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Intel Skylake / Kaby Lake

Doesn't matter. Bottom line is there's no reason to upgrade to Skylake, at all, versus even a nicely overclocked 2500k from two years ago. Thanks to AMD for being so poor, so absolutely awful, that Intel has been able to essentially sit still with no real innovation. We all suffer when...
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- Post #1,481
- Jul 11, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Disappointed by AMD

Yes and no. The reviews generally compare stock clocked cards, and then OC the FX and put it back in the charts against the stock 980 Ti. But if you take the average 980 Ti overclock Boost level of 1400MHz+ and compare to the average Fury X OC of +100MHz (at best, some are doing as...
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- Post #209
- Jul 2, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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AMD Fury X Postmortem: What Went Wrong?

Looking forward to it, never made the jump to 8 as it wasn't needed (7 was solid, why risk it right). But 10 looks like it has some fun toys to play with, could be a good one.
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- Post #395
- Jul 2, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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AMD Fury X Postmortem: What Went Wrong?

This. Unfortunately.
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- Post #391
- Jul 1, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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GTX 980Ti finally launched - MSRP $649 - Reviews

They're not. It's just in areas where the prices were much higher than $649 US, like certain Euro countries, etc, where the true cost is closer to $750-800 when converted.
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- Post #715
- Jun 27, 2015
- Forum: Nvidia
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Disappointed by AMD

Not a moot point when your primary competition can OC, with warranty, for +200-300MHz. They really screwed up on that end, especially with the hype bragging about "what a great overclocker" the FX is...mindboggling. Yes, good alternate view from the opposite side. Liked it.
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- Post #158
- Jun 26, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Disappointed by AMD

Wrong on the OC headroom, unless you are ok with violating the card's warranty through a modded BIOS. I personally am fine with that, but I don't speak for others. As it is stock, it's one of the worst overclockers we've ever seen, and AMD will not be releasing voltage mods to third party...
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- Post #154
- Jun 26, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Who thinks Maxwell is getting a rebrand/rebadge?

Stop waiting, just buy. If you wait, you can make an argument to wait forever, limitlessly. Always something cheaper/faster around the corner. Buy now, enjoy now. Yes it absolutely will happen, as Pascal is in a galaxy far far away and there's plenty of time to fit in a nice 14nm...
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- Post #8
- Jun 26, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Disappointed by AMD

We're talking about PRICE guy, we obviously know all about the previous generations. AMD and Nvidia were looking to increase prices this latest round, just as Nvidia did previously with the 780 Ti introduction, and Nvidia cut the price unexpectedly just to punish AMD's margins. Keep up...
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- Post #152
- Jun 26, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Disappointed by AMD

You, nor anyone else here, knows that. And the air Fury is still cut down for heat and power issues while on just air (allegedly), so apparently HBM didn't save them anything of note. Still holding out hope that the air Fury is not cut-down, could be a killer at that price.
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- Post #150
- Jun 26, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Disappointed by AMD

double post error
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- Post #149
- Jun 26, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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If Fury is overpriced, why is a $1000 Titan-X acceptable?

Yep, what we've been saying in various ways in multiple threads. Two former Titan X owners agree.
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- Post #159
- Jun 26, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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If Fury is overpriced, why is a $1000 Titan-X acceptable?

Because it's irrelevant. Re-read my posts in this thread, slowly, calmly, breathing, and understand that the entire thread is pointless as no one gives a #$%! about how the Titan X is priced in proportion to the Fury X. The Fury X is judged by the 980 Ti, and the 980 Ti beat the Fury X in...
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- Post #155
- Jun 26, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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If Fury is overpriced, why is a $1000 Titan-X acceptable?

Keysplayr, wtf are you going on about, enough. Who gives a S whether someone said or didn't say the Titan X pricing was appropriate. I guarantee you I could find as many idiots to say that as you require, people will go to extreme lengths to justify and rationalize their purchases as I've...
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- Post #151
- Jun 26, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Disappointed by AMD

That could be, sure. The risks are so big though they would make me pause if I were approving that strategy. We would need to know when they realized they wouldn't be able to ship more than a 4GB product to market. If it was early in the process, that's a management mistake...should...
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- Post #147
- Jun 26, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards

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