2018 Hardware Thread

Cliff S · 30 Aug 2018

NVIDIA Graphics Cards order online | CASEKING 20 series

NVIDIA Graphics Cards order online | CASEKING 10 series

With the 10 series prices dropping, you'll soon be able to get 2x 1080 TI for the price of an RTX

slicendice · 30 Aug 2018

Cliff S said:

NVIDIA Graphics Cards order online | CASEKING 20 series

NVIDIA Graphics Cards order online | CASEKING 10 series

With the 10 series prices dropping, you'll soon be able to get 2x 1080 TI for the price of an RTX

In Finland I can pretty much do that. Not far from half price for some of the 1080Ti vs 2080Ti

specialkone · 30 Aug 2018

ThrashZone said:

Hi,
Yeah at the core and memory clock they show that's pretty much a pitiful score
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There are pages of forum members' comments on the Guru3d site saying the exact same thing. How can they use that to say the 2080 beats out the 1080 TI? If I OC my 1080 TI to 2025 it will hit a Time Spy graphic score of 10, 700 easily. That graph with the footnote is almost as bad as Tom's "but you're buying time" argument.

ThrashZone · 30 Aug 2018

specialkone said:

There are pages of forum members' comments on the Guru3d site saying the exact same thing. How can they use that to say the 2080 beats out the 1080 TI? If I OC my 1080 TI to 2025 it will hit a Time Spy graphic score of 10, 700 easily. That graph with the footnote is almost as bad as Tom's "but you're buying time" argument.

Hi,
Didn't see anything for a cpu score for what was used but just my graphic's score for ftw3 on time spy is 11231 my cpu score kills the total but still well over 10k.

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Cliff S · 01 Sep 2018

@CountMike, time for you to sell a kidney, my AMD fanboy friend: 2nd Generation AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X Now Available

CountMike · 01 Sep 2018

Cliff S said:

@CountMike, time for you to sell a kidney, my AMD fanboy friend: 2nd Generation AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X Now Available

lol, using my body parts would be a downgrade. Even my donor card is obsolete. Pity I can't possibly rationalize buying that stuff. Eventually new 7nM Zen2 (Ryzen 3rd gen) when it comes out next year and with 12/24 core. Right now I can only drool over a Threadripper !!

Cliff S · 04 Sep 2018

Why I like watching XOC streams (modified 1080 Ti just setting up)

Cliff S · 05 Sep 2018

For thermaltake users(specially @AddRAM), the TT RGB Plus controller updated today.

Latest version:V1.2.2
2018/09/04

1.Add light sync with Thermaltake accessory Headset, Mouse, Keyboard and PSU.
2.Add new Alexa Skill, Hello AMD, Hello Intel, Hello Nvidia.
3.Add new Alexa Skill, Shooting Star Black hole, Aurora and 6 new light modes.
4.Add new Alexa Skill, Turn on/off light.
5.Change sound mode to Movie, Gaming and Party.
6.Fixed Alexa logout issue.
7.Fixed minor bugs and improvement.

specialkone · 06 Sep 2018

HotHardware's Q&A with Nvidia on the 20xx GPU's. At around minute 26.00, Nvidia is claiming about a 35%-45% performance improvement in existing games for the same generation (ie 1080TI compared to 2080TI) assuming you were previously GPU bound, not CPU bound. They mention game examples like PUBG and Final Fantasy (I assume FFXV). I assume when third party reviewers game bench these 20xx cards, they will be using these Nvidia comments for reference.

Cliff S · 06 Sep 2018

I felt poetic this afternoon

Poor Dark Country Geekboy

Old Devil,
take my soul,
So I can afford a 9900K(ninety-nine hundred "K")!

Old Devil,
take my soul,
So I can afford a 2080 Ti!

Old Devil,
I'll sell my soul,
Till my case is new and full!

Old Devil,
I'll sell my soul,
to afford a brand new build!