2017 Hardware Thread

doorules · 24 Mar 2017

essenbe said:

So far only the FE have been released. I just heard there is a lot of thermal throttling with them. I'm hoping when the AIB cards with better cooling is released, it will be better.

The Titans also have a lot of thermal throttling. It is just how they are designed. I also am hoping the AIB versions will have more to offer.

Dude · 24 Mar 2017

specialkone said:

3GHZ! Man, impressive. Well the good news is if Doorules and Vellinious show up with some iteration of a 1080TI, I'll still be in 6th place on the Time Spy table.

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However, I'm thinking Dude's "quiet frustration" will soon get to him and he will be showing scores near the top, thanks to much better graphic scores.

What is this quiet frustration you are talking about

essenbe said:

Yep, 3 GHz will out drag a Chevrolet. That's fast. I wonder what it scores on Time Spy? :)

I've been talking to @Dude and convincing him to get a TI. If he does, he will be hard to beat. I hear EVGA is coming out with a new model called "Dude's TI"

That would be great

specialkone said:

If there's anyone who deserves a 1080TI, will utilize it to its fullest and have the most fun with it, it's our Dude.

Do you hear that, fine wife of Dude? :)

I will let her know

essenbe said:

Maybe if Dude tells his wife if he gets a TI she can have the 1070. That may work.

She is using my old 970 now. She doesn't understand the beauty of a beast card

I may just get another 1070 since I always wanted to try SLI, but yes I would love to have a Ti

essenbe · 24 Mar 2017

CountMike · 24 Mar 2017

There you go guys, I'm thinking to upgrade to Rx 460 and you are talking about such expensive stuff !!!

Dude · 24 Mar 2017

I'm holding out for the DudeTi

doorules · 24 Mar 2017

essenbe said:

What did they do, shop around for the lowest clocking Titan they could find, lmao.

I just spent two days folding at 2100 on my core for primary card and 2075 on the second. Yes I am on water cooling but c'mon. Both my cards ran over 200 on the core with air cooling, easily.

Just go look at Futuremark HOF. Totally dominated by Titans still.

Bring on the AIB cards, maybe he can make a valid point then.

essenbe · 24 Mar 2017

He said no voltage increase, if that makes a difference. But still, I saw little difference in them, unless you consider 2 FPS a big win.

doorules · 24 Mar 2017

I don't change the voltage on mine either essenbe. It changes dynamically on its own. All comes down to cooling. Core clock will change on its own if the card get colder, and the V correspondingly, and obviously will drop core as temps rise.

All my best results have come without touching the top slider in AB. I have tried benches using the curve which locks in a higher V but never as good a result for me.

And all Titans and Ti's are locked into a max of 1.093V for now. Adding voltage to these cards really does not help much at all, at least that is my experience with them.

even though I do some gaming I pay little to no attention to fps, just not enough difference to mean anything. bench marking however is a different matter.

essenbe · 24 Mar 2017

I had heard that Pascal didn't like voltage, my 980 doesn't either. I didn't know it changes dynamically though. Maybe I'll get a chance to learn some of these things about Pascal though. :)

specialkone · 24 Mar 2017

Dude said:

I may just get another 1070 since I always wanted to try SLI, but yes I would love to have a Ti

A guy who has every COD game and loves BF1 wants to try SLI? Every COD game will be running with the second card pretty much idling. BF1, very likely you'll experience more and more flickering with every driver update.

IMHO holding out for that DudeTI is your better idea given the games you enjoy.