I explained why, I also said you wouldn't understand. Looks like I was right based on your last post. To me it sounds like the defensive one is the guy complain that nVidia is selling out of their cards. Either way, I'm sure we will both enjoy our respective cards when we get them. You may have to wait a while for a driver, but you already know that and you're ok with it. I may have to pay more for an nVidia card, I already know that and I'm ok with it.
1. Now the truth comes out. A lot of gamers on this forum actually gave you the benefit of the doubt when you legitimately discussed how you were open-minded in the 390X thread about buying either AMD or NV but I could see through your posts all along from the beginning. The minute you started bashing the possibility of a 4GB card without even seeing its price or performance, while yourself gaming on gimped 680 2GB SLI for 3.5 years I knew you already made up your mind a long time ago. I don't really care what brand of cards you buy but putting a facade of being objective was unnecessary in that case. There are certain guys on this forum like tviceman or toyota that only buy NV but the way the go about why they prefer NV is completely differently. Neither of those guys gets his panties in a bunch when AMD delivers a better product either as they cheer the competition.
2. Funny about your 2nd statement considering 7970Ghz CF have pummeled your 680 SLI for 1.5 years straight, and not just by a little bit but by 25-30%, consistently too. I guess those non-WHQL AMD drivers must suck that badly that 690/680SLI gets dropped at 1440P by 7970Ghz / ARES II at GameGPU by miles.
3. If you paid attention to my posts I already said I view this generation as a stop-gap. You are the one who wanted to future-proof with 980Ti SLI for 2.5-3 years, which is where the basis of your 6GB vs. 4GB argument came from. I don't care about any of that as I have my eyes set on Pascal/14nm AMD equivalent cards with 8GB HBM2. So your point about me waiting for months to get OK drivers is hilarious considering HD7970Ghz CF has mopped the floor with 680 SLI in the last 1.5 years and my next card will easily beat a stop-gap 980Ti. I am not sweating it cuz it's not a competition for me. Just calling things out how I see them in terms of who on this forum buys their GPUs objectively and who just puts up a veil of objectivity but in reality their decision was made a long time ago.
I don't game enough for that to matter. I will never encounter a game that I want to play in which CF doesn't work. I play games when it's convenient for me, aka, when every patch happens, when every feature works, etc. Then I play them. I NEVER am in a rush o play a game and am never a day 1 adopter of a game. If a game has 0 CF support, I probably am ot playing it. I can't think of ONE game out right now that has 0 CF support that I have to play. There isn't a game that I HAVE to play. If it isnt' compatible, I just won't play it.
Minimums is where I'm starting to worry yes and that's where the new cards look REALLY attractive hence why I'm waiting.
That's the beauty of a single GPU card. I understand what you are saying that you wait for games to drop in price and for patches to come out where CF works and the bugs/game glitches are fixed. However, in that case why even buy a card like the R9 295X2? What's wrong with a 290X/970 and when a game you buy runs poorly on those cards, then you can sell them and get something faster.
I still think an R9 295X2 at $550 is a really bad buy against a 980Ti. Even thinking down the line, it's going to be a lot harder to sell R9 295X2. $100 extra you will spend on 980Ti might only turn into $50-75 extra by the time resale value comes. In Toronto I've seen R9 295X2 used selling for $400 USD ($500 CDN). Since 980Ti is brand new and its near king of the hill for now, it has a lot more cache and consistent performance to an R9 295X2/970SLI.
If you are that interested in the R9 295X2, might as well wait until they are on final clearance. I've seen it go on sale to $492 at Tiger Direct.
50$ pricecut for the GTX980 would be crazy good.
No, at $499, the 980 is still overpriced. There is nothing crazy good about it against a $650 980TI. Once both are overclocked, 980TI will have a 35-40% lead and 50% more VRAM for only $150 more. Considering 980Ti only leads 290X by 7-15% depending on the site and it cost 60-80% more, in this case 980Ti is a "bargain" against a 980 or a better way to look at it is 980 is a horrible buy at $499 against a $330 970 or a $650 980Ti.
Facebook
Twitter