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Is there any really benefit in getting EVGA's SuperClocked version of their cards? I want to get the ACX GTX 780 for my new build, but is it even worth going for the SuperClocked vs non-SuperClocked?
 
Here's both cards:
 
http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=03G-P4-2782-KR
 
http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=03G-P4-2784-KR
 

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Depends on your needs, as always.
 
General Look - The LG G2 boasts the biggest battery and the biggest screen size of the three options. Construction is the same as GS4, being all plastic, respectively. The HTC One is a plastic/aluminum construction, much different of a feel to the other two plastic ones.
 
G2:
 

 

HTC One:

 

 
GS4:


(Images from LatopMag.com)
 
Display Technologies - The G2 uses a 5.2" 1080p IPS panel, which is great for off-axis reading/usability. The GS4 used a 1080p Super-AMOLED panel, which contributes to true blacks and much more saturated colors. The HTC One, most comparative to the LG G2, uses a Super LCD 3 display and boasts the most pixel-dense display at the cost of .3" on the diagonal (4.7").
 
Processing Power - The G2 boasts the best SoC out of any of the three phones. Using the Snapdragon 800 SoC (System on a Chip) clocked at 2.3GHz, rather than the HTC One's and GS4's Snapdragon 600 clocked at 1.7GHz. The G2 also supports an Adreno 330 GPU rather than the Adreno 320 GPU found on the other two devices.
 
In everyday performance, the 600 is just as snappy as the 800, but if you crave the absolute greatest in tech, the 800 is the king of the hill.
 
Camera - The G2 all but takes the Camera showdown thanks to OIS (Optical Image Stabilization). True, the HTC One has this too, but it's lacking 4 megapixel camera leaves a lot of detail and just crispness of photos to be desired. Compared to the GS4, they both feature 13 megapixel cameras, but the lack of OIS on the GS4 makes it suffer in terms of stability in video shooting and low-light photography.
 
G2 vs One vs GS4 in low light:

 
G2 vs One (regular lighting):

 
G2 vs GS4 (regular lighting):

(Images from LaptopMag.com)
 
UI - The G2 is accompanied by LG's Optimus UI which prefers form over function. Animations fly everywhere and changes just for the sake of changes. The G2 tries to act as a small phablet, with windowed view modes that can hover atop the screen, but without something such as Samsung's S-Pen you really can't make use of it. Optimus is really a big cluttered mess, but thankfully you can root and install CyanogenMod or install a new launcher if it becomes over-bearing.

 
The S4 is a familiar face, with it's large and feature rich TouchWiz UI. TouchWiz isn't much to talk about, other than it takes up around 6GB of system storage to allocate to TouchWiz. Notable conveniences include Multi-Window support (two apps running at once) and floating windows - done way more professionally than the Optimus' UI equivalent.

 
Finally, the Sense 5.X UI of the HTC One. In a couple of words, if you enjoy minimalism and a smooth experience with some notable enhancements such as BlinkFeed, you'll enoy the Sense UI of the HTC One. Sense is very different from the days of yesteryear, coming now with an easy to navigate and low resource intensive UI that can suit the "Average Joe" all the way to the "Tech Head" very well.
 

 
Conclusion - So ultimately it does come down to your preference. If you prefer a device that's geared for productivity and getting you quickly back to the real word without many gimmicks or frills, the HTC One is hard to beat.
 
If you are the multitasking kind of person, you may appreciate Samsung's Galaxy S4 for the enhancements to the TouchWiz UI such as Multi-Window mode more than the One or G2.
 
Finally, if you are a photographer looking for the perfect shot of your food for Instagram, (or any other actual photography) the LG G2's camera reigns supreme among these three options.
 
I hope this helps. Looks for PocketNow's reviews and coverage of these three devices to get a professional opinion on them.
 
(Not affiliated with PocketNow)
(All images in the Camera and Design categories courtesy of LaptopMag.com)
(All other images pulled from Google)

£550-600 seems like an alright price for them.  Think I'm going to wait and see how Mantle performs before I buy a new card though.

Probably motherboards. Some people (for whatever reason) think they need the most expensive MSI or RoG motherboard out there to do any good overclocking.

To be fair, same is basically true with a computer, between the drivers, the windows updates and what not, you really need to have a internet access to fully realize your machine. Not that this isn't amusing. The PS4 also has a day one patch to enable much functionality, including the blueray player, FYI. http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/10/25/ps4-system-software-update-1-50-details/

No, I agree, whatever you're doing is cool I was talking about RaVenBelgium.

I just asked, it is from someone who doesn't have a copyright and has allowed me to.

Again I can't stress this enough, it's a problem with that all these people think they know Linus and are his "friends". They become so overly attached it's sad. 

How the hell do you afford all of these computers?

Loud noise from outside

#KilledMyWife

Why are they even bothering with ATX form factor? I don't see why you would have a low end socket that puts the GPU on the die on anything but Mini-ITX or at least Micro-ATX. I certainly wouldn't buy an FM2+ system unless I could make it extremely compact. Making a big motherboard for an iGPU system defeats it's entire purpouse.

I'm sort of on Linus' side about HDMI shouldn't have been the HD standard, so I guess I'm biased :P 

I'm sort of on Linus' side about HDMI shouldn't have been the HD standard, so I guess I'm biased :P 

Kaveri is using Steamroller cores.
 

I don't either. VGA and HDMI are two connections that I just don't feel should be in a PC environment at this day and age.

I'm sort of on Linus' side about HDMI shouldn't have been the HD standard, so I guess I'm biased :P 

First off: Awesome profile pic.
 
Secondly: It could be your display drivers. You can try uninstalling and re-installing them. That's really all I can think of. On occasion some programs on my Windows 8 PC will hang/crash and I just need to reboot the PC, but never in games.

So, I was watching a video from Elric (techoftomorrow) and I saw this in the comments:
 
http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/624/zq7n.png
 
I always knew that he's a good guy and he's proving it again
 
I don't know what's his relation with Linus but I think that they are or can be friends
 
He should get on the wan show
 
(The video was about the gaming pc that he's giving away)

That would never happen in North America.  :(