Nvidia to bundle Metro: Last Light with its GPUs

[NIGELG]

Obviously, I have to place you on ignore.

Huh??I always thought you were not like that.

But you once said that 3d gaming flexibility is a gamer's best friend.I don't like 3d gaming therefore I must not be a gamer??

 

[SirPauly]

Think about this point though, here is what AMD is basically currently saying - in our forum member's point of view - "To get our cards to run at an acceptable level, you must install radeonpro and tweak/apply different settings, vsync or whatever it may be". Does that not sound wrong to you? SLI works very well right out of the box, as it is intended to.

I just have a problem with people recommending crossfire at this time when SLI is clearly the better option, that's all. 650ti Boost, 660, 660 ti, and 670, perform very well in SLI for the money. Price/Performance is what it is all about, isn't it ? Look into 650ti B and 660 for 1080p gaming.

BTW i'm actually really excited for this game and quite happy NV locked this in. Not for bundling, because i could care less but it will surely be optimized very well at launch and additional features from physx are always welcome

To me, the added awareness helps improve the quality and flexibility for gamers as a whole though and what excites me more is the willingness of third parties to investigate and go beyond just raw frame-rate. As a vocal advocate for more quality with multi-GPU and always feeling that the frame-rate one did see was not accurate over the many years this is like music to my ears.

 

[SirPauly]

But you once said that 3d gaming flexibility is a gamer's best friend.I don't like 3d gaming therefore I must not be a gamer??

We go back a long way at Rage3d; does this mean the 3d in Rage3d is 3d stereo or 3d acceleration? I offered that Rage3d signature before 3d stereo had focus and the context was 3d acceleration.

Really enjoy 3d gaming flexibility; a gamer's best friend!

But why? So a gamer may find the right balance for their subjective taste, tolerance, threshold and wallet.

 

[NIGELG]

We go back a long way at Rage3d; does this mean the 3d in Rage3d is 3d stereo or 3d acceleration? I offered that Rage3d signature before 3d stereo had focus and the context was 3d acceleration.



But why? So a gamer may find the right balance for their subjective taste, tolerance, threshold and wallet.

Cool.

 

[Will Robinson]

Dear bluesquare07...it's a real treat watching you trash talk long term members having been here about 5 mins yourself...

If bias and being a fanboy doesn't matter, why do all the AMD minions rip on keys all the time?

That would be because he is a bought and paid for NVDA puppet.
Any other obvious stuff you want to know about...no?
Alrighty.....just go back to being the obnoxious new kid then.:thumbsup:

 

[raghu78]

Dear bluesquare07...it's a real treat watching you trash talk long term members having been here about 5 mins yourself...
That would be because he is a bought and paid for NVDA puppet.
Any other obvious stuff you want to know about...no?
Alrighty.....just go back to being the obnoxious new kid then.:thumbsup:

well said. :thumbsup:

 

[blackened23]

Think about this point though, here is what AMD is basically currently saying - in our forum member's point of view - "To get our cards to run at an acceptable level, you must install radeonpro and tweak/apply different settings, vsync or whatever it may be". Does that not sound wrong to you? SLI works very well right out of the box, as it is intended to.

I just have a problem with people recommending crossfire at this time when SLI is clearly the better option, that's all. 650ti Boost, 660, 660 ti, and 670, perform very well in SLI for the money. Price/Performance is what it is all about, isn't it ? Look into 650ti B and 660 for 1080p gaming.

BTW i'm actually really excited for this game and quite happy NV locked this in. Not for bundling, because i could care less but it will surely be optimized very well at launch and additional features from physx are always welcome

I agree that SLI is better. But honestly your ranting over the course of several threads makes you sound little different than the posting methods of those you dislike - ease the tone down a bit, perhaps?

Anyway, it's pretty surprising that this thread has hit so many tangents. Nvidia bundling Metro Last Light is good for consumers, and i'm glad they're doing it. I wasn't awfully impressed by their F2P bucks and find this to be a much more worthy product tie-in. Definitely looking forward to the game as well, I enjoyed the original Metro 2033 quite a bit.

 

[railven]

I just have a problem with people recommending crossfire at this time when SLI is clearly the better option, that's all.

I guess if a user currently has a Radeon you can't suggest Crossfire, even if you attach a warning, the correct answer is "sell your Radeon and buy two GeForces."

Sometimes the statements people make are so stupid, I can't help but chuckle.

 

[bluesquare07]

Dear bluesquare07...it's a real treat watching you trash talk long term members having been here about 5 mins yourself...
That would be because he is a bought and paid for NVDA puppet.
Any other obvious stuff you want to know about...no?
Alrighty.....just go back to being the obnoxious new kid then.:thumbsup:

I am aware he is a NV focus group member or whatever. That doesn't take away the fact that he doesn't post ridiculous things, much like many AMD users do like nigel. Do you see him going around saying LOLOLAMD WHOREZ in every thread?

I'm sure there are many members on this forum apart of the AMD focus group (or whatever it is called) and they just aren't showing it. That, or they are doing the same job without getting cards for free lmfao.

I guess if a user currently has a Radeon you can't suggest Crossfire, even if you attach a warning, the correct answer is "sell your Radeon and buy two GeForces."

Sometimes the statements people make are so stupid, I can't help but chuckle.

Dude, obviously it's people recommending CF from scratch.

 

[railven]

Dude, obviously it's people recommending CF from scratch.

Dude, obviously it wasn't from the context in that post, which is what made it a stupid statement. Add the modifier "from scratch" statement isn't as stupid anymore.

 

[NIGELG]

I am aware he is a NV focus group member or whatever. That doesn't take away the fact that he doesn't post ridiculous things, much like many AMD users do like nigel. Do you see him going around saying LOLOLAMD WHOREZ in every thread?

I'm sure there are many members on this forum apart of the AMD focus group (or whatever it is called) and they just aren't showing it. That, or they are doing the same job without getting cards for free lmfao.



Dude, obviously it's people recommending CF from scratch.

Get out of here,TrollD:.....

 

[bluesquare07]

Get out of here,TrollD:.....

You're telling me ?

 

[SirPauly]

Metro: Last Light Now Bundled With GeForce GTX Graphics Cards

And like its predecessor, Metro: Last Light also features hardware-accelerated NVIDIA PhysX effects that enable the realistic destruction of scene objects during combat, and the enhancement of other game elements, like particle effects.

http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/metro-last-light-bundle


NVIDIA’s Spring GeForce Game Bundle Announced - Metro: Last Light
by Ryan Smith on April 16, 2013 8:00 PM EST

Note that as this offer is only for the GTX 660 and above, it will not be replacing NVIDIA’s $75 free-to-play bundle for the GTX 650 series cards, which remains in effect and runs until the end of the month.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6904/nvidias-spring-game-bundle-announced-metro-last-light

 

[5150Joker]

Receiving Metro Last Light with both the Titan SC Signature's I bought from NewEgg recently (they get here tomorrow). Going to sell one copy and use the other for benchmarks (about all the last game was good for). AMD definitely has nvidia beat on value and game bundles. While I like Titan, its far too expensive and I hope AMD steps it up to put nvidia back into reality. Anyone that blindly supports one or the other is stupid because they're just shooting themselves in the foot.

Personally I hope AMD comes out on top next gen so they can pick up more market share. They just need to fix their terrible Crossfire and improve their drivers. I had Crossfire for my Alienware laptops (4870M/5870M/6970M/6990M/7970M Crossfire) and it was a headache every single time and as soon as I switched to 580M/680M SLI, it was a night and day difference--no stuttering, no headaches, it just worked.

 

[wand3r3r]

AMD definitely has nvidia beat on value and game bundles. While I like Titan, its far too expensive and I hope AMD steps it up to put nvidia back into reality. Anyone that blindly supports one or the other is stupid because they're just shooting themselves in the foot.

This is exactly right.

 

[SirPauly]

I believe Titan offers a poor price/performance but I didn't buy one and don't understand someone offering far too expensive and yet buys two of them -- obviously it's not far too expensive. More competition is more than welcomed.

 

[5150Joker]

I believe Titan offers a poor price/performance but I didn't buy one and don't understand someone offering far too expensive and yet buys two of them -- obviously it's not far too expensive. More competition is more than welcomed.

I bought two because my desktop is my first new build since 2007. They are still a very poor priceerformance value just like buying a Rampage IV + 3960x is for people that use them mainly for gaming builds. It's all about the e-peen..

 

[NTMBK]

I believe Titan offers a poor price/performance but I didn't buy one and don't understand someone offering far too expensive and yet buys two of them -- obviously it's not far too expensive. More competition is more than welcomed.

As a gaming card, its too expensive. As a cheap Tesla, it's pretty good.

 

[Imouto]

As a gaming card, its too expensive. As a cheap Tesla, it's pretty good.

Tom's disagree.

 

[blackened23]

Tom's disagree.

CUDA applications work and will be far faster on the Titan in comparison to other consumer products. It must be said that there remains some differentiation between workstation and consumer products: many software suites such as adobe suite, maya, 3ds max, etc require the drivers and specific software provided by fireGL and quadro cards. Titan does not provide that.

BUT, it does accelerate CUDA applications far faster than the GTX 680, 580, etc do. Stated another way, the Titan is definitely beneficial for someone doing CUDA development. But it is not a workstation card and a workstation card will definitely do other things better. This is precisely why workstation cards (eg K20, K20X) cost a lot more than the Titan does. They have functionality that the Titan does not.