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Which could happen. Vega 64 was not very efficient, using more power than the 1080 while at best performing on par.

Despite AMD not being to compete with Nvidia's high end on 12/14nm process, having a node advantage is a really big deal when it comes to GPUs. Whatever, and if there are any, inefficiencies in design from both a hardware and driver perspective there may between the next AMD and Nvidia cards can be entirely mitigated and masked by AMD having that node advantage. Vega right now is still performance competitive with the GTX 1080 and 1070. Shrink that down, beef up the shader count, and do like they're famous for and undercut the RTX lineup on pricing and they could actually be viable competition again at the high end. The RTX will then just appeal to those who want to be early adopters of the Ray Tracing tech, but for other 4k users just looking for solid framerates Vega 20 could be a great value option until the second and third generation RTX lineup - or whatever answer AMD might come up for Ray Tracing.

I remember the theater showing of the first Avengers on opening night so vividly I don't need to watch it again, lol. I don't think I've been in a more magical audience since then.

Those are actually fair criticisms about how the characters create their own "false" obstacles by making dumb decisions - which is far more important than nitpicking shit like how are the bombs going to fall onto the Dreadnaught. The Canto Blight stretch is pretty much pointless, in that screen time could have been better devoted to something else, and it really makes no sense why Rose would prioritize those animals when all of her friends are about to die. Yeah, the emotional direction of some characters and scenes were indeed off - much like Leia ignoring Chewie at the end of TFA - and I'll probably not be able to overlook the happy ending of TLJ from now on. In fact, since my last viewing I had completely forgotten what the tone of the ending was in the first place. Every blockbuster today has those dumb comic relief scenes, so I don't really have a problem with Luke drinking blue milk and the rest of the gags. But I really like his idea of the movie ending after Snoke dies. And that idea makes WAY more sense after Carrie Fisher had died. So they should have done whatever they could to edit the movie such that Carrie would be the one to sacrifice herself instead of Holdo. They had the time to do it before release. Now we're going to have to suffer through JJ's method of dealing with it. When Episode IX is out, we're going to look back on this trilogy and see what a disjointed mess it is. Despite the logistical problems with TLJ, I still don't think it's a bad movie. But I might be biased here because I am 100% behind the decision to kill off Snoke without giving us his backstory, because I despised how TFA built him up and basically cloned the narrative structure of ANH. We've already seen the Master/Apprentice in control of the galaxy versus a small band of rebels, why do the same story again? My sheer enjoyment out of this one unexpected outcome helps me overlook the flaws of the film.

Well "Vega 2" and Zen 2 were designed with TSMC in mind from the beginning so there won't be a short-term impact of this decision on us, the consumer.

Hmm, I am eagerly awaiting the technical write-up on what kind of changes they made to the shader cores themselves. I was assuming there wasn't much of a change, but if they somehow managed to increase the efficiency on top of utilizing the tensor cores and driver optimizations then maybe the price is justified.

At a resolution of 1080p the GTX 1070 and 1060 6GB are the best value graphics card, currently. Either of them will be fine for that resolution for a few more years. Your current processor is good enough. You could get a GTX 1080 and be fine, but that card will only be able to stretch its legs in the really demanding games, so really I don't think it's worth pairing with your current system. You wouldn't really notice the real world difference between a 1080 and 1070, since when these video cards are paired with a fast CPU at 1080p there's only a 20% performance gap.

The tech is indeed exciting. It's probably the most exciting tech in over a decade. But the cards are not exciting - for the simple fact we are old hags who have seen it all. The first iteration/generation of any new tech has never delivered the promises in spades. It takes two, three generations (or never) for the performance to catch up to the tech, such that when then performance is there THEN developers can actually widely implement it. Just look at tessellation, PhysX, and etc. The first games to use them did so in less than stellar fashion, and it took a few generations before the performance from cards to be good enough to properly use these features. And in addition, for all of you running at 4k these cards aren't really going to move the needle much for your performance. So I'm sure those of you hoping to get some headroom for future 4k titles are even more disappointed. It seems like you also won't be running ray-tracing in 4k anyway. Sacrifices, more sacrifices!

Titan V could give the 2080 Ti a run for its money, and you could have had that 8 months ago! (At the cost of all your dignity)

I'm not impressed at all. I feel bad for telling a few people to wait until these cards are released. Might as well buy a GTX 1070 right now, and then see what the true next generation video cards on 7nm process are going to deliver next year. It's also never been wise to jump on a new technology during the first iteration - especially one that isn't a DX standard yet.

I knew the CPU would do wonders. Now just save up for up a monster graphics card.

Over 5 years ago I went back to try and play some Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. I couldn't finish the game, as modern first person shooters have ruined pretty much all older titles. Goldeneye is even rougher. But the two things that are still impressive about Perfect Dark are, 1) Versatility: The sheer amount of ways to play the game, especially multiplayer. There are so many modes to choose from, and you can customize everything about deathmatches. Also I appreciate how every weapon is unique in offering both primary and secondary fire modes. 2) Hit detection on enemies and how they react to being shot. I like how enemies will curse you when you wound them. I like how you can shoot the gun out of their hands, and then pick up that gun, leaving them unarmed. I like shooting them in the foot, and then they will hop around on that foot in pain. Even in today's shooters, hit location (head, chest, arm, legs) is just a damage modifier and enemies hardly react to the difference among them.

It pretty much is pointless to OC. Ryzen can't go past 4.2 ghz really, which it boosts to at stock anyway. OCing will just increase your power consumption. Changing RAM speed should not affect XFR.

Well I was able to drudge through season 1 because the conspiracy of The Hand was intriguing enough, but season 2 better have more Kung Fu.

The only complaint I can come up with is that it really isn't a stand-alone movie. Not that I was expecting it to be, but if someone has never watched any (or most) of the previous entries this movie would make little sense and have little emotional impact. But considering that I'm a nerd and have watched every other movie multiple times, this movie made me feel shit, man. I am most particularly fond of Thor's storyline. I really enjoyed his journey and his persistence to keep going on - actually becoming more determined - despite losing almost everyone he cares about (Sif is the only character that we haven't seen die on screen). Chris Hemsworth is also fucking money and plays the part perfectly. And for this reason I can easily overlook any nitpicks in storytelling.

(Before the Dark World)

Hahaha, OMG. I hope you finished it. Literally the whole video is copy-pasta from the article. Everything is in the same order, the same odd phrases are used ("attack, attack attack!"), and he doesn't even add any new information to his video. Aside from his resume, this is the most convincing evidence. It's not just a few lines or paragraphs like the other examples, and to be honest we can all overlook technical descriptions about the games because there is only one way to say if a game is running at 60 fps, but this example is scary accurate.

You can simply tell from the tone of his voice that he is an ungenuine little fuck.

I always thought it was based on real-life events.

Yeah, I'm definitely cancelling because there are no e-ticketing theaters near me so the service is practically useless.

Well I wasn't expecting those results, but then again I didn't know half of the cores of the 2990WX weren't directly connected to a memory controller.

A vanilla 1050 is fine. Or if you can find an older gen, second-hand card roughly equivalent to the 1050, that will also work: 960, 950, 750, or 660 Ti. Anything faster would be a waste, IMO. But, to answer your question, the best bang for the buck Nvidia GPU is the GTX 1060.

That looks pretty good. You could save a few bucks by getting the 1TB Crucial MX500 SSD, which is almost as fast as the Evo. In the real world, you wouldn't notice the difference.

A simple drop in upgrade to an i7 2600 or 3770 would probably solve you stuttering problems. With today's games now taxing more than 4 cores, the hyperthreading makes a huge difference in performance consistency. I was in the same boat as you a few years ago. I had a 2500k, but I upgraded to a 3770k and noticed my games ran a lot smoother even on a 560 Ti, which is a lot slower than your 970. On the flip side, a total system upgrade would do you wonders as well - faster SSD, 6 or 8 core processor, and a new video card. You would definitely be spending all of that $1000 budget to get what I would feel is a worthwhile investment, but with a more modern processor than an old i7 you will at least not have to worry about the CPU bottlenecking your system. Old i7 processors are really the minimum requirement if you want a smooth gaming experience today, which means in the short future they will not be adequate. Nvidia is set to release new video cards within a few months, so it would be wise to hold out on a video card purchase until that happens. You would want to upgrade to at least a GTX 1070, coming from a 970, and currently those go for about $400. So there's half your budget on just the video card, but video card prices have also been dropping on currently released cards recently, because bitcoin mining has made them expensive the last few years and now the mining craze has died down. Perhaps Nvidia will release a $300-350 card that will offer GTX 1070-like performance. We can only hope. I've noticed SSD prices have also been dropping too. If you wanted to buy something today, with today's prices, I would recommend something like the following. I'm leaving a little room under your budget in case you need to buy Windows 10, but you'll be reusing everything else from your current PC: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1800X 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor ($239.99 @ Newegg) ****CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Amazon) Motherboard: ASRock - X470 Master SLI/AC ATX AM4 Motherboard ($139.99 @ Newegg Business) Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($149.99 @ Newegg) Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card ($379.99 @ Newegg) Total: $939.95 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-10 14:05 EDT-0400 ****You can get the Cooler Master Hyper 212 AM4 upgrade kit (ebay, Microcenter, wherever), then you can use your current Hyper 212+ cooler.

I think we all deserve to see Deadpool with the Infinity Gauntlet.