Anyone using a Titan 12GB
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Is that priced around 1000 dollars? I believe the new gtx 980 would also outperform that for half the price.
I very much doubt you will want to get that.
Costing more does not automatically equal being better.
Those cards are set up to do calculation, not for outputting visuals for gaming.
Pixar uses stuff like that in packs for rendering their CGI movies (several hours of rendering for one frame) or a university for crunching numbers for atomic simulations of proteins
Costing more does not automatically equal being better.
Those cards are set up to do calculation, not for outputting visuals for gaming.
Pixar uses stuff like that in packs for rendering their CGI movies (several hours of rendering for one frame) or a university for crunching numbers for atomic simulations of proteins
Given the small sample size, these benchmark figures need to be taken with a pinch of salt but they do suggest your money would be better spent on a GTX 980
I have a 980 and I havn't seen my FPS drop below 140 for more that a second with v-sync off, in or out of a station. I believe this is because of the micro-stutter bug that is out there, although I usually keep my games v-synced to help keep my PC frosty cool, with the v-sync and frame limiter set to 60fps, my pc pegs at 60 with ~40-60% GPU utilization.
Great link, thanks.
Just to be clear, cos' I'm not all that familiar with some of these terms - are you getting 140 with everything set to high or at least high enough as makes no difference? Also with the v-sync and frame limiter set to 60fps does that mean the game only renders as 60FPS, below the magic 75Hz threshold (not sure what this second part refers to). Are you running it on Windows 7 64 or 8.1?
Basically I just want the best card I can, but don't want to waste money on a card that has no benefit. I read somewhere that FD were using a Titan so thought it was a good choice, but I'd rather buy a 980 if its cheaper and better. Investing a few grand in a top end gaming machine only to find I couldn't get the best DK2 experience would be pretty annoying.
Any guidance would be gratefully received.
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140fps with a single 980 in VR? Not a chance!.
Also....
if you are going to framelimit you want to be doing it for 75fps.
As others have said, the Titan is a poor choice for gaming, the 980 is better for all but a VERY limited number of cases in gaming.
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the titan is a low end developer model that's why double precision is unlocked but it is absolutely not what you would want to spend your money on for gaming. When it first came out it was way too expensive but one of the best at the time if you had cash to throw away, but right now there is no way you would want that over a gtx 980
I have a machine at work with 2xTitans that I've tested ED Alpha back a month ago and it still had slowness inside bases. These are original Titans so they are not Maxwell chips but they are still super powerful graphics cards and are crazy fast during GPU rendering. The 980 is a great bang for your buck right now but ED is going to struggle with anything I think. The game needs more optimization (mostly in the streaming of data I think) to get things nice and smooth.
Out of interest, what is your current GFX card?
Its a Nvidia K4000M (Workstation card). Its in my CAD workstation.
I've ordered my new PC with Windows 7 on it. I've got 8 on another machine but really don't like it. Is 8 supposed to be better for graphics performance?
Don't you mean Titan 6gb?. I have one of those. It runs everything maxed but comes into it's own if you want to use DSR. It'll run Elite at 4k resolution giving about 40fps inside a station and 80-90fps in normal space.
Native resolution (1080x1920) it'll run at 80fps in stations and 160-180fps normal space.
Native resolution (1080x1920) it'll run at 80fps in stations and 160-180fps normal space.
i was only enquiring about running it on the DK2 really, which seems like the most demanding platform as the frame rate needs to be higher than for a monitor to be a good experience. But thanks for chipping in ;-)
and it has to draw the image twice so yeah, it's much more demanding for the gpu. I just played some tonight and it feels like every update the game gets a little smoother for OR. 