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Thread ID: 143890	2017-05-06 12:53:00	Best available 1080 Ti	DeSade (984)	Press F1

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1434974	2017-05-08 04:27:00	But I think you've missed what I said: I paid $200 more ($1K vs $1200ish), for "better" stats (Higher clock speed): www.gigabyte.com vs www.gigabyte.com But, I don't always get better performance in games, even though we both have the same 7700k CPU, same drivers etc... Seeing as you're going to be doing your own cooling, it makes little sense looking into it there, so your best bet is to just get a brand you like, with the ports you're going to use, that's readily available, where you can get good after-sales support if you need it, and go from there. That has to be something else clock speeds are not abstracts they are speeds so if something goes 100 and something else goes 120, 120 wins unless something else slows it down So what is slowing you down? But you are right Rather not spend a fortune on the cooling as I am removing it.	DeSade (984)
1434975	2017-05-08 04:34:00	Same RAM clock speed too, both have SSD's that are basically underutilized, so it's entirely plausible it's motherboard? Shouldn't be though...	Chilling_Silence (9)
1434976	2017-05-08 05:08:00	Guess everyone is saying the same thing: www.gpforums.co.nz Me, based on Wainuitechs supplier, I'd be getting the Gigabyte he quotes.	pctek (84)
1434977	2017-05-08 05:09:00	Same RAM clock speed too, both have SSD's that are basically underutilized, so it's entirely plausible it's motherboard? Shouldn't be though... Possibly I guess. So if have any card recommendations, (forget the cost high or low not interested) then tell me which you think is best	DeSade (984)
1434978	2017-05-08 05:12:00	Could be to do with cooling or power targets set in the firmware, these cards are not quite as simple as faster clock speed = more performance. You can set it higher and then hit a thermal or power wall based on firmware limits and end up with less performance. Factory overclocked models are supposed to not have this problem of course because that's why we rely on the experts to do it rather than just grabbing any old card and cranking it up ourselves. You have to adjust more than just the clock speed to get performance out of these cards. Also in reality even 10% performance difference makes very little actual difference in playability at any given settings. Consider a worse case game barely managing smoothish 30fps - 10% gives you 33fps so still crap. At the higher end who really cares if you are getting 100 fps or 110 fps or 200 instead of 220 etc. For me I like stock performance that is more than I need - the card is never stressed, never gets particularly hot, and the fan is rarely ever audible. Odds are it'll be more reliable in the long run too.	dugimodo (138)
1434979	2017-05-08 05:22:00	So if have any card recommendations, (forget the cost high or low not interested) then tell me which you think is best You know I used to always drool over the high end hardware, especially when I was gaming a lot. Husband didn't understand, so I showed him, here's 3DMark with the crappy mid-range card. Now here it is with the high end card. He could see straight away. Never mind the bloody frame-rate, the detail. Which is the point. You want full up max detail etc without it dropping the frame rate to annoying when you're playing. Going further than that is just silly. This is the **** they do on 3DMark, overclock and fiddle around trying to out-do each other (with the same version card). why? Like you'd really notice in your game anyway. You won't. Or is it that you want to join the competing on 3DMark? Because most of the ones getting the high scores are overclocking. Even overclocking on factory overclocked cards. Sure you can, but keep it up and you'll trash the card fast. And really, the point is to enjoy your game with the settings maxxed, without loss of framerate. You really haven't got anything that will strain that card anyway, whatever brand it is. So, my recommendation is the Gigabyte. Reliable, decent warranty, quality components and a **** hot card. And BTW it's obsolete already anyway. By the time they release them, they're already working with the next gen. Just so you know....you'll never catch up short of going to work for either ATI or Nvidia and getting a non-released one to play with.	pctek (84)
1434980	2017-05-08 05:51:00	You know I used to always drool over the high end hardware, especially when I was gaming a lot. Husband didn't understand, so I showed him, here's 3DMark with the crappy mid-range card. Now here it is with the high end card. He could see straight away. Never mind the bloody frame-rate, the detail. Which is the point. You want full up max detail etc without it dropping the frame rate to annoying when you're playing. Going further than that is just silly. This is the **** they do on 3DMark, overclock and fiddle around trying to out-do each other (with the same version card). why? Like you'd really notice in your game anyway. You won't. Or is it that you want to join the competing on 3DMark? Because most of the ones getting the high scores are overclocking. Even overclocking on factory overclocked cards. Sure you can, but keep it up and you'll trash the card fast. And really, the point is to enjoy your game with the settings maxxed, without loss of framerate. You really haven't got anything that will strain that card anyway, whatever brand it is. So, my recommendation is the Gigabyte. Reliable, decent warranty, quality components and a **** hot card. And BTW it's obsolete already anyway. By the time they release them, they're already working with the next gen. Just so you know....you'll never catch up short of going to work for either ATI or Nvidia and getting a non-released one to play with. I do like Gigabyte and I am angling towards it.	DeSade (984)
1434981	2017-05-08 06:58:00	Why not step it up and go for the Titan.	Driftwood (5551)
1434982	2017-05-08 07:06:00	Why not step it up and go for the Titan. Isn't 1080 Ti (Ti-tan) ?	DeSade (984)
1434983	2017-05-08 09:36:00	Nope, Ti is what they've used as a designated things as for ages, means "Titanium". I had a Ti card about 15 years ago, long before the Titan came out.	Chilling_Silence (9)
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