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XamN

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    XamN got a reaction from laminutederire in Is Nvidia just better than AMD?   
    This is not true, thats just what nvidia wants you to think
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    XamN got a reaction from maulemall in Is Nvidia just better than AMD?   
    This is not true, thats just what nvidia wants you to think
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    XamN got a reaction from yackson in Corsair vengence ddr4 16gb 3200 or patriot viper ddr4 32gb 2800   
    The 32gb kit of course, ram speed doesnt make much of a difference
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    XamN reacted to Biggerboot in Is Nvidia just better than AMD?   
    To address the OP, I wouldn't base future GPU purchases on APIs coming out.  I personally still think it's up in the air how rapidly the DX12 API will be adopted, and whether or not that's going to factor into this gen of GPUs.  We also still have the Vulkan API on its way to replace OpenGL, but I don't use that in my arguments.  I would say waiting for the RX 480 may have have been a good option, just based on the price of the card alone (not confirmed to be 980 performance, but at least 970), but the DX12 reasoning is very weak.  Drivers also hasn't been a very valid argument for a while, as both companies have their victories and defeats.
     
    As for the talk of marketing, one company is not straight up better than the other.  And it's not 'purely marketing' either.  I think it's really a combination of timing of the marketing and your architecture.  If all that just falls under marketing, then fine.
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    XamN got a reaction from DocSwag in Is Nvidia just better than AMD?   
    This is not true, thats just what nvidia wants you to think
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    XamN got a reaction from Castdeath97 in Is Nvidia just better than AMD?   
    This is not true, thats just what nvidia wants you to think
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    XamN reacted to manikyath in Is Nvidia just better than AMD?   
    from someone that *only* has nvidia cards at the moment (and probably will remain like that for a while):
     
    no. dont be dumb. if nvidia was "just better" amd wouldnt even exist. both brands (and matrox on that note) have a specific place in the market they're good at, and they all have their "unique touch" of features people would go for over a bit extra performance, or pay a bit extra for.
     
    to move away from the nvidia/amd debate to avoid flame wars: matrox. i'd dare to say most of us here could easily agree that the cards are pieces of junk compared to any of the nvidia/amd offerings. BUT... good luck finding anything outside of matrox that'll happily drive 9 4K panels over HDMI on a single slot card, and has the possibility of slotting as many of those into your system as you have 16x slots, and have those all run happily together.
     
    in pretty much the entire computer world, cars, even floor tiles,... there's no "better brand", theres just opinion, price, quality, and feature differences. it goes as far as me saying that in some cases a GT640 would be a better card than a GTX1080, because theres just cases where that GTX1080 doesnt even make sense to start with. same goes between these brands: why would you for example buy a GTX980 if your workload requires a HUGE amount of VRAM and an R9 290 with 8GB vram would be a huge improvement.
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    XamN reacted to Kinda Bottlenecked in Is Nvidia just better than AMD?   
    Because marketing :>
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    XamN got a reaction from tiggar47 in Corsair vengence ddr4 16gb 3200 or patriot viper ddr4 32gb 2800   
    The 32gb kit of course, ram speed doesnt make much of a difference
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    XamN reacted to SeanAngelo in £650 Budget PC Upgrades   
    PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
    CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£266.28 @ Aria PC) 
    CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  (£53.95 @ Amazon UK) 
    Motherboard: MSI MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£91.74 @ Amazon UK) 
    Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£57.44 @ CCL Computers) 
    Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7790 1GB Video Card  (Purchased For £0.00) 
    Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M ATX Mid Tower Case  (£57.01 @ CCL Computers) 
    Power Supply: Corsair RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£79.99 @ CCL Computers) 
    Total: £606.41
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-28 20:50 BST+0100
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    XamN got a reaction from Chewique in Corsair vengence ddr4 16gb 3200 or patriot viper ddr4 32gb 2800   
    The 32gb kit of course, ram speed doesnt make much of a difference
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    XamN got a reaction from suchamoneypit in Corsair vengence ddr4 16gb 3200 or patriot viper ddr4 32gb 2800   
    The 32gb kit of course, ram speed doesnt make much of a difference
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    XamN reacted to aisle9 in What CPU?   
    Skip the 880K and go with the Athlon X4 860K, then put whatever you save towards a better GPU. The 880K is, in many respects, just a factory overclocked 860K.
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    XamN reacted to aisle9 in What CPU?   
    Yes, games recognize the two extra threads as additional cores. Makes it a worthwhile step up from the G3258, but if all someone wants is a dirt-cheap gaming box that can handle today's stuff at 1080p, high settings, 860K is still the way to go.
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    XamN got a reaction from shadowbyte in thermal paste on back of cpu   
    The cpu is not gonna break or anything like that, chill m8.
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    XamN got a reaction from Matias_Chambers in Skylake, Haswell or AMD   
    The i5-6600k is the best choise
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    XamN got a reaction from vanished in Skylake, Haswell or AMD   
    The i5-6600k is the best choise
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    XamN reacted to Epiceleon in Best mouse for FPS poll   
    zowie ec2-a
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    XamN reacted to SeanAngelo in Is OC possible for my rig ???   
    i think its changing the bclk? i may be wrong...
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    XamN got a reaction from paddy-stone in Cheapest 144hz gpu   
    Every gpu ever is "compatible" with 1080p 144hz lol.
    Different question is, what gpu is able to run games on it.
    What games are u gonna play?
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    XamN reacted to ybriK in 1.3V non clocked 6600k?   
    Pretty sure that's the wrong sensor you're looking at. use CPU-Z.
     
    http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php/642427-What-s-the-difference-between-Core-Voltage-and-VID
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    XamN got a reaction from panosdaskalopoulos in thermal paste on back of cpu   
    I've never heard that lol
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    XamN got a reaction from Altecice in Tips for a beginner overclocker?   
    I didnt say its bad to go over 80c, if u upgrade gpu once 2 years or earlier, go for it
     
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    XamN got a reaction from Tenshi017 in Ram and Motherboard   
    I have one question, where did u get those parts
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    XamN reacted to Tenshi017 in Ram and Motherboard   
    To answer your first question, there is no ram that is amd (unless you are talking about Radeon memory)  and there is definitely no LGA ram you may have gotten confused by the listing. LGA (land grid array)  refers to the serface mount packaging for integrated circuits. 
     
    Next you mentioned a ram module kingston kvr667d2/2gr this is ddr2 laptop memory, unless you want to add ram to a desktop pc this ram won't work this only can go in a laptop. 
     
    Next you said you got this motherboard: Intel E210882 D945GCZLKR this board actually uses ddr1 and is socket LGA 775 I can't find much information on this board but judging by its only 10 dollars on eBay,  i dont think it would be fun to use. 
     
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