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Fulcrum29
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Regarding GPU drivers:
Maxwell and Pascal had a long ride.
It is not yet relegated to legacy status, but the hints are there. As with all things legacy, it is mostly critical security updates.
Maxwell and Pascal had a long ride.
It is not yet relegated to legacy status, but the hints are there. As with all things legacy, it is mostly critical security updates.
Progenix Oj101
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People will soon need to change their way of thinking. It's like saying "I don't want a Riva 128 because my [insert 2D card] can render more 2D characters per second in SiSoft Sandra." AI upscaling and RTRT are here to stay, and adoption of both as the norm has already begun.
Some games, such as Indiana Jones and the new Doom, require RTRT. Others, such as Marvel Rivals, have graininess/pixelation on reflective surfaces and in shadows without DLSS/FSR/XeSS enabled.
It's not just a case of using upscaling for better performance, but for higher image fidelity as well. I can only assume it's something like old Sega/NES games looking terrible on LCD vs CRT, because the sprites were designed with a CRT's smoothing effect in mind.
There is no new hardware available that doesn't support both AI upscaling and RTRT, so developers are going to make use of it. The next generations of consoles will most certainly make far greater use of hardware available, and then it's game over for native rasterized rendering.
Current 9th gen consoles already do, but include the Series S which is a bit lackluster, and devs have to accommodate the lowest common denominator. Once the power of, eg, the PS5 Pro is the lowest common denominator, it's goodbye to rendering the way we know it.
Being unconvinced by something which ultimately becomes the norm is quite common. People were unconvinced by tessellation, hardware T&L, programmable shaders, the computer itself (IBM reckoning there was a market for maybe 5 computers in the world) - hell, even cars or air travel at one point. We like what we're used to, and we're used to what we like.
Progenix Oj101
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Corsair went from two distis to one late last. It’ll take a few months to year for supply to somewhat normalize, but the range will never be as wide again.
Gtx Gaming
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Even has ARGB
Progenix Oj101
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Automatically adds 200w to the capacity
That’s sad news
thanks for the info.I’m building in a Lancool 207 and the Super Flower models with comparable fans and performance to the RMx series don’t fit (ATX re-imagined and all that). Or maybe I need to read more PSU reviews.Super Flower SF-850F14RG(BK) Leadex III ARGB Gold 850W 80 Plus Gold Fully Modular Black Desktop Power Supply
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Just get this ?
Even has ARGB
Progenix Oj101
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In the long run, things are going to work out better.That’s sad news
Disti 1 would bring in something of EVERYTHING. This was extremely annoying with RAM, as Corsair goes overboard on the SKUs. For example, on Vengeance Black:
2x16GB DDR5-xxxx CL30-a-a-b
2x16GB DDR5-xxxx CL30-c-c-d
2x16GB DDR5-xxxx CL36-e-e-f
2x16GB DDR5-xxxx CL36-g-g-h
2x16GB DDR5-xxxx CL40-i-i-j
Repeat the above for Vengeance RGB. Now repeat in for white heatspreaders. We're at 20 SKUs of 2x16GB at a single speed. We haven't considered Dominator, kits other than 2x16GB, or speeds other than xxxx MT/s. Corsair had more SKUs available from Disti 1 than all other vendors from ADATA to Transcend from all distributors COMBINED.
Because they carried so many SKUs, Disti 1 would only bring in 1-2 of each unless they were extremely popular - eg 2x8GB DDR5-5200 CL40 with black, non-RGB heatspreaders. This meant that for a popular performance SKU, stock would arrive and be sold out in a day, followed by a wait of a few weeks for the next 1-2 kits of that SKU to arrive.
Disti 2 would carry very few SKUs because Disti 1 had it all, but they'd carry 20-500 of those they carried. This meant there was a very consistent supply of very select SKUs, generally on the lower end as they're the most popular. Performance kits were left to Disti 1.
Disti 2 was given exclusivity on three conditions - they increase their range by a reasonable amount, they increase the frequency of shipments, and they take over all warranties from Disti 1. Sticking to DDR5 as the example, I expect them to ultimately double or triple their range, which will still leave it as around a quarter of what WAS available, but without the situation of "Corsair brings in 300 SKUs of DDR5 but 250 are almost always out of stock."
Disti 2 has already started carrying kits as fast as DDR5-7200, and given another few quarters I expect a wide albeit consolidated range of everything from AIOs to cases to PSUs to SSDs to RAM to peripherals.
Hell, late last year, Disti 1 had over THIRTY different Corsair AIOs to choose from, ranging from SKUs that went EOL 5+ years ago to the latest iCUE LINK models.
Gtx Gaming
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5080 seems as was expected. Very Poor raster uplift between 40 series. Good raster uplift between 30 series and big ai/dlss and mfg uplifts.
I still have to see the local pricing but so far looking like a good upgrade for me from 3080 10gb to the 5080.
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I still have to see the local pricing but so far looking like a good upgrade for me from 3080 10gb to the 5080.
Review: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition (reference)
It is time to get into the more affordable (no I did not say cheap) GeForce RTX 5080.The price level of $999 certainly sites better. Armed with 84 streaming multiprocessors and a total of 10,752 CUDA cores (roughly half the core count of the RTX 5090) it features a sleek two-slot design.
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The 5090s are already sold out.
Sold out quick there wasn't much stock but You can preorder the ASUS ROG Astral LC GeForce RTX 5090 from Computer Mania
Estimated arrival time: Expected arrival between 5 - 10 February 2025
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Bismuth
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After 15 years, and being without a dedicated gaming PC for 7, I think it's time to take the plunge again:
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Budget is R35k max, with a preference to Intel/Nvidia and Razer. However, am willing to consider other options.
Would like at least 2 years before upgrading/replacing parts or entire system.
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Budget is R35k max, with a preference to Intel/Nvidia and Razer. However, am willing to consider other options.
Would like at least 2 years before upgrading/replacing parts or entire system.
So I understand your Intel/nVidia preferences. However, there is no reason anybody should be buying an Intel CPU in 2025 if it's for a gaming PC.
And definitely not that weird thing you linked, that's a definite no.
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I've taken you the AMD route as well as an AMD GPU - the 7600 XT.
Foe the GPU, definitely get whatever you feel you need - if you have a specific requirement for the nVidia GPU then grab that. If not, the 7600 XT is faster, especially at 1440p.
And definitely not that weird thing you linked, that's a definite no.
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I've taken you the AMD route as well as an AMD GPU - the 7600 XT.
Foe the GPU, definitely get whatever you feel you need - if you have a specific requirement for the nVidia GPU then grab that. If not, the 7600 XT is faster, especially at 1440p.
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RunningFromFat
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I'm reading that the 50 series cards are benching less fps than the 40 series.