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Nvidia GTX680
- Thread starter Munson
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Got a 580 at the moment and gonna hold off for a bit. I will wait for the new CPU's to come out and do a more comprehensive system upgrade. Maybe wait for the 680 to drop in price a bit too. Think maybe late summer.
I'd normally be one to get the latest stuff but it doesn't seem worth it. I can play virtually all games maxed out already due to them being held back by 7 year old console technology and my screen only being 1080. Plus I've been playing console-style lately - sitting back from my screen with the 360-PC pad for the rumble and you don't even need AA on when that distance away so my PC doesn't even get warm!
I don't mind wasting money on upgrades but at the moment the cost/benefit ratio is so far out of whack even I can't justify it.
I'd normally be one to get the latest stuff but it doesn't seem worth it. I can play virtually all games maxed out already due to them being held back by 7 year old console technology and my screen only being 1080. Plus I've been playing console-style lately - sitting back from my screen with the 360-PC pad for the rumble and you don't even need AA on when that distance away so my PC doesn't even get warm!
I don't mind wasting money on upgrades but at the moment the cost/benefit ratio is so far out of whack even I can't justify it.
Darren S
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It's a very clever anti-PC conspiracy by the thumb-twiddler manufacturers. They know that they cannot ever out-gun the PC in terms of performance - so why not let the market stagnate in terms of titles being released, so that purchasing new hardware is nigh-on pointless?
I kinda love the irony that the biggest moan/complaint/urban-myth the console-bookenders seem to have - is that you have to upgrade your PC hardware every 4.35 days. Yet their own devices have killed that argument, dead in its tracks. We simply don't need to anymore.
D.
Evo 5 RS
I am as I've flogged my pair
Evo 5 RS
My Skyrim begs to differ, so does BF3
It's more about the VRAM to be fair. At 2560 x 1440 1.5GB isn't enough anymore at all, and no point buying 3GB 580s at this stage.
Only cost me £45 in the end anyway
It's more about the VRAM to be fair. At 2560 x 1440 1.5GB isn't enough anymore at all, and no point buying 3GB 580s at this stage.
Only cost me £45 in the end anyway
Evo 5 RS
Yep, you get a better frame rate with lower resolution, but the frame rate isn't the half of it. The GPU itself isn't exactly leaps and bounds faster but when you're hitting your VRAM barrier you run into page filing which is DOG slow, and then produces stuttering. Sometimes awful stuttering.
Because I have a s**te load of RAM available though I set up a virtual drive to play BF3 which then when it enters page filing it's actually accessing the RAM. Even that's slow though, which just goes to show how fast GDDR5 actually is lol
1.5GB is on the limit for 1080, anything over that and you need more. Like hell was I going to fork out on two 3GB 580s when they're 3 years old.
Because I have a s**te load of RAM available though I set up a virtual drive to play BF3 which then when it enters page filing it's actually accessing the RAM. Even that's slow though, which just goes to show how fast GDDR5 actually is lol
1.5GB is on the limit for 1080, anything over that and you need more. Like hell was I going to fork out on two 3GB 580s when they're 3 years old.
Fair. I just meant in your example does lowering the res increase frame rates? It doesn't always happen.
On an older system of mine, I was investigating FarCry 2, and came across a scene where it dipped to 40fps. That scene (static) would not render faster than that, even with the resolution whacked right down. It was CPU bound.
On an older system of mine, I was investigating FarCry 2, and came across a scene where it dipped to 40fps. That scene (static) would not render faster than that, even with the resolution whacked right down. It was CPU bound.
Evo 5 RS
hex core i7 @ 5Ghz, if it is at all CPU bound there ain't a lot I can do about it lol
Evo 5 RS
You missed a bargain, so no you don't deserve one
Haha fair enough! It's just that I'm running a 2600K at 4.3Ghz with SLI 580, and Skyrim doesn't struggle. Only rarely does it dip below 60fps. Then again I'm running pauper spec 1920x1080
Evo 5 RS
You could of had 580 SLi for the price (or less) of one 680. Which would of trampled it.
Your lose bish
Your lose bish
You could of had 580 SLi for the price (or less) of one 680. Which would of trampled it.
Your lose bish
I have a 700 watt PSU, if I get two cards, which tbh I dont really want, itll mean a PSU upgrade which means spending more money. I agree your offer was a bargain, I came so close but I could have had a single 680 for the price of two 580's and the new psu.
Evo 5 RS
4gb? Shoulda' waited if not
Evo 5 RS
yeah that'll do Stock is limited at the moment - I've held out for the non reference EVGA cards for the extra memory
Stock is limited at the moment - I've held out for the non reference EVGA cards for the extra memory
Evo 5 RS
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Evo 5 RS
Well this is the thing, that demo was originally showed this time LAST year on three 580 GTXs
This year it was run at GDC on a single 680
Both in real time btw.
Apparently.
This year it was run at GDC on a single 680
Both in real time btw.
Apparently.
Evo 5 RS
You'd be surprised what you can do, especially when theres no physics, A.I or variables to account for. It's just a short scripted sequence
Evo 5 RS
No, in the game engine lol
In real time
In real time
Evo 5 RS
If you open the doors to pushing the tech to the limits you can do some pretty amazing stuff. I spent a fair while pouring high texture maps and SSAO into Skyrim and it almost looks like CGI now, wouldn't even recognise the game.
PC is just a PITA for devs. They need to make proffit at the end of the day, and piracy is so convenient on PC it must be difficult for devs to make as much money selling a PC only game as they would a multi platform.
Pics
Well here's hoping. Personally I expect the actual games to look significantly less amazing than that. Tech demos should be viewed with caution IMO. Along with resampled 'screenshots'. Apparently Forza 4 was going to look better than Cars 2, going by the screenshots people were pulling one off over
Evo 5 RS
