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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
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aax5
United States54 Posts
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nalgene
Canada2153 Posts
2560x1600 res Ultra + 4x AA SC2 statistics | ||
Womwomwom
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$550. Goddamn this card is power efficient. Also lol: ![[image loading]](http://media.bestofmicro.com/X/Z/320039/original/Metro2033%20Dx11%201080%20.png) | ||
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BryanSC
United States455 Posts
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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MisterFred
United States2033 Posts
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Medrea
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If its pricing holds it will be much easier to recommend than the 580. If.pricing.holds. Now I just need to find out how it hashes. By previous indications the 7970 should be a hashing monster. Anandtech figures drivers are holding the card back, no surprises there I guess, so maybe another set of benchmarks have to be done, who knows. | ||
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Womwomwom
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Unfortunately, we aren’t able to speak to the value of several others, or even confirm that they work. AMD rushed this launch to an extent that I don’t think we’ve ever seen before. First, it preempted the introduction of Windows 8, which will realize the Radeon HD 7000-series’ DirectX 11.1 support. Then, it pulled in its debut so far that its software partners—the ones responsible for enabling important stuff like the Video Codec Engine—couldn’t react fast enough to facilitate testing. AMD even jumped the gun on its own driver team. We have to tell you about important features coming in future builds because they’re simply not ready yet. At the very same time, AMD doesn’t have enough Radeon HD 7970 boards on hand to allow for testing Tahiti in CrossFire. Sounds like no one was really prepared at all for the launch. No idea why they did a paper launch like this to be honest, nVidia isn't really quaking in its boots with this release. Still really cool to see the tech actually working though. | ||
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Medrea
10003 Posts
On December 22 2011 19:45 Womwomwom wrote: Better hope TSMC, AMD, and software partners get the ball rolling then because: Sounds like no one was really prepared at all for the launch. No idea why they did a paper launch like this to be honest, nVidia isn't really quaking in its boots with this release. Still really cool to see the tech actually working though. Some of that is kind of a luxury problem. Delays are getting too common so this is a refreshing issue to have. Still a problem obviously. But even with it's problems if it MSRP's less than a 580, it'll make money, and more importantly competition. If it performs even better with good support 4 months from now, all of that is gravy. | ||
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Rachnar
France1526 Posts
On December 22 2011 19:45 Womwomwom wrote: Better hope TSMC, AMD, and software partners get the ball rolling then because: Sounds like no one was really prepared at all for the launch. No idea why they did a paper launch like this to be honest, nVidia isn't really quaking in its boots with this release. Still really cool to see the tech actually working though. Is this a rush because of the AMD bulldozer fail? They wanna proove they still can do good things? | ||
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Medrea
10003 Posts
On December 22 2011 23:49 Rachnar wrote: Is this a rush because of the AMD bulldozer fail? They wanna proove they still can do good things? Well ATI is alive in there somewhere. | ||
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
Tomshardware optimized gaming computer for 1200$... They've GOT to be joking right? I guess you could describe this as "trolling" by some definitions | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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nihlon
Sweden5581 Posts
On December 23 2011 00:21 Shikyo wrote: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fx-overclock-crossfire-ssd,3098.html Tomshardware optimized gaming computer for 1200$... They've GOT to be joking right? I guess you could describe this as "trolling" by some definitions Well, if you read the last page it does seem like they conclude the i5 to be better. It seems more like a halfassed review of an amd build. | ||
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Medrea
10003 Posts
On December 23 2011 00:21 Shikyo wrote: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fx-overclock-crossfire-ssd,3098.html Tomshardware optimized gaming computer for 1200$... They've GOT to be joking right? I guess you could describe this as "trolling" by some definitions ![[image loading]](http://media.bestofmicro.com/1/G/318868/original/M2033%20VH.png) $1200 dollar rig gets 2 FPS in Metro 2033? Sounds good to me! | ||
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
On December 23 2011 00:25 nihlon wrote: Well, if you read the last page it does seem like they conclude the i5 to be better. It seems more like a halfassed review of an amd build. wish it was just that but they also include a firstgen ocz ssd and with an ssd they only got a 750gb storage drive thats caviar black nonetheless and extremely overpriced, and also extremely overpriced ram and if that wasnt enough, the case is also bad and the psu is overpriced. So I guess they got..... the graphics card right? Not to mention that going AMD they'd have been much better off with a phenom x6 that also overclocks better, bulldozer doesn't even work with like 10 games at all so having it in a gaming build is a joke oh and I wouldnt buy a high-end mobo from that manufacturer and it's overpriced either way. | ||
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Gara
Canada435 Posts
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Medrea
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Gara
Canada435 Posts
On December 23 2011 01:46 Medrea wrote: Yeah but Micro-stuttering makes that an outperformance on paper only. True... I guess other people have higher standards than me; personally, if I were playing at 120 fps, I don't think I would notice an occasional drop to 80 fps that often. If microstuttering is such an issue, then maybe SLI? It would still be vastly more economical, even if the GTX 560 is marginally more expensive than the 6870; SLI doesn't seem to suffer quite as much from micro-stuttering as Crossfire does. | ||
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