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    27" 1440p 144hz 1ms recommendation

    I just got the Dell SG2716DG to replace my Asus MG279Q and it's pretty impressive for a TN panel. Nearly the same colour quality after some tweaking and much better uniformity and motion handling.
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    ZOTAC introduces a pair of GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Mini cards

    Damn, I want that one with the waterblock.
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    Your first dedicated GPU?

    3Dfx Voodoo 1 4MB. I remember slapping an 40mm fan on it to try and get over 57mhz stable. I loved the CRT click when 3D would kick in. Such good times, Forsaken, GLQuake, Incoming, going to 3dfiles.net to download whatever new demo had just come out.... I miss the 90s.
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    Geforce GTX 1080 Ti now official - Faster than Titan X ($699)

    I'm loving this card so far. After overclocking it's pretty much double my Fury X. I've got it running at a 24x7 overclock of 2050mhz undervolted to 1.031v. The lower volts keeps it under the 120% TDP 100% of the time so the clock stays solid at 2050. I slapped an EVGA Hybrid on it with two...
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    3DMARK FIRE STRIKE TEST - 1080 TI - NOT PASSED

    It's not a stability test in the sense of "how stable is your hardware" it's more of a "how stable is your framerate". You're framerate is dropping because your clockspeed is dropping. You're clockspeed is dropping because your chip is getting hot and throttling. It's working exactly as...
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    Nvidia Store Duty Fees and Customs?

    Order from nVidia.com showed up today, no duties. Total with Tax and Priority shipping (Which took 2 Days) was $853USD. Converted is $1137CAD. My cancelled Gigabyte from NCIX was $966 Plus tax with free ground shipping. Total was $1111. So it was only $27 more to get it today instead of god...
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    Nvidia Store Duty Fees and Customs?

    Halifax, NS
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    Geforce GTX 1080 Ti now official - Faster than Titan X ($699)

    Yeah, I generally feel that way too and I've installed tons of coolers on various CPUs over the years but the 290x was the weirdest thing. Installed the G10 and AIO, powered it up everything was fine, low idle temps. Fired up Heaven benchmark, ran for like three seconds and I heard a pop and...
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    Nvidia Store Duty Fees and Customs?

    Oh and I also had NCIX pull that on me on their DirectCanada site. Claimed in-stock when I ordered and charged me right away but when I chatted with CS it changed to the cards are incoming in 1-3 days and you're part of the first batch, to you were too far down the list and we ran out of cards...
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    Nvidia Store Duty Fees and Customs?

    If you continue the order and get to the checkout, nVidia charges you Canadian tax based on your province. That means you shouldn't get hit with any extra customs fees. I've had one guy on Reddit confirm that he had nothing extra due on delivery and I'm hoping that's the case when my order shows...
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    Geforce GTX 1080 Ti now official - Faster than Titan X ($699)

    My 1080ti is scheduled to show up tomorrow and I'm pretty stoked. I'm grabbing. 980ti hybrid cooler to slap on it and I've got a question for the guys that have installed one, how tight have you tightened the screws down that hold the pump on the board? I once killed a 290x with a NZXT g10 and a...
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    1080 Ti? Wait for Vega? Curious what you guys think.

    I'm a staunch ATI/AMD supporter, haven't had an nVidia GPU since the 8800GT and I got sick of waiting for Vega and ordered a 1080ti. The 4GB in my Fury X had become a huge issue at 1440p and I couldn't get satisfactory frame rates in most Q4 2016 - Q1 2017 releases so I needed to do something...
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    Doom (2016) Discussion

    The texture option made a slight visual difference with minimal performance impact on my Fury X. The shadow option did have a considerable impact on framerate so I turned it off right away.
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    Doom (2016) Discussion

    or add "+menu_advanced_AllowAllSettings 1" (Without the quotes) to your steam launch options. That will allow you to select those two nightmare options regardless of VRAM.
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    Best option for cooling oced 5930k

    Here's my 5930k temps under a Noctua D15 with stock fans. I'm at 4.5ghz, 1.29V. The Max temps were during a 25 run loop of LinX. http://imgur.com/i229wgk I really can't speak highly enough of this cooler, fans are whisper quiet at idle and when they ramp up they're still decently silent. My...