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Blitz17 · 26-10-2017 5:22pm

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

So GTX 1070 Ti is now 100% official.

From £419.99 to £499.99

I don't see the point in this card tbh.

K.O.Kiki · 26-10-2017 5:25pm

Blitz17 wrote: »

From £419.99 to £499.99

I don't see the point in this card tbh.

A price-gouging move, since Nvidia already lowered the official RRP of the 1070.

TerrorFirmer · 26-10-2017 5:50pm

I think it's more just to phase out AMD's lacklustre VEGA launch out at every possible price point.

A card that sits in between a GTX1070 and GTX1080, despite there not exactly being much between both cards.

So basically 3rd party GTX1070Ti's will be the same speed -/+ 1 or 2% as reference GTX1080's.

OCUK do have a few models for £419 which is OK..ish considering the cheapest GTX1080 is now £470 or so. Sharp increase on the cheapest GTX1070's at £349.

ED E · 26-10-2017 6:26pm

RAM is too f'ckin expensive. Somebody tell Elon Musk to enter the industry yeah?

Nolars · 26-10-2017 6:49pm

Have a 16gb ddr4 kit sitting doing nothing thinking of selling it now. Unopened what ya think I'd get for it ? Think the speed is 2666

game4it70 · 26-10-2017 8:29pm

Nolars wrote: »

Have a 16gb ddr4 kit sitting doing nothing thinking of selling it now. Unopened what ya think I'd get for it ? Think the speed is 2666

Price it really high as i'm gonna put my 16gb kit of 2400mhz up for sale over the weekend

I'm swapping it out for a 3866mhz kit on an accepted offer I have of 150e on adverts

I'd be interested to see what price people think your kit is worth so I can price mine too.

RedXIV · 26-10-2017 9:31pm

Anyone got any recommendations of places you can see physical monitors in a store? Finding it hard to visualise how big a monitor I need/want

wotzgoingon · 26-10-2017 10:26pm

RedXIV wrote: »

Anyone got any recommendations of places you can see physical monitors in a store? Finding it hard to visualise how big a monitor I need/want

Very few places have such a service in Ireland and if they do it is a very small selection. Curry/PC World do have some.

What resolution monitor do you want? 1080p 24" is the sweet spot. 1440p 27" is the sweet spot. 32" is a decent size for a 4K.

Serephucus · 26-10-2017 10:27pm

ED E wrote: »

RAM is too f'ckin expensive. Somebody tell Elon Musk to enter the industry yeah?

Yup. 32GB ECC DDR4 cost me £300.

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RedXIV · 26-10-2017 10:48pm

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Very few places have such a service in Ireland and if they do it is a very small selection. Curry/PC World do have some.

What resolution monitor do you want? 1080p 24" is the sweet spot. 1440p 27" is the sweet spot. 32" is a decent size for a 4K.

More about trying to get an idea of how big each of those screens are. Spent about 4 hours yesterday looking at monitors and trying to decide between a single widescreen or dual monitor set up. Hoping seeing some physically may help.

ED E · 27-10-2017 1:53am

Serephucus wrote: »

Yup. 32GB ECC DDR4 cost me £300.

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Need another 8GB for the NAS. £100. Foooooooooook that.

Grahamer666 · 27-10-2017 7:31am

RedXIV wrote: »

More about trying to get an idea of how big each of those screens are. Spent about 4 hours yesterday looking at monitors and trying to decide between a single widescreen or dual monitor set up. Hoping seeing some physically may help.

Just use a measuring tape on your desk.

K.O.Kiki · 27-10-2017 1:18pm

The worst part is, everyone knows the RAM cartel are price-fixing, but seemingly no one can do anything about it.

Mickeroo · 27-10-2017 2:09pm

It's crazy. I got 16gb ddr 4 for £75, the exact same kit costs £170 now!

ED E · 27-10-2017 3:40pm

Can only imagine what the scientific community feel like right now. 512GB Geo processing servers etc will be close to double the cost.

Skerries · 27-10-2017 4:09pm

RedXIV wrote: »

More about trying to get an idea of how big each of those screens are. Spent about 4 hours yesterday looking at monitors and trying to decide between a single widescreen or dual monitor set up. Hoping seeing some physically may help.

just go ultrawide
Simples!

K.O.Kiki · 27-10-2017 6:46pm

I put a side fan over my GPU (80mm) and the temp drop was only 2C.

Not worth it.

Cuddlesworth · 27-10-2017 10:18pm

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

I put a side fan over my GPU (80mm) and the temp drop was only 2C.

Not worth it.

Do you run a dual GPU config? The only time I've seen gpu direct airflow or intake make a difference is where the gpu struggles to get cool air.

K.O.Kiki · 27-10-2017 11:10pm

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Do you run a dual GPU config? The only time I've seen gpu direct airflow or intake make a difference is where the gpu struggles to get cool air.

Nope, a 2.5 slot dual-fan.

Headshot · 27-10-2017 11:59pm

sigh they really made a balls of Wolfenstein 2 on the PC. Imagine you cannot change the default res without the game crashing

EoinHef · 28-10-2017 3:53am

Dammit,cracked the screen on my nvidia shield tab:(

Its been a great little device,from game streaming to android apps and the general quality of the 1080p screen its something ive found hard to live without at this stage

wotzgoingon · 28-10-2017 11:55pm

Damn why didn't I check the prices of Vega when I was in America. I could have picked up a Vega 56 for €385

I was checking the prices all the time up until a week before I flew over but decided to check the prices just now. But tbh the reason i stopped checking was I decided against getting a Vega and keeping my Fury X and buying a Xbox One X.

What has me a bit gutted is that is a really cheap price for a 56 considering how expensive they were.

glynf · 29-10-2017 11:32am

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Damn why didn't I check the prices of Vega when I was in America. I could have picked up a Vega 56 for €385

I was checking the prices all the time up until a week before I flew over but decided to check the prices just now. But tbh the reason i stopped checking was I decided against getting a Vega and keeping my Fury X and buying a Xbox One X.

What has me a bit gutted is that is a really cheap price for a 56 considering how expensive they were.

If you have friends or family there, they could pick one up for you? IIRC the customs rate on something less than €700 is 3% on a gift..

ED E · 29-10-2017 11:39am

glynf wrote: »

If you have friends or family there, they could pick one up for you? IIRC the customs rate on something less than €700 is 3% on a gift..

If posted the gift cap is €21. You'd be hit for the full whack + handling.

Lu Tze · 29-10-2017 12:30pm

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Damn why didn't I check the prices of Vega when I was in America. I could have picked up a Vega 56 for €385

I was checking the prices all the time up until a week before I flew over but decided to check the prices just now. But tbh the reason i stopped checking was I decided against getting a Vega and keeping my Fury X and buying a Xbox One X.

What has me a bit gutted is that is a really cheap price for a 56 considering how expensive they were.

Where did you see that price?

wotzgoingon · 29-10-2017 4:39pm

Lu Tze wrote: »

Where did you see that price?

Newegg. $446.99 and using xe.com http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=446.99&From=USD&To=EUR

It is €385 after conversion add a few dollars for shipping.

TerrorFirmer · 29-10-2017 5:36pm

That's a b-grade Vega though, not a brand new card....

If you work out the normal retail card it's still over €400, and you can get the Vega 56 with free Wolfenstein 2 and Prey for something like €480 from OCUK at the moment....so I don't think there'd really be any point at all.

wotzgoingon · 29-10-2017 7:34pm

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

That's a b-grade Vega though, not a brand new card....

Oh yea. I never spotted that.

K.O.Kiki · 29-10-2017 10:19pm

Group test of cheap X370 (Intel Coffee Lake) motherboards by der8auer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbLeuxIzxcA

MSI & Asrock taking top honours.

TerrorFirmer · 30-10-2017 11:38am

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Oh yea. I never spotted that.

Price drop today on OCUK - Vega 56 is now about €460 delivered.

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