Nvidia Kepler, Part 2

[acroig]

Originally Posted by SIrPauly

My sku is in stock and will order it:

Niiiice!

[SIrPauly]

Secret World does indeed have a TXAA 2 and TXAA 4 setting but I can't enable it in the the beta.

[SIrPauly]

Originally Posted by acroig

Niiiice!

Surprised to see them available so soon -- really like AIB differentiation sku's over the vanilla default sku's. Slight premium and a bit of patience to receive what one may desire but still feel that I am paying more of a premium for 28nm performance when compared to historical node and arch changes.

[acroig]

Originally Posted by SIrPauly

really like AIB differentiation sku's over the vanilla default sku's.

Same here, let us know how you like it.

[SIrPauly]

Secret world is an interesting concept as I am playing Illuminati.

[SIrPauly]

Originally Posted by acroig

Same here, let us know how you like it.

I will no doubt welcome the performance improvements when compared to my current offering. If I can receive another 10-20 percent from over-clocking, will, be even more pleased.

Appreciate the power efficiency but for me, really on the bottom of my list of important aspects.

[BababooeyHTJ]

I have to be honest. I've very skeptical of TXAA. I really do have a feeling that blur is going to be as bad as FXAA. I really think that is the creators vision of how AA is supposed to look judging by his posts.

I don't think that a blur is natural in a still or slow moving image or gives a "film like effect". IDK, my hopes aren't too high.

[Nunz]

I can't enable TXAA either in TSW beta.
Meh.

[Hapatingjaky]

I might be getting a 670 or 680 tonight ladies, was holding out for a Asus or Gigabyte version but none are too be had so I may grab a MSI or EVGA. Don't know till I hit the shop.

[acroig]

Originally Posted by Hapatingjaky

I might be getting a 670 or 680 tonight ladies, was holding out for a Asus or Gigabyte version but none are too be had so I may grab a MSI or EVGA. Don't know till I hit the shop.

[Meteor|WAR]

Originally Posted by Hapatingjaky

I might be getting a 670 or 680 tonight ladies, was holding out for a Asus or Gigabyte version but none are too be had so I may grab a MSI or EVGA. Don't know till I hit the shop.

There are no ladies here.

[acroig]

Originally Posted by Meteor|WAR

There are no ladies here.

Just a bunch of gays.

[BababooeyHTJ]

Originally Posted by acroig

Just a bunch of gays.

Ehh, close enough.

[demo]

Originally Posted by BababooeyHTJ

I have to be honest. I've very skeptical of TXAA. I really do have a feeling that blur is going to be as bad as FXAA. I really think that is the creators vision of how AA is supposed to look judging by his posts.

I don't think that a blur is natural in a still or slow moving image or gives a "film like effect". IDK, my hopes aren't too high.

I think some blur does indeed enhance an image, like when using SSAA. The pixels "meld" together creating a more photo like quality, instead of overly harsh contrasts between pixels, and of course in motion it removes many issues that are currently seen without SSAA. Thats not to say I like FXAA blur, infact I hate it, but SSAA blur looks better to me (2x2 etc), although SGSSAA blur is a little too intrusive.

[BababooeyHTJ]

Originally Posted by demo

I think some blur does indeed enhance an image, like when using SSAA. The pixels "meld" together creating a more photo like quality, instead of overly harsh contrasts between pixels, and of course in motion it removes many issues that are currently seen without SSAA. Thats not to say I like FXAA blur, infact I hate it, but SSAA blur looks better to me (2x2 etc), although SGSSAA blur is a little too intrusive.

I hear you, I can deal with a little bit of blur. Like you said it can enhance an image. I don't really like SGSSAA without adjusting the LOD bias. I tend to like a sharper image. I don't really use regular SSAA much so I can't comment on that.

My worry is that that FXAA blur is the look that Tim Lotes is going for. As you know there are ways around the blur that you can even use with FXAA injector or like what you see with SMAA and you don't see any of that in FXAA.

[SIrPauly]

Originally Posted by BababooeyHTJ

I have to be honest. I've very skeptical of TXAA. I really do have a feeling that blur is going to be as bad as FXAA. I really think that is the creators vision of how AA is supposed to look judging by his posts.

I don't think that a blur is natural in a still or slow moving image or gives a "film like effect". IDK, my hopes aren't too high.

I have no idea what to expect with TXAA and was looking forward to it and the major reason for trying Secret World. But, to my surprise, Secret World is really surprising me and really starting to like the title; A real interesting concept.

[Faceless Rebel]

I'm going to be experiencing mobile Kepler on my new laptop soon. Should be interesting, I've heard different things about Nvidia Optimus.

[Hapatingjaky]

Well ladies, picked up an Asus Direct CU II 670. Will post pics and updates later. Which programs do I use to OC with?

[bill dennison]

Originally Posted by Hapatingjaky

Well ladies, picked up an Asus Direct CU II 670. Will post pics and updates later. Which programs do I use to OC with?

so far i use
http://www.evga.com/precision/

but i can only get +50 to +75 so i have not oc it much, i think i got to work on my 3770k first
i think nv cards more than amd (ati) like a faster overclocked cpu

[acroig]

Originally Posted by Hapatingjaky

Well ladies, picked up an Asus Direct CU II 670. Will post pics and updates later. Which programs do I use to OC with?

I use MSI Afterburner.

[Nunz]

Precision X is for pro's.

Acroig is not pro.
Neither is Demo
or baba.

True story.

[demo]

I'm not pro, I'm uber leet, to which pros are less than a stain on nannas undies.

AB ftw bitches, been using it since my 4870's.

[PowerK]

I don't know... Precision and AfterBurner are essentially the same thing minus the UI. But I prefer AfterBurner.

[Danny Nissan]

Afterburner is much cleaner and understandable;
http://www.guru3d.com/imageview.php?image=38903

All the things you can change, and save to 5 different profiles. Also has monitoring. Really, all you need.

I think it looks way better than this: http://www.bjorn3d.com/Material/revi...GTX680_SLI.jpg

[acroig]

Originally Posted by Nunz

Precision X is for pro's.

Acroig is not pro.
Neither is Demo
or baba.

True story.

Agreed.

[SIrPauly]

I am not uber leet or pro!

[Hapatingjaky]

So far so good, installed everything last night back in to the rig. Had to use the coa for Windows 7 off my notebook since I gave my GF my old Windows 7 home install on her new PC I built her.

At stock everything is running great, tried World Of Warcraft, Diablo 3, Battlefield 3, Skyrim, Rage and Crysis 2. Crysis 2 though I have reached my activation limit..... Could not test it... Really do need to SLI as performance at the settings I want is not that good compared to my old TRI-SLI 580's that I was used too. I don't think an OC will make up for that, but I am thoroughly impressed with performance out of the box.

I've installed Precision X and will start OCing tonight, read a guide on overclockers in preparation for the OC. Little concerned though as I've never OC'd a graphics card before. S far at stock my idle temp is max 30c, my load temp in Heaven Benchmark and Battlefield 3 has been 50c max. The only drawback is the fact that instead of venting outside th case, the Asus Top vents I to the case. But with my chassis I don't see that being a problem. Also once I SLI two of these together, I will have to sandwich them to get 16x16x performance which could increase temps even further. Only time will tell though.

Pics incoming shortly.

[acroig]

Originally Posted by Hapatingjaky

Crysis 2 though I have reached my activation limit..... Could not test it...

There's such a thing with Crysis 2? It's an Origin game, should just start right up from there.

[Hapatingjaky]

Originally Posted by acroig

There's such a thing with Crysis 2? It's an Origin game, should just start right up from there.

I will have to try adding it to my origin when I get home from work. Currently it's not in there....

[acroig]

Originally Posted by Hapatingjaky

I will have to try adding it to my origin when I get home from work. Currently it's not in there....

Right, do that and it should start right up.