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#4856177 Posted on: 06/25/2014 01:27 PM
easily?
you would easily pay an extra $75 or 125$ if you buy a 770 which has more than 2GB of memory (the 280X has 3GB minimum) for this
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1041?vs=1037
it may be your preference, but I wouldn't call giving an extra $ for a practically equivalent card an "easy choice".
easily?
you would easily pay an extra $75 or 125$ if you buy a 770 which has more than 2GB of memory (the 280X has 3GB minimum) for this
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1041?vs=1037
it may be your preference, but I wouldn't call giving an extra $ for a practically equivalent card an "easy choice".
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#4856200 Posted on: 06/25/2014 01:51 PM
Hah, got to love comments like this. Why would you take a card that have 2GB and more or less same performance as 280X?
Sometimes i really don't understand you.
Nice one. in my location the 770 is one par with 280X, so i would take the 770 easily.
Hah, got to love comments like this. Why would you take a card that have 2GB and more or less same performance as 280X?
Sometimes i really don't understand you.
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#4856210 Posted on: 06/25/2014 01:59 PM
Yeah I'd easily take the 280x over the 770.
Yeah I'd easily take the 280x over the 770.
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#4856345 Posted on: 06/25/2014 03:21 PM
Man great minds think alike. I have chosen similar parts to what Hilbert has chosen in this buyers guide. Like the CPU and cooler on the hardcore page,The SSD on the hardcore page,and The Graphics card on the Main Stream page. I am looking at 2133 8gb memory chips rather than 4gb.
Man great minds think alike. I have chosen similar parts to what Hilbert has chosen in this buyers guide. Like the CPU and cooler on the hardcore page,The SSD on the hardcore page,and The Graphics card on the Main Stream page. I am looking at 2133 8gb memory chips rather than 4gb.
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#4856348 Posted on: 06/25/2014 03:21 PM
Hah, got to love comments like this. Why would you take a card that have 2GB and more or less same performance as 280X?
Sometimes i really don't understand you.
2GB isn't the factor at my use, i prefer nvidia as i have vastly superior XP with them then with AMD, and they have 3D Vision which i use, AMD don't have anything that come close to 3D Vision... so yeah all of those make me choose 770 despite 2GB.
Hah, got to love comments like this. Why would you take a card that have 2GB and more or less same performance as 280X?
Sometimes i really don't understand you.
2GB isn't the factor at my use, i prefer nvidia as i have vastly superior XP with them then with AMD, and they have 3D Vision which i use, AMD don't have anything that come close to 3D Vision... so yeah all of those make me choose 770 despite 2GB.
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#4856350 Posted on: 06/25/2014 03:22 PM
easily?
you would easily pay an extra $75 or 125$ if you buy a 770 which has more than 2GB of memory (the 280X has 3GB minimum) for this
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1041?vs=1037
it may be your preference, but I wouldn't call giving an extra $ for a practically equivalent card an "easy choice".
if u read what i wrote, in my location they cost the same.
easily?
you would easily pay an extra $75 or 125$ if you buy a 770 which has more than 2GB of memory (the 280X has 3GB minimum) for this
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1041?vs=1037
it may be your preference, but I wouldn't call giving an extra $ for a practically equivalent card an "easy choice".
if u read what i wrote, in my location they cost the same.
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#4856417 Posted on: 06/25/2014 04:04 PM
3D vision (and stereoscopy in general) uses about 20% or so extra memory for the same load, pretty cool though especially because it is more supported in games than AMD's approach to 3D.
I am not saying there are no reasons to chose the 770 over the 280x, just surprised about the "easy choice" part and I am going to stop here before the conversation turns into this:
http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/69458-gtx770-vs-r9-280x/page-1
:p
3D vision (and stereoscopy in general) uses about 20% or so extra memory for the same load, pretty cool though especially because it is more supported in games than AMD's approach to 3D.
I am not saying there are no reasons to chose the 770 over the 280x, just surprised about the "easy choice" part and I am going to stop here before the conversation turns into this:
http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/69458-gtx770-vs-r9-280x/page-1
:p
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#4856420 Posted on: 06/25/2014 04:06 PM
3D vision (and stereoscopy in general) uses about 20% or so extra memory for the same load, pretty cool though especially because it is more supported in games than AMD's approach to 3D.
I am not saying there are no reasons to chose the 770 over the 280x, just surprised about the "easy choice" part and I am going to stop here before the conversation turns into this:
http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/69458-gtx770-vs-r9-280x/page-1
:p
yeah
i want to avoid all that nvidia vs amd, we have it enough that was not the purpose of this thread.
Still i would not recommend purchasing the Phoebus, the hardware is cool the software is garbage.
3D vision (and stereoscopy in general) uses about 20% or so extra memory for the same load, pretty cool though especially because it is more supported in games than AMD's approach to 3D.
I am not saying there are no reasons to chose the 770 over the 280x, just surprised about the "easy choice" part and I am going to stop here before the conversation turns into this:
http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/69458-gtx770-vs-r9-280x/page-1
:p
yeah
i want to avoid all that nvidia vs amd, we have it enough that was not the purpose of this thread.
Still i would not recommend purchasing the Phoebus, the hardware is cool the software is garbage.
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#4856423 Posted on: 06/25/2014 04:09 PM
You know i had the same experience with my EssenceSTX -- great hardware horrible software -- I wonder why this is. Their software support for their motherboards, in my experience, has been excellent. Their soundcards have had the opposite treatment.
Still i would not recommend purchasing the Phoebus, the hardware is cool the software is garbage.
You know i had the same experience with my EssenceSTX -- great hardware horrible software -- I wonder why this is. Their software support for their motherboards, in my experience, has been excellent. Their soundcards have had the opposite treatment.
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#4856427 Posted on: 06/25/2014 04:14 PM
The D1 software is better than phoebus, yeah their mobo utilties are good. i hope STX II will have good software
You know i had the same experience with my EssenceSTX -- great hardware horrible software -- I wonder why this is. Their software support for their motherboards, in my experience, has been excellent. Their soundcards have had the opposite treatment.
The D1 software is better than phoebus, yeah their mobo utilties are good. i hope STX II will have good software
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#4856433 Posted on: 06/25/2014 04:18 PM
I haven't been excited about a sound card since the Aureal Vortex A3D days, nobody seems to care these days.
I haven't been excited about a sound card since the Aureal Vortex A3D days, nobody seems to care these days.
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#4856439 Posted on: 06/25/2014 04:19 PM
it all about next Galaxy IFailphone or whatever.... yeah haha
I want EAX back, it was awesome when utilized right
it all about next Galaxy IFailphone or whatever.... yeah haha
I want EAX back, it was awesome when utilized right
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#4856483 Posted on: 06/25/2014 04:45 PM
Man I love reading these. Good Job Hilbert.
As always though, I won't be buying anything from your guide
What's funny right now, is that even though I associate with the ''die hard gamers unwilling to compromise on the image quality.'' Right now I'm lowering the graphics settings of WoT because it produces too much heat and my room's AC is not powerfull enough to cool the room down X_x
Man I love reading these. Good Job Hilbert.
As always though, I won't be buying anything from your guide
What's funny right now, is that even though I associate with the ''die hard gamers unwilling to compromise on the image quality.'' Right now I'm lowering the graphics settings of WoT because it produces too much heat and my room's AC is not powerfull enough to cool the room down X_x
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#4856526 Posted on: 06/25/2014 05:16 PM
Man I love reading these. Good Job Hilbert.
As always though, I won't be buying anything from your guide
I did not write this one, PantherX is now the editor for the buyers guides. He'll be working on them each passing season. I simply overview and check this guide and assist him where needed.
So all props and thanks should go to him !
Man I love reading these. Good Job Hilbert.
As always though, I won't be buying anything from your guide
I did not write this one, PantherX is now the editor for the buyers guides. He'll be working on them each passing season. I simply overview and check this guide and assist him where needed.
So all props and thanks should go to him !
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Nice one. in my location the 770 is one par with 280X, so i would take the 770 easily.
Just one note about the soundcards, DON'T BUY PHOEBUS. i had it, drivers are stable but terrible, support is non exist, the interface and function are not that good.
Sound blaster Z,ZXR or STX STX II are way better than phoebus.