lol u dont get the point that i want to make. I say, when Pascal refresh, PCIEx16 Gen 4, Skylake refresh, cheap DDR 4 and NVMe is release, that is the year i will upgrade my rig. Btw PCIEx16 Gen 4 is release next year or 2017

PCIE x16 Gen 3.0 = 8 GT/s bit rate, doubling the lane bandwidth compare to PCI Express 2.0
PCIE x16 Gen 4.0 = 16 GT/s bit rate , doubling the lane bandwidth compare to PCI Express 3.0

so in Gen4 u can tri sli and got same bandwith as PCIE x16 3.0 

Basically, NVLink provides a bigger pipe between the GPU and the CPU, and therefore, a much bigger data path, at least by today’s (or the immediate future’s) standards. For example, PCIe 3.0 transfers data at an impressive 8 gigatransfers per second (GTs), while Nvidia’s NVLink is expected to move data at about 20GTs, which is over twice as fast. 

Faster transfer rate is more to multi gpu user. For single gpu user its will not give to much benefit in performance

read this article to learn more 

I'll rage quit if EA use Gameworks for FIFA...

MYR 5.0 to USD1 that time...

For example, if you enable MFAA in the NVCP, then select 2x MSAA in a game, you will get the equivalent of 4x MSAA quality without any extra drop in performance; set 4x MSAA in the game and MFAA will convert it to 8x MSAA quality for free, and so on.

I recommend that Power Management Mode be set to Adaptive under Global Settings. For any games for which you believe your GPU is constantly downclocking, you can change this setting to Prefer Maximum Performance under the Program Settings tab to ensure the highest possible clock rates at all times. Remember that this setting only relates to games and other 3D applications, not to 2D applications or the Windows Desktop. Note also that if you run a multi-monitor and/or high refresh rate display your idle clocks may be slightly higher regardless of this setting, which is normal.

It is recommended that Texture Filtering - Quality be set to High Quality on medium and high-end systems, and High Performance on low-end systems under Global Settings. For particular games where you have performance to spare, you can select High Quality, and for those which are more strenuous, you can select High Performance under Program Settings as required. I can see no real reason to bother with using the Performance or Quality options for this setting, given the performance and image quality difference is extremely small even at the extremes of High Quality and High Performance. It's best just to use High Quality if you prefer the highest image quality, or High Performance if you prefer a potential performance boost. Additionally, there's no need to adjust the Texture Filtering - Anisotropic Sample Optimization and Texture Filtering - Trilinear Optimization settings separately; use this setting as your primary control over texture filtering and allow those to be adjusted automatically by this setting.

There is no simple solution when it comes to VSync. Whether you enable it, disable it, use Adaptive VSync, or set an FPS limit, there are always some compromises involved. The only no-compromises solution is to purchase a G-Sync capable monitor, which is worth considering the next time you want to replace your display.

After contemplating between a 390x and GTX980, finally decided to go for the GTX980. Granted that 390x is way cheaper and almost on par with 980 but I decided for the 980 due to lower power consumption and less heat. GTX980's overclocking headroom is also better but I don't normally overclock my parts nowadays except for testing..... old already.... 

Nice to be able to easily plop in the card, replacing my MSI GTX760, with the same 8-pin + 6-pin PCI-E connectors. Also great to see that the power consumption is about 190w (based on reviews) as compared to 165w on the old MSI.

Luckily my coolermaster 690 casing was able to accommodate the card, only with less than 2cm to spare!

And so, my first high-end card after using mid-end cards all my life!!!! (AMD 9600 pro, 7800 gs, 8800gts, 8800gt, GTX260, GTX460)

Now thinking whether I should go 1440p  (gaming on 1080p all my life too!)

Why  ? Too expensive is it? 

If I'm in KL could have bought/COD it from LYN forumers for RM500 cheaper!!!!     

OMG! 1440p my wife will already strangle me. 1440p gsync..... go straight 6-feet under! 

Actually, not willing to spend money for premium gsync tech at the moment.... hopefully next time when the prices comes down.

Haha TN panel i dont like after hopping in IPS

seems like people preferred G-sync over freesync on a blindtest . Perhaps the limitation on the MG279q 35-90hz ruining the freesync experience



http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-fr...event,4246.html

nice article to read if you are going for variable refresh rate monitor
Oh ya , btw do you guys know how long it is to get replacement GPU warranty claim for Asus ?

What you're seeing here is a graphed output of how A-Sync and G-Sync behave with regards to refresh rates as framerate begins to drop to low levels.

Of course, much of what we've just demonstrated about memory capacity constraints is kind of academic for reasons we've noted. On a practical level, these results match what we saw in our initial reviews of the R9 Fury and Fury X: at resolutions of 4K and below, cards with 4GB of video memory can generally get by just fine, even with relatively high image quality settings. Similarly, the GeForce GTX 970 seems to handle 4K gaming quite well in spite of its funky partitioned memory. Meanwhile, at higher resolutions, no current single-GPU graphics card is fast enough for fluid gaming, no matter how much memory it might have. Even with 12GB, the Titan X averages less than 30 FPS in Shadow of Mordor at 5760x3240.

The biggest concern, though, is future games that simply require more memory due to the use of higher-quality textures and other assets. AMD has a bit of a challenge to manage, and it will likely need to tune its driver software carefully during the Fury's lifetime in order to prevent occasional issues. Here's hoping that work is effective.

When or if I buy Wolfenstein: The New Order this year, it will probably be the physical PC version because I don’t want to have to download 50GB on my internet connection and monthly data cap. When I download a game on Steam my maximum download speed is around 1.5 Megabytes per second. Installing a 20GB game usually takes me six hours. If Call of Duty Ghosts — somewhere north of 40GB, shows up on a Steam free weekend, I’d have to spend 12 of those free hours downloading the game. On that note maybe EA’s Origin Game Time is a better take on the free trial idea since it doesn’t start your clock until you’ve actually installed the game.

Developers should use less pre-rendered FMVs for one thing. The PC version of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is nearly 25GB, but as I understand it around 18 of those gigs are consumed by FMVs. The actual game is somewhere around 5GB. The recent PC release of Final Fantasy XIII weighs in at 60GB, with FMVs accounting for 46GB.

FMVs made sense back in the 90’s when real-time video game graphics couldn’t display events in storylines as convincingly. Pre-rendered CG graphics are always a generation ahead of video game graphics, but I’d say real-time graphics have gotten good enough to fully convey storylines. Plus, they mesh better with the actual gameplay. FMVs have also only accelerated their file size increases with the move to encoding them in 1080p.

Somewhat odd are games that use FMVs that are pre-rendered with the same graphics as gameplay. Maybe things are rendered in those cut scenes that the gameplay engine can’t handle or doesn’t need, but I think developers should still try if it can make the difference in file sizes. Can some developers do a better job of compressing the video files if FMVs are unavoidable? Maybe some games should do a better job of storytelling that conveys more through gameplay and less through cut scenes and FMVs.

Then you have asset quality. Titanfall is 48GB on PC because it uses uncompressed audio which is easier on dual core processors. In addition to choice of languages, why don’t they give players a choice on whether uncompressed audio matters to them. The same goes for textures. Some pirate versions of Max Payne 3 come with only one audio language or with compressed textures to cut down on the download size. I wonder how many customers would be receptive to official distributors doing the same thing.

Witcher 3 had very, very, little FMVs. The game is only 30GB+ including the latest patches yet is one of the biggest games in recent history. Yet, it has some of the most terrible animation rigging in a AAA game, ever.

FMVs would have helped Witcher 3 immensely to be honest.

CDPR does not have Fox Engine, just sayin'.

Haha. I still think red alert 2 has the best FMV ever and nothing has beat it since yo.

Intel has, according to The Tech Report, decided to support Adaptive-Sync -- but not necessarily in their current product line. David Blythe of Intel would not comment on specific dates or release windows, just that it is in their plans. This makes sense for Intel because it allows their customers to push settings higher while maintaining a smooth experience, which matters a lot for users of integrated graphics.

While “AMD FreeSync” is a stack of technologies, VESA DisplayPort Adaptive-Sync should be all that is required on the monitor side. This should mean that Intel has access to all of AMD's adaptive refresh monitors, although the driver and GPU circuitry would need to be their burden. G-Sync monitors (at least those with NVIDIA-design modules -- this is currently all of them except for one laptop I think) would be off limits, though.

This is BIG. Intel recently bought Alterra the people who make the G-Sync module for Nvidia. They also cross-license a lot of Nvidia GPUs tech.

They would have more insight to the future viability of G-Sync than anyone aside from Nvidia themselves and to decide to go the AMD route.

THATS BIG!!!

That is a bit misleading. Alterra just makes FPGAs. They may not have any actual data on how Nvidia's g-sync module works unless Nvidia sent them the design for debugging or something. Using an FPGA is kind of like using a CPU that you then need to write software for. If I buy a CPU, the maker of that CPU doesn'tknow what software I run on it. FPGAs are programmed using a hardware description language like verilog rather than a software programming language. Alterra doesn't necessarily have access to the verilog that Nvidia uses to program the FPGA.

If Nvidia is confident that there will be a larger volume of g-sync modules sold then they can actually use the verilog design to create a fixed function ASIC. This should be much cheaper, if there is sufficient volume. I tried to find out the price of the FPGA Nvidia is using, and it looked like it was around $200 in small volumes, if I had the right one. Nvidia would get a better price for a large number of parts though. I don't know who takes the FPGA and mounts it on a board to make the actual g-sync module. Nvidia probably just contracts this out to some other company.

Starting in 2016, the first markets that Samsung will focus towards will include the HPC and graphics department. Samsung has a wide array of HBM configurations pre-planned.

Each HBM stack will be made from a single 8Gb component and range down to several tiers of HBM SKUs. The entry level models include the 2-Hi DRAM model that will be integrated on mainstream 2 GB HBM graphics cards (256 GB/s), performance based graphics with 4 GB HBM (512 GB/s). The Enthusiast graphics cards will ship with 4-Hi DRAM with 2 HBM stacks that will allow 8 GB VRAM (512 GB/s) and finally, 4 HBM Stacks with 16 GB VRAM models (1 TB/s).

On the HPC front, there are a wide array of high bandwidth and dense memory designs that include 4-Hi DRAMs with 4 HBM stacks that feature 32 GB VRAM (1 TB/s) and the bulky, 8-Hi DRAMs configured in 6 HBM stacks with 24 GB and 48 GB VRAM, both models featuring 1.5 TB/s bandwidth. There are also some network oriented HBM SKUs which are planned for launch in 2017 with 8-Hi DRAM Stacks configured in 1-2 HBM chips. In 2018, Samsung wants to focus on increase market growth by entering new applications to incorporate their HBM designs.

Anyone know where I can find i7-6700k, IdealTech say the stock will arrived in 2 weeks but i see some people already sell their i5-6600k

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yep, going be there lol