Nvidia RTX graphics cards

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Clockwork Cupcake said:

I'm just about to go with a 1080Ti as I just don't think the 20xx series are worth it right now. But I will be sticking to MSI as I have been buying their cards for years and have never had any problems. Not with reliability or with cooling.

I just upgraded to a 4K 60hz monitor and discovered my 1080ti drives everything just fine. I've been looking at the vids about ray tracing. My main reaction is - so? I'm perfectly content with less realistic puddles, ta.

It's a bit like audio equipment. You can end up paying 3x more for a 5-10% bump in ability most of the time you can't detect or don't care about.

[Mothersruin]

The law of diminishing returns.

Work out what you want, then find the sweet spot.

I'm still running a GTX780 and for the most part it does fine - I reckon a GTX1070 would be a nice upgrade and make things run a bit nicer/better for the games I play as I'm not into VR or 4K for the time being.

[FukeLreeman]

There must be someone in here willing to get rid of their 1080ti, due to buying an RTX........................?

[HRL]

Zotac AMP 2080Ti here.

Very pleased with it as I can finally use max settings on everything with 4K@60. Think there are one or two titles that drop a little below 60fps but not that I’ve noticed.

Overclock of 160Mhz on the core and 800Mhz on the VRAM has gained me a few fps too. Not seen it go over 69 degrees either which is 60% fan on auto settings.

Not pleased with the price and couldn’t care less about RT TBH, but didn’t buy it for RT.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

FukeLreeman said:

There must be someone in here willing to get rid of their 1080ti, due to buying an RTX........................?

Plenty on eBay but my goodness prices are staying firm.

[Digger]

What size screens are you guys playing on? I assume they must be over 26" so as to even notice the difference between 1080p & 4k?

[silvagod]

130R said:

Has anyone else bought a 20xx card yet?

I went for the slightly lower spec 2070. Had it installed for a week and it failed. During that week my PC crashed several times. Returned the card for a refund and bought a 1080ti instead. First time in many builds that a graphics card has failed, not unusual for the 20xx though apparently. I personally don't think they are release ready yet.

The 1080ti has been in for week, no issues whatsoever.

[Jezz172]

Mothersruin said:

The law of diminishing returns.

Work out what you want, then find the sweet spot.

I'm still running a GTX780 and for the most part it does fine - I reckon a GTX1070 would be a nice upgrade and make things run a bit nicer/better for the games I play as I'm not into VR or 4K for the time being.

I run 2 x 1070 Strix in SLI and can run every game I like in 4k at max settings.
Water cooled the system so I can overclock if I feel the need.

The prices have dropped loads on them now

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Digger said:

What size screens are you guys playing on? I assume they must be over 26" so as to even notice the difference between 1080p & 4k?

58” TV from the sofa.

[leglessAlex]

Digger said:

What size screens are you guys playing on? I assume they must be over 26" so as to even notice the difference between 1080p & 4k?

I play on a 27", but realistically if I was going for pure gaming I'd get a 1440p 144hz monitor of a similar size. I like the resolution bump over 1440p at that size for general use and looking at small text, I feel like it makes a difference which is good enough for me


I'd love this, but I just cant justify something that expensive.

[mikef]

anonymous said:

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Suggests they are on a par: https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.h...

Tempted to upgrade my GTX970

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Digger said:

What size screens are you guys playing on? I assume they must be over 26" so as to even notice the difference between 1080p & 4k?

A 3440x1440 34" ultra-widescreen, with a 1200x1600 20" either side of it, plus an Oculus Rift.

[Alias218]

Digger said:

What size screens are you guys playing on? I assume they must be over 26" so as to even notice the difference between 1080p & 4k?

I play on a 28" 4K@60Hz. Should be fairly future proof, and even if I can't play at 4K with decent frames in some games 2K is a nice bump up from 1080p. 1080p honestly looks blurry now! Strange how your perception adapts.

Plus 4K@60 is a lot cheaper than 1440@144. If you can stretch there are apparently some high frequency 4Ks on the horizon, but they'll need SLI 2080Tis no doubt!

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anonymous said:

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Just how big is your desk!?!

[Jonesy23]

anonymous said:

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The LG?

Some people think it's overkill having one as a desktop display. I thought adding one as display number 4 was perfectly reasonable!

Panel is nice enough but the backlight is funny (spaced back) so the edges of the display are weird & see though.

Ended up having to swap it onto HDMI as the Quadro suddenly decided it would only recognise it as 30Hz on direct Displayport & couldn't be convinced otherwise. And 30Hz is *nasty*.

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Digger said:

What size screens are you guys playing on? I assume they must be over 26" so as to even notice the difference between 1080p & 4k?

28 inch. My 17 inch laptop is 4K too.

4K is more subtle than I expected. It depends a great deal on the content. I wouldn't say it was a must have by any means but it's often pretty nifty. The only reason I went 4K for my desktop monitor is because of a super cheap second hand deal.

[AlexC1981]

Lots of deals on today.

Just ordered an RTX 2080 OC version for £650

https://www.ebuyer.com/857825-palit-geforce-rtx-20...

Together with an Acer Z35P 35" ultrawide QHD 100-200hz GSync screen also for £650 funnily enough

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/35-acer-predator-z...

Across the two I've saved over £200, but I'm slightly sickened at how much I've spent! Excited though, this is going to be a massive upgrade from the GTX 970 with a 32" 1080p TV that I'm currently using. I can't wait to get it all set up!

[ajprice]

2060 has been announced for $349, 60% faster than the 1060 and giving the 1070Ti a close run. https://hexus.net/tech/news/graphics/125897-nvidia...

[anonymous-user]

And they annoucned support for Adative Sync monitors. Win win.

[ajprice]

Is $350 likely to translate to £350 here?