That's a bit of exaggeration, don't you think?
Can you play games without problems ?
If yes, then it's worth it
Sorry (it's been a long day and I'm rather tired) - I kind of meant from a resale point of view.
Do I, or do I not ?
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Sorry (it's been a long day and I'm rather tired) - I kind of meant from a resale point of view.
Well, don't throw it in a box. I recently sold a pair of GTX 970's for $160 each, which was about 1/2 of what I paid for them. Not exactly worthless. [money]
That's a bit of exaggeration, don't you think?
Can you play games without problems ?
If yes, then it's worth it
Well moving from a titan to 1080ti wouldn't make any sense, it would be a downgrade really.
Maybe not for gaming performance but still a downgrade.
It even has the same power draw.
As for resale, well the titan is an odd duck.
And currently left in the cold gaming wise since the 1080ti is basically as well performing as one and costs almost half already.
Would you buy a second hand titan, when you could get a new ti with full warranty for hardly anymore money?
The end result is you can't get half value, maybe a third or so.
Unless you find that special moron wit more money than sense, and love thinking is out there.
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Well, not really a moron, but someone who doesn't have the funds for a 1080 variant. I mean, why else would people be buying used 970s? No cash! And even at 1/3 of the original purchase price, it's still a bit of cash - for both. If I didn't already have my 1080 and HMD, I'd go for that as a step between the 970 & Rift and the next, next gen when a good next gen VR comes out (well, 6 months after, so the prices come down).
Certainly not, and the person who buys a couple of used 970's, certainly aren't the same as someone who would say.
Yes I will buy that 10 month old titan for £750.
Then again, if I had a titan now, I wouldn't even concider a 1080ti for a minute.
I would just keep playing games.
And as for 970, it's a great card. If it hadn't been for horizons and me getting an ultra wide screen I would have kept my 2gb 960.
But with the new almost, uhd screen I needed a new one.
I probably would have gone for a 970 if it hadn't been for the flu, a 39c (102f) fever.
I bought a 980ti.
Haven't found the 1080 to be a great enough step up from it.
Titan yes, but I just can't spend that much on a single card.
So naturally I'm very tempted to buy a new 1080ti, but what I really am considering is just building a new VR gaming rig, and keep the old as a couch PC gamer.
If not for elite in vr, I haven't come across anything the 980ti hasn't handled just fine.
I'm sure I could do something with a second machine.....
Yes I will buy that 10 month old titan for £750.
Then again, if I had a titan now, I wouldn't even concider a 1080ti for a minute.
I would just keep playing games.
And as for 970, it's a great card. If it hadn't been for horizons and me getting an ultra wide screen I would have kept my 2gb 960.
But with the new almost, uhd screen I needed a new one.
I probably would have gone for a 970 if it hadn't been for the flu, a 39c (102f) fever.
I bought a 980ti.
Haven't found the 1080 to be a great enough step up from it.
Titan yes, but I just can't spend that much on a single card.
So naturally I'm very tempted to buy a new 1080ti, but what I really am considering is just building a new VR gaming rig, and keep the old as a couch PC gamer.
If not for elite in vr, I haven't come across anything the 980ti hasn't handled just fine.
I'm sure I could do something with a second machine.....
If u can afford it go for it, never looked back here
Don't forget the pedal rudders
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MS only officially supports Kaby Lake CPUs with Windows 10.
As for the thread topic, it sounds like you're committed. I'd say good call; I've only played ED using the Rift and it's really something. With an EVGA 1080 SC, 7700K at 4.9/4.4 core/cache, and 32Gb of DDR4 2400, I've been playing on VR Ultra lately. I get the occasional stutter outside stations or in rock fields, so I want to try VR High and see if that improves. (Edit: Still about the same stuttering in VRH, may or may not be a GPU issue. Monitoring FPS does show less red/yellow in VRH than VRU, and there's some menu scroll blur in VRU.) I would probably go 1080 Ti today, but I wouldn't say I regret getting the 1080 SC either. May SLI in the future.
I'll warn you that the resolution and god rays in the Rift are somewhat unimpressive, but I only tend to notice using menus or out of game. Make sure to keep tabs on the IPD setting to avoid headaches. I think erring on narrow is better. But VR is way better than a monitor, totally different from normal gaming.
Try not to accidentally turn flight assist off when doing maneuvers, that's the only time I've felt nausea. Instantaneously.
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That's likely to be 18+ months from now. If someone's comfortable waiting that long then that works. The new VR devkit headset that LG recently showed at 1440p also isn't expected to be released as a product until the end of 2018.
I already own Pimax 4k and it's still not sharp enough for me to fully enjoy it. maybe if one day they'll let us run it in 4k instead of current 2k I'd be a happy camper...
You may never have a problem using a Kaby Lake processor, or 7th gen Intel Core, 7700k or 7600k for example, with Windows 7 or 8.1. But you might, and that combination isn't supported by Microsoft.
tl;dr get Win10.
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For ED, a twist sick is an acceptable solution as the need for yaw adjustments is minimal at best. As one who flies WW1 or WW2 aircraft or Helicopters though, I wouldn't want to be without separate rudders. I actually lock off my stick's twist in ED for more precise control of pitch and roll. I use the hat on the back of my Saitek throttle for thruster control when adjusting landing position. Like many, in battle I toggle "flight assists" on and off to skew my vector making it hard for a pursuer to line up a shot.
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Its first warning, and it honestly shouldn't come as a suprise to anyone.
Win 7 is about to enter it's eight year since release, Xp was deprecated and had support terminated at this point, and Microsoft has repeatedly stated they had no interest in entertaining a Os release as long as they did Xp ever again.
And honestly, nearly all the problems people blame windows for is really another party's fault.
Ms should not be blamed for oem's non standard usb ports, and Saiteks substandard drivers or logitech game panels errors.
Having and interest in vr and hanging tooth and nail to w7 is just flabbergasting.
If you want so badly to be difficult, go hop on a high horse and install debian, or buy macbook and some non prescription glasses.
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My Windows 7 install worked with VR just fine. My Saitek worked just fine. My Skylake worked just fine. The only reason that I upgraded to Win10 was it was free. I new that I would "someday" need to move to 10 or 11 (or whatever they call the next iteration) as MS wasn't going to give us DX12. However, I also new that that need was a year or two away from being necessary for my VR purposes . Those who considered VR after MS stopped the free update are now looking at an expense that is not necessary yet. That they now would consider postponing that expense until necessary is understandable.- certainly not flabbergasted by that concept! To be honest your comment seems to be written from a horse of fare elevation, itself.