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Micro center has the Intel G3258 on sale for $50. It's only a dual core but it isn't unusual for people to OC them to 4.7ghz.
 
jefferz said:
Micro center has the Intel G3258 on sale for $50. It's only a dual core but it isn't unusual for people to OC them to 4.7ghz.
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I've seen claims of 4.2Ghz stable on the stock cooler. Thing is insane.
 
I've found out I have the worst cooler ever.

cooler master rs-600-acab-m4

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Weuylf said:
I am by no means a GPU expert, I'm very casual when it comes to building, so I'll try to listen here. My main concern with the 970 is that the 3.5 gb of vram will give me problems in little to no time (1 year). Even now we have a few games that use all of it and more even in 1080p (I game in that resolution). When the next 2-3 AAA titles come along might it be an issue? I'm not entirely sure about how is it gonna affect the performance. I'm also very big on modding and I got my eyes wide open and focused on Fallout4, it's a bit early to talk about specs for that game but I wonder which one would be better.

Have you guys checked any benchmarks, 970 v 390? What do you think?
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I have the 970 and it's excellent. You aren't going to be be getting 60fps on Ultra in certain games but it's a soild card for the price.

The thing with video cards is technology moves quickly. You can't really future proof. You can try but it's usually going to be a waste of money. It's best to buy mid-range card like the 970 and in 3-5 years, upgrade to the latest if you can't run the games you want at the level you want. The 970 should be solid for at least 3-5 years. If you are really concerned about memory, you can go with the EVGA brand 970s or others that offer the card in higher memory configurations.
 
Gref said:
I've seen claims of 4.2Ghz stable on the stock cooler. Thing is insane.
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I just payed $75 for one. If I was near a micro center I'd buy another and throw together another cheap box
 
Senzo Tanaka said:
I have the 970 and it's excellent. You aren't going to be be getting 60fps on Ultra in certain games but it's a soild card for the price.

The thing with video cards is technology moves quickly. You can't really future proof. You can try but it's usually going to be a waste of money. It's best to buy mid-range card like the 970 and in 3-5 years, upgrade to the latest if you can't run the games you want at the level you want. The 970 should be solid for at least 3-5 years. If you are really concerned about memory, you can go with the EVGA brand 970s or others that offer the card in higher memory configurations.
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When I say futureproof I just mean that I'm scared I'm gonna need that extra Vram for modding and maybe more than a few titles that are gonna come out. I change cards every 3-5 years more or less, just like you said. Bought my 6950 in 2011 and now it's starting to get tight on newer games, so it's time to change. Usually I try to save about 300 - 340 euros to upgrade and I should have the money the moment I get the next salary. I don't have the luxury to change cards if I don't like them unfortunately, money is tight so I'm very selective and indecesive every time.
 
i have a 290x and i plan on getting a 295x2 this winter. So ill be super future proof, since ill have triple SLI. And with Vulkan coming out and DX12 my computer will see a beastly increase :D
 
Weuylf said:
So far in all the benchmarks I've seen they go toe to toe, very minimal fps difference, whichever card comes on top. Unless we're talking overclocking which I almost never do and where the 970 exceels from what I know, it's basically the same card, one is just more futureproof. The price being what it is I'd opt for the AMD card but I'm still gonna wait for more quality tests and legit side by side comparisons.
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I totally overlooked the very card you were talking about by forgetting the 390/390X, and yeah, you're right, those are more future-proof if you can score them at the same price.

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Madmick said:
I totally overlooked the very card you were talking about by forgetting the 390/390X, and yeah, you're right, those are more future-proof if you can score them at the same price.

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Power consumption may be a bit of an issue with the 2XX/3XX cards from AMD. I am so horribly disappointed with the latest offering from AMD - lower performance per dollar, lower performance per watt and no HDMI 2.0.

I have been on team RED (not for any sort of brand allegiance, they just always offered the best value for my dollar) since the 9800pro, and have owned every generation of card since (literally) and this might be the first time I sit one out.

The 980ti looks amazing, but the it is retailing for $899 Canadian. Considering the two games I play right now are Homeworld remastered and Kerbil Space Program, I can't justify spending that type of money.
 
Received my MSI R9 380 4 gig today. Seems like a pretty solid card so far. Everything installed very easily. I'm loving the cooling setup on this card. It's my first MSI card, so I didn't know what to expect with the zero frozr design. It runs cool and quiet all the time. Idle temps are higher than some cards because the fans don't run at idle.

I've been playing around with the virtual super resolution a bit today and it seems to work well in every game I've tried. It's nice to use when anti aliasing would otherwise give you a performance hit.

This generation of cards seems to be mostly a stop gap for the new stuff on the horizon. The 380 is basically a 285 with some added features. I wasn't looking to spend much over $200 for a card and I hate buying used electronics, so I went with this one. I really like the supersc ftw 960 too.

I think the one in this video is the 2 gig version.

 
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jefferz said:
Micro center has the Intel G3258 on sale for $50. It's only a dual core but it isn't unusual for people to OC them to 4.7ghz.
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Yeah they overclock great and that's a good price. I live near a microcenter and they basically sell motherboards/CPU combos at cost to attract new customers (I did an i7 with Z series motherboard for $270 not that long ago).

Probably there best deal for entry level PC gaming is an FX 6300 with motherboard for $99 (probably the best overall deal you will ever see in terms of bang for your buck).
 
560ti said:
Yeah they overclock great and that's a good price. I live near a microcenter and they basically sell motherboards/CPU combos at cost to attract new customers (I did an i7 with Z series motherboard for $270 not that long ago).

Probably there best deal for entry level PC gaming is an FX 6300 with motherboard for $99 (probably the best overall deal you will ever see in terms of bang for your buck).
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I've only been to the Minneapolis one and it was a shit hole. It felt like an old car stereo shop. I did buy an AM2 combo and generic ram their super cheap though.

Wow, that's cheaper than just the processor on Newegg.
 
Currently using a hand-me-down borrowed an EVGA GTX670 FTW...

Want to buy a GTX 970. Do not want to pay $450.

When can we generally expect to see the price drop? I was under the impression when building my rig that the price would drop with the AMD cards, but it seems that isn't the case now. Am I now simply waiting for the next generation of NVIDIA cards in order to pick up a 970 at a decent price?
 
I'm thinking about a 970 as well. You can get them on Newegg for $350. I'm gonna probably wait until the fall, and maybe a deal comes around.
 
bdreason said:
I'm thinking about a 970 as well. You can get them on Newegg for $350. I'm gonna probably wait until the fall, and maybe a deal comes around.
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Not up here in Canada. $450 is about the price for the 970s. 980s run in the $800 range.

Just hoping by the time the 970 is affordable for us up here that it won't have already become a bottleneck issue.
 
And I thought prices here were high. A 970 is usually about 340€, the 390 about 360€. With few clicks tho I managed to find an XFX 390 at 310€ and PNY 970 at 306€. These versions are the worst but it's still a decent deal. I'm gonna try to find myself a MSI 390 at the same price range.
 
Zuni said:
Received my MSI R9 380 4 gig today. Seems like a pretty solid card so far. Everything installed very easily. I'm loving the cooling setup on this card. It's my first MSI card, so I didn't know what to expect with the zero frozr design. It runs cool and quiet all the time. Idle temps are higher than some cards because the fans don't run at idle.

I've been playing around with the virtual super resolution a bit today and it seems to work well in every game I've tried. It's nice to use when anti aliasing would otherwise give you a performance hit.

This generation of cards seems to be mostly a stop gap for the new stuff on the horizon. The 380 is basically a 285 with some added features. I wasn't looking to spend much over $200 for a card and I hate buying used electronics, so I went with this one. I really like the supersc ftw 960 too.

I think the one in this video is the 2 gig version.

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Im suprised it beat Nvidia on TW3, nice stuff.
 
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