Official Nvidia GTX 970 Discussion Thread

[Shahnewaz]

Specs are literally meaningless, whereas (realistic) benchmarks show real-world performance. 

Mind = Blown

I am speechless.

[79wjd]

Mind = Blown

I am speechless.

GTX780 has 50% more cores than a 970 -- the 780 is not 50% faster. 

FX9590 has more cores and a higher clock speed than a 4790k -- the 4790k is a lot faster. 

iPhone 6' A8 (1.4ghz?) dual core cpu -- is one of the fastest smartphone cpus there is (well, when paired with a well optimized OS anyway) 

And the list goes on, and on, and on. 

Edited January 27, 2015 by colonel_mortis

[Shahnewaz]

GTX780 has 50% more cores than a 970 -- the 780 is not 50% faster. 

FX9590 has more cores and a higher clock speed than a 4790k -- the 4790k is a lot faster. 

iPhone 6' A8 (1.4ghz?) dual core cpu -- is one of the fastest smartphone cpus there is (well, when paired with a well optimized OS anyway) 

And the list goes on, and on, and on. 

But I thought your techie level was over 9000! How do you not understand this?

Let me tell you one thing: Little knowledge is dangerous.

 

Is this the new standard of techies? No this cannot be!

[79wjd]

But I thought your techie level was over 9000! How do you not understand this?

Let me tell you one thing: Little knowledge is dangerous.

I like how your trying to evade the topic at hand since you have no valid response. 

 

 

And yet people cry about the price point being what it is because it's meant for prosumer workstation implementations. We're doing some mental gymnastics here. And Titan Blacks on air sit in the 40-43 dB range too.

Don't get me wrong, it's not really a gaming card, but it's not a workstation card either -- and I would put it more towards gaming than workstation. 

[osbios]

In unrelated news segattachisung just presented a new 8 TB hard disk on the market. Having a overall read/write speed of over 224 MB/s makes this an excellent choice for the enthusiast.

UPDATE:

Fanboys all over the world agree that is absolutely no problem that the last TB only is being accessed with a read/write speed of 20 MB/s. And that nobody would use all 8 TB anyway!

Also nobody noticed it directly after buying and using the product, so it is even more OK! Also Mantel and 8350 stink!

 

[Victorious Secret]

Performance is NOT THE SAME at 4k.

 

http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/2tu86z/discussion_i_benchmarked_gtx_970s_in_sli_at_1440p/

 

BECAUSE ITS NOT A 4K CARD

 

Fucking shocker. Stop peddling that tired post as evidence that Nvidia is plotting to nuke the Earth. 

[thebennyboy]

They're all (well, not all, but still) using Titan Blacks -- crossover cards that are more towards gaming than workstation. 

 

Titan's are NOT gaming cards, they are designed almost purely for the purpose of video editing.

[Khvarrioiren]

There are Quadros, FirePros, Titans, and cryptocards, depending on context of usage. Also, some people have a community-style workplace. In other words, they work at a house.

 

The topic here being gaming oriented GPUs.

[Guest Kloaked]

Does nobody know how to read?

Seriously.

[bogus]

And the ball is already rolling, kicking it on any direction but their owns lol:

 

This is from NVIDIA CHAT



Asif: I understand that you are dissatisfied with the card. Unfortunately NVIDIA can’t directly offer refunds on third party products. You need to contact <partner/reseller> to discuss refunds or exchanges.

 

[Khvarrioiren]

And the ball is already rolling, kicking it on any direction but their owns lol:

 

 

Well, they're technically very much correct. AIB's hold the short end of the stick in this situation.

[thebennyboy]

BECAUSE ITS NOT A 4K CARD

 

Fucking shocker. Stop peddling that tired post as evidence that Nvidia is plotting to nuke the Earth. 

 

Your title should be "Resident Nvidia fanboy". What constructive comments have you added to the discussion? All you've done is flamed anyone who's said something bad about Nvidia. They mis-sold a product and you're still defending them... Laughable.

[Victorious Secret]

And the ball is already rolling, kicking it on any direction but their owns lol:

 

Why would Nvidia directly handle ANYTHING? They are not the seller. They aren't the ones giving you the warranty. The bill of sale isn't made between you and them. Why would they touch this at all? They'll make arrangements with their GPU makers to decide what to do next. 

 

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Edited January 27, 2015 by colonel_mortis

[Enflics]

This made me a fan boy of AMD for at least another 5 years and I'm not even joking...

[bogus]

Well, they're technically very much correct. AIB's hold the short end of the stick in this situation.

Guess who will be the next? 

They'll either kick it back again for NVIDIA, or for retailers.

[Victorious Secret]

Your title should be "Resident Nvidia fanboy". What constructive comments have you added to the discussion? All you've done is flamed anyone who's said something bad about Nvidia. They mis-sold a product and you're still defending them... Laughable.

Yup, you got me. 

 

It can't be that Im a rational thinker using his brain. Fuck that. Im a fanboy through and through. 

[79wjd]

Titan's are NOT gaming cards, they are designed almost purely for the purpose of video editing.

I'd also disagree with that statement. A workstation card can't game for shit; a Titan on the other hand competes with a 780 -- which is still a very good gaming card (price-wise the titan is a lousy gaming card, but performance-wise it's quite good). 

 

 

Yup, you got me. 

 

It can't be that Im a rational thinker using his brain. Fuck that. Im a fanboy through and through. 

God damn free thinkers....

 

(Whats that from btw..I can't remember -- it's not exactly that but it's something like that) 

[thebennyboy]

I'd also disagree with that statement. A workstation card can't game for shit; a Titan on the other hand competes with a 780 -- which is still a very good gaming card (price-wise the titan is a lousy gaming card, but performance-wise it's quite good). 

 

 

God damn thinkers....

 

(Whats that from btw..I can't remember) 

 

I never said they were bad at gaming, the value of them for gaming sucks ass. Who's going to pay 2,3 or sometimes even 4x the price for a titan when a 780 performs just as good in gaming? They are workstation grade cards.

[79wjd]

I never said they were bad at gaming, the value of them for gaming sucks ass. Who's going to pay 2,3 or sometimes even 4x the price for a titan when a 780 performs just as good in gaming? They are workstation grade cards.

Quaddros are workstation cards. A titan is much more like a Geforce card than a Quaddro. 

[Victorious Secret]

Quaddros are workstation cards. A titan is much more like a Geforce card than a Quaddro. 

 

A titan just had really good precision performance, made them nice for labs who wanted the horsepower of a Quadro and were willing to forgo the validation and warranty support. Our lab started with Titans and moved up to proper Quadros later on.

[bogus]

Why would Nvidia directly handle ANYTHING? They are not the seller. They aren't the ones giving you the warranty. The bill of sale isn't made between you and them. Why would they touch this at all? They'll make arrangements with their GPU makers to decide what to do next. 

 

No one can actually be that thick...can they? Are you intentionally thick or just pretend to be on the internet? 

Because they have customer support, so they should handle customer support.

 

And no... today it was clear you, Luka and many other beated the records of thickness. You have the tittle, no one can get it from you guys - not today.

[Guest Kloaked]

And the ball is already rolling, kicking it on any direction but their owns lol:

 

They would have said the same thing even before all of this happened. The vendors (Asus, EVGA, etc) sell the cards to you, not Nvidia themselves. Stop trying to add fuel to this non-existent fire.

 

Your title should be "Resident Nvidia fanboy". What constructive comments have you added to the discussion? All you've done is flamed anyone who's said something bad about Nvidia. They mis-sold a product and you're still defending them... Laughable.

Do you have any lick of reading and comprehension skills? Do go back and read all of the posts.

[thebennyboy]

 

Do you have any lick of reading and comprehension skills? Do go back and read all of the posts.

 

Going on personal attacks are we? Tut tut. Seems to be all that you do.

[Victorious Secret]

Because they have customer support, so they should handle customer support.

 

And no... today it was clear you, Luka and many other beated the records of thickness. You have the tittle, no one can get it from you guys - not today.

 

Nvidia didn't sell the cards. Nvidia won't handle refunds/returns. The people who sold the cards will, and that won't happen till EVGA, MSI, ASUS and Gigabyte make up their minds. 

You are just trying to create a flame war, using straw man arguments and only making yourself look like the blithering moron that you are.  Stop being such a infant, it doesn't suite you. 

[Guest Kloaked]

Going on personal attacks are we? Tut tut. Seems to be all that you do.

No, I'm genuinely asking because I don't know how you can say Victorious is being a fanboy when he, like the very few people in this thread, are looking at this from a rational standpoint and have attempted multiple times to show you people what is and what isn't. Obviously that isn't working, so that's why I asked: do you have any reading and comprehension skills?