[finn4life]

QUOTE (OverTheBelow @ Wednesday, Aug 8 2012, 09:48)

320kbps MP3 is not rare in the slightest.

Eh, out of the loop a bit i guess.
Last time i tried finding those i had trouble finding them, turning into slamman over here.
I still have trouble telling the difference and i have some decent cans (Sony MDRNC500D), but i will have to try again on a friends PC, last time i tried i couldn't notice, maybe my ears are just ruined from too many wood-hunting trips, shooting and loud music. It is interesting to hear your opinions on them though.

This post has been edited by finn4life on Thursday, Aug 9 2012, 10:31

[Pat]

Anyone have experience with HP monitors? I want to upgrade to something capable of 1080p and so far this one is the best looking candidate I've seen. There was an Asus I looked at before, but I noticed a lot of reviewers mentioning both an abundance of dead pixels and the fact that Asus was apparently hesitant to replace their monitors.

[yojo2]

Shame it's got TN panel, but other than that it seems okay.

[illegal_luggage]

660 Ti leaked http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-660...-reference-gpu/
Launch is on the 16th of August apparently and MSRP is $299 or £191.

[Pat]

QUOTE (illegal_luggage @ Sunday, Aug 12 2012, 07:28)

660 Ti leaked http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-660...-reference-gpu/ Launch is on the 16th of August apparently and MSRP is $299 or £191.

Any guess as to how the performance is going to compare to the 670? I was interested in upgrading to a 670, but it's just too far out of my price range. I could afford to pick one of these up, though, and even if they're miles away from the 670's performance they'll still probably be a significant upgrade over my 1GB 6950. Especially because I want to run a dual monitor set-up once I get my new monitor, and I'm really skeptical as to how well the 6950 can handle it.

[xI Jakk Ix]

The 660 seemed to run BF3 on ultra fine, but we only saw single player in that vid, and Multiplayer is always more intensive, especially on maps like Close Quarters. It ran about 5-10FPS slower on Unigine's Heaven Benchmark, so it's not that bad for the price.

[Whiskey]

Awesome. I'd say I'll be picking one up if the price is right.

[Pat]

QUOTE (xI Jakk Ix @ Sunday, Aug 12 2012, 10:18)

It ran about 5-10FPS slower on Unigine's Heaven Benchmark, so it's not that bad for the price.

5-10FPS slower than the 670? For $100 less?

I'm sold.

[illegal_luggage]

I wonder is this is real: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V...cvip=true&rt=nc
I would love to know the specs of the next Xbox and I hope it has a BluRay player.

[PrometheusX]

QUOTE (illegal_luggage @ Monday, Aug 13 2012, 12:18)

I wonder is this is real: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V...cvip=true&rt=nc I would love to know the specs of the next Xbox and I hope it has a BluRay player.

Someone actually paid $20,100?

Also, Intel CPU? I thought both next-gen consoles will have AMD. Either ways anything with x86 architecture is good for me.

[illegal_luggage]

QUOTE (PrometheusX @ Monday, Aug 13 2012, 14:04)

QUOTE (illegal_luggage @ Monday, Aug 13 2012, 12:18) I wonder is this is real: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V...cvip=true&rt=nc I would love to know the specs of the next Xbox and I hope it has a BluRay player. Someone actually paid $20,100? Also, Intel CPU? I thought both next-gen consoles will have AMD. Either ways anything with x86 architecture is good for me.

Well it's not confirmed but I don't reckon it'll be x86. I'm thinking PowerPC.

[xI Jakk Ix]

QUOTE (Pat @ Monday, Aug 13 2012, 02:12)

QUOTE (xI Jakk Ix @ Sunday, Aug 12 2012, 10:18) It ran about 5-10FPS slower on Unigine's Heaven Benchmark, so it's not that bad for the price. 5-10FPS slower than the 670? For $100 less? I'm sold.

Yea the 670 is about that much behind the 680 as well. So the 600 series doesn't seem to vary that much, apart from the 690 of course, but that's around £800 so it's not that popular. I reckon when the 660 price drops you could get two 660's for the price of a 680 and get a lot better performance, assuming you have the PSU to handle two high end GPU well.

[Pat]

QUOTE (xI Jakk Ix @ Tuesday, Aug 14 2012, 15:17)

I reckon when the 660 price drops you could get two 660's for the price of a 680 and get a lot better performance

I think it's very much more likely that the 680 will see a price drop not long after the 660 is released. Due to the low price for comparable performance, the 660 is going to be in drastically higher demand. I'm sure Nvidia already has enough trouble getting people interested in the 680 over the 670 - with this new card, they're going to struggle even more.

[xI Jakk Ix]

Do you think it would be possible to get a 680 on the cheap then for quite a bit better performance? I originally wanted to get a 680, then the 670 because if the lower price and similar performance, but if the 660 is cheap enough here in the UK I may get that instead.

Also found this: http://wccftech.com/galaxy-geforce-gtx-660...670-benchmarks/

This post has been edited by xI Jakk Ix on Wednesday, Aug 15 2012, 20:16

[Exxon]

The Asus GTX 660 Ti is $300 on Newegg, but here in Holland it's €370.
While converting the price: $300 --> €245.
I just mean ... what the f*ck?

[Stinky12]

GTX 660Ti review
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforc...eview,3279.html

[xI Jakk Ix]

The 660 costs around £280 here in the UK (at Scan.co.uk anyway), which is about $440. This annoys me massively. I was thinking of getting this if it was actually £190 ($300) but I can get a much better EVGA Overclocked 670 for £320, so I'm going with that. Also, I'm hoping to get a 550W PSU for my PC, will that be enough with an i5 3570k and the 670?

[Knightmare]

QUOTE (PrometheusX @ Monday, Aug 13 2012, 08:04)

QUOTE (illegal_luggage @ Monday, Aug 13 2012, 12:18) I wonder is this is real: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V...cvip=true&rt=nc I would love to know the specs of the next Xbox and I hope it has a BluRay player. Someone actually paid $20,100? Also, Intel CPU? I thought both next-gen consoles will have AMD. Either ways anything with x86 architecture is good for me.

Intel is leading the CPU game pretty heavily right now, wouldn't surprise me.

[PrometheusX]

QUOTE (Knightmare @ Friday, Aug 17 2012, 01:17)

QUOTE (PrometheusX @ Monday, Aug 13 2012, 08:04) QUOTE (illegal_luggage @ Monday, Aug 13 2012, 12:18) I wonder is this is real: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V...cvip=true&rt=nc I would love to know the specs of the next Xbox and I hope it has a BluRay player. Someone actually paid $20,100? Also, Intel CPU? I thought both next-gen consoles will have AMD. Either ways anything with x86 architecture is good for me. Intel is leading the CPU game pretty heavily right now, wouldn't surprise me.

Yeah, but I heard some rumours about all consoles eventually with have AMD CPU/GPU. One of the rumours has it that the PS4 will have an AMD processor, as well as a HD 6670 I think.

[ccrogers15]

QUOTE (illegal_luggage @ Sunday, Aug 12 2012, 12:28)

660 Ti leaked http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-660...-reference-gpu/ Launch is on the 16th of August apparently and MSRP is $299 or £191.

Who would pay that much for a card to play games???