GPU upgrade decisions, decisions..

Seems I actually have a 6 pin PCIE to 8 pin adapter, must've come with my PSU, though it's probably not the best solution, kinda defeats the purpose, but should work for now I hope.

Gtx Gaming said:
I can offer http://www.gtxgaming.co.za/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=138 this :P

DHL notified me that parcel should be here today ,so I can ship it on Monday.
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Thanks, I did actually spot that one, I'm not really fond of those single fan type designs - my past (limited) experience has been that they are the really noisy buggers. :o
 
Personally I would go for the cheaper card, me and a friend both bought a card a few years back I got the more expensive 10-15% better one. We lanned most weekends back then and we couldn't tell which one was performing better unless we used stat programs.

The 10% difference at 60fps is 6 frames you won't notice the difference and at 120fps is 12 frames where you may see a difference but I doubt it. So unless you are heavily into stats get the more affordable one.

Take the R1000 and upgrade the PSU problem solved.
 
Guys, thanks for the clues, in the end I went for the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X. For real it has flashing leds and stuff.. no seriously that's one feature I actually don't get the point of, won't even see them in my box. :p

Now that I'm getting a VR ready GPU I gotta start saving for a Vive, really wanna play with one of those. Also I'm suddenly feeling like I'm gonna want a 1440p monitor. So it begins. :p
 
Scary_Turtle said:
Personally I would go for the cheaper card, me and a friend both bought a card a few years back I got the more expensive 10-15% better one. We lanned most weekends back then and we couldn't tell which one was performing better unless we used stat programs.

The 10% difference at 60fps is 6 frames you won't notice the difference and at 120fps is 12 frames where you may see a difference but I doubt it. So unless you are heavily into stats get the more affordable one.

Take the R1000 and upgrade the PSU problem solved.
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You're probably right but I've not made this mistake yet :p in the past I've always bought the cheaper card, never spent more than R1.6k on a GPU till now. I have to do it once at least.
PSU is not really an issue, mine is plenty powerful enough and doesn't warrant replacement at this point - I can fix the plug issue with a soldering iron.. ;)
 
Scary_Turtle said:
Personally I would go for the cheaper card, me and a friend both bought a card a few years back I got the more expensive 10-15% better one. We lanned most weekends back then and we couldn't tell which one was performing better unless we used stat programs.

The 10% difference at 60fps is 6 frames you won't notice the difference and at 120fps is 12 frames where you may see a difference but I doubt it. So unless you are heavily into stats get the more affordable one.

Take the R1000 and upgrade the PSU problem solved.
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Unless you have a 144hz monitor, it doesn't matter if you have 60fps or 600fps - you're not going to see more than 60fps on a standard 60hz monitor anyway. Your GPU simply won't ever produce frames faster than your screen can refresh. The FPS counter at the top of your screen is just for bragging rights.

I guess a better card means that no matter what happens in game, you're not going to go under 60fps, even with everything on wtfpwnt settings.

Take the extra R1000 and put it towards a 144hz monitor and thank me later ;)
 
Gtx Gaming said:
If you are willing to wait 2 weeks I will have stock of the ASUS TURBO-GTX1070-8G GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5 256-bit PCI-Express 3.0 Desktop Graphics Card for R7800 ,I can even take your old gtx 650 as trade-in and reduce the price a bit :p
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What trade in for a GTX 950?
 
redarrow said:
You're probably right but I've not made this mistake yet :p in the past I've always bought the cheaper card, never spent more than R1.6k on a GPU till now. I have to do it once at least.
PSU is not really an issue, mine is plenty powerful enough and doesn't warrant replacement at this point - I can fix the plug issue with a soldering iron.. ;)
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I still remember the day I dropped 3K on a Voodoo... :(
 
The Voice said:
Unless you have a 144hz monitor, it doesn't matter if you have 60fps or 600fps - you're not going to see more than 60fps on a standard 60hz monitor anyway. Your GPU simply won't ever produce frames faster than your screen can refresh.
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I'm sorry but the fps very much affects gameplay. fps & refresh rate are two different things.
 
ponder said:
I'm sorry but the fps very much affects gameplay. fps & refresh rate are two different things.
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I'm confused by this, please explain.

I'm thinking of getting either a RX480 or GTX1070 but am leaning towards the RX480 as my display is 60Hz and I was thinking I'd be wasting money getting the GTX1070 with my display.
 
ponder said:
I'm sorry but the fps very much affects gameplay. fps & refresh rate are two different things.
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FPS affects gameplay, correct - the higher the FPS, the smoother the game looks and the more responsive everything feels. But your screen simply cannot display frames faster than it can refresh itself - this is a fact. On a standard monitor it's locked to 60hz, so can only display 60fps, regardless of how much your card can pump out.

Change your monitor's refresh rate to 30hz to test it. Enjoy the slideshow ;)
 
biometrics said:
I'm confused by this, please explain.

I'm thinking of getting either a RX480 or GTX1070 but am leaning towards the RX480 as my display is 60Hz and I was thinking I'd be wasting money getting the GTX1070 with my display.
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A better explanation of refresh rates:

https://youtu.be/YCWZ_kWTB9w

I'm not saying that your GPU just stops at 60fps - it can go way higher. You just won't see more frames than the monitor's refresh rate will allow. It will feel a lot smoother with a better card because your monitor isn't left waiting for frames to show.
 
The Voice said:
But your screen simply cannot display frames faster than it can refresh itself - this is a fact. On a standard monitor it's locked to 60hz, so can only display 60fps, regardless of how much your card can pump out.

Change your monitor's refresh rate to 30hz to test it. Enjoy the slideshow ;)
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I'm not disputing that, I have an issue with "it doesn't matter if you have 60fps or 600fps".
 
The Voice said:
A better explanation of refresh rates:

https://youtu.be/YCWZ_kWTB9w

I'm not saying that your GPU just stops at 60fps - it can go way higher. You just won't see more frames than the monitor's refresh rate will allow. It will feel a lot smoother with a better card because your monitor isn't left waiting for frames to show.
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Will watch when I get home.

If I get 80 fps on the RX480 and 120 fps on the GTX1070 on a 60Hz display would it be worth getting the GTX1070?
 
biometrics said:
Will watch when I get home.

If I get 80 fps on the RX480 and 120 fps on the GTX1070 on a 60Hz display would it be worth getting the GTX1070?
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If you can afford the 1070, then yes, it's still a much better card, and will be able to run most if not all games on their highest settings. Also, as new games come out that are harder to run, the 1070 won't really have a problem with them, while the 480 might.
 
The Voice said:
If you can afford the 1070, then yes, it's still a much better card, and will be able to run most if not all games on their highest settings. Also, as new games come out that are harder to run, the 1070 won't really have a problem with them, while the 480 might.
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I mean from a fps vs Hz pov. I only play Battlefield and expect 80 fps at 1080p for BF1 with a RX480.
 
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