The Power PC Thread [f*ck off consoles]

[Silent_Scone]

I did have a Maxwell Titan lol.

Yeah, they need a kick up the arse with this naming convention, as if busting peoples nuts isn't enough that just bought a Ti waiting on the next "best thing".

 

[SharkyUK]

As said, nVidia were always going to bring this fully-enabled version out at some point (as opposed to only having all cores unlocked on their top-end Quadro cards). It's stupid, it's going to frustrate a few people and it's nVidia's way - "nVidia, the way it's meant to be milked"... For the majority (i.e. those who aren't @Silent_Scone) there's little point in spending near on double the money when the 1080 Ti is going to practically offer an identical experience.

 

[Silent_Scone]

As said, nVidia were always going to bring this fully-enabled version out at some point (as opposed to only having all cores unlocked on their top-end Quadro cards). It's stupid, it's going to frustrate a few people and it's nVidia's way - "nVidia, the way it's meant to be milked"... :smile: For the majority (i.e. those who aren't @Silent_Scone) there's little point in spending near on double the money when the 1080 Ti is going to practically offer an identical experience.

Actually, even then there is the potential for outright failure. If you have a good clocking 1080Ti or TX, and end up with a lemon TXP, you may end up having the same or less performance even with the extra 256 cores lol

 

[Silent_Scone]

Got an Apex and 7700K up for sale if anyone is interested.

 

[N0ddie]

How much?

 

[Silent_Scone]

How much?

pm

 

[SharkyUK]

The new Unigine 2 "Superposition" Benchmark is a bit of a GPU-basher!

You can download it from here: https://benchmark.unigine.com/

 

[Silent_Scone]

need to run this! I'm honestly not a fan of synthetic benchmarking tbh

 

[N0ddie]

So I bought myself a nice new keyboard (RGB obviously lol) in an effort to learn how to "game" with a keyboard. Takes a bit of getting used to just typing with the mechanical keyboard never mind play games.

It really isnt easy, particularly Battlefield 1, swapping from controller to keyboard. So many different keys to remember. The dexterity in the left hand just aint that good lol. Will persevere with it though.

Cant be part of the master race if one cannot drive a keyboard in game lol.

 

[N0ddie]

The new Unigine 2 "Superposition" Benchmark is a bit of a GPU-basher! :tongueout:

Downloaded it and gave it a whirl. Seems strange to not have a QHD (1440P) preset when that seems to be the "on the up" resolution. I dare say that it'll be there for the paid version of the app.

 

[SharkyUK]

Downloaded it and gave it a whirl. Seems strange to not have a QHD (1440P) preset when that seems to be the "on the up" resolution. I dare say that it'll be there for the paid version of the app.

It is there mate... you can run it at 8k if you have the hardware...

Make sure you select the 'Custom' preset and then choose your resolution

 

[N0ddie]

I got ya :up:

 

[Silent_Scone]

 

[N0ddie]

That's 1 cool GPU.

 

[N0ddie]

My lowly result in comparison:

 

[Silent_Scone]

My lowly result in comparison:

That's 1 cool GPU.

not cool enough, been contemplating putting a chiller through the floor up from the garage lol.

The score looks a lot lower but it's not all that really. TXp seems to be circa 3-6% faster in this bench than the 'old' Titan X and Ti lol

 

[N0ddie]

Managed to "up my score" with some OC'ing of the GPU:

Will be interesting to see the difference once the Ti arrives. Could only go 100MHz on both memory and core clock on the 1070. It could finish the benchmark on +110 on both but there was artifacts caused straight away so turned it back down a touch.

 

[N0ddie]

Rumours suggesting that the FTW3 card has been pushed back to mid May.

 

[McGherkin]

Ain't even mad. That's quite good considering.

 

[SharkyUK]

Holy s**t - the GPU is getting quite warm in there...

 

[McGherkin]

Tell you what, you sell it to me and I'll keep it in the fridge.

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

 

[Wilkeh]

 

[Cookie]

Think my i5 might be holding the 1070 back a little bit now

 

[Silent_Scone]

Doubt it at that res, run the 1080 bench

 

[N0ddie]

Managed to up my score with some careful overclocking.

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

How much does your Skylake contribute to the score? I'm not buying another Ti i don't think. 1170 for me next time I think.

 

[N0ddie]

Apparently CPU has very little effect on score.

 

[SharkyUK]

How much does your Skylake contribute to the score? I'm not buying another Ti i don't think. 1170 for me next time I think.

Pfft - far, far too sensible. You don't belong in here!

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

#NoPoors

To be fair I wrote that thinking it's only been a year since I got my card, but it's 2 years this year (I got it the month it launched) and it's not like the *70 cards are cheap.

 

[Darren S]

So I bought myself a nice new keyboard (RGB obviously lol) in an effort to learn how to "game" with a keyboard. Takes a bit of getting used to just typing with the mechanical keyboard never mind play games.

It really isnt easy, particularly Battlefield 1, swapping from controller to keyboard. So many different keys to remember. The dexterity in the left hand just aint that good lol. Will persevere with it though.

Cant be part of the master race if one cannot drive a keyboard in game lol.

That can be an issue. However, the accuracy taken up with the mouse is sublime. Once you get your head around it, the slick and smooth operation of targeting with a mouse becomes second nature. Just in the same way that in driving games, a wheel is far more subtle and specific with steering inputs than a pad could ever be.

The single issue of concern I have - and one that I've seen with increasing regularity - is the lack of scroll-wheel support. For years, the scroll-wheel was the de facto input method of switching between your kit or inventory. It worked and worked really well - allowing you to move, aim and be switching kit in one smooth action.

As consoles have no scroll-wheels, a lot of newer cross-platform games now default the weapons to the likes of 1, 2, 3 etc along the top - with each item requiring its own key. This isn't slick - it's anything but. Yet within the options screen, there simply isn't an option to combine all 1-7 items on the scroll movement of the mouse wheel. Some games thankfully, are the exception to the rule. In Warframe for example, I have the cycling through the 5 available powers on the up scroll of the wheel and the weapons cycling on the downward scroll. When things get busy, this is a godsend, allowing you to chop and change on the fly, very quickly.

Try using a gameboard. They are like keyboards but evolved.....

 

[Silent_Scone]

The Strix I've been sampled is getting it's arsed handed to it by my old Titan X (Pascal). Not sure why. Can't even break 10K at 2100Mhz (as my score above). The TX is on water, though.

They should be pretty even, gonna have a fiddle later, but ultimately want to get this one under water

 

[N0ddie]

The Strix I've been sampled is getting it's arsed handed to it by my old Titan X (Pascal). Not sure why. Can't even break 10K at 2100Mhz (as my score above). The TX is on water, though.

They should be pretty even, gonna have a fiddle later, but ultimately want to get this one under water

I was/am very tempted to cancel my pre-order for the FTW3 Ti and buy the STRIX Ti as OCUK have some available for delivery tomorrow.

 

[Silent_Scone]

Yeah I was thinking of picking up another one as I've sold my TX, and run SLI. It's a very nice card, but big also. 65c under load is the highest I've seen with a conservative fan profile

 

[N0ddie]

Most of these higher end air Ti cards all clock to the same values really anyway don't they. So really there's not much performance differences.

 

[N0ddie]

So I ordered the STRIX :smile:

 

[N0ddie]

Outta the box on the STRIX:

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

That's a pretty good step up from a 1080

 

[N0ddie]

That's a pretty good step up from a 1080

I came from a 1070 so the jump is expected.

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

I came from a 1070 so the jump is expected.

Yeah i know. Just impressed at how much higher it scores than the 1080s on this thread