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how is that a point? the point was the memory size.
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how is that a point? the point was the memory size.
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I believe there was a comment by somebody from OCUK about Palit's reliability on their 1070, although I can't remember which model. Doesn't mean everyone will buy a dud though of course, just more likely a weak component will give way.
Changed you tune now didn't you!
Obviously the 1070 costs more, as it's a much more powerful card. You get what you pay for.
If you want to spend £275 on a 4GB card in late 2016, knowing that games are using more and more VRAM, then knock yourself out buddy. They are that price for a reason, they are not selling due to the incredibly low amout of VRAM.
You are aware a 1060, RX480 have 8GB VRAM right? They are mid range cards...
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dude, just buy the fury yourself and be happy, no one seems to care but you.
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I thought the Fury had HBM ram which meant the 'limited' size wasn't quite as limiting as say normal DDR5 on a GTX980 for example.
They don't get it, yes 4Gig will limit the card sometimes but unless the OP wants to spend over 370 more likely 400 for a good 1070 then he is stuck with 1060/480 and fury at under 300.
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Well at under £300 Fury will obviously have the most raw GPU power over anything else. If I gamed at 1080p I wouldn't be fussed about the ram either, at worst you may have to dial back a texture setting or AA in the very odd title, but I wouldn't think it would limit it that much.
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the problem here is that since current gen cards all come with 6 / 8 gb of memory, we expect games to use this extra memory quite soon.
£275 is still a lot of money for a card and makes no sense at this point in time especially at 1440p .
If the OP stays at 1080p then yeah, probably no issue with 4 gb, but that's not what he's saying.
So, we do get it, we just look at a few more things than just price ...
£275 is still a lot of money for a card and makes no sense at this point in time especially at 1440p .
If the OP stays at 1080p then yeah, probably no issue with 4 gb, but that's not what he's saying.
So, we do get it, we just look at a few more things than just price ...
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I can half agree with you but for me i would not be investing in 4gb Vram. I also would not invest in Nvidia as they charge big money and don't seem to back it up after a point. Fury with 8gb Vram at that price would be nice but unfortunately at this point i think both options are slightly flawed. Nvidia seriously need to give us dx12 proper support and AMD need to up there game.
The only thing is a 1070/1080 for 4k really but that cost over what the op wants to pay.
For me the fury can just about handle 4k in dx12 but the 480/1060 maybe have the ram but maybe not the grunt for 4k.
This is just marketing, similar to the way AMD described the Fury range as an 'overclockers dream' - then it failed to overclock more than 50Mhz on average
IMO it makes sense to spend £360 on a 1070 which will last you years.
What does the extra £85 get you?
1. Double the VRAM (8GB)
2. Significantly more performance.
3. Significantly less heat
4. Significantly less noise
5. Significantly better software support (shadowplay, NVENC, drivers)
6. Signicantly higher resale value (who is going to pay much for a 4GB GPU in the future when you sell it on, when 4GB isn't enough for some 1080P games now!)
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True if Fury had 8gb Vram and was this price i doubt this would even be a debate. I would just wait for Vega as i think it will be the full package for looking forward.
With a £300 pound budget i guess you'll be looking at the 1060/480, i would stick to 1080p unless ya wanna increase your budget a fair bit. The minimum you would want for 4k is a GTX1080 and you would still have to drop your settings a fair way to keep things smooth.
If you have the budget for a 4k monitor already put aside, why not add it to your GPU budget and see what GPU+monitor you can get, ya might be able to get a decent 1440p setup instead.
If you have the budget for a 4k monitor already put aside, why not add it to your GPU budget and see what GPU+monitor you can get, ya might be able to get a decent 1440p setup instead.
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I wouldn't waste money going for one of the ultra expensive 10 series versions and your not getting a 4k card on a 300 pound budget. A 1070 will run 4k but many modern games will need a lot of settings to be tweaked to get reasonable framerates so either add a bit more money to the budget and get a 1070 or get a cheaper but decent 1060 or 480 and don't bother with 4k.