Moto 360 or new GPU?

[Dubesta11]

I always wanted a smartwatch, and I fell in love with the Moto360 design. Now, the watch is somewhere around 300, the GPU I want is 350 (970 replacing 660ti), and I have about 350 to spend. If I am happy with my setup, should I go for the watch? Anyone have or seen one and would like to share a quick review? Anything would be helpful

 

Or this: http://www.amazon.com/NVIDIA-940-81761-2500-000-SHIELD-Tablet-WiFi/dp/B00LM6KF7O I have a Droid Maxx, laptop, and gaming desktop. Think it will fill in the gap of portable productivity?

[othertomperson]

I'm yet to be sold on the smartwatch as a concept so GPU every time. It'd be a nice step up from a 660ti too.

[SSOB]

G watch R is better. But the PC master race person in me says that you really must upgrade to a 970. Honestly go for the 970, smartwatches aren't really that usefull yet.

[KyonCoraeL]

Let me ask you a few questions.

1) What would you like the moto 360 to bring to your life?

2) Why spend any money at all? You are happy with your PC and prices for computer parts always drop. The Moto 360 is an awesome toy but other than a heartbeat sensor will it improve your life more than keeping 300$ and investing it?

[Dubesta11]

Let me ask you a few questions.

1) What would you like the moto 360 to bring to your life?

2) Why spend any money at all? You are happy with your PC and prices for computer parts always drop. The Moto 360 is an awesome toy but other than a heartbeat sensor will it improve your life more than keeping 300$ and investing it?

 

Well, you now... here is just a small list for the watch:

 

1. Allows me to access my phone when I'm not on my phone (Email, music selection, notifications)

2. Its a watch, something I love to wear and use very often.

3. Supporting future development of even better products, the smartwatch would be non-existent without the pebble.

 

I honestly don't need anything, but I love spending money on gadgets that are useful and no one else has (Casio Prism graphing calculator for example)

[Sauron]

Personally I'd have no doubt and get a GTX 970. I can't really find any reason for which I'd need a smartwatch (hell, I haven't even changed my nokia 5800 yet, I just don't feel the need to. It's a phone, if I need anything more I can use my nexus 7).

[Dubesta11]

Personally I'd have no doubt and get a GTX 970. I can't really find any reason for which I'd need a smartwatch (hell, I haven't even changed my nokia 5800 yet, I just don't feel the need to. It's a phone, if I need anything more I can use my nexus 7).

 

Do you think any other card will come out within a year (So by the end of next july) that will have a better price/performance than this card? If so, I might hold off. But I could always SLI and keep in the game for a few more years, right? I hate thinking about how a rig will be almost useless in the future...

[Guest]

I'd avoid the Moto 360 because of the apparently crippling battery life that's apparently due to a really old cheap microprocessor. Still waiting for the right smartwatch.

 

IMO at this point the Pebble is the only smartwatch that is worth its price and it's not good enough for me.

[s3ns3]

If you want the moto 360 wait for v2 or v3. The battery doesnt even last a day.it should be 2 weeks at least.get a gpu or a proper timepiece

[Dubesta11]

I'd avoid the Moto 360 because of the apparently crippling battery life that's apparently due to a really old cheap microprocessor. Still waiting for the right smartwatch.

 

IMO at this point the Pebble is the only smartwatch that is worth its price and it's not good enough for me.

 

Fair enough, I love the design but can agree that the features are lacking for the price point.

 

On a side note, what do you guys think of an Nvidia Sheild Tablet? I would have the option to gamestream (don't have the best network connection, using 4g verizon phone hotspot), use it as a web browser which is better than a smartphone and smaller than a laptop, and is a full android tablet thats about to get Android L.

[thekeemo]

the LG watch r is much better also I think a GPU is the way to go

[Jade]

The battery doesnt even last a day

Mine does.

[KyonCoraeL]

Fair enough, I love the design but can agree that the features are lacking for the price point.

 

 

I love the Moto 360 design too, but I can't stand the idea of a third gadget to charge everyday. Smartphone, Tablet, Smartwatch.

 

The only reason I could see to own a smartwatch or wearable is for heartbeat or health monitoring. The nvidia shield tablet is good but if your looking for resolution overload you should look at a samsung galaxy tab s or pro. 2560x1600 on an 8.4" screen. The nvidia tablet is awesome in it's own right: game streaming, nvidia stylus (does the tablet come with the stylus?), balls to the wall mobile GPU.

[s3ns3]

Mine does.

If you dont touch it much maybe. Go ahead and turn the screen on it will last hours

Totally unacceptable.like i said,at least 2 weeks

[Jade]

If you dont touch it much maybe. Go ahead and turn the screen on it will last hours

Totally unacceptable.like i said,at least 2 weeks

You tried buddy. I have ambient on + auto brightness, and get upwards of 200 notifications daily.

[othertomperson]

660ti is good enough for most games in 1080p resolution.

 

I disagree. A 970 will be able to play anything you throw at it at ultra/ultimate presets without frame drops. 660 ti can't do that, even at 1080p.

[othertomperson]

But then how does my HD 6850 do that? expect watch dogs.

 

Right, ultra res textures in every game apart from Watchdogs at 60fps constantly with 1 GB vram. Calling bullshit there.

[connorpiper]

The 660ti is not bad. I would upgrade.

But the Moto 360 is very compelling. 

[othertomperson]

I play skyrim in nearly ultra settings with steady 60fps in 1080p.

 

With what textures? Skyrim can approach 3GB vram with texture mods even at 1080p. And Skyrim is three years old now anyway.

[othertomperson]

I don't have any mods, i play the normal game.

 

Right so a vanilla game from three years ago runs fine, therefore why would anyone want to upgrade? What a logical argument.

[s3ns3]

Right, ultra res textures in every game apart from Watchdogs at 60fps constantly with 1 GB vram. Calling bullshit there.

He didnt said anything about ultra .just good enough card for 1080p.and its more than a good enough card for 1080p .some ppl use an apu lol

You tried buddy. I have ambient on + auto brightness, and get upwards of 200 notifications daily.

And im santa

[othertomperson]

He didnt said anything about ultra .just good enough card for 1080p

 

He argued against the 970 being a step up from a 660 ti at 1080p. Which is complete rubbish.

[Sauron]

Do you think any other card will come out within a year (So by the end of next july) that will have a better price/performance than this card? If so, I might hold off. But I could always SLI and keep in the game for a few more years, right? I hate thinking about how a rig will be almost useless in the future...

 

Well, amd's new offerings are not supposed to come out for a few months more. Either way for your setup a 970 is good enough. I'm running 4k on an R9 290 (yep, just one) and it's going a lot better than I thought.

 

Waiting is never a bad choice in pc tech, it all depends on wether you want an upgrade now or are willing to wait. if you're willing to wait, do so until your 660ti just won't cut it anymore.

 

 

Right, ultra res textures in every game apart from Watchdogs at 60fps constantly with 1 GB vram. Calling bullshit there.

 

cheap/old gpus are often underrated, you'd be surprised how much you can get out of them if you lower just a couple of (honestly kind of snake oil-ish) settings such as ambient occlusion and aa. I can tell you for personal experience a 550ti can run bioshock infinite at high/ultra at 1080p if you just take away those two options. Perhaps "every game" is a bit of an exaggeration, but it's not far from the truth.

 

A 970 for 1080p is simply overkill. BUT, he does have 3 monitors...  B)

[othertomperson]

cheap/old gpus are often underrated, you'd be surprised how much you can get out of them if you lower just a couple of (honestly kind of snake oil-ish) settings such as ambient occlusion and aa. I can tell you for personal experience a 550ti can run bioshock infinite at high/ultra at 1080p if you just take away those two options. Perhaps "every game" is a bit of an exaggeration, but it's not far from the truth.

 

A 970 for 1080p is simply overkill. BUT, he does have 3 monitors...  B)

 

Ambient occlusion is a pretty neat lighting and shadow effect, and AA is a must for any res below 1440p.

 

But by all means if you think OP spending $300 on a watch with a heart monitor makes more sense do present your argument.

[Nadeemz]

970 all the way but if you are going the smart watch route go with the lg Gwatch r it has a faster processor and longer battery life in addition to the display actually being round and not looking like a flat tire