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Spec me a new card

Vakas

Vakas

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Thinking of picking up a new card preferably something from NVidia unless AMD drivers have improved.

Currently using a EVGA 780 Classified looking to spend up to £400.
 
I've not had any significant issues with ATi / AMD drivers yet, and anything minor may well have been user error anyway. I honestly haven't found one vendor to be that much better or worse than the other. Of course, this is just my own experience. :)

However, that aside, I'd still be more likely to consider an Nvidia upgrade here, as they seem to be dominating the high end. One of the 1070 range should do very nicely. I'd most likely be tempted by cards like these:


https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pali...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-03g-pl.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/zota...s-graphics-card-zt-p10700a-10p-gx-100-zt.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kfa2...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-091-kf.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pali...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-03n-pl.html


Rough guide to the sort of boost you should see in performance:

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-780-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1070/2164vs3609
 
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The 1070 cards are all pretty much within a few FPS of each other when overclocked. Make you decision based on warranty and noise from the cooling fan.
 
Vakas said:
Is it worth paying the extra for a 1080 over the 1070?
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1070 is better bang for your buck, depends on your gaming needs etc though. What resolution do you game at? I went from 770 @1080/60 to a 1080 at 1440/144/G-sync. If you're at 1080 then a 1070 is fine, at 1440 then you'd have more reason to also consider a 1080 imo.
 
Vakas said:
Thinking of picking up a new card preferably something from NVidia unless AMD drivers have improved.

Currently using a EVGA 780 Classified looking to spend up to £400.
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Depending budget GTX1070 or 1080.

AMD drivers are fine, something that many cannot say the same for the NV ones.

But they do not have currently any single card for this price range.
 
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Vakas said:
What's the AMD equipment to the 1080? My budget will stretch to a 1080.
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Nothing.

Current Polaris cards are going up to RX480 which is as fast as the GTX1060.

AMD top of the range cards will come out by end of June

FYI buy the best 1080 on your budget, but stay away from reference models.

As for which 1080. All are the same. Except one of the Strixx models, all others are limited to 1.093v. So the cooler matters here only.
This one while the cheapest of the pack, doesn't mean isn't good. The cooler is superb, and search online for Galax GTX1080 EC OC. (same card, same cooler, same company).
Some have managed to pull 2200 on air with it.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kfa2...dr5x-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-088-kf.html
 
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Yeah it' is I thought I would spend the extra as I will be using it for a long while so I don't mind
 
Vakas said:
Thinking of picking up a new card preferably something from NVidia unless AMD drivers have improved.

Currently using a EVGA 780 Classified looking to spend up to £400.
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I was always complaining about AMD's driver support on this forum up until Crimson released which was about a year ago, Since then the drivers have been excellent, not perfect but leaps and bounds ahead of how they used to be, When issues have arisen they've been quick to work on it and provide a solution, In fact they've been so good that I happily bought a freesync panel rather than spend the extra for a g-sync panel as I was originally considering, My last Nvidia card was also a 780 Classified and since moving over to AMD they have matched or exceeded life with Nvidia so yes the drivers are no longer playing second fiddle to those from the green team.
With that said AMD do not currently have anything in the £400 range so the only option if you must buy straight away is the GTX 1070 or wait for Vega and see what the two models go for..
 
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