NVIDIA ‘Ampere’ 8nm Graphics Cards

[Drollic]

Only had a quick look at specs and slides. The 3070 looks like a great buy for 1440p except I wouldn't want to shell out for an upgrade with 8gb vram. I'm surprised the gap is so big between top tier and middle. I was expecting slightly less performance but 3070 at 10-12gb and 3080 at 12-16gb.

 

[jrodga2k5]

And that made zero difference with the last generations. I made that mistake and went for a board with stupid amount of extra power chokes and all the blah blah blah about superior components used and extra power connectors needed and after sticking it under water, it didnt even get close the the FE card.

Its used to be the case in the 980ti days the AIB boards made a massive difference to your max overclocked performance. Recent generations its all just the silicon lottery and cooling it sufficiently.

Fair enough Greebo, haven't had experience of that previously as I'm typically a FE person but good to have some insight.

 

[Bazippy]

My 980ti hybrid can finally retire. Not pre ordering as waiting for amd but chances are I'll own a 3080 ASAP. Well done for an actual good upgrade and not too badly priced.

 

[Jacky60]

For me it will be the 3090 or nothing. Although I’m struggling to justify but will be nice to have some extra grunt especially when new RTX titles appear such as cyberpunk 2077. I’m leaning towards buying one but I’m still not sure yet. I nearly paid that for a 2080Ti on launch and that has served me very well indeed the past 2 years.

But it also depends how much of a difference 4.0 makes. I’d ideally like to wait for next gen pcie 4.0 Intel cpus with ddr5. I don’t fancy upgrading now to a Ryzen to then swap again next year for ddr5.

I was thinking about WC the card but I likely won’t even bother. My pc is far enough away now noise isn’t an issue. I’m starting to like the design even more seeing it in the flesh and I was more than impressed with last gen FE build quality.

Wut? Seems a big premium $500 for maybe 5% -10% more performance is 'some' situations. Specs seem far too close to spend the extra on the 3090 to me.

 

[rchads89]

Yes Zotac is 3yr standard, 5yr if you registered within 30 days of receipt of goods.

Will they be a zotac amp 3080? thanks

 

[Poneros]

will a 850w psu be ok to power a 3090 rtx, 2 nvme drives, 4x 2.5 ssd, 3.5 hecanical drive, 128gb ram, 3960x threadripper cpu

I'd like to know this as well.

Probably not. That's a lot of drives AND a threadripper, and lots of ram. You will absolutely want to go for 1000w or more imo. If you undervolt then it will be fine most likely. It's also VERY load dependent. But with such a system I wouldn't risk it.

Yes Zotac is 3yr standard, 5yr if you registered within 30 days of receipt of goods.

Are the last 2 years still needing you to send it to Hong Kong for RMA?

First card under FE pricing now shown, Palit:

Beautiful. Eagle OC isn't going to be 3+1 tho I thought? Still, with them having RMA base next-door it's probably my choice for the 3080 unless EVGA pricing is fine (wanna step-up).

 

[Jacky60]

The $999 price is Asus Tax price as well.

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/asus-rog-strix-rtx-3080-ti-gaming-oc.b7757

I would expect other AIB 3080ti 20gb to be $899 and under.

Hopefully yes! Very decent specs for the price, if ASUS is $999 FE should be $799.

 

[BigBANGtheory]

My MSI 1070 Quicksilver has been a stellar card.

but MSI are on the naughty step of vendors atm until they rectify that I'm not going to buy any of their products, they can't be trusted

 

[Grim5]

Alphacool most likely already have Eiswolf GPU AIO completed for it .

specially now the pump is attached to the outlet/inlet ports on the block

Just remember the 3090 has memory modules on the back of the card so anyone trying to use their own AIo is going to have a bad time with over heating memory

iirc basically all 3090 coolers are now using new cold plates and heatpipes that transfer heat from memory modules at the back of the pcb into the backplate where the fans push the air through - stick an AIO and those memory modules have zero airflow and no heat transfer sadly

gamers nexus specifically mentikned he will be testing memory temperature as he believes someone is going to **** up their cooler design and not cool the memory at the back properly, it's a new design and some of the AIB won't know how to deal with it

 

[Jacky60]

Have to agree. I can't believe that nVidia's RMA is worse than some of the horror stories you hear about the AIB vendors (ASUS etc, which ironically is the most expensive..)

And as for looks, well that's not really my concern, but none of the AIB cards look like anything other than great chunks of plastic with some fans. Unsurprising, as that's what they are on top

At least the FE has some style to it. Some design aesthetic.

But at least with he FE you're saving £100 !!

Nvidia's RMA (used it twice) is very good! Replacement card arrived in just over a week!

 

[harney]

I don't get why everyone so happy about the pricing still. Is it just because Nvidia so grossly overpriced the 20 series that anything looks good.

The 3070 is still £150 more than what the 770, 970 and 1070 were priced at on average. That still puts it a whole tier up compares to three other generations.

Same premise with the 3080 pricing too. People are mad to think it represents overall good value to gamers. If they had dropped prices back in line with those generations I would be getting the reaction because that's where real value and cost to performance would shine.

Agree with you there ....its a classic sales trick

 

[opethdisciple]

I've tended historically to buy Gigabyte.

Windforce has always been pretty good cards.

 

[Poneros]

Agree with you there ....its a classic sales trick

People are just happy because they were expecting much worse. And there's still time for that.

 

[Saltank]

In hindsight, I should have kept my 980Ti and skipped the 2080.
Interested in the 3080 FE this time around, but I know the smart thing to do, is wait for AMD's options and all the reviews+comparisons+benchmarks.

I just want to have the best CyberPunk 2077 experience

 

[Toekiller]

I'm not seeing the dedicated VR port on these cards. Has it been dumped?

 

[Seb.F]

Can someone explain what the FE notation means? Is it simply "I got this card direct from them first". And it's basically a reference card?

If I'm going to custom WC mine at a later date, probably with an EK block, am I better off simply going for a FE, or going for one of the others Asus/Gigabyte etc? Or do we not know yet as there are no wb available?

 

[arc@css]

Looks like the 370 might be the card for me; just a shame about it having 8GB as I was looking for more in the way of 10+.

Will wait to see what AMD does first.

 

[Smrtka]

Do you guys think its worth floggin 2080 that I have now and then get 3080 ? I got it for cheap so I can maybe get £450 for it then pay up to get the new one ?

 

[iamtheoneneo]

I've tended historically to buy Gigabyte.

Windforce has always been pretty good cards.

All the cards are fine. Of course you are going to get duds but a)its rare across any brand and b) anyone claiming one brand is better than another when the silicon is exactly the same are full of it and its nothing but forum banter.

Some of these brands are literally abusing customer trust to charge 100 more for the same card and people are eating it up. Crazy

 

[JediFragger]

I'm not seeing the dedicated VR port on these cards. Has it been dumped?

Yup, was short-lived indeed!