NVIDIA GTX 1080 and 1070

[GreatScawt]

Pretty big announcement from NVIDIA yesterday. They introduced the GTX 10-series cards.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/05/nvidia-gtx-1080-1070-pascal-specs-pricing-revealed/

Absolutely insane power and efficiency at a really good price point. I may actually upgrade my 980ftw for one of these in the future. Holy shit.


After numerous rumours and a supposed "several billion dollars" spent on R&D, Nvidia's first consumer graphics cards based on its Pascal architecture are here: the GTX 1080 and GTX 1070. The GTX 1080 will retail for $599 (~£450), $50 more than the GTX 980 cost at launch, while the GTX 1070 will retail for $379 (~£270), again $50 more than the previous generation card. The 1080 launches on May 27, with the 1070 following on June 10.

While it's surprising Nvidia has raised the price of its flagship graphics cards—particularly given AMD's bold claims that its Polaris architecture will offer VR-ready performance at a "mainstream" price point—the company claims that both cards are significantly faster than its current flagships, the GTX Titan X and GTX 980 Ti, which retail for $1000 (£800) and $650 (£550) respectively. In the case of the GTX 1080, Nvidia claims it's twice as fast as the Titan X in certain VR applications and three times as energy efficient—it even says it's faster than dual-SLI 980 setup.

The performance boost comes from the combination of a new GPU microarchitecture (Pascal) with a leaner TSMC 16nm FinFET manufacturing process. The GTX 1080 also makes use of faster Micron GDDR5X memory, resulting in an impressive 10Gbps memory pipe. Meanwhile, the GTX 1070 will use standard GDDR5 memory.

Nvidia hasn't revealed the full technical specs for the cards—likely saving them for when reviews drop later this month—but did confirm that the GTX 1080 will push around 9 TFLOPS of (likely single-precision floating point) performance from a chip built around 7.2 billion transistors. By comparison the Titan X pushes around 7 TFLOPS from its 8 billion transistors. The GTX 1070 is said to push 6.5 TFLOPS.

While that's not a huge increase over the Titan X, the more efficient Pascal architecture has allowed Nvidia to dramatically increase the clock speed of the GTX 1080 to 2144Mhz on air cooling. That's well over the 1075MHz speeds of the GTX Titan X and GTX 980 Ti, and—if Nvidia's real-time demo is to be believed—the card hits only 67 degrees under load, leaving plenty of headroom for overclocking.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUL6Gc2g4kg

[LHutton]

It's a beast.

http://www.geforce.co.uk/hardware/10series/geforce-gtx-1080?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWTJRNFpXVmlObU5pWVdSaCIsInQiO iJmSWlyNlA4c0pJN0NqT2hpZmErdjE0MjB0ak5aUnJnUmI5RVB 5UWRlSmcwa0M4cGdLcUlPXC9NUnFuSFwvQUdVNmFnREVSeFwvK 3hZazJrWFVIOEVJYXRcL3crSDk3QVBLTG1qb3FWZnkyOW93d3M 9In0%3D#cid=Campaign-GeForce-Pascal-Announce-GF-UK-CTA-Main-Email&utm_source=GF-UK&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=CTA-Main&utm_campaign=Campaign-GeForce-Pascal-Announce-Email

[Drachen596]

Guy at work and i were talking about this tonight.

The 1070 is supposed to top the Titan X AND be basically a third the cost? nice.(well at least according to the article I read)

[Tom Servo]

Hmm...I usually skip generations on video cards, but I might make the leap from my 970...

[Yw-slayer]

Yeah, if it's worth the upgrade, given my Oculus, then I might do that too. Then I can move the 970 into my work desktop.

[21Kid]

Holy cow! That's quite a deal!

I may actually upgrade my 980ftw for one of these in the future. How much would you sell the 980 for? :D

[LHutton]

I would wait and see what Polaris holds.

[GreatScawt]

Bill, if you do end up interested in it after everything else has been revealed, let me know. I will absolutely hook you up. :up:

[Kchrpm]

Trickle down economics at work ;)

[21Kid]

Free market Capitalism!!! :lol: Will do Scawt.

[21Kid]

Watch the new Doom game hit 200 FPS at ultra settings using Nvidia's GTX 1080 (http://www.techspot.com/news/64741-watch-new-doom-game-hit-200-fps-ultra.html) :popcorn:

Nvidia boasts that the GTX 1080 is “a whole lot faster” than the Titan X, and is even faster than two GTX 980s in SLI, while consuming a lot less power. With this kind of performance, don’t be surprised to see the Pascal-based cards become two of the best-selling GPUs Nvidia has ever produced.
Id's developers said they’re still trying to fix some graphical issues with the game’s engine that appear when Doom reaches 200 fps, which they “weren’t able to detect until they had the performance of the GTX 1080.” :eek:

[thesameguy]

It's been a while since there was a big leap with GPUs... actually, it was a while before there was a big leap with CPUs too. These next gen cards seem like they may be that leap, although I hope someone mentioned to Nvidia that 1080 is so 2015.

[Kchrpm]

I'm just crossing my fingers that something like this is in the Nintendo NX hahahahahahahahaha I was so close to saying that seriously!

[thesameguy]

"Nintendo is choosing to focus on the premium console market, and the new NX will debut in actual 24k gold with a base price of US$5000."

[Kchrpm]

Gold is for China and poseurs, the REAL premium markets accepts nothing less than platinum! PLATINUM ENCRUSTED VR HEADSET POWERED BY FOUR GTX 1080S! $10,000!

[thesameguy]

It'd be an interesting gamble if Nintendo abandoned the commodity gaming market for a serious machine. I feel like that's how it was back in the day - you could buy a $50 or $100 (don't remember) Atari, or a $200 Nintendo. Even the games were 2-3x as much. Selling a CRAZY system with a GTX1080 for a grand or something - double everyone else's price - it could work. All the people who love Nintendo's properties are old these days and "can afford it" - maybe they would.

[Freude am Fahren]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/V0xCAmjFhqA/hqdefault.jpg

[LHutton]

I have heard that the next NVidia card after this will be a much bigger leap relative to its predecessor.

[GreatScawt]

Yeah, a lot of people are saying to wait for HBM2.

[LHutton]

I thought the Pascal cards were supposed to have HBM2, or a mixture of HBM2 and GDDR5X??

[21Kid]

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Review (http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-review/1100-6439863/)

Can this $600 graphics card really outperform two GTX 980s in SLI? We put the new hardware to the test across 1080P, 1440P, 4K, and VR benchmarks.

It's difficult to recall the last time a new flagship GPU from Nvidia was as fast as two of its predecessors in SLI. And you supposedly get all of this for a starting price of $599? Surely there's a catch?

While the GTX 1080 doesn’t eclipse two 980s in every scenario, it's demonstrably stronger at 4K. That makes this, right now, the fastest single-GPU card about to hit the market.

[Yw-slayer]

1070 ftw.

[drew]

So, yeah. Coincidentally (or more, ominously?) my 4 year old 4GB GTX680 started taking shits this week...


It's served me well for a rather long while (as far as gfx cards go). I completely dismantled/cleaned it yesterday (added new arctic silver compound to it, since the OEM was like peel-off vinyl).

I don't know if it's dying by heat/fan, or the voltage regulator in it is going tits up. Power tdp is spiked at 100% within 2 minutes, and it's hovering around 80-90C (even after the cleaning).

It may be time for an upgrade. Which, I wouldn't normally consider, especially at this current time in my life with the employment situation (or lack thereof), but, since I'm selling my house in IN next week, I may reqard myself with an upgrade.

It would be nice to actually use the fucking $700 Samsung 4k monitor I bought last summer, in 4k (1440p, anyway, full 2160, I can't fucking read anything in normal/non-game use (fuck you, eyeballs). :rolleyes:

I was thinking about "rewarding" myself for the house sale with either a Samsung S7, or a new GPF card. Since the Note II is still holding its own, and the 680 is not....

I paid $500-550 for the 680 in early 2012, so, I suppose dropping 7 bills for the motherfucker of motherfuckers (at least til the next gen), doesn't seem so bad. Especially when I consider that it would (like the 680), serve useful for years.

Goddamn I hate temptation.

[thesameguy]

That hurts me. I still have a GTX 670 I think was on sale at about two bills. Seven hundred bucks on a video card hurts my pucker.

[MR2 Fan]

$379 for the 1070 looks good enough to me

[thesameguy]

That's my absolute max. I prefer to spend $200 more often than $400 less often. :D

[Kchrpm]

I have a similar ethos on strippers.

[thesameguy]

The caveat with strippers is that the less/more often does require not getting too close. You don't want to ruin the illusion for yourself, take the bloom off the rose so to speak. :P

[Kchrpm]

To each their own, I like to get all up in those petals.

[thesameguy]

I had a bad gravel mouth experience. I'm scarred. :(

[Kchrpm]

That's not a problem with the plan, that's just a fork in the road.

https://media.giphy.com/media/vmJnAJo3P82Vq/giphy.gif

[thesameguy]

:lol:

[Yw-slayer]

$379 for the 1070 looks good enough to me

Exactly, don't get the 1080 for much more money. The step-down is always much better value. Or, should I say it...

[drew]

So, Amazon has the 1080 Founders "available", for $1198. :lol: (seriously, fuck off).

It has a total of 9 "reviews" that all say the same thing I was about to.

"total gouge/ripoff".

By that token, the 980ti should be $300 then...

Assholes.

Supposedly, the 1080 is out "today" and the 1070 is penned in for the 10th. Considering I've been using the 680 for 4 years, I'm pretty sure the $400 1070 will be a day/night difference upgrade, and save me $300. But, I've been known to abandon all rational thought in the past with a "FUCK IT" one-click hulk smash. So I guess we'll see.

[21Kid]

Who's taking bets? What's the over\under?

...

Never mind. Doesn't matter. Whatever it is... I'm still going to put my money on Hulk-Smash Fuck it. :finger:

[drew]

Probably. :finger:

[Tom Servo]

When it comes out and gets tested, http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html is a good place to compare it against other cards. Might give you an idea of what kind of performance boost you're going to get over the 680. It's pretty generic, so of course the card will do better/worse depending on the game/setup, but it's a nice, easy to read baseline to work with.

[21Kid]

I found this page (http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=1701&gid2=576&compare=geforce-gtx-1080-vs-geforce-gtx-680) which does a neat side-by-side comparison.

[Kchrpm]

Only a 7.4 at 3840x2160? Sounds like hot garbage to me.

That looks like a useful tool, I've seen a similar website before, but I only used it to confirm that my laptops' cards were not really all that good, so I don't know how well it compares to this page.

I also don't remember what that site was called, so I can't link it...I'm kind of useless, is what I'm saying. *googles compare GPUs* there seem to be a number of sites that provide this service, which I guess shouldn't be a surprise. With the Vive and Rift getting out there, I expect the market to get even hotter than it's been.

[21Kid]

The card is not out yet, so they are just guessing, I'd assume.

[drew]

Chances are, I'd not be utilizing the full 4k. As mentioned before, I can't read shit at that resolution. 2160x1440 is where I'm looking.

[drew]

Haha: http://www.amazon.com/ZOTAC-GeForce-Founders-Graphics-ZT-P10800A-10P

It was $1799 4 hours ago...

Stupid assholes.

[Kchrpm]

SORRY We couldn't find that page

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/error/28._TTD_.jpg

[21Kid]

:lol:

[drew]

Awesome!

Well, it's worked itself out to curb my temptation (for now). They have the true cards (and prices) online now. But, Newegg, Amazon, and EVGA are all sold out already. :lol:

[21Kid]

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Review (http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1070-review/1100-6440307/)

Nvidia claims that the card is faster than the $1,000 GeForce GTX Titan X.
While that may sound too good to be true, the GeForce GTX 1070 lives up to the hype.


While the GTX 1070 is overkill for 1080p gaming, it makes good sense at 1440p. You’ll be able to max out just about every single game here.


With a 12-23 percent delta between it and the GTX 1080, the GTX 1070 certainly isn’t as fast as its big brother, but it also costs roughly 36 percent less. When you compare it to the Titan X, it’s up to nine percent faster and up to 55 percent cheaper. That’s a crazy good deal. Sure, the GTX 1070 makes some concessions against the GTX 1080, but, for the most part, it performs admirably where it counts.

[thesameguy]

Pretty much sums up why I'd never, ever buy a halo card. You paid double, and your investment lasts a year. PISS-POOR VALUE!!!

[Kchrpm]

I was listening to someone explain it, and apparently the chips for the 1070s and 1080s (and all of the other high and mid cards, presumably) are all made at the same time in the same way. The tolerances are extremely high, though, and only some percentage of each chips is good enough to hit the requirements for the high end cards. The rest are used in the mid card and the dials are turned down to account for the fact that they are not as robust.

[thesameguy]

Yep - Intel pioneered that process way back when. It's brilliant when you can turn your failures into totally viable products. :lol:

[Freude am Fahren]

I had a 570, now have a 770, and haven't run into any performance issues on any games. I don't think I will either, until I go more than 1080p (1080p x 3 screen also runs great for iRacing, and really good for other racing games), but the x70 cards are great bang for the buck. You really pay a lot for only marginal gains on the x80 and 90 cards.

[drew]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUL610qR6WM

That's pretty badass. As well as his means of transportation at the beginning :hard:

[Yw-slayer]

... but the x70 cards are great bang for the buck. You really pay a lot for only marginal gains on the x80 and 90 cards.

SAY IT. JUST SAY IT!!! YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!!!

[Drachen596]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6Gjq7MEhU0


Tests Asus GTX 1080 Strix and Two GTX 1080 Founders Editions in SLI.

4k, highest settings available for Battle Front and hitting 60 fps with the Asus Strix model.

[drew]

Got a notification from EVGA that they had some more in (sent to me at 9:30am EST), I didn't see it til noon. All gone.

Spending money on one of these things isn't much of a temptation at the moment, because you can't buy one fast enough :)

[drew]

It's to the point now that I "NEED" one. I think it's the whole "none in stock thing".....

I didn't "need" it before, just wanted.

Fuckers.

So, I'm set up on nowinstock....

christ.

[Yw-slayer]

Lol

[drew]

Unfucking believable. I get a text that Newegg got some 1080s in, at 12:35PM EST. I was at a store, got home at 1:02PM, sold out already.

This is getting being frustrating.

[21Kid]

Ask them when they expect the next shipment.
Maybe bribe someone to call you when they come in. ;) There's always a way! :devil:

[drew]

Haha, I've been reading their forums, and everybody else is saying the same thing I am.

This shit's a tease, like serious heavy petting, stopping just short of lips on tip, and they walk away.

I NEED MY NUT

[21Kid]

I don't suppose they have them like at Walmart or something? Sometimes I found new release video games at stores that weren't specialty gaming stores. Because no one thought to try there.
Office max or something maybe? Some place you may not expect?

[drew]

Nope. The only store that'd have them, in terms of box store, would be BB or Fry's. Which you're going to pay $100 more for.

Of course, it's moot, since they don't fucking have any either.

[21Kid]

You might be better back-ordering it online. :( Amazon says they will have more in on 7/6.

[drew]

Newegg, EVGA, and Amazon only have "notify" as options, there's not any way to pre/back order anything, which is fucking ridiculous.

it's not any of the retailers' fault, it's NVIDIA and their manufacturing/supply.
Trying to find one in stock to buy is like trying to snipe something off of eBay....

[Kchrpm]

1070, Drew. 1070.

[21Kid]

C'mon now... When have you known Drew to do something less than :hard: ?

[Kchrpm]

He didn't buy that Z06 he was eyeing :(

[drew]

Keith, I bought a 28" Samsung 4k monitor last summer, and haven't used more than 40% of it... I want full 4k with the bells/whistles. Is the 1080 worth the +200 over the 1070? Maybe not. But everything I've seen, results in the 1080 being all I'll need for a long time (I've had my 680 for 4.5 years, for example, that was the king of the hill in early 2012).

What I'm NOT willing to do, is buy the same $680 card from Amazon, that some asshole bought a few on launch, and it trying to get $900+ for.

Fuck you, kind sir.

Hey, at least I'm not looking at rebuilding my entire system, since I just upgraded mobo (Z97) cpu (4790k) and ram (32gb) two years ago, and there is NO reason to upgrade that. The 680 is the current choke point, and, it's starting to show signs of wanting to give me a big "fuck you".

[drew]

He didn't buy that Z06 he was eyeing :(

Yeah, well... $700 card vs $40000 car..... That, and not being employed (sold my house in IN last month, this is my "reward" (all $700....)), the vette will have to wait a bit :)

[Kchrpm]

Yeah, well... $700 card vs $40000 car..... That, and not being employed (sold my house in IN last month, this is my "reward" (all $700....)), the vette will have to wait a bit :)

Unemployed and buying video game equipment? What are you, a millenial?

[drew]

Ok, let me explain a little, I sold my house, which had equity, which equated into half the selling cost in my pocket.

Considering I've bought NOTHING in six months, except food/gas/living shit. I don't think it's that outrageous. Yes, I could buy a Z06 outright, but that probably wouldn't be the wisest plan with the money right now.

So I'm treating myself to a little luxury, since it's likely the only such thing I'll rewarding myself with this year.

so :finger:

[Kchrpm]

Yep, sounds like a millenial to me.

[drew]

I paid off some credit cards that got worked a bit in the "off time" as well. Does that still count?

[21Kid]

Are you not "off" any more?

[drew]

Still off, I just used the house proceeds to make the CC shit fuck off. We're still throwing apps and resume at everything in the hopes it may stick (or at the very least, get some kind of fucking response from anyone). I've applied at 50+ different companies, and she's somewhere north of 30.

At this rate, we're accepting the fact that we'll probably be in this situation for the whole year.

[Kchrpm]

Wait, paying OFF a credit card?! NO LONGER MILLENIAL! Congratulations!

UNLESS

It's an Apple, Amazon or online bank credit card.

[drew]

Nope :P Not an Amazon store card, anyway (full-blown VISA). Because, rewards, yo

[Reynard]

My 970 handles pretty much everything I throw at it @ 2560x1440 at high to ultra settings with good frame rates. Still, I'd like to get a 1070 for the power savings tbh (and a hope that maybe next year I get 3440x1440 monitor) but not until the prices drop below $400 like they were supposed to be. FWIW Drew, Newegg is selling 980Ti Classified's through their ebay store for $404 these days and I'd think that would be a very nice upgrade for you... or SLI 970's.

[drew]

Sadly, it's become more of an obsession to have a new 1080 FTW..... I wasn't that fussed about it, until I found out I couldn't fucking get one.


Whether or not this is some NVIDIA scheme, the point remains. Fuck them in the ass, put that shit on shelves.

I spent a fair amount on my monitor, and haven't utilized it anywhere near its potential. :)


...and again, get a notification at 2:11PM EST that Newegg has them "in stock", within 15 seconds I go to the computer, to my saved link, "AUTO-NOTIFY", no "add to cart". After 8 minutes of F5, fuck it. Going to watch the Portugal match.

[drew]

somewhat of progress. I've now got one on "back order" at Newegg. Which is further than I've gotten before (most of the time it's just an alert they have some, and then "auto-notify") Payment hasn't been charged yet, but at least it's in the system, and I don't need to keep looking at shit every 35 fucking seconds.

It'll get here when it gets here.

[21Kid]

Two good news stories in 1 day? What's the third going to be?

[drew]

I bought a Mega Millions ticket today, so.... maybe?

[Drachen596]

nah you just got a job offer. i'm winnin Mega Millions.


Also AMD advertising a crossfire set up with with its new RX480s as beating a single GTX1080 on a SINGLE benchmark, but 2 of them is 2/3rds the cost of the 1080. though there's some controversy about how much power they pull being within spec or something.


Nvidia is apparently about to launch the 1060 cards as well. supposed to be like 250 bucks but doesn't support SLI i guess.

[drew]

It's been 4 years since I've bought a gfx card, it being the oldest part of my current setup.

I don't mind spending $ for an upgrade that will last a few years, based on my use.

That said, Newegg has it in "packaging", so we'll see.

Crossfire/SLI don't interest me at all, honestly. Either setup seems like a waste of time and potential headache with compatibility (lots and lots of games have issue with SLI (stutter). So, fuck it.

[Rare White Ape]

You don't really need to SLI these suckers anyway. Not with the demands of current games as they are. They're somewhat hamstrung by the console market, so it'll be a few years before PC games do make that stupidly big leap in detail that PC games used to do before consoles went towards PC architecture.

[drew]

Everything I've heard about SLI is that it's not a simple +plug and play holy fuck the FRAMEZZZ"... With microstutters, etc, due to the way they communicate/process with each other.


I saw some nutter last fall had a quad-SLI with Titans. $6000 in cards alone.

If I was going to spend $1500 on a fucking card, I'd wait for the GP100 (or whatever they're calling the Kepler beast coming out end of this year or so).

[drew]

Day 4 of "packaging", card charged....

Starting to get a little fucked off.

[21Kid]

Isn't them charging your card a good sign?

[drew]

It is, yes, but in the past (mind you, I've been ordering shit from them for 10-15 years), they've never taken more than 1-2 days to pack, once the payment was made, including weekends (Saturdays anyway). It's been 4.
I talked to the CS team via chat, and expressed how unhappy I was about that fact.

They said it's "likely to be shipped today", when in reality, I think they took my money on a backorder, and they don't have any to send.

She gave me a $15 "gift" thing...

So, it remains to be seen whether or not I'll get a shipping notice today. Not holding my breath.

[21Kid]

Oh, I thought you just got charged today and it had been packaged 4 days ago. Yeah, that sucks. :(

[drew]

After all the bullshit, they said it'd be here Saturday. So we'll see.

[Drachen596]

Missed scan on the way out the door then?

[drew]

Dunno. I've never had this experience with them in the past. My bet is that they took "back-orders" and charged, before they actually got a new shipment in.

[Rare White Ape]

It's Saturday!

Have you got it yet?

[Drachen596]

You, yeah you. Knock off that future nonsense.

[drew]

Showed up at 4 yesterday, had it fired up at 4:02....
1836

Ran 3d Mark Firestrike (both regular and Ultra) vs the old 680. Bit of an unfair comparison really.
1837

at 1440p, the 1080 scored a 5300, the 680 1700.

In Fallout 4, on "high" with the 680, I was getting around 29fps. With the 1080 on Ultra, it's getting 60+ (both at 1440p)

2K seems to be its sweet spot, and I'm fine with that. I honestly couldn't tell the difference (in quality) between 2 and 4k. 4k starts to make it groan a bit, but it's still playable (not a slide show by any stretch).

More testing to do, but I think this will tide me over for a few years, until they make another few generations and it's a 32GB card running at 5Mhz on clock and boost....

[Mr Wonder]

:up:

[Rare White Ape]

Does it really have "FTW" stamped on the side of the case there?

[Alan P]

That it does.

[drew]

Yep. I'm reading how to disable the bling bullshit. Which is also why I've always replaced OEM fans in cases without LEDs in them.

It's like neon under a 458...

[Freude am Fahren]

Should be an option in Precision. Is that even still EVGA's app for their graphics cards? :lol:

That being said, I couldn't get the lights on the side of my 770 to go off.

Electrical tape.

[Rare White Ape]

Yep. I'm reading how to disable the bling bullshit. Which is also why I've always replaced OEM fans in cases without LEDs in them.

It's like neon under a 458...

Well, bright lighting aside, I think it's awesome :lol:

[Yw-slayer]

Better if it's not there, but it's just a graphics card guys. So who cares, just PLAY!!

[drew]

It does have the EVGA Precision, but "off" isn't an option. The electrical tape "option" came to mind as well.

It has a few different color options, but I may resort to the MacGuyver option.

[GreatScawt]

I'm fairly certain my EVGA 980FTW lighting can be adjusted through GeForce Experience? But I think I remember hearing people complaining about not being able to turn it all the way off. I need to check when I get home.

[drew]

You can disable it with XOC, but the true functionality of it (the overclocking) is fucked, so.....


I remember seeing somewhere you can just delete/rename a file in the nvidia folder that will get rid of it. Barring that, it's going to be electrical tape.

[GreatScawt]

Or unplugging the power on the board

[GreatScawt]

Well, it works. GeForce Experience.

http://i.imgur.com/6glicFK.png

[drew]

Yeah, I didn't install GF Experience (bloatware). That being said, you can install the visualizer part on it's own (hacky). The only problem is that it doesn't save on a reboot.

I may just install Experience and be done with it.

[Alan P]

GeForce experience can be handy. Has options for Shadowplay and you can display an FPS counter as well.

[GreatScawt]

Honestly, I quite like Experience. I wouldn't say its really all that bloaty.

[drew]

You're talking to someone that disables/kills 80% of services in windows, so :P


I'll probably just reinstall it with Experience.

[Kchrpm]

https://www.engadget.com/2016/07/22/nvidias-new-top-end-graphics-card-is-the-1-200-titan-x/


If you recently bought a $599 NVIDIA GTX 1080 in order to have the fastest rig around, I have bad news. NVIDIA has revealed the latest Titan X, a graphics card with 12GB of GDDR5X memory and 3,584 cores running at 1.53 GHZ, yielding an absurd 11 teraflops of performance. That easily bests the 8.9 teraflops of the GTX 1080, which itself put the last-gen Titan X to shame. You probably won't feel too bad, however, when we tell you that the new card has a price tag of $1,200, double that of its now-second-best sibling.

[drew]

Yep. I'll drop $700 on a card (have many times over the years), but $1k+ is "stupid". I knew they'd probably be jacking the Titan to 11, given how the 1080 outperforms the old one. You can't have that!

I'm sure people that bought the 1080 in the last month are already planning on getting the Titan.


Just reading the EVGA boards of stock/availability, a lot of them were buying/ordering from any store that had them, and planning to return cars if they didn't come first.

There were others still that were buying the FE (Founders edition) cards, and planning on buying/replacing it with the FTW card when it came out, 3 weeks later...

I'm not that hardcore.

[LHutton]

I'm holding on for a Volta GPU anyway.