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Hey all,

 

I REALLY want to get into making gaming video's, but I'm conflicted on what card to get in my new rig. I hear that Ndivia shadowplay is amazing and almost doesn't lose any frames while recording, but I can only fit a 970 in it and it has 3.5 gigs of Vram. On the other hand, I could get a R9 390 with 8 gigs of Vram, but I hear that their recording software isn't that good. What should I do and what should I buy?

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Hey all,

 

I REALLY want to get into making gaming video's, but I'm conflicted on what card to get in my new rig. I hear that Ndivia shadowplay is amazing and almost doesn't lose any frames while recording, but I can only fit a 970 in it and it has 3.5 gigs of Vram. On the other hand, I could get a R9 390 with 8 gigs of Vram, but I hear that their recording software isn't that good. What should I do and what should I buy?

 

 

970's have 4 gigs of ram..........................

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970's have 4 gigs of ram..........................

You must be new here. Gtx 970s do indeed have 4 gigabytes of VRAM, but the last 500 megabytes of it run 70% slower than the rest, making it basically unusable. Any program running will be fine unless it passes the 3.5 gigabyte threshhold, at which the program tanks in fps.

I would go for the AMD card even if the 970 had 4 gigabytes of usable VRAM. Shadowplay isn't THAT awesome, and there are plenty of screen capture programs that can do the same things.

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Why must you call me a fanboy? I own a 980. Just because I recognize flaws with certain branded cards or recommend other branded cards does not make me a fanboy. A fanboy is someone who would recommend a brand with no factual basis. For example, I could recommend Nvidia's Titan to every person on the forum for no logical reason even when they have no budget for it. That would be considered me being a fanboy. Take your rude claims somewhere else.

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You must be new here. Gtx 970s do indeed have 4 gigabytes of VRAM, but the last 500 megabytes of it run 70% slower than the rest, making it basically unusable. Any program running will be fine unless it passes the 3.5 gigabyte threshhold, at which the program tanks in fps.

I would go for the AMD card even if the 970 had 4 gigabytes of usable VRAM. Shadowplay isn't THAT awesome, and there are plenty of screen capture programs that can do the same things.

If you use WIndows 10 (and have no problems with it) it has its own built in recording software which is activated by using Win+G. I never tested it myself because Windows 10 has too many negatives (not related to security/privacy) than Windows 7.

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If you use WIndows 10 (and have no problems with it) it has its own built in recording software which is activated by using Win+G. I never tested it myself because Windows 10 has too many negatives (not related to security/privacy) than Windows 7.

I never actually tested it either. I upgraded to Windows 10 for about an hour. Updated drivers, everything looked cool and fancy, and integrated well with Xbox Ones smartglass. Then I tried to play CS GO. Oh god my eyes. Nearly went blind from seeing the fps counter in the corner read "12" and had massive stuttering. Awful experience.

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None of my other games ran the same on Windows 10, not just CSGO. Skyrim ran at a smooth *cringe* 25 fps, and Borderlands ran at 100 with mad stuttering and drops, instead of the normal 300.

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I never actually tested it either. I upgraded to Windows 10 for about an hour. Updated drivers, everything looked cool and fancy, and integrated well with Xbox Ones smartglass. Then I tried to play CS GO. Oh god my eyes. Nearly went blind from seeing the fps counter in the corner read "12" and had massive stuttering. Awful experience.

I downgraded due to the inability to do any of the driver fixes that I've used for all MS OS since Windows 95, and the way the start menu has been butchered-its there but not as good as it was or should be.

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I never actually tested it either. I upgraded to Windows 10 for about an hour. Updated drivers, everything looked cool and fancy, and integrated well with Xbox Ones smartglass. Then I tried to play CS GO. Oh god my eyes. Nearly went blind from seeing the fps counter in the corner read "12" and had massive stuttering. Awful experience.

EDIT:

None of my other games ran the same on Windows 10, not just CSGO. Skyrim ran at a smooth *cringe* 25 fps, and Borderlands ran at 100 with mad stuttering and drops, instead of the normal 300.

Damn, the only problems i had with Win10 was csgo not stretching with the Catalyst drivers and my xbox 360 wireless adapter thing wasnt recognized...

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