I didn't realise the Strix variant of the 970 was so strong on the silence front. This overview is making me very happy
I now have a thoroughly moral reason for having bought it
(Please don't have coil whine, please don't have coil whine...)
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What do you do about old parts? Sell on eBay? (I'd expected massive depreciation, but looks like there's still a market for second hand cards etc. Might actually recoup a bit if I'm lucky).
Although I've realised my motherboard seems to have more PCIe expansion slots:
I'm almost tempted to keep the old card and combine it if/when 4k or VR comes beckoning. Would that work? Having AMD & Nvidia cards in tandem? (That's if it's even possible. The 7850 says it requires a 2.1 PCIe, so maybe that rules it out of the second slot? Which looks pretty tight anyway, assuming it's the vertical yellow motherboard slot visible in my pic).
Anyway, fun times
PS What have you done to meeee
I now have a thoroughly moral reason for having bought it
(Please don't have coil whine, please don't have coil whine...)
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What do you do about old parts? Sell on eBay? (I'd expected massive depreciation, but looks like there's still a market for second hand cards etc. Might actually recoup a bit if I'm lucky).
Although I've realised my motherboard seems to have more PCIe expansion slots:
1 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 *2
1 x PCIe 2.0 x1
1 x PCI
1 x PCIe 2.0 x1
1 x PCI
Anyway, fun times
PS What have you done to meeee