Isn't that card stronger than GTX 760? That's the card I have and I run Watch dogs on ultra 1080p 30-40 FPS.
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Isn't that card stronger than GTX 760? That's the card I have and I run Watch dogs on ultra 1080p 30-40 FPS.
I know we do not have enough information to go on presently other than Witcher 3 looks gorgeous and will more than likely be pretty damn demanding. What I've been pondering recently is just how PhysX heavy the title is going to be. I know from the looks of it and how they specifically plan on implementing nvidia hairworks into the game it's going to be very ambitious.
I'm curious to see other peoples opinions on what they think about adding a dedicated PhysX card as an alternative option if your not able to go SLI or afford a much stronger single GPU?
Here are my specs for reference - EVGA GTX 770 SC 2 GB, i5 4670k, Asrock Z87 extreme4, 8 GB ram @ 1600mhz and 600w psu. I am well aware of upgrading the psu for either SLI or a dedicated PhysX card. If I am able to afford another 770, I would prefer to go that route....then again, this watch_dogs situation has me a tad alarmed. with the 3+ GB vram requirements. ( although this is more an issue above 1080p ultra textures & TXAA but still :/ )
1.) I'd appreciate some input from anyone with experience running a dedicated card in any of the PhysX heavy games up until this point . Additional advice,information on the performance differences,improvements Et cetera.
2.) In theory, compared to previous performance increases when adding a dedicated physX card, do you think it would be a suitable "cheaper" alternative for those who cannot go SLI/Crossfire/Single powerful GPU?
Thanks in advance. :cheers:
I'm curious to see other peoples opinions on what they think about adding a dedicated PhysX card as an alternative option if your not able to go SLI or afford a much stronger single GPU?
Here are my specs for reference - EVGA GTX 770 SC 2 GB, i5 4670k, Asrock Z87 extreme4, 8 GB ram @ 1600mhz and 600w psu. I am well aware of upgrading the psu for either SLI or a dedicated PhysX card. If I am able to afford another 770, I would prefer to go that route....then again, this watch_dogs situation has me a tad alarmed. with the 3+ GB vram requirements. ( although this is more an issue above 1080p ultra textures & TXAA but still :/ )
1.) I'd appreciate some input from anyone with experience running a dedicated card in any of the PhysX heavy games up until this point . Additional advice,information on the performance differences,improvements Et cetera.
2.) In theory, compared to previous performance increases when adding a dedicated physX card, do you think it would be a suitable "cheaper" alternative for those who cannot go SLI/Crossfire/Single powerful GPU?
Thanks in advance. :cheers:
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Watching recent games, I would say that 1GB VRam is almost too few.
Not too much more CPU you can throw at it. A Haswell Core i7 would be only a fractional improvement. I am guessing CPU performance will be mostly of importance to AMD GPU users who use CPU PhysX.
What you guys think? This setup ran TW2 surprisingly well, about ~23 FPS highest settings ubersampling off. I am hoping that TW3 will take advantage of my CPU a little more though, to make up for the somewhat mediocre GTX 460 SE.
Windows 7 64-Bit
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
12GB RAM
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE 1GB
Hard drive: WDC WD15EADS-00P8B0 ATA Device
Windows 7 64-Bit
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
12GB RAM
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE 1GB
Hard drive: WDC WD15EADS-00P8B0 ATA Device
ME thinks it is time to upgrade the entire system. CPU may be a bottle neck to any GPU upgrades......Start saving and wait till recommended specs are released and make a decision then. just maybe you can get by with a gpu upgrade
Might keep the CPU and replace the GPU and hard disk. The 460 SE was one of the weakest of the Fermis. And the WD Green is about as slow as modern disks get.
I'd wait for more information before going for an intense upgrade like a CPU and motherboard (there's nothing above that CPU for LGA 1366); you'd be out $450 to $500 for no gain if the game is not CPU-bound.
A next-gen-only game will most likely be CPU-bound in some aspects. Having eight cores ore 4 cores with hyperthreading will likely be the basic requirement soon.
But yeah, the GPU is certainly the weakest element in this system so it should be replaced first.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=114933142&postcount=998
Dont know where its comming from though.
No idea either but it would not suprise me to be honest.
Still a few months left for optimisation but ultra does not seem like a cheap setting to get running.
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