Windows 10: Fast GPU's

I'm probably the only one here who plays with a GT 730 Kepler. I can play GTA IV at 900P with everything maxed out except the view distance and detail distance.

 

I think I'm the only one on this forum who uses an AMD/Radeon card. I have an R9 280 that runs everything I play at max with more than acceptable frame rates. It cost just over $300 CDN a couple of years ago, and it runs like a top.

I looked at the 970 at the time when I bought it. It was over $200 more and I just couldn't justify the price as I am only a casual gamer. Overall, I'm really happy with my card, and it didn't kill my bank account.

 

Yeah I agree with your thought process - to be honest I think these ultra expensive high end gpu are overkill. They are just trying to empty our wallets. It’s just a personal thing but I struggle to differentiate 4K and 1080 especially on sub 32” screens. So I play everything at 1080 and most budget cards can handle that quite well. I guess it depends what you want but for most something like an nvidia 1070 and above isn’t necessary. I went over the top with the 980ti. It’s a great card but I could of saved myself money. Especially as since getting the pc a couple years ago I’ve barely gamed on it. It always seems easier to turn on the console!

 

They kind of have a point I guess. I upgraded to a GTX 1060 a couple of months ago and recently upgraded the rest of the machine (i5-8600k and DDR4) and it does me fine playing at 1080p. Would love a 1080Ti though *Smile.

 

Hi,
SLI is over rated
One titan xp would be more than enough and half the price *Smile

 

Or you could buy a Titan Volta for the same price and not have to worry about the SLI headaches.

 

A few years ago i would of disagreed but Sli has taken a massive step back or developers are too lazy to make games Multi Gpu usable

I get it though they pretty much gave it up based on average users will never use two gpu's or even the top of the line for that matter

 

If they wanted to and would spend the effort, game developers could force the issue. If you want high framerates on max settings, you have to have a high end card. If you have a medium range card, you have to turn settings down, but can still have a good gaming experience. Something along those lines would force the issue, an in my opinion it should be that way.

 

Agreed. It is absolute overkill and in some instances games will not run in dual or quad mode.

 

I'm happy with my 1070, it plays all the games pretty well.

 

There are reasons other than gaming for taking advantage of high performance cards.......such as Graphics Design, or CAD/CAM.
Am satisfied with an AMD RX 580 Nitro 8gb.

 

SLI isn't even worth it anymore. AMD and NVIDIA pretty much abandoned it. But AMD way back depended on it that for laptops, you had no choice but to suffer from it because their crimson drivers were buggy as hell and you couldn't disable the onboard GPU by force.