Seems like our fears are confirmed about vram requirements with next-gen games.
Nvidia would have known, surely...gotta keep selling those titans for now I guess?
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Nvidia Launches GTX 980 And GTX 970 "Maxwell" Graphics Cards ($549 & $329)
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Seems like our fears are confirmed about vram requirements with next-gen games.
Nvidia would have known, surely...gotta keep selling those titans for now I guess?
But that's nearly 2000 points more. My 780 does 9151, oc yours and you can easily go over 9k too.
I wonder if the CPU still plays a big part in influencing scores in 3dmark. Those 4770k physics scores are way past what my 3570k can do.
Well here's what I did with a OC tonight.
+100 clock only.
+100 clock, +200 Mem
Can't really make the clock go any faster, it just crashes and makes me restart the computer. I could likely get the memory fast, but meh.
That doesn't mean shit, you don't NEED to fun ultraWTF mode in computer games.
I wish Intel would enter the discrete graphics market and kick Nvidia's ass.
I know what you mean, you're right...but....I need it
But really, it seems like requirements are going up in general now though :/ I doubt 4GB is going to cut it.
Oh hush you.
No fov slider=no purchase
I kid! Glad this one is getting attention on the PC. I normally never purchase a new game on release, namely because I'll never get to it due to time constraints, but it is tempting.
Gouda Jouji
Member
Man I'm gonna have to get a 970 aren't I...
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Look at the recommendations on the right,
note at 1080p you need 3GB, so might have to drop to medium at higher resolutions...medium!!:
note at 1080p you need 3GB, so might have to drop to medium at higher resolutions...medium!!:
PC graphic options.....sexy
immortal-joe
Member
So ultimately, would a single Titan / Titan Black best a single GTX 980? Does the vram give it an edge?
This is likely as stable as Jell-O but it's fun to see what I can push with my "old" card.
Trust me, just ignore all the crazy people who talk about VRAM. You'll be saner for it. 4GB is overkill for 1080P.
Windom Earle
Member
Maxwell compression tech might still yield us ultra textures...
Allnamestakenlol
Member
What's this?
Fight it! You can do it! Don't be a sucker!
GTAV though...
You could always buy some EVGA cards now, and then use the Step Up program to get the 8GB variants in a few months if you want more VRAM.
When was the last time Rockstar made a good PC port? I think IV still runs like shit.
GHG
Gold Member
Believe.
Sorry PC GAF I'll let you be the guinea pigs this time.
Cancelled my 670 sli order from amazon, will see what comes of all of this over the next couple of months before making a decision. Especially when there's no resell market for GPUs here in Dubai.
When GTA PC hits there will be a lot of angry and frustrated people.
ss_lemonade
Member
What's your boost clocks? I tried overclocking the other night but couldn't hit 1200 core. I think I max out at around 1150-1160 boosted core
This is likely as stable as Jell-O but it's fun to see what I can push with my "old" card.
Trust me, just ignore all the crazy people who talk about VRAM. You'll be saner for it. 4GB is overkill for 1080P.
Max Payne 3 I think
plagiarize
Banned
Just did a Hot Pursuit race in Criterion's NFS Hot Pursuit using DSR at 4K. I think it dropped to 59 fps once or twice. IQ was fantastic, which is no small achievement in Hot Pursuit.
Yep. Some games absolutely scream on this setup.
RE4 downscaled from 4K looks and runs great. No obvious microstutter in anything yet, which is a big relief.
Yep. Some games absolutely scream on this setup.
RE4 downscaled from 4K looks and runs great. No obvious microstutter in anything yet, which is a big relief.
IMACOMPUTA
Member
Is there any chance in HELL that Newegg would honor this kind of return? I bought the 780TI earlier this year for $749.
I wouldn't expect anything from newegg in these matters...
Nope, zero chance. Newegg has gone down the drain. I stopped buying from them years ago. These days you'll have issues with Newegg on legitimate claims, much less a free GPU upgrade almost a year after purchase.
I went into the conversation with Amazon expecting nothing. I have no idea why they are letting me do this honestly, but I'm not gonna complain!
Lucky you, but now, I expect 100s of people are going to try this through Amazon.
Windom Earle
Member
Reduced VRAM usage due to new compression tech. I could swear Metro Redux was hitting about 2gigs on my old card, now it is at a measly 1,3. Even Watch Dogs maxes out at 3,3 with 8xMSAA and Ultra textures. Would be great if somebody else could test this though.
Allnamestakenlol
Member
Oh wow, that would be awesome!
Well, shit. Maybe I should have kept this to myself. lol
Gonna send my card in before the rush!
Hopefully, I can find some 980s at a local Microcenter or Frys tomorrow because they seem to be sold out everywhere online. I wouldn't mind waiting, but I've got no backup GPU with a Displayport that can drive the ROG Swift.
Ideally, I'd order the new GPUs through Amazon as one of my credit cards has a 5% cash back from them starting October. That's almost 60 bucks on a pair of 980s along with almost $100 on tax savings.
http://international.download.nvidi...nal/pdfs/GeForce_GTX_980_Whitepaper_FINAL.PDF Tiled Resources and related techs from page 23 on. With that you can take a 1.6GB VRAM scene and render it using just 156MB VRAM. That's going to require a game being programmed in DX11.3 or DX12, but when they arrive we're going to see a massive leap in visual detail, with far fewer repeated textures.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
Sounds awesome.
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I'm sensing that you are going to be quoted a couples of times on some others threads soon enough.
Fallout-NL
Member
This is amazing. Any word on when we can expect DX11.3 or DX12 to arrive?
The info is public: http://www.anandtech.com/show/8544/microsoft-details-direct3d-113-12-new-features Just not the kind of thing that normally gets posted here.
That's a question for Microsoft.
Its similar to Partially Resident Textures from GNC cards. We know about this feature since Kepler, but its still not used by any game sadly ;\
The xt is sligthly better (the xt was almost a 7950).
My 30 day return window is up, but you're saying if I ask Amazon I should still be able to return it (in the UK)? That would be nice as I have to lose a bunch off the price selling my 4GB 770 on Ebay whereas returning it would mean I essentially save money getting a 970...
Edit: Someone bought it anyway so it's too late for that.
It's not a bottleneck...
This is what I feel like in these threads now days when people talk about VRAM.
CyberPunked
Member
How much time do you have to use the step up? Is it like within 90 days of purchase?
if you did it every year it wouldn't exactly be cost effective as you still have to pay the difference.
also these expensive cards can easily last 4 - 5 years so I personally don't think it is worth it, unless you have to have the newest card every year.
Brerlappin
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God dammit, hardwareversand still havent shipped my 970. Ordered it on tuesday, now its saying estimated ship date 30th :/