RadiclDreamer
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I avoid it because of the poor support, relative instability, extra heat, extra power usage, extra cost and often times poor performance. I would rather just buy a really fast single card.
1) you appear to be agreeing with the guy you quoted
2) why the obsession with running games maxed out? Yeah it looks prettier, but ultra is only slightly prettier than med/high. Noticeably? Sure. Worth many hundreds more to afford? YMMV
I don't know what kind of in-depth articles you want, but I'm guessing it's harder to do those than just belching out another set of benchmarks. If you forced review writers on the internet to focus on having anything interesting to say beyond just slapping up a few graphs then most wouldn't publish anything at all. Just pick out the jewels that are worth reading and ignore the noise, since there will always be a lot of it.
I think it depends what you want. Most people want hardware that:
a) is hassle free.
b) gives them the best chance of playing the game well.
c) looks as nice as possible.
A few also fall into the camp of:
d) benchmark junkies - i.e. they love knowing how fast their setup is vs the rest of the world.
Sli/Xfire/4K don't give you a and b. They add hassle and bugs, they introduce lag, 4K means 60hz, more blur, lower fps. That is a major failing - I don't want to spend all that money to have to continually fight with the drivers and then after all that have worse performance playing my choice of online shooter because it's actually laggier and stutters so I can't aim as well.
Hence it's really for people who care more about c and d then a and b.
Personally I set my settings to give me b then don't worry about them again. Sure it's nice to have the very highest you can get (which with a 1920p screen and a single 970 I can generally get) but do I really care if I used FXAA and textures aren't quite as sharp, or my screen isn't 4K when I am playing the game - no, too busy playing to notice. I do notice fast however if there's lag, or low fps (I have a 120hz screen) and it's making me miss...
if you wanted to stay over 60 frames per second you can use common sense and use SMAA instead of MSAA.
Toyota, is it possible for you to not be condescending sometime?
C'mon man, there are different opinions.
why are you so paranoid? last two times you accused me of something it wasnt even true. my comment was/is a general statement for anyone about using common sense instead of just cranking the most demanding AA.Toyota, is it possible for you to not be condescending sometime?
C'mon man, there are different opinions.
why are you so paranoid? last two times you accused me of something it wasnt even true. my comment was/is a general statement for anyone about using common sense instead of just cranking the most demanding AA.
why are you so paranoid? last two times you accused me of something it wasnt even true. my comment was/is a general statement for anyone about using common sense instead of just cranking the most demanding AA.
way to miss the point AGAIN. you seem to take simple comments and add your personal spin to it to make it look like I am saying something I am not. please dont reply to me again if all you want to do is put words in my mouth so you can argue.Respect the others. It has nothing to do with paranoia.
If someone wants to use MSFXGATUGDAA and wants to buy a second card for it, you'll have to respect that and don't accuse them of lacking of common sense.