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Is it me or Nvidia prices going up ?

billysielu said:
I don't get it. Why produce more FPS than you can see, doesn't it just make the card hotter?
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Generally the numbers given are averages.
So, if a benchmark reads an average of 60, then that means that it will provide framerates higher (95 fps, for example) which are unnoticable.
However it also means that there will be times when it drops below 60 (to 30 for example) which is noticable.

Hence, it's desirable to have benchmark scores as high as possible to decrease the likelihood that, in a graphically intense part of a game, the framerate drops to the point where it will be noticed.

e.g. if a new card averages 130 fps on our hypothetical game, then instead of going down to 30 as our 60 fps card did, then the new card may only go down to 65. The player wont notice, thus our 130 fps card provides the better overall experience, even though we cannot always perceive the benefits.
 
Also a good few games feel more responsive at 100+fps than 60 even if your not seeing extra frames - also theoretically you will see the latest frame earlier in some cases... I also find for whatever reason that if you play with vsync off and rendering ~60fps theres bad tearing on the screen - when the game is rendering 100+ you only notice tearing on very specific areas i.e. blinds and radiators with lots of parallel lines.

Then theres games based on the idtech3 engine where physics (and some underlying stuff related to networking) run optimally at 125fps - even if you don't see more than 60.
 
Anyway kids... I think the OP has a decent point, but this will happen when there is a lack of both supply and demand. The sweet spot is in the £80 - £160 bracket right now, nVidia and ATI both compete well at these price points -
£85 - £100 - HD4870
£110 - £120 - 260GTX
£120 - £150 - HD4890
£150+ - 275GTX

I think beyound those you struggle to find value and also stock. Note on the front page how many of those are out of stock or very low stocks. You don't see that with the above.
 
Wakinglimb said:
Anyway kids... I think the OP has a decent point, but this will happen when there is a lack of both supply and demand. The sweet spot is in the £80 - £160 bracket right now, nVidia and ATI both compete well at these price points -
£85 - £100 - HD4870
£110 - £120 - 260GTX
£120 - £150 - HD4890
£150+ - 275GTX

I think beyound those you struggle to find value and also stock. Note on the front page how many of those are out of stock or very low stocks. You don't see that with the above.
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Currently the best value cards fit in to the £100-£120 bracket, anything beyond that and there is no value in them. You're effectively being ripped off.

Considering that 4890 crossfire costs less than a GTX285 while offering around twice the performance, shows that a GTX285 is just a complete waste of monies.
 
overclocked my 295 to 700 core clock on each core, 1500 shader, 1250 memory. so far not a problem, not sure how much further it will go. temps are still very low :)
 
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