Nvidia wins again, RX 480 can't even beat the gimped LAST

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>TFW earned a lot gbp
>Mom buys a brand new 1080 from MSI

>>55315879
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5AkBBQWZR4

>tfw dad bans me from overwatch and puts all the sweet foods in the garage

>>55315929

poor Louis

>>55316074
>mum buys me a rx 480 instead of a gtx 1080

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96SrWO5Na54

Help me out /g/. Should a buy a GTX 980 for £250 ($335.96)?

dump frogposter

>>55316275
fuck off nigger

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>was waiting for 970s to drop to $150
>mfw they're actually gonna go back up

>>55315929
>>55316230
/g/ users irl

>>55316253
Is it second hand? How much for the TI?

>>55316253
Yes.

I have no affinity, but a legit question: gimping cards? As in purposefully making performance go down? This is a thing?

>>55316351
no

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>>55316311
well no SLI for me...

>>55316328
Yes, second hand, not TI

>>55316351
Yes and no.
AMD cards increase in performance over time as AMD fixes their drivers even for older cards.
Nvidia doesn't do driver optimisations on anything but their latest gen.

So the overall effect is that it looks like nvidia cards are being gimped

The only proven gimping nvidia have been doing is to AMD cards

>>55316518
Nah that's a shit price, when you can buy a brand new one for £276.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-geforce-gtx-980-gaming-le-edition-4096mb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-318-ms.html

>>55316351
Yes.
Just look at any Quadro and GeForce card manufactured after 2010.
Nvidia now purposefully adds additional hardware to cards in order to prevent softmodding GeForce cards into Quadros.

>>55316351
Nvidia's more recent drivers get worse performance on older hardware than older drivers on older hardware do.

Basically nvidia intentionally gimps their older hardware to push you towards buying new hardware.

>>55316570
I think you're misconstruing not optimising for gimping. There's a world of difference.

>>55315929
>>55316230

>not kicking beta neets out of the house

>>55315729
only kepler is gimped, get your facts straight.

Wew

>>55315729
>being this much of a Shabbos goy

>>55315729
i feel depressed now. i had high hopes, but turns out it's pretty shitty. the only thing you get by buying rx480 is 8gb vram. and burned mobo, it seems: >>55321117

RIP AMD.