Neovalen Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Actually, I dropped post processing (blur/dof) in DA:I by one level and disabled aa, smooth 60. It's just maxed out that hurt :) Link to comment
Aiyen Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I do think I said something about DoF and blur effects being costly a while back! :) Those are just not worth maxing out... even in the witcher two they are just brutal. Mainly because high width blurring cost so much when you increase resolution that it is just too crazy. You can also see that when using ENB in skyrim with the more pretty bokeh DoF´s. Pretty for screenshots.. but brutal on the performance. Link to comment
Neovalen Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Argh, sorry guys I know this is frustrating. I'm going to RMA (again), the card started putting out a high pitched sound when frame rate goes over 60 (old games and benches) and crashes even at stock settings. Likely be another 4-5 days to get the new card. *sigh* I just have no luck with this upgrade. On the (plus?) side, I now know why it was such a dud for overclocking. Link to comment
Vexzarium Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I was going to say, when I compared our Fire Strikes, the 980 should have been quite a bit higher than yours was on the score. Silly question, but what type of PSU are you running? Link to comment
Neovalen Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I'm running a high quality Corsair 750W, should be more than enough since I was running TWO 970s for months on it. :) Link to comment
DanimalTwo Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Argh, sorry guys I know this is frustrating. I'm going to RMA (again), the card started putting out a high pitched sound when frame rate goes over 60 (old games and benches) and crashes even at stock settings. Likely be another 4-5 days to get the new card. *sigh* I just have no luck with this upgrade. On the (plus?) side, I now know why it was such a dud for overclocking.So are you sticking with the same card? Coil whine was one of the issues I read about in reviews with the Gigabyte GTX 980 4GB G1 along with sagging due to weight, and arriving with a bend back board causing some fans not to work. To be fair only a small percentage of people complained, so it might be luck of the draw. When it comes time for me to upgrade (soon), I was leaning toward the EVGA, I have never had issues with their cards and owned quite a few. Link to comment
DanimalTwo Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I just bought a EVGA GTX 980 4GB FTW. Hopefully I will have good luck with it. Link to comment
Neovalen Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Well, card is officially shipped back to Newegg. Hopefully their RMA department doesn't make me jump hoops for a replacement. Made some videos of the whine and such before shipping just in case. Link to comment
Jverv Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 Just saw this, people are filing out a lawsuit. I say good to tell the truth. Link to comment
Aiyen Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Only in america.... Any issue pop up and bang... law suits left right and center. Funny thing is that it is the middle men who are going to sit with the loss... they are the ones who have to accept returns and provide full refunds without being able to sell the card as new getting their expenses covered. One could imagine that lawsuit between people like amazon and Nvidia.. but not the consumer and Nvidia. Simply does not make much sense. Link to comment
Jverv Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 This "middle man" you speak of in about all cases is still a mega-corporation, so I think the few million they loose is not gonna break them. Though they would never take a profit loss, they'll pass it on to the consumer some how. I do agree we sue way too much in this country, but this is a case where the people need to do more then being good little sheep. Just my two cents though, I don't have the card. I do buy nvidia though. Link to comment
Neovalen Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Newegg got my card, accepted it, and generated my replacement order. Imagine it will be shipped tomorrow. Hopefully will have it back in hand by Friday. Link to comment
Vexzarium Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Newegg is my favorite source for anything electronic, they are fantastic. And by the by Neovalen, your DSR mod is outstanding. Just completed a STEP:Extended + RV ENB hybrid and your mod is one of my favorite parts. And to boot, this new rig is banging out 45-60fps with these hammer mods installed. ;) Link to comment
DanielCoffey Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 (edited) I am glad Newegg are supporting you. Let's hope the replacement is a good overclocker! Here in the UK I use Scan for the same reason. I have shopped with them for about fifteen years and they have always stood by their warranties and RMA procedures. They also have an affordable optional Accidental Damage policy if you are ever unsure about putting a build together. It covers the odd "Whoops!" that can happen when building. Edited February 25, 2015 by DanielCoffey Link to comment
Neovalen Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Just got the shipping notification. Estimated delivery tommorow :) Looks like a ton of mod updates today, will get to it soon as I can. Link to comment
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