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An Unexpected Blow to AMD's RX480  Launching their own 'Titan Killers' this year - the GTX 1080 and 1070 - Nvidia aims to further push the envelope, by conquering the RX480. With its Pascal architecture, the 1060 is roughly half the performance (and price) of the graphics giant GTX 1080, starting at only $250 US. Under the Hood The 1060 boasts a 16nm GP106 GPU, sporting 1280 CUDA cores - from the 1920 cores of the 1070 and 2048 of the 1080. While it is far less than the 2048 of the Maxwell GTX 980, the New VR-Ready card is claimed by Nvidia to be more powerful due to architectural improvements, coupled with faster GPU performance and memory clocks. Up Against the RX480 How the 1060 fares conclusively against the 480, will be more than marketing benchmarks in the next week or so when the card officially launches on the 19th, but for now it's far to say the GTX 1060 dethrones AMD's mid-range tyrant. That is, by about 15% says Nvidia - and in ...

Get much for an extra $50? Take the NVidia GTX 960, for example. This mid-range card offers 2 GB and 4 GB versions, respectively -- at about a $50 discrepancy between the two cards. That being what the cost of a whole new game, for some, this makes the world of difference.     GTA V A memory-hungry game to the fullest; where the more vRAM, the better. That is, the 970's 3.5 GB is just about the bare minimum, to run this game at max, 60 FPS. The 960's 4 GB are not fully taken advantage of on the lower GM206 Maxwell architecture. Therefore any additional vRAM here would be best for a more constant frame rate, with less dips and stutters between lowest and highest framerate. While this can be easily rectified with vSync enabled - you do get about 3-5 FPS higher on the four GB model of the GTX 960. You can enable far more advanced graphics options in GTA V with 4 or more GB of vRAM - namely ancillary settings like higher population density, depth of view,...

Yes! I get to practice my Apple Store skills on you now You know I've always wanted to work at the Apple store (what a beautiful aspiration), so I can pseudo-simulate that and help you guys out right here! So let's get to it. After using Mac for almost 7 years, I can tell you if you're any sort of graphic designer, application programmer, web developer, musician, video editor, photographer or writer (even an aimless one like me) - it's for sure worth giving it a shot. If you have an Apple store, Best Buy or friend with a MacBook - try a Mac out! See what you like about the OS. It's a lot like the iPhone or iPad if you have one, nearly identical actually. Apps like iMessage, FaceTime, iBooks and the App store really separate Apple - you can also take phone calls and reply to text messages straight from your Mac. If you're a video editor, Final Cut Pro X is one of the top creative applications available, along with Logic Pro X for music. The M...