So, weird twist in the 1080/1070 saga. Apparently Tri/Quad-SLI is only going to be enabled for some applications. Regular SLI will be business as usual (ie, developer support).
With the GeForce 10-series we’re investing heavily in 2-way SLI with our new High Bandwidth bridge (which doubles the SLI bandwidth for faster, smoother gaming at ultra-high resolutions and refresh rates) and NVIDIA Game Ready Driver SLI profiles. To ensure the best possible gaming experience on our GeForce 10-series GPUs, we’re focusing our efforts on 2-way SLI only and will continue to include 2-way SLI profiles in our Game Ready Drivers.
Kind of a kick in the ass for crazy ass liquid nitrogen setups, but won't affect base-level users too much. At least, it doesn't scuttle my plans to get another 1080 later on this year.
If we're posting score results, here's my most recent 3DMark FireStrike Extreme score. Not my highest (it peaks ~11000), but for stability reasons I clocked down a bit:
I'd like to see burn_this_city's results for his 1080 though. I know 2x980s beat it/match it stock speed, but OCd the 1080 should beat them (and be far more stable) by 10%-15%.
If we're posting score results, here's my most recent 3DMark FireStrike Extreme score. Not my highest (it peaks ~11000), but for stability reasons I clocked down a bit:
I'd like to see burn_this_city's results for his 1080 though. I know 2x980s beat it/match it stock speed, but OCd the 1080 should beat them (and be far more stable) by 10%-15%.
Okay, how do I find a 1080 or 1070 in Calgary besides Memory express?
Also, is the non founder editions the same as the regular ones to be released spec wise?
Newegg.ca, Tigerdirect.ca, NCIX.com. Local, good luck and godspeed :/
Founders are actually slower than all of the subsequent cards are/will be. They are stock speed with a "exclusive" cooler, while other cards will have aftermarket/3rd party coolers and boosted clocks.
The founders editions are kind of baloney, though they do look nice.
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Probably not a card for the ubber gamers but the AMD Radeon RX 480 is looking good at $200 US. Crossfire 2 of them and it's supposed to equal a GTX1080. Set for release on June 29th.
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Instead of leveraging their substantial engineering knowledge to launch a halo product that costs a small fortune, AMD is targeting two key markets for the time being: the mid-level performance segment and notebooks. These are areas where the Radeon lineup desperately needed some reinforcements so it makes sense to start there.
I am in the market for a new computer. Here is the specs I have been looking at and piecing together. I am kind of a computer part 'noob'.
Games I will be playing:
Heroes of the Storm
Overwatch
In the future if a good MMO gets released I will try it and that type of stuff. Please feel free to comment on any changes as I am open to suggestions.
On the RAM side of things, I know in the past brands did somewhat matter when it comes to motherboard compatibility. Not really sure if that's the case nowadays as I've been out of the hardware game for a while.
Might be worthwhile to take a quick look at the manual for the motherboard and see the list of compatible RAM models.
Also you'll want to go with 2x8GB rather than 1x16 as you get a slight performance edge with the dual channel.
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I dunno - I guess I liked the scalability? I only really play the Battlefield series, so if it's good on 1x480x then I am good, but if I need to, I can add a second?