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TerrorFirmer · 01-01-2018 1:27pm

Unless you're mining AMD makes zero sense, freesync or not. Prices are farcical.

challengemaster · 01-01-2018 5:44pm

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Unless you're mining AMD makes zero sense, freesync or not. Prices are farcical.

AMD fanboi who won't buy Nvidia.

deceit · 01-01-2018 5:49pm

I had been mostly using AMD cards in my main rig as they always seemed to be better value. The last I used was the 290x. They just haven't been worth getting. After the 290x I switched to a 980 ti then a 1080 along with Gsync.
I'm hoping for AMD to return to competitive pricing and get a 100hz ips ultrawide then I can consider them again but at present I've only Nvidia to choose from.

Blitz17 · 01-01-2018 6:17pm

I only got the Vega64 because I got a deal nobody would believe. I wouldn't of changing from my 980ti otherwise.

It's doing a great job at 1440p 75hz anyway.

wotzgoingon · 01-01-2018 6:38pm

Blitz17 wrote: »

I only got the Vega64 because I got a deal nobody would believe. I wouldn't of changing from my 980ti otherwise.

It's doing a great job at 1440p 75hz anyway.

Where was that deal?

Blitz17 · 01-01-2018 8:32pm

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Where was that deal?

Fell off a lorry type deal, 70euro. So sold the 980ti for 330 and bought the Vega64.

wotzgoingon · 01-01-2018 8:36pm

Blitz17 wrote: »

Fell off a lorry type deal, 70euro. So sold the 980ti for 330 and bought the Vega64.

I don't know if I would feel right buying that. Sounds like someones house was broken into and computer nicked and stripped for parts.

Blitz17 · 01-01-2018 8:38pm

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I don't know if I would feel right buying that. Sounds like someones house was broken into and computer nicked and stripped for parts.

No that wasn't the case at all. Card was still sealed in plastic.

wotzgoingon · 01-01-2018 8:44pm

Blitz17 wrote: »

No that wasn't the case at all. Card was still sealed in plastic.

Well what ever the case who ever was selling it never bought it anyway if they were selling it that cheap.

wotzgoingon · 02-01-2018 1:02am

I just got a really funny email in my spam folder. About a millionaire who died in a helicopter crash in 2010. (That part seems legit as there is a link to a news report) they tried for years to contact his family members to transfer his fortune but today is my lucky day and they want to give it to me. It wasn't worded like that as it was a long email but that is the gist of it.

K.O.Kiki · 02-01-2018 3:43am

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I just got a really funny email in my spam folder. About a millionaire who died in a helicopter crash in 2010. (That part seems legit as there is a link to a news report) they tried for years to contact his family members to transfer his fortune but today is my lucky day and they want to give it to me. It wasn't worded like that as it was a long email but that is the gist of it.

Happy 2018 to you too :pac:

Blitz17 · 02-01-2018 7:01am

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I just got a really funny email in my spam folder. About a millionaire who died in a helicopter crash in 2010. (That part seems legit as there is a link to a news report) they tried for years to contact his family members to transfer his fortune but today is my lucky day and they want to give it to me. It wasn't worded like that as it was a long email but that is the gist of it.

That's a new PC build sorted so

Inviere · 02-01-2018 8:50am

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I just got a really funny email in my spam folder. About a millionaire who died in a helicopter crash in 2010. (That part seems legit as there is a link to a news report) they tried for years to contact his family members to transfer his fortune but today is my lucky day and they want to give it to me. It wasn't worded like that as it was a long email but that is the gist of it.

Vega 64?

Cuddlesworth · 02-01-2018 10:28am

Blitz17 wrote: »

No that wasn't the case at all. Card was still sealed in plastic.

Buy a card, take card out of box, put something of similar weight into the box, redo shrink wrap, send back to Amazon under 14 day rule, sell to person cheap.

K.O.Kiki · 02-01-2018 11:26am

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Buy a card, take card out of box, put something of similar weight into the box, redo shrink wrap, send back to Amazon under 14 day rule, sell to person cheap.

It's bad that this makes too much sense.

Blitz17 · 02-01-2018 12:10pm

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Blitz17 wrote: »

No that wasn't the case at all. Card was still sealed in plastic.

Buy a card, take card out of box, put something of similar weight into the box, redo shrink wrap, send back to Amazon under 14 day rule, sell to person cheap.

The card was in the box with the box sealed. Its not a stolen or card scammed off amazon. I wouldn't have it in my possession if that was the case.

The worse with Amazon is with CPUs being bought and delidded,the IHS swapped onto the cheapest CPU in that generation, sent back for replacement or full refund. No wonder companies want to tighten up on returns.

K.O.Kiki · 02-01-2018 1:31pm

Gah.

I need a new, bigger drive for more games.
But I don't want to put a mechanical HDD into my system.

Why can't SSD prices get back to 2016 levels!?

Blitz17 · 02-01-2018 2:42pm

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Gah.

I need a new, bigger drive for more games.
But I don't want to put a mechanical HDD into my system.

Why can't SSD prices get back to 2016 levels!?

There's deals to be had if you keep checking eBay. I got a brand new WD 512GB NVME drive for 80 euros. Sold 120Gb evo for 30 euros so the upgrade only cost 50. Using that for games now.

Skerries · 03-01-2018 12:43am

Intel accidentally leak new hybrid processor

https://overclock3d.net/news/cpu_mainboard/intel_accidentally_leaks_their_i7_8809g_kaby_lake_radeon_hybrid_processor/1

wheresmahbombs · 03-01-2018 12:52am

Looks like a processing powerhouse CPU-wise. Not sure about the GPU, though.

wotzgoingon · 03-01-2018 12:57am

wheresmahbombs wrote: »

Looks like a processing powerhouse CPU-wise. Not sure about the GPU, though.

It's a good GPU. Intel and Apple are not stupid which is one of the reasons they went with them and obviously getting a good deal. Apple are using the full GPU in their top of the line MAC's.

Joshua J · 03-01-2018 1:50pm

8 GB of RAM I was thinking of getting 18 months ago was about £30 on Amazon. Put it off was gonna order a few things together but ended up not. Looking at the same stick now it's £85. Wtf?.

TerrorFirmer · 03-01-2018 2:27pm

RAM, SSD and GPU prices throughout 2017 were probably the worst they've ever been relative to the norm. Very frustrating.

I bought my RAM and SSD 2nd hand for that reason (though both still have warranty).

K.O.Kiki · 03-01-2018 3:22pm

Joshua J wrote: »

8 GB of RAM I was thinking of getting 18 months ago was about £30 on Amazon. Put it off was gonna order a few things together but ended up not. Looking at the same stick now it's £85. Wtf?.

Price-fixing

No one is really sure, but availability hasn't kept up with demand.

wheresmahbombs · 03-01-2018 3:53pm

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

I bought my RAM and SSD 2nd hand for that reason (though both still have warranty).

Looks like I'll go down that route if the prices don't get their grip by the time I upgrade or build a new PC.

wardides · 03-01-2018 4:24pm

Looking to purchase a laptop with Intel Core i5-3360M Dual Core Processor, 8GB ram. Is processor sufficient for most every day use, looking to play football manager/casual browisng & downloading. Conscious it is 3rd gen, will this effect performance?

Thanks

Lu Tze · 03-01-2018 4:35pm

wardides wrote: »

Looking to purchase a laptop with Intel Core i5-3360M Dual Core Processor, 8GB ram. Is processor sufficient for most every day use, looking to play football manager/casual browisng & downloading. Conscious it is 3rd gen, will this effect performance?

Thanks

Its a bit old, running something similar for work, processor is fine, just a little slower than a 7500u, but draws twice the power, so battery life will be a good bit shorter. If original hard drive it will be a bit slower than modern hard drives, and much slower than an ssd. Not sure what football manager needs to run? Does it need more than integrated graphics?

Joshua J · 03-01-2018 4:44pm

wardides wrote: »

Looking to purchase a laptop with Intel Core i5-3360M Dual Core Processor, 8GB ram. Is processor sufficient for most every day use, looking to play football manager/casual browisng & downloading. Conscious it is 3rd gen, will this effect performance?

Thanks

Aye it'll run FM no bother.

K.O.Kiki · 03-01-2018 4:58pm

wardides wrote: »

Looking to purchase a laptop with Intel Core i5-3360M Dual Core Processor, 8GB ram. Is processor sufficient for most every day use, looking to play football manager/casual browisng & downloading. Conscious it is 3rd gen, will this effect performance?

Thanks

What model/price?

wardides · 03-01-2018 5:14pm

Lu Tze wrote: »

Its a bit old, running something similar for work, processor is fine, just a little slower than a 7500u, but draws twice the power, so battery life will be a good bit shorter. If original hard drive it will be a bit slower than modern hard drives, and much slower than an ssd. Not sure what football manager needs to run? Does it need more than integrated graphics?

Would have helped had I thrown minimum specs in alright.

Processor:
Intel Pentium 4, Intel Core or AMD Athlon
2.2 GHz or higher

Memory: 2 GB RAM

Not overly fussed around graphics not a necessity. Will be running off 8GB RAM & 250GB SSD. I've only ever had experience running off hard drives with 4GB ram and standard processors, so I expect I'll see a decent bump in performance? Not overly concerned around battery power.

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