Hardware Discussion Thread

[AnyOldName3]

Based on the fact that NVidia cards tend to lose performance with driver upgrades once their replacement is out (except for titles which the driver specifically says it's improving) whereas AMD ones tend to get faster, it's possible that the RX 480 will end up outperforming the GTX 1060 in a few years. You might want to look this up further if you intend to keep the same GPU for a number of years.

[Craftyawesome]

I found a 1060 at MSRP 250

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500402&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Video+Card+-+Nvidia-_-N82E16814500402&gclid=CjwKEAjw26C9BRCOrKeYgJH17kcSJACb-HNAahgGv7VE-EqALZnEig6FglVDNSkuo9XXUMEQYlQAlBoCS3Lw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds


Witchcraft

[ExtremeDude2]

Out of stock

[AnyOldName3]

My brother's considering whether or not he wants an RX 470 (or potentially a cheap RX 480) for his upcoming birthday, and as our dad has to spend the next few days in the US for work, he has a chance to get one for cheaper than is possible in the UK. However, I'm not that educated on American PC hardware shopping, and apart from knowing that getting Newegg to deliver to a hotel is silly, I'm not really sure what shops to google for.

Specifically, he's going to be in Albuquerque, and so far I've managed to determine that there's a Best Buy, but as far as I can tell, they're not selling the RX 470 yet. Can anyone lend a hand with suggesting other places to look?

[NaturalViolence]

AnyOldName3 Wrote:Based on the fact that NVidia cards tend to lose performance with driver upgrades once their replacement is out (except for titles which the driver specifically says it's improving) whereas AMD ones tend to get faster, it's possible that the RX 480 will end up outperforming the GTX 1060 in a few years.

Source?

My 7900 GS, 8800GT, GTX 260, and GTX 660 all still performs the same as the day I got them in the games I have tested. All of them are currently being used by friends/family.

[teh_speleegn_polease]

(08-10-2016, 05:53 AM)AnyOldName3 Wrote: My brother's considering whether or not he wants an RX 470 (or potentially a cheap RX 480) for his upcoming birthday, and as our dad has to spend the next few days in the US for work, he has a chance to get one for cheaper than is possible in the UK. However, I'm not that educated on American PC hardware shopping, and apart from knowing that getting Newegg to deliver to a hotel is silly, I'm not really sure what shops to google for.

Specifically, he's going to be in Albuquerque, and so far I've managed to determine that there's a Best Buy, but as far as I can tell, they're not selling the RX 470 yet. Can anyone lend a hand with suggesting other places to look?

Meh, I did the same thing with my dad and just got Amazon to deliver to the hotel.

Standard shipping is usually 4-5 days or what have you, so as long as you have a two-day window during which deliveries are fine, you just need to time your order properly. That, or pay like £10 at most for next-day shipping and have it guaranteed to arrive on exactly one particular day.

A quick word at the reception that you're expecting a parcel, and the time doesn't matter as you (or rather, your dad) will just collect it in the evening.

It may be silly but it works.

[AnyOldName3]

(08-10-2016, 06:09 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: Source?

My 7900 GS, 8800GT, GTX 260, and GTX 660 all still performs the same as the day I got them in the games I have tested.  All of them are currently being used by friends/family.

My GTX 770 is slower in the majority of games I've tested. I had a table somewhere at some point. My other brother's R9 285 has improved with driver updates (or at least he says so). Some of this may be due to game updates rather than the graphics driver (I know that this is a big chunk of the cause in things like GTAV), but there are a couple of sites which benchmark different video drivers. I'm pretty sure AdoredTV did a video about it, and he seems to know what he's talking about.

[NaturalViolence]

AnyOldName3 Wrote:but there are a couple of sites which benchmark different video drivers

Such as?

Unless you can give me a reliable source I don't believe you. The hearsay of your brother is not sufficient evidence.

[admin89]

You guy probably knew this but desktop is dying . Nvidia will bring all desktop GPU to laptop
The price of gaming laptop nowadays is considered fair price to me . Like the Dell 7559 : 6th gen i7 + GTX 960M (=GTX 750ti) for $800 , a desktop build like 6th gen i5 + GTX 750ti + monitor + mouse/keyboard will cost pretty much the same
Can't wait to see GTX 1060 on laptop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJo-abK64fg

[DrHouse64]

Hum idk, prices will raise...