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MSI GeForce GTX 950 Gaming + 2-way SLI review
Posted by: on: 08/20/2015 02:48 PM [
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We review the MSI GeForce GTX 950 Gaming (in SLI as well), this entry-level to mainstream graphics card is armed with a GM206 Maxwell generation graphics processor from Nvidia. The product performs quite well in the 1080P area. Also the MSI card offers a nice factory tweaks and combined with AfterBurner we took the GPU towards 1575 MHz ! Let's check it out, shall we?
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HeavyHemi
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Posted on: 08/27/2015 01:36 AM
You need to look at the big picture, my 1gb 9800gt for example wasn´t any faster than the 256mb 8800gt but it was able to play new games for much longer.
Do you think the 8800 256mb mistake was able to do this?... well it could if it had proper amount of memory:
pt5wijbEXAM
You think that just because it´s an entry level gpu it´s ok for it to play newer games with worse textures than several years old titles and/or with hiccups and stuttering?. You think that progress is something that should be relegated to high end cards... and consoles?
Ps.- And the 970 isn´t "high end".
Nah, he's saying that for the GTX 950 specifically, 4GB isn't going to increase performance in any useful scenario. Sure, at 4K maybe that extra 2GB gets you from 10 FPS to 14 FPS, right? The GPU just isn't powerful enough for gaming frame rates using that much VRAM. It's pretty simple.
You need to look at the big picture, my 1gb 9800gt for example wasn´t any faster than the 256mb 8800gt but it was able to play new games for much longer.
Do you think the 8800 256mb mistake was able to do this?... well it could if it had proper amount of memory:
pt5wijbEXAM
You think that just because it´s an entry level gpu it´s ok for it to play newer games with worse textures than several years old titles and/or with hiccups and stuttering?. You think that progress is something that should be relegated to high end cards... and consoles?
Ps.- And the 970 isn´t "high end".
Nah, he's saying that for the GTX 950 specifically, 4GB isn't going to increase performance in any useful scenario. Sure, at 4K maybe that extra 2GB gets you from 10 FPS to 14 FPS, right? The GPU just isn't powerful enough for gaming frame rates using that much VRAM. It's pretty simple.
Monchis
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Posted on: 08/27/2015 02:28 AM
It´s not like vram is a magic fps machine lol, but the appropiate amount of vram with the appropiate bus would have made this card able to handle console textures no problem... I mean, just watch at the videos I posted, sucks so hard at doing world streaming in watch dogs, ac unity, and dying light compared to 3gb cards. Then he thinks that 4gb is some kind of vicious buffer because that is what the 980 and 970 are using, but a 4gb memory buffer when compared to ps4 and xboxone´s is almost as poor as the 256mb in the 8800gt compared to xbox360´s... barely enough to keep your gaming going but no future.
Ps.- Let me post in nvidia driver thread that f1 2015 is crashing with a "reduce your video memory usage warning" in my 2gb card. Go figure.
It´s not like vram is a magic fps machine lol, but the appropiate amount of vram with the appropiate bus would have made this card able to handle console textures no problem... I mean, just watch at the videos I posted, sucks so hard at doing world streaming in watch dogs, ac unity, and dying light compared to 3gb cards. Then he thinks that 4gb is some kind of vicious buffer because that is what the 980 and 970 are using, but a 4gb memory buffer when compared to ps4 and xboxone´s is almost as poor as the 256mb in the 8800gt compared to xbox360´s... barely enough to keep your gaming going but no future.
Ps.- Let me post in nvidia driver thread that f1 2015 is crashing with a "reduce your video memory usage warning" in my 2gb card. Go figure.
---TK---
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Posted on: 08/27/2015 03:41 AM
Freaking card is low end. It's got exactly the right amount for its gpu power. You can't expect a low end card to have a higher memory bus. It was designed that way to run optimally. You want more gpu power and higher bus buy gm204 or gm200.
Freaking card is low end. It's got exactly the right amount for its gpu power. You can't expect a low end card to have a higher memory bus. It was designed that way to run optimally. You want more gpu power and higher bus buy gm204 or gm200.
HeavyHemi
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Posted on: 08/27/2015 03:51 AM
If he'd bring up SLI...well, he might have a smidgen of a point. Carrying his logic to the extreme, it would be a better GPU with 12GB of memory on a 768 bit bus running at 10ghz.
Freaking card is low end. It's got exactly the right amount for its gpu power. You can't expect a low end card to have a higher memory bus. It was designed that way to run optimally. You want more gpu power and higher bus buy gm204 or gm200.
If he'd bring up SLI...well, he might have a smidgen of a point. Carrying his logic to the extreme, it would be a better GPU with 12GB of memory on a 768 bit bus running at 10ghz.
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You need to look at the big picture, my 1gb 9800gt for example wasn´t any faster than the 256mb 8800gt but it was able to play new games for much longer.
Do you think the 8800 256mb mistake was able to do this?... well it could if it had proper amount of memory:
pt5wijbEXAM
You think that just because it´s an entry level gpu it´s ok for it to play newer games with worse textures than several years old titles and/or with hiccups and stuttering?. You think that progress is something that should be relegated to high end cards... and consoles?
Ps.- And the 970 isn´t "high end".