Video Card Discussion

Baek

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Didn't see a vidya card thread yet, so here we go.

The average price is still lingering around ~$450 for a gtx 1070. Think it will go down soon? When's a good time to buy? I usually go with ASUS/EVGA/Gigabyte for cards. I'll be upgrading from a 560 ti... so kinda chomping at the bit.
 
Jovec

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I think it will be 2-3 months before the prices drop. There is a lot of pent up demand for new GPUs since they've been stuck on 22nm for so long and supply seems to be low.
 
Lambourne

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I'm bad at patience so I bought a 1080 the first week it came out. Still have not seen prices drop much. You could consider a 980ti, those will be at "get these out of the door now" prices and still a very good card.
 
Soygen

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Couldn't we have named this something a bit more 'general' like Video Cards Thread? We don't have to literally copy the names from ReRolled. ;)
 
radditsu

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I want a non reference RX 480. I want it now!

I am almost eyeballing a r9 390, but i dont think its going to scale as well as the 480
 
Lenas

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Soygen said:
Couldn't we have named this something a bit more 'general' like Video Cards Thread? We don't have to literally copy the names from ReRolled. ;)
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Edit the title then, staff member PIG

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Soygen

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Done. That was a bigger pain in the ass than the old forum.
 
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Jovec

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Lambourne said:
You could consider a 980ti, those will be at "get these out of the door now" prices and still a very good card.
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It's a hard call, assuming 980/980ti pricing is attractive. Roughly speaking, 1060=980 and 1070=980ti. 900 series has good power efficiency, but Nvidia has a history of limited driver support/optimization for older hardware. AMD is the opposite. Their older hardware seems to scale better than NVs, but they have bad power consumption in their older 200/300 lines.

If one tends to update GPUs less frequently, it's probably worth it to wait a few months for prices to drop (or save up a little extra) and buy the latest generation.
 
Jovec

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Soygen said:
This only for 970s? I got some email from NewEgg saying there was a class action for 980 class boards, which I have. Is there another class action suit or did they get that wrong?
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It should only be for the 970s. I got a Newegg email for some 960 I bought, so I think it's an error, or at least, the suit is casting too wide a net.

The 970s did have 4GB of VRAM, they just had much slower access to the last 512MB due to the memory bus structure.
 
jooka

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We have been informed about a class action lawsuit settlement with NVIDIA regarding the GTX 970 graphics card. Newegg is currently awaiting details about the settlement bbclaims process (instructions, website). Once we have this important information, we will send you a follow-up email with the specifics on how you can submit your claim.

If you have any questions regarding the information provided in this email, please don't hesitate to contact Newegg Customer Service through one of the convenient contact methods provided here.

Sincerely,
Your Newegg Customer Support Team
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just got this from Newegg
 
Denamian

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Got my notice from Newegg. I'll happily take the $30, though as in all class action lawsuits, the real winners are the lawyers.
 
Wingz

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Nvidia GTX 980 and 960 lawsuit notifications sent to Newegg customers - PC Invasion

Damn....I just bought a 980 two months ago.

Checked my email and sure enough from Newegg:

We have been informed about a class action lawsuit settlement with NVIDIA regarding the GTX 980 graphics card. Newegg is currently awaiting details about the settlement claims process (instructions, website). Once we have this important information, we will send you a follow-up email with the specifics on how you can submit your claim.

If you have any questions regarding the information provided in this email, please don't hesitate to contact Newegg Customer Service through one of the convenient contact methods provided here.

Sincerely,
Your Newegg Customer Support Team
 
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Noodleface

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I escalated the 970 shit with Amazon. Gonna see what they say.

I have the 1070 now and holy fuck balls it's a good card. I haven't had a bleeding edge card (I know, not a 1080) in years and it feels good. Avg 210-250 fps in overwatch on max settings. About 97 Avg in towns in wow.
 
Tarisk

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Noodleface said:
I escalated the 970 shit with Amazon. Gonna see what they say.

I have the 1070 now and holy fuck balls it's a good card. I haven't had a bleeding edge card (I know, not a 1080) in years and it feels good. Avg 210-250 fps in overwatch on max settings. About 97 Avg in towns in wow.
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Weren't you saying in another thread it was 55'ish in towns?
 
Noodleface

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If I put the slider on 10/10 it's like 55ish in towns. I turn up mostly everything except some major drags (shadows)
 
Joeboo

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Baek said:
The average price is still lingering around ~$450 for a gtx 1070. Think it will go down soon?
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I've already seen a few 1070s available briefly for under $400 after mail-in-rebate. Jet.com had one brand that was around $360 after rebate, Newegg had an ASUS 1070 for like $385 after a special paypal discount, etc.

Seems like the prices are already dropping a little bit, it should become more common to see them under $400 in the next couple months.
 
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