http://archlinux.me/jdarnold/2011/05/10/mars-needs-new-video-card/ Just a little Arch Linux Chatter Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:43:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://archlinux.me/jdarnold/2011/05/10/mars-needs-new-video-card/#comment-145 jdarnold Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:02:31 +0000 http://archlinux.me/jdarnold/?p=62#comment-145 I recently did a new computer build and stuck with my nVidia GTX 860 which, as you say “just works”.

]]> http://archlinux.me/jdarnold/2011/05/10/mars-needs-new-video-card/#comment-142 yoda Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:01:44 +0000 http://archlinux.me/jdarnold/?p=62#comment-142 Maxing out is not very good idea (most of the cases), you pay a lot for prestige of “high-end” where performance difference is not always in pair witch price difference. Don’t expect that your graphics card will be good for new-to-come-games – even top of the shelf super-pricey high-end card will most likely be outperformed by mid-range cheap but next(-next)-gen GPU. Another question is do you really need it? If the question is 200FPS vs 300FPS in some game there is no question. Next thing: massive GPUs are eating a lot of electricity during stress so you might consider this. And that linux thing, nvidia just works I don’t have any experience with ATI but you should look it up before buying because from what I know is not pain-free.

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