OS Steam and Computer Gaming Thread

[Phobia]

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At some point Nvidia and AMD need to do something. Like make special cards that are geared towards cryptomining so those people can buy those and make a separate line for gamers.

This would seem like the most logical next step, something has to be done.

[J4son]

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At some point Nvidia and AMD need to do something. Like make special cards that are geared towards cryptomining so those people can buy those and make a separate line for gamers.

NVIDIA has a cryptomining card, but I dont think no one is buying it because there's no resale value in buying mining only cards.

AMD seems to be embracing cryptomining, they even have mining specific drivers. I think AMD and NVIDIA dont care if gamers get cards at this point, because they're making so much selling to miners

I thought about selling my Vega when I seen the prices they're going for on Ebay

[mestevo]

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No need to split your production up when you can just sell everything to everyone for all the reasons.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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Hell they have dedicated crypto mining machines too that are 1/4 the size of a desktop tower, but people still use gaming PCs for it.

[LambertandHam]

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NVIDIA has a cryptomining card, but I dont think no one is buying it because there's no resale value in buying mining only cards.

AMD seems to be embracing cryptomining, they even have mining specific drivers. I think AMD and NVIDIA dont care if gamers get cards at this point, because they're making so much selling to miners

I thought about selling my Vega when I seen the prices they're going for on Ebay

PRetty much. The profits are too good for AMD and NVIDIA right now.

[mikenoob]

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Just paid for my EVGA step up from a 6gb 1060 to a 1070ti for just under $200. I had originally bought the 1060 "used" from someone else for $200, but it was just open box and he had it for a few days with the receipt. With the insane market prices nowadays, I'm seriously debating just selling the new 1070ti and try my luck in the used market for a 970 or so.

[Phobia]

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All parts for the new build are ordered!

Ryzen 1700 (Going to shoot for a 3.8ghz OC)

Thermaltake Water 3.0 Extreme S 240mm (w/bracket)

MSI X370 Pro Carbon

16gb DDR4 Corsair Vengeance 3000

EVGA 650 Supernova G3 Gold

Housed in the Corsair 270R

Last 2 upgrades will be Volta later in year and a M.2 for a Black Friday sale.
(Sapphire Tri-X 290 will be used until then)

[CaptainZombie]

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I am just so surprised how much GPU's are going for right now due to crypto mining. My 1080 Ti can be sold for $1200-1400, people are getting $1k for 1070's. Jesus this is insane. LOL!

I own crypto, but all of mine is from using fiat to buy and not mine. I hope these prices come back down to earth, it's sad for those wanting a gaming PC yet can't even do that now.

[mestevo]

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Yeah, if I was stronger I'd flip my 1080 ti and make due for a while (wife's unused box has a 980 ti in it... that could go for some $$ too. But instead I'm lazy and don't want to get rid of my precious.

[bcruise]

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I hadn't really paid much attention to the whole cryptocurrency thing, but I didn't realize it was attached to why it was so hard to find a graphics card lately. I went looking for the card currently in my PC - a Gigabyte Radeon 7870 on Amazon (a card from 2012) - and it's reselling for $350 on Amazon. I bought it new in 2013 for $260.

Bananas.

[CaptainZombie]

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Yeah, if I was stronger I'd flip my 1080 ti and make due for a while (wife's unused box has a 980 ti in it... that could go for some $$ too. But instead I'm lazy and don't want to get rid of my precious.

I feel the same way. I was quite tempted to sell the 1080 Ti for almost double on what I paid. My concern is you get someone that buys it on ebay, uses it for 30 day to mine and then opens a SNAD case or worse, Paypal gives them 180 days to return. That gives people too long to mine with the card and then return when the new cards are out so your stuck.

Then you have to figure, what if you want to play a PC game in a month, good luck trying to find another card.

[Flawless]

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FF XV benchmark tool released.

http://benchmark.finalfantasyxv.com/en/

Frame rate stayed above 60, except for some stuttering on transitions. High Quality with all of the Nvidia GameWorks features was in the 40s, but less stuttering on transitions. IQ for both at 1080p is a bit blurry.

Edit: Turning off the Nvidia overlay cleared up the stuttering.

[Skyboxer]

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Just ran it:

<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/144332983@N08/39320349464/in/datetaken/" title="Benchmark"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4759/39320349464_7585490352_b.jpg" width="790" height="477" alt="Benchmark"></a>

[mestevo]

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Need a full screen ultrawide benchmark

[bcruise]

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FF XV benchmark tool released.

http://benchmark.finalfantasyxv.com/en/

Frame rate stayed above 60, except for some stuttering on transitions. High Quality with all of the Nvidia GameWorks features was in the 40s, but less stuttering on transitions. IQ for both at 1080p is a bit blurry.

Edit: Turning off the Nvidia overlay cleared up the stuttering.

3004 (barely Standard) on the regular settings (Standard quality, 1920x1080). Meh. Looks pretty for sure, but it's pretty obvious I'd be turning down some settings in order to get it to pull even 30 FPS. Processor is a bigger bottleneck for this one than the graphics card as I got some split-second pauses throughout.

My PC is getting too old and I can't even do much to upgrade right now short of buying a gaming PC