How Much Would a PC Cost with Specs similar to Scorpio.

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Mafioso said:

Captain_Yuri said:

Yet we see time and time again that it won't matter for most cases... Yes, scorpio has hardware that will push above it's weight (I didn't say otherwise) but there is hardly anything in it which suggests that it will deliver performance like a 1070.

Not sure what some of other PC comments have to do with anything though. Just sounds like you are taking shots if anything... And I am pretty sure the driver support is much longer than 1-2 years although I am not sure what does that have to do with anything... And it's also not like you need an i7 to take advantage of a 1070 (or most other GPUs) either.

Yes, a 1070...to make an argument of its performance- requires a no CPU bottleneck and proper driver support over the long haul. And in the end..its still a 4K/30 GPU at best. Anyone that has seen the rapid demise of the GTX780/780Ti as soon as the 970 came out has witnessed what happens in the PC space.

The way Scorpio has been engineered it will aim for that same perf target. Will it always deliver a solid 4K profile? No, then again neither does a 1070.

Well yea if you want to see a no cpu bottleneck but as the resolutions increase, the cpu doesn't become the limiting factor... You don't need say an i7 to get the full performance out of a 1070 at say 4k... But if you are talking about a pure measurement of performance instead of whether or not you need an i7 to take advantage, then I agree.

There is also more to hardware than to just achieve the resolution such as graphical detail settings. I am not talking about achieving 4k because I think the Scorpio will deliver 4k resolution in virtually every single game however I doubt it will be in the same settings as a 1070 thus making it weaker.

Also if we are talking about optimization, lets not forget that it is up to the developers on whether or not they want to optimize to take advantage of the hardware. Case and point: Ps4 Pro. We have seen games be all over the place when it comes to optimization... Some games have visual enhancements at 1080p while other's don't. Some games are checkerboarding from 1440p where as others such as nier are running at 1080p. And many more different configurations so it's not like optimization is the end all be all secret sauce. Where as we have seen a 1060 beat a ps4 pro in visual quality regardless of the resolution it's running in. Specially when you consider that there is little to gain in terms of money from doing additional work apart from just ensuring that the game runs at 4k from the publisher's side.

And yes, the 7xx series certainly performed oddly however I'd consider the 700 series the exception than the rule. Since Pascal has been out for nearly a year now and the 9xx series have not taken a hit like the 7xx did.