Ask GN Episode 2: Dx12 vs. Dx11 Disparity, 300W PSU Resurgence, & More

By Steve Burke Published August 25, 2015 at 9:00 am

Following the tremendous growth in engagement from our fanbase – through Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and the comments – we've decided to start a regular “Ask GN” series. We're using these videos to address reader questions that can be answered in a few moments, helping us to increase consistency of content delivery without sacrificing quality. That's the strategy behind it, anyway, and it's work thus far; the questions for our first episode invoked current topics of critical importance, making for strong discussion points.

For the second episode, we discuss the DirectX 12 vs. DirectX 11 disparity between AMD & nVidia (though we don't go as deep as discussing shader array size and architecture), whether or not 300W is “enough power” for a build, and the GTX 980 Ti AMP Extreme.

Below is a timeline of the Q&A. We're presently traveling on business to visit manufacturers located in Washington state. Come Thursday, the team will make its way to Seattle to prepare for PAX, which runs from Friday to Monday. We will be present through Sunday. I will be joined by Patrick Stone, our Managing Editor, and Keegan Gallick, our videographer and video editor.

Ask GN 2 Timeline:

0:45 – SANIC: “I hope I see you at PAX, odds are low though.”

1:28 – Run4Pixels: “Please tell me the GTX 950 is [compatible] with my 300 watt power [supply]?”

5:05 – Sean Wright: “How long do you think the 980 Ti will remain the fastest* single GPU card? (Ignoring Titan X).

8:11 – Lethality: “@GamersNexus Hey guys! Curious your take on the disparity of AMD vs nVidia in the real-world DX12 benchmarks coming out.”

12:18 – Peter Gratineau: “Hi Steve, when are you going to test the Zotac 980 Ti Amp Extreme?”

13:38 – GrandRatio: “You look like a girl.”

That's all for this week's episode! We're trying to make these a regular thing – once a week, likely. Leave comments anywhere on the site or YouTube videos (or, perhaps easiest for us, just tweet at us) to have your question addressed on forthcoming shows.

- Steve "Lelldorianx" Burke.

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Steve started GamersNexus back when it was just a cool name, and now it's grown into an expansive website with an overwhelming amount of features. He recalls his first difficult decision with GN's direction: "I didn't know whether or not I wanted 'Gamers' to have a possessive apostrophe -- I mean, grammatically it should, but I didn't like it in the name. It was ugly. I also had people who were typing apostrophes into the address bar - sigh. It made sense to just leave it as 'Gamers.'"

First world problems, Steve. First world problems.