Silverforce11
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Choice is good though, if they can get the 3GB going for cheap, some gamers may be fine with turning down texture quality settings in games.
Choice is good though, if they can get the 3GB going for cheap, some gamers may be fine with turning down texture quality settings in games.
Presuming there is a 3GB 1060, and also presuming the 6GB model would be about 40 to 50 bucks more, Id have to go without 1 steak dinner and go for the 6GB.
Id be gaming at 1440 or better, so.. 3GB may be just fine for some at 1080 or other contributing variables that make 3GB a non issue for some.
For RS, the only measurement is perf/$. But if everyone thought like that, we would all be driving 4 cylinder 1000cc cars!
If you put it like that, $50 difference, it's just a night's out... But obviously that's because where you're at in life that $50 isn't much to you.
But in many other countries, $50 USD is a huge chunk of their budget.
This is why the lower vram and cheaper option is a good thing.
That's why he CPU bottlenecked his Titan X with a 2500K, and didn't have an extra $100 to spend 5.5 years ago on a January 2011 2600K? $50 over 2 years doesn't matter but saving $100 over 5 years was a big deal at the cost of a CPU bottleneck in some games? Also, what if 1060 6GB is $279-299 not $249? We'll see. I hope 1060 6B is $249 because that way PC gamers will have 2 solid choices with $199 480 4GB and $249 1060.
If you put it like that, $50 difference, it's just a night's out... But obviously that's because where you're at in life that $50 isn't much to you.
But in many other countries, $50 USD is a huge chunk of their budget.
This is why the lower vram and cheaper option is a good thing.
That's why he CPU bottlenecked his Titan X with a 2500K, and didn't have an extra $100 to spend 5.5 years ago on a January 2011 2600K? $50 over 2 years doesn't matter but saving $100 over 5 years was a big deal at the cost of a CPU bottleneck in some games? Also, what if 1060 6GB is $279-299 not $249? We'll see. I hope 1060 6B is $249 because that way PC gamers will have 2 solid choices with $199 480 4GB and $249 1060.
Nvidia focus group members get free hardware in exchange for promoting NV online iirc so the Titan X probably wasn't a budget concern.
Wow dude, LOL, once again the only measurement in your whole wall of text.....nothing about feature set, cross-platform integration, AIB providers and support etc...
Perf/$ isnt my #1 priority. With the amount of purchases we hear of in the forums, I dont think its everyone elses either.
I dont really see it as insulting more than informed opinions. For many outside the US the current prices are tough to justify.
At the same time no one is forcing anyone to buy any card that is recommended.
Personally I find his posts useful when I ask upgrade questions and because I like logical thinking and care about my money, so I always find what he has to say helpful. I don't sit and read every single review or data mine as much as I can when I want to change a component so the opinionated perspective is helpful in helping me decide. Sometimes I'll agree, other times I may not.
This that find it annoying I suppose could block those posts/comments.
Anyways tomorrow we should have a good idea of what the 1060 will do. I look forward to reading the reviews and hopefully we can get a stockpile of them here like we did for the 480 thread.
If one takes pride in being able to recommend then they should take an equal amount of pride in not doing it in an insulting way. Think about why they don't.
Bottom line: anyone who insisted folks generally should go with a 960 4GB instead of spending $50 to get 50%+ more performance with the 290 has no place recommending the 1060 in light of the 480 now. It's the basic "am I a fanboy?" test.
Bottom line: anyone who insisted folks generally should go with a 960 4GB instead of spending $50 to get 50%+ more performance with the 290 has no place recommending the 1060 in light of the 480 now. It's the basic "am I a fanboy?" test.
No, there really isn't.
The only exception that is rational and not based on fanboyism or childish emotional attachments to a hardware company is if your PSU couldn't supply the power difference between 960 and 290, and you were ok losing 50% performance for not changing PSUs. If you wanted HDMI 2.0 for HTPC, the 950 was a better card.
I 100% stand by my statement. Anything else is hypocrisy and hand waving. I'm certain those who perpetuated that garbage will come up with any excuse to deflect.