Received my 980 and captured some 4K DSR shots at 1080p. Wow!
Received my 980 and captured some 4K DSR shots at 1080p. Wow!
You're considering whether to upgrade now or hold off until the next generation GPU release.
Keep going, it's not clear yet if you'll need a better card and you should wait to see what AMD has to offer. If you're forced to sell your card and receive a 980 or 290 8gb model, consider it.
I agree with the same point and will wait until next year. Once SC is ready, we should see Pascal moving from 28nm to 16nm FinFET. It will skip the 22nm stage because of production challenges—Maxwell was initially planned for it, which makes this proposal quite compelling. TMSC is suggesting a gate density double that of 28nm, offering 40% speed boost at the same power or 60% less power at the same speed. Broadwell at 14nm has already demonstrated impressive results with a smaller transition compared to Haswell (22nm). That’s the direction I’m considering.
It operates smoothly. The hangar reaches the 3.5 threshold and remains there. The Arena Commander consumes significantly less VRAM.
Because the stuttering appears more pronounced online, it gets exaggerated. Even after hitting the 3.5GB limit, the game still operates on the first 3.5GB. I'm not claiming it doesn<|pad|>, but if it had to read each sector at about 6150MHz the frame rate would drop noticeably (my calculations aren't perfect). As I keep emphasizing, the 4K tests are reliable and I suspect Slick and Linus would have addressed the problem if there was an issue.
I haven't noticed the improvement in gameplay yet, but in Kombustor the frame rate falls from over 80 to about 50 when you fill all 4 GB of buffer. It's present. Shadow of Mordor may face some stuttering with the HD texture packs at 1080.
What a PC game should resemble in 2015! Not those poor console adaptations. And ultimately a title that encourages spending over 2K on a new machine. Cool visuals!
Now I understand exactly what I need to purchase—abandon this 970.