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  1. 4 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

    the only way to find out is to test it.

    probably some engineering sample.

    I doubt its an engineering sample. As Jayztwocents has mentioned, Intel Engineering Samples are usually in small unmarked boxes that are even smaller than the retail packaging boxes. He made a video about it when he was comparing the quality difference between Intel's ES boxes vs AMD's.

  2. 12 hours ago, Serin said:

    More vram = more stuff in scenes. More/bigger textures. More models. More animations. Just about more everything.
    Its really a huge step up after generations hovering around 11-12gb for me. And hopefully won't cost as much as an RTX titan or quadro. 

    Personally, I think its going the cost the same as the current gen. Nvidia had strong sales regardless of the large price bump from the 1000 series. They tested the waters with the 2000 series and won big.

  3. Insider trading is the purchase or selling of stocks before good/bad news is released to the public (aka investors). An example would be, Intel execs know that they are having the worst quarter in the company history, so they sell millions in stock before they release that information to the public when the market would have naturally reacted. This allows the execs to sell at a max price before the stock tanks.

    It also works in the opposite, if you know your company is going to have record profits, and you mass purchase stocks before that information is released, that is also considered insider trading.

  4. Did you get video output from the GPU? The reasons the fans started and then stopped could be that the GPU is cold and has no reason to turn the fans on. If there is no load the GPU wouldn't heat up enough for the fan curve to kick in. You said power still remained to the GPU even after the fans turned off which sounds normal.

    Was the old Graphics card an AMD/ATI GPU?

  5. I would hold off until 3000 series. Like you I am in a similar boat with my 980ti and i7-5820k.

    If you wanted to do a nice improvement within the next month, AMD is releasing the R3 3300X which has been shown in benchmarks to beat the i7-7700k. That would be a significant performance bump over the 4790k you have and would be a pretty cheap upgrade. I believe the 3300X is a 120 USD CPU. If you want something even more powerful than go with a 3600X/3700X as @Mateyyy suggested.

    Then you could decide on the GPU upgrade when more info about next-gen GPU's come out later in the year.

  6. 1 minute ago, GreyestGoat said:

    PCPartPicker Part List

    CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($294.14 @ Amazon)
    CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($89.90 @ B&H)
    Motherboard: MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($169.99 @ Best Buy)
    Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($85.99 @ Newegg)
    Storage: Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ B&H)
    Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB BLACK GAMING Video Card  ($489.99 @ Newegg)
    Monitor: Dell S2719DGF 27.0" 2560x1440 155 Hz Monitor  ($319.99 @ Best Buy)
    Total: $1559.99

    Nice build. Only question why PSU was not added as it is an additional cost?

  7. 5 minutes ago, MageTank said:

    Seems weird to delay an MMO that was set to launch soon (closed beta this month, full release next month) due to a virus that only started delaying production a month or two ago. Does this mean the game was nowhere near finished for the original release date? Or are they pushing it back due to current staffing issues (lack of moderators, server administration team unavailable, etc)?

     

    I have no idea how game development works, but it just seems odd to not have something close to a finished product within a couple months of the intended release. I hope this doesn't reflect poorly on the polish in-game when it's actually out.

    Whatever the reasons may be for the delay. I would rather have a completed product that is delayed than a rushed mess. 

  8. 11 hours ago, AndreiArgeanu said:

    There's a difference between having an adequate amount of products on the market and overcrowding the market with products that cost nearly the same. Take the 1650 and 1650 super, they are essentially within 20$ of each or the 1660 and the 1660 super, like what's even the point, even if your budget is very restricted 20$ won't make huge dent in your bank account nor will it break anyone's budget.

    While I think the amount of SKU's Nvidia has released are a tad over the top, you don't take into consideration bulk buyers with a strict budget. If two cards are 20$ apart and you have to buy 200 cards for an office than the money difference could justify a purchase. Whether or not we think it is silly, Nvidia has made so many SKUs for a reason

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