gourimoko
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I really can't stop gushing about gsync @gourimoko I think it's the best technology that has come out for gaming in a long time. Everybody want's VR though when i'd much rather buy a nice gsync monitor.
I agree. I absolutely love Adaptive Sync (see what I did there? lol.. I actually think FreeSync is a better protocol, but Gsync works better for the time being).
In April I'm either upgrading the 1080.. Not sure which direction I'll go, but it won't be with AMD (given the G-Sync ASUS ROG)..
Thinking of either:
1) Adding another 1080; prices should go down, might buy a used one, go SLI.
2) Selling the 1080 and buying a 1080 Ti
3) Selling the 1080 and buying a Titan XP (depends on how powerful the Ti is).
4) Selling the 1080 and buying 2x1080 Ti's.. just go ham, like fuck it.
Will all depend on 1080 Ti's price point upon release, and if I can convince EVGA to get me into their upgrade program (apparently they upgrade the 1080 if you bought it like 3 weeks after I bought mine -- fuckers.. Thinking if I get someone on the phone from sales, I might be able to coax them into letting me upgrade my current card if I agree to buy another 1080 Ti).
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Oh, and re: VR; it's a budding technology. I have a setup at home, but the games for it.. aren't very good.
The problem with VR is that the technology isn't there .. yet. And by technology, I mean game engines and shaders.. The latest cards have better hardware features that allow for rendering similar scenes 2x faster, which makes VR that much better; but game developers aren't focusing on these features since you can't be sure gamers have these cards.
Once these hardware features become more common-place, and shaders/game-engines start taking advantage of them, as well as having engines treating VR as a first-class class citizen within their ecosystems; then I think VR will have more of a qualitative edge over a great display...
Because technologically, VR should provide for a better experience; and the next iteration of headsets almost assuredly will have equivalent or better image quality (higher DPI, IPS/OLED panels, better color than most home displays, etc)... It's just that the content on the displays isn't very good...
But VR is the future, IMHO... so, in a few years I think we'll look back and say that VR really is the greater of the two "inventions..." Even though VR has been around since the 80s.