Thelosouvlakia
Classy-Fried-Chicken
So, the 970 is a gimped 980?
Getting a strix gtx 970?
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Yes, and the i5 is a 'gimped' i7, if I've interpreted your meaning of the word correctly.
It's hardware binning.
barnsley
born in a.....
For longevity and if you can afford it, get a 980.
It will literally be straight ballin' until about the end of this quarter
The 290X makes the most sense out of whats available right now.
JR
Dawelio
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It will literally be straight ballin' until about the end of this quarter
Not sure I got what you meant by that one...
I'm trying to say the longevity of a 980 looks rather limited right now with the 300 series around the corner and almost certainly a response from nVidia with another high end card relatively soon. If nothing else the value of a 980 is going to take a big hit. It doesn't perform as well at higher resolutions compared with the 290X which is definitely something I would be looking for when speaking of longevity.
Is this just a total thread jack? The 980 is well out of budget for the OP. And Chrazey I don't understand why you don't stick with the Vapor-X, if it's broken get it replaced.
JR
Is this just a total thread jack? The 980 is well out of budget for the OP. And Chrazey I don't understand why you don't stick with the Vapor-X, if it's broken get it replaced.
JR
barnsley
born in a.....
It will literally be straight ballin' until about the end of this quarter
The 290X makes the most sense out of whats available right now.
JR
Oh of course Nvidia will release something and ruin the 980. It'll be the 780 and 780Ti all over again
OP could always get a 290x tbh..
Oh of course Nvidia will release something and ruin the 980. It'll be the 780 and 780Ti all over again
OP could always get a 290x tbh..
The 780Ti didn't ruin it, really it just made 780's cheaper which is awesome. Just kinda sucked if you bought a 780 beforehand ^_^. I think it's safe to say those events will repeat themselves.
It's amazing how much graphics cards have gone back up in price since December, no more £210 290X's and £300 780Ti's, there were some far better buys than 970's to be had IMO.
JR
Dawelio
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Right, now I got ya... so then, from what you wrote, a 970 would make more "sense" in that way then, I suppose?.
And yes, it has somewhat gotten hijacked, sorry about that.
But to answer your question, I'm not sure if I had a faulty Vapor-X card, but that one was running in the "yellow" light while idle, when it should've been on blue.
Basically, it was running fairly hot inside my Arc Mini R2, although I have all quite good fan setup I must say.
Plus the Vapor-X just simply dworfed (?) my PC lol, that card was almost covering the entire inside of the PC lol. Making some other components look tiny.
But anyway... back on topic guys, apologies for the hijack!
