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Originally Posted by Hameister
Thanks, sure I play games. That's the primary reason I built it. As for EVGA, I'm surprised to hear you say that. I've been buying their graphics cards for many years, and never had an issue, starting with the 8800GT.
I just wait about 2 months after a new series is released to be sure there are no bugs, and then I buy. I skipped the 680 cards because this pair of 580s are still slicing through every new game I buy, with all the eye candy cranked to max., and frame rates are still around 65 to 80fps even with the latest games.
I had every intention of buying a pair of 780s when they're released, but now I'm not so sure. I'll be getting Sniper2:Ghost Warrior in January, and then Crysis3 is being released in Q1 '13 as well. Both are based on the Cryengine3. If they run fine with all the graphic variables max'd out then I'll skip the 780s, at least for a while, or perhaps even until the 880 cards are released. Of course if Crysis3 gives me any problems what-so-ever, then the 580s are getting shipped to my grandson, and I'll buy a pair of 780s.
I admit it, I am obsessed, I cannot play any game unless I'm seeing the graphics at they're best, and smooth at 60fps or higher.
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Yeah man! Although I haven't cranked any games up lately, I do enjoy a good first person shooter. I've got a shelf here in the den just chock full of games I haven't even touched yet. Actually I think I like the eye candy much more than the game play, so yeah, I want the graphics goodies cranked up to MAX as well. So far the single GTX 580 I have has held up just fine with all the games I have tried.
One major reason I stuck with the 500 series was because the last time I checked, the 600 series wasn't working with the rendering accelerator coding of my video software (Sony Vegas Pro). And actually the 580 seems to have some problems anyway since it will hang up if I play with the time scale of the video in any fashion. The rendering just hangs up when it gets to the altered time scale section, so I have to disable the graphics card for any videos I use that function in.
The biggest issue I have had with EVGA has been their drivers. Seemed like every fix they made in a new version broke something else. So with this 580, I am NOT upgrading the video drivers unless something breaks because of a Windows "upgrade".
Ah well, supposed to be rainy here for the next three days so maybe I'll crank up a game instead of going out to the garage and fussing with the blue car. I've got Battlefield 3 sitting here right at my elbow....
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