ghostship2 posted at 10:51PM Sun, 01 November 2020 - #4402688

Miss B posted at 1:45PM Sun, 01 November 2020 - #4402681

ghostship2 posted at 2:36PM Sun, 01 November 2020 - #4402665

@ssgbryan why are RTX cards DOA?

That's a good question. From what I just read about the new-ish RDNA2 cards on the AMD site, they were created very specifically with gaming in mind. I know there must be a lot of folks here who participate in online gaming, but I don't, and ever since getting this laptop around Thanksgiving last year, I've been very pleased with it. Since I already knew there was an issue with Poser and the newer RTX cards, I specifically told the sales rep I wanted a GTX card. Unfortunately, what I didn't realize was the newest GTX cards at that time were also running the same Touring system as the RTX cards, so I had to wait until Poser updated to accept the newer nVidia cards.

That said, this IS a "gaming" laptop, but I only bought it for the newer, better components than my last 8-year old laptop, and I'm really pleased I'm able to use GPU rendering options again. AMD is a good brand, but just because their latest GPU cards are set up for gaming computers, doesn't mean the RTX/GTX cards running on the Touring system are DOA.

OK, what I see is the whole " these newer cards blow the doors off of that year old RTX card." This will ALWAYS be the case. There will always be something bigger, better, and faster out there. It does not mean that my RTX card isn't going to work, just that it might not be as fast as the newer XXX cards. I also didn't get the best RTX card either. What's the point of spending $1500 on a video card when something better will come out the next year? It's the same dilemma.

I agree with you. There's always going to be something new each year but, as you mentioned, that's not going to make a 1-yr old card obsolete.

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