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As a follow up to this, I had a play around with sensible settings and it’s definitely possible to enjoy this game without having the latest and greatest card. I could hit decent fps quite comfortably with few compromises.

I think that means: don’t fomo yourself into a shiny card, it’s really not necessary to enjoy games, even those that are ‘notoriously insane to run when maxed out’.

Plus many of these visuals aren’t apparent in fast moving games. Only on screenshots.
 
I appreciate that with 5090/80 released on 30th, they're the most pressing cards to cover, but do we know the review embargos for the 5070/70ti yet?

The present vague Nvidia bar charts (massaged with the divisive frame generation) seems to compare the 5070ti vs the 4070ti (non Super) - so do we think the raw-power isn't much different to a 4070ti Super?

I'm presently on a 2070S and can't really justify a 5080 price, so I'm more interested in the poverty-spec offerings.
 
Some of the watt numbers for parts are comedically wrong. That motherboard is never using 70W. Memory ain't using 29W. A HDD is never using 20W.

These seem to be spike power numbers that can happen at power on when all the capacitors are charging up etc. These don't happen in normal workload but they seem to be accounting for worst case scenario. Good PSUs can handle over power for a second just fine though.

Also, with age PSU components are losing efficiency and you will get less juice out of it safely. High load also means higher temperature and quicker ageing, plus PSU are rated for best efficiency usually around 50% load max. Hence, I usually aim at 50% more power capacity than I need in average use, to account for spikes, efficiency, aging etc. And frankly, comparing to CPU and GPU, good enough PSUs are very cheap - there's no reason to skim to save less than 50 quid if one buys expensive components - just not worth it.
 
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Yes, understood, thank you. For some reason my mind had always assumed the difference in ‘horsepower’ needed to push a monitor was informed by PPI… and that the gap between 1440p and 4k wasn’t so severe.

What a complete doofus :p
That would be true though if you compared ppi^2 on the same sized screen ;)
You just missed ^2 in your calculation :)
 
3DMark 5090 leaks

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The PSU you have (EVGA 1600W G2) can only deliver it's full wattage through 9 x PCI-E 8 pin power cables. Where do you think you would ever do that outside of mining on numerous GPUs? The biggest adapters I've seen convert 4 x 8 pin (4x150W) to 16 pin (600W).

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I used to run quadfire and tri-fire for gaming not mining (although kicking myself for not mining at the time) and it will be ready for the next monster GPU.
 
I appreciate that with 5090/80 released on 30th, they're the most pressing cards to cover, but do we know the review embargos for the 5070/70ti yet?

The present vague Nvidia bar charts (massaged with the divisive frame generation) seems to compare the 5070ti vs the 4070ti (non Super) - so do we think the raw-power isn't much different to a 4070ti Super?

I'm presently on a 2070S and can't really justify a 5080 price, so I'm more interested in the poverty-spec offerings.
These will be a solid upgrade if coming from an older generation, I'd imagine you'll be looking at +100% bump going from a 2070S to 5070 and +150% on a 5070ti.
 
I remember mrk would tell people, just buy a 4090...

When he gets lower than the 3 figure fps he has become accustomed to, I will be sure to remind him. Just get a 5090 :cry:
 
 
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