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Reviving this thread since we now have 12th gen intel and M1 CPUs

(remember, you can always re-vote if your setup has since changed)

Order is CPU/GPU (or igpu) (ATI counts as AMD)  

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  1. 1. Order is CPU/GPU (or igpu) (ATI counts as AMD)

    • Intel/Intel
      11
    • Intel/Nvidia
      75
    • Intel/AMD (or ati)
      23
    • AMD/Nvidia
      105
    • AMD/AMD (or ati)
      46
    • Something else that isn't in the above
      3

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13 minutes ago, Lord Vile said:

Until you want to play something new that doesn't support SLI ;)

Makes no difference. It's not like the game won't load or play. Games still run as intended.

PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE AMMUNITION...

EVGA X299 Dark, i7-9800X, EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 SLI

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On 11/23/2020 at 7:26 PM, Lord Szechenyi said:

since AMD gpus suck in price/performance and intel cpus have a great price/performance

Huh..?

 

Well I got a Ryzen 5 because I wanted one and because it's good and because it's great value. I got the Nvidia GPU (2060S) because I was worried about AMD GPU at the time. They had some issues at launch and the last AMD GPU I got (HD 7850) had driver issues a while after launch (red screen of death anyone?). Furthermore I'm a sucker for new tempting tech (RTX in this case).

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46 minutes ago, Rocketdog2112 said:

Makes no difference. It's not like the game won't load or play. Games still run as intended.

Until the 980 isn’t good enough to run them, it’s on its last legs really 

Dirty Windows Peasants :P ?

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2 hours ago, Lord Vile said:

Until the 980 isn’t good enough to run them, it’s on its last legs really 

Yeah, I heard that about my i7-990X cpu years ago, yet it still hangs with the best.

For what I play, it's fine...

PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE AMMUNITION...

EVGA X299 Dark, i7-9800X, EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 SLI

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Specs are in my signature and on profile. Intel/Nvidia as I can't afford to have memory issues/broken drivers on a computer I must rely on for day to day operations. 

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Main System Specifications: 

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X ||  CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 Air Cooler ||  RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB(4x8GB) DDR4-3600 CL18  ||  Mobo: ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero X570  ||  SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 1TB M.2-2280 Boot Drive/Some Games)  ||  HDD: 2X Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB(Game Drive)  ||  GPU: ASUS TUF Gaming RX 6900XT  ||  PSU: EVGA P2 1600W  ||  Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow  ||  Mouse: Logitech G502 Hero SE RGB  ||  Keyboard: Logitech G513 Carbon RGB with GX Blue Clicky Switches  ||  Mouse Pad: MAINGEAR ASSIST XL ||  Monitor: ASUS TUF Gaming VG34VQL1B 34" 

 

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5 hours ago, Lord Vile said:

That chart shows the price at 200 less...

maybe for the usa, also they rarely update prices.

I was using passmarch to show the difference in power (here, very little).

I meant the prices in my country

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12 hours ago, Lord Szechenyi said:

maybe for the usa, also they rarely update prices.

I was using passmarch to show the difference in power (here, very little).

I meant the prices in my country

Here in Europe the prices are fine. Also are you looking new or used?

Dirty Windows Peasants :P ?

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14 hours ago, Rocketdog2112 said:

Yeah, I heard that about my i7-990X cpu years ago, yet it still hangs with the best.

For what I play, it's fine...

It won’t change things when the GPU is equally tanking your FPS

Dirty Windows Peasants :P ?

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6 hours ago, Lord Vile said:

It won’t change things when the GPU is equally tanking your FPS

I see you are running a 1080ti yourself, so it's basically the pot calling the kettle black. You're more than welcome to setup and contribute to an upgrade fund for my rig...

PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE AMMUNITION...

EVGA X299 Dark, i7-9800X, EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 SLI

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16 minutes ago, Rocketdog2112 said:

I see you are running a 1080ti yourself, so it's basically the pot calling the kettle black. You're more than welcome to setup and contribute to an upgrade fund for my rig...

I don't think you got my point. The lower end CPU won't matter when running a 980 because the GPU isn't great. If it was paid with a better GPU the CPU would bottleneck it. The 990X for MC is around the same as the 4770K in Cinebench which has 2 fewer cores. The 980 isn't a great card anymore, it's more an entry card for 1080p medium at most and the CPU matches it. It doesn't even hit the recommended system spec for Cyberpunk.

 

Also what's wrong with a 1080Ti? I play mainly at 1080p and if I wanted noticeably better I'd have to get a 2080 Super which is nearly double the price.

Dirty Windows Peasants :P ?

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8 minutes ago, Lord Vile said:

I don't think you got my point. The lower end CPU won't matter when running a 980 because the GPU isn't great. If it was paid with a better GPU the CPU would bottleneck it. The 990X for MC is around the same as the 4770K in Cinebench which has 2 fewer cores. The 980 isn't a great card anymore, it's more an entry card for 1080p medium at most and the CPU matches it. It doesn't even hit the recommended system spec for Cyberpunk.

 

Also what's wrong with a 1080Ti? I play mainly at 1080p and if I wanted noticeably better I'd have to get a 2080 Super which is nearly double the price.

And you obviously don't get my point... For what I do and use it for, the combination works fine for me.

PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE AMMUNITION...

EVGA X299 Dark, i7-9800X, EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 SLI

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As I'm using a 2019 iMac... Intel/AMD!

 

I'd ask for AMD/NVIDIA, but with Apple's silicon change I'd like to see where the company goes next rather than insist it follow the PC pack.

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7 hours ago, Lord Vile said:

Here in Europe the prices are fine. Also are you looking new or used?

both, but mostly new (i bought my i3-10100 brand new)

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8 minutes ago, Lord Szechenyi said:

both, but mostly new (i bought my i3-10100 brand new)

why....

Dirty Windows Peasants :P ?

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On 11/26/2020 at 2:09 PM, Lord Szechenyi said:

definitely not here

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yet the 5600XT is 100$ more than the 1070

of course a new card released this year is more expensive than a used card released 4 years ago...

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32 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

of course a new card released this year is more expensive than a used card released 4 years ago...

released this year?

How is it so bad then? other then pcie4 everything is equal or worse than the 1070

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On 11/26/2020 at 7:40 AM, Rocketdog2112 said:

Intel Core i7-990X

Capable of a 4.2 GHz overclock, but most stable in the 3.8 setting.

Twin Nvidia Geforce GTX FE 980's in SLI. 

122 fps playing Fortnite.

Probably got $325 invested and

they serve me well and doing everything I ask of it from gaming to every day tasks.

That and it's old school like me 😉

 

how is the airflow for the gpu's? looks pretty cramped.

PC specs:

Ryzen 9 3900X overclocked to 4.3-4.4 GHz

Corsair H100i platinum

32 GB Trident Z RGB 3200 MHz 14-14-14-34

RTX 2060

MSI MPG X570 Gaming Edge wifi

NZXT H510

Samsung 860 EVO 500GB

2 TB WD hard drive

Corsair RM 750 Watt

ASUS ROG PG248Q 

Razer Ornata Chroma

Razer Firefly 

Razer Deathadder 2013

Logitech G935 Wireless

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9 minutes ago, Lord Szechenyi said:

@ShrimpBrimewhat are you using? since you clicked something else

I choose that because I have multiple selections. 

Intel with NV 

Intel with AMD Ati.

AMD with AMD igpu.

 

I dont have a working voodoo card anymore, but that would be my alternative when running a vintage machine.

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I chose AMD for both CPU and GPU and it's mainly because I want to encourage competition in the market. 

 

Price to performance is way better in the UK with AMD CPUs particularly, GPUs is marginal difference in price to performance but I just want to do my part for making sure NVidia don't just dominate the market the way they did for years.

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18 minutes ago, Lord Szechenyi said:

?

can you specify?

why what

the i3

Dirty Windows Peasants :P ?

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13 minutes ago, Lord Vile said:

the i3

no but what is the question

Why did i buy the i3?

Why did i buy it new?

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Seeing the discussion makes me ask one question, do people mostly buy their whole PC at once or piece by piece? I know they say wait until you can afford an entire pc so you end up with similar hardware but I have always carried over one or more piece of hardware when upgraded. I'm running AMD Ryzen 5 3600 upgraded from a Ryzen 5 1600 which is paired to a GTX 1070. The GTX 1070 was purchased when I was using my Intel i7 6700. And that was bought when I first had my GTX 780 which was an upgrade on my 3770 PC from a Radeon HD7870. I think it makes a big difference because each company has had generations of good/mediocre/horrible hardware.

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