steverebo
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Found this video and it really does make you think especially with the recent price announcement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myDYnofz_JE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myDYnofz_JE
Basically my thoughts in the video, but he goes far into more detail. 1080 is overhyped and reviewers are drooling over it and just giving rave reviews. I've only seen one source online that isn't really raving about it. They kinda relate to what this video is about(in a different manner). Everything else seems biased so far as I can tell. Not really knocking off nvidia for the cons they bring but instead focus more on the pros. Yeah it's techincally insane the increase they've obtained from a perf/watt perspective, but they really didn't improve much else. Yeah it clocks higher, but that's FinFET for yeah.. I feel like with all the advances they had from a technology standpoint, they could have done so much more. Instead they focused on the software side of things.
Let's pray AMD capitalize on this. Nvidia haven't been this weak in a long time, now is there chance to make some money and stay in business. Or this price hike from Nvidia won't be the last...
I'm actually looking forward to Polaris more than ever now, Hopefully the top end Polaris offers solid performance with a sane price point.
As I no longer have a G-Sync monitor I don't feel the need to stay with Nvidia any more.
I hope AMD surprise us with the midrange thing. Like they are throwing people(well probably Nvidia mostly I'd say) saying it's targeted at midrange buyers, but the performance comes out to at least the Fury X but at a fraction of the cost(because midrange). Basically redefining the midrange market and then Vega comes along and dominates like it should along the with 1080TI. But this is just my feelings on it. Probably wrong. I just can't see how they maintain 390x performance when moving from 28nm/Planar to 14nm/FinFET. Even if all they did was increase clock speed like crazy it would perform better.. just how I view it all. I'm prepared to be wrong though
If we can get Fury X performance or better for less than the Fury X, Around 390X pricing then it will be a sure buy from me![]()
Funny though I don't recall there was this much drama over the Titan series pricing when it launched, but ok it wasn't a card for everyone. It seems everyone want a Pascal but is unwilling to pay the price as an early adopter.
My suggestion: Then wait for the prices to drop (which they usually do after the first month), or wait for AMD's next generation of cards if the price is too much for you. But considering the price of Fury X was rather high as well, I'm not sure I understand this kind of thinking with threatening to leave nVidia for AMD![]()
The thing that really makes me think is the true performance difference between the 980ti titan x and pascal. A heavily clocked 1080 is only a few percent faster than a heavily clocked 980ti and slower than the heavily clocked titan X yes it's better power efficiency but that's not that important for desktop really as maxwell was incredibly efficient itself.
My view nw is if you own a titan x or 980ti stick with it till the next gen or big pascal