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Hynad on 01 February 2013
disolitude said:
Hynad said:
CGI-Quality said:
Hynad said:
CGI-Quality said:

http://gamersyde.com/stream_crysis_3_airport_pc_beta_-29406_en.html

Check out that stream. 

- Intel i7 2700K @ 4.7 GHz
- 16 Go DDR3 1600 MHz
- 2x NVidia GTX 680 SLI

The performance looks fabulous on SLI 680. No doubt the 690 can achieve that.


Dude. CE 3 is a frickin' beast! Thsi game looks incredibly good. (not gameplay wise though... Bland as ever)

Still haven't played the beta. Won't really be able to test it with my current build anyway, in the process of building my second.

What do you guys think about a relatively affordable (for me, ok? I don't have 3000 to put on a PC :P) crossfire setup with 2x 7950 and a i7-3770k 3.5GHz?

This will easily max out Crysis 3 and any game for the next few years.

Keep in mind that if you are gaming on screens that have relatively high PPI (1080p game on 24 inches or less) you don't need to turn on Anti Aliasing as high as you would on a 720p game running on a 50 inch TV. AA tends to kill your performance and is usually not necessary to be enabled more than 2X or 4X. Also VSYNC enabled is a must on 60 HZ displays. 


I game on a 1080p 32incher. With my current build, depending on the game I play, I may remove AA to get better performance in 1080p resolution. But since the screen is a little big for sitting close range to it, I usually notice it. But it's not annoying all that much. Unless there's a lot of foliage... like Skyrim... then it's a real jag fest!



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Hynad on 01 February 2013
CGI-Quality said:
Hynad said:
CGI-Quality said:
Hynad said:
CGI-Quality said:

http://gamersyde.com/stream_crysis_3_airport_pc_beta_-29406_en.html

Check out that stream. 

- Intel i7 2700K @ 4.7 GHz
- 16 Go DDR3 1600 MHz
- 2x NVidia GTX 680 SLI

The performance looks fabulous on SLI 680. No doubt the 690 can achieve that.


Dude. CE 3 is a frickin' beast! Thsi game looks incredibly good. (not gameplay wise though... Bland as ever)

Still haven't played the beta. Won't really be able to test it with my current build anyway, in the process of building my second.

What do you guys think about a relatively affordable (for me, ok? I don't have 3000 to put on a PC :P) crossfire setup with 2x 7950 and a i7-3770k 3.5GHz?

That would be a fairly beast set-up! Though, personally, I always go NVIDIA for GPUs (driver support is key), but I don't see any reason that wouldn't work. What's the mobo, RAM, storage looking like?


Not decided on the RAm yet, but will most likely settle for 8GB @ 1866MHz. As for the mother board, I find Asus's Sabertooth really tempting.

For storage, I'll go with a 256GB SSD for C and for common storage, anything will go. Ha ha.



Hynad on 01 February 2013
CGI-Quality said:
Hynad said:
CGI-Quality said:
Hynad said:
CGI-Quality said:

Still haven't played the beta. Won't really be able to test it with my current build anyway, in the process of building my second.

What do you guys think about a relatively affordable (for me, ok? I don't have 3000 to put on a PC :P) crossfire setup with 2x 7950 and a i7-3770k 3.5GHz?

That would be a fairly beast set-up! Though, personally, I always go NVIDIA for GPUs (driver support is key), but I don't see any reason that wouldn't work. What's the mobo, RAM, storage looking like?


Not decided on the RAm yet, but will most likely settle for 8GB @ 1866MHz. As for the mother board, I find Asus's Sabertooth really tempting.

Those mobos are very good, especially for mid-high range builds. 8GB of RAM is another plus, particularly at that speed (make sure to go no higher than a CL of 9, though).


Yeah, most of the RAM I'm looking for have a CL of 9. 



BlueFalcon on 01 February 2013
CGI-Quality said:
The performance looks fabulous on SLI 680. No doubt the 690 can achieve that.

Thanks CGI! Looks like you were right :) 

 

disolitude said:
Speaking of Crysis 3, I want to see AMD vs Intel comparison with this game...

Latest MP Beta benchmarks with Catalyst 13.2 Beta 4 and NV 313.95 drivers 



BlueFalcon on 01 February 2013
disolitude said:
Why is the GTX part blurred out? Could be an SLI'd 680 or overclocked 690...we can't know for sure now.

It's a fake. That score was achieved an on overclocked 690.



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disolitude on 01 February 2013
BlueFalcon said:
CGI-Quality said:
The performance looks fabulous on SLI 680. No doubt the 690 can achieve that.

Thanks CGI! Looks like you were right :) 

 

disolitude said:
Speaking of Crysis 3, I want to see AMD vs Intel comparison with this game...

Latest MP Beta benchmarks with Catalyst 13.2 Beta 4 and NV 313.95 drivers 


Interesting. Would like to see Piledriver benchmarks too but I guess this shows it will probably be in 80 avg, 50 min range.

This is surprising to be honest. Considering Crysis 2 scales to well to multiple CPU cores I would expect 3 to scale as good. In something like Cinebench in multicore tests, 8350 rapes the 2500k by a good 30%. I don't see why 2013 games and beyond can't be utilized to take advantage of the extra cores...



Captain_Tom on 02 February 2013
BlueFalcon said:
Captain_Tom said:
-The 8970 will use 25% more stream processors so there you go on that clear cut buff.

-The 8970 has 50% more ROP's, and 30% more TMU's.

-The overall pixel and texture fill rate are 40-50% faster than the 7970.

-The memory clock is 6500 MHz effective.  (Crazy higher than the 7970)

All the specs you listed are pure speculation based on VGChartz. The guy who runs the site, WhyCry, put together his own "speculative" analysis of HD8970's specs based on rumors he gathered from various internet sources: http://videocardz.com/35050/amd-radeon-hd-8970-rumored-specification-analysis

Keep in mind that those rumors he put together have never been confirmed. Unlike a working K20/K20X GK110 chip around which we know some details, HD8970 only exists in AMD's offices and for us, just on paper (or rather based on Internet's unsubstantiated rumors). 

Last year Kit Guru reported that they got access to inside sources in Far East and HD8000 series was actually aimed to launch around Computex, or June 2013:

http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/jules/amd-radeon-hd-8970-and-8950-launch-plans-revealed/

Fast forward to today and now Sweclockers reports that both NV and AMD may delay GTX700/HD8000 series to Q4 2013. 

"The new circuits can be "at best" pop up in the fourth quarter of 2013, ie in the period October-december. This could mean, for example, the Radeon HD 7970 has time to fill two years before a proper replacement can find on the market."

http://www.sweclockers.com/nyhet/16480-nasta-generation-geforce-och-radeon-skjuts-upp-till-q4-2013

Nvidia could still launch the Titan right to coincide with the launch of Crysis 3 as that sounds like a great marketing move to strengthen their brand equity and reclaim the performance crown. The situation is far less clear about what's happening with GTX780 and HD8970. If their launch is truly delayed to Q4 2013, does that mean 20nm Maxwell/Volcanic Islands will also be delayed from 2014 to 2015? Or will GTX780/HD8970 will be one of the shortest lived "refresh" generations in history before being replaced by far superior 20nm parts in mid-2014?

With bitcoin mining prices on fire at > $20 per coin, I would snap 2x HD8990s with 2560 SPs x 4 in a heartbeat but AMD seems to have run into serious issues or something because it's been more than a year since HD7970 launched and there isn't even a sign of HD8970 launching any time soon. No rumors, no specs, no articles from anyone regarding when it's coming. Dead silence, except the Sweclockers rumor of delays to Q4 2013....


What I listed is not pure speculation.  That leaked sheet has been found on numurous websites.  That doesn't make them anywhere near "Set in Stone,"but they are based on something.  

However I wouldn't be surprised if both AMD and Nvidia delay their next line-up.

AMD:

They are selling very well and this is possibly the best moment ever to buy an AMD card.  They are being advised by forum users and techsites left and right with a clear price/performance crown at arguably every price point.  In addition to this, their mobile graphics are clawing away small amounts of market share as well and that is where most of the money is at this point.  No reason to update unless you have to.

Nvidia:

The 600 series is also selling very well.  Otherwise NV is probably still trying to fix its manufacturing yields so the 700 series can profit.  When the 680 launched it was stronger (At stock), more efficient, and CHEAPER than the 7970.  However the 7970 was able to sit by and keep selling for 2 months because NV couldn't produce enough 680's.  Then when they were in stock, AMD release a refined version of the 7970 that once again stole the performance crown, and has kept it since.  They are not gonna let that happen again.

Other:  Do they really need to release another flagship so soon?  The 7970 is currently around twice as powerful as the 6970, and the 680 is at least 50% stronger than the 580.  The differences between the 480 and 580 was fairly small in all honesty.  When there are performance gains this big between a generation, it usually takes the companies around 1.5-2 years before they do a full refresh.



Tachikoma on 06 February 2013

Picked up a GTX580 3b today for 5300 yen, nice!



BlueFalcon on 06 February 2013
Tachikoma said:
Picked up a GTX580 3b today for 5300 yen, nice!

Someone sold you a GTX580 for less than $60 USD? 

http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert/?Amount=5300&From=JPY&To=USD

How did you  manage to get such an amazing deal? :)



Soleron on 09 February 2013



Possible confirmation of that rumour.

If true then it's either canned because 8xxx isn't a significant advance over 7xxx (power and cost bound) or that AMD is in more severe trouble financially than advertised.