ASUS GeForce GTX 690 4GB reporting in!





The CPU's three years old yet still kicks major ass!

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Mar 14 2013, 02:24 AM

The 314.21 beta driver totally solved all my hair-ripping-out-of-my-skull angst about Tomb Raider 2013. Finished the first run with tessellation and TressFX off since it'll crash the game back to desktop. With 314.21, I get to the previous two crash spots without crashing and the game ran beautifully, WITH tesselation on, Ultra shadow ON, and TressFX ON! Thank you so much, Nvidia! Maybe I can do a second run of the game now.

And not to mention framerates back up to tolerable levels now. Previously was spiking up and down too much, not smooth.

2560x1440 Everything MAX, Ultra shadows, Tesselation and Tress FX ON.


This post has been edited by stringfellow: Mar 17 2013, 01:24 AM

690 at home, 680M at work. Had to pare down expectations though, from 1440p on home rig to 1080p on RS-15. Hopefully, with the increased pixel density of laptop screens, I could get away with 1080p at lower settings without much IQ loss.

That FaceWorks demo is interesting, but I say I've seen, relatively, the same quality on Psycho's face on Crysis 3 at Max Out settings. Compared to that crappy face demo on PS4 reveal, however......

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Mar 22 2013, 03:30 AM

GTX690 found a new buyer. Two GTX Titan cards secured. Should be up and running by tomorrow.

I've been walking around LYP looking for SLI connector for sale. Where can I get one? Otherwise it's a single Titan only for me.

So that means I have to buy a motherboard to get an SLI connector?

These two will only works on its own without an SLI connector.



This post has been edited by stringfellow: Mar 30 2013, 08:26 PM

Unigine and 3dMark11 benchmarking now.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Mar 30 2013, 11:14 PM

Unigine Heaven 4. For some reason it detects only 4GB VRAM on the Titans?

Nope. 1000W should be plenty. Not planning to overclock.

Yup notice on first initial run the fps is low. Enabled SLI and ran it again for that score.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Mar 31 2013, 10:24 PM

Compiling 3DMark scores now. There's currently a glitch on 3DMark13 that lowers Fire Strike score due to a Windows KB update. 3DMark 11 runs fine.

Done. Now testing Tomb Raider benchmark.

compared to 690 last time:



And now, the very reason why these Titans are bought: making Crysis 3 my b****. Testing now.

Crysis 3, max everything at 2560x1440 V-Sync off:

SMAA MGPU2X - 60-70fps!
MSAA 8X - 35-50fps!

Crysis 3 conquered!

Testing 2033 now.


This post has been edited by stringfellow: Mar 31 2013, 02:30 AM

Looking at the next evolution in display, I'm monitoring with interest the release date of the Sharp 32" IGZO 4K monitor, priced at USD5500 to exercise my two Titans a bit.

Here's how gaming fares at 4K(3840x2160) resolution:-

http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2013/...early-2013.aspx


And that is on a single Titan.

http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2012/...d-shootout.aspx

That 6GB memory buffer starts showings its usefulness once you go 4K.

It's in that post you quote. 32" Sharp Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide (IGZO) monitor for USD5500. Compared to the 84" 4K TVs at RM90k, this is a steal.

It's priced, but not out yet. I'm waiting for it to reach retail stores before taking the plunge.

It's out on Sharp UK webpage, so it shouldn't take long. http://www.sharp.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/gb/hs....PNK321H&cat=110

If you're going for single card solution, the 690 is still king, compared to Titan, assuming you're gaming at 1080p. Only thing is, with the 690, hot air is vented back into the case, instead of through the vents out back, since one of the exhaust ports is directed back into the case. Titan is cooler though, with the way GPU Boost 2 sets power and temp targets when overclocking.

I wish I can move on to current CPU architechture, like you're on, but I think there's still life in the i7 980X I'm currently using. 3 years and still running. Hopefully no bottleneck.

I''ll be choosing my words carefully here, got silent gossiping audience, in FB. Buy stuff for my own need also people wanna gossip.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Apr 3 2013, 08:53 PM

4.0GHz OC only. The BIOS, being Alienware, has restrictive stepped OC in 300Mhz increments. Now at it's max at 4Ghz, up from 3.3Ghz stock. I hope that doesn't bottleneck though.

As for "just buy", I need to think of a proper build. 3770K or 3930K?

Which is why I think there is still life in my current CPU. Looking at this http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/cpu-cha...od%5B5747%5D=on and this http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/cpu-cha...ark11,3157.html, I'm only missing 200+ points on 3DMark11 on stock when compared the 980X and the 3770K.

I'm currently intrigued to see if I can build anything closely resembling Falcon Northwest Tiki, with Titan in there in a size that's pretty compact. Can put this in the living room, without guests asking what's that hairdryer sound they're hearing.

But I did not even disturb them woh. I kept to myself also people gossip.

This link agrees with you. http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/396...beasttm/?page=3