @ [H]

    I'm curious. What would happen with my 660's in Watch Dogs, with their weird "2GB on a 192-bit bus" configuration? With MSI-afterburner, in Skyrim, I never ever see vram usage go over 1500 MB. Is this because afterburner doesn't understand the card's memory configuration, or is the card simply...
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    Latest games doing away with GFWL (CAPCOM, have you no shame!?)

    Any news? Is the GFWL shutdown still planned for July? That's less than two months away, and I still have a backlog of GFWL-games! Should I play them now, or will I be able to install/activate them after the shutdown?
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    What is your video card upgrade history?

    1997: S3 Virge DX + Voodoo Graphics 1998: Rendition Verite 2100 + Voodoo-2 1999: Riva TNT + Voodoo-2 SLI 2000: Voodoo-3 3000 AGP 2000: Geforce-2 MX + Voodoo-2 SLI 2000: Voodoo-5 5500 AGP 2002: Geforce-4 Ti 4200 64MB (Abit. It just died after four months) 2002: Geforce-4 Ti 4200 64MB (MSI) 2004...
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    best card for around ~500 or wait

    Is an overclocked 780 worth it coming from 660-SLI? I bought a second 660 a few months ago, and SLI is fast and works fine most of the time.... but there are many little, annoying things that add up: Bethesda games with bugged water/HDR. Indie games without SLI profiles that can't quite reach...
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    Maxwell in March?

    Are you sure? I want a 780, but somehow it feels like buying a 7950GT just before the release of 8800GTX. Very fast, but hopelessly outdated only a few months later. I guess it all depends on how important that new memory architecture is.
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    ditch 460GTx for Physx

    QKSILVR73, very interesting. Do you have Batman Arkham City? I would like to see those benchmark results! I'm wondering though; you have a noname 750w? No power problems? I have a 660w Seasonic, and I'm thinking about buying a 780 and use a 660 for physx. But I'm not sure the PSU can handle...
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    Kickstarter for Obduction by Cyan, Inc. - Creators of MYST.

    In case you missed it, today is the final day for this kickstarter. Cyan needs just a little bit more to reach the Oculus Rift stretch goal. So what are you waiting for? Help them out!
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    Geforce 770 & 780 coming in May

    I had to put it in fallout_default.ini as well before it would stick if I remember correctly. Smooth as butter after that.
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    Geforce 770 & 780 coming in May

    Killzone Shadowfall uses 3GB for video on the PS4. Don't know how much of that is cached, but still. Makes me nervous buying a 3GB card right now.
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    Geforce 770 & 780 coming in May

    In all cases? The new consoles are disappointingly weak, but have huge amounts of RAM. What if future games go easy on FLOPS, but have huge texturepacks?
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    Geforce 770 & 780 coming in May

    I'm talking about 1080p, 60fps, Ultra settings and 4x MSAA. I know that 4 (or even 3) GB is overkill right now. But would a Fallout 4 (assuming it uses the same engine as Skyrim) be able to run @60fps on a 770 (aka 680) with a texture-pack that fills up the entire 4GB of VRAM?
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    Geforce 770 & 780 coming in May

    What would be better for future-proofing? 3GB 780 or 4GB 770?
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    Intel Starts The Countdown To Haswell

    You have a 4.6Ghz 2500K and want a new one? :rolleyes: You'll be disappointed.
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    Switched from a 5770 to GTX 660, still crave more power

    On my 660 I was able to play Infinite on Ultra @1080p with constant 60fps (only settings I had to turn down were: shadows to high and SSAO to normal)
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    Geforce 770 & 780 coming in May

    I really can't justify spending money on these cards, with the new consoles almost upon us. Who knows what the system requirements will be for next year's ports... My fear is that the 2GB 760 Ti will this generation's 256MB 7800 GT: Fast enough for now, but outdated before you know it.
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    NVIDIA GeForce R319 Drivers (320.00 BETA)

    What kind of rendering problems?
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    Unigine Valley 1.0 Benchmark

    Anti-aliasing is a huge performance eater on my GTX 660. Probably because it's memory-bandwidth-starved. i5-3570K @ 4Ghz, MSI GTX660 @stock (1033/1098Mhz), Win7-64, DDR3@1600Mhz: - Extreme-HD preset (8xAA): score: 1283, fps: 30.7, min: 17.2, max: 55.6 - 4xAA: score: 1594, fps: 38.1...
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    Your most hated graphical effect?

    All current foliage tech: - Grass: 2 sprites sticking out of the ground. Yuck. - Leaves on trees: ugly flat textures with transparancy that look fake when viewed from an angle - Foliage-sprites that turn as you change position. It's not 1995 anymore guys!!! - Static grass and bushes. I want to...
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    Your GPU progression?

    1995: S3 Trio32 1998: Verite V2100 (Diamond) 1998: Voodoo Graphics (Diamond) 1998: Voodoo 2-12MB No. 1 (Creative Labs) 1999: Voodoo 2-12MB No. 2 (Creative Labs) 1999: Riva TNT (Creative Labs) 2000: Voodoo 3-3000 AGP (3dfx) 2000: Geforce 2MX (Hercules/Guillemot) 2000: Voodoo 5-5500 AGP...
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    GTX 660 reviewed early

    Just one 6-pin power-connector for a 140W card sounds a bit tight: can't be good for overclocking. Oh well, I never overclock my GPU anyway. Maybe the factory-OC'd cards will come with two 6-pins. BTW: Koween, I'm not saying all ATI-cards are bad. That 3870 was one of the best cards I ever...
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    GTX 660 reviewed early

    Could be an interesting card. Looking forward to some real reviews though. Coming from a GTX460, what would be best? The 660, HD7870, or 660-Ti? They are all about twice as fast as the 460. I must say I really like the price/performance of the 7870, but there are just too many black-screen...
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    A New Dawn DX11 Demo Compared to the Old Dawn @ [H]

    Yes there are some minor improvements, but nowhere near the jump in quality during the 2004-2006 pixelshader revolution: GTA San Andreas (2004) vs. GTA IV (2008) or Unreal Tournament 2004 vs. Unreal Tournament 3 (2007) (scroll down for screenshots)
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