Greggs just found a reason splash on even more GPU power!

humbug · 6 Dec 2013 at 01:38

Gregster said:
Hahaha and I am up for that as well. Skyrim was chucked at 2GB Nvidia users relentlessly but I would happily take the Skyrim challenge with any of the CF users

And I will run it with tons and tons of mods

It never bothered the 3GB 79## series so i'm sure the 4GB 290 will do just fine.

And those charts are all over the place, the 2GB 770 is faster than the 3GB 780 @ 4K while the 7990 and 690 aren't even tested by the looks of it.

Gregster · 6 Dec 2013 at 02:16

humbug said:
It never bothered the 3GB 79## series so i'm sure the 4GB 290 will do just fine.

And those charts are all over the place, the 2GB 770 is faster than the 3GB 780 @ 4K while the 7990 and 690 aren't even tested by the looks of it.

I don't care, it was tongue in cheek but tons and tons of mods, it would require 6GB GPU's is all and I don't even like Skyrim. Mind you, having seen some of the mods out, I might have to start playing it

humbug · 6 Dec 2013 at 03:01

Gregster said:
I don't care, it was tongue in cheek but tons and tons of mods, it would require 6GB GPU's is all and I don't even like Skyrim. Mind you, having seen some of the mods out, I might have to start playing it

7990 if perfect for the job then

Or wait for the 8GB 290's

Orangey · 6 Dec 2013 at 04:14

Gregster said:
Mind you, having seen some of the mods out, I might have to start playing it

flopper · 6 Dec 2013 at 05:52

4k for desktop surfing and mail would be nice.

120hz gaming hard to give up.

Kaapstad · 6 Dec 2013 at 06:17

humbug said:
7990 if perfect for the job then

Or wait for the 8GB 290's

Give up Humbug a 3gb or 4gb card is just not up to the job for Skyrim (modded) @4k, the only reference card that is up to it is the Titan.

You don't see any AMD cards capable of playing Crysis 3 maxed out @4k either so it is no fluke that 4gb is not enough for that resolution.

You really should give credit where it is due, if you really want to make a point you could say NVidia are taking the mick for not having any 6gb versions of the 780ti on the shelves yet are still plugging 4k.

humbug · 6 Dec 2013 at 16:34

Kaapstad said:
Give up Humbug a 3gb or 4gb card is just not up to the job for Skyrim (modded) @4k, the only reference card that is up to it is the Titan.

You don't see any AMD cards capable of playing Crysis 3 maxed out @4k either so it is no fluke that 4gb is not enough for that resolution.

You really should give credit where it is due, if you really want to make a point you could say NVidia are taking the mick for not having any 6gb versions of the 780ti on the shelves yet are still plugging 4k.

The 7990 is 6GB and half the price of a Titan and much faster.

Nelly · 6 Dec 2013 at 16:37

humbug said:
The 7990 is 6GB and half the price of a Titan and much faster.

3GB per GPU though I think.

I hate the way Nvidia, and AMD market the dual graphics cards.

Kaapstad · 6 Dec 2013 at 16:40

humbug said:
The 7990 is 6GB and half the price of a Titan and much faster.

3GB per GPU and not suitable for 4k where as a set of Titans is ideal for that resolution.

Horses for courses.

You should give credit where it is due.

humbug · 6 Dec 2013 at 16:47

Kaapstad said:
3GB per GPU and not suitable for 4k where as a set of Titans is ideal for that resolution.

Horses for courses.

You should give credit where it is due.

Not for £850, are you mad?

until you can show that 4GB is not enough for Skyrim with or without mods your just speculating.

The Titan is massively overpriced. i wouldn't advise people to spend £850 on a GPU based purely on speculation that one game needs 6GB. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't either.

Orangey · 6 Dec 2013 at 17:00

You can test 4K with a 4x1080p Eyefinity group. Someone around here must have 4 1080p screens knocking about.

Nelly · 6 Dec 2013 at 17:04

humbug said:
The 7990 is 6GB and half the price of a Titan and much faster.

Kaapstad said:

3GB per GPU and not suitable for 4k where as a set of Titans is ideal for that resolution.

Horses for courses.

You should give credit where it is due.

humbug said:

Not for £850, are you mad? until you can show that 4GB is not enough for Skyrim with or without mods your just speculating.

The Titan is massively overpriced. i wouldn't advise people to spend £850 on a GPU based purely on speculation that one game needs 6GB. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't either.

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According to this Skyrim uses 3.5GB of Video Ram, I don't think that's modded?

That's running on a SAPPHIRE HD 7970 GHz Edition 6GB.

Link >> http://www.pcgames.de/Spiele-Thema-239104/Videos/Lets-Play-TES-V-Skyrim-auf-4K-Monitor-in-4096-x-2160-1047714/

Nice screen that Eizo FDH3601 - omgz!! 25,000 Euro's!!!

Kaapstad · 6 Dec 2013 at 17:10

humbug said:
Not for £850, are you mad? until you can show that 4GB is not enough for Skyrim with or without mods your just speculating.

Have you not seen that graph doing the rounds in an early set of tests on the 290X showing skyrim modded using 5.5gb lol.

When the GTX 690 came out I made a point of not recommending it to anyone for a resolution above 1600p due to the lack of vram. Don't you agree now that games are even more demanding that it would be irresponsible to recommend 3gb and 4gb cards for 4K.

humbug · 6 Dec 2013 at 17:20

Kaapstad said:
Have you not seen that graph doing the rounds in an early set of tests on the 290X showing skyrim modded using 5.5gb lol.

When the GTX 690 came out I made a point of not recommending it to anyone for a resolution above 1600p due to the lack of vram. Don't you agree now that games are even more demanding that it would be irresponsible to recommend 3gb and 4gb cards for 4K.

290X 5.5GB? how much Vram did that 290X have?

That needs explaining before i give an answer to this.

Kaapstad · 6 Dec 2013 at 17:22

humbug said:
290X 5.5GB? how much Vram did that 290X have?

That needs explaining before i give an answer to this.

It didn't

They measured that on a Titan.

humbug · 6 Dec 2013 at 17:27

Kaapstad said:
It didn't

They measured that on a Titan.

You said 290X, its now a Titan?

Tell me, when running in Cross-Fire Eyefinity does it run as one image using the power of both GPU's and only the vRam from one GPU, or does it split it up into tiles and split the tiles between the vRam of the individual GPU's?

Kaapstad · 6 Dec 2013 at 17:28

humbug said:
You said 290X, its now a Titan?

Tell me, when running in Cross-Fire Eyefinity does it run as one image using the power of both GPU's and only the vRam from one GPU, or does it split it up into tiles and split the tiles between the vRam of the individual GPU's?

What are you on about?

humbug · 6 Dec 2013 at 17:30

Kaapstad said:
What are you on about?

Its a simple question, have i written it in a way that you can't understand?

Originally Posted by Kaapstad
Have you not seen that graph doing the rounds in an early set of tests on the 290X showing skyrim modded using 5.5gb lol.

Show me.

Gregster · 6 Dec 2013 at 17:39

Humbug, give over. It is plain to see what Kaap is on about and you are just dragging this out. What does it matter?

Kaapstad · 6 Dec 2013 at 17:42

humbug said:
Show me.

Just found it, it was not even 4K, it was 1080 x 5780 with skyrim using 5.5gb

http://videocardz.com/46231/amd-radeon-r9-290x-benchmarks-leaked