Recent content by Jimmy Gibbs Jr

I only "douched back" to your previous "lmao" reply, which had nothing useful to offer and only mocked my comparison of 970 and 290x. Anywayz, I apologise, the last thing I want is to start being a douche or a flame war. I have literally combed the internet about this issue. I have only seen...

This is all you had to say on my comment? Benchmarks reveal that the 290x and the 970 are actually on a par at 1080. In some games (Far Cry series, Thief, Tomb Raider) the 970 has a slight advantage, in other games the 290x performs at 2-5 fps better (Metro LL, AC Black Flag, BF 4). In higher...

Hang on... You mentioned Far Cry 4 and AC Unity. These games' recommended requirements show the 290x which is a stronger card than the 970. Needless to say that even if you have the gear listed in the recommended specs it is not guaranteed that you can play on ultra/maxed out graphics. So I'm...

I would say keep it. It's a beast, unless you want to go for some AMD R9 3xxx 8GB for the same price, which I think is pointless unless you're playing (or planning to play) on 4k or multi-monitor setups. I have a question on the 970 myself: When that iffy 0.5GB partition is activated, does it...

Ok here comes a very stupid question (even though somebody once told me that the stupid questions are the best ones): Is the fact that the 9xx series only needs so little power, a sign for instability of the card in the future, for more demanding games in 1 or 2 years or is it just that this...

Thank you, that's what I was hoping for, some talk about those damn features. I have seen Physx on AMD, it runs smoothly in Borderlands but it really screwed up my FPS in Metro 2033. I agree that not many games use it at the moment but it's getting more and more popular. What about Gameworks...

Ok, I see. I would still love to see some solid arguments for an AMD card, except the money. I'm ready to order a 970. MSI Gaming ar ASUS?

Well, I understand that devs go back and forth but what I am talking about is very specific. Let's take a few AMD games, I know the list is long. BF4, Thief, Tomb Raider, DragonAge etc... Those games might be slightly better optimized for AMD cards, which means that if you have a high-end...

Do you think any of the MSI/ASUS/Gigabyte GTX 970 would be compatible with my ASUS H87 MoBo?

1 - I said I had a 600 PSU 2 - No-one ever mentioned a 980 770 seemed the obvious competitor for the r9 280x but the 970 has left me speechless.

Well, I'd call myself an AMD fanboy too. But I have to say, nvidia is kinda winning in my eyes right now. To be honest, i don't care if the AMD card scores 5 or even more fps. If a game runs smoothly enough I really don't see why it should affect my choice if one card plays at 78 and the other...

Thank you for your comments. I guess Nvidia has a clear advantage then, it seems that the vast majority of game devs side with GTX and that many games will feature exclusive nvidia stuff. Can anybody think of a counter-argument to this, how would someone defend AMD in this case? Also, I started...

290X or 970 are too power-hungry for my PSU and I think given my monitor and my gaming needs these cards would be an overkill for me, at least at the moment. I don't mind playing 4-5 games on High instead of Ultra (I think a 280x or 770 is at that level, when talking about a 1080 res.) and I...

Wow, thank you so much for the prompt replies. I am indeed leaning towards the 280x but I got poisoned (by too much browsing I guess) Will there be things in AC unity or Far Cry 4 (or in the future) that I can't see at all? HBAO, PCSS, TXAA, God Rays, HairWorks, FaceWorks and all those things...

I would like to upgrade my GPU (I have a 2GB Sapphire 7850). My CPU is an i5 4570 and my PSU OCZ 600W, on an ASUS H87 MoBo with 8g RAM and a Samsung SSD, playing on a 1080 monitor. Here is my problem/thought: I think the right card for me would be either the 280x or the 770, given my specs and...