lt_dan_27 said:
disolitude said:
lt_dan_27 said:
| disolitude said:
We will see...I may upgrade before maxwell. I want that Nvidia Shield lol
Dual gtx 770s would be a nice upgrade, wouldnt break the bank after I sell the 7950s and would fix my microstuter...
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Wouldn't dual 770's suffer from massive ram bottlenecks? I mean, I would feel awful spending $800 on a gpu set up to not even be able to max out bf4.
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On a single screen at 1080p...not even close. Nvidia handles RAM usage better than AMD and where an AMD card uses 2500 MB of RAM, you will see the Nvidia one use 1500 MB.
Also I'm not one of those guys that has to run every game absolutely at max only to generate heat and use more power. 4XAA + 16XAF on a 24 inch screen is plenty for a nice image while gaming...
With that said, I do game on 3 monitors, which could become a bottleneck a year or two down the road. So I may get the 4GB models...
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IF you're not going to max out games, why get a new two 770's? It's aslo been confirmed that maxing out textures will use more than 2gb on BF4. Also, I saw a lot of people complaining about almost using 2gb wih their 680 in 1080p, my 7950 has never been over 2gb either. Also I'm pretty sure a few games will already be using more than 2gb ram with your set up. A lot of games this year will also use more than 2gb ram with max settings. Especially amd games.
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I just benched Bioshock Infinite the other day and it uses 2500 MB o the opening level on a 7950. Same game uses 1800 MB max on GTX 670 and gives better frame rates. This is a known fact that Nvidia handles VRAM usage better than AMDs cards... There are some people that even doubt the benefits of extra RAM on the GK104 cards since the cards are optimized for 2GB.
There is a lot of back and forth about Battlefield 4, but no one has stated that you need more than 2GB to max it out.
The point of getting GTX 770s is to drive 5760x1080 resolutions on 3 monitors at settings that are playable at 60 fps.
"maxing out" games is fine but the visual benefits of maxing out MSAA and other tweaks are not worth the framerate dip. You can hardly tell the diference between MSAA X16 and FXAA on a 24 inch monitor. If I'm aiming for a 60 fps VSYNC on 3 monitors, even 2 Titans would have issues playing some games like Farcry 3 and Crysis 3 at 60 fps (BF4 as well prolly). And not becuase of VRAM...
