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Post by Brighttail on Oct 5, 2016 12:51:46 GMT -5
The 660ti was a good card, still is.
I upgraded to the new NVidia 10 version of cards but didn't go SLI this time. It really did help with the game I found.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2016 15:20:02 GMT -5
So I guess my question is how much would you spend over a 7 year period, including initial purchase to be able to play any game on the market? that is all up to the consumer and how much performance he/she wants. does he/she want 60+ fps on the highest settings? or are they more than willing to step down to a mid level range. I will take my Titan I bought nearly 4 years ago (44 months) into example: the price tag on that was outrageous, almost twice of its worth in power per watts. But it was all about timing for me, I was already building a brand new rig and wanted the best that i could get in the form of single gpu card. This titan is still kicking, and I am banking on it kicking for a couple more years at a minimum. even after 4 years, its still has the raw power to play the games I play maxed out, and I know that will likely not be the case years down the road, it has earned its keep so to speak. I could upgrade now to a gtx1080 and see a decent performance difference, but at this time its not needed, my current performance is not in need of an upgrade. in fact, nothing in my build will need replacing until it breaks or a game that i really want to play uses a new version of DirectX that the titan does not support. future proofing, costs good money up front, but saves money on the back end. Now, my story is a little extreme with the Titan, I could have gone with a GTX 780 at that time and upgraded it 2-4 years later for another card at that price point, and looking back, that would have been smarter in the long run, but i simply was not on a budget, and the titan was just about to be released, and there was a lot of hype (and benches to back it up). If i were to build a pc this month, it would get a GTX1080 in it, that should last much longer than my current titan will last me backed dated 4 years ago. the new line-up from nvidia seems to be quite a leap from the previous gen. The 1080 is a fantastic card, went from two 970's sli and the difference is huge. That 8 gig of ram is great, should last me a few years playing games at 1440
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