Humanoid Posted November 21, 2022 Posted November 21, 2022 At least the art, unlike RGB bling, doesn't increase the system power consumption. Even if it is only by a couple of watts. L I E S T R O N GL I V E W R O N G
Bartimaeus Posted November 21, 2022 Posted November 21, 2022 4 hours ago, Humanoid said: At least the art, unlike RGB bling, doesn't increase the system power consumption. Even if it is only by a couple of watts. Oh no, luckily, it has that as well. Random system I found with aforementioned Sakura card: 10 hours ago, Zoraptor said: I'd unironically buy a Yeston card because of the 'art'. Uh...thoughts and prayers? 1 1 Quote How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything - spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying'. I tried with all my heart. In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance.
majestic Posted November 21, 2022 Posted November 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Bartimaeus said: Oh no, luckily, it has that as well. Random system I found with aforementioned Sakura card: "Random system", as if that is not a shot of your rig. 5 No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering.
Humanoid Posted November 22, 2022 Posted November 22, 2022 That one RGB-less Noctua fan sitting right in the middle of the RGB extravaganza must be feeling very confused. 1 2 L I E S T R O N GL I V E W R O N G
Gorgon Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 Does anybody know if you can get a specialized case that supports alternate GPU placement. I'm thinking with a riser cable. Given that 3+ slot GPUs are a thing, I can't be the only one that still uses the PCIe slots these things block off. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all.
Gorgon Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 Iike GPU IO sticking out of the top rather than the back ? Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all.
Humanoid Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 In a cruel irony, the type of case with funky PCI-E risers and funky GPU placement tend to be mini-ITX cases, meaning there are no slots to block in the first place. 1 L I E S T R O N GL I V E W R O N G
Gorgon Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 It's kind of ridiculous though, I could cut two blocks of wood that would do the job along with a riser cable, and there are no commercial options to reclaim PCIe slots. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all.
Keyrock Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 I don't know about risers, but I believe that there are adapters that will allow you to mount the GPU turned different ways. The problem is that GPUs are so gargantuan these days that they're going to cover up otherwise usable space no matter which way you turn them. RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
Gorgon Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 Vertical mounting brackets are just to show off the RGB bling on the GPU. They make the problem worse, not better. Supposedly they also generate worse airflow. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all.
Gorgon Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 They look cool in a glass case though Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all.
majestic Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 The 40XX is such bad value at the moment that it's not worth losing your head over, just get a 30XX, or at the very least wait for the new AMD cards to appear. That's got to force some price movement on nVidia's end. Well, at least, I hope it will. No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering.
Pidesco Posted November 30, 2022 Posted November 30, 2022 A reminder that 30XX cards and AMD cards are still horribly priced, they just look good next to the pricing catastrophe that is the 40XX series. 1 "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
Bartimaeus Posted November 30, 2022 Posted November 30, 2022 (edited) Continuing to rock my crappy GTX 1060...continuing to not feel any pressure to upgrade. I guess it helps if you've completely given up on all AAA gaming and thus really have no need to upgrade. I'll probably buy a moderately priced AMD card at some point within the next couple of years assumin' the piece of crap works with current emulators, which was the key issue last time when neither the PS3 or Wii U emulators wanted to work with them. Edited November 30, 2022 by Bartimaeus Quote How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything - spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying'. I tried with all my heart. In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance.
Sarex Posted November 30, 2022 Posted November 30, 2022 21 minutes ago, Bartimaeus said: Continuing to rock my crappy GTX 1060...continuing to not feel any pressure to upgrade. I guess it helps if you've completely given up on all AAA gaming and thus really have no need to upgrade. I'll probably buy a moderately priced AMD card at some point within the next couple of years assumin' the piece of crap works with current emulators, which was the key issue last time when neither the PS3 or Wii U emulators wanted to work with them. 970 here, what will force me eventually is the driver support. When the next gen comes out they will drop the driver support for the 9xx series. But at that point I'll just pick up some second hand crap that's out there. 1 "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP
Pidesco Posted November 30, 2022 Posted November 30, 2022 My ultrawide was simultaneously my worst and my best purchase precisely because of the pressure to upgrade GPU. Especially now that pricing went to hell in a handbasket. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
Azdeus Posted November 30, 2022 Posted November 30, 2022 3 hours ago, Pidesco said: A reminder that 30XX cards and AMD cards are still horribly priced, they just look good next to the pricing catastrophe that is the 40XX series. nVidias masterplan is working then Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
Humanoid Posted December 3, 2022 Posted December 3, 2022 So these new 8GB 3060s eh? Almost feels like the counterpart of the 4080, in that making them so horrifically bad (and confusing) would make the products above them sell better for fear of them being discontinued and missing out. The 4080 may have accelerated the sales of the 3080 and 3090 series, and indeed those seem to be in relatively short supply now, but there looks to be still plenty of 3060-3070 class cards around. The most insane part of this is that if they had gone for 6GB instead and retained the 192-bit bus, it'd probably be a far, far better product than this monstrosity of a 128-bit card we ended up with. Disgraceful. L I E S T R O N GL I V E W R O N G
Gorgon Posted December 10, 2022 Posted December 10, 2022 it kinda looks like there would be room for a riser cable under this vertical mount. It would be a bit messy. but it's just a WIFI card that i need for VR. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all.
Gorgon Posted December 10, 2022 Posted December 10, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9Cnht8b9cY Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all.
ComradeYellow Posted December 14, 2022 Posted December 14, 2022 (edited) I still don't know why people don't just settle with laptops. I mean you can pick up a 3070TiM, which is miles better than the RX 6800m and priced about the same with the equivalent 'other' specs (16gb DDR5, 1TB NvE SSD) for roughly $1-1.5k, seems like a no-brainer these days where glitzing out on glowing boxes and teh latest cement block of a GPU will cripple ya well and good. JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE Edited December 14, 2022 by ComradeYellow
majestic Posted January 4, 2023 Posted January 4, 2023 (edited) I get the feeling Steve is not very happy with the RTX 4070 Ti. Going to be interesting to see for how much these things are going to go in stores here. If it actually ends up being cheaper than the 7900 XTs, the value in terms of performance gain vs. cost over the performance of an RTX 3070 (Ti) isn't as bad as US MSRPs suggest (still not good, mind you), and as long as 7900 XTXs cost 1600€, well, never mind... Also, uh, good job making the 7900 XT look good. Edit: all that said, hard pass on this generation. Edited January 4, 2023 by majestic 1 No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering.
Bartimaeus Posted January 4, 2023 Posted January 4, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, majestic said: Edit: all that said, hard pass on this generation. Another generation, another...uh, generation that I skip. Man, my crappy GTX 1060 is getting a little lean in the years... Although there could be a great mid-end card that I could eventually be persuaded by, regardless of how poor value the enthusiast products are. Edited January 4, 2023 by Bartimaeus 1 Quote How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything - spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying'. I tried with all my heart. In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance.
Sarex Posted January 4, 2023 Posted January 4, 2023 My 970 is spinning up a storm running Pathfinder WotR. 2 "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP
Bartimaeus Posted January 4, 2023 Posted January 4, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Sarex said: My 970 is spinning up a storm running Pathfinder WotR. Yeah, if I was doing anything that needed or really even encouraged me to upgrade, I'd probably find the motivation to do so. But gaming isn't really a major hobby for me anymore (and hasn't been for maybe seven years now), and even when I am inclined, it's by and large either retro-styled or straight up emulated crap that doesn't need it, so... Edited January 4, 2023 by Bartimaeus 1 Quote How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything - spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying'. I tried with all my heart. In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance.
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