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970 vs 380X PhysX

Nate75

Nate75

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Hi.

I am very close now to purchasing my first new machine in a good while.

It will be a complete i5 Skylake build.

The last full sized graphics card I used was Nvidia and I really loved the PhysX effects in Borderlands 2. Do the new ATI cards have any emulation of this or would these effects simply not be there?

I was all for going with a 970 but the 380X looks very appealing at this price point.

Any info appreciated, thanks.
 
They're both 1080p cards really. To go 1440 you should look at a 980 from Nvidia and a 390 or higher from AMD, I would say a 390x or higher as the 390 grunt is basically 970 grunt but it has got that extra ram.
 
Marine-RX179 said:
The 970 is more for gaming at 1080p...its 3.5GB vram could struggle at 1440 res for some titles.
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Not really.
I only just upgraded from a 780 with 3GB vram and was at 1440p with no problems.

970 is fine unless you have a higher budget and want to go for 980/TI etc.
Neither the 970 or 390 will allow for max settings with 60fps at that res
 
Marine-RX179 said:
Short answer- no.

So to use PhysX you are stucked with Nvidia cards options only.
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Not entirely true. Most of the newer games used physx on the cpu which AMD cards do support. The only recent game I can think of with gpu physx is Batman :AK and it's mainly used for the smoke. The other physics effects are cpu based.
 
1440 with all maxxed you want a 980 ti

1080 all maxxed is 970/390/980 area.

that is where they are meant to be used with longevity.

vram is a sales troll.

the gpu will run out of steam at higher res long before vram hits unless its a badly designed game. i dont get why people cant understand that ?

do you think nvidia did it blind ? :p they know what the card needs they know what games there is . the 390 amd cards just add extra for sales. then sell on that.

so 1080 just get 970/390/980 you will be good for 2 years yet minimum.
 
~>Dg<~ said:
vram is a sales troll.

the gpu will run out of steam at higher res long before vram hits unless its a badly designed game. i dont get why people cant understand that ?

do you think nvidia did it blind ? :p they know what the card needs they know what games there is . the 390 amd cards just add extra for sales. then sell on that.
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Because people using them report that they could actually use more, Nvidia want you to upgrade so are tight with the vram unless you walk with your troozers round your ankles, Amd, you need reason to go with them when they aren't hardware restricted, history shows the card with more vram doesn't get binned as quick..
 
tommybhoy said:
Because people using them report that they could actually use more, Nvidia want you to upgrade so are tight with the vram unless you walk with your troozers round your ankles, Amd, you need reason to go with them when they aren't hardware restricted, history shows the card with more vram doesn't get binned as quick..
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What a crock of ****. Most will upgrade due to lack of grunt or the upgrade itch not Vram :p
 
Loads of non Halo Kepler users found out the hard way when their boots got covered in **** while the other mobs kept plodding away.:D
 
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All things considered I think I will get a 970 for the extra power and PhysX stuff. I won't be buying new again for a while so may as well get what I can stretch to now I guess.

With regard 1440... I think instead of getting that 25" AOC I have been looking at I'll get a larger 1080 screen instead, probs 27".

Thanks for the information.
 
fs123 said:
Not entirely true. Most of the newer games used physx on the cpu which AMD cards do support. The only recent game I can think of with gpu physx is Batman :AK and it's mainly used for the smoke. The other physics effects are cpu based.
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Not to mention that hardly anything actually uses PhysX these days. There were three games in the whole of 2014 and four in 2015 that used GPU-driven PhysX effects.
 
Ah well, look on the bright side. If still running the 970 come summer, you won't have to game in your underpants any more due to not pumping anywhere near as much heat as your previous flamethrowers :D
 
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