>just bought an R9 390 as replacement
>never used an AMD card, only Nvidia
>worried about no Gameworks or PhysX
What am I in for?
Is AMD really as bad as /v/ makes it seem?
>>331263193
Good luck running anything beyond 720p
Should have bought a 980
390 is a fine card.
t. asus980 owner
>>331263317
meme
>>331263193
Have fun with your new heater.
>>331263193
I got one a few weeks ago, its great
I have a 390 and it's better than the 970
overall a great gpu
>>331263193
prepare for driver hell. As in no fucking drivers, and tons of incompatibilities with everything.
>>331263193
Best performance for value. Good choice.
>>331263630
Name a few senpai
>>331263630
I can't believe The Division is still broken. I'm gonna take my Fury X back.
What the fuck was I thinking going AMD
>>331263756
I think the division is broken on Nvidia cards as well as console versions
>>331263716
anything made before 2010, all the latest releases for the couple weeks after release, and anything with Nvidia Frameworks.
as nicely seen here >>331263756
It was the same with Red Orchestra 2, Serious Sam 3, and quite a few other titles few years ago.
>>331263630
Nvidia drivers are shit lately..I regret my 970...
>>331263193
>first time making a PC
>buy this card
Is there any programs I should download, AMDbros? I already downloaded the Crimson software.
Everyone tries AMD at least once. It's a learning experience. It teaches you about buyer's remorse and how much extra money you'd be willing to pay to get a GPU that had actual working drivers. Once you try AMD, you're an Nvidia buyer for the rest of your life. It's good to remember why Nvidia crushed AMD into the dust.
>>331264032
Nvidia isn't good as it used to be see
>>331263873
It's the same in hitman and quite likely many future titles since 900 series architecture isn't compute based and doesn't take advantage of the new apis.
>>331264103
Fucking this.
Nvidia could easily crush AMD, but they keep them around to show just how bad they are and how amazing Nvidia cards are.
>>331264060
Just crimson my good man,enjoy :)
>>331264060
MSI Afterburner
>>331264032
Tell me about it
I bought a kepler 700 series and now am being shit on by nvidia
Good to see the 900 series cucks are also getting their due
Anyone who buys nvidia is retarded
>>331264212
Thanks friend.
Curious, should I download GPU Tweak ll?
>>331264103
Expect I'm much happier with my 290 than my old 670, but keep memeing.
What are you replacing? A drawing of a GPU? lmbo
>>331263193
I'm just going to wait for the next generation of cards, but I'm going to change to AMD.
>>331263193
I love it.
>>331263193
i have a msi 390 and its really nice
i play at 1080p144hz and im able to run any game i throw at it
nice upgrade anon
>>331263873
Serious Sam 3 works for me.
>>331264315
Never used it mate. aslong as it doesnt conflict with crimson i shouldnt see any reason not to though :)
>>331264867
yeah it obviously works NOW, but during release (5 years ago) there was tons of whining about game not launching or having bad framerate on AMD cards. All while my 560ti had no issues running it all high at 1200p.
>have an R9 390 and an i3
>all games perform like shit
Should have fucking bought Nvidia...
>>331265000
I had no problem playing it back in 2011 on my 6850.
>>331263193
I have a 390x and I can run all games at ultra+.
>>331263193
asus make shit coolers for AMD
>>331263630
>>331263317
>>331263756
>>331263873
>>331264196
>>331264103
Can we please stop this nvidiaposting meme, it's retarded, unfunny and you're just spreading misinformation and utter nonsense for no good reason. Kill yourselves.
>>331264060
You can overclock with the game profiles in Cirmson, it is called AMD Overdrive.
>>331265061
>i3
>>331263193
I also have an R9 390. And like everyone else ITT I get paid a commission every time I mention it on /v/ or Reddit.
>>331265061
>i3
>Dual-core
>>331265061
Upgrade to atleast an i7
>>331265258
What's your commission? I was getting $0.07 for every post I mentioned the 970.
>>331263486
and yet amd runs cooler than Nvidia
nice bait kid
>>331265061
>>331264103
check out this flopping
having a 390X and trouncing all the Nvidia cards is great
enjoy your $1000 1070 with GDDR5 kek
>>331263554
>72c
Hot af
>>331263486
That is not true anymore.
I'll use this thread to ask a question of my own. I've had a 970 for a little less than a year now and I have some cash to spend. Is SLI worth it?
>>331263193
>worried abouy gimmick functions that provide very little in game physical interaction to chatacters.
Once u grow up from that, you'll start to love AMD cards.
I fell for the agiea meme, i fell for thr nvidia phsyx meme, i fell for thr tressFX meme. Now i just dont care, amd provides the best bang for buck now. Unless nvidia have best bang of buck yeah go nvidia.
>>331265061
>i3
>>331264808
same here shit based
no GeForce experience crap or shadow play crashing constantly, not to mention Nvidia's bad drivers as of late. They're blowing it.
>>331265061
kill you self moron
>>331264285
>mfw I bought a 980
>>331265846
actually that's well within normal operating temps for a gpu, and I took that SS while under gaming load
>>331265846
stop your jealous is showing
>>331265940
Cfx or sli are never a guarenteed "enjoyable" experience for early game adopters. Be ready only able to play your game stable after a few long months of release cuz only then you get mature sli/cfx drivers for the game.
If lucky, your game works like diamond first relase, then accidentally some new patch might fuck it up and make things worse.
>>331263193
why didn't you pick the sapphire one, fuck man
>>331265846
my gtx 780 runs 80c so what.
>Pascal comming out soon
>Nvidia is slowly killing off their stable cards
>Nvidia cards that should be better then AMD cards run like shit now
>people are finally starting to wake up and see they have been doing this for years
I told you fags that they weren't gonna give a fuck about supporting older cards as soon as the next gen is announced but you wouldn't listen
>>331264285
I paid 700+ dollars for my gtx 780ti
and I cant run the latest games in ultra.
Tell me about it.
>>331266421
that's a bit too much dude, try using Speedfan to change the fan speed manually,
asus is kind of shit for amd
sapphire is best in cooling, but will jew you out rebates
msi is best overall
xfx has the best warranty but their cards have had shitty vram cooling lately
powercolor has the best price and pretty good cooling but you basically have to go through hell to RMA if you get a shit card since their US office is basically nonexistent
for asus you literally just paid for an nvidia cooler slapped onto an amd card
and also you probably paid extra for it.
>>331266704
GTX 700 specs said that is normal under load.
Max temp is +90c.
>>331266759
XFX is only good for USA.
Everywhere else they have a standard 2 year warranty.
PowerColor is alright in APAC and is generally the easiest to get along with for RMA.
MSI warranty in APAC (except China) is garbage.
>>331266640
>Fags with 7870s are still going to be playing vidya for another 2 years with their four year old cards
amd is it's own worst enemy
>>331266664
why didn't you buy the 980 ti?
>>331267193
Not really, they still sell Pitcarin...
So the 7870/270/370 owners can buy second card for crossfire,
>>331266759
sapphire r9 390 cost less than the msi my dude
>>331267341
Because that was a 6 months before the 900 series was out.
I'm not going to spend 700+ dollars every single year.
>>331263193
I have the same but Msi. Its fuckin awesome. But be sure to look AA supersampling at 4x.
>>331265193
asus has twin frozers on most of thier cards dumb nigger. /v/ is never right about anything at all.
>>331267857
And surprise surprise, they work like shit. Look at the benchmarks, Asus always comes last.
every single thing the nvidiots have said in itt is wrong without exception. nvidiots are the worst.
>>331267341
oy vey you must buy the newest flagship card
>>331267975
twin frozers cool the entire board to keep the pcb tems down. also bullshit.
>>331264032
>Nvidia drivers are shit lately
Lately? For the past few years Nvidia has had quite a few really fucking shit drivers with all sorts of issues with drivers nuking GPUs every now and again. It's just that they have incredibly amazing focus group members on basically every large tech forum posting damage control to make people believe that everything is fine.
>>331263193
Why AMD doesn't have something like this case. This is really sexy but AMD cards looks like shit.
>>331267193
dx12 shows noticible performance increases all the way back to the 7800 series cards. Nvidia wont see any improvement whatsoever.
>>331268257
Because your case should have a solid side panel so good heatsink/fan design is vastly more important than design.
You do have a solid sidepanel and not one of those "gaming cases", right?
>>331267724
then don't complain, it's not like you got some kind of superior high-end gpu, ofc you won't be able to play every new game maxed out
>>331268257
I buy pretty video cards too. I also wipe my dogs butt when he's done pooping. I cant believe people think I'm weird for this. I cant be the only one.
>>331263193
My 390 shits on everything, fucking everything, at 1440p.
Don't worry about nvidia shills, OP. Just as bad as sony fanboys.
>>331263193
> not getting a 970 instead
Enjoy your housefire.
>>331268071
yeah, since you're going to spend so much at least buy something decent
>>331268197
I never updated my old GTX 560ti driver from 2012 because the newer one always fucked up my game
>>331263756
>I can't believe The Division is still broken. I'm gonna take my Fury X back.
I've been playing The Division on my Fury X with no problems.
>>331268582
>Nvidiacucks still use old meme
At least make it about the power efficiency if you are gonna try
>>331266759
everthing in this post is bullshit except xfx having a bad warranty. xfx is a garbage manufacturer in everything they make including motherboards.
>>331268319
So I fucked up when I bought a 970?
>>331268415
So you change computer every year anon?
>>331263630
R9 390 user here. No problems so far in about 6 month of usage. Pretty solid card. I was scared about the temp issue but this babe runs a smooth 50-60 while gaming. Sometimes up to 70 if its modded games.
>>331268586
spending more on your video card than you can get a decent computer for is pretty fucking stupid desu.
>>331268319
Yes that was my point anonymous. Current amdfags will just keep using their current cards instead of buying new ones.
>>331268787
you fucked up when you chose nvidia.
>>331263193
That's a great graphic card if you're planning on playing at 1080p.
>>331268415
>Nvidia logic
You really like to sucks dicks don't you?
>>331268787
amd does optimizations to increase the life of your hardware nvidia gimps its 2 year old cards through drivers because of planned obsolescence. thye are the shadiest company to ever make computer components.
>>331268787
Well you're fine for the new couple years, but presently it's looking like amd cards will get a lot more of a lifespan boost.
>>331268787
If you did your research before buying, you'd learn about the 3.5....
>>331269010
"GUYS PLS I SPENT 2000 ON A PC IN 2008 WHY CAN'T I RUN ALL NEW GAMES MAXED OUT, THIS IS SO UNFAIR NVIDIA IS SHIT"
i use AMD btw
>>331268973
so you agree amd makes much more powerful cards at that price point. I would be surprised if you actually admit this desu.
>>331269062
>nvidia gimps its 2 year old cards through drivers
How is that not illegal?
>>331263193
Eh, I've had an AMD R9 390 since October and it's been great. Killing The Witcher 3, and pretty much every other game is less demanding than that, so yeah...granted I only play on 1080p but my friend has a 390x for 1440p and it works great.
Think I should upgrade?
>>331269143
I bought it before 3.5.
>>331269232
Average Nvidia user aren't exactly the smartest people
>>331269156
I can run gtaV ultra with just a couple setting turned down a bit on a 7850. so really theres no reason you shouldn't expect to run games all the way up to the new gen of consoles with no problem on newer amd cards.
>>331268870
if you're going to spent so much money that probably mean that you don't want just a "decent" computer my dude, seems kinda obvious
>>331269232
Because no one caught them on time to make a huge stink out of it/PR. Most game reviews are honestly shit. It took someone to accidentally re-benchmark old games with new drivers and compare the results to old benchmarks to notice that their performance had dropped.
>>331269232
Because technology is too new for current laws to govern over. Laws were made to govern over humans, not technology. Hence the reason why Nvidia can get away with all sorts of shady shit.
>>331269162
Amd is butter than Nvidia as expected.
>>331268415
the 780ti was the best card out there, what is high end compared to that?
>>331269339
>I bought it before 3.5.
You're a fucking retard. That shit launched with 3.5.
>>331269409
I bet he has an i3. nvidiots are pretty damned stupid when it comes to computer hardware.
>>331263193
too late to ask. find out for yourself.
>>331269571
I thought that scandal broke after? People knew about this at launch?
>>331269571
nope, 3.5 wasnt found out until like 2 or 3 months later
>>331269370
No they don't, just look at the nvidia forums.
For every complain there is always a bunch of guys defending nvidia.
They are just OK with buying a new card every year.
>he doesn't have two 390s
>>331269376
dude, i just watched a video of a guy playing gta with that gpu, he had everythin on medium-high, with a lot of stuff turned off and couldn't evern reach 60 fps
So there's 1.7%, pork shoulders, wood screws, 3.5GB and the various drivers killing GPUs over the years, defects on mobile chipsets but there's another incident that I can't recall the name of that involved capacitors on the 8000 or 9000 series cards IIRC. Anyone recall the name?
>>331269450
>Because no one caught them on time to make a huge stink out of it/PR
Oh they caught them early on all right. It's just that no benchmark review website will ever say anything bad about nvidia because they lose their free review cards if they make nvidia look bad. Nvidia pretty much bribes lots of benchmark websites free review cards.
>>331263193
my bro bought one, it's pretty good. i'm still rocking an old nvidia 750. it gets the job done but im going to change it soon for an r9 390 or a 980
Anons, my AMD R9 390 AA doesn't seem to do anything. ie changing the AA options in amd catalyst or crimson hasn't had any noticeable effect. Any tips?
>>331269767
Nope. People were talking about it in the forums after the first week. Those slow websites picked it up after 2-3 months.
>>331264808
Same on the MSi 390. Love it, my friend has a Sapphire but I like the MSi more.
>>331269840
>FX-6300
how's that bottleneck working out for you friend?
The real winners are the people who bought the HD7970. Talk about longevity
>>331268861
So im was thinking of getting a 390X
to see if i could OC it to run 1440p on 144hz
Know if i can do that?
>>331269840
why are those GPUs so fucking hot?
what the fuck
mine idles at 25ºC and never goes above 45ºC
How long until the new GPUs come out? I keep thinking about upgrading from my 7950, but every new gen past it on both red and green has pretty much made me not care enough.
>>331269840
How that works for you anon?
AMD are cheaper cards so I'm thinking on doing that.
>>331268663
>amd cpu
I mean their gpus are pretty good, but nigger what were you thinking?
>>331270136
Because we arent using shitty integrated graphics and playing at low settings
>>331269569
yeah dude, it was the best card at the time, so?
he's complaining of the fact that he can't run new games on ultra with a gpu from 2012
>>331269840
Only 8GB of RAM anon? Just spend the $36
>>331270136
He has two of them... side by side in crossfire... trading heat with each other.
This is something you typically DON'T DO unless you're a retard or unless you have liquid cooling installed.
>>331269915
You'd think so but most reviewers don't actually bother rerunning benchmarks when new drivers get updated so what happens is that AMD improves performance but no one gives a fuck if the launch is bad even if they end up performing better than Nvidia. Most comparisons you see online are using old data.
>>331269840
You need to get rid of that bottleneck bro. FX-6300 even OCd bottlenecks a fucking 280x.
>>331270102
Highly OCd HD7950 here, feels good man. Had a GTX460 before this and an 8800GT before that. GOAT cards.
>>331270235
nice meme cuck
>>331269878
he's a moron and isnt using optimized driver settings. also he doesnt overclock and I'm pretty sure he has the 1GB version. he has no idea what hes doing.
>>331266664
I know that feel bro, can't complain that much though I bought mine for 700 in 2013.
>>331270221
Nothing wrong with AMD CPU. In fact, with Mantle, Vulkan or DX12, their CPU will match Intel i7s for a much lower price point.
>>331269878
oh dude, really dude?no way dude!!
>>331270136
60 degrees isn't very hot for silicon chips
>>331270136
Asus have this gimmick going where the fans don't spin up until the card reaches 65c.
>>331270370
he had the 2 gb version, it's probably a different video
>>331266123
our cards are only going to be worth $300 around the time vega 10 comes out, it hurts.
at least the 1070 and 1080 are expected to beat the 980 TI in performance so 980 TI owners will probably feel the worst off.
>>331270501
its actually nice not hearing the fans when your just watching videos and browsing the internet. or doing work related things.
>>331270536
then he probably has the amd optimized settings turned off.
>>331269232
because they don't or it'd be all over tech news sites.
>>331269450
source or gtfo.
reminder... this is the near dx12 future.
>>331270416
This is true but will only matter when DX12 games start coming en masse and so far there's all of two games that have it? Not really worth gimping yourself "future-proofing" for DX12.
>>331270364
nice lying on the internet, kid
>>331270670
the cards were listed in order of which was winning with release drivers vs the newest, aka goyimworks patch.
>>331268415
>780 ti is not high-end when the 900 series was months away
>oy vey goy buy a high-end 980 ti months before Pascal!
>>331270670
http://www.techspot.com/review/1000-project-cars-benchmarks/page6.html
>>331270712
This ONLY matters if the devs go out of their way to implement it themselves. Protip: They won't, sadly.
>>331270670
its all over the right tech sites. heres a video that shows you with evidence. and it is known that every time they come out with new architecture the new drives actually decrease the performance its all in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7fA_JC_R5s
if you can stand the guys heavy accent.
What's the most demanding monitor I can use at good fps without upgrading anything else? What about dual monitors?what will it take to reach 4k?
>>331270501
>>331270640
every other gpu brand does that too nowadays
>>331270949
theres only one other brand kiddo.
>>331270849
hey now, don't be a retard. you just claimed that nvidia bribed bethesda to release a patch that boosted all amd cards and wrecked performance on their cards. that's a pretty stupid post, anon. might want to turn off your computer and go read a book after that.
>>331270712
>dx12 will bring better performance guys, trust us!
>>331263716
Not him, but when i got my 390 i could not even get my PC to boot until updating my mobo bios, then i went through hell finding a set of drivers that worked without crashing any game i played. It's all fine now, but a normie would have never gotten that far.
>>331270948
2 or three 290's if you want good performance but wait till dx12 games come out before buying the third one.
>>331270873
"i'm going to start a discussion about something without explaining the context and get mad at someone that didn't know the exact moment i bought my gpu"
>>331271032
by brand I mean asus, msi, sapphire, etc...
don't be facetious
>>331271083
sounds like you bought an outdated mb.
>>331263193
The 390 has been faster than the GTX 970 in the latest benchmarks. So i think it was a nice choice.
>>331270640
also, why did you came up with gta 5? the 780 ti handle it way better than the 7850
>>331271116
Yeah I'm definitely waiting. New cards coming and I can play whatever I want at high quality now, no reason to build a batcave in the next few months
>>331271197
damn people paid 1300 for titan blacks. btfo.
>>331271269
because its a demanding game that came out recently and its a 5 year old card.
>>331271129
>don't complain, it's not like the 780 ti is a high-end GPU anyway and I am saying this after he said he got it before the 900 series came out
>>331271197
Fuck. Never buying nvidia again.
>>331270849
>53 on a GTX 980ti??
No way!
>>331270901
>Protip: They won't, sadly
But they already are.
>>331271401
you lack of reading comprension, i said nothing about the 780 ti, holy shit what does that even mean
>>331271064
yeah i have a hard time trying to explain the graph out but i'm sure you understand. and there wasn't a bribery, it's a legitimate performance hit that maxwell cards took when gameworks features were introduced.
gee i wonder why nvidia would intentionally be lowering performance around the time that their new cards are coming out? who cares lets just buy pascal and throw away our maxwell GPUs! :^)
>>331270901
Ashes of Singularity for all intents and purposes is a glorified tech demo and will most likely not be the norm. I would fucking love to be wrong though, that'd make me the happiest person in the world.
If Stardock's software implementation on it is actually not shit and runs mainly hassle free, that would be absolutely fantastic.
>>331271954
Fuck me, meant to quote
>>331271568
>>331263193
>worried about no Gameworks or PhysX
Turn off tessellation, or only allow a small amount of tessellation. PhysX is only going to kill your performance if your processor is a bottleneck. Anisotropic filtering x4 is the sweet spot, but you can push x8 on most games.
>>331272243
amd optimized driver settings usually do the trick so you dont have to have no tessellation. You wont even notice the difference they just remove the insane levels of tessellation gimpworks games have.
>>331264032
>>331263630
The drivers from both makers are shit this generation.
>>331272565
list some on amd please.
>>331263193
>>just bought an R9 390 as replacement
>When Pascal and Polaris are literally around the corner
>>331272652
do we have any real information or is it still just rumors?
>>331272649
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=398858
>>331272471
nvidia tessellation slider when?
>>331272565
I haven't noticed any issues with AMDs new stuff yet. My only gripe is that their Crimson control centre still has remnants of Catalyst in it. Whether that's just interface bits or actual code, I can't be sure. They said they'd made everything from the ground up, but some things suggest otherwise.
>>331272759
The thing is how much are they going to cost.
>>331272760
>Original post is almost a year old
Anon...
>ASUS
the 390 is absolutely the card to get right now for the vast majority of people
But you really should have gone for MSI or sapphire
>>331272649
>>331272760
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9112/exploring-dx12-3dmark-api-overhead-feature-test/3
all that wasted potential. the 290x shouldn't be getting half the draw calls that a 750ti can get in dx11.
>>331273176
and still not address by amd. kind of like how it took them years to address frame latency and they only did so because tech sites were calling them out on it. they didn't even do a good job of it.
>>331272782
never ever man thats their planned obsolescence in action. maybe when they start getting called out for it.
>>331273039
holy fuck they have another architecture right on time for their 2 year obsolescence plan. like clockwork.
>>331263317
Said Dr. Alienware
>>331273407
>http://www.anandtech.com/show/9112/exploring-dx12-3dmark-api-overhead-feature-test/3
your going to have to paraphase it, I read almost half of the article and didnt see any mention of driver problems.
>and still not address by amd. kind of like how it took them years to address frame latency and they only did so because tech sites were calling them out on it. they didn't even do a good job of it.
your going to have to provide a source.
>>331274326
>As we saw in Star Swarm and continue to see here, AMD’s DirectX 11 throughput is relatively poor, topping out at 1.1 draw calls for both DX11ST and DX11MT. AMD simply isn’t able to push much more than that many calls through their drivers, and without real support for DX11 multi-threading (e.g. DX11 Dirver Command Lists), they gain nothing from the DX11MT test.
their dx11 drivers are a bottleneck. the forum post explained everything in detail.
>your going to have to provide a source.
for what, the frame latency issue?
>>331273260
To be honest, it's not worth it at this point if you've a card that can tide you over some 6 months or so. Polaris and Pascal are approaching and they promise a lot of improvements, some being ones that would've served the 390 well.
The 390 is just a rebranded 290, a 2½ year old card, and while I won't contest its great performance, price point or future proofing potential, these features come at a cost. The card tends to run hot and loud (unless you get the Sapphire Nitro 390) and its overclocking potential is very limited (unless you get the MSI 390). While it could tide you over for years until your next upgrade, it may end up giving you more headaches over that period than a mid-range Pascal or Polaris.
This from someone running a MSI 390. I love what it can do compared to my previous HD6950, but it has the feel of a dead-end/final run product (and considering the 28nm process and GCN 1.1 core it's based on, it is), like it was already pushed well beyond its limits at stock clocks and has little more to offer safely.
>>331275640
nah I believe you, both companies have bad drivers from time to time.
how is my build /v/?
>>331276446
>nvidia.
how could anyone buy this shit after all the shit they do.
>>331276782
well I got it for $20 and my old r9 280
>>331276148
well just for the sake of completion: http://techreport.com/review/24218/a-driver-update-to-reduce-radeon-frame-times
this is a year after the 7900 series launched. all their previous cards had the same issues.
if i had to guess it's all the little things that go wrong with amd cards that have nvidia at 80% market share. it's just too much of a gamble when random shit goes wrong, like hd 5000 series not working in pcie 1.1 slots, random releases with bios problems that cause 2D/3D states to constantly alternate and screw up performance. wish there was a third competitor. i'm tired of picking between giant douche and turd sandwich.
>>331263193
you will literally get negative fps
>>331265846
2 of mine 280x worked 1 year non-stop at 82C temp.
Both are fine.
Nevar forget that nvidia is the origin of housefires meme and chip (un)soldering.
>>331267724
>I'm not going to spend 700+ dollars every single year
Bad goyim
>>331276446
>AMD CPU
>960
god damn nigga how could you fuck up so badlyi fell for the amd cpu too
>>331269285
I once saw a AMD GPU working fine at 100C.
>>331263193
>PhysX
That might be a problem. Some games run it always because fuck you, and Nvidia has the option to turn this off for more performance. With an AMD, you may think that PhysX wont even run but it does, theres no graphical change but the card struggles to run something that cant run at all, leading to issues. Expect random FPS drops in most games, and in some unlucky ones, less FPS overall.
>>331277526
not that bad of a fit actually. lower driver overhead on the 960 so the 6300 doesn't take as much of a hit.
>>331277750
>lower driver overhead on the 960
how do you do this?
>>331277030
fuck why the hell would you do that?
>>331277126
they have 80% of the share market because they used to beat out amd on the benchmarks. but they have been caught red handed using nasty tricks like putting insane amounts of tessellation where it doesnt belong to pad the numbers. they are ripe for a class action lawsuit but they know they can get away with it because they sell their shit to kids. They have been doing this type of shit since physx was proprietary and the little kids fall for the gimmicks. gimpworks is the newest form of this garbage like this>>331270903 anon shows with this video.
>>331277869
meant the 960 has lower driver overhead compared to an amd card, so the cpu performance hit isn't as great.
>>331277126
they only have 75% of the market share as of this quarter.
>>331277940
oh, yeah, sorry I misread it lol. I was wondering "what the hell does he mean by "Lower the driver overhead?".
I should get some sleep.
>mfw 200 series AMD
>mfw won't have to be bothered upgrading until 2018 or so because I'm not an nvidia cuckster
>>331277883
because the r9 280 dual-x was giving me graphics artifacts out the ass
>>331277883
i've been fucked by amd and have had friends that got fucked by amd. every time they make a mistake they promote nvidia by default. they share some of the blame.
>>331263317
720p? He would be lucky to get 240p going, going to need to turn down the setting just in case.
>>331265604
runs cooler =/= makes less heat
>>331278180
ha you gave someone a broken card.
>>331278220
oh bullshit. nvidia is the ones fucking up the entire industry including people that arent even their customers with goyimworks. and physx. they just keep finding new ways to add ridiculous amounts of tessellation that dont do anything for graphical quality.
>tfw according to /v/ intel is shit would not buy
>tfw according to /v/ AMD CPUs are shit would not buy
>tfw according to /v/ AMD GPUs are shit would not buy
>tfw according to /v/ nvidia GPUs are shit would not buy
>>331278531
nah it wasn't that bad, the card i gave away had checkerboard artifacts appear sometimes.
>built my PC two year ago
>just realised five minutes ago that I installed my cpu cooler in the wrong orientation
>>331278784
probably not even worth changing at this point if it hasnt caused any problems desu.
>>331265061
i3 would def bottleneck a 390
>>331264103
>tfw been with AMD since it was ATI
Naw
>>331278531
when the 7870 came out there were common problems with stuttering or black screens, you don't think amd sent customers to nvidia? what about when their pcie 2.0 cards weren't compatible with pcie 1.1? it's a pretty big deal to go and order a brand new graphics card that should work with your system no problem and it turns out to have such a serious design oversight.
>>331279457
I have a 7850 and never experienced any of these thing but regardless at least they dont sabotage the performance for all pc users on some of the best multi plats to sell their newest cards.
>>331263317
>Good luck running anything beyond 720p
Nigger that monster has 8gb of video ram, why you think it destroys the 970 at higher resolution gaming? holy shit this has to be a 13 year old
>>331279952
nvidia's behavior stems from amd's incompetence. i hope they can turn it around with polaris and zen because if they don't they're probably finished.
>>331280123
meant for
>>331279784
>Tfw been using a GTX 660 for 4 years now
Ain't even mad, handles everything I throw at it just fine.I can't afford the higher-end models
>>331280123
thats just a retarded statement. Why would adding ludicrous amounts of tessellation on flat objects be because amd is incompetent. I've never had any problems with amd just like everyone else as well. They are a very underhanded company and you would relise this if you watched the video posted twice before itt. and until you do. I'm not going to continue this conversation. they have been doing this shit since physx was proprietary.
>>331268663
Clearly shopped, your Fury X isn't idling over 50C
>>331280352
did you try any games since 4th quarter 2015 that are "the way its meant to be played"?
>>331272652
Stuck with my 290 for another year i only upgrade every other gen. Gonna feel so boss when i get a 1070. you know that shit is gonna be a DX12 monster unlike the shitty 970. I feel sorry for you guys that are biased. don't know shit about anything haha.
>>331268767
I got an XFX 390 the card fans died after 2 years of running them at basically 100% they replaced the fans and gave it back in under a week. What the fuck are you talking about.
>>331270416
By the time DX12 is mainstream those 8000 series are gonna be garbage. Face it you cucked your self. How did you not know this you're not an idiot...
>>331281498
I used to stock xfx in my shop. I was getting so many warranty calls I had to stop selling them. I was literally spending more time on warranties than anything else. the reason why the rma system is so good is because so many die before the warranty runs out or are doa.
>>331263630
I had less problems with my 7870 than i do with my 970
I don't think I've even run into any game I can't run at a smooth 60 yet. Overclocked CPU and GPU though it's not showing on speccy for some reason.
>>331281920
Sorry man i meant 290 not 390. ill admit it's the first time i've had fans die on my card well ever.
>>331269285
should blow your dust out fo sho
going back to amd after my 970 goes or I can afford a new card
>>331282131
You playing them all on the lowest detail? or medium? that must suck man.
>>331263193
>buting a new card a few months before Pascal release
enjoy being obsolete so fast
>>331282280
Everything max except Ambient Occlusion and Motion Blur actually.
>>331281798
they are already making every game in dx12. every new game that comes out will use it if its AAA.
>buying any amd card now when the new ones are coming this june/july
amd are shit anyway. you should have bought a used 950 for cheap and then bought a better nvidia card later this year when they get released since its pretty much confirmed even by amd fanboys that the nvidia architecture is way better right now and theyll have a massive advantage when it comes to heat output, power usage and overclocking.
>>331282305
obsolete considering every game that comes out for pc is a console port this wont happen until maybe, and thats a big maybe, on the next gen of consoles.
>>331263193
>buying AMD
you dun goof'd
>>331282429
amd is beating nvidia in benchmarks and cost hundreds less you need to update your database.
>>331263193
>No Gameworks
While gameworks shut looks nice, its power consuming as fuck and really not worth it
>No PhysX
Literally nothing
>>331282506
there is literally no reason to buy nvidia anymore. they cost more and perform worse.
>>331282342
Shit man that's terrible i can't stand playing at 35 fps.
>>331282564
you can use gameworks with amd just fine on the newer cards and they even give you sliders unlike nvidia.
>>331282620
shit I have hairworks enabled on my 7850 and only lose 5 frames. Its all about that amd optimized tessellation.
>>331282606
I can't stand playing below 60fps either. That's why I turn down the AO. I get rid of motion blur just because my eye isn't a fucking camera. Same reason I go with soft shadows because nature doesn't make sharp edges with light unless under a spotlight or another hot source
>>331263317
Fucking 12 year olds know nothingh about GPU's
