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Munkeh111 on 24 May 2013
CGI-Quality said:
Munkeh111 said:
I'm just hoping that this lowers prices for existing models. My ASUS 670 has yet to fail with Ultra 1080p 60fps (apart from Far Cry 3), so I think my best option will be a second one when they are cheap rather than this

Having said that, it is good to see a bit of competition in the GPU market, unlike the CPU market where Intel can just put tiny increments out each time because AMD aren't competitive, certainly in the desktop market

Ha, try Metro: Last Light! If Far Cry 3 is problematic, Metro might make it choke.

I've heard it's a really badly optimised game... My worry is Rome II. Shogun can make it creak when I do stupid things, but I am hoping that is the game's fault not the graphics card



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AnthonyW86 on 24 May 2013
smbu2000 said:
Interesting card, but Nvidia also raised the price to go along with it. $650 is quite a big jump over the 680 and the 7970 GE.

Abroad the prices are even worse. In Japan the 780 is launching for 85,000 yen to 93,000 yen in that price range from what I've seen. I picked up my MSI Lightning 7970 BE (GE card) for just over 40,000 yen not to long ago so the 780 is more than double what I paid, ouch!

To be fair the Titan and 7990 launched at around the 120,000 yen to 135,000 yen price range. It's still way overpriced though as it does not offer a significant improvement over the 7970 GE to justify double the price. At least the Titan has the additional compute power (that's gimped on the 780) as well as the massive 6gb of ram to justify it's price.

Not to mention both Xbox One and PS4 use HD7xxx based gpu's, causing alot of games to be more optimized for AMD hardware.



GameAnalyser on 24 May 2013

How is the tessellation for Tomb Raider on this card? 30 FPS+?



Munkeh111 on 24 May 2013
CGI-Quality said:
Munkeh111 said:
CGI-Quality said:
Munkeh111 said:
I'm just hoping that this lowers prices for existing models. My ASUS 670 has yet to fail with Ultra 1080p 60fps (apart from Far Cry 3), so I think my best option will be a second one when they are cheap rather than this

Having said that, it is good to see a bit of competition in the GPU market, unlike the CPU market where Intel can just put tiny increments out each time because AMD aren't competitive, certainly in the desktop market

Ha, try Metro: Last Light! If Far Cry 3 is problematic, Metro might make it choke.

I've heard it's a really badly optimised game... My worry is Rome II. Shogun can make it creak when I do stupid things, but I am hoping that is the game's fault not the graphics card

It's not as poorly optimized as 2033, but it's no where near as smooth as, say, Crysis 3 was. Of course, it's got a decent amount of tech advantgaes on Crysis 3 (heavy emphasis on tessellation, unmatched lighting, the most detailed textures in any game to date, but it could still use an engine touch-up. 

To be fair to them, they are a tiny studio and won't have any where near the resources of Crytek



Munkeh111 on 24 May 2013
CGI-Quality said:
Munkeh111 said:
CGI-Quality said:

It's not as poorly optimized as 2033, but it's no where near as smooth as, say, Crysis 3 was. Of course, it's got a decent amount of tech advantgaes on Crysis 3 (heavy emphasis on tessellation, unmatched lighting, the most detailed textures in any game to date, but it could still use an engine touch-up. 

To be fair to them, they are a tiny studio and won't have any where near the resources of Crytek

No, but it's the best comparison to make from a technical, and visual, standpoint.

I did actually pick up Merto 2033, so maybe I should give that a try and see what damage it can do



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Cobretti2 on 24 May 2013

Here is an interesting question.

Since all the consoles are using AMD chips, would it make more sense to get the latest AMD chips for PC when they arrive as games will be better optimised for AMD for multiplatform games?



 

 

happydolphin on 24 May 2013

Is the TITAN based on the 780, and does it need to be paired?



zarx on 24 May 2013
CGI-Quality said:

It's not as poorly optimized as 2033, but it's no where near as smooth as, say, Crysis 3 was. Of course, it's got a decent amount of tech advantgaes on Crysis 3 (heavy emphasis on tessellation, unmatched lighting, the most detailed textures in any game to date, but it could still use an engine touch-up. 


I blame Nvidia, the engine is actually pretty well optimised (If you don't crank up Motion Blur, PhysX, and Tessellation to the highest settings while using SSAA it runs quite well all things considered) it just has settings and effects that push the limits of current hardware. There are some things that do need fixing and hopefully there will be a major patch soon and the next round of drivers should help. I mean at least it has nothing like Crysis 3's performance killing rope



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