I'm sure if he upgraded the 50p case fan and put the side panel back on there will be no more issue than any other card.
noiren
9 Sep 16#3
This is better than a 6GB 1060 but typically by only 10% but does use nearly twice the power.
Organdonor
9 Sep 16#4
This or an RX480 8GB ? (Power usage is not a factor for me just want the most powerful/'future proof' card of the two)
lkahalestoyer to Organdonor
9 Sep 161#5
Personally went for the rx480 Amazon have the 4gb sapphire for the same price, arguably the 480 would be more future proof for dx12/Vulcan titles but there's not many about at the moment
ReckIess to Organdonor
9 Sep 16#6
480 will outperform it in Dx12/Vulcan titles, so if you want a long term card get the 480. Also at higher resolutions (>1080p) the 8GB of VRAM will most likely make the 480 pull ahead.
fishmaster
9 Sep 161#7
That's playing the waiting game though, there's only one significant title that uses Vulkan which is DOOM. Also the RX480 eventually runs out of performance against the best offerings from Nvidia. OK we're talking midrange here. It's difficult to say at the moment I say the GTX 1060 edges it unless you're really in to DOOM. I think the GTX1060 6GB is currently the best midrange gaming card, it's hard to predict the future, maybe in a year or two there will be many titles using the Vulkan API, however Vulkan still has a long way to go.
AMD Vega has the potential to shake things up at the high end, however that's a 2017 technology and Nvidia will come back with a revised architecture that will deal effectively with the whole scenario of Async Compute. Async Compute is more complicated than just saying a card supports or doesn't support Async Compute.
This video disolves the myths behind Async Compute >
I have a prodigy mITX case, so I'd probably run into similar issues. Even with 2 120 spectre pros at the front and dual fan on my noctua, the case heat build up is immense. I didn't expect the 780 to sit at it's throttle temp 80c. Fired up Afterburner with a custom fan profile sorts it out at the expense of more noise, 72c at full tilt.
BettySwollocks098
9 Sep 16#9
got the 980ti yesterday for £300 is it worth cancelling that for this card or is the extra £100 worth it for the Ti?
csf to BettySwollocks098
9 Sep 16#11
hmm i rather have the 100 in my pocket :smiley:
schnide
9 Sep 16#10
Does anyone have a good link that explains what the hell the good/latest Nvidia cards are? Because the numbering system absolutely bewilders me.
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AMD Vega has the potential to shake things up at the high end, however that's a 2017 technology and Nvidia will come back with a revised architecture that will deal effectively with the whole scenario of Async Compute. Async Compute is more complicated than just saying a card supports or doesn't support Async Compute.
This video disolves the myths behind Async Compute >
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOGIDMJThto
My mITX system is literally an oven, my R9 390X will hit 94 degrees!