[ML-General] flailing on video cards

[David]

The GTX 960 is quite a bit faster than the R9 280X, while web benchmarks 
indicate they are similar in performance.  Further, the R9 does not 
appear to support tesselation.  This, even though the R9 is in a faster 
computer.


On 06/23/2016 09:06 PM, David wrote:
> If you really want to whack on your video cards, look up unigine. 
> Download unigine_heaven and unigine_valley.  Beautiful work, with 
> sound, but they will eat a video card's lunch if it isn't strong 
> enough.  I got very lucky with my $200 video card.  :)  Works fine 
> even at the highest detail and settings.  It's a GTX 960.  Gotta try 
> the used $100 R9 280X next in the other desktop.
>
> Speaking of video cards, man do I LUST after the new GTX 1080! Vendors 
> are currently charging as much as $200 over "list price" still, but 
> hopefully that will change soon..  The GTX 1070 doesn't look too bad 
> either but it is still overpriced (compared to list, too.)  $800+ and 
> almost $500 per.
>
> When I first read their announcements a little while back, spittle 
> drooled down the side of my mouth.  <sigh>  But I have to wait until 
> the prices come down.
>
> David
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