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This right here. It got bad to the point that I know the first stages of games by heart now because that's the only part I ever ended up playing.

I once made the same mistake too lol.

Is Rivatuner Statistics Server installed along with Afterburner? It needs to be running at the same time as Afterburner for OSD.

Your package was most likely delivered by this guy:

What resolution? If you're talking about getting it to work at 144hz (regardless of Freesync), it's most likely the cable. Some 6950s also don't output dual-link DVI on both DVI ports, have you tried both? If it were me, I would be using the DP/mini-DP anyway since dual-link DVI is close to...

"Heeell lot of VRAM" The accent alone kills me

Kinda similar situation as OP, will be running a 1080 into the sunset with this 2600k system, which is quite similar to your overall performance balance. Sandy Bridge forever! UPDATE 04-24: I lied, I'm fucking weak haha, dropped in a 2070 but still on Sandy

I don't normally like such heavy looking cards, but all that clean, shiny metal does make it look pretty damn appealing. I should leave this thread before it does bad things to my wallet.

I've found coil whine to happen most often on cards that draw a lot of power (200W and above). Though my only recent tests took place over the past couple of years -- 900s and 1070s/1080s; the last card I owned that had serious whine was the 7970). Just a data point from me.

I wish I could still say the same for myself. I swore off used, but then I saw a good deal and had a good feel from the seller after seeing where they live (i.e. not a miner). Prices can stay high since nVidia just priced the existing previous gen cards into the current lineup.

Can't click this review hard enough. Must. Generate. MORE REVENUE. Fuck NvDA and their dirty pool.

Thankfully, it's a Seasonic so even it fails it won't quite blow up (I only hear of really poor quality PSUs taking other components with them when they die).

Re-ran some perfornance-per-dollar numbers and then got me a good deal on a good condition 1080. Gonna wait out this round.

This is pretty much why you also never see prices drop when nvidia cards are EOL. Control over pricing. They would sooner set the cards on fire than see them sell for a discounted price.

If you're genuinely wondering (...) why people are upset when Y card is the same as X card from years ago, it's because it took them years to do it. We're being told to pay handsomely for the privilege of getting more for less. Meanwhile, they're playing a shell game on us to raise prices at...

What a poor showing. If 2080 is the same performance as a 1080 ti (... over 18 months later...) and still costs more to boot, we're rewarding mediocrity at best (and at worst, we're playing into their greed). Until ray tracing actually provides the cards some additional value (by, y'know...

Nah, nvidia can pound sand. I can buy it but don't need it right now. Thinking about how badly they're running amok with the pricing will ruin the experience the entire time I own the card, and I also don't particularly want to reward this kind of behavior. We're just telling them we're okay...

Just whitelisted the site, and happy to do it since seeing Kyle act on poll results. I don't have much money to give but the site's gonna need every bit of help it can get moving forward. Stick it to nvidia.

My ass is already sore from the reaming we're about to take.

Re: Buy now or later You gotta know your own patterns. Generally you should be willing to put some thought into the release cycles and if we're only a month or two away from new releases, or if you're paying for something that will depreciate quickly. But if this leads to you never pulling...

Even if we do take miners, some of whom also happen to be gamers who supposedly babied their cards, at their word, how are any of us to know? Faith? Caveat emptor and all that. Let's face it, profit and greed was introduced on a massive scale to our beloved hobby, and we're all paying for it...

Unfortunately, you have a lot of self-shills obfuscating and deflecting in the mining argument, trying to prop up the resale market of their cards since they want to dump them for as much as possible down the line -- which is, not in itself wrong, but undeniably, comes at the expense of...

^ Yeah I'd be happy to escape with the clothes on my back after being dumped on that many times. Enjoy your new (?) card

I got got

On the flip side, miners shouldn't be surprised or upset if non-miner gamers aren't in a hurry to help cash out the people that have been profiting at their expense. It's the way it is, if not business, like you say. Disclosure: I have mined on and off, and don't expect to sell off cards for...

Perhaps you would consider console gaming? :D

+1 for RTSS (Rivatuner). I've been limiting to under refresh rate like previously mentioned since back when severe coil whine was a problem for power-hungry cards.

Very informative, thanks all.

This thread is a real eye-opener for me. Not because of aliens or any sort, mind, but of all the strange new people with various viewpoints that I had no idea existed on these forums... I should leave my usual subforums more often. :whistle:

Long live EVGA.

We were hyperventilating at how it broke 9000 for the first time. Doesn't that memory just seem quaint now?

This is nuts. I'm just gonna take some profit now and go to bed before my heart explodes lol Over $9600 on Coindesk at moment of writing

I usually blow off Zotac because unlike the manufacturers mentioned above, they don't (seem to) have a transferable warranty, which makes the card harder to sell after the every 2 years I upgrade.

I live close to ASUS and MSI depots (Markham), so it's been painless for me to do returns (they advance me a card in a couple of days, then I drop off the old one). It's also easier for me to just go down there and raise a stink if I were to have an issue, which I've never had -- great service...

I was thinking exactly this. Mobos can take a lot, but that kind of wear only gets worse with every drop or flip.

Are you saying this as a miner? In any case, new prices aren't coming down by much any time soon.

There's the key. Miners are less likely to buy other miners' cards.

Inb4 bitches hatin'

It's excessive as a media player card. Unless you're getting a 690 at the same price as a 1050, I say you're better off going for the 1060 if you will still game, or an actual 1050 (or even 750ti if you see it around) if the 690 is more expensive.

Not saying 680 isn't old (because it is), but are you sure you're not talking about 580 being based on 480? Those were Fermi and 680 was Kepler, a new design.