PCARS is in pre-alpha and has been since it was announced years ago. Oh no, AMD drivers have not been optimised, for a very early pre-alpha version of a game that is not due until Q4 2014 (or 2015). Well I'm convinced, this is total proof that Nvidia do DX11 better than AMD. All those...
AMD are short of components in part (not the sole factor) because of the increased number of cards sold to miners. I did state the word IF as a qualifier.
So IF miners are purchasing a significant percentage of cards for mining, there are less for gamers and prices shoot up because of supply...
If Nvidia became good at mining prices would go up across the board, they most certainly would not go down. If miners are purchasing all the cards supply dries up and prices skyrocket.
This would not stabilise prices, it would simply mean we pay more for less from both Nvidia and AMD.
No, I said the mining craze effect on the overall sales would not show until Q1 because the mining craze didn't begin until the very end of Q3. I also believe that the mining craze is not the sole factor in the shortages in the US. This is because in the UK and Europe, AMD GPU stock has been...
I don't claim AMD's supply issues are purely as a result of the mining craze, but it is certainly does have an effect to some extent. Clearly in the US there are supply issues but here in the UK at least it has been possible to purchase all AMD products at MSRP.
One of the main suppliers here...
Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't the mining craze not really take off until very late Q4?
AMD cards including R9 290/X were still at MSRP until mid Dec in the US and never rose above MSRP here in Europe at all. So the mining craze effect would not really show until the Q1 2014 results are...
If SLI is even remotely on your radar then get one with more VRAM. 2GB is fine now with 1080p but if games do start demanding more VRAM in a year or two, then the selling price of a 2GB card will tank badly. Personally I would go with GTX780 over GTX770 4BG all day long.
Assuming US prices...
How does that change anything? He still said take Nvidia's marketing numbers with several grains of salt. Either way you cut it he is calling BS on their marketing numbers
It doesn't hurt AMD because everyone knows that the price hikes are down to unscrupulous retailers such as Newegg. While AMD may have lost a sale to you they made that sale (and more) to cryptocoin miners. So in the long run AMD still got the sale.
The only possible downside I can see is if...
PhysX is not a low level API and it most certainly does not expose extra performance. It is a middleware that works with DirectX and in all cases where GPU PhsysX is enabled performance is reduced significantly on Nvidia hardware.
Of course we now start getting the old, "anything that shows AMD/Mantle in a good light" must be debunked BS.
Star Swarm is a loaded test and cannot be taken seriously
BF4 with mantle has washed out colours and draws less detail
Please, at least lets see how Mantle matures before declaring it...
The OP wants an objective discussion, yet refuses to acknowledge when some of his arguments are completely debunked. How can someone possibly be objective if they refuse to change their mind based on solid evidence?
He claims Mantle isn't backward compatible with DirectX. Yet refuses to...
Sorry, I edited my post to remove that as it seemed silly after I typed it. :)
The cryptocoin craze did hit the rest of the world, but clearly the price gouging bastard retailers in the US are total mongrels compared to the rest of the world. :)
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