Recent content by TheAlmightyProo

Just another building rule for me (thankfully learned from noting the experience of others, not my own) If the GPU I'm hanging off a mobo weighs a kilo or more it doesn't go in without a proper support bracket. No ifs, no buts. Now, I can quibble over the idea that manufacturers should give...

Oh, especially if AMD take a step back at the high end next gen as has been rumoured. Though no surprise, RDNA2 and 3 simply haven't had the interest and profits they should've, even if only to pay for their own R&D, nm production. Imo Intel aren't yet set to fill that space and you can be sure...

Nm only a year after Crysis launched the question was no longer 'can it run Crysis?' but 'how well...?' Iirc the main issue to any of that was just one scene/level of the game being an outlier? Tbh I couldn't say, probably either never got that far or was late enough that the section in question...

I've used as much as 13-14Gb with a 6800XT at 3440x1440 over the last 22 months (that's current and recent AAA games for that period) Sure, that's a minority of games played overall, the average usage afaik is around 10-12Gb, but not for too much longer. Newer cards with 8Gb might just suffice...

Huh. It already does. Don't you know that AMD GPU's heat the wintery home, strain the energy infrastructure, have PC bricking drivers and, moreover, anything less than full RT and DLSS is for peasants (even if a laughably small number of games feature either still nm needing the latter to use...

Honestly, rn if there's still even half the pricing and/or availability gulf that there was a year ago then I'd still choose AMD over Nvidia every time for my needs, RT and it's niche uplift be damned. Was better (wanting 3440x1440 60+fps ultra AAA perf to last a few years) to pay £1200 for a...

6800XT owner here. HZD is a great game, very likely to end up in my top games or at least open worlders ever (and the backstory/lore is top sci-fi writing too) I can tell you that once out of the beginning of the game the load only gets harder. Anyway, maxing it out at 3400x1440 with that 6800XT...

Trixx looks like a damn good app tbh. Having a Sapphire 6800XT Nitro+ SE I could be using it but omitted doing so... I dunno, maybe cos it's already good enough at 3440x1440? However, I do have a good gaming UHD 120Hz TV (Samsung Q80T) waiting to game from the couch (after an upcoming house...

iirc that RX 480 Sapphire Nitro (did they do this in 580 too?) is the one with all the little holes in it and otherwise straight lines etc. I also seem to recall swappable fans, but could be wrong... But yeah, it was a beaut, my fave design at the time, and I'd have so gone for one if I hadn't...

My thoughts exactly, except I did buy recently. I dunno about console gamers... I mean, I was one once upon a time (while maintaining a reasonable spec laptop for lower settings/fps in PC exclusives) and I've nothing much actually against consoles etc but maybe they just don't mind the...

This, definitely. I tend to run a game's benchmark first (or failing that, look at a few review averages... they tend to be on ultra etc) then, after tweaking settings and running again, take the average and use that as a cap. I first learned to do this by necessity using a gaming laptop for a...

I read that for a 6800XT the hotspot is good up to 110C. Shouldn't think it'd be any less for a 6900XT. Further to that, my 6800XT (at 3440x1440) has exceeded 90C hotspot only once, reached and stuck at 104C even at lowest graphics preset playing a TBS demo (Warhammer 40K Battlesector) that was...

Same points, broadly, that I keep making elsewhere... and one could say I know Nvidia far better to risk a move away. After all, only one custom build desktop and a couple gaming laptops, all Intel/Nvidia, have been my lot for the last 10 years but what other choice was there? But yeah... my...

For me, it's not looking like I'll be needing to make a choice at this time. Two of the above benchmarked games that I have, Hitman 2 and Shadow of the Tomb Raider, run so very close to those 1080p ultra averages with either 1070 I have. For the available resolutions I'm yet still running at...

Wow. Some longass thread... My two cents? Especially if OP is sticking with 1080p Freesync, go with the RX 580 8Gb; slightly higher power draw aside, it has every advantage over a GTX 1060 and draws pretty even where it doesn't win outright... with the added bonus of longer support and an extra...