Recent content by MarshallBryant

Noise isn't a huge concern, I'll take a lot of power with a lot of noise :p. But I do appreciate the help!

As I said before, I lack in gpu knowledge. This is the first time in almost 3 years I've looked at them seriously because I can finally afford a good one. I'm not aware of the release cycles and what not

In my expierence open cl is fine. See my concern comes from a microcenter rep (who's word i take with a grain of salt) he told me to get a 970 over a 290x. I'd actually been looking at a 290x for a while. I'm also concerned about the 970 not being able to utilize that other 500mb lf vram...

My point about the phone thing was that I can tell when other things are out dated :p

I use cc, and I already know how to apply a graphics card fix, it's pretty simple. My issue is I don't know when a card becomes "out dated" like my iPhone 5s is on its last leg as far as being up to date is concerned but it isn't out dated. My 7770 I would say is outdated but I can still play...

Is 2gb vram still going to be okay to edit and do work in after effects at 4k?

I herd I should use cuda which is why I was looking at the 970. I should also mention I'm not looking to go over 400.

Hello, I am currently in the market for a new graphics card and graphics cards are what I'm the least knowledgeable about concerning pc components. I mostly do video editing (currently in 1080 but going into 2k and 4k in about a year) I do things in after effects as well. I also enjoy games. I...

I don't think that's the case, I had 8.1 for a short time a few months ago and I had changed my power settings on that particular install as well. But I guess I will try it when I get home. Thanks!

so I consider myself on the middle ground of pc building and hardware knowledge. My current system is as follows Asus m5a97, AMD FX 8320, 8GB RAM, Radeon HD 7770 (upgrading to gtx 970), 500gb wd blue, and 120gb ssd. Running 8.1 pro Anyways, I just put the SSD in my system and put windows 8.1...