two asus strix 480's or two sapphire nitro 480's to replace my strix 1080?
i'm leaning towards the strix since i loved my 970 strix and my current 1080 strix. i really like how the strix pcb now are 100% completely automated and the use of fluxless soldering and zero harsh chemicals. leaves no residue. when the cards get hard they don't smell.
but the new sapphire nitro looks sexy. very sleek. though i herd their rma are worse than asus in north america since they go through a third party.
>hurr why you switching from 1080 to 480's
nvidia is absolutely horseshit. wide spreed desktop flickering across 1070's and 1080's. main thread on nvidia forums has about 28 pages since the first week of the 1080 release and nvidia still doesn't have a fix for it.
to high latency on all pascal cards that effects everyone, even if you don't notice it you have it. nvidia has identified the problem after a month and won't have a driver to fix it until two driver releases from now.
and from the looks of it, amd cards truly do "age" well thanks to the unified gcn architecture. changes to the new generation also benefit the previous generations.
also if anyone is interested in my 1080 let me know. i plan on selling it after i get my new 480's. i know sapphire is post to come out this month and asus next month.
>pic related
its my 1080
>>55622885
The wisest thing would be to wait the reviews to see which one is the best
Sapphire if you want 2 HDMI ports for some weird reason. Otherwise Asus.
>>55622885
Never use 2 GPUs when you could use a better one to get the same performance.
>>55623061
i would if amd didn't favor the poor first this time around and released their 1080 counter-part.
so right now if you want near 1080 performance one must go crossfire 480's.
>>55622970
i thought about that but i saw that sapphire stated on release they will only have 2000 units available. so its going to be another limited release.
if i want sapphire i have to get it on the day of its release or wait till late august / early september.
>>55622885
Nothing these days is perfect at launch
Either way if you choose AMD or Nvidia, you're fucked at some degree anyway
>>55623390
>tfw you will never be the little girl
>>55623492
>>55623492
don't remind me
>>55622885
wait for fury vega
wait for fury vega
>>55622885
>dual GPU to replace a single GPU
Sell the 1080 now because you can probably get it for 100% of what you paid for it, and put your old card back in.
wait for vega, or wait for the driver fix and pick up another 1080 on sale around black friday.
If you need a hold-over card, go buy an old 7900 series from craigslist
>>55622885
Did you hit your head recently?
>>55623492
>mfw tranny activism and research just might make MtL (male to loli) a reality in my lifetime
I choose to believe not because I think it will happen, but because I would kill myself if I did not.
>>55622885
>thinking crossfire will be any better
A real smart guy waits for vega
>>55623651
Gullible idiots are easily swayed by marketing.
>>55623633
i have no old card to reuse
just keep it ya dummy. it's brand new. everything will be fixed.
