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Qualcomm May Face EU Antitrust After Nvidia Complaint

Uhm, you mean asia prefers whatever is cheap as heck. That's why mediatek SOCs are so prevalent over there.
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- Post #13
- Aug 30, 2014
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Help with overclocking a 4790k?

I don't even care what Prime95 does to temps, because Haswell automatically increases the voltage when prime95/IBT are used by .1V but that never happens in real world apps. Ever. Obviously when voltage increases by .1V, yeah, temps will be bad. My real world temps even at their most demanding...
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- Post #44
- Aug 30, 2014
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Haswell-E Reviews

edit : dp
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- Post #52
- Aug 29, 2014
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Does turning off vsync on a 120hz or 144hz monitor eliminate tearing?

No.
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- Post #5
- Aug 29, 2014
- Forum: Displays
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Haswell-E Reviews

lol just... LOL. Gotta be kidding me. :rolleyes:
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- Post #18
- Aug 29, 2014
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Nvidia Denver... finally here... and it looks good

I don't think it's sad. Major tangent time: If anything the horrible Windows 8.1 touch driven mobile experience proves that it has a long way to go, and android is just dominating touch driven mobile devices right now. Android and iOS are just better touch driven mobile experiences, period, so...
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- Post #77
- Aug 29, 2014
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Haswell-E Reviews

You have to remember this is the 5960X with 8 cores and 16 threads, and that Haswell is much different in terms of voltage compared to older sandy bridge CPUs. Obviously with 8 cores, yes, it is definitely giong to be warmer when you over-volt. Secondly, the voltage limits of Haswell/IVB are...
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- Post #10
- Aug 29, 2014
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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AT World of Warcraft Thread (Mists, Where do you play, General BS and all that)

I agree with you so much here. I remember loving vanilla so much because of the sense of unknown. Some quests you really had to figure out on your own, whereas like you said.....the game is designed for mentally retarded people now. I like how WoW is customizable but come on....some of the...
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- Post #2,975
- Aug 28, 2014
- Forum: PC Games
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JPR Graphics Add-in-board-market Q2 2014 sales

I think the answer lies somewhere in between. dGPUs aren't dying tomorrow, but I also don't think dGPUs will be around 15 years from now. As things are it is still a profitable industry. As such, if there is demand, NV and AMD will see fit to create them. And when there isn't demand, NV and...
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- Post #65
- Aug 28, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Kitguru : Nvidia to release three GeForce GTX 800 graphics cards this October

Fiscal years aren't calendar years. But I don't feel the 880 will be 20nm. I do think the GM200 will, though.
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- Post #424
- Aug 28, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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AMD's Tonga - R9 285 (Specs) and R9 285X (Partial Specs)

I think the goal is twofold, i've mentioned this before but my theory: 1) a better replacement for Pitcairn in portable form factors. Obviously they won't use the 190W TDP configuration, but it is better performing than pitcairn at same TDP levels presumably. So they will use cut down versions...
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- Post #168
- Aug 28, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Kitguru : Nvidia to release three GeForce GTX 800 graphics cards this October

Saw this at OCN: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18620315 Gibbo at overclockers.uk posted that "The 780 won't be available for much longer". OC UK are doing some sales to clear out existing stock (some being the operative word), all 700 series cards are probably EOL i'm...
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- Post #420
- Aug 28, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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is there Any alternative Processor makers except Intel and AMD?

Wow, really? :rolleyes:
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- Post #42
- Aug 28, 2014
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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JPR Graphics Add-in-board-market Q2 2014 sales

What the HELL are you talking about? Every PC had discrete graphics in 1999, there was no buy an intel CPU with an IGP and certainly not on the AMD/cyrix/whatever else either. There was no IGP or APU. Some motherboards had discrete graphics on the motherboard but they were still discrete...
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- Post #57
- Aug 28, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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JPR Graphics Add-in-board-market Q2 2014 sales

I so much agree with you on the steam box thing. It had so much potential to help PC gaming but instead it has fallen flat on its face because Valve didn't put enough effort into it. I think if they want to do something they just need to go all in and put every ounce of effort into it. And when...
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- Post #40
- Aug 27, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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AMD's Tonga - R9 285 (Specs) and R9 285X (Partial Specs)

I know, I meant the architecture itself. I don't mean the exact shader configuration used in the 285, obviously 190W TDP is far beyond overkill for an ultrabook. But it performs as well as Tahiti at a lower TDP, and performs better than pitcairn at same TDP levels - it's not an amazing...
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- Post #151
- Aug 27, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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AMD's Tonga - R9 285 (Specs) and R9 285X (Partial Specs)

Yeah, Tonga is definitely better suited for small (ie ultrabook) form factors than the Tahiti was. But I was still thinking the PPW improvement would be more substantial based on what various rumor sites hinted at, what do they know though I guess. I can't be sure entirely what AMD's intent...
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- Post #146
- Aug 27, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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JPR Graphics Add-in-board-market Q2 2014 sales

NV sells visual computing across a variety of products, and AMD has expanded their product line and graphics technology as well. Profit wise? They're making money but they're not an Apple. NV made something like 128M in profit last quarter which in the grand scheme of things compared to intel or...
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- Post #33
- Aug 26, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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JPR Graphics Add-in-board-market Q2 2014 sales

I don't disagree. I guess I wasn't entirely clear: I don't think it's doom and gloom, I give the dGPU market a good 5-7 years. I guess what i'm saying is, that volumes will continually lower over the next 5 years, very very slowly. We will not return to the glory days of the early 2k years in...
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- Post #30
- Aug 26, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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JPR Graphics Add-in-board-market Q2 2014 sales

Sorry but it's just a downward slope for desktpo GPUs. Don't get me wrong: dGPUs will be still be here for a few years but don't kid yourself into thinking that the glory days will ever return. Just aint happening. Mobile has had far too big of an impact. Nowadays every first computing device...
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- Post #27
- Aug 26, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Getting a 780 ti and 4k monitor

Agreed. Now I will re-state again that 28 inches is way too small for 4k, but if you're doing 4k, nothing is forcing you to do max settings. Fact of the matter is if you're using presets in games, 99% of games look identical at high as they do on ultra. I have played games @ 1600p trying to spot...
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- Post #23
- Aug 26, 2014
- Forum: Displays
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Getting a 780 ti and 4k monitor

High PPI is fine with proper DPI scaling. First of all it's your choice and you should do whatever you wanna do. But that's the crux of the problem right there, DPI scaling on high PPI displays. Win7/8 is not like mobile devices with iOS / android / OSX which can properly scale high PPI...
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- Post #12
- Aug 26, 2014
- Forum: Displays
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Getting a 780 ti and 4k monitor

I really agree with this, it's just too small for the resolution. 1440 at 27 inches is good, 1600p at 30 is good, but having seen a 28 inch 4k. It's not ideal, especially since Win 8.1 is still struggling with DPI scaling for a number of reasons. But the end result if blurry / weird looking text...
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- Post #10
- Aug 26, 2014
- Forum: Displays
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JPR Graphics Add-in-board-market Q2 2014 sales

NV and AMD do more than discrete GPUs, i'm pretty sure that NV aren't idiots and they see the writing on the wall with discrete GPUs. That said, there is still money in dGPUs as a lot of people still want them. And they will still want them several years from now....iGPU won't take over for...
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- Post #20
- Aug 26, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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JPR Graphics Add-in-board-market Q2 2014 sales

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. It is what it is really. AMD had new generation of products in Q4 which was bound to increase their sales somewhat, after prices from the mining idiocy died down. NV of course didn't have a new generation of products. I'd imagine the pendulum would swing back in...
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- Post #14
- Aug 26, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Alien: Isolation

If you're thinking of pre-ordering, you already messed up. I've done it a few times. Never again. Unless it's a "safe" bet from blizzard or something where I know what to expect. Otherwise, never pre-order.
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- Post #34
- Aug 25, 2014
- Forum: PC Games
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AT World of Warcraft Thread (Mists, Where do you play, General BS and all that)

Yeah that's what I used in vanilla. Thottbot. It had all of the loot tables, quests, etc etc etc. I have to say I think vanilla was the best WoW experience if you played it at launch, it was just so new and uncharted at the time. WoW has just become meh since then, although I really loved TBC...
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- Aug 25, 2014
- Forum: PC Games
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AMD's Tonga - R9 285 (Specs) and R9 285X (Partial Specs)

It matters for desktop, but is pretty meaningless if AMD wants to get their chips into more than desktops. NV is focusing on performance per watt because they're using kepler and maxwell technology for everything from tegra to geforce to quadro. Same technology and same performance per watt for...
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- Post #113
- Aug 25, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Monitor setting for R9 290?

You need to answer this yourself by figuring out the pros and cons for your gaming habits, the answer is subjective. Do you want to sit close (monitor) or far away (TV)? What type of games do you play? Action = TV, MOBA = monitor. Do you use the 360 pad on a couch (TV) or a mouse/kb (monitor)...
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- Post #3
- Aug 24, 2014
- Forum: Displays
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Haswell-e : Iris Pro Graphics

Yeah you don't need Iris Pro for encoding. HD4600 is fine for this purpose. Iris Pro is better for games, but let's face facts, in terms of desktop gaming even Iris Pro is bottom feeding in terms of gaming performance. By desktop standards all APUs and iGPU grapihics are terrible. But if you...
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- Post #12
- Aug 24, 2014
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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[CPUWorld] Intel "Braswell" 14 nm systems-on-a-chip delayed (again)

Windows x86 and android both have their place. It boils down to whether you're using at home or on the go. Fact of the matter is, windows is garbage a touch driven mobile platform while android is excellent at being a touch based mobile platform. When i'm on the go, iOS or android it is. Windows...
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- Post #52
- Aug 24, 2014
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Asus Rog Swift PG278Q

Sounds like they're fresh off the boat, I don't see them on sale anywhere (online) either. In the states anyway. Guess that'll change in a few days.
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- Post #459
- Aug 24, 2014
- Forum: Displays
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[CPUWorld] Intel "Braswell" 14 nm systems-on-a-chip delayed (again)

I guess that's kinda true. The worst situation is when something like bay trail is put in a full fledged windows 8.1 device with something silly such as 2GB of RAM. That doesn't really help anyone. But I think for the proper devices, bay trail is fine. Something like an android device: let's...
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- Post #49
- Aug 24, 2014
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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[CPUWorld] Intel "Braswell" 14 nm systems-on-a-chip delayed (again)

Nope. You don't sell what consumers don't want. Tablets have spoiled consumers as low cost computing devices - even high end tablets are what, 400-500$? With other 7 inch tablets costing 150-whatever. Compared to high end laptops costing way way more. Yes, I know ultrabooks are more capable, but...
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- Post #47
- Aug 24, 2014
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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[CPUWorld] Intel "Braswell" 14 nm systems-on-a-chip delayed (again)

Lol nope. Windows RT and windows phone are both a joke. Pretty sure MS' realized this and stuck a fork in Windows RT and declared it dead. If they haven't, they should. Android and full x86 windows is the far more important markets that intel is addressing.
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- Post #46
- Aug 24, 2014
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Integrated Intel HD4000 vs ATI 2600 PRO

Use the HD4000.
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- Aug 24, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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AMD's Tonga - R9 285 (Specs) and R9 285X (Partial Specs)

That's my guess as well. Cheaper to produce, therefore better positioned to deal with 2nd gen Maxwell when its released. They can adjust prices as needed to react to the performance of the lower 800 series boards (ie GTX 860). By itself it's pretty underwhelming, because indications are that...
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- Post #68
- Aug 24, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Need help with purchasing a new graphic card.

Sounds like you already know your answer before you asked. There is no getting around that CPU of yours. You should probably save a bit more and get a full system upgrade instead of putting lipstick on a pig (IMO)
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- Aug 24, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Pentium G3258 IGP vs AMD 6450 for HTPC?

IMO, The IGP is fine for this purpose. I've been relegated to HD4xxx a few times when swapping GPUs and for desktop use such as video acceleration and general tasks, there is absolutely nothing it can't handle easily. The only thing it may not handle easily is demanding games, unless you really...
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- Aug 24, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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AMD's FreeSync and VESA A-Sync discussion

Interesting: From AMD's FS FAQ: You know what's REALLY hilarious. In that interview a while back it was stated that FS would not cost more if you had a GPU that supported it (260,260x, 290,290X) and a monitor that supports FS. Oh hey, if you already paid for the monitor and GPU then...
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- Post #131
- Aug 23, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards

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