What parts did you order?I'm planning on picking up a GTX 1070. Grinding my teeth with anticipation, especially since all my other computer parts have already arrived. Really hope I don't have to wait till July build my PC
What parts did you order?I'm planning on picking up a GTX 1070. Grinding my teeth with anticipation, especially since all my other computer parts have already arrived. Really hope I don't have to wait till July build my PC
And DX12.Vulkan will help with using multiple GPUs at the same time.
And DX12.
Well time will tell. I'm down with whichever API offers the best performance.I'd say in cases when DX12 is strictly needed (Xbox), such combinations won't happen any time soon
Vulkan will help with using multiple GPUs at the same time.
The GTX 1070 costs 500€ ;_; Well, guess I go with AMD this time.
Wow 500 € seriously? I thought the GTX 970 was very well priced at $350 (similar in Euros I suppose), but this is on a whole new level...
And the 1080/1070 GPU GP104 is even smaller than the 970/980 GM204 - meaning, the later top dog cards based on larger GPUs will be even further ahead of those new cards than we saw with Maxwell. Expect 1500$ for a 1080Ti then. 2000$+ for a Pascal Titan. :rofl:
Isn't it supposed to be around $380 for the OEM models? Or maybe a bit more because of added features (OC, better cooling and stuff). 500 Euros seem too extreme. It's probably because there is a lack of supply and a lot of demand now. It should normalize after a while.
Edit: Even EVGA is selling the Founder's Edition (which is supposed to be more expensive) for $450 now, if you check their website. There is an issue here somewhere...
http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=08G-P4-6170-KR
And $420 for the ACX 3.0 cooling version: http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=08G-P4-6171-KR
Well, all this waiting for an EVGA GTX 1080 FTW has sparked the desire for an entirely new rig so I ordered some parts:
Case: Fractal Design R5
Additional Fans x2: Fractal GP14
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB DDR4
Hard Drive: OCZ Vector180 480 GB SSD
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-X99P-SLI
PSU: EVGA 850W gold rated, fully modular
Processor: i7 6800K
Heatsink: Noctua NH-D15
I'm going to use my current four hard drives plus the blu-ray drive from my current rig (not really needed but since I already have it why not?). Until I can get my hands on the new GTX 1080 I'm going to be stuck running my current GTX 680 lol. It'll be interesting to run some benchmarks with the GTX 680 to see how it performs with the new parts vs my old PC.
Broadwell-E is a poor Overclocker.
You don't need 850W, never. 500W is enough if you overclock both GPU and CPU to red hot. I'd recommend 400-450W.
Sure, if I wanted to be running at 95% utilization of the PSU. Many PSU's are more efficient between 50-80% utilization and tend to degrade over the years (causing BSOD or other issues if you're already running them at 95% utilization). This 850W ensures I have enough power to overclock both the PSU, GPU, power the 4 system fans and 4 hard drives and gives me a bit of leeway for expanding in the future.
Then go with 500. 850 is simply pointless. Your system will not draw more than 300-400W at the very highest while gaming. With an 850W PSU you'll be around 20-30% load, which is not even the region with the highest efficiency. After the 80+ regulations, 50% load is where the efficiency sweet spot is located, while below at 20 and 10% it drops off. Therefore, you effectively lose efficiency with such an oversized PSU.