@Ilovechips - heh, no worries there. I know exactly what you mean. I remember forking out exactly £1640 for a dx2-33 years ago (With a 14" chuntex crt monitor no less), and I've never looked back. I love my consoles, but there's no way I cant have a pc in the house. And when it starts chugging, like mine has recently, I'm like a man obsessed until it's sorted .gif) It's almost like a curse Glad that you've appreciated them, coming from consoles. As you say, it can be a real eye opener, in a good way |
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quadfather 39,069 posts
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*bump*
Bought an Asus GTX 660 a week ago - not a much faster card than my 560Ti, but it's quiet. The old card was fine when idling, but sounded like someone switched a hairdryer on inside my case under load.
I can't hear the new one *at all*, it's basically silent even under load. The "loudest" part in my PC is now - by some margin - the hdd.
So, if you're looking for a silent card, consider the Asus ones as they have their own cooling solution ("DirectCU II") which makes the already quiet new Nvidia cards even quieter. -
Pompeybear 455 posts
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Registered 17 years agoI agree about the ASUS Direct CU II , I just bought a 7970 and it barely makes a noise . -
It's impressive, isn't it. And it does seem to make quite an impact - I checked a few online shops here in Germany before I bought one, and the Asus cards - while not the cheapest of the bunch - have by far the highest number of ratings (and the best ones too, for that matter).
I'll never make the mistake of buying a graphics card again before I am dead certain it's quiet, the 560Ti was just annoying as hell.
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The (/fills lungs) 'Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 WindForce 3X' is probably the best alternative to the ASUS, from what I've read about 670s. It'll be noisier, with a smaller OC, but a lot cheaper. -
captbirdseye 11,190 posts
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Registered 16 years agoBremenacht wrote:
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The (/fills lungs) 'Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 WindForce 3X' is probably the best alternative to the ASUS, from what I've read about 670s. It'll be noisier, with a smaller OC, but a lot cheaper
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Well, he's got a point. An OC 660ti is about the same as a 670 and costs at least £30 less. Last time I looked at them, they cost quite a bit more. -
captbirdseye 11,190 posts
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Registered 16 years agoBremenacht wrote:
Ebay prices have dropped a bit but i'm expecting a bit of price drop retail wise. Yeah i've OC mine and benchmarks are more or less the same.
Well, he's got a point. An OC 660ti is about the same as a 670 and costs at least £30 less. Last time I looked at them, they cost quite a bit more. -
Lyserberg 349 posts
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Registered 10 years agoI'm not even sure of what the author of this topic is trying to discuss, just get the card that fits in your budget, and if you don't care about CUDA, Physx or 3D Vision (these are both pros of NVIDIA cards over AMD) then you can probably consider an AMD graphics card.
Here's a video done by a guy that i totally agree with, that will explain my opinion even further:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5fi3ARXWKc
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rodpad wrote:
I think you have to, especially in the case of these particular cards (I dunno about AMD stuff or older cards), where an OC version of a lesser card does the same job for less money.
Never compare overclocked to stock in value for money terms.
If you're one for setting a budget and sticking to it, then such comparisons are definitely worthwhile. If you want the best card for a particular job though (e.g. most grunt for least noise, as with that ASUS), well, buy that card. -
rodpad wrote:
Don't say that name! You might summon him!
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Lyserberg 349 posts
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Registered 10 years ago@rodpad Let me just put in this way, the more the game relies on GPU, the more it will benefit from increasing clock speeds on it, the same thing goes for CPUs some times for single or dual threaded games like COD, while the game is always able to run at very high FPS count, this will help the CPU push even more frames to the GPU to show it on the screen. -
One_Vurfed_Gwrx 4,468 posts
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Registered 15 years agoBremenacht wrote:
I have one of these, handles pretty much everythign I throw at it. I don't think it is noisy, but I'm not particularly fussy or sensitive to these thigns really so take that with a pinch of salt. It was the best cash to speed ratio card I could get at the time.
The (/fills lungs) 'Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 WindForce 3X' is probably the best alternative to the ASUS, from what I've read about 670s. It'll be noisier, with a smaller OC, but a lot cheaper. -
Fake_Blood 11,093 posts
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Registered 12 years agoSeems like a good thread title to talk about graphics.
Looks like we're finally going to get some ray tracing in the not too distant future.
Epic Games used a striking demo at a Game Developers Conference keynote presentation this morning to show just how much better raytracing can make real-time, interactive graphics look with top-of-the-line hardware right now.
http://www.techamok.com/?pid=19540#.WrVQRC-ZOAw
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THFourteen 54,987 posts
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Hopefully miners don’t need to do any ray tracing.
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whatthefu 1,340 posts
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Registered 15 years agoLooks good.
Speaking of mining, the card I bought 18 months ago now sells on Scan for £90 more than I paid for it then. -
THFourteen wrote:
Metro Exodus first game to use it apparently.
So this is how the new raytracing tech looks like in-game? Is it just me or doesn't this look better than current games? In fact, my first thought when looking at tufts of grass was "why did they disable ambient occlusion?".
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One_Vurfed_Gwrx 4,468 posts
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Registered 15 years agoAh, the thread bump, thanks to the mining prices I still have that 670 
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Dirtbox 92,595 posts
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Registered 19 years ago1 step forward, 2 steps back. -
monkman76 18,987 posts
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Registered 13 years agoWhat happened to user Bremenacht? -
One_Vurfed_Gwrx 4,468 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI kept putting off the upgrade foolishly. One day... -
up_the_ante 1,574 posts
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Registered 14 years agoI've never been impressed with any of the Metro games outside environments. The interior subway environments with spotlights and point lights look great but all their outside stuff looks a bit naff. Same with this demo. I'd never of guessed it was ray traced either.
I am excited about this new tech though. It's the most excited I can remember being since getting my Geforce 3 and seeing all the possible effects with programmable shaders. In fact this is probably the most revolutionary new tech since programmable shaders became a thing. -
I thought that new Metro looked pretty good in the demo. I got a 1070 in the tail end of 2016 and it's never broke a sweat yet, albeit I run a 1440p monitor so not full 4k.
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