Bad luck or game related?

Discussion in 'Videocards - NVIDIA GeForce' started by (.)(.), Jul 24, 2016.

  1. (.)(.)

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    1st gtx 580 died within two days of buying/playing elite d

    2nd gtx 580 just died within the same time frame of buying/playing Horizons.


    W.t.... *#Bane #We'reGoinMobile*

    I guess an upgrade is happening sooner rather than later. Ive a got an offer for an msi gtx 970 for nz$300.

    Im not looking to max anything as outside of deus ex, theres not much grabbing my interest going foward and im still at 1080p with the odd dsr to 1440p.

    Worth it..?
     
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  2. mahanddeem

    mahanddeem Master Guru

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    No. If 300 nz is $216. Aim for used 980ti, much more worth the investment.
     
  3. drac

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    980ti or 1070. If your going to have it as long as your 580's then wouldn't be a bad idea..
     
  4. TheDeeGee

    TheDeeGee Ancient Guru

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    Maybe bad PSU?

    I never had a Videocard die on me.
     

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    980ti for nz$550 then?
     
  6. Undying

    Undying Ancient Guru

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    What are the choices for nz$550? Any chance you can grap a Pascal card and avoid Maxwell?
     
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    Nz $650+ is anything pascal. $899 is the 1070, 1300 for the 1080.

    I cant justify those prices for what amounts to a toy, really.

    When do non Founder editions come out. August?
     
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    Unless your wanting to get VR, if not then 980ti for sure. :thumbup:

    Pascal non-founders out now I thought?
     
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    Nah, no vr for me. DOESNT interest me yet as im waiting on games and hardware to mature.

    Excuse the caps, on mobile now and cant be bothered fighting with my phone to correct.
     
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    Same, no interest in it, same reason. Once the headset are glasses, then I'll bite lol :)
     

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    Yeah vr in its current state seems like its still in the honeymoon period and that people might soon decide its just like bluray 3d - Fun... but man i dont want things stuck to my face for playing games.
     
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    chinobino Maha Guru

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    I'm going to go with bad luck.

    I had two standard GTX580's die on me around the same time (they were only about 18 months to 2 years old).

    Replaced them with two MSI lightning edition cards - both are still going.

    I'd recommend getting a 980Ti, a single 970 will give you less performance than GTX580 SLI - whereas a single 980Ti gives you more performance.
     
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    Yeah go for a 980 Ti its the best card without going to the next architecture. The only thing about VR that caught my eye was a Star Trek style game where you get to be the captain of the Enterprise. Other than that VR does not interest me.
    I think of bad luck because you had issues before with your 580s before. Plus the 580s are old cards.
     
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    Its strange though that within two days both 580's die.

    What about getting a midrange card, save up and later this year buy a higher end Pascal card. How much does rx480 an gtx1060 cost in NZ?
     
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    The gigabyte sc 980ti im looking at mentions having a Asic score of 69.4%.

    What is this and is still worth a purchase?
     
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    Funny to read this boobies, my 580 has given up it's stability two weeks ago too... may they rest in peace.
     
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    Mate, what a chip, right? Cannot beleive they lasted as long as they did in not only lifetime but also performance wise.

    Easily the most impressive gpu ive owned in that regard.
     
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    Mine is 71% or is it 72% and does 1480mhz np. Eclap has 67% or so and his does 1450mhz+ too np..
     
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    It only showed it's life because of me being to stubborn to turn down settings, was still desperately playing BF4 on ultra / 1080p with my Lightning XE card, even paid back then for the extra double vram, imho it paid off.
    Brings me back to once again want the top notch card rather than SLI the next time around... good memories, never felt betrayed or anything although it was expensive :D
     

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