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  • #10982
    Gumbi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,698 ✭✭✭Gumbi


    Seaaan wrote: »
    Enabled V sync and so far, it's been good. Also changed settings to allow fan speed to go up higher. Staying at a nice 70 core and 75 vrm. Hasn't gone over 70% load

    Nice :)


  • #10983
    Gumbi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,698 ✭✭✭Gumbi


    frozenfrozen wrote: »
    probably because ddr4 is around the corner. I was thinking the same. The ram I have has gone up in price since I bought it too. Good thing I bought 32 gigs when I did, rather than buying 16 with the plan to expand

    Supply and demand. The market was flooded a while back, now prices are back up and there is less supply and more demand.


  • #10984
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,924 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    SSDs and Hdds prices wen down nicely though. I will wait a bit more and then replace my 60gb boot one with 512gb when they drop a bit more.


  • #10985
    WhiskeyGoblin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,009 ✭✭✭WhiskeyGoblin


    If I was purchasing more RAM would buying 2 x 8gb be fine, considering I have 2 x 4gb? Or would that cause any problems?


  • #10986
    Genghiz Cohen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,182 ✭✭✭Genghiz Cohen


    marko93 wrote: »
    If I was purchasing more RAM would buying 2 x 8gb be fine, considering I have 2 x 4gb? Or would that cause any problems?

    It will probably work fine. You have to have 64-bit Windows for it to be able to use more than 4GB though.


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  • #10987
    Son Of A Vidic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    marko93 wrote: »
    If I was purchasing more RAM would buying 2 x 8gb be fine, considering I have 2 x 4gb? Or would that cause any problems?

    Just put your new 2x8GB RAM sticks into slots 1-3 and leave out the smaller RAM. 16GB of RAM would be serious overkill for most tasks on any PC, never mind having 24GB. Unless you heading towards 32GB workstation territory with serious video editing & rendering ect.


  • #10988
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Just thought I'd ask here as well, I have a 4670K that I'd be willing to swap for a non-k or lower clocked i5 with cash, as my new mitx build is using a h81 mobo. In case anyone fancies an upgrade. :P


  • #10989
    Luck100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 878 ✭✭✭Luck100


    New NVidia drivers (337.50) out today. Haven't tried it yet myself but looks like good improvements for most DX11 games and big gains for BF4 multiplayer.

    1080p 780Ti 3930K
    THIEF: 15.6% improvement
    Sleeping dogs: 7.7% improvement
    ACIV: Black flag: 9.8% improvement
    Bioshock infinite: 5.9% improvement
    BF4 siege of shanghai (med details) : 27% improvement
    BF4 siege of shanghai (ultra details) : 27.2% improvement
    BF3 Strike of Karkand: 39.5% improvement
    Hitman absolution: 40% improvement
    Star swarm (5 run average) : 46.9% improvement
    http://www.forum-3dcenter.org/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=10170731&postcount=24


    Some charts from NVidia here


  • #10990
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,924 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Luck100 wrote: »
    New NVidia drivers (337.50) out today. Haven't tried it yet myself but looks like good improvements for most DX11 games and big gains for BF4 multiplayer.

    1080p 780Ti 3930K
    THIEF: 15.6% improvement
    Sleeping dogs: 7.7% improvement
    ACIV: Black flag: 9.8% improvement
    Bioshock infinite: 5.9% improvement
    BF4 siege of shanghai (med details) : 27% improvement
    BF4 siege of shanghai (ultra details) : 27.2% improvement
    BF3 Strike of Karkand: 39.5% improvement
    Hitman absolution: 40% improvement
    Star swarm (5 run average) : 46.9% improvement
    http://www.forum-3dcenter.org/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=10170731&postcount=24


    Some charts from NVidia here

    Is it only for 7 series or 6 series get some love too?


  • #10991
    Luck100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 878 ✭✭✭Luck100


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    Is it only for 7 series or 6 series get some love too?

    Those results are for 7 series but definitely nice improvements for 6 series too.

    Here's a post on another forum:
    GTX 670 SLI

    Star Swarm average FPS
    335.23: 44.42
    337.50: 54.18


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  • #10992
    ZeroThreat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,282 ✭✭✭ZeroThreat


    Luck100 wrote: »
    New NVidia drivers (337.50) out today. Haven't tried it yet myself but looks like good improvements for most DX11 games and big gains for BF4 multiplayer.

    1080p 780Ti 3930K
    THIEF: 15.6% improvement
    Sleeping dogs: 7.7% improvement
    ACIV: Black flag: 9.8% improvement
    Bioshock infinite: 5.9% improvement
    BF4 siege of shanghai (med details) : 27% improvement
    BF4 siege of shanghai (ultra details) : 27.2% improvement
    BF3 Strike of Karkand: 39.5% improvement
    Hitman absolution: 40% improvement
    Star swarm (5 run average) : 46.9% improvement
    http://www.forum-3dcenter.org/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=10170731&postcount=24


    Some charts from NVidia here

    hmm 780ti would probably be overkill for 1080 on a single monitor though :D


  • #10993
    glynf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,387 ✭✭✭glynf


    Luck100 wrote: »
    New NVidia drivers (337.50) out today. Haven't tried it yet myself but looks like good improvements for most DX11 games and big gains for BF4 multiplayer....



    Hope this sorts the Bioshock BAS2 crashes, might just about finish it without putting my head thru the keyboard.


  • #10994
    WhiskeyGoblin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,009 ✭✭✭WhiskeyGoblin


    Thanks for the help lads, I may just go for another 8gb. 16gb should be loads.


  • #10995
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,924 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Where do you get those drivers? Official sites don't have them. Nvidia experience does not do update too.


  • #10996
    Sarz91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,422 ✭✭✭Sarz91


    Any opinions on the Kraken G10? Have an old h55 lying around back home and just got a reference 290.


  • #10997
    NTMK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,575 ✭✭✭NTMK


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    Where do you get those drivers? Official sites don't have them. Nvidia experience does not do update too.

    its a beta driver


  • #10998
    Revoker88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,615 ✭✭✭Revoker88


    If they take anywhere near as long as AMD have to get an official driver out i wouldnt hold my breath,Mantle is STILL only in beta drivers.


  • #10999
    challengemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    Luck100 wrote: »
    New NVidia drivers (337.50) out today. Haven't tried it yet myself but looks like good improvements for most DX11 games and big gains for BF4 multiplayer.

    1080p 780Ti 3930K
    THIEF: 15.6% improvement
    Sleeping dogs: 7.7% improvement
    ACIV: Black flag: 9.8% improvement
    Bioshock infinite: 5.9% improvement
    BF4 siege of shanghai (med details) : 27% improvement
    BF4 siege of shanghai (ultra details) : 27.2% improvement
    BF3 Strike of Karkand: 39.5% improvement
    Hitman absolution: 40% improvement
    Star swarm (5 run average) : 46.9% improvement
    http://www.forum-3dcenter.org/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=10170731&postcount=24


    Some charts from NVidia here

    http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/136821-nvidias-new-driver-tested-benchmarked-comes-up-short-on-expectations/


  • #11000
    NTMK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,575 ✭✭✭NTMK


    EoinHef wrote: »
    If they take anywhere near as long as AMD have to get an official driver out i wouldnt hold my breath,Mantle is STILL only in beta drivers.

    It takes about a month for nvidia to make them official

    AMD appear to have ****ed themselves over with mantle already. I dont know why they released it so early when its a long way off being complete


  • #11001
    Luck100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 878 ✭✭✭Luck100


    Tried the new NVidia drivers with BF4 multiplayer last night. I didn't run any benches but the improvement was big enough to be obvious. Average and min FPS are both improved, by enough that I can turn on 2 x MSAA and still have better FPS than I did before the update. GPU temps went up a little, probably due to higher utilization. I'm really impressed with the improved smoothness and lack of stutter.

    Running 1440p with SLI GTX 670's, all settings ultra + 2xMSAA.


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  • #11002
    Gumbi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,698 ✭✭✭Gumbi


    First 295x2 review. It's Forbes so take it with a pinch of salt but the numbers are certainly impressive. Out performing dual 780tis (much better scaling I imagine as a single 780ti outdoes a 290x) but a decent amount at 1500 dollars. Max temps of 60 degrees too apparently. Ihope the VRMs are judr as cool.

    With the water cooling and those temps some decent overclocking might be possible too.

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2014/04/08/radeon-r9-295x2-review-amd-delivers-on-a-promise-with-exciting-liquid-cooled-gpu/


  • #11003
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,924 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    1500$ :rolleyes:


  • #11004
    Gumbi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,698 ✭✭✭Gumbi


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    1500$ :rolleyes:

    Yeah pretty crazy but given the numbers it's actually worth it (if you consider a 780ti worth it anyways).


  • #11005
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,924 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Gumbi wrote: »
    Yeah pretty crazy but given the numbers it's actually worth it (if you consider a 780ti worth it anyways).

    Its lunacy to pay such money for a GPU, I would not care even if it comes with 1 year free hooker subscription. Throw in 2 and I think about it. :pac:
    I really really hope that next gpus not just going to go with usual ladder of price and performance hand to hand. In a few years time, we will be paying 3k eu just for flagship GPU.


  • #11006
    Gumbi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,698 ✭✭✭Gumbi


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    Its lunacy to pay such money for a GPU, I would not care even if it comes with 1 year free hooker subscription. Throw in 2 and I think about it. :pac:
    I really really hope that next gpus not just going to go with usual ladder of price and performance hand to hand. In a few years time, we will be paying 3k eu just for flagship GPU.
    On this point I agree. They have good margins on these. The real value is 400 dollar 290 chips (some of which even unlocked to 550 dollar 290x chips). 290xs are only 5% faster clock for clock.

    And now we're talking two chips for 1500 dollars... so ya I agree flagship models are getting crazy expensive.


  • #11007
    NTMK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,575 ✭✭✭NTMK


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    Its lunacy to pay such money for a GPU, I would not care even if it comes with 1 year free hooker subscription. Throw in 2 and I think about it. :pac:
    I really really hope that next gpus not just going to go with usual ladder of price and performance hand to hand. In a few years time, we will be paying 3k eu just for flagship GPU.

    its taking advantage of people who want huge performance from an itx or m-atx pc. i nearly bought a titan because of that

    I think its mad im paying £800 on 2 780's since i spent €450 on 6970's almost 3 years ago both flagship models


  • #11008
    Vandango
    Closed Accounts Posts: 604 ✭✭✭Vandango


    Quick question, if I'm installing Windows 7 onto a new SSD. Do I need to format the SSD or can I just go and install away? The SSD will be the primary drive in a new PC.


  • #11009
    Serephucus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,181 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    Straight off install. Just remember to remove any other drives first to prevent Windows dumping boot information on the wrong drive.


  • #11010
    Vandango
    Closed Accounts Posts: 604 ✭✭✭Vandango


    Serephucus wrote: »
    Straight off install. Just remember to remove any other drives first to prevent Windows dumping boot information on the wrong drive.

    Much appreciated, will do that.


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  • #11011
    Genghiz Cohen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,182 ✭✭✭Genghiz Cohen


    Anyone in Dublin have an SLI Bridge they don't need?


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