been outta the game a while/nomenclature

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colonelblake

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hi. i used to be an expert on these boards. i was answering questions in the golden age when the 8800gt and the 7850 were newer. i left when the 7770 came out. i have some questions on the current spate of gpu's.

whats this "X" and "R" that radeon is using now? is "Ti" still considered an upgrade to a current gpu? which cards are a rernamed gpu? i understand the 750ti is a renamed 650ti.

do you think we are in a golden age of gpu's? such as when the 8800gt was out. ie: is this a good year for gpu's? personally i think gpu companies are gettting lazy and just renaming stuff.

is there one dominant gpu out now? ie price/performance.

thanks for answering.
 
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We are definitely not in the Golden age of GPUs; Even the strongest GPUs out there are unable to handle 4k gaming.

The R9/R7/R5/R3 represent different tiers of GPUs, R9 being the strongest and R3 being the weakest (also applies to integrated graphics). The 'X' in the end of the name is the same as 'Ti', and yes, it means that it's stronger than the normal version.

You are right about the renaming, since most current generation GPUs are renamed (HD7950>R9 280, GTX 670>GTX 760), excluding the most powerful ones (R9 290(X) and GTX 780(Ti)), and the GTX 750 and GTX 750Ti, which are actually based on the new Maxwell architecture.
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We are definitely not in the Golden age of GPUs; Even the strongest GPUs out there are unable to handle 4k gaming.

The R9/R7/R5/R3 represent different tiers of GPUs, R9 being the strongest and R3 being the weakest (also applies to integrated graphics). The 'X' in the end of the name is the same as 'Ti', and yes, it means that it's stronger than the normal version.

You are right about the renaming, since most current generation GPUs are renamed (HD7950>R9 280, GTX 670>GTX 760), excluding the most powerful ones (R9 290(X) and GTX 780(Ti)), and the GTX 750 and GTX 750Ti, which are actually based on the new Maxwell architecture.
 
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The next gen doesn't look very extraordinary, but it's rumored that Nvidia will be releasing the first GTX 8** GPUs within 6 months, so waiting might make sense, especially if you want to go over 1080p. If you only game at 1080p, there really is no reason to wait for the next generation, the current one is just fine for 1080p.
 
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hm, interesting. i used to answer gpu questions many yaears ago when things were interesting between nvidia and radeon as an expert. but i think ill stick to cpu's and psu's. it was like apples to oranges then. now its juust apples to apples.

thanks for taking the time to answer.
 
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