25% off on gmg right now. Haven't played it yet, but it looks like another solid arkham release. I wasn't necessarily expecting this game to reinvent the wheel or anything anyway. The glitches sound unfortunate though.
World for sure, although 3 is a close second. I never had a snes growing up, so playing world at someone else's house was a treat for me. Now that I have one, I play it quite frequently. I'd say it's aesthetically my favourite game... Whenever I see that opening title screen I get a big dumb fucking grin plastered across my face.
Another thing to consider on the pro Nvidia side is that Nvidia released this "Geforce Experience" interface that actually does a great job at picking the best settings for your games based on your hardware and automatically updates drivers. I haven't had any issues with their game setting optimizations apart from a couple AA settings that needed to be tweaked in some games.
Co-sign. Seems great from what little i've used it.
I don't understand why GPU recommendation threads ever include SLI/crossfire discussions; anyone looking for basic advise is never going to go there, you guys are just makign things more confusing.
I usually recommend AMD cards because they are better priced, come with better games packed in and I personally haven't had any compatibility issues and I play a lot of PC games; but the current crop of AMD cards are getting pretty old at this point, they are still good but I would go for a 760/770 right now unless you find a really hot deal on a 7970/7950.
I'm biased towards Nvidia so I can't speak much for AMD but if you want to be ready for the beginning of next gen then don't settle for anything less than a 770 if your idea of optimal gaming is playing on high at 1080p. I personally wouldn't bother with SLI, it's gotten better (Nvidia SLI>>AMD's) but I prefer to have more reliability with just a single powerful video card.
The stuff about AMD parts being in next gen consoles equating to better PC optimization is bullshit, if there was truth to that then this gen should have seen a boost on AMD's side considering what's inside the PS3/360.
That evga model is going for $430 over here. I was willing to drop a little extra cash if need be, but that might be a little too much for me right now. I'm not really doing any intense gaming at the moment, so a new card isn't pertinent just yet. Perhaps I'll wait and see if it goes on sale?
Another user was looking at the same two cards recently, just not the exact same models. I'd suggest poking through that thread to help you get a better idea.
Now, I've done a ton of digging through forums, hardware sites, benchmark sites and youtube videos, some have favoured the 760 for it's uncut, out of the box power - others the 7950 for it's overclocking potential. I have very basic, rudimentary knowledge of pc's, so I turn to the GB community for advice. What card would you choose to future proof your machine? Which one will run the slew of upcoming next-gen titles at optimal settings? If SLI/Crossfire is a future possibility, which one works better? Also, with AMD having their hardware in the next gen consoles, will future cross platform titles be more optimized for AMD cards than NVIDIA?
Any advice or personal accounts with these cards will be much appreciate.
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