Again, as per their financial report they are doing just fine in the enterprise. Gaming is another thing all together.
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Safety solutions regardless, the horizontally bent connector design seems pretty ridiculous considering how much was learnt from the previous melting fiascos..Regarding the sapphire card with 16 pin connector,
Toms hardware has an interesting article on it, seems sapphire have installed some safe guards to stop the power cable and card from melting and ruining the card.
No doubt to get repaired it will have to be RMA'd but at least it won't be a fire hazard
Sapphire does the unthinkable and puts 16-pin power connector on an RX 9070 XT
It took an AMD AIB partner to make one of the most aesthetically pleasing implementations of the 16-pin connector.www.tomshardware.com
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So originally I'd planned to get a 5090, back before we knew the pricing. But given their availability and the pricing of all AIB cards not to mention the power issues, I decided I probably wouldn't go that route.
So then I was considering the 5080. I was a little disappointed in the 16GB VRAM, was hoping it might get 24GB, but 16GB seems to be the way of it this generation. At least the 5080 probably avoids the power issues of the 5090, but the availability and pricing still put me off. If I could get a 5080 at close to MSRP I would be very tempted to do that. 5070Ti is in a similar situation to the 5080 to me, stock and price are disappointing. MSRP isn't awful (given what we've become accustomed to) but I'm not sure when we'll see a decent number of cards hitting that.
So that leads me to the 9070XT. I might just have to risk trying AMD again. Stock levels look like they should be better, pricing is unknown but should be lower than the 5070Ti. The downsides are that FSR4 could well be supported by less games than DLSS and while I'd prefer to use neither, that doesn't seem to be the way we're heading. RT I'm not overly bothered about, but probably still going to be trailing Nvidia if only because of optimisations. Then there's also, from what I understand, not quite as much support for AMD with productivity stuff. It also means I have to go with the AMD driver software again and while I know a lot of people like it, I'm not a fan. Still at least the cards should be cheaper and more importantly, available. The downside of course is that it's AMD so I'm nervous to buy too soon as there's usually price drops just after I buy them.
So I'm not really sure what to do, the clever option would probably be to wait 6 months, see if AMD drop prices and see what Nvidia stock levels are like and if that has any impact on the silly prices we're seeing. But I'm not sure I have the patience to wait that long.
And if I do buy an AMD card there's the question then of which model. I'm not a fan of the power connector placement on the Nitro+, I've bought Pulse's before so would prefer to not buy one of them. I think Pure's are white Pulses. So that seems like Sapphire ruled out. Don't fancy XFX, so that leaves Powercolor or ASRock? In the past it's seemed like any of the companies that make Nvidia and AMD cards don't put too much effort into the AMD ones. But then which model to get, is it really worth paying for the more expensive models?
So then I was considering the 5080. I was a little disappointed in the 16GB VRAM, was hoping it might get 24GB, but 16GB seems to be the way of it this generation. At least the 5080 probably avoids the power issues of the 5090, but the availability and pricing still put me off. If I could get a 5080 at close to MSRP I would be very tempted to do that. 5070Ti is in a similar situation to the 5080 to me, stock and price are disappointing. MSRP isn't awful (given what we've become accustomed to) but I'm not sure when we'll see a decent number of cards hitting that.
So that leads me to the 9070XT. I might just have to risk trying AMD again. Stock levels look like they should be better, pricing is unknown but should be lower than the 5070Ti. The downsides are that FSR4 could well be supported by less games than DLSS and while I'd prefer to use neither, that doesn't seem to be the way we're heading. RT I'm not overly bothered about, but probably still going to be trailing Nvidia if only because of optimisations. Then there's also, from what I understand, not quite as much support for AMD with productivity stuff. It also means I have to go with the AMD driver software again and while I know a lot of people like it, I'm not a fan. Still at least the cards should be cheaper and more importantly, available. The downside of course is that it's AMD so I'm nervous to buy too soon as there's usually price drops just after I buy them.
So I'm not really sure what to do, the clever option would probably be to wait 6 months, see if AMD drop prices and see what Nvidia stock levels are like and if that has any impact on the silly prices we're seeing. But I'm not sure I have the patience to wait that long.
And if I do buy an AMD card there's the question then of which model. I'm not a fan of the power connector placement on the Nitro+, I've bought Pulse's before so would prefer to not buy one of them. I think Pure's are white Pulses. So that seems like Sapphire ruled out. Don't fancy XFX, so that leaves Powercolor or ASRock? In the past it's seemed like any of the companies that make Nvidia and AMD cards don't put too much effort into the AMD ones. But then which model to get, is it really worth paying for the more expensive models?
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I tend to agree
I think I'm going to stick with my overpriced 5070ti and will take a dip in team reds pool next gen when they've matured their software
BUT AiDiva may rectify their mistakes of not placing more emphasis on the gaming market which quite frankly is the reason why the gap has narrowed
The uplift from Nvidia next gen could be huge
I think I'm going to stick with my overpriced 5070ti and will take a dip in team reds pool next gen when they've matured their software
BUT AiDiva may rectify their mistakes of not placing more emphasis on the gaming market which quite frankly is the reason why the gap has narrowed
The uplift from Nvidia next gen could be huge
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Yup but watch the video in its entirety
Love his videos but it take not to snap these up at launch as prices will increase in April if he's right about the reseller rebate situation
Like @CAT-THE-FIFTH said, will wait on reviews.@CAT-THE-FIFTH @MyBrainz did they do enough to get your money lads? That there is a big test on how well they did imo. If they can get both your money they will have actually done quite well
If the non XT reviews well enough I'll go with that if it drops to my £500 limit, Im still at 1080p and Im not replacing all 4 displays anytime soon
Wouldn't the best way be to do a 45 degree fold?