NVIDIA ‘Ampere’ 8nm Graphics Cards

[Darujhistan]

I'm so torn between just jumping all over a preorder and holding out...I do big bang upgrades and it's overdue.

My PSU and case I think should be fine for the new cards, so could get instant use out of it, but also my 1080 is doing a job for now. Potentially more options down the line to jump on whenever Zen3 launches...

I'm not too concerned about Big Navi as I definitely favour the green team. Combo of drivers and software features. Some of the new features sound great to add to it.

During the launch I was completely sold on a 3090 but the Scottish in me came out and I'm keen to hold off to see if the extra performance is really worth that much more money.

Wait until you have all the options at your fingertips, pre-order now, and in a few months time you'll be thinking "Wish i'd waited for x"....

 

[Yaayuh!]

First card under FE pricing now shown, Palit:

Regarding 3 Years for Asus. Is that their average RMA turnaround as well?

 

[rchads89]

I've tended historically to buy Gigabyte.

Windforce has always been pretty good cards.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...dr6x-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-1bw-gi.html

looks a cracker this one though. hefty price...

 

[Gregster]

@ £650, the 3080 looks a little too expensive for my liking. Damn that performance looks good though on DF.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

but I know the smart thing to do, is wait for AMD's options

If AMD can't get basic information out there, then they deserve to lose the custom IMO.

 

[Gregster]

Regarding 3 Years for Asus. Is that their average RMA turnaround as well?

Used Asus RMA once and 6 weeks to get a replacement card is a joke.

 

[iamtheoneneo]

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 ?

Your not going to get £450 for a 2080 anymore.

 

[WesleyBurns]

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

Would a 3080 AIB be ok then? They look to be standard layout.

 

[justwondering]

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?

FE = Founders edition, generally only sold direct from Nvida.

 

[cee-S-dee]

I dunno why, but when Jensen pulls the 3090 out the oven, the way he does it just makes me laugh!

 

[beany_bot]

@ £650, the 3080 looks a little too expensive for my liking. Damn that performance looks good though on DF.

You might get a clown card for <£600?

 

[Quartz]

I don't see any point in buying the 3070 or 3080 when there are higher VRAM cards in the offing, so my choices are to stick with my 2080 ti or go for the 3090.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

@ £650, the 3080 looks a little too expensive for my liking

Says the guy that bought a 2080ti

 

[danlightbulb]

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

Yeah not me. What's the point in us all applauding Nvidia for a £650 launch price (lower than expected) only then to go and blow an extra £100 on an AIB model.

 

[Poneros]

I am in awe of the size of this lad!

 

[booyaka]

Used Asus RMA once and 6 weeks to get a replacement card is a joke.

100% - 8 weeks of hassle and accusations that I broke a Asus motherboard - finally replaced and they wouldn't even cover the shipping costs. NEVER again would I buy anything from Asus.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

I dunno why, but when Jensen pulls the 3090 out the oven, the way he does it just makes me laugh!

That audio is ripe for a meme.

 

[opethdisciple]

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?

"{{ swear_word }}" expensive.

 

[beany_bot]

I don't see any point in buying the 3070 or 3080 when there are higher VRAM cards in the offing, so my choices are to stick with my 2080 ti or go for the 3090.

I don't see the point in buying the 3090 when there is a 4090 in the offing.


...See what I did there?

 

[danoliver1]

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

It never worked properly in the first place, valve had a load of problems getting it to work with index.