Just wait for the deals for GTX 1070 Ti (below rm1600) or GTX1080 (below rm2000), hopefully in the next 2-3 months. But don't wait too long in case no more new stock. We have a bunch of people that had been waiting since before Pascal to upgrade, due to inflated prices thanks to cryptomining with GPU.

As for ex mining cards... I would consider them worth the investment only if

A) no OC, prefer undervoltage
B) less than 2 years old, with receipt available for warranty claim
C) Priced less than half of a new card.

Just the other day, Zotac 1070Ti mini was on promo for rm1699, probably to clear old stock without sst. Look out for deals la. It will come down eventually.

If i recall correctly, they demode Realtime Ray tracing only at 1080p at ~30fps, DLSS +RT at 4K60FPS is a pipe dream bro, at current state.

AT claims etc.. is with raytracing + DLSS doubled.. afaik

actually the issue with DLSS..

1. TAA has almost zero impact in performance
2. So the question is is the resolution being upscaled cleaned up etc.... example we set 4k.. set dlss..
so we are actually gaming 1080p or 1440p.. but its upscaled to 4k.. with some texture tech??

.. i dont ever remember TAA having any significant impact in games.

evga rma via taiwan. so no prob
strix was disappointing. msi trio seems to be the best atm.

looking for a version that has enough juice and got waterblock to keep it at 2100mhz

really hoping for asus to step up their game with poseidon
or might wait for msi ekwb series.

Ask the right questions. Often they will tell you how they use the cards, including gpu settings while mining. The pics of card their PC rig would also be a favourable clue that it is there for gaming mainly and not as part of a mining farm, but can be borrowed image from elsewhere.  Also other tell-tale signs, but too many to explain here and not 100% foolproof. You just have to ask enough questions to satisfy yourself that the card is not over stressed, and still have warranty as backup.
Someone shared it in Lowyat around end of Aug, maybe to clear stock before SST. I managed to get one.

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Not sure if possible to snatch a 1080 TI for around 2k haha. Then I can sell my 1060 around 900

Ask the right questions. Often they will tell you how they use the cards, including gpu settings while mining. The pics of card their PC rig would also be a favourable clue that it is there for gaming mainly and not as part of a mining farm, but can be borrowed image from elsewhere.  Also other tell-tale signs, but too many to explain here and not 100% foolproof. You just have to ask enough questions to satisfy yourself that the card is not over stressed, and still have warranty as backup.
Someone shared it in Lowyat around end of Aug, maybe to clear stock before SST. I managed to get one.

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just pull trigger order 2080 T T
    roti soon

R250X lol
i pay 1 shot
i think tomorrow may be can get it
i get 3 fans

Agreed, but sometimes the risk is worth taking, provided you are comfortable with it. If GTX 1080Ti used for mining only 6 months by someone you know and you know the card condition still good and offer price of below RM2k, for example...

SSjben

more interesting vids


saw a video comparison of 2080ti vs 1080ti@4k

no idea whats the first test
fc primal 2x
tomb raider 20-30 %
forthnight 2x
ac something just few fps more

whats interesting about these is.. want to see more vids on testing of the new mesh pipeline.

quantum break on 4k?? lol gpu will die trying

btw da vid above is in 1440p@60

No idea also, I thought Shadow of Tomb Raider is available - not updated to Ray Tracing enabled yet ah?

Not even kan cheong to get any RTX to my lab. LOL.

Felt like a huge waste of time to test it only for FPS then they key feature are the RTX technologies.

I got a feeling some units will eventually come over even before games have the features properly enabled.

terradrive
just show u how dumb GN and Linus and Jay2C is



no shunt mod.. stock on mine
gpu test one thermalthrottle to 2010-1995
gpu test 2 thermalthrottle /powerlimit throttle to 1920

i am only 500 points difference with his volt modded overclocked to 2200 with double powerlimit.

thats what i meant their windows not optimized.

Recently saw people saying Windows 10 got update for RTX stuff, I thought that's the one they're waiting for. LOL.

Good technology but to me it's so "out of place" that I didn't even bother to follow the news.

Trade war between China and USA?

Some say due to such tariffs on China import, China will simply export to SEA countries then forward it to USA as if coming from Malaysia, etc. But who knows...

There's theory that it will benefit SEA, as company shift their production from China to SEA.

Just received Zotac RTX 2080ti AMP. Some pictures and preliminary bench result.
Tested on secondary PC with brely OC i7 6700K (4.2Ghz). Will test main PC with i7 8700K (4.8Ghz) later. Gfx score seems ok but only hovering around 1900Mhz.

1080ti is daily usage for the past 1.5 years. I was also surprised with the condition without dust. Even my hdd collects more surface dust 😁

RTX 2070 performance leak

Hardocp

It's not a leak since they didn't sign any NDA. But expected the 2070 to beat the 1080 anyways - but the price difference between a used 1080 and a new 2070 is still simply too big of a gap.

Well if you plan to use TV as display monitor for your desktop, have to be low input lag, baru alright. I can't find anything on that model. But there is a list of good one's https://www.rtings.com/tv/tests/inputs/input-lag

If not low input, really bad for gaming on PC. I've an old HDTV that I tried, terrible 

Hmm sounds like good deal, l1070 ti amp extreme selling 2229 in lelong, that's RM330 off

9900k? Or some skylake x refresh cpu?

Rtx 2070 is out at lazada, with pricetag rm 2699 cheapest lol. Zotac 2070 amp.... Guess i just buy the zotac 1070 ti...

https://www.lazada.com.my/nvidia-geforce-of...&price=-&q=2070

Guess i only can enjoy real life raytracing...

Guys, the zotac 1070ti has any problems? Are their warranty good compared to other brands?  I am guessing it's better to get the amp extreme rather than the normal one?

Wasted 2 days tweaking ffxv wondering why 2080 perform so bad because of endless stuttering hitching and random crashes only found out game is having problem since October :facepalm:

Lol... imagine the price of a xx70 card > can already get a pre-owned GTX 1080 or add a bit more a new GTX 1080

Cheapest RTX 2070: RM2559
Cheapest RTX 2080: RM3599
Cheapest RTX 2080 Ti: RM5399

I am not against the RTX cards but really can't pull the trigger on tech that have yet to take off. You're basically paying premium for RTX/DLSS but with GTX 1080/1080 Ti performance for RTX 2070/2080 respectively. Of course the 2080 Ti is a class of its own with an exorbitant price tag to match.

So far I've seen JayzTwoCents, Hardware Unboxed and GamerNexus (by far the most comprehensive) and its the same sentiment across 

Not sure how Ray Tracing will perform on RTX 2070... I heard the game "Control" by Remedy ran at 60fps at 1080p with RTX on a 2080 Ti 

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-rtx-9-2-ms-remedy-northlight/

So either go full in RTX 2080 Ti or wait for 30-series is my advice la else grab a 10-series GPU for a lot lesser... haha

Me... I'm waiting patiently for the arrival of my 4K display to pair with my 1080 Ti.

RTX 2070 looks pretty tempting to me though, currently using a 1050ti. Intending to use for 2k gaming

Just wondering, is a 8700k or a 8086k gonna bottleneck the 2080ti?

On 1080p and 1440p respectively.

1080p absolutely if you play at high refresh rates. No CPU in the world now does not bottleneck a 2080Ti at 1080p if pushing for 144hz. If it's just for 60hz, then just why? A 1060 6GB will also provide you 60fps for 4x less money.

1440p, less so but there is still a bottleneck but not significant.

Also, people forget about frametime fluidity and just focus on average FPS. The bigger the bottleneck, the more erratic the frametime is - with lots of spikes, juddering and inconsistent input latency. I'm surprised that we're nearly in 2019 and people still haven't figured out that average FPS means jackshit to how well and smooth a game runs.

There are ways to deal with bottleneck if playing at a lower resolution - like brute forcing the game to run at a higher internal resolution (DSR basically). Unfortunately not all games works well with DSR, it's unbelievable that there are games in 2018 that STILL do not have UI scaling at high resolutions. Then drivers can also screw up DSR (driver 411.63 - 411.70) by introducing a black screen bug and the only way to fix it is a hard reset.

1050ti isn’t the real budget king

the real one is gtx1060 6GB after launch. My friend bought brand new for less than 1k short time after launch that’s a steal

it was really 6GB

my friend bragged about it to me lol

Despite dreaming of the latest and the greatest, remember that many more gamers are hoping for improvements at the RM 500-800, mainstream budget. Only when you come to lowyat then you feel like RM 1100-1900 is the normal price range for GPUs... basically the "enthusiast" budget level.

When will we see the next budget king like GTX550 Ti and GTX1050 Ti?

The one less than 1k was the 3GB version, as I recall. I got my 1050Ti at around RM 650 also. Less than RM800 and can handle 1080p beautifully... I think that is the sweet spot there. Many reviewers call it "best bang for your buck".

Probably... Prices here in East Malaysia would be higher. Anyway, that promo window was VERY small and soon the crypto fever took over... but GTX1050 and 1050Ti were largely unaffected. Prices for 1050Ti hovered around RM 750-850, while the GTX1060 6GB went up over RM1500

I know, right? When they were first launched, Zotac had promo for gt1030 till gtx1060. Then the fire nation atta... I mean, crypto currency came along.

For HTPC, you dont really need gpu for some setup, eg AMD 2400G, unless you need to push 60+ fps movies on 4k or something like that.

Damn u lord oz.... i mean farmers....

My ex manager bought 80 unit rx480.. imagine that.. hahaha..

haha get zotac then RMA almost zero

almost. but not zero.

send few units already. 

nope.
use stock clock... its already way higher than others FOC card.

but things happen... lol.

btw zotac rma is  . no receipt nor sn also can rma...