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NVIDIA ‘Ampere’ 8nm Graphics Cards

martin363 said:
Until the independent testing is completed we wont know if it is a gimmick or not.

Given that if it does make a difference it is only likely to be on the 3080+ cards (again speculation), many individuals with these cards will likely be gaming at 1440p +, in which case there is little difference between AMD and Intel at these resolutions. (Again speculation) - with Zen 3 later this year, Intel will likely lose any game leadership they still have, so for me anyone investing in a new system now should go AMD and Gen 4 regardless.
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If it really made a big difference why were nvidia performance charts done with an i9 processor.
 
cHk4 said:
I know this is the GPU thread but the whole PCIe3/4 is bothering me. Are there any current gen chips/motherboards that will be compatible with 11th Gen intel chips or has that information not been disclosed yet?
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I wouldn't be too worried about this, Microsoft wont be working to integrate this with developers until early next year. It's not a free upgrade, you need to integrate DirectStorage into the engine itself and then games developed with that engine will need to specifically support it, by actually engineering their games through design changes. I don't see the first games with support for this being released for probably 6-12 months and common integration wont be until much later. PCI 4.0 upgrade paths will be much clearer by that point, and cheaper.

This is somewhat of a paradigm switch for developers, moving away from the constraints of using smaller isolated areas in games for loading/streaming new assets in the background between zone transitions, which ultimately why this is being targeted long term. I don't think we're going to see games really taking advantage of this until much later into the console cycle, the new tech is very rarely adopted inside the first few years, there's so much lag in the software adoption of it.
 
Twinz said:
I actually want manufactures to continually roll out better products that offer more performance for my money. That's kind of their job. (Which Nvidia didn't do all that well with Turing, but seems to have delivered with Ampere)

And "Cut down card"?

I would run a bag of dog $h!t with electrodes sticking out of it if the price was right and it could run my driving sims in VR the way the 3080 looks like it can.
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Cut down maybe the wrong word, just meant its a scaled back 3080ti. I'm not saying it's a bad card, it's a bonkers mental gpu no one can argue that, it's just that I'm sure, and you might even agree, there's going to be a ti within 6 months to sit in around the 800 mark that really is the flagship gaming model. That's where the remorse might come in. There's no way this is the full range of 30 series cards, they've so much room to move here depending on what AMD do.
 
Gerard said:
Was actually considering the strix non oc when it was initially listed for £699 (still not decided on upgrading currently), then it magically jumped to £829 after a few hours. Might try another brand or FE if i decide to upgrade.
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MSI trio gaming x been good to me very cool and quiet the 2070 super.. am im tempted to go same model again but in the 3080.
 
I've just ordered a Corsair HX1200 psu. My current Corsair TX950W (made by Seasonic) is large enough.....but it's over a decade old and not modular.
 
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