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Old 05-23-2014, 04:04 PM   #24812
mikeyg36


 
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Originally Posted by 6bangerBOOM View Post
I'm not particularly into over-clocking. I prefer my car to run hotter than my PC not the other way around lol. Though I have in the past considered getting a factory over-clocked nvidia. And I do agree that nvidia is best, but how can I really know if I haven't tried the other side?
The stats and benchmarks can show you what's better. No need to drop hundreds of dollars to see for yourself. AMD is great for a budget CPUs and GPUs, but if you want the best Nvidia is really the only option. I originally wanted an R9 290x but then I saw the video of the fan noise and realized that in order for AMD to compete with Nvidia they have to run their cards at 100% all the time. That's when I went with the 780 Ti. Why don't you OC GPUs? They're stupidly easy to do with the new ones. Just download Precision X and drag the sliders to your liking. Here's that video that I was talking about:

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