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Well, in 2018 there will be a new revolution, so maybe I'd just wait until then
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Well, in 2018 there will be a new revolution, so maybe I'd just wait until then
Well, in 2018 there will be a new revolution, so maybe I'd just wait until then
Normally I wouldn't suggest waiting unless the impending release was like, a month or two away. It's easy to get stuck in the waiting game when it comes to PC hardware otherwise.
The difference between this year and the last few years previous though is a major shift in GPU technology. When GDDR5 came out it was a much more significant improvement than, say, another GDDR3 card would have or could have been. We've already seen what HBM 1.0 can do on a last-gen chip with Fiji, and I think it's worth waiting to see how it performs on an all-new GPU.
And it's disappointing to hear that AMD hasn't released a decent CF profile for Elite
Normally I wouldn't suggest waiting unless the impending release was like, a month or two away. It's easy to get stuck in the waiting game when it comes to PC hardware otherwise.
The difference between this year and the last few years previous though is a major shift in GPU technology. When GDDR5 came out it was a much more significant improvement than, say, another GDDR3 card would have or could have been. We've already seen what HBM 1.0 can do on a last-gen chip with Fiji, and I think it's worth waiting to see how it performs on an all-new GPU.
And it's disappointing to hear that AMD hasn't released a decent CF profile for Elite
Already have a GTX 980 TI card, and I will hold on to that one until 2018, then I will change again.
Ok, back from work, time to test this thing out
Oh - and a very merry Chrimble to everyone
Oh - and a very merry Chrimble to everyone
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Excellent suggestions. The only part you left out is what settings you select under "manage 3d settings" to make Elite look its best. They have a lot of options in there, and it's not always clear which one will give you the best quality graphics.
So please, at least share what yours is set to, and if any are set to increase performance instead of pic quality (which this dude shouldn't be doing with a TitanX).
Already have a GTX 980 TI card, and I will hold on to that one until 2018, then I will change again.
Fair enough. The 980Ti will probably last a good 3-4 years on High if not Ultra for most games at 60 FPS like the 780 and R9 290x did.
OK, so far it's a huge bucket of plops.
Absolutely no games that I've tried so far are stable. Elite gets me to the spinning ship and then the screens die. Titanfall shows me screens of RAM garbage. Carrier Command won't even get past the intro movie.
Time for another format and reinstall methinks
Absolutely no games that I've tried so far are stable. Elite gets me to the spinning ship and then the screens die. Titanfall shows me screens of RAM garbage. Carrier Command won't even get past the intro movie.
Time for another format and reinstall methinks
Oh dear, guess the Rift still in its box then....good luck with the reinstall.
Remove the AMD drivers with the cleaner utility from AMD before you install NVidia drivers. There shouldn't be any surprises with the Titan. Right now AMD is an epic failure with ED. NVidia mostly runs fine. And no you can't use it for multi GPU. It's only possible with AMD/AMD or NVidia/NVidia and it only makes sense if the cards are the same in the first place.
I would not recommend that if you want to play ED. Even a Fury can't push through the bug. It's just less severe because of the different architecture. If you have a 390 the game is unplayable and that's not because the bug is overloading the card. It's essentially idling. That bug is around for MONTHs. The only bug AMD loved even more was a GTA bug. But that wasn't quite as severe as you could mitigate it significantly by axing down GFX. The game didn't look nearly as good as it does but at least you could play it. The bug was on top of AMD's list for months as well. And that was G T A!
I would not recommend that if you want to play ED. Even a Fury can't push through the bug. It's just less severe because of the different architecture. If you have a 390 the game is unplayable and that's not because the bug is overloading the card. It's essentially idling. That bug is around for MONTHs. The only bug AMD loved even more was a GTA bug. But that wasn't quite as severe as you could mitigate it significantly by axing down GFX. The game didn't look nearly as good as it does but at least you could play it. The bug was on top of AMD's list for months as well. And that was G T A!
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OK, so far it's a huge bucket of plops.
Absolutely no games that I've tried so far are stable. Elite gets me to the spinning ship and then the screens die. Titanfall shows me screens of RAM garbage. Carrier Command won't even get past the intro movie.
Time for another format and reinstall methinks
What is your power supply rating and how much power does your rig use (many calculators are available online)? Also, quality or cheap PSU?
I have an R9 390 and the game doesn't dip below 60 FPS, even in SC.
Driver Sweeper is what you want to totally clear your hard drive of old drivers though. AMD and Nvidia's automatic driver removal always leaves something behind.
What operating system and what drivers? My guess is Windows 7/8 ;-)
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Well, in 2018 there will be a new revolution, so maybe I'd just wait until then
2016 is tomorrow. 2018 too far
Each one does his way
YAY! I've got it working in Elite on three screens
Nvidia are an absolute pain to deal with though - their drivers conflicted with every single HDD SSD cache card I had installed. Only a reformat and reinstall, then manually set cache cards fixed it. At least everything works now
Nvidia are an absolute pain to deal with though - their drivers conflicted with every single HDD SSD cache card I had installed. Only a reformat and reinstall, then manually set cache cards fixed it. At least everything works now
Normally I wouldn't suggest waiting unless the impending release was like, a month or two away. It's easy to get stuck in the waiting game when it comes to PC hardware otherwise.
The difference between this year and the last few years previous though is a major shift in GPU technology. When GDDR5 came out it was a much more significant improvement than, say, another GDDR3 card would have or could have been. We've already seen what HBM 1.0 can do on a last-gen chip with Fiji, and I think it's worth waiting to see how it performs on an all-new GPU.
And it's disappointing to hear that AMD hasn't released a decent CF profile for Elite
Yes, wait a few months is interesting. For the new GPU, the new memory but also the power consumption, the general performance of the card, and the size three times smaller that the current cards
Grrr - and it's still not fixed - Elite still bombs out randomly.
Might have to go back to the 7950 at this rate
Might have to go back to the 7950 at this rate
YAY! I've got it working in Elite on three screens
Nvidia are an absolute pain to deal with though - their drivers conflicted with every single HDD SSD cache card I had installed. Only a reformat and reinstall, then manually set cache cards fixed it. At least everything works now
Maybe go back to basics and make sure everything else is 100% stable? When I did my new build earlier this year, it took me months to trace down a rare memory error, that was only really fixed by replacing the ram. The frequently released bios updates also improved things along the way but never quite nailed it. And what is a "HDD SSD cache card"? A caching raid controller?