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    AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Video Card Review @ [H]

    I read this review, TomsHardware, and Guru3D and looked at game performance for each of the titles that overlapped between the reviews. It's crazy the performance difference between the 3. This one definitely skews toward the Nvidia side, while others seem to be even, or point to the AMD side
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    What 1080 Ti AIB card are you getting and why?

    I got my Aorus (non-Xtreme) in last night. Man, this this is such an upgrade from my two 290's. I play at 4k, and typically leave AA at 2x because I don't really see (visually) a huge benefit in cranking it at such a high res: Doom Ultra Settings 2x AA (No nightmare settings) - over 100fps...
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    What 1080 Ti AIB card are you getting and why?

    I got a Gigabyte Aorus (non-Xtreme). I was going to go for the Xtreme, but Gigabyte was out of pre-orders. It will arrive today and I'm so excited. My last Nvidia card was an EVGA 8800 GT. I got sick of waiting for Vega to probably just be disappointed by its performance. This will be my third...
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    GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Evaluation Thoughts

    I also vote for 4k benchmarks, but I'm one of the few who use a 4k monitor apparently. As a compromise, in many reviews you see 1080p and 1440p benchmarks. Why not just leave out 1080p entirely? Granted, I haven't read a videocard review in a while since I've been waiting for the TI and Vega...
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    What was the very first video card you ever bought?

    My first rig came from iBuyPower (regretful decision) with an evga nvidia 7300GT. I was on a strict budget since I was just a HS student working at McDonalds lol. The first gpu upgrade, I bought the slim evga 8800GT. Also my fav card of all that I've owned. That thing lasted me years.
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    GTX 1070 SLI?

    I have a 4k monitor in my current set-up along with 2x r9 290's. These have served me well for the most part...when there's actual crossfire support for the games I'm trying to play. However, I've been looking to upgrade and boarded the hype train a few weeks ago for destination GTX 1080/1070...
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    AMD new Nov drivers are coming

    This. So much this. I could not agree more.
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    Sick of AMD and xfire need help selecting new nvidia GPU

    This is probably the biggest thing. It's not worth your money to upgrade now. Try getting a refurb/used card somewhere to hold you over. Do you absolutely need eyefinity right now? If not, jump to a used 290x or new 390 for relatively cheap. If you do, move back to win7 / win8.1. It's not like...
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    Trying to choose between unlocked Smartphones

    I'm hoping to stay between $249 - $300 max price range. I will look into the G Flex 2 at $329, but I've heard negative things about the 810 SoC in that phone. I listed the Z3 because they've been trending closer to $300 on swappa, but have since shot back up in the $400 range. I don't believe...
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    Trying to choose between unlocked Smartphones

    Is the Atom Z3560 a better chip than the Snapdragon 801? Because it's an x86 cpu do you think that would hinder future updates for it?
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    Trying to choose between unlocked Smartphones

    I'm in the market for an unlocked, off-contract phone. I currently am on AT&T in the US. I was hoping to get a little feedback from anyone who owns, knows about, or has had experiences with any of these devices in making a purchasing decision. I just need something with solid performance, decent...
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    Uncharted 4 E3 Demo: why I hate console exclusives

    I definitely agree that the dialogue is definitely overblown. There's nothing I hate more in games than over-used phrases and what not during intense action scenes in games. I believe it detracts more than it helps. Uncharted is almost THE prime example of this. I played part of Uncharted 1 and...
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    So who killed it at E3?

    I think the one thing I was left disappointed with on Sony's end is the lack of a blockbuster for the remainder of 2015. I realize that MS really only had the Gear Remaster collection and Halo 5 as their exclusives, but everything exciting Sony showed isn't going until, at earliest, the end of...
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    Project Cars?

    How's is the Crossfire performance in Project Cars with 15.5 Beta? AMDCare and Roy stated there's a CF profile for CARS in 15.5, but I don't see it anywhere in the Release Notes.
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    Xperia Z3 Owners - Would you recommend?

    Hey all, Looking to buy an unlocked phone in the next 2 months. One phone I've always liked has been the Z3. Not a huge fan of its styling, but the battery, internals, camera, and waterproofing make it a very attractive purchase. I've seen prices finally start to come down on new ones (the...
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    Project Cars?

    For those that have already purchased the game who are running AMD GPU's, what's the performance like? Is Crossfire functional at all? What settings are you having to use?
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    Project Cars?

    This isn't a troll, more of a vent of frustration...but I'm beginning to not remotely give a damn who's fault it is. The bottom-line is AMD users are continually left with big titles they can't play. There have been 3 big name games that I've wanted to play over the last 6 or 7 months: Far Cry...
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    BLOODBORNE - Gamescom gameplay trailer

    Wow, I'm stupid. It's in the second tombstone for "Awaken Above Ground"....
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    BLOODBORNE - Gamescom gameplay trailer

    I defeated Vicar Amelia 2 days ago and reached Hemwick as my next area. I activated the first lamp you get to when you reach the first area with the witches and new enemies after you pass the plains area with the dogs and rifle dudes. However, even though I've activated the lamp, I can't seem...
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    BLOODBORNE - Gamescom gameplay trailer

    Also this is a great post on the Chalice Dungeons and links to an excellent video explaining the difference between regular Chalice Dungeons, Root Dungeons, Defiance, etc: http://www.reddit.com/r/bloodborne/comments/30ibr2/chalice_dungeon_code_exchange_for_loot/
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    BLOODBORNE - Gamescom gameplay trailer

    Has anyone beaten Vicar Amelia on their own? I'm trying to complete bosses by myself for greater challenge. This is my first game of this kind, so the first boss took me quite a few tries, although I died more times trying to get to him than facing him. The second boss took me 2 tries, the third...
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    Your favorite old school games

    This list is always a tough one for me, but I've been thinking about getting roms of these particular old school games to play again: Spider-Man: Maximum Carnage Vector-Man Power Rangers: The Movie
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    BLOODBORNE - Gamescom gameplay trailer

    You're definitely good to do, at least, the first dungeon. I tried it for the first time last night. My strength/enduance/vitality all roughly 20. It's not that hard, it's just that you go straight from a boss fight to the next floor, so be very conservative with your vial use if you're going to...
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    Looking for Z97 board around $150

    Hey everyone, don't mean to hijack the thread but I'm looking for a similar priced board for my build. I just purchased an i7 4790k. It's my first desktop intel cpu. I've always been an AMD user just due to cost, but now that I'm out of school and making actual money I don't have to sacrifice...
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    R9 290 Crossfire Performance Issues

    I was told by the previous owner no new BIOS was flashed onto the card I purchased. I'll try reflashing each card to stock. I'll try flashing each using the stock bios from each manufacturer. I found this BIOS collection...
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    R9 290 Crossfire Performance Issues

    I have the most up-to-date chipset drivers, and I updated my Bios to the most recent non-beta bios. I looked at my cpu usage on my other monitor while playing. This is roughly 15min of gameplay, taking one of the forts. Shared GPU load was all over the place there's a spike toward the right...
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    R9 290 Crossfire Performance Issues

    GPU-Z shows "ATI Crossfire: Enabled (2 GPUs)" and shows the correct info for each. The Bus Interface both show PCI-E 3.0x16 @ x1 2.0, then after about 10 seconds it reverts from 2.0 to 1.1. However, in the render test (I selected the check box for Render in full-screen for Crossfire / SLI) It...
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    Far Cry 4 set in the Himalayas

    Has anyone purchased running AMD hardware? I thoroughly enjoyed Far Cry 3, but got horrid performance issues once I moved my rig to a crossfire setup. Just wondering what performance is like for anyone running any AMD gpu('s)?
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    R9 290 Crossfire Performance Issues

    I disabled crossfire with the card I purchased in the first pci-e slot. I ran 3D Mark Firestrike 3 times back to back to back. Highest temp it reached was 72C. I scored 7554, 7594, 7554. I then loaded Battlefield 4 campaign. The initial Shanghai mission at the point where you're climbing that...
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    R9 290 Crossfire Performance Issues

    I probably should also note that I do use Afterburner with these cards - have not done any overclocking, but when I play any games I move the fan speed up to 53% constant. I've tried leaving not using it during all of this troubleshooting, temps went into the 80's C but didn't affect performance...
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    R9 290 Crossfire Performance Issues

    Hey guys, thanks for all of the insights and sorry for the delayed response. I've been super busy at work and had to travel, allowing only a limited time for troubleshooting but here's what I did so far - Temperature wise - I didn't play FC3 much at all due to the horrid framerate. I tried...
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    R9 290 Crossfire Performance Issues

    Hey all, I just bought a used reference R9 290 to pair with my reference 290 in Crossfire. I've been getting mixed performance results and am not sure if it's potentially an issue with the card I bought? I uninstalled my drivers using DDU, installed the second card, and installed the newest...
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    Would you buy a used 290/290x right now?

    I have been watching on eBay and other sites people selling their 290 / 290x cards for very low prices. I've seen reference 290x's going for under ~$300 sometimes. I know that the majority of these have probably been used for mining for x amount of days/weeks/months. I wanted to get some...
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    Reference Cooler or 3rd Party for Crossfire?

    Okay, great. Thanks for the insights
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    Reference Cooler or 3rd Party for Crossfire?

    I currently have a reference r9 290 and I'm looking to get a second one ( tax return casshhh :D ) for crossfire. My case has very good airflow, but I was wondering which type of card couples best with a reference card to limit the top card getting two cards? Should I just add another...
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    Phantasy Star Online 2 - English Translation / Private Server?

    Just wondering if there is any sort of English translation for PSO2? I know the game has been out for quite awhile, and has been "fully localized" for an English release (In English speaking parts of Asia). Just wondering if anyone knows a way to translate the text or if there is any private...
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    OFFICIAL: BF4 Mantle Cat 14.1 Performance and Feedback Thread

    Has Dice stated there's a fix coming in a future patch?
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    OFFICIAL: BF4 Mantle Cat 14.1 Performance and Feedback Thread

    How frequently would it happen? It's literally every single server for me
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