[battlefield] Re: New graphics card

From: Adam Lyman <alyman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: battlefield@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 16:24:42 +0000

Well my 560 started giving me issues this last week (BSOD and driver errors
in the middle of gaming), so I made the leap to get a new card. I got the
1060 6GB Asus.

It sounds like there may be some nvidia drivers issues right now so I am
running a little bit older driver, but BF1 now runs much better.

I was a little surprised on how long the card was. I have a full sized
tower and there was just enough room to fit the power chords down to the
hard drives.

On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 10:42 AM chris brooks <cebweb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I feel I have  had a productive day at work.

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On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 1:17 PM, Ryan Hawley <ryan.hawley@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Lol,  yeah.  But I would say stay away from 4k gaming until the generation
of GPU's yet to come.

On Sep 14, 2016 12:59 PM, "Travis McKee" <baghtal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Don’t for get the 4k monitor and Vive to go with it too

*From:* battlefield-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
battlefield-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *chris brooks
*Sent:* Wednesday, September 14, 2016 12:48 PM
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no, gtx 1080 is 3 levels above the 1060 so go buy it.

On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Travis McKee <baghtal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

So you’re saying DON’T go buy that brand new GTX 1080?

;)

*From:* battlefield-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
battlefield-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Loren John Bailey
*Sent:* Wednesday, September 14, 2016 12:14 PM
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*Subject:* [battlefield] Re: New graphics card

Yeah, I paid 259 for my 970 when all others were about $300 plus I got
Seige free. Since it was lower than the others, I feel like it was actually
free so I rationalized it was closer to $200.

On Wed, Sep 14, 2016, 12:09 PM chris brooks <cebweb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

yeah, my 970 was closer to 300 than 200 when I got it.

Do as I say, not as I do.

On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 12:05 PM, Loren John Bailey <
beetle.loren@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Agreed. That is almost exactly my process for getting a new card. I do
work in some additional flexible money under the "I like cool stuff and
this is my hobby" factor.

On Wed, Sep 14, 2016, 11:49 AM bl00k <bl00k@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Fodder has some good advice here.

On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 1:54 PM, chris brooks <cebweb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Like I said last night I like to shoot for the $200 mark, at that price
you get more life out of your purchase as it doesn't have two feet out the
door and don't feel ripped off when the new hotness comes out the month
after you buy the $500 card causing it's price to drop.

I also like to check Tom's Hierarchy chart to see how my current card
is compared to the new card and see if an upgrade is worth it per
their recommendations.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html

"I don’t recommend upgrading your graphics card unless the replacement
card is at least three tiers higher. Otherwise, the upgrade is somewhat
parallel, and you may not even notice a worthwhile difference."

Using Tom's chart if I was going to upgrade my current card (GTX 970) I
would want at least a (GTX 1070) and the cheapest one on PCpartPicker is
$399.99 which puts it outside of my Sweetspot.
http://pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#c=369,367&sort=a8&page=1

I haven't read the techreport for some time but every quarter or so they
'build' systems at different price points with explenations backing up
their choices and their suggestions have been solid in the past.

http://techreport.com/review/30460/the-tech-report-system-guide-august-2016-edition

*Sweet spot*

*Product*

*Price*

*Notable needs*

Sapphire Radeon RX 480 4GB

$199.99
<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202222&CMP=OTC-TechReport&ATT=14-202-222&nm_mc=OTC-TechReport&cm_mmc=OTC-TechReport-_-NA-_-NA-_-NA>

*One six-pin power connector*

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 480 8GB

$279.99
<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202223&CMP=OTC-TechReport&ATT=14-202-223&nm_mc=OTC-TechReport&cm_mmc=OTC-TechReport-_-NA-_-NA-_-NA>

*One eight-pin power connector*

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming 6G

$279.99
<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137018&CMP=OTC-TechReport&ATT=14-137-018&nm_mc=OTC-TechReport&cm_mmc=OTC-TechReport-_-NA-_-NA-_-NA>

On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 9:10 AM, Ryan Hawley <ryan.hawley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The 1060 is a great card, right now. I say go for it. Always get the best
single card you can afford before  thinking SLI.

I'm hoping next year we see some game-changing improvements from one or
both of the GPU makers, but it'll all probably remain the standard ~20%
improvement per generation.

On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 8:52 AM, <alyman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Yeah as long as it can get above 60 FPS on BF1 at 1080p on high settings
that would be good enough. I also like to hold on to my graphics cards for
as long as possible. I still have my 560TI which was below the minimum
requirements for BF4.

On Sep 9, 2016 at 9:39 AM, <Travis Nutley <travisnutley@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

I always get the best I can afford because you'll get longer life out of
them and won't need to upgrade as often. The 1060 should be great at that
price for a while, but they often come out with a lower end TI version a
little later for around $200.

On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 11:22 PM, <alyman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

So I need to update my graphics card soon, probably around when bf1 comes
out, maybe around Thanksgiving with the deals that will be available then.
So I normally spend $150 on a graphic card, but I believe the 1060 is $200,
so I may be willing to go to $200. What should I get?

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