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NVIDIA ‘Ampere’ 8nm Graphics Cards

Yeah I am not sure what the original price was for a 2080Ti as it would be a top line component I couldn't afford, but my guess is that it should be well south of £999. The price of the 2080 Super which seems to be $699 is more sensible and the equivalent 3000 series product would be best placed at this point in pounds (£699).
 
Th0nt said:
Yeah I am not sure what the original price was for a 2080Ti as it would be a top line component I couldn't afford, but my guess is that it should be well south of £999. The price of the 2080 Super which seems to be $699 is more sensible and the equivalent 3000 series product would be best placed at this point in pounds (£699).
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I think the original price was starting from £1100.
 
HACO said:
https://twitter.com/KkatCorgi/status/1285452946218512384



Assuming this is true (giant assumption given it's KatCorgi), it seems like:

RTX 3070 = 2080 Ti
RTX 3080 = 20% faster than 2080 Ti
RTX 3080 Ti = ~55% faster than 2080 Ti

If 3070 is in the £500 region, this is a huge upgrade (and it will prove me wrong). If prices do increase (like £800 for 3070) then this is a lot less significant.
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Considering the 3080 and 3080Ti (3090?) are both meant to be using the GA102 chip I am not so sure that the performance delta between the 3080 and the 3080Ti will be as large as it was between the 2080 and 2080Ti.
 
Oh dear, its coming, and to custom cards too, and its a new pin layout, so 2x 6 pins won't work, its a new 2x 6 pin to 12 pin adapter cable for all :/

Over the past few days, we've heard chatter about a new 12-pin PCIe power connector for graphics cards being introduced, particularly from Chinese language publication FCPowerUp, including a picture of the connector itself. Igor's Lab also did an in-depth technical breakdown of the connector. TechPowerUp has some new information on this from a well placed industry source. The connector is real, and will be introduced with NVIDIA's next-generation "Ampere" graphics cards. The connector appears to be NVIDIA's brain-child, and not that of any other IP- or trading group, such as the PCI-SIG, Molex or Intel. The connector was designed in response to two market realities - that high-end graphics cards inevitably need two power connectors; and it would be neater for consumers to have a single cable than having to wrestle with two; and that lower-end (<225 W) graphics cards can make do with one 8-pin or 6-pin connector.
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https://www.techpowerup.com/269957/...r-its-real-and-coming-with-nvidia-ampere-gpus

A massive fail.
 
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So if this one 12pin connector is capable for up to 600W, and one 8pin is capable for up to 150W, you would need an adaptor taking in 4 8pins to get full power?
 
R.I.P Nvidia! :p


EDIT: If its a Nvidia proprietary connector, then surely they'll have to supply the adapter cables with the cards.
 
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HACO said:
https://twitter.com/KkatCorgi/status/1285452946218512384

Assuming this is true (giant assumption given it's KatCorgi), it seems like:

RTX 3070 = 2080 Ti
RTX 3080 = 20% faster than 2080 Ti
RTX 3080 Ti = ~55% faster than 2080 Ti

If 3070 is in the £500 region, this is a huge upgrade (and it will prove me wrong). If prices do increase (like £800 for 3070) then this is a lot less significant.
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These seem optimistic/hype train region but a 3080 will be a nice upgrade to my 1080 if so. :) (depending on prices of course).
 
timorous said:
Considering the 3080 and 3080Ti (3090?) are both meant to be using the GA102 chip I am not so sure that the performance delta between the 3080 and the 3080Ti will be as large as it was between the 2080 and 2080Ti.
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I agree.

And what is more confusing is the nvidia release naming. Usually they dont release a Ti line straight away, and then the Super has followed some time later. So with the original 2060/70/80 they should just do away with the stupid naming superlative and just have that i.e. 3070. No Ti, No Super.
 
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timorous said:
Considering the 3080 and 3080Ti (3090?) are both meant to be using the GA102 chip I am not so sure that the performance delta between the 3080 and the 3080Ti will be as large as it was between the 2080 and 2080Ti.
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Depends entirely on yields.
 
So assuming this is true, it seems like Nvidia don't like the idea of people taking pictures of their builds with 3 or 4, 8 pin connectors sticking out.

Is it too early to start on the hot and loud memes?
 
Honestly who cares, outside of USA few people get FE models anyway. Custom will be same as always.
Thankfully I had a V64 before so I have plenty of 8pin cables :D
 
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