On average Vega 64 sits just behind a 1080 at resolutions up to 1440p and just ahead at 4K.
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Zotac/GeForce_GTX_1660_Ti/28.html
Interesting, thanks mate. Even happier with my choice then
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On average Vega 64 sits just behind a 1080 at resolutions up to 1440p and just ahead at 4K.
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Zotac/GeForce_GTX_1660_Ti/28.html
TBH, anybody saving up or putting a card like this on credit is mental.
Fine if you have the money, it's fun, I prefer to waste my money on car parts, each to their own!
But I've been addicted to the remastered Bioshock on XBone recently, I honestly don't see the need for shinier and more realistic, just make games fun.
Jesus, we used to make games last weeks/months on the Spectrum/Acorn/BBC/C64 just because they were great games.
Quite.
It makes me sad that £950 is a ‘stonking good deal’ for the top-end consumer card these days. It’s the trend though; more and more components are getting more extreme versions that cost a bomb. Mobos, monitors, peripherals etc.
Still, makes you think when I spent about the cost of a 2080ti to build the entire system in my sig. I’m definitely becoming a tight arse in old age
Quite.
It makes me sad that £950 is a ‘stonking good deal’ for the top-end consumer card these days. It’s the trend though; more and more components are getting more extreme versions that cost a bomb. Mobos, monitors, peripherals etc.
Still, makes you think when I spent about the cost of a 2080ti to build the entire system in my sig. I’m definitely becoming a tight arse in old age
The whole point of being a PC enthusiast imho is to find the products at very good value price points that you can push the furtherest
It used to be.
Now it's whoever spends the most is the "enthusiast", money has become the measure of enthusiasm these days
I don't agree.
If you look at the owners threads the ones with that are the most busy are the AMD ones where as the NVidia ones tend to be much quieter.
Enthusiasts tend to do stuff with their cards and talk and help each other, you find this a lot on the AMD threads.
I also find that PC gaming enthusiasts prioritise gameplay rather than wanting the latest game with every ultra setting selected. It is very rare I play any of the latest games as the gameplay is often dreadful.
I certainly consider myself an enthusiast. I built almost my entire system from recycling old components (some drives, Hx800i etc), and the MM, over months of waiting and bidding on the right bits. For the performance / components I got, I spent very little. I’d have to check my spreadsheet (yes I’m that sad) but iirc I saved over £2k vs buying new.
I don’t think enthusiast means spending the most money, and I don’t find these forums at all e-peen motivated. I do think that people are spending way, way more than they used to on components, and it’s encourage vendors and manufacturers to reall take the mick on pricing.
That really was the motivation for my build; build the best machine possible for the best price, and avoid giving my money to companies over charging for kit that should be half the price.
Innovation costs more money, but £1,700 for a variant of the successor to the 1080ti is pure madness. ‘Enthusiast’ isn’t the word I’d use to describe people clamouring to pre-order the RTX2080ti or 2080, especially their more exotic variants.
Well put.
Although I have a 1080ti I feel from a CPU pov I might forget intel exists and just go AMD. And maybe a new GPU from them in 2 years time.
Pc performance is still way beyond console even without buying the fastest.