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pmam Veteran
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 10:24 am Post subject: Need your recommendation on video cards? |
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Following are details of some video cards with coupons and new prices from TOMTOP - I am not familiar with these cards,
so please advise according your experience if you can recommend on some cost-effective cards from these list.
I am not an heavy gamer, just starting, and looking for a good deal. So any info of these cards in regards of gaming,
compatibility to linux open source drivers/propriety etc, will be more than welcome.
Code: | CARD ORIGINAL PRICE COUPON END DATE NEW PRICE
Colorful GTX 1050 $159.99 NVID20 $20 8.31 $139.99
Colorful GTX 1050Ti $224.99 NVID29 29$ 8.31 $195.99
Colorful GTX 1060 GPU 3GB $314.99 NVID35 35 8.31 $279.99
Colorful GTX 1060 GPU 6GB $359.99 NVID30 30 8.31 $329.99
Colorful GTX iGame 1050Ti $239.99 NVID33 $33 8.31 $206.99
Colorful GTX iGame 1070 U-8GD5 $559.99 NVID64 $64 8.31 $495.99
Colorful GTX iGame 1080 U-8GD5X $759.99 NVID90 $90 8.31 $669.99
Colorful iGame GTX1080Ti $899.99 NVI90 $90 8.31 $809.99
MAXSUN GeForce GTX1050Ti $259.99 NVID50 $50 8.31 $209.99
MAXSUN GetForce GTX 1050Ti $259.99 NVI50 $50 8.31 $209.99 |
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chithanh Developer
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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These are all NVidia cards. The compatibility with open source drivers is poor after Geforce 700 (Kepler) generation.
Do not ever expect them to work in more than basic fashion with open source drivers, you will likely always need the NVidia proprietary drivers.
From your list, the 1050Ti cards seem like the best deal, if you plan light gaming at 1080p. |
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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chithanh,
Thanks for your recommendation!
Quote: | Do not ever expect them to work in more than basic fashion with open source drivers, you will likely always need the NVidia proprietary drivers. |
By the way: Radeon is better in regards of this aspect? _________________ “You can take our property, our sweet homes, even our cloths...
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chithanh Developer
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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Radeon cards are much better supported by open source drivers. Gaming performance with AMD open source drivers is slower compared to NVidia proprietary drivers.
However: Mainline kernel support for the latest radeon cards (RX 400/500 series) is currently incomplete. You have to get your kernel source from an AMD employee's personal kernel tree until the driver code gets merged to mainline. Mesa etc. will work as is.
Older cards (R7/R9 series) will work mostly out of the box with current kernels. |
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mir3x Guru
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Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2017 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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GTX 1050 is only about 10% slower than 1050 Ti so its probably best deal.
Now prizes are going down after ethereal mining boom, they will be probably stabilized next year.
1030 is not so bad in fact if u dont play much:D, it will be enough for dota2 and csgo, maybe witcher3 with crappy settings like in ps4 ( not sure)
There is witcher3 on 1030 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfj7pO2PM_k - but whole scene is night, not much to see. _________________ Sent from Windows |
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Laachax n00b
Joined: 03 Jun 2017 Posts: 31 Location: Null island
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Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2017 12:38 am Post subject: |
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chithanh wrote: |
However: Mainline kernel support for the latest radeon cards (RX 400/500 series) is currently incomplete. You have to get your kernel source from an AMD employee's personal kernel tree until the driver code gets merged to mainline. Mesa etc. will work as is. |
Would this carry performance benefits for someone with say a rx480? |
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ronaldoc n00b
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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 9:44 am Post subject: |
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I'd have to go with the Nvidia GeForce GT 1030 2GB |
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johnolwen n00b
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Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 4:39 am Post subject: |
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It is quite mediocre really. To play 2016 games , at 1080p , settings at medium-high(gameworks off), locked at 60fps , you’d probably need a gtx 770 . The gtx 750ti is nearly 100% weaker than a gtx 770 .
So i guess on a gtx 750ti , to get the recommended experience by the developers , only 768p makes sense . You cant go for extra eye candy with this GPU anymore .
Dont bother with the gameworks .And Middle-class cards like this can give massive FPS drops if you crank up the post processing . Even games like phantom pain , really well optimised for PC , was causing significant FPS drops on the gtx 750ti because of post processing effects. |
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havana8 n00b
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Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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from those that you've mentioned 1050ti |
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stqn n00b
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Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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The proprietary nvidia driver works very well most of the time. Sometimes you might want to select a specific version so that things work well. I have a GTX 1060 6GB and it’s good enough to play games at high graphics quality at 1080p at 60 FPS. |
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